Sainsbury's news and analysis
Sainsbury’s is the second-largest supermarket chain in the UK, with a network of supermarkets, Sainsbury's Local convenience stores, and an integrated online offering. It operates the Nectar loyalty programme and has focused on pricing initiatives like Nectar Prices and Aldi Pirce Match. The Grocer covers Sainsbury’s with news, analysis, insight and opinion, including market share updates, strategic developments, and leadership changes.
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NewsSainsbury’s Simon Roberts confident for Christmas despite ‘subdued’ market
Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts is confident in the run-up to Christmas, despite an increasingly “subdued” market
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NewsSainsbury’s upgrades profit guidance as grocery volumes rise
Sainsbury’s has raised its profit guidance for the year after winning market share and volume gains in the first half
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Comment & OpinionCan Food Nation 2040 overcome ‘disagreement across the board’?
Billed as the next chapter in the food strategy process, and overseen by IGD, Food Nation 2040 aims to build a coalition of industry, government and NGOs that will decide a framework of action on priority areas
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NewsSimon Roberts calls for industry to back IGD’s Food Nation 2040 plan
Roberts told the IGD’s Future of the UK Food System conference that it was time to start prioritising the key interventions that would shift the dial on the obesity crisis and safeguard UK food production
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NewsSainsbury’s retires SmartShop from convenience stores
The service will only continue to be available in the grocer’s full-size supermarkets
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NewsSainsbury’s brings back £3 Healthy Start top-up
Users can spend the e-gift card on on fruit, vegetables, beans and pulses, including fresh, frozen, tinned and dried products
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Grocer 33Nani Kanakam on Sainsbury's Beckton store that picks 56,000 online items in a morning
As deputy manager of the Beckton Superstore, Nani Kanakam has returned to his online roots, helping run Sainsbury’s largest online delivery hub
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s provides best online shop in the East End of London
Our shopper praised the ‘accessible’ site with the ‘swift navigation’ and search feature making the process ‘very easy and efficient’
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NewsSainsbury’s to sell all Northern Ireland petrol stations
As part of the deal, Go Forecourts will ‘invest significantly in the sites’
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NewsBosses of major supermarkets meet Healey with budget demands
Executives will tell John Healey that ‘choices he makes at the end of month will determine whether more shops open or close, whether retail jobs grow or decline and whether prices rise faster or slower’
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NewsWorldpanel: Asda’s return to growth proves short-lived
The latest data also tells of subdued grocery sales elsewhere as consumers spend cautiously ahead of the autumn budget
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NewsCautious shoppers constrain supermarket growth, NIQ figures show
Supermarket sales growth has slowed as consumers continue to keep a close watch on household budgets
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s confidence rests on more than just market share
In a grocery market where growth is increasingly hard won, Tesco is demonstrating it has more tricks up its sleeve
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NewsSainsbury’s upgrades app with AI-powered basket builder
Shoppers can build online baskets by taking photos of handwritten lists or entering prompts like ‘ingredients for a spaghetti bolognese’
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury’s, Morrisons, Tesco & Majestic: inside grocery’s consolidation rush
Sainsbury’s explored a Morrisons merger before walking away and Tesco is circling Majestic Wine. What does it tell us about where the grocery sector is heading?
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News80% of supermarkets cut organic food ranges
Organic products account for 5.4% of food products for sale
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NewsSainsbury’s and Morrisons held multibillion-pound merger talks
The early stage talks between the two supermarkets took place over a three-month period from November last year to February before Sainsbury’s walked away
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Comment & OpinionLoyalty schemes: Lidl is flying, but does Aldi boss have a good point?
In one corner, Aldi’s UK chief Giles Hurley has said loyaly schemes are ‘duping’ customers; in the other, Lidl is beating Aldi on every metric of sales growth, thanks partly to its loyalty scheme
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NewsSainsbury’s targets 17.5k additional staff in Christmas recruitment drive
The seasonal staff will fulfil demand for roles across Sainsbury’s stores and warehouses, as well as Argos stores and its online fulfilment operations
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NewsNorthern Dough Co enters chilled aisle with doughballs and flatbreads
The brand has also refreshed its packaging with recipe-specific coloured packs and clearer ingredient cues