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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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Southend’s GSM on winning the Grocer 33 during a chaotic refurb
‘Some days there will be entire aisles that are empty of anything. We’ve put up signs and have greeters on hand to help customers’
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s comes out on top in close Southend supermarket scrap
Sainsbury’s racked up an impressive 84 points as it pipped Tesco to the post by just one mark
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NewsSainsbury’s adds support to Let’s Respect Retail campaign
The supermarket is the biggest grocery retailer to join the campaign as it looks to push its message of treating retail staff with respect and kindness
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Partner FeaturesOpen the door to sustainable savings
Everyday supermarket infrastructure can hold the secrets to high-profile energy savings in-store.
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s three-time Grocer 33 winner on Halloween
Adrian Clark knows retail like the back of his hand, having spent 40 years in the sector
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s offers top Telford shop thanks to great staff
The 38,842 sq ft store on Telford Forge Retail Park put in this week’s joint-best performance on availability and was described as “clean, well-kept and in good order” by our shopper
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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’