Possible, maybe trick to get a delivery slot

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I have no idea if this was a fluke or if it might be able to help someone else. Sorry for the weird title which I now realise sounds like a clickbaity advert (doctors can’t believe this one weird trick...)

I had been trying to get a supermarket delivery slot booked and was really surprised when the Morrison’s site offered me a late-night slot the next day, which I booked.

It turned out that our next-door neighbour had an Ocado delivery booked for the same slot. Morrison’s and Ocado share delivery systems and the booking system seems to have been clever enough to offer me a slot when there was a van with space in my road.

Anyway, all of this is to say that if you can text your neighbours and find out if they have deliveries booked you might be able to get a slot for yourself too. The slot appeared about 24 hours before the delivery time.

I really hope that I might have stumbled on something which could help someone else - and if anyone works in logistics I’d be really interested to know if my interpretation of the situation is correct!

I think that makes alot of sense and is actually more efficient.

I got a slot for tomorrow which i was delighted with. Could not get any fresh food (Aunt Bessies potatos are the way forward) but it was good none the less.

Sainsburys offered me a slot last night. I've ordered for Monday morning-fingers crossed!

Glad to hear that others are getting slots. I was pleasantly surprised at how well-stocked the online shop was and there were no substitutions at all (which is better than in normal circumstances!). No flour at all and very limited supplies of sugar, but they were the only departments completely empty.