Sainsbury's has opened its Christmas slots for customers to book for home delivery for the peak week in December.

The Sainsbury's website states: 'We are currently limiting our delivery slots to 1 per customer within a 7 day period. This is a temporary measure to help enable more customers to book a slot. We haven't lived in the UK for years but someone has very kindly offered to bring us some Sainsbury's shopping. When I try to find a delivery slot for their address, I only see the current week, with no availability.

Now, I understand that in the current climate, more people are getting their stuff delivered but my Sainsburys has no slots available up to and including 5th April. Surely those with delivery passes should be given priority or refunded for the time the service is not provided. So far Sainsburys have remained quiet. It later added: “MR and AK have both been added to our vulnerable customer list and received priority delivery slots.” Sainsbury’s is also prioritising elderly and vulnerable customers with.

Unlike other supermarkets, Sainsbury's will stagger its delivery slots with shoppers able to book December 20 initially with new days released daily.

Sainsbury's last Christmas delivery date will be December 23, although click and collect will be available Christmas Eve.

Customers hoping to get a slot will need to log into their Sainsbury's account here.

No payment will be taken until the day of delivery or collection and shoppers can log into their account and amend their baskets as many times as they wish up until 11pm the day before their delivery date.

Earlier this month, Tesco released its Christmas Delivery slots and was met with such a high demand its customers were left in a virtual queue for more than one hour.

An hour after the slots went live Tesco issued a message to customers through its official Twitter account where it informed them a virtual waiting room had been set up.

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By 8.30am, Tesco's website became so busy people struggled to access it at all.