Archive of all Sainsbury's articles – Page 43
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Analysis & Features
What progress have the big four supermarkets made on their plastic pledges?
After David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II sparked horror over the world’s plastic waste problem, the big four set ambitious targets to ditch it
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Comment & Opinion
Sainsbury’s exit from wholesale is shocking – but may prove to be the right move
It’s back to the drawing board for SimplyFresh and other retailers that signed up to the supplied-by-Sainsbury’s model
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News
Sainsbury’s axes wholesale operations to focus on core business
News of the supermarket’s decision emerged today in a statement from SimplyFresh, with whom it kicked off a wholesale partnership in January 2020
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News
Supermarkets back Henry Dimbleby’s call for mandatory reporting on healthy sales
The report claimed that the government’s voluntary reformulation programme had failed
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News
Sainsbury’s hikes distribution rates due to driver shortage
It came after its primary partner Warrens Group, an arm of Culina, increased its rates
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News
Sainsbury’s shrugs off inflationary pressures to hike profits expectations
Sainsbury’s has hiked its profit expectations for the full year despite pledging action on price and mounting inflationary pressures following better-than-expected sales in the first quarter
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News
Sainsbury’s adds fully electric carbon-friendly trailers to its fleet
The five new electric fridges don’t release carbon emissions or particulate matter such as dirt and smoke
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News
City snapshot: Sainsbury’s upgrades earnings on strong Q1 sales
Sainsbury’s has raised its full year profits expectations after posting growth in its first quarter despite ’exceptionally tough comparatives’.
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News
Sainsbury’s to invest £50m in cutting prices across fresh, meat and dairy
The retailer said 60 of its core popular products are set to drop in price by the end of the month
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News
Mowi posts strong performance since Sainsbury’s launch, new data suggests
The global seafood company’s consumer brand launched a trio of Scottish-farmed salmon products into Sainsbury’s back in March
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s Barnwood, Gloucester: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘A lot of customers talk to us about all things Nectar. It allows us to engage with our customers and offer personalised products’
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury’s Gloucester stands amid poor mystery shopper performance by rivals
Sainsbury’s racked up an impressive score of 81 with our shopper enjoying the “friendly feel” generated by the store
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News
Retail industry needs change from the top to achieve D&I targets, says Diversity in Retail
Diversity in Retail has set up a series of meetings, cohorts, committees and steering groups to facilitate cross-industry collaboration
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Analysis & Features
Five trends shaping conscious shoppers’ decisions, according to Sainsbury’s
The trends set by this group of shoppers have historically filtered into the mainstream, making what were niche categories into big business
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News
Foundation Earth: food companies and retailers create eco-labelling scheme
The Foundation Earth scheme, which will launch in September, is the brainchild of late Finnebrogue founder Denis Lynn
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News
Sainsbury’s rolls out flexible plastic recycling scheme to stores nationwide
The retailer’s scheme, which allows customers to drop all flexible plastic packaging at in-store points, is set to expand following a successful trial in north east England
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News
Sainsbury’s workers compete in Euros-themed Colleague Cup
Store employees from across the business had the chance to get involved and ’show off their kick-up skills’ for the competition
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News
Sainsbury’s and JLP among founding members of ‘Diversity in Retail’ group
Diversity in Retail aims to increase diversity and inclusion across all levels in the industry via cooperation between member retailers
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News
Sainsbury’s launches mass rollout of plant-based own-label teabags
The retailer will replace the current oil-based plastic packaging used to seal each individual teabag with a plant-based plastic alternative made from cornstarch sugars
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Analysis & Features
What does Carluccio’s move into Sainsbury’s mean for both brands?
Carluccio’s is trialling three new formats at Sainsbury’s, including a café to take on the ‘high street brands’