Sainsbury's

Also known as J Sainsbury plc, Sainsburys

J Sainsbury plc, trading as '''Sainsbury's''', is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom.

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Sainsbury's is a company established in 1869 and located in London, United Kingdom. Its legal name is J Sainsbury Plc, and it operates under the jurisdiction of GB. The entity is currently active.

The company is recognized in the Ftse 100 collection. Its stores are accessible via a location URL pattern specific to the United Kingdom.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, ROR, GLEIF, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Company.name: J Sainsbury plc
Company.logo: Sainsbury's Logo.svg
Company.logo_caption: Logo used since 1999
Company.trade_name: Sainsbury's
Company.type: Public
Company.industry: Retailing
Company.founded: in Holborn, London, England
Company.founder: John James Sainsbury
Company.location: London, England
Company.area_served: United Kingdom
Company.key_people: Martin Scicluna (chairman)Simon Roberts (CEO)
Company.products: Hypermarket/big-box store, supermarket, convenience store, forecourt shop
Company.brands: NectarSainsbury's LocalTuSmart Charging
Company.revenue: £32,812 million (2025)
Company.operating_income: £904 million (2025)
Company.net_income: £242 million (2025)
Company.num_employees: 145,000 (2025)

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Company

Jurisdiction: GB
Headquarters: LONDON, GB

via GLEIF

Research organization · ROR

Type: Company
Founded: 1869
Location: London, United Kingdom
Status: Active

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GRID grid.420497.c · ISNI 0000 0001 2179 1321

Wikidata facts

Part of: FTSE 100 Index
Country: United Kingdom
Founded by: John James Sainsbury
Headquarters: London
Industry: retail
Stock exchange: London Stock Exchange
Official website: www.sainsburys.co.uk
Image: Sainsbury's, Alphington, Exeter - geograph.org.uk - 258188.jpg

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inception: 1869-01-01
location of formation: London
Commons category: Sainsbury's
product or material produced: hypermarket
social media followers: 133000
location information URL: stores.sainsburys.co.uk
official jobs URL: sainsburys.jobs
location URL match pattern: ^https:\/\/stores\.sainsburys\.co\.uk\/(\d+)\/([-\w]+)$

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Encyclopedic overview

60 sections

Contents

History
Origin and growth (1869–1955)
Self-service and heyday (1956–1991)
Decline (1992–1998)
Brand relaunch (1999–2003)
'Making Sainsbury's Great Again' (2004–2006)
Takeover bids (2007)
Administrative changes
Developing business (2009–2016)
Multi-channel retailer and restructuring (2016–present)
Leaders
Shops
Supermarkets
Sainsbury's Fuel
Sainsbury's Café
Sainsbury's Local Stores
Sainsbury's Online
Distribution
Subsidiaries
Sainsbury's Bank
Sainsbury's Energy
Argos
Habitat
Former formats and ventures
Sainsbury's Freezer Centres
Sainsbury's SavaCentre
Sainsbury's Calais Wine Shop
Sainsbury's Market
Fresh Kitchen
Mobile by Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's Compare and Save
Sainsbury's Pharmacy
Sainsbury's Entertainment
Sainsbury's Welcome Break Partnership
Sainsbury's Euro Garages Partnership
Sainsbury's Club Store
Product ranges
Marketing and branding
Shop fascias
Nectar loyalty card
Sainsbury's Active Kids
Brand match
Brand ambassadors
Slogans
Street name
Staffing
Employee relations
Controversy
Animal welfare
VAT avoidance scheme
Kenyan worker conditions
Dairy price fixing
Fairtrade tea
Receipt scanning
Archive
Ownership
See also
Notes
References
External links

J Sainsbury plc, trading as '''Sainsbury's''', is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom.

Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop on Drury Lane in London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century. In 1995, Tesco became the market leader when it overtook Sainsbury's, which has since been ranked second or third: it was overtaken by Asda from 2003 to 2014, and again for one month in 2019. In 2018, a planned merger with Asda was blocked by the Competition and Markets Authority over concerns of increased prices for consumers.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sainsbury's” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.