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J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, [a] 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 in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century.
Sainsbury's, Greenwich, also known as the Sainsbury's Millennium Store, [17] was a Sainsbury's supermarket building at 55 Bugsby's Way, Greenwich Peninsula, London.Opening in 1999 as Sainsbury's flagship store, the building design incorporated environmentally conscious features and gained critical acclaim, being shortlisted for the 2000 Stirling Prize.
In 1997 it was legislated that the grocery shops could be open on Sundays during the whole summer. At the same time the closing hour was set at later; 21:00. In 2000 small markets — less than 400 m 2 in sales area — were encouraged to be open on Sundays all year around, with the exception of four days.
Tesco is the largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom.. As of November 2024, there are 17 supermarket chains currently operating in the United Kingdom. The food retail market has been dominated by the 'big four' supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons – who made up over three quarters of sector market share in 2010.
Since Sainsbury's acquired Argos, more and more standalone stores have been moved into a nearby Sainsbury's store. On 25 September 2019, Sainsbury's announced that over 50 Argos stores would be closing or relocating in order to cut costs. Stores also began to feature digital computers as well as printed catalogues to save costs.
Sainsbury's purchased Supermac for £32m. [2] Supermac had planned to redevelop the site itself in a £30 million project, however a company director pointed out that the company would be at the peak of its overdraft at the same time as facing competition from Sainsbury's opening its first stores in Northern Ireland.
At this time, shopkeeper Mike Drummond was already successfully operating in the area at 67 Watney Street, gathering a loyal customer base, particularly amongst fellow Irish immigrants. Following years of fierce competition between the two store owners, Sainsbury bought 67 Watney Street in 1894 after Drummond’s retirement.
One of Meadowhall's largest stores of the past, Sainsbury's on Market Street (originally branded SavaCentre in the 1990s) closed in July 2005 and was replaced by new Next and Primark stores in the summer of 2007. Sainsbury's store relocated to Crystal Peaks. There was a Namco Station arcade in The Oasis food court which closed in September 2007 ...