Tag "Sainsbury's"
Sainsbury’s Launches Handwash Pouches To Cut Plastic Use
Date: 2022-06-27 08:30:03
UK retailer Sainsbury’s has launched own-brand, one-litre handwash pouches in a bid to help consumers cut down on household plastic waste. The new pouches use 85% less plastic and will...
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Sainsbury’s teamed up with online meal planning app Lollipop
Date: 2022-02-21 13:22:59
Online meal planning app Lollipop allows meal plans to be created based on dietary requirements, for which it automatically generates a shopping list from the online catalogue of Sainsbury’s. In...
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Shoppers Buy More Fruit And Vegetables On Promotion, IGD Trial Shows
Date: 2021-12-07 08:40:14
The portion of fruit and vegetables sold increased by 78% when available at a reduced price, initial data from a trial conducted in Sainsbury’s by the IGD has revealed. IGD...
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Sainsbury’s unveils 2021 Christmas advert
Date: 2021-11-15 08:50:41
Sainsbury’s has unveiled its much anticipated Christmas advert ‘A Christmas to Savour’. The video celebrates the enjoyment of friends and family coming together, following last Christmas not being “quite as...
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Sainsbury’s to spend 50 million pounds on cutting prices
Date: 2021-08-26 14:45:56
Sainsbury’s plans to invest about GBP 50 million in cutting the prices of 60 popular products (fresh produce, meat and milk). The cheaper prices – which according to Sainsbury’s could...
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Müller enters the kefir category
Date: 2021-08-26 08:57:59
Müller is about to shake up the flavoured dairy product market with its first ever kefir product, Müller Kefir Smoothie. Kefir sales are growing by 24 percent in the United...
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An investment company is interested in the UK retail chain
Date: 2021-08-23 11:03:19
Sainsbury’s shares jumped 13 percent to more than a seven-year high on the London Stock Exchange on Monday with news that an investment company would offer more than 7bn pounds...
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Sainsbury’s tests in-store recycling system
Date: 2021-03-16 14:02:40
Sainsbury’s plans to introduce a new in-store recycling system which makes it possible for customers to recycle polypropylene (PP) film. There are 63 Sainsbury’s stores participating in the trial. A...
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Sainsbury’s starts price war against Aldi
Date: 2021-03-16 13:50:00
Sainsbury’s campaign called ‘Aldi Price Match’ – launched to fight for market share – offers customers 250 Sainsbury’s quality products that match the prices found at Aldi. However, 8 of...
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Lidl named supermarket of the year in the UK
Date: 2021-03-16 09:32:04
Lidl GB has been named Supermarket of the Year in the United Kingdom at the 2020 Retail Industry Awards. Judges praised Lidl’s effort to provide affordable fresh produce to families...
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Sainsbury’s launches private label plant-based tea bags
Date: 2021-01-25 14:08:10
UK retailer Sainsbury’s has announced: from June 2021 it will introduce a plant-based material for its private label tea bags. The tea bags will be made of PL A (polylactic acid),...
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Sainsbury’s To Roll Out Own-Brand, Plant-Based Tea Bags In June
Date: 2021-01-11 08:30:55
UK retailer Sainsbury’s has announced plans to introduce a plant-based material for its own-brand tea bags from June 2021. The tea bags are made of Polylactic acid (PLA), a renewable...
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Sainsbury’s Opens New Format ‘Neighbourhood Hub’ Stores
Date: 2020-11-13 08:50:11
UK retailer Sainsbury’s has announced that it has opened two stores under its new ‘Neighbourhood Hub’ format. The new stores aim to offer the best in the ‘neighbourhood’ format with...
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Morrisons cuts the prices of 400 essential products
Date: 2020-10-01 16:04:28
On account of the recent recession and the resulting pressure on British households, Morrisons slashes the prices on 400 essential products by an average of 23 per cent. The price...
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Sainsbury’s rewards fruit and vegetable purchases
Date: 2020-10-01 13:55:44
In its “Great Big Fruit and Veg Challenge”, Sainsbury’s urges customers to buy more fruits and vegetables by providing them in an app with targets customized to their shopping habits....
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Dobbies and Sainsbury’s team up
Date: 2020-08-10 21:19:13
Dobbies has started an exclusive partnership with Sainsbury’s to bring a range of food and grocery products to the former’s garden centres. The partnership commenced at Dobbies’ Edinburgh garden centre,...
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Talks restart for selling Asda
Date: 2020-08-10 14:39:00
Asda’s parent company Walmart has restarted talks over the potential selling of a stake in the grocery retailer. The step comes more than a year after its failed merger with...
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Sainsbury’s expands Chop Chop delivery service to 20 UK cities
Date: 2020-05-18 08:10:53
Supermarket joins up with courier firm Stuart to make deliveries to homes using bikes Sainsbury’s is taking a bicycle delivery service to 20 cities across the UK in its latest...
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Coronavirus To Accelerate UK Grocery’s Digital Shift, Says Sainsbury’s Boss
Date: 2020-04-30 08:30:37
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a digital shift in UK grocery shopping as Britons embrace home delivery, click and collect and technologies such as in-store scanning, the boss of Sainsbury’s...
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Sainsbury’s offers cleaning product refill service
Date: 2020-03-15 19:02:39
Sainsbury’s has launched a dish washing and laundry detergent refill service. This step forms part of a trial to offer customers an alternative to plastic usage. Sainsbury’s has implemented the...
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Billionaire petrol industry entrepreneurs eye Asda
Date: 2020-03-15 18:58:33
Asda is reportedly surrounded by petrol station tycoons and private equity houses after US owner Walmart confirmed it was in talks to sell its share last week. Walmart is thought...
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Sainsbury’s Goes on the Go
Date: 2020-02-13 08:50:33
Sainsbury’s is unveiling its new city convenience store format, delivering big innovation in small spaces for local shoppers. Sainsbury’s Mansion House store in London’s Square Mile is the retailer’s first...
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Sainsbury’s saves on management positions
Date: 2020-01-22 11:00:08
Sainsbury’s has recently announced that it would save 500 million pounds on structural changes and eliminate hundreds of management positions. The changes are also needed to accelerate integration with Argos,...
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Tesco battles discounters with paid-for loyalty card
Date: 2019-11-18 13:30:14
Tesco becomes the first major British supermarket group to offer a subscription customer loyalty scheme. This serves as a weapon in its fight against German-owned discounters. No less than 19...
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Sainsbury’s Christmas ad celebrates grocer’s 150th year
Date: 2019-11-13 08:50:13
Sainsbury’s has released its 2019 Christmas advert which illustrates the grocer’s history as it celebrates its 150th year of trading. The Big 4 grocer’s TV campaign, which is already online,...
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Sainsbury’s to remove fireworks from shelves
Date: 2019-10-22 08:10:55
Sainsbury’s is set to become the first major retailer in the UK to ban the public sale of fireworks after revealing it would remove them from their shelves. The Big...
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Sainsbury’s to sell 100-percent free-range eggs only from April 2020
Date: 2019-10-20 14:09:38
UK retailer Sainsbury’s has announced that it will only sell eggs sourced from free-range farms as of April 2020. The decision to switch to 100-percent free-range eggs will help in...
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Sainsbury’s & Argos roll out hidden disability sunflower lanyards
Date: 2019-10-10 08:50:17
Sainsbury’s and Argos has announced a nationwide roll-out of sunflower lanyards in stores as part of an initiative to support customers with hidden disabilities. Following a successful trial earlier this...
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Reverse vending machines are successful in Iceland stores
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:53
In five Iceland stores the retailer has recycled more than 1 million plastic bottles since May 2018 via five reverse vending machines. The machines issue 10-penny vouchers to shoppers in exchange...
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