My Christmas Food Order has just been Delivered and I am furious.

[ladybirder]

10 items Unabloodyvailable. No Mince Pies. No Sprouts. No Christmas Cake. No Christmas Pudding. No Creme Fraiche, No Yorkshire Puddings, No Joint of Beef, No Joint of Pork, No Green & Blacks Tasting Selection x 2. Plus no Treacle nor a battery. Barstewards. All the Christmassy things UNABLOODYVAILABLE. Did they not realise it's CHRISTMAS?

Waitrose have really let me down. Now I have to go out in a howling gale to try and find a supermarket with a spare car parking space TONIGHT. I was so organised but I was relying on them. Never again. Breathe.

So my question is, what time do you think will be the quietest time to go this evening? Sainsburys is open until 11.59 tonight. Thanks.

[Barmaid]

I would go at about 11.15 tonight or at 6am in the morning.

[jake-the-peg]

Is this a preview of the Christmas edition of AbFab?

[EvianBaby]

It would be quite unhelpful to say you should have just gone in the first place wouldn't it. How they run out of all that sort of of stuff though is a bit pathetic. I'd go sooner rather than later. If you leave it until late then their shelves will probably all have been cleared from the day waiting to be restocked.

[nannybooby]

i agree with barmaid - Ive been in the same position as you now I go in person always.

[4getmenot]

it wont be that bad. I went waitrose earlier. Lots of people rushing about, god knows why its any different from any other shopping day. I just went slow, like i normally do, no point rushing.

[I.Don No]

how are you organised if you left these 'essentials' till 2 days before Christmas? Apart from the creme fraiche these products could have been purchased yonks ago.

a tip for the future......Christmas is on 25th December every year......yes, that's right....same date each year!

however did we manage when shops closed all day sundays and had a half day in the week without fridges and freezers....I hope the note of sarcasm wasn't missed there. Our local council has hired some lorries for Boxing Day to go around collecting all the dead bodies 'cos the shops will have been closed the previous day.

Certainly supermarkets are quieter later in the evenings but that is probably because peeps have gone shopping earlier in the day and emptied some of the shelves.

[Euphemia]

That reflects very badly on Waitrose.........

[arwyn]

Three years ago I decided to do the xmass food shop on internet (all except fruit and veg) The first thing it asked was for me to pick a delivery slot, I scanned along the days to the first available slot and clicked.
The 22nd Dec came and I waited and waited and waited. To cut along story short I'd clicked on the 29th Dec, which had to be cancelled and I had to do all the shopping myself..

[saxy_jag]

Not surprising. Everyone rushes for these things at Xmas and they can be out of stock even if you have to go out for them.

Suggest you find a 24 hour Tesco and go at 2.00am, although you may not get everything even then.

[4getmenot]

i did a big shop last sunday in tesco. No busier than on a normal weekend.

[daffy654]

It is all well and good that people are saying that you should buy stuff earlier as we all know xmas is on 25th December but you don't know ladybirder's circumstances.
She could have had no money before now, or could be housebound and unable to go to the supermarket herself.
I wonder what it must be like to be as perfect as those who see fit to criticise.

[sara3]

always top comments from that one, redhelen!

I fared a bit better with Asda.. minus the turkey, lol.. but they did substitute with three turkey crowns!

you win, ladybirder.. that's a shocker. I went to Morrisons this afternoon, it was busy but the shelves were pretty full. best of luck!

[linedancer16]

I went to my local Sainsburys last night at about 8-30 and it was fairly quiet , not many queuing at tills, and they had everything in stock.

[jno]

all very well for you, 4get, but we pensioners have to be out of the way by 8am...

[China Doll]

We're going later this evening... Am happy to have bacon rolls... or pork pies and spicey twisted fries... or jacket tattie and beans if that's all that's left. It's mostly about just being together. Although it'd be nice if they had a joint of beef too!

[mrsmaveric]

oh dear i did my online shop with tescos and i had everything that i ordered sorry you have to go out shopping lb...

[ChuckFickens]

Sorry, but I kinda agree (a bit) with I.Don No! You can't rely on online ordering, if it's vital either don't leave it until the last minute or don't use online shopping.

[anneasquith]

i now know why i dont do on line shopping !

[terrywogan]

jno wrote: all very well for you, 4get, but we pensioners have to be out of the way by 8am...

Why?