Sainsbury’s boss Justin King is to step down after a decade of substantial growth at the grocer. Retail Week takes a look at the key indicators of the supermarket’s success under his tenure.
£9.5bn
Sales growth across Sainsbury’s to £25.6bn in 2012/13 from 2004/5 when sales were £16.1bn.
10 million
The additional number of customers shopping at Sainsbury’s per week since 2004.
24 million
The number of transactions per week in 2014 against 14 million in 2005.
x3
The increase in underlying profits from £254m in 2004/05 to £756m in 2012/13.
1st
Sainsbury’s was the first sole sponsor of the Paralympic Games.
3.56%
The underlying operating margin in 2012/13 against 2.15% in 2004/05.
7th
The biggest clothing retailer in the UK by volume and 11th by value. And the 7th largest general merchandise retailer in the UK by value.
1/3
The amount of the UK population now within a 15 minute drive of a Sainsbury’s store.
334
The number of convenience stores opened in the UK since 2004/5 to bring the grocer’s total to 596 in 2014.
£1bn
Sales across its online grocery business.
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Sainsbury's boss Justin King to step down and Mike Coupe to take over
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