Food shopping - crossing tiers

[cherrylipz]

I have a click and collect food shop to collect from a tier 2 area. I'm in tier 4. Is this allowed? Googling suggests you can only do it for essential things e.g. work.

If there's no specific guidance I'd use my judgement and think: 1. Food is essential 2. Doing the click and collect spreads the virus less than going to a supermarket in person and 3. The supermarket presumably has your address from billing details so if it's 100% against the rules they should cancel your order. So I'd either just go, or maybe if you're feeling cautious ring the supermarket first to check it's ok with them?

I would just go.

The reason you are going to that supermarket is clearly because you couldn't get click and collect plus the stuff you required from a nearer supermarket.

Food sounds pretty essential to me.

Thanks everyone. I did ask the supermarket and their response was "we are open in all tiers" 🙃

If you are local to the supermarket (so close to the border) and your order predates the new rules then I can't see the problem as long as you don't sit fine in the supermarket cafe!

When we were tier 3 I went to a Tier 2 Sainsbury’s for my click & collect. It’s the one that’s closest to me. Despite wild claims on the Nextdoor forum there were no police stopping us. I wouldn’t have gone in the shop though.

@WiseUpJanetWeiss

When we were tier 3 I went to a Tier 2 Sainsbury’s for my click & collect. It’s the one that’s closest to me. Despite wild claims on the Nextdoor forum there were no police stopping us. I wouldn’t have gone in the shop though.

You could have gone in the shop.

Supermarkets should be following the same Covid rules regardless of tier.

Yes I know some relaxed in summer and only beefed them up after loads of people started complaining in October/November.

Our M&S in tier 2 is on tier 4 border, lots will have to cross to get their M&S food orders, likewise Waitrose orders

I’m not convinced this is within the guidance. Screenshot shows permitted reasons for leaving tier 4. No food shopping listed, and that is listed as a reason for being able to leave your home and travel within your tier 4 area.

I haven’t seen the legal rules though.

@purpledaisies that's what I thought too. I wonder how many people are in this situation, I doubt supermarkets will refund :(

[quote cherrylipz]@purpledaisies that's what I thought too. I wonder how many people are in this situation, I doubt supermarkets will refund :([/quote]
I expect lots of people are in that situation.

Where I live one town is T4 and the other is T2.

Supermarket on boarder. They do click and collect. People cannot be expected not to eat because the Asda is technically in T2 town but 3/4 mile away from the T4 town.

Especially when the T4 towns supermarket is miles away!

In fact there is 3 supermarkets practically bordering the tiers.

I'm T2. Personally I think it's ridiculous keeping us in T2 in this situation as there will be cross over. It's eneviatable.

I would use common sense and do it.
However, I did check the rules and it doesn't seem to be clearly allowed. We live 4 miles from the border and are in tier 4. I have already decided to avoid the nearest town over the border, unless I consider it essential (so, DS wants a haircut and that's a no but if I needed the pharmacy or something then I'd go).

I am Tier 3; the corner shop at the bottom of my road is Tier 2. I'm not getting the car out to go to the supermarket just because I've run out of milk.