09 Oct 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
UK chemist chain Boots is denying reports it will merge with supermarket group Sainsbury’s....LONDON (Brand Republic) – UK chemist chain Boots is denying reports it will merge with supermarket group Sainsbury’s.
The story -- which comes at the same time as speculation that Boots is to close 250 ...
retailer worth 12bn.
Newspaper reports suggest the two companies had been keen for a merger. Sainsbury’s ...
22 Dec 2000
| by Louise Banbury
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has sold its Homebase DIY business in a deal worth £969m....LONDON (Brand Republic) - Supermarket chain Sainsbury s has sold its Homebase DIY business in a ...
not trading, will go to retail group Kingfisher for 219m. Sainsbury s will also keep an 18% stake in Homebase ...
, but managing director Kate Swann has resigned to join catalogue retailer Argos. Sainsbury s has been looking ...
23 Nov 2000
Sir Peter Davis, Sainsbury’s chief executive, has ridiculed claims that rival supermarket chain...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Sir Peter Davis, Sainsbury’s chief executive, has ridiculed claims ...
challenged Asda’s US owner, retail giant Wal-Mart, to prove that the company was within 0.1% of Sainsbury’s ...
figures from the Institute of Grocery Distribution, which gave Sainsbury’s 11.8% of the market and Asda 8.9%.
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12 Nov 2009
Jamie Oliver takes a road trip round the UK in a Sainsbury's truck stopping off to feed various
24 Nov 2000
Kevin McCarten, the former Sainsbury’s marketing director behind the disastrous John Cleese ads...LONDON (Brand Republic)– Kevin McCarten, the former Sainsbury’s marketing director behind the disastrous John Cleese ads, has been hired by news and information company Reuters.
McCarten joins Reuters ...
Sainsbury’s in March following the arrival of new chief executive Sir Peter Davis.
The “value to shout ...
28 Mar 2001
UK chain Sainsbury’s has been told by the advertising watchdog to withdraw a national press...LONDON (Brand Republic) - UK chain Sainsbury’s has been told by the advertising watchdog to withdraw a national press and magazine ad promoting its “green” foods for being misleading about quite how ...
” and “Pesticide” and a ladybird crawling across one. Underneath, Sainsbury’s stated its fruit and vegetables were ...
20 Nov 2000
Speculation about the future of supermarket chain Sainsbury’s DIY arm Homebase is mounting...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Speculation about the future of supermarket chain Sainsbury’s DIY arm ...
equity firm Schroder Ventures a possibility.
Sir Peter Davis, Sainsbury’s chief executive, pledged to reverse Sainsbury’s poor performance when he took over in March, and part of that plan was to concentrate ...
15 Nov 2000
Asda claims it is set to overtake Sainsbury’s as the second-largest food retailer in the UK...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Asda claims it is set to overtake Sainsbury’s as the second-largest food ...
arm, putting its position within 0.1% of Sainsbury’s 14.3% market share.
Asda predicted it would soon overtake Sainsbury’s with the opening of three enormous supercentres and 12 other UK stores ...
26 Jul 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
are the reasons behind an uplift in sales for Sainsbury’s supermarket arm....clutter in stores are the reasons behind an uplift in sales for Sainsbury’s supermarket arm.
Sir Peter ...
.2%.
Sainsbury store sales were considerably boosted by petrol sales, which contributed almost 2% to the 5 ...
positively to our deeper, more focused promotional activity,” said Sir Peter.
The news comes as Sainsbury ...
11 Apr 2001
| by Anna Clarke
BBC executives have fallen out with Sainsbury’s over The Naked Chef’s Jamie Oliver...LONDON (Brand Republic) - BBC executives have fallen out with Sainsbury’s over The Naked Chef ...
undermined the integrity of the show as Oliver was shown promoting Sainsbury’s products on one channel ...
-year contract with Sainsbury’s, when it was agreed that no campaigns would run while his show was being ...