Sainsbury's news and analysis – Page 52
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NewsCity Snapshot: Sainsbury’s lifts profit forecasts despite Christmas sales slump
Sainsbury’s has lifted its profit guidance for the year despite a fall in sales over the key Christmas trading period. Plus, Just Eat Takeaway misses full-year growth target, and Vimto maker Nichols issues full-year trading update.
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NewsSainsbury’s and meat-free brand This team up for ‘chicken tikka’ roll to go
It marks the first time Sainsbury’s has collaborated with a supplier for a plant-based launch in the category
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NewsSainsbury’s ups store colleague hourly pay rate to at least £10
Staff working in inner London will see their pay increase from £10.10 to £11.05
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NewsSainsbury’s boosts Aldi Price Match range with more fresh and volume lines
The new wave of 150 Aldi price-matched items includes lines such as rump steak
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NewsMeal planner platform Lollipop launches with Sainsbury’s
The meal plan-generated orders can be topped up with users’ manually selected items, such as household essentials
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Analysis & Features16 of the biggest moments in grocery in 2021
Serial shortages, Amazon’s arrival and Aldi’s efforts to #FreeCuthbert – 2021 was never dull.
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NewsSainsbury’s trims down Aldi price match list ahead of Christmas
Some of the items dropped from the campaign have seen a significant price hike
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NewsSainsbury’s adds Christmas products to Aldi price match
Sainsbury’s Aldi price match Christmas campaign runs through to 24 December
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NewsWilliam Grant & Sons launches ‘immersive’ spirits activation at Sainsbury’s
The activation aims to tap three spirits trends identified by Sainsbury’s for the holiday season: at-home cocktails, gifting and trading up
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NewsChristmas ranges smaller and fewer discounts for second year running as supermarkets trim their sails
Research by The Grocer using Assosia data shows that since Christmas 2019 Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons and Waitrose have collectively cut over 8,500 products
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NewsSainsbury’s brings back Healthy Start £2 top-up vouchers to tackle food poverty this Christmas
The supermarket is bringing back its £2 top-up vouchers to accompany the government’s own vouchers
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NewsSainsbury’s only supermarket geared up for HFSS ban, claims study
Supermarkets are running more than 4,000 online promotions for unhealthy food every week
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Comment & OpinionDiscovering innovative small brands is easy. Supporting them is where retailers fail
Retailer SME schemes focus too much on ‘discovering’ new brands without offering proper ongoing support, says Theadora Alexander, co-founder at Young Foodies
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills wins with good availability and ‘festive feel’
The ‘warm and seasonal’ store in Plymouth impressed with its attractive displays
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NewsSainsbury’s to postpone all staff Christmas parties amid Omicron fears
Sainsbury’s decision to postpone the Christmas gatherings came following internal discussions with the store employee representative group
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills, Plymouth: Grocer 33 store of the week
Duty manager Louise Adam takes us through the first week of reintroduced compulsory mask wearing
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NewsSainsbury’s aims to raise £3m to tackle food poverty this Christmas
Sainsbury’s is matching every single donation up to £1.5m, with the aim of raising a total of over £3m
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NewsSainsbury’s to launch checkout-free ‘shop and walk out’ store in London
Customers will scan in at entry gates using a QR code displayed in their SmartShop app
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NewsStephen Fry voices Sainsbury’s freeze frame Christmas advert
It is set to the Etta James classic At Last, in a nod to the delayed festivities of 2020
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Grocer 33Sainsbury’s Upper Norwood, London: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘The key in staying competitive is the service we deliver. It’s vital we empower our colleagues to be themselves at work and lead their own service’