Tag Archives: Sainsbury’s

BBC One has commissioned a six-part documentary series following 12 months in the life of Sainsbury’s – Britain’s oldest supermarket. With unprecedented access over the course of a year, ‘Inside The Supermarket’ follows the pivotal points of the retail calendar including Mother’s Day, Easter, the summer holidays and the run-up …

Sainsbury’s has announced that it will end the use of dark coloured plastics (which are difficult to recycle) across fresh foods by the end of 2019 and entirely by March 2020 – and will remove all plastic packaging from Christmas crackers this year. The supermarket chain will also introduce a …

Space farms, food on prescription and jellyfish suppers are all predictions which feature in the Future of Food Report, commissioned by Sainsbury’s for its 150th Birthday Week (May 20 – May 27). In the study, futurologist consultancy Department 22, food historian Dr Polly Russell and plant scientist James Wong explore …

Sainsbury’s Holborn Circus Local store in London has been refurbished to be mobile-first and check-out free. Described as the UK’s first till-free grocery store, the retailer said the experiment will ‘put SmartShop Scan, Pay & Go technology to the test in a bespoke food-to-go store, making grocery shopping quicker and …

Sainsbury’s latest recruit sparked into action last week. Evie, the zero emission electric van, is on the roads delivering online grocery orders to customers across central and east London. The retailer claims 100% electric Evie is the first of her kind making home deliveries for a UK supermarket, dropping off …

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today (Thursday April 25) published its Final Report on the proposed merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda, resulting in prohibition of the merger. As a result, Sainsbury’s and Asda have mutually agreed to terminate the transaction. Sainsbury’s ceo Mike Coupe said: “The specific reason …

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked the proposed merger of the Sainsbury and Asda supermarket chains. The CMA’s final report, published today (Thursday April 25)  said that ‘UK shoppers and motorists would be worse off if Sainsbury’s and Asda – two of the country’s largest supermarkets – were …

Sainsbury’s and Asda have recently submitted to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) their responses to the CMA’s Provisional Findings and Notice of Proposed Remedies. In a joint statement, the supermarket chains said: ‘Sainsbury’s and Asda strongly disagree with the CMA’s Provisional Findings and have found the CMA’s analysis of …

Alex Neill, managing director of consumer body Which? Home Services has issued a statement on the provisional findings of the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) into the proposed merger between supermarket chains Sainsbury’s and Asda. Alex said: “The provisional findings of the CMA’s investigation into the merger between these supermarkets …

Commenting on the provisional findings of the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) into the proposed merger between the supermarket chain Sainsbury’s and its rival Asda, a spokesperson for Sainsbury’s and Asda said: “These findings fundamentally misunderstand how people shop in the UK today and the intensity of competition in the …