TESCO has announced that online shoppers will have their deliveries capped at 80 items from now on.

An email sent to customers explained that their aim was “to increase the number of customers we can safely deliver to”.

Tesco has already limited all products to a maximum of three per customer, whether they shop online or in stores.

The retail giant said that online orders already placed were unaffected unless customers make changes to them.

Anyone who edits an existing order will become subject to the 80-item limit.

Tesco added: "We're at full capacity for the next few weeks and we ask those who are able to safely come to stores to do so, instead of shopping online.

"This will help us to free up more slots for the more vulnerable."