Sainsbury's news

Sainsbury's has announced that Argos customers will now receive Nectar points for purchases made at Argos in-store and online. Previously customers could only collect points if they placed an Argos order online. Now they will automatically collect points for purchases made in-store as well. To launch the scheme double points will be offered on all purchases for a limited period (September 18th - ...

Morrisons has announced the appointment of Rachel Eyre as its new chief customer and marketing officer. She will will join Morrisons from Sainsbury's in early 2021, taking over the role from Andy Atkinson who was promoted to group commercial director earlier this year. Eyre's role will cover customer insight and marketing including advertising, in-store and targeted marketing. She will also ...

Sainsbury's has launched a trial of an innovative virtual queuing system designed to help customers save time and stay safe while shopping at its supermarkets. Virtual queuing  The app will allow customers to join a virtual queue without needing to physically wait in line at a store. They can monitor their position in the queue remotely, for instance from a car or a coffee shop, and will be...

Sainsbury's has agreed a deal to supply garden centre chain Dobbies with its own label products. Leading garden centre to stock Sainsbury's own brands The partnership is set to launch at the garden centre chain's flagship Edinburgh store later this month, according to press reports. The deal will make up to 3,000 Sainsbury's products available to Dobbies' customers, with the range spanning ...

Sainsbury's has reported 8.5% (8.2% LFL) sales growth for the 16 weeks to June 27th, driven by sharp increases in grocery and online sales. Results summary Total sales growth Q1 (7 weeks to 25 April) Q1 (9 weeks to 27 June) Q1 (16 weeks to 27 June) Grocery 12% 10% 10.5% General merchandise 3% 12% 7.2%...

On his first day as CEO, Simon Roberts has announced two key appointments to Sainsbury's operating board, designed to make the retailer more customer centric. Clo Moriarty promoted to Retail and Digital Director Having driven the rapid development of Sainsbury's group digital strategy over the last few years, Clo Moriarty will now take on additional responsibility for Sainsbury’s and Argos st...

Sainsbury’s is expanding Chop Chop, its fast grocery delivery service by bike, to 50 stores across 20 cities. Expansion beyond London Sainsbury's is rolling out its rapid bike delivery service for the first time outside the boundaries of the capital.  Chop Chop has been launched this week in Brighton and Bristol, with Manchester, Reading and Richmond, Morden, Charlton and Harringay in Great...

In an excusive interview with IGD, Sainsbury's Commercial Director Paul Mills-Hicks discusses how shopper behaviour has changed since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis and the outlook for the rest of 2020.  Below we highlight some of his key points. Preparing for post lockdown Mills-Hicks' “biggest worry” is whether customers will be as relaxed and accommodating if many lines are still not b...

In this regularly updated article, we summarise the latest responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the UK: Market update: Grocery sales growth slows to 5.5% in April:  New data from Kantar  reveals a slowdown in grocery market growth from 20.6% in March to 5.5% over the four weeks to April 19th as consumers settle into life under lockdown. Multiples update: Sain...

Sainsbury's has announced that profits could be hit by £500m in the year ahead as it takes on costs from the COVID-19 crisis. However the group's ability to weather the storm is strengthened by encouraging full year results for 2019, including seen steady improvements in grocery sales since last year's strategy update.   COVID-19 impact update Sainsbury's base case modelling assumes loc...