Many people will be looking to keep their supermarket shopping as safe as possible as more cases of the Omicron variant are confirmed in the UK.

For vulnerable customers who want to maintain social distancing or those looking to avoid Christmas queues, these are the quietest times to shop at your local supermarket.

Using Google visiting data, customers can factor in the quietest times to shop throughout the week.

Here is a list of the major supermarkets in and around York and what time it is best to visit them: 

Asda

Layerthorpe, Heworth

  • Weekdays: 7am-9am and 8pm onwards
  • Saturday: 7am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Sunday: 10am-11am

Monks Cross Shopping Park

  • Weekdays: 6am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Saturday: 6am-9am and 8pm onwards
  • Sunday: 10am-11am

Norton Road, Norton, Malton

  • Data unavailable

Sainsbury's (including Sainsbury's Local)

Foss Bank

  • Weekdays: 8am-9am and 7pm-8pm
  • Saturday: 8am-9am and 7pm-8pm
  • Sunday: 4pm-5pm

31 Bootham

  • Weekdays: 6am-8am and 9pm onwards
  • Saturday: 6am-9am and 9pm onwards
  • Sunday: 6am-10am and 9pm onwards

Queens House, Micklegate

  • Weekdays: 7am-9am and 9pm onwards
  • Saturday: 7am-9am and 9pm onwards
  • Sunday: 7am-10am and 8pm onwards

Piccadilly

  • Weekdays: 7am-10am
  • Saturday: 7am-9am and 10pm onwards
  • Sunday: 7am-9am and 9pm onwards

Jockey Lane, Huntington

  • Weekdays: 7am-8am and 8pm onwards
  • Saturday: 7am-10am and 7pm onwards
  • Sunday: 10am-11am

The Village, Haxby

  • Weekdays: 7am-9am and 9pm onwards
  • Saturday: 7am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Sunday: 9am-10am

Abbey Walk, Selby

  • Weekdays: 8am-9am and 8pm onwards
  • Saturday: 8am-9am 
  • Sunday: 3pm-4pm

Tesco (including Tesco Express)

Goodramgate

  • Weekdays: 6am-10am and 7pm onwards
  • Saturday: 6am-10am and 10pm-11pm
  • Sunday: 6am-10am and 7pm onwards

9-11 Low Ousegate

  • Weekdays: 6am-9am and 8pm onwards
  • Saturday: 6am-10am
  • Sunday: 6am-9am and 10pm onwards

Blossom Street

  • Weekdays: 7am-8am and 9pm onwards
  • Saturday: 7am-9am and 10pm onwards
  • Sunday: 7am-9am and 9pm onwards

Clifton Moor Retail Park, Stirling Road

  • Weekdays: 6am-10am and 8pm onwards
  • Saturday: 6am-10am and 7pm onwards
  • Sunday: 3pm onwards

Huntington Road

  • Weekdays: 7am-9am and 9pm onwards
  • Saturday: 7am-9am and 8pm onwards
  • Sunday: 7am-10am

Askham Bar, Tadcaster Road

  • Weekdays: 6am-9am and 8pm onwards
  • Saturday: 6am-8am and 8pm onwards
  • Sunday: 10am-11am

The Village, Strensall

  • Weekdays: 6am-10am and 8pm onwards
  • Saturday: 6am-10am and 8pm onwards
  • Sunday: 6am-10am and 8pm onwards

Hambleton Road, Norton, Malton

  • Weekdays: 6am-9am and 9pm onwards
  • Saturday: 8pm onwards
  • Sunday: 6am-8am and 8pm onwards

Morrisons 

Foss Islands Road

  • Weekdays: 6am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Saturday: 6am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Sunday: 10am-11am and 3pm-4pm

Front Street, Acomb

  • Weekdays: 7am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Saturday: 7am-10am and 6pm onwards
  • Sunday: 10am-11am

Castlegate, Malton

  • Weekdays: 6am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Saturday: 6am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Sunday: 6am-9am and 7pm onwards

Portholme Road, Selby

  • Weekdays: 6am-10am and 8pm onwards
  • Saturday: 6am-9am and 8pm onwards
  • Sunday: 3pm-4pm

Waitrose

Foss Islands Road

  • Weekdays: 8am-9am and 7pm-9pm
  • Saturday: 8am-9am and 7pm-8pm
  • Sunday: 4pm-5pm

Market Cross, Selby

  • Weekdays: 7am-9am and 8pm onwards 
  • Saturday: 7am-8am and 6pm onwards
  • Sunday: 3pm-4pm

Aldi

Fulford Road

  • Weekdays: 8am-9am and 8pm onwards
  • Saturday: 8am-9am and 8pm onwards
  • Sunday: 10am-11am

Three Lakes Retail Park, Bawtry Road, Selby

  • Weekdays: 7pm onwards
  • Saturday: 8am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Sunday: 3pm-4pm

Lidl

Thanet Road

  • Weekdays: 8am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Saturday: 8am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Sunday: 10am-11am

Welham Road, Norton, Malton

  • Weekdays: 7pm onwards
  • Saturday: 7pm onwards
  • Sunday: 10am-11am

Bawtry Road, Selby

  • Weekdays: 8am-9am and 8pm onwards
  • Saturday: 8am-9am and 7pm onwards
  • Sunday: 3pm-4pm

Co-op

Hull Road

  • Weekdays: 7am-9am and 9pm onwards
  • Saturday: 7am-9am and 9pm onwards
  • Sunday: 12-pm-1pm

Broadway, Fulford

  • Weekdays: 7am-8am and 9pm onwards
  • Saturday: 7am-9am and 9pm onwards
  • Sunday: 7am-9am

Iceland

Fulford Road

Weekdays: 8am-9am and 7pm-8pm

Saturday: 8am-10am

Sunday: 10am-11am

Clifton Moor Retail Park

  • Weekdays: 8am-9am
  • Saturday: 8am-9am
  • Sunday: 3pm onwards