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Food shopping on Christmas Eve????????

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  • I remember in Waitrose last year there were trollies about 12 deep on every checkout. It was complete madness; the likes of, i have never seen before!
  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,455 Forumite
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    I will prob get the non perishables in the few days before Christmas and get Bread etc. early on the 24th.

    I have a couple of the Morrisons £4 porky joints in the freezer already.

    I dread the thought of grocery shopping because you Pick the wrong time and it's gridlocked with trolleys packed up to the ceiling!!!!
  • VfM4meplse
    VfM4meplse Posts: 34,269 Forumite
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    The supermarkets are always full of bargains by 3pm on Christmas Eve......which is fine if you're happy to get what is available rather than what you actually want.

    This year I shall be luxuriating under sunny skies so I won't care where my next meal comes from!
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

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  • System
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    i did it once [last year] never never ever again:eek: - i was there at 2 pm to see if there were any bargains- the shelves were empty and people were so short tempered. this year we are going to sainsburys next tuesday for a lot of the stuff and ive an asda delivery booked for the 21st .
    op if you go at 3-30 the shelves will be bare.
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  • Nightowl
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    I will be doing my full Xmas grocery shop at around 2am on Xmas eve morning...because that's when my wages will clear!! I'm not expecting it to be quiet! I'll bring a list and try and get whats on it, if i can't get a fresh turkey we'll have to settle for something else. Who knows it might save me money if they don't have everything. A bit worried I may buy too many 'treats' in a panic so the list will be good. I doubt they'll be anything reduced at that stage.
  • Payless_2
    Payless_2 Posts: 3,123 Forumite
    Last year I went to Asda at 8 am on Christmas eve and it was quiet with loads of checkouts on.

    However, the previous year I went at 11 am and it was an absolute nightmare. It was packed and the shelves were emptying quickly so the aisles were blocked with those carts that staff use to stack the shelves. The queues at checkout were huge and so also blocked the aisles. People were quite good humoured but I was exhausted when I got home.
  • chesky369
    chesky369 Posts: 2,590 Forumite
    My excuse for not going shopping Christmas Eve is that I have to wait in for the turkey delivery. So I go the day before which is always heaving, however early you get to the shop.
  • Fawny_2
    Fawny_2 Posts: 88 Forumite
    I don't know when i'm going yet but i'm dreading it. Hoping to finish work an hour earlier one night & go then but no doubt it will be hell.
    Marrying the man of my dreams - 10th September 2012, St Paul's Bay Lindos :j
  • thatguy1
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    I agreed to work Christmas eve this year :eek:
  • I popped into my local small Sainsburys about 3pm on Christmas eve last year and they were putting the Easter Eggs out :eek:
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