Sainsbury's
British supermarket chain
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| April 16 2025 | The High Court approved the transfer of Sainsbury's Bank accounts to NatWest. |
| January 2025 | Sainsbury's announced plans to close its final 61 cafes as part of cost-cutting measures in response to anticipated budget tax increases. |
| January 2025 | Sainsbury's confirmed plans to close its final 61 cafés, subject to consultation. |
| October 2024 | Sainsbury's announced the sale of its personal loans, credit cards, and savings business to National Westminster plc, with expected completion in Q1 2025. |
| October 31 2024 | Sainsbury's announced the sale of its Argos Financial Services cards portfolio to NewDay Group for £720 million, focusing on core retail operations. |
| June 2024 | NatWest agreed to acquire Sainsbury's Bank credit cards, loans, and savings accounts, excluding the bank's brand, cash machines, insurance, and travel money businesses. |
| April 2024 | Undercover cameras in a Sainsbury's pig slaughterhouse revealed workers hitting pigs before they entered a carbon dioxide gas chamber. The RSPCA subsequently called for an end to gas chamber killings following the footage. |
| March 2024 | A farm in the Sainsbury's supply chain was exposed for keeping egg-laying hens in 'appalling conditions', with footage showing injured, collapsed, and dead hens, along with poor living facilities. |
| February 2024 | A BBC News investigation discovered that 20% of chickens sold at Sainsbury's had severe ammonia burns from living in excrement, indicating poor welfare conditions. |
| January 2024 | Sainsbury's announced its intention to phase out its banking division. |
| December 2023 | Animal rights activists secretly filmed abuse at a Sainsbury's duck farm, capturing workers swinging ducks by their necks and slamming them into drawers, with insanitary conditions and dead ducks piled up. |
| November 2023 | Launched the new slogan 'Good food for all of us'. |
| February 2023 | Bestway, owner of Costcutter, held a 4.47% shareholding in Sainsbury's. |
| February 2023 | Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) held 14.3% shareholding in Sainsbury's, becoming a significant minority shareholder. |
| February 2023 | Vesa Equity Investment, controlled by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský, acquired a 10% shareholding in Sainsbury's. |
| 2022 | Sainsbury's closed 200 of its cafes, potentially impacting 2,000 jobs. |
| 2022 | Sainsbury's introduced new security arrangements involving receipt scanning, where customers must scan their printed receipt on an optical scanner to exit the store. This was implemented in response to a 22% increase in shoplifting during the cost-of-living crisis. |
| December 2021 | Undercover footage revealed dead and wounded turkeys in a Sainsbury's supply chain intensive chicken farm, with birds confined in a large shed without natural light. |
| May 2021 | Sainsbury's changed its company slogan and launched an advertising campaign focusing on healthier eating and sustainability, aligned with the UN Climate Change Conference. |
| March 2021 | Sainsbury's announced further restructuring, cutting 1,150 head office and warehousing roles, and closing several office sites. |
| February 2021 | Introduced the slogan 'Helping Everyone Eat Better' after being named Principal Supermarket Partner of the COP26 climate change summit. |
| 2020 | Simon Roberts becomes Chief Executive Officer, the latest in the company's leadership succession. |
| 2020 | Began rebranding in-store cafés to 'Fresh Kitchen'. |
| November 2020 | Sainsbury's announced up to 3,500 jobs at risk due to supermarket counter and Argos standalone store closures. |
| March 2020 | During the coronavirus pandemic, Sainsbury's implemented a buying limit of three items per product to manage panic buying and ensure fair access to essential goods. |
| 2019 | Sainsbury's Bank reported a financial performance with an income of £323 million, customer deposits of £6.3 billion, and total assets of £9.4 billion for the 2019-20 financial year. |
| 2019 | Sainsbury's Bank withdrew from the mortgage market, focusing on other financial products such as travel money, insurance, credit cards, savings, and loans. |
| 2019 | Sainsbury's acquired the Habitat furniture brand, closing all standalone Habitat shops and integrating the brand into their supermarket home offerings. |
| 2019 | Briefly dropped to third place in the supermarket market for one month, demonstrating the competitive nature of the UK grocery retail sector. |
| 2019 | Continued partnership with Euro Garages under a new 'Sainsbury's on the Go' format for travellers. |
| 2019 | Replaced the Basics range with 12 'tertiary' brands, ultimately consolidating these under the 'Stamford St' brand referencing the company's former headquarters. |
| November 2019 | nPower was acquired by E.On Group as part of the Innogy acquisition, leading to E.On Next becoming the energy supplier for Sainsbury's Energy. |
| April 25 2019 | The Competition and Markets Authority blocked the proposed Sainsbury's-Asda merger, which was subsequently abandoned. |
| March 2019 | Company shop portfolio consisted of 608 supermarkets and 820 convenience shops, totaling 1,428 stores across the UK. |
| February 2019 | nPower commenced supply of energy services for Sainsbury's Energy, replacing British Gas. |
| 2018 | A planned merger with Asda was blocked by the Competition and Markets Authority due to concerns about potential increased consumer prices. |
| April 2018 | Sainsbury's entered talks with Walmart about a proposed merger with Asda, which would have created the largest UK supermarket company. |
| March 2018 | Sainsbury's announced a 15% pay increase for staff, spending an extra £100 million to simplify job roles and retain workers. |
| February 2018 | Ended the trial partnership with Euro Garages after a commercial review. |
| February 1 2018 | Sainsbury's purchased Nectar from AIMIA for £60 million, gaining full control of Nectar data. |
| January 2018 | Sainsbury's proposed an overhaul of shop management structures, potentially resulting in thousands of job losses. |
| 2017 | Sainsbury's concluded its Active Kids voucher scheme, which had been running annually, allowing customers to donate shopping vouchers to local organizations for redeeming sports and activity equipment. |
| October 2017 | Sainsbury's announced plans to eliminate all shop-based Human Resource employees, affecting 1,400 jobs, and simultaneously cut an additional 600 jobs at Head Offices. |
| August 2017 | Sainsbury's cut 1,000 jobs across its Head Office and support centres. |
| May 2017 | Sainsbury's faced criticism from Oxfam and other organizations for discontinuing the Fairtrade label on its tea products, with critics arguing that the supermarket's own standards might not be as robust as the established Fairtrade certification. |
| March 2017 | Sainsbury's cut 400 jobs and reorganized 4,000 positions, primarily affecting night shift and commercial operation roles. |
| 2016 | Began a trial of franchising convenience stores to Euro Garages, starting in Blackburn. |
| November 2016 | Sainsbury's announced plans to cut £500 million of costs from its business. |
| November 30 2016 | Closed Sainsbury's Entertainment digital content website. |
| September 2016 | Relaunched the Free From range as 'Deliciously FreeFrom', expanding the product lines from 75 to over 150. |
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