Shoppers seek high street cash as internet suppliers clog up
(15 December 2005)

Shoppers are being forced onto the high street as online supermarkets and other grocery retailers buckle under the demand for Christmas goods.

Chains such as Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's have around 200,000 weekly online customers between them, but are finding themselves inundated with complaints about slow delivery times – as a result, most supermarkets have stopped taking orders on the web for groceries required for Christmas.

Tesco's, in particular, has reached maximum capacity as its weekly internet orders increase by 30,000 in the first two weeks of this month.

A Sainsbury's spokesman provided a similar tale, saying: "Demand was quite astounding. We offered 30 per cent more delivery slots this year but around 75 per cent had gone within a week after we announced them."

If you've missed the cut when it comes to finding some Christmas grocery bargains online, you may need some short term cash to help you get by on the high street without relying on long-term forms of credit.

A payday loan of between £80 and £1,000 should cover most of your expenditure on festive goodies, and may also mean that you're under less pressure when you open your first credit card bill of 2006.

With a recent survey showing that 51 per cent of shoppers now use online stores, it is likely that a large proportion of consumers will find that they need to alter their shopping plans – and thus, perhaps, their means of spending money, this Christmas.


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