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Planned System Maintenance - Limited Service

Sunderland City Council will be carrying out planned system maintenance from 12 noon on Friday 5th June until 7am on Tuesday 9th June. During this period, we will only be able to respond to urgent enquiries. If your enquiry is not urgent, please contact us before or after these times when full services will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Ways to place a supermarket order by telephone

The table below sets out those supermarkets and organisations which offer a telephone ordering service as an alternative to online shopping.

OrganisationService providedHow to access
MorrisonsDoorstep Delivery Service - a service available to the vulnerable and elderly to phone and order essential food items.
The order will take 24 hours to process and will be delivered by Morrisons staff.
Contactless payment is made on delivery.
There is no delivery charge for this service.
Call 0345 611 6111 and select option 5 to place your order.
Any order placed before 5pm Morrisons will aim to deliver the next day.
In order to use this service you must live within 10 miles of a Morrisons store. Check My Morrisons Doorstep Deliveries for more information.
Sainsbury'sTelephone ordering service for vulnerable customers who have been offered a slot and are unable to place their order online.For customers who are vulnerable and registered with Sainsbury's via the Shielding Service call 
0800 917 8557 to access this service. 
The general telephone order number for all other customers is 0800 328 1700.
Age UKSome local Age UKs offer food shopping services using supermarkets' online stores. The order is placed on behalf of the older person and delivery is made to the person's home by the store at an agreed date and time. Check what is available in your area at: ageuk.org.uk