Tesco cancelled my delivery due to severe weather

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It's not much of chat topic but Tesco just cancelled my delivery due in 1 hour - 'because of the severe weather'.

Well in that case these same people can just go in and shop.

But essential workers can suck up the heat, that non essential workers can’t cope with?

Different people on Mumsnet. Different opinions.

Buy a freezer and keep it stocked up.

Tesco delivery driver here, apparently it's all about being able to keep the on-board fridge and freezer down to temperature for the duration of the run.

I just got tesco delivery, ne england.
. He said no aircon in van!

All of our drivers don’t like the new electric vans because they don’t keep their temperatures like the old ones. Net zero is all good until people can’t get their shopping delivered.

I’ll bet you a pound to a penny our bin men are either very late or don’t come at all tomorrow. They’ve done that before in hot weather.

I've just had to do an unplanned online delivery (car temporarily out of action) but off the back of this thread I've picked a 7-8am slot when hopefully the temperature won't be too high and will offer the driver a cold can of pop. I always assumed the cabs would have ac and am genuinely surprised that they aren't.

@Whosthetabbynow ours have moved the collection to much earlier in the morning (starting 5 instead of 7). Better early than late as it’s so hot in the afternoons

Yes typical BBC ramping up the hysteria.

They have chillers in the vans!

The point is reduce pressure on services.

Maybe that’s what they’re doing giving priority to vulnerable customers!

Chatting to my Tesco delivery driver last week - their vans don't even have air-con.
I have him an ice-cream, he was most grateful!

It’s not weird. Italy have suspended work for people who work outside or have particularly hot jobs and the workers get paid 80% of their normal wage.

I would be shocked if it's a decision they've made. I'd assume it's been made for them either by the specific van breaking down/being unsuitable or the driver calling in sick/not being able to complete the shift.

It’s possible that the OP’s driver also has a health condition that means they can’t work in extreme heat.

For all of those concerned about elderly or unwell friends and neighbours: a heatwave is a community event. Check on those who might need help.

The air on wasn’t working in the van carrying last Saturday’s delivery. I filled his water bottle, his only help.
That was Tesco. Maybe it’s a trend or maybe they’re pulling vans affected.

I'm a Tesco delivery driver, and though some stores have vans with air con, none of our fleet have it so it can get incredibly hot even with the windows down in the cab! It's also very hard to keep the fridge and freezers down at the required safe temperatures for food when it's excessively hot outside. Can imagine it's very frustrating having your orders cancelled though.

Surely people don’t let their supplies get so low that a delivery cancellation is an emergency? How about just topping up before you run out it you are unwilling to go to an actual shop.

Im failing to see where the OP declared this an emergency?

Yes, really. It's not just the tracks. The overhead power lines can sag, and the ground underneath the tracks can contract. But the tracks are the biggest problem. It isn't that they buckle so much as expand and disrupt the sensors that keep the trains running a safe distance apart.

I am really not surprised that they are being cautious given what happened in Bedford. :-(

Our railway was built in Victorian times and too much of the original infrastructure remains.

Fridges and freezers work by transferring heat from inside, to outside. If outside is very hot, they have to work extremely hard to do this - and this leads to failure. I'm really not surprised deliveries are being cancelled, it's v hard to keep a fleet of refrigerated vehicles running in these temperatures.