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J Sainsbury plc is one of the world’s leading retailers, playing a part in the lives of 15 million customers a week.
From the freshest food to the widest choice of products for the home to the best service and value in banking.
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets was
established in 1869 by John James and
Mary Ann Sainsbury and is Britain’s
longest standing major food retailing
chain. The founders’ principles and values
guide us as strongly today as they did at
the outset – to be the customer’s first
choice for food shopping by providing high
quality products, value for money,
excellent service and attention to detail.
Our people
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets employs over
129,600 people. Of these, 69 per cent
are part-time and 31 per cent full-time.
65 per cent of employees are women.
Our products
A large Sainsbury’s supermarket offers
over 23,000 products – 40 per cent
of these are Sainsbury’s own brand.
In addition to a wide range of quality food
and grocery products, many stores offer
bread baked on the premises, delicatessen,
meat and fish counters, pharmacies, coffee
shops, restaurants and petrol stations.
Our stores
We serve over nine million customers
a week at 405 stores throughout the UK.
Of these stores, 12 are in Scotland, eight
in Wales and six in Northern Ireland.
Nearly 60 per cent of our stores are
in town-centre or edge-of-centre locations,
many of these built on previously derelict
sites.
New store openings 1998/99
Armagh, NI; Arnold, Nottingham;
Attleborough; Brighouse; Buchanan
Galleries, Glasgow; Chesham; Chipping
Ongar; Clitheroe; Darwen; Exeter;
Fallowfield, Manchester; Headcorn; Leeds;
Leven; Liphook; London: Finchley Road
and Fulham Palace Road; Meadowbank,
Edinburgh; Newry, NI; and Sherbourne.
New stores’ sales area: 458,000 sq ft.
Extensions 1998/99
We undertook 27 store extensions and
refurbishments and added 239,000 sq ft
of sales area.
Planned store openings 1999/2000
include:
Bourne; Braehead, Glasgow; Dartford;
Huntingdon; Isle of Wight; Linlithgow;
London: Greenwich, Holborn, Paddington
Station, Tooting, Tottenham Court Road
and Victoria; Londonderry, NI; Stirling;
and Wallington.
Planned stores’ sales area: 386,000 sq ft.
Planned extensions 1999/2000
We have 22 extensions planned which will
add 245,000 sq ft of sales area.
Savacentre was founded in 1975 as a joint
enterprise between Sainsbury’s and BhS
to sell food, clothing and electrical items.
In 1989, Sainsbury’s acquired BhS’ share
and Savacentre became wholly-owned
by Sainsbury’s.
There are 13 Savacentres. In 1998 the
Calcot, Reading store was remodelled to
offer a greater emphasis on food.
This year the Board decided to integrate
Savacentre within Sainsbury’s
Supermarkets, as Sainsbury’s largest
store format. The Savacentre head
office in Wokingham will close to avoid
duplication of activities.
Homebase was founded in 1979 and
opened its first store in 1981. In1995 the
company bought Texas Homecare and
the acquired stores have now all been
converted to the Homebase format.
Homebase serves over one million
customers a week at 288 stores
throughout the UK, employing 18,200
staff, of which 12,200 are part-time.
A Homebase store has on average 25,000
DIY, home enhancement and gardening
products available. There is a growing
emphasis on lifestyle, design and
decorative goods. The Homebase own
brand represents over 22 per cent of the
range and has a reputation for quality
and value for money – it accounts for
32 per cent of sales.
New store openings 1998/99
Cardiff; East Grinstead; Irvine; Leeds;
London: Finchley Road, Seven Kings
and North Finchley.
New stores’ sales area: 291,000 sq ft.
Planned store openings 1999/2000
Dundee; East Filton, Bristol; Frome;
Hamilton; London: Greenwich;
Sittingbourne; and Wrexham.
Planned stores’ sales area: 450,000 sq ft.
Shaw’s Supermarkets Inc. has been fullyowned
by Sainsbury’s since 1987 and prior
to that was part-owned from 1983. Shaw’s
serves over two million customers a week
at 127 stores in the New England states
of the USA.
Like Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, Shaw’s
places an emphasis on high quality food at
value for money prices, and is constantly
improving its range of fresh foods. The
Company offers 50,000 different lines, up
to 35,000 per store at any one time. Some
5,700 popular own label products account
for 39 per cent of sales. Shaw’s employs
over 20,000 associates.
New store openings 1998/99
Bridgeport CT; Hamden CT; New Haven CT;
Orange CT; Shrewsbury MA; Tilton NH;
Wallingford CT; Waterbury CT; and
Webster MA.
New stores’ sales area: 367,000 sq ft.
Planned store openings 1999/2000
Barrington RI; Gorham NH; and
North Conway NH.
Planned stores’ sales area: 113,000 sq ft.
Sainsbury’s Bank opened in February 1997,
and was the first bank to be opened by
a British supermarket company. It is
owned 55 per cent by J Sainsbury plc
and 45 per cent by Bank of Scotland, and
offers telephone banking 24 hours a day.
The Bank attracts customers via Bank
Information Points which have been
established in most branches of
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets. Customers
can also call for information free on
0500 405060. To date it has attracted
over one million customers with deposits
totalling £1.7 billion.
Sainsbury’s Bank continues to research
and launch new products; its current
product portfolio includes:
instant access savings accounts; Christmas
saver accounts; personal loans; flexible
options mortgages; 100 per cent fixed
rate mortgages; three Visa credit cards
(Classic, Gold and Merit); home and
contents insurance; and pet insurance.