Tag "Sainsbury's"
Sainsbury’s partners with Deliveroo for pizza delivery trial
Date: 2019-07-24 08:50:35
British supermarket Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) has teamed up with Deliveroo to trial the delivery of pizza direct to customers’ homes, seeking a slice of the fast-growing food delivery market. It said...
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Magazine: Schwarz Group Dominates European Retail
Date: 2019-07-23 07:25:35
As in the previous year, German Schwarz Group leads the ranking. With a gross sales plus on company level of 6.3 percent it reached a 7 percent market share in...
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Sainsbury’s Extends Trial Of Reverse Vending Machine To Scotland
Date: 2019-07-12 08:10:37
UK retailer Sainsbury’s has introduced a reverse vending machine in its Braehead superstore in Glasgow. The concept is already being tested in its stores in Lincoln and Hull. It allows...
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Meat-free butcher shop with hamburger breadfruit
Date: 2019-06-26 11:07:30
Sainsbury’s has opened Britain’s first meat-free butcher’s shop, where products are made from soya, steaks, and burgers made of fruit loaf – origo wrote after The Guardian. Photo by John...
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Sainsbury’s To Install Water Bottle Refill Stands In Supermarkets
Date: 2019-06-17 08:30:03
UK retailer Sainsbury’s has announced plans to install fresh water stands in 326 supermarkets in the UK. The refill stands, which will be available from August, will help in reducing...
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Sainsbury’s Tests Reverse Vending Machine For Recycling
Date: 2019-06-14 08:10:14
UK retailer Sainsbury’s is testing a reverse vending machine in its Lincoln Superstore which allows customers to return plastic bottles for recycling. The machine accepts bottles of up to 3...
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Sainsbury’s to cut down on plastic usage following intense scrutiny from Greenpeace
Date: 2019-05-20 08:30:26
In light of mounting pressure to eliminate unnecessary and unrecyclable plastic by 2020, second largest UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has vowed to step up its sustainability game. Reportedly, it will...
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Evie: the first electric van for home delivery from Sainsbury’s
Date: 2019-05-15 15:34:35
Sainsbury’s is the first UK supermarket to test electric van technology for home deliveries. Initially using one 100 percent electric van – named Evie – the trial runs until May; then...
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Iceland eyeing up Sainsbury’s and Asda stores
Date: 2019-03-18 06:34:27
Frozen foods retailer Iceland is said to be considering a bid for any stores that Sainsbury’s and Asda are required to sell, once their high-profile merger has been completed –...
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Sainsbury’s plans push into UK beauty market
Date: 2018-11-20 18:09:38
Taking on Boots, Superdrug and Debenhams, Sainsbury’s is testing department store-style beauty aisles staffed with specialist assistants in 11 stores. The UK beauty market is worth GBP 2.8 billion and...
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Aldi and Lidl accept the challenge
Date: 2018-06-20 09:52:11
Aldi and Lidl have reacted to the merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda that caused quite an excitement in British retail. After Sainsbury’s had announced that basic goods would become 10...
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Asda–Sainsbury’s merger
Date: 2018-05-25 17:20:14
The merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda (a supermarket chain owned by Walmart UK) will establish the biggest retail chain of the United Kingdom. The two companies will keep their names...
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The stores of a British department chain will be equipped with LEDs made in Nagykanizsa
Date: 2017-11-08 11:27:53
General Electric’s (GE) light source factory in Nagykanizsa received an order for a large quantity surpassing its annual production. The new division of General Eletric’s large-scale LED panel factory in...
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The English like a German retailer the most
Date: 2017-10-28 08:33:58
German discounter Aldi was voted the most popular retail chain of 2017 in the United Kingdom. In a voting organised by the magazine Good Housekeeping, the discount supermarket chain finished...
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Lidl and Aldi expand faster
Date: 2015-12-17 09:10:10
Aldi plans to open 93 new stores and Lidl intends to build 78 new units in the United Kingdom, twice as many as earlier. At the moment the market share...
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