It's going to be a washout weekend around the UK meaning the prospect of having to stand in queues outside of supermarkets is not a pleasant one.
While we have to do what we can to maintain social distancing and make supermarkets as safe as possible, several of the leading UK chains have brought in new measures to help cut the queues and avoid customers having to queue in the grim weather.
Tesco is one of these supermarkets, and the announcement that shoppers will be able to queue in the dry, safe, warmth of their car has gone down well with many shoppers.
We've broken down all the latest changes to queueing systems for the major UK supermarkets including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Aldi, Lidl and Morrisons.
An earlier version of this story appeared on KentLive.
Tesco
When it comes to queueing, Tesco has thought out every detail - including the weather.
If it's raining or particularly bad weather then Tesco shoppers could be asked to wait in their cars instead to avoid having to stand in long queues.
On their website, the supermarket giant says: "If it's raining or particularly cold, we may ask you to stay in your car to queue - we'll let you know when you can come in."
Sainsbury's
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While Sainsbury's has not announced plans to avoid customers queueing outside, they do have measures in place to try and cut down on queue times.
The chain has extended their opening hours, with the majority of their stores now open from 8am until 10pm, with dedicated shopping hours for the vulnerable still in place.
The hope is that this will encourage people to visit stores throughout the day, to avoid queues when stores open in the morning and what have been peak times.
Sainsbury's have also expanded their click and collect service, and are accepting new customer registrations.
This means you can place your order online and pick it up from a car park collection point. There are also new 30 minute pick up slots available in some locations as well as the usual hour slots - with the hope to avoid people avoiding at the beginning of an hour slot which is often busy.
Asda
In a similar move, Asda is also bringing in measures that would allow customers to wait inside their cars to enter their stores.
The supermarket chain is trialling a 'virtual queuing' system as part of its investment in longer-term social distancing measures.
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This new system will allow customers to log into a queue remotely and wait in their cars to enter stores.
So far the new system is being trialled in the Middleton store, in Leeds, and could be rolled out nationwide if all goes well in the future.
Lidl
While Lidl is still asking customers to queue outside their stores when they reach capacity, they are aware that due to various reasons some people may have difficulty queueing.
If this applies to you the advice is to make yourself known to a security guard or staff member at the front, who will be able to give you priority access.
The budget supermarket is also trying out a new system which would allow customers to skip queues both to get into the store and at the tills.
They're now testing a new 'click and collect' system, something in place already at many retail brands but new to the budget supermarket.
Customers can order online, with groceries picked and packed from the shelves by Lidl staff before you collect at an agreed time.
Aldi
In a more visual approach, Aldi has adopted a traffic light system to indicate to shoppers when it is safe to enter their stores.
Using individual store customer limits there will be traffic lights to signal when it is safe for customers to enter stores in a way which would allow for two-metre social distancing rules to be followed.
A green light means the store has a safe number of people to the social distance while carrying out their shopping, with lights going red when stores are full - indicating that customers should wait.
Morrisons
Taking a different approach is Morrisons, which is aware that not everyone is going to spend the same amount of time in-store doing their food shop.
To try and even things out, the supermarket has made the move to let in three people using just baskets for every person using a trolley.
So anyone who is just popping in for a few bits can get in and out a little faster.
There are separate queues both inside and outside their stores for what they call the 'speedy shopper' system.