Sainsbury’s
This coverage analyses Sainsbury’s strategy, operations, and performance within the UK grocery and retail sector. Reporting includes store and online developments, product innovation, financial results, marketing initiatives, sustainability efforts, and leadership decisions. With a focus on commercial impact and competitive positioning, it provides insights for retail professionals managing grocery, convenience, and multi-channel operations.
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Jun- 2023 -22 JuneHealth & Beauty
Lloyds Pharmacy continues offloading stores as CEO departs
Lloyds Pharmacy parent company Hallo Healthcare has sold 32 Masta stores, its private travel clinic, to Irish firm Nomad Travel last week as part of its continued drive to offload assets. It has also been revealed in Companies House listings that Lloyds CEO Ken Birch stepped down from his role…
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22 JuneNews
Sainsbury’s expands Nectar prices to fresh produce
Sainsbury’s has announced the expansion of its loyalty initiative by introducing offers on fresh produce for the first time. Nectar’s 18 million users can now access a wide range of fresh fruit and vegetables at a lower price, helping to make big savings when shopping in Sainsbury’s supermarkets or online. …
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21 JuneSupermarkets
Aldi becomes Scotland’s 3rd biggest supermarket by volume, Kantar finds
Aldi Scotland has revealed its volume share of the grocery market has increased to 11%, moving ahead of Morrisons and Sainsbury’s for the first time to become the third biggest supermarket, according to new data from Kantar. Aldi Scotland now commands a higher volume market share than Co-op (7.2%), Sainsbury’s…
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21 JuneHigh Street
WHSmith, M&S and Argos ordered to pay underpaid staff
WHSmith, M&S and Argos have been ordered to pay unpaid wages to thousands of staff following an investigation from the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). WHSmith have been ordered to pay over £1m to over 17,000 workers after a policy making staff supply their own uniform caused their wages…
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20 JuneSupermarkets
Grocery price inflation falls to lowest level this year
Like-for-like grocery price inflation has dropped to its lowest level since 2022 and now sits at 16.5% for the four weeks to 11 June 2023, according to the latest data from Kantar. British take-home grocery sales rose by 10.8% over the month in comparison with the same period last year.…
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14 JuneSupermarkets
CMA orders Sainsbury’s and Asda to stop anti-competitive land agreements
Sainsbury’s and Asda have recently been ordered to stop using unlawful anti-competitive land agreements by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The unlawful agreements include placing restrictions on land they own from being used by a rival supermarket, a move which doesn’t allow shoppers to have more choice and benefit…
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13 JuneHealth & Beauty
Lloyds pharmacy shuts all 237 Sainsbury branches
LloydsPharmacy has confirmed that all its stores located in Sainsbury’s stores will cease to exist from today (13 June 2023). The closures, which were previously agreed, were supposed to be phased out over the year, however, the date has been brought forward and branches are closing sooner than expected. The…
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7 JuneSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s rolls out Nectar Prices across new categories
Sainsbury’s has announced that it is expanding Nectar Prices into new categories by introducing offers on dairy and bakery products for the first time. The scheme will now apply to a range of dairy products including Cathedral City mature cheese (usually £4.75, Nectar Price £2.75), Philadelphia cheese (usually £2.20, Nectar…
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7 JuneSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s CEO lands near £5m pay packet
The CEO of Sainsbury’s Simon Roberts received a pay packet of £4.95m last year in the form of cash and shares. The bulk of this award was a £1.7m bonus and £2.2m in share awards alongside Roberts’ £899,000 base pay, a 3.5% increase. Overall this figure of £4.95m was an…
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5 JuneAnalysis
Could WHSmith secure Toys R Us’ success through concessions?
After disappearing from UK high streets and retail parks in 2018, Toys R Us has made plans to relaunch this summer across several locations, as well as in the form of concessions in WHSmith branches. The children’s toys retailer exited after falling out of favour due to strong competition from…
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