Sainsbury’s is one of the pioneers of UK grocery retailing. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury and his wife Mary Ann, the business was one of the earliest adopters of the self-service shopping model that would go on to revolutionise the way people purchased food. Based in Holborn, London, the business operates around 1,400 stores across its supermarket format and Local convenience division. In 2016, Sainsbury’s acquired Argos in a £1.4bn deal. As well as Argos, Sainsbury’s also owns the Tu clothing label and Habitat homewares. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Sainsbury's and the grocery sector.
The new partnership means that loyalty points collected at Sainsbury’s supermarkets or from other partners will now be swappable for a voucher that can be used on either platform operated by the US tech giant.
Sainsbury’s and NatWest have entered a partnership to bring a range of new financial products to customers, following NatWest’s acquisition of Sainsbury’s Bank in 2025.
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The company said that a new series of long-term agreements with 2,500 British and Irish farms will deliver 3.1 million tonnes of Sainsbury’s own brand fresh products.
Like-for-like grocery inflation held at 4.3% for the second month in a row, Worldpanel by Numerator said, though financial anxiety is running high in the UK.
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