Tesco has made a major change to its online shopping deliveries, which means customers can get those all-important groceries faster than ever.

Whether you’ve got last minute hosting plans, or you simply just forgot, sometimes you need your grocery shopping right now.

But if you can’t fit in a trip to the supermarket, ordering your groceries online is the only way, and you’re beholden to delivery slots.

But now, Tesco is making earlier same-day home delivery slots available, which it says are ‘at least four hours earlier than any other retailer’.

Previously, Tesco only offered same day delivery slots between 7pm and 11pm. The new times are 1pm to 11pm.

Click+Collect timings have also been brought forward, moving from 4pm to 8pm to 12pm to 8pm.

The new slots will be available in more than 400 stores.

Tom Denyard, Tesco’s Online managing director, said: ‘We are excited to have rolled out more same-day opportunities for customers to get an online slot, offering customers more spaces – and therefore more flexibility – than ever before.

‘This allows them to book closer to their delivery or collection time and therefore improve our market-leading customer experience.’

How do I book an early Tesco same-day delivery slot?

The good news for shoppers is that the process is exactly the same as it was before.

You simply follow the same booking process online, and the newly available slots will show up on the booking page.

You’ve got to be a little organised though. If you want these convenient slots, you need to have placed (or amended) your order by 8.45am on that day.

How much do Tesco’s new same-day delivery slots cost?

The same surcharge for same-day still applies, so shoppers will need to pay an extra £2 for home delivery, or £1 for Click+Collect.

But as Tesco said in a statement announcing the news: ‘This is already in existence and is not new.’

If you’re on the Anytime Delivery Saver plan or the Click+Collect Delivery Saver plan, same day slots are included. However, Off Peak plans and Pay As You Go customers will need to pay the slot price.

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