{"id":820,"date":"2009-12-07T14:56:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T13:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/?p=820"},"modified":"2017-05-20T11:55:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T10:55:31","slug":"a-gluten-free-christmas-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/a-gluten-free-christmas-day-7\/","title":{"rendered":"A gluten free Christmas: Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you planning to buy ready-made gluten free food for Christmas?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/online-shopping.jpg\" alt=\"online shopping\" title=\"online shopping\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" align=\"right\" \/>Don&#8217;t forget about the delivery schedules: the last order dates are approaching!<\/p>\n<p>Supermarket Christmas delivery dates are available now, and the pick of these may have already gone. If you&#8217;re hoping to book a Christmas food delivery, get it in their diaries today. Don&#8217;t forget that you can book a delivery with just one item or two in your shopping basket, and fill your basket up later.<\/p>\n<p>Note that if you need a prescription over Christmas, then you may need to get your prescription request in early (at our doctors, requests are required by 16 December). Remember that there will be a delivery delay at the pharmacist too, especially for fresh bread.<\/p>\n<p>As for the specialist suppliers, here are dates for our favourite suppliers that I know about so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodnessdirect.co.uk\">Goodness Direct<\/a> &#8211; I called them to ask, and it seems orders as late as 22nd December may still arrive before Christmas <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.droppaanddroppa.com\">Droppa &#038; Droppa<\/a> &#8211; cut off date for orders to be delivered before Christmas is midnight on 16th December; last delivery date is 23 December. No deliveries available between 23 Dec and 11 Jan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gfdiet.com\/index_en.htm\">Lifestyle<\/a> &#8211; I emailed them to ask, as no-one was answering the phone. They replied very quickly, and said that orders should be placed as soon as possible, and the last delivery date set as 23 December.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gffdirect.co.uk\">Gluten Free Foods Direct<\/a> &#8211; Christmas orders must be received by 5pm on 17 December; no guarantees that orders placed after this date will be delivered before Christmas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreecatering.com\/\">Johnson&#8217;s Dietary Provisions<\/a> &#8211; cut off date for orders to be delivered before Christmas is 5pm on Wednesday 16th December; last delivery date is 23 December (and they&#8217;ll be closed 23 Dec to 5 Jan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dietaryneedsdirect.co.uk\">Dietary Needs Direct<\/a> &#8211; I spoke by phone to them, and they suggested that the 20th would be a sensible last-order date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any others? Who have I forgotten?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you planning to buy ready-made gluten free food for Christmas? Don&#8217;t forget about the delivery schedules: the last order dates are approaching! Supermarket Christmas delivery dates are available now, and the pick of these may have already gone. If you&#8217;re hoping to book a Christmas food delivery, get it in their diaries today. 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