Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 69
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      NewsBlocked Asda deal costs Sainsbury’s £46m
Sainsbury’s collapsed merger with Asda cost it £46m in the year to 9 March, contributing to one-off costs that drove a 41% reduction in pre-tax profits to £239m.
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      NewsGreenpeace targets Sainsbury's with plastic packaging protest
The environmental group analysed tweets published in 2018 referencing plastic along with one of the top four supermarkets
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      Comment & OpinionSainsbury's and Asda have the tools to recover from merger disappointment
The back to basics shopper focus approach takes time and focus, says David Sables
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      NewsSainsbury's opens first till-free store
Customers will scan their shopping with their smartphones, bag it and leave the till-free Holborn store
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      NewsSainsbury's marks 150th anniversary with immersive exhibition
Sainsbury’s said guests would be able to touch and taste their way through its history
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      NewsMike Coupe rages at CMA as Sainsbury's-Asda deal dies
The final report, issued on Thursday, concluded the merger would lead to rising prices and reduced quality for UK shoppers
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      NewsMedia Bites 26 April: Sainsbury's/Asda fallout special
The papers look at the ramifications of the collapse of the £12bn Saisbury/Asda merger and what is next for the two supermarkets and their management teams.
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      Comment & OpinionThe Sainsbury's-Asda deal is dead. What now?
The CMA’s findings make grim reading for large companies considering M&A activity
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      NewsSainsbury's set to stop selling barn eggs in 2020
The retailer will exclusively stock free range eggs after the move
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      Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury's/Asda merger blocked: analyst reactions
Here’s what the experts have to say about the collapse of the proposed Sainsbury’s/Asda merger
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      NewsSainsbury’s shares sink on death of Asda merger
Sainsbury’s shares have hit a new year-long low on the news that the UK Competition & Markets Authority has blocked its mega-merger with big four contemporary Asda.
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      NewsCMA blocks Sainsbury's/Asda merger
Sainsbury’s and Asda have abandoned their plans for a merger after a crushing final report by the competition authorities today concluded the plans would lead to rising prices and reduced quality for shoppers across the UK.
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      NewsBritish Land sells 12 Sainsbury's superstores to reduce retail exposure
British Land has agreed to sell 12 superstores from its joint venture with Sainsbury’s for £429m to Realty Income Corporation as part of its strategy to reduce its exposure to retail.
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      NewsSainsbury's and WH Smith shelve food to go trial
In the stores visited by The Grocer, Sainsbury’s food to go lines have been replaced by Munch products
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      NewsSainsbury's to revive historic beef breed after 35 year gap
Beef from the Kinermony Aberdeen Angus herd has been missing from Sainsbury’s shelves since 1983
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      NewsSainsbury's kicks off online deliveries with new electric van
The zero-emission electric van is delivering groceries across central and east London
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      NewsBeavertown scores second major supermarket deal with Sainsbury's
The supermarket has listed the craft brewer’s core trio
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      NewsSainsbury's key tech firm receives private equity investment
Leeds-based Infinity Works aims to upscale and increase its share of the IT services market
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      NewsSainsbury's to bring forward milk supply tender to this year
A profitability crisis in the liquid milk processing sector has contributed to the move
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      Comment & OpinionLetters: Greenpeace stands by criticism of Sainsbury's on plastic packaging
In a letter to The Grocer, Greenpeace’s head of ocean plastics campaign defends its decision to call out Sainsbury’s
 





