Morrisons home delivery and click and collect – when are the slots released online?
LIKE all supermarket chains, Morrisons has been overwhelmed with demand for home deliveries as Brits continue to be locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Here are the latest details about how to book a delivery or click and collect slot.
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What time are home delivery and click and collect slots released?
There is no specific time when home delivery slots are released, a spokeswoman for Morrisons said.
"We're trying to increase the capacity of online ordering but working through that is a mammoth job," she added.
Instead, customers just have to keep checking in on the supermarket's website.
Unlike some food shops, such as Sainsbury's, Morrisons is not stopping new customers signing up to its website when slots do become available.
Does Morrisons have restrictions on any items ordered online?
Morrisons initially limited every product to a maximum of three per customer.
However, this limit has been upped to four on some items and removed altogether for others. Check online for more info.
A food box delivery service, the chain launched on March 24, quickly sold out, but has since be replenished.
A Morrisons spokeswoman said 10,000 boxes had been delivered to households in the first week and a further 60,000 were going to be delivered in the next few weeks.
Supermarket home deliveries during coronavirus lockdown
Tesco do home deliveries with a £25 minimum spend and an 80-item limit. Slots are released every midnight.
Asda do deliveries with a £40 minimum spend and Click & Collect with a £25 minimum spend.
Iceland home deliveries have a £35 minimum spend, but are limited to elderly and vulnerable customers.
Morrisons has a £40 minimum spend on home deliveries and also provide £30 food boxes of essential items with a £5 delivery charge.
Waitrose home deliveries have a £60 minimum spend. A minimum of 25 per cent of products are reserved for elderly and vulnerable customers.
Sainsbury's have a £40 minimum spend on home deliveries. New registrations are currently closed.
The content of the boxes will vary depending on what's available but Morrisons said a typical box for a meat eater may include everything from canned baked beans to meat and vegetables.
What's included in the Morrisons box
A TYPICAL box at the supermarket may include:
- Canned baked beans, soup and pasta sauce
- Milk
- Dairy products such as butter and cheese
- Bread
- Rice and pasta
- Meat products, such as sausage, bacon and cooked meat
- Vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots and onions
- Fresh meat such as chicken or beef
- Essential household items
What has Morrisons said about its response to coronavirus?
The food box deliveries detailed above are Morrisons' main initiative to help vulnerable people during the coronavirus crisis.
It is also expanding its home delivery with more slots on its website and on its store on Amazon Prime Now.
Morrisons says it is recruiting around 2,500 food pickers and drivers to cope with the demand and is recruiting another 1,000 people to work in distribution centres.
In its stores, Morrisons is asking customers to pay with card or smartphone, if possible, to reduce cash handling, has hand sanitiser at all checkouts and is significantly increasing cleaning.