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Morrisons has triggered Christmas chaos after cancelling home deliveries and festive shops for scores of Britons, leaving families furious.
The shopping chain said its More rewards card is facing difficulties, with customers unable to get discounts on their food shops.
Some shoppers have also raged that their online orders have been cancelled or delayed, with Morrisons saying click-and-collect purchases are mostly affected.
The chaos comes on what is predicted to be the busiest shopping day of the year for supermarkets ahead of the Christmas rush.
Morrisons has apologised for the mayhem and said it was ‘experiencing some system issues’ that were impacting ‘some’ discount cards and collection orders.
‘For More Card customers who have Morrisons Fivers to redeem, these will be done manually in store by colleagues. And if More Card prices are not registering, we will apply a 10% discount to the customer’s entire shop,’ it added in a statement online.
‘For Click and Collect orders, we are asking customers to wait for an email to inform them that their order is ready for collection before heading to store. Some home delivery orders may be arriving late today – and we will be communicating directly with those customers affected.
‘We sincerely apologise to our customers for this inconvenience.’
Morrisons customers are facing chaos after the retailer for forced to cancel their shopping orders just two days before Christmas (file image)
The shopping giant says an issue with its More rewards card scheme is to blame (file image)
Furious customers have since taken to social media to slam the retailer for the ‘shambles’
But fuming shoppers have taken to social media to vent their anger, with one demanding Morrisons to ‘get a f***ing grip’, while another raged on X: ‘Hope @Morrisons loses a s*** ton of money today for the simple fact they knew the more cards wasn’t working but don’t say on entry instead they wait till your at the till…
‘I left like £100 – £150 worth of shopping just at the till because of the more saving I would have lost.’
Morrisons’ website also went down, with a ‘502 bad gateway’ error message on some pages, leaving some customers panicking.
One person on X – former known as Twitter until it was bought and rebranded by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk – wrote: ‘Hope you’re not hoping to get any deals at today or use your card. Conveniently they are all down across all stores! Busiest shopping day of the year! No refunds apparently either.’
On the Morrisons’ Facebook page, outraged shoppers have also claimed their Christmas deliveries ordered a month ago have been cancelled.
‘Half my Christmas shopping isn’t coming including the turkey and puddings and they were ordered a month ago,’ one person wrote under a post advertising discounts.
Others claimed on X they had orders cancelled without any warning.
‘Thanks so much @Morrisons for cancelling my delivery without any warning. No contact, no email, phone call, nothing to explain why. Superb customer service,’ wrote one woman on X.
Customers on social media have lashed out over the cancellations and issues with Morrisons’ ‘More’ discount card scheme
The mayhem comes on what is predicted to be the busiest day of the year for supermarkets
The supermarket chain has been advertising heavy discounts in the run-up on Christmas dinner food, including vegetables, in the last week.
‘I’ve just wasted an hour of my life shopping at Morrisons only to find out by checking my receipt that I’ve been charged £40 more than I should because the More Cards aren’t working. No communication at all, so loads have probably overspent without knowing,’ one person on X raged.
Retail analysts at Kantar say today is expected to be the busiest day of the year for shops as millions of Brits rush to their local supermarkets to stock up on last-minute food and drink for Christmas.
Supermarket sales were expected to continue grow, exceeding £13billion over the four weeks of December for the first time ever.
It comes as the cost of an average Christmas dinner for four ballooned by 6.5 per cent, rising to £32.57.