Where are the delivery slots disappearing to?

I ve tried them all there’s no slots in my area on any of them
And Ocado don’t deliver in my area so I ve had it

Taxis in my area will collect Click and Collect orders.

Ocado say I have priority access. I’ve shopped with them for years and have Smart Pass. Waited 50 minutes the other day to find no slots available after this Sunday, 5 April.

Tried again today, 15 minute wait and it said if you have a delivery from Monday onwards please don’t log in till later this week.

Oh good, slots for next week if some have them already. . Finally get in and nothing at all, entire calendar greyed out for the whole of April.

Can't even get Click and Collect slots these days

Quite honestly, I'm not surprised that people buy more than they need. If you can't be guaranteed to get another delivery, even if it is a fortnight away, then it's no wonder people who struggle to get to the shops are tempted to get more in.

I'm lucky, in that after a couple of weeks when I had no idea when I would get a slot, I have managed to get them. I haven't managed to get any kitchen cleaning products, milk or a couple of other things on my list, but I have had enough to get by.

I have an Ocado smartpass and was peed off that I couldn't even log in and was 9 thousand odd in the queue, sent them a stroppy email asking why they were still taking the monthly payment when I couldn't even log in. Didn't expect a reply but did receive a message saying sorry log in Monday and a slot will be available. I logged in and got a delivery slot for the next day which was Tuesday just gone, received all but 3 items. I have another delivery due this Tuesday coming so for once complaining worked. I'm in London.

Managed to finally get on the Ocado site tonight ( still hadn’t received my priority email) Thought I still had to rack up £40 before I could book a slot, when I’d done that slots were all gone again so that was a waste of time. Will just have to try again every day until I’m back in a damn queue again. Priority not I think

Hooray! Suddenly Sainsbury's have accepted me as a "vulnerable" person. I have to wait 2 days for it to be set up and then I can place an order, and will be allowed 1 per week. I don't know yet, of course, if there will be any slots left, but it's a start.

I have also won £25 on the Premium Bonds so today is a good day.

Hope everyone is keeping virus-free.

GagaJo Taxis in my area will collect Click and Collect orders.

People are adapting and coming up with ingenious and helpful ideas.

I managed to get a click and collect slot with Tesco last night when I logged in at 12.30am. I waited in a queue to access the site for a short while then snagged the last available slot for three weeks away. I think they allocate one day at a time three weeks ahead - three weeks is the spread of dates available.

I will still have to go out shopping at least once before then but can then use the order to stock up on items that I've used waiting. You can only order 80 items and there are restrictions on the number of certain products you can buy.

Interestingly, I had added some items to the shopping basket earlier in the day and by the time I went through to finalise the order last night, twelve items were unavailable. But the system was able to offer some swaps to other things, many of which were acceptable. I will now have to check my delivery at the latest time I can before it is picked so that I can amend it for any more unavailable items.

I'm also keeping a note of additional items that I might run out of in the next three weeks, such as toilet rolls, butter and eggs, I have plenty for now but might need more by the end of the month.

For me, this delivery will mean that I can get the heavy items which I struggle to carry from local shops due to mobility problems - I have done online bulk shops every few months for years. So I am not jumping onto the bandwagon nor stockpiling! Mind you, I'll have to work out how I can carry all the bags from my car into my house - I'm thinking of emptying them into my shopping trolley while sat in my car!

Supermarkets are now doing more than twelve times as many internet orders as they were before the virus. That is twelve times as many delivery vans and drivers, twelve times as many pickers and packers, and twelve time the storage space in the back shop. No wonder slots are as rare as hens teeth. You can't get a gallon and a half out of a pint pot.

We have three supermarkets within a quarter of a mile so have never needed home deliveries. Now we’re confined to the house for twelve weeks. Home deliveries are a mystery. Can’t even register for Sainsbury’s - where we’ve shopped for years. But, Asda are using their gift card system to enable volunteers to shop for you. Top up the card on-line so no need to worry about how to pay. DS is now doing our shopping when he does his own and driving the 30 miles to bring it to us.