The bridge pickup of the Tele is a little fatter than the strat.
Yes, and the standard tele neck pickup is even smaller than a standard strat single coil.

A tele neck pickup is approx. 15mm wide by 72mm long, a strat SC is approx. 17.5mm wide and 80mm long.

re: GFS shipping; the only thing to do is place a big enough order (of other parts) that it makes it more economically feasible.