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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Jan- 2023 -26 JanuarySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s launches healthy overnight drive-thru for shift workers
Sainsbury’s has launched a healthy overnight drive-through aimed at shift workers who it says have the unhealthiest diets in the UK. According to new research from Sainsbury’s, professions such as security guards and taxi drivers top the list for unhealthiest diets. It found that almost a quarter (23%) of night…
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26 JanuaryDIY
The Cotswold Company appoints three to leadership team
Furniture and homewares brand, The Cotswold Company has announced the appointment of Jim Sharp as chairman, Matt Pollington as chief marketing officer, and Mike Ellis as director of merchandising. Sharp has built his career at Schroeder’s and Jimmy Choo, having chaired several high-growth digital brand-led retailers such as Seraphine, Feelunique,…
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24 JanuaryHigh Street
Sosander announces partnership with Sainsbury’s
Sosandar has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell a curated collection of its products through Sainsbury’s. Through this wholesale agreement, a selected range will begin to be sold through Sainsbury’s during 2023, initially online only, with selected stores planned later this year as Sainsbury’s increases its…
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24 JanuaryHealth & Beauty
Boots offers 1,500 jobs to former Lloyds Pharmacy staff
Boots has announced that it will be recruiting for more than 1,500 pharmacy roles nationwide, extending the opportunity particularly to Lloyds Pharmacy staff that have been impacted by news of closures. The pharmacy retailer’s announcement comes as Lloyds Pharmacy will be closing 237 branches inside nationwide Sainsbury’s stores over the…
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20 JanuaryHigh Street
Argos to close all Irish operations
Argos has announced that it will shut all of its 34 stores in the Republic of Ireland at the end of June in 2023. The company, owned by Sainsbury’s, has said its operations in Northern Ireland, or the rest of the UK, will not be affected by the decision. It…
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16 JanuarySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s and Just Eat agree grocery delivery partnership
Just Eat has launched a new partnership with Sainsbury’s, marking the platform’s second tie-up with one of the UK’s ‘Big Four’ grocery brands. The partnership will launch with more than 175 stores by the end of February in locations including London, Edinburgh and Bristol, with plans to roll out to…
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11 JanuarySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s raises profit outlook as sales jump 7.1%
Sainsbury’s has revealed that its total sales jumped 7.1% in the six weeks to January 6, boosting its Q3 like-for-like sales performance 5.9%. General merchandise sales jumped to 7.4%, with Argos sales 7.1% up and clothing sales growing 5.1%. As a result, the grocer also revealed that profits are expected…
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10 JanuaryAnalysis
Could budget supermarkets dominate ‘the big four’?
The big four – Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons – were once the undisputed favourites for supermarket shopping. However, when the drastic cost-of-living crisis emerged in 2021, it made many households rethink their priorities when it came to buying their essentials and non-essentials. At the tail end of 2022, Aldi…
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10 JanuarySupermarkets
Supermarkets see spending surge in final weeks of December
Total Till value growth at supermarkets increased to 10.9% from 7.6% in the final four weeks ending 31 December 2022, according to the latest data from NielsenIQ. Nielsen said the increase was due to accelerated food inflation, weak comparatives and strong sales in the seven-day trading week up to 24…
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Dec- 2022 -21 DecemberPeople Moves
Pets at Home appoints former Asda CEO to its board
Pet retailer Pets at Home has announced the appointment of former Asda CEO Roger Burnley CBE as an independent non-executive director. The appointment will come into effect 14 February 2023 and Burnley will be a member of the audit and risk committee, remuneration committee, nomination and corporate governance committee and…
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