Superstore restocked today?

Im sure you'll agree, delivery drivers are entitled to a few days off over christmas rather than rushing back to work to allow the shelves to be restocked for a few unorganised people

Supermarkets generally have the deliveries towards the end of Christmas Eve.

This year, it was absolute chaos in most stores and they ended up putting boxing day’s stock out on the shelves early to cope with demand.

Amazon Fresh has new stock allocated. You’ll get fresh stuff delivered same day if you order now.

Most other supermarkets should have stock trickling back in as we speak. Just don’t go first thing to give them a chance to get it out on the shelves, especially if you live a little bit further out. And of course you should still expect certain stock to be missing.

If you aren’t in range of Amazon Fresh (although most people are these days, so do double check) then Asda will almost certainly be in a better position than Tesco right now.

A lot of the people in these replies must be having a terrible Christmas to be in such a bad mood to assume the worst of intentions from someone asking a question. I haven't the faintest when shops get restocked, and I was mostly curious about the entire freezer section being empty - I'd have thought most of it would last a day, I'm guessing it's been emptied for another reasons. Thanks to those who helped, and I wish some belated festive cheer for those who only want to pull others down ❤️

Yes it's normal. The deliveries are coming in but the shelves won't be stocked for hours because they were emptied on Christmas Eve. The JIT system and cut-throat competitveness means that stores will only employ just enough staff to get the job done within a reasonable time. Of course, they could employ more people to get it done faster but then it wouldn't be as profitable as those staff aren't needed for the whole of their shift. In addition, many shops like Waitrose were closed on Boxing day so it's even more sparse when I went in today. They are still cleaning up after Christmas from the looks of things.

The best thing to do during the festive period or when there is extraordinary demand on a shop, is come in just before noon. That way the staff will have had a chance to put the morning delivery all on the shelf. People don't realise that by asking 'do you have x round the back' it delays putting things out. (edited)

Does anyone know many other countries where everything just shuts down completely for a day? Including public transport? Out of the 6 countries where I have lived (4 Western economies), the UK is the only one that does this. Even Italy doesn't shut down public transport entirely on any day. And then we wonder why shelves are bare the next morning.

Geez, I wonder how some people who cope if they lived in countries where the shops didn't open for several days over Christmas ?. Going to the sales on Boxing Day is one thing, but the supermarkets were open everyday right up to the evening on Christmas Eve, and this year (which to me is unusual and pure greed on the part of both the operators and the customers) they've all reopened on Boxing Day, plenty of time to get fully stocked up for parties. Yet people are still complaining. I know this is a deals website but it's rather 'sad' that some people are so shopping-orientated. I'd love to see how such people would have 'coped' 40 years ago when often shops closed for half-day midweek, there was no Sunday opening, no internet, no delivery services and so forth. (edited)