J Sainsbury PLC

J Sainsbury Plc engages in the retailing, financial services, and property investment businesses. It operates through the following segments: Retail-Food, Retail-General Merchandise and Clothing, and Financial Services. The Retail segment distributes food, general merchandise, and clothing. The Financial Services segment includes Sainsbury's Bank Plc and Argos Financial Services entities. The company was founded by John James Sainsbury and Mary Ann Sainsbury in 1869 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

British supermarket group Sainsbury's on Tuesday beat expectations for first-quarter sales though growth did slow sharply reflecting a tough comparison with last year when shoppers stocked-up for a first COVID-19 lockdown.

Sainsbury's sales beat expectations in latest quarter

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Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) takeover talk will put sharper focus on Tuesday's updates from UK grocery peers J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) and Ocado Group Plc (LON:OCDO). Monday's deals saw Morrison shares rise to a premium above the 254p per share, £6.3bn, offer from Fortress Investment as traders position in the hope of a private equity bidding war – after Apollo Global Management confirmed it's considering its own approach, while rejected suitor Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is eyed for a potential new proposal.

Spotlight sharpens on Sainsbury and Ocado in wake of Morrison takeover talk

J Sainsbury PCL (LON:SBRY) has launched price cuts across more items in an attempt to halt the march of discounters Aldi and Lidl. Having lowered prices on 250 items in February, another 60 staple products will be reduced this month.

Sainsbury's will gain if discounter roll-out slows says Credit Suisse

Guessing which company will be the next to be targeted by private equity is probably a pointless activity. As the adage has it, you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.

Morrisons is on private equity's shopping list; could Sainsbury's be next?

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Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) and J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) shares are going to see more interest from investors and short-sellers after the rebuffed private equity bid for Morrisons, according to analysts at broker Short Capital. “For some ‘shorters', further bid activity may lead to an abrupt exit and so a short squeeze so to speak, that could elevate the respective share prices,” said Shore Cap's Clive Black and Darren Shirley in a note on Monday morning.

Tesco and Sainsbury in play after Morrisons bid - broker

J Sainsbury PLC's (LON:SBRY) “superior relative earnings momentum” is nearing its peak and may leave the stock less appealing than its key competitors, according to analysts at Jefferies. In a note on Monday, the broker downgraded the supermarket to ‘hold' from ‘buy' and retained their price target at 280p, saying the company's outperformance and upgrade cycle, driven by its Argos business, “has now reached peak levels”.

Sainsbury's earnings momentum nearing its peak, says broker

J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) is the UK supermarket most under threat from cannibalisation, according to JP Morgan. Although Asda has the biggest share of sales cannibalised at 43%, Sainsbury's comes second with 37% but it is most at risk as 46% of sales overlap with discounters.

Sainsbury's most at risk of cannibalisation among UK supermarkets, says JP Morgan

J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) has appointed Paula Nickolds, the former head of John Lewis, to head its clothing and homewares division. Nicklolds left the department store chain after three years in charge at the beginning of 2020 after profits were hit by the rise in online shopping.

Sainsbury's appoints former John Lewis boss to spearhead drive upmarket

J Sainsbury PLC (JSNSF) CEO Simon Roberts on Q4 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

On Wednesday, J Sainsbury plc (LON: SBRY) said it concluded fiscal 2021 with a pre-tax loss. The company acknowledged growth in its revenue but swung to loss due to increased costs attributed to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

Sainsbury's slides to loss in fiscal 2021 as COVID-19 fuels costs

J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) has slumped to a full-year statutory loss due to costs related to coronavirus (COVID-19) and strategic changes announced in November. The grocer has enjoyed good underlying trading momentum which has continued into the new financial year, however it has tough comparables ahead as customer behaviour normalises, so it remains “prudent” on its outlook.

Sainsbury's slumps to statutory loss pressured by COVID-19, strategy change costs

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The mid-point of the week will be in keeping with the busy theme of the preceding days, with trading updates due from banking giant Lloyds and pharma firm GSK alongside results from supermarket chain Sainsbury's. It will also be a busy day over in the US with earnings from Apple and Facebook competing for investor attention alongside the latest interest rates decision from the Federal Reserve.

Lloyds, GSK and Sainsbury's among mid-week reporters, Apple and Facebook earnings eyed alongside the Fed

Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) and Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) all face risks from the added competition coming from a new generation of on-demand grocery startups, Credit Suisse has warned. With the pandemic driving growth in online grocery, a “new disruptive channel has emerged”, the Swiss investment bank, with on-demand or ‘i-grocery' services characterized by delivery times of 10-15 minutes from a network of small fulfilment centres in densely populated cities.

Tesco, Sainsbury and Ocado all at risk from on-demand grocery startups, warns Credit Suisse

U.K. delivery service Deliveroo will provide goods from around 100 Sainsbury's stores — up from 10 stores involved in a trial arrangement — under a new, two-year deal, the companies jointly announced in a press release. Of the approximately 100 new stores Deliveroo will serve, 22 are in London and the rest are spread around […]

Deliveroo And UK Grocer Sainsbury's Expand Delivery Trial

J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) is the subject of takeover speculation again. The catalyst was news that Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has raised his stake in the supermarket from just over 3% to 9.99% through his Vesa investment group.

Sainsbury's takeover speculation swirls as billionaire ups stake

Analysts at Jefferies claim they are more confident that J Sainsbury Plc (LON:SBRY) can deliver to market expectations over the medium-term, even after the recent run-up in the shares. The broker rates Sainsbury as a ‘buy' with a 280p price target, suggesting some 14% upside to the current market price of 244p.

Jefferies more confident that Sainsbury's can deliver against high expectations

British supermarket group Sainsbury's plans to cut an additional 500 jobs and reduce its office space as it simplifies administrative functions for the post-pandemic era, it said on Wednesday.

Britain's Sainsbury's to cut 500 more jobs, shrink office space

J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) and Asda have announced they will continue paying business rates in full. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced earlier on Wednesday that the business rates holiday will remain in place until the end of June.

Sainsbury's, Asda to continue paying business rates in full

Britain's second largest supermarket group Sainsbury's will award its staff a third bonus for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, it said on Friday.

Britain's Sainsbury's gives staff third pandemic bonus

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Supermarket Income REIT PLC (LON:SUPR), the grocery property investment trust, has bought another slew of properties on which supermarket giant Sainsbury's trades. The 25.5% beneficial interest in one of the UK's largest portfolios of supermarket properties has been acquired from an Aviva Investors managed fund through Supermarket Income's 50:50 joint venture with the British Airways Pension Trustees Limited.

Supermarket Income REIT doubles down on Sainsbury's retail portfolio investment

Sainsbury's bank divestiture enables it to focus on retail. Its digital footprint is bigger than many people realise.

J Sainsbury: No Obvious Price Upside

UBS says the threat to the big supermarkets from discounters is “past its peak” but this does not seem to have stopped J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) from following market leader Tesco with a pledge to match Aldi's prices. The UK's big four supermarkets have been battling the German ‘limited assortment discounters ‘LADs' for customers since 1990 when Aldi opened its first store in Birmingham, with Lidl joining in 1994.

Sainsbury launches price-match but UBS says discounter threat to Big Four 'past its peak'

Sainsbury's, Britain's second largest supermarket group, has seen goods flow well from continental Europe since a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union kicked in on Jan. 1, its boss said on Thursday.

Britain's Sainsbury's seeing good flow of supplies from Europe -CEO

Investors had a mixed response to news that both Morrison Supermarkets and J Sainsbury would give back tax relief from the U.K. government.

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