Tesco home delivery: how to book a food delivery or click-and-collect slot this week

Booking a Tesco home delivery slot hasn't been easy for a number of weeks now, but it is occasionally possible to find availability in your local area. If you've been unsuccessfully trying for a while now, you're not alone. Tesco has been inundated with demand for its food delivery service over the past few weeks as more shoppers stay home.

With such a high volume of orders, Tesco is urging those who are able to shop in its physical stores, which have been overhauled with protective measures against the spread of COVID-19. That means if you're not high risk, elderly, or self-isolating, you should still be heading down to your local store, rather than ordering a grocery delivery online.

However, if you do need a Tesco delivery, there are a number of ways to improve your chances of getting one. Here, we'll run through the best ways to try and get a Tesco home delivery, as well as just how Tesco's Click & Collect service works.

How to get a Tesco home delivery slot

Tesco recently announced a vast expansion of its fleet of food delivery vans and drivers, following a hiring surge over the past week. That means there are now more Tesco food delivery slots available than ever before: 780,000, to be precise, up from 660,000 to weeks ago.

That doesn't mean it's a free for all out there, though. Tesco is prioritising the elderly and vulnerable in its booking system, so if you have been deemed high risk, head over to Gov.uk to register yourself as a clinically vulnerable person. You’ll be asked for your NHS number - which you can find on any letter the NHS has sent you, or on a prescription - but you can still register if you don't have it.

Tesco is using the Government's register to make sure its most vulnerable customers are prioritised, so if you fall into this category, the best way to increase your chances of booking a Tesco home delivery slot is to make sure you're on the list.

And if you're self-isolating, your best bet is to keep trying. New Tesco home delivery slots are added throughout the day, so keep checking back regularly.

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How does Tesco click & collect work?

If you don't qualify for prioritisation in Tesco's home delivery service, you can still order your food through its click & collect service. Simply select your groceries with Tesco Online and select click & collect before you checkout.

There are far more slots available for this service than home delivery, and it's potentially safer than shopping in store right now, plus you won't need to queue.