Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s: one-hour supermarket delivery services
The nation's biggest supermarkets now allow you to get your groceries delivered to your home in under 60 minutes. We compare the rival offerings.
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Having your groceries arrive at your front door understandably has its advantages, but you don’t necessarily have to book days in advance.
A host of supermarkets offer same-day services, and even deliveries within just one hour.
While it's easy to see the appeal of superfast deliveries, it's worth noting that most of these involve delivery by bike/motorbike, so there will be weight and size restrictions.
As such, one-hour deliveries are unlikely to be suitable for your family's regular weekly shop.
Here’s how the big names and their rapid delivery deals shape up.
Asda Express Delivery: one-hour services
Asda provides a superfast delivery service via Express Delivery, with times ranging from one to four hours.
However, Express Delivery isn’t cheap, costing between £8.50 and £8.99.
In one plus point, there isn’t a minimum spend.
The website also has a postcode checker, allowing you to see if the service is available in your area.
Time slots depend on the number of items, your postcode and local store.
Morrisons: one and two-hour deliveries with Amazon
Morrisons has partnered with online giant Amazon in a bid to get its groceries to your door that bit quicker.
The minimum spend is £15 for Amazon Prime members.
You'll pay £4 on orders between £15 and £40 if you opt for a two-hour window and £7 for a one-hour slot.
Deliveries of £40 to £60 cost £2 for a two-hour delivery or £5 for a one-hour window.
Orders of more than £60 qualify for free two-hour delivery or £3 for a one-hour slot.
What about non-Prime members?
For non-Prime customers, the minimum order is £25.
Shops of between £25 and £40 come with a £6.50 fee for two-hour delivery or £8.50 for a one-hour window.
Orders of between £40 and £60 are available within a two-hour window for £4.50 or within one hour for £6.50.
Deliveries between £60 and £80 are available within a two-hour window for £2.50, or a one-hour slot for £4.50.
Shoppers without a Prime membership can access delivery within two hours for no additional fee, or within one hour for £4.50 when spending more than £80.
You can order through the Amazon website or on its app.
Be aware, this service isn’t available in all locations.
Ocado Zoom: same-day deliveries
Ocado has a ‘Zoom’ service, which promises to deliver your groceries in under 60 minutes or during a designated same-day slot.
Shoppers can choose from more than 10,000 products, including fresh food, everyday necessities and household items.
You can place your orders through the dedicated app between 6am and 10pm each day.
There’s a minimum spend of £15.
Prices depend on the delivery option (immediate or later the same day).
However, the company states that costs will usually start from £1.49.
Sainsbury’s: up to a million postcodes
With Sainsbury’s, you can get deliveries in 60 minutes in more than a million postcodes through the Chop Chop app, allowing you to order up to 30 items.
There is a minimum spend of £15 and a £4.99 delivery fee.
Sainsbury’s also offers its products on a rapid delivery basis through services such as Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat.
Orders are placed through the delivery firms’ apps, rather than with Sainsbury’s directly.
The cost will therefore depend on your location and how far away you are from the store picking your groceries.
Tesco Whoosh: one-hour deliveries
Tesco offers a one-hour delivery service, known as Whoosh.
However, goods can arrive in as little as 20 minutes.
Shoppers place their orders through the Tesco website or via its app, with groceries being delivered by bike, moped or car.
There isn’t technically a minimum spend.
However, you’ll be charged an additional £2 fee if your order comes to under £15.
There’s no minimum or maximum number of products ‒ instead, the weight and size of your order is tracked, and so if your basket is too heavy you’ll be notified.
Your groceries can be delivered between 7am and 10pm all week – however times may vary during bank holidays.
Shoppers are provided with a ‘guide price’, since the actual cost of certain items such as meat and cheese can vary.
If your final order is less than expected or unavailable, the retailer will automatically refund you within three to five working days.
Non-supermarket rivals
There are plenty of rapid delivery offerings that will pick up your groceries and deliver them to you in under an hour, but which aren’t run by the supermarkets themselves.
Instead, your shopping can be picked up at any convenient retailer, whether that’s a supermarket or a local convenience store.
Beelivery is a good example here, promising a 24-hour service in between 15 and 60 minutes, with delivery costing just £3.50.
There is a £15 minimum spend, and you can order through the website or app.
Another option is Grocemania. It only operates in London and Brighton at the moment but has partnered with names such as Londis, NISA, Budgens and Spar.
There is a delivery fee of £2.50 for all orders above £10 and £5.40 for shops below £10.
You can also get free delivery if you spend over £30 per order.
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