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Supermarket loyalty schemes offer genuine savings - CMA

British supermarket prices offered through loyalty schemes provide genuine savings, the competition regulator ruled today, providing a boost to the major players who are increasingly relying on them to attract shoppers.

Business • 27 Nov 24

Sainsbury's said that from March it would pay staff outside of London £12 an hour and staff in London £13.15 an hour, up from £11 and £11.95

UK's Sainsbury's to spend £200m raising workers pay

British supermarket group Sainsbury's said it would invest £200m to raise the pay of 120,000 workers to a level above the new rate of the UK government's mandated national minimum wage.

Business • 05 Jan 24

Sainsbury's made an underlying profit before tax of £371m in the 28 weeks to September 18

Sainsbury's weathers supply chain woes with profit rise

British supermarket group Sainsbury's has today reported a 23% rise in first-half profit and maintained its full-year profit outlook despite uncertainty around supply chains.

Business • 04 Nov 21

UK supermarket groups have seen sales soar during the pandemic

More UK supermarkets waive tax relief

Sainsbury's, Asda, Aldi and B&M will forgo UK property tax relief during the pandemic, following rivals Tesco and Morrisons and taking the total recouped by the UK government from retailers to £1.8 billion.

Business • 04 Dec 20

UK supermarket visits up by 79 million before lockdown

UK consumers made over 79 million extra grocery shopping trips in the four weeks to March 21 year-on-year as they stocked their "pandemic pantries".

Business • 31 Mar 20

Sainsbury's Coupe says exit not due to Asda deal fail

The boss of British supermarket group Sainsbury's, Mike Coupe, said he was not stepping down in May because of his failure to buy rival Asda last year.

Business • 28 Jan 20

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority said this week it was likely to review the supermarket sector's biggest deal since 2003

Answers wanted from regulator on Sainsbury's/Asda probe

UK politicians said today they were seeking information from the competition regulator regarding concerns over Sainsbury's proposed £7.3 billion takeover of Walmart owned rival Asda.

Business • 03 May 18

The new supermarket group will have combined revenues of £51 billion

Sainsbury's and Asda announce £13.3 billion merger deal

Sainsbury's and Asda, the UK arm of Walmart, today confirmed they had agreed a £13.3 billion merger to create Britain's biggest supermarket group by market share, surpassing current leader Tesco.

Business • 30 Apr 18

Sainsbury's said today that from next week it will no longer include Tesco in its price comparison scheme

Sainsbury's to focus on Asda with prices scheme

Sainsbury's said that from next week it will only benchmark prices with Wal-Mart's Asda, no longer including Tesco in its price comparison scheme.

Business • 26 Sep 14

Sainsbury's said it made an underlying pretax profit of £798m in the year to March

Sainsbury's annual profit growth slows

British grocer J Sainsbury today posted a 5.3% rise in annual profit, its slowest growth in nearly a decade.

Business • 07 May 14

Sainsbury sales at stores open over a year fell 3.1% in its fiscal fourth quarter

Sainsbury's nine year run of sales growth ends

J Sainsbury has ended a nine-year run of quarterly sales growth, underlining sluggish trading momentum for the major grocers in the early months of 2014.

Business • 18 Mar 14

Justin King has been CEO at Sainsbury for ten years

Sainsbury's CEO King to step down in July

British grocer J Sainsbury said Justin King will step down in July 2014 after 10 years as chief executive.

Business • 29 Jan 14

Sainsbury's 7% profit rise puts Tesco in shade

British grocer J Sainsbury showed its resilience to tough market conditions with a 7% rise in first-half profit.

Business • 13 Nov 13

Sainsbury's sales up 0.8% in the 12 weeks to June 8

Sainsbury sees 34th quarter of sales growth

J Sainsbury, Britain's number three supermarket chain, met forecasts for underlying sales growth in its first quarter.

Business • 12 Jun 13

Sainsbury's reports 33rd quarter of sales growth in a row

Sainsbury's quarterly results beat expectations

J Sainsbury beat forecasts for underlying sales in its fourth quarter, helped by growth online and in convenience stores.

Business • 19 Mar 13

Sainsbury sales growth slowing

J Sainsbury, Britain's number three supermarket, met forecasts for underlying sales in the Christmas quarter.

Business • 09 Jan 13

Further claims against State Street bank

The pension funds of Sainsbury and the British Royal Mail are among those billed by State Street in London for fees which were not included in their contracts with the bank it has emerged.

Business • 23 Nov 12

Sainsbury sales get Jubilee boost

J Sainsbury, Britain's third-largest supermarket group, posted a rise in quarterly sales.

Business • 13 Jun 12

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