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Sainsbury Sainsbury's is looking to recruit 100 staff for a new supermarket due to open in Andersonstown, Belfast, this summer, and a further 250 staff of the site's former Curley's store will also be offered employment. 07-May-2009 Sainsbury's is recruiting 200 staff for a new 50,000 sq ft store due to open at Gloucester Docks in June. 16-Apr-2009 Sainsbury's has unveiled plans to build a new £40m 60,000 sq ft superstore at Vernon Way in Crewe by 2011, with the creation of up to 500 jobs. 10-Mar-2009 Sainsbury's is to invest £14m in the extension of its store in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, with the creation of up to 40 jobs. 09-Mar-2009 Sainsbury's has unveiled plans to build a £23m supermarket in Stonehaven, with the creation of 220 jobs. 05-Mar-2009 Sainsbury's has acquired 22 Somerfield stores and two Co-op stores from the Co-operative Group for £83m, and will invest a further £45m refurbishing the sites. 05-Mar-2009 Sainsbury's is planning to build a £23m 40,000 sq ft store at Armadale in West Lothian, with the creation of 350 jobs. 02-Mar-2009 Sainsbury's is to submit plans to build a 50,000 sq ft store in Crosby by 2010, with the creation of 250 jobs. 02-Mar-2009 Sainsbury's is to shed about 200 of the 2,000 jobs at its headquarters in Holborn, London, as part of a restructuring programme that could also affect support functions in Manchester and Coventry. 22-Jan-2009 Sainsbury's is planning to create up to 5,000 jobs in its chain of supermarkets this year. 13-Jan-2009 Sainsbury's has unveiled plans to open a 25,000 sq ft store in Hawick by 2010, with the creation of 250 jobs. 05-Jan-2009 Sainsbury's has agreed a deal with A7 Lochhead to buy all of the electricity generated by a 6MW wind farm to be built near Glasgow. 08-Dec-2008 Sainsbury's has announced plans to build a new store at Hardwick Junction in King's Lynn, which could create up to 400 jobs. 14-Nov-2008 Sainsbury's is to submit plans to East Lindsey District Council to build a 25,000 sq ft store in Louth, with the creation of 250 jobs. 03-Nov-2008 Sainsbury's is planning to build up to five £8m regional anaerobic digester plants by 2010, in order to process all of the food waste from its nationwide supermarket chain. 03-Nov-2008 Sainsbury's is to set up a 25,000 sq ft concept store to trial trading formats at a warehouse in Park Royal, West London. 03-Nov-2008 Sainsbury's is planning to build a 50,000 sq ft store at Bromsgrove Retail Park, with the creation of more than 400 jobs. 10-Oct-2008 Sainsbury's is considering plans to open private dental surgeries in its supermarkets, depending on the success of a trial in Sale, near Manchester. 08-Sep-2008 Sainsbury's is to proceed with plans to set up a 670,000 sq ft distribution centre at the Bridge scheme in Dartford, and the site will be operated by DHL. 25-Aug-2008 Sainsbury's is planning to build a new store at Hardwick Junction in King's Lynn with the creation of 400 jobs, enabling Pinguin Foods to invest in new buildings at the site for its 75 staff. 28-May-2008 Sainsbury's is to invest £273m in a joint venture with British Land to buy back 39 retail sites, in order to add about 500,000 sq ft of selling space and increase non-food sales. 27-Mar-2008 Sainsbury's is to close two distribution centres at Maltby and Skelton on Teesside by July, with the transfer of some of the 360 staff to other Wincanton-operated sites in Stockton, Darlington, Redcar and Spennymoor. 06-Mar-2008 Sainsbury's is to offer an out-of-hours GP service at its Heaton Park store in Greater Manchester, and the service will be rolled out to other stores if the trial succeeds. 25-Feb-2008 Sainsbury's is to create 150 new jobs at its non-food operation in Coventry, with vacancies in areas such as product design and buying. 14-Feb-2008 Sainsbury's is looking to sell off 36 of the former Bells and Jacksons stores in the North East and Yorkshire, as they are unsuitable for conversion to its Local format. 11-Feb-2008 Sainsbury's is to acquire Curley's, the chain of supermarkets in Northern Ireland, securing the future of about 400 jobs at flagship stores in west Belfast and Dungannon. 17-Jan-2008 Sainsbury's is to relocate its London headquarters and about 2,000 staff from Holborn to a new 250,000 sq ft site at King's Cross in 2011. 08-Oct-2007 Sainsbury's is to acquire 15 former Kiwk Save stores in town centre locations in the Midlands, Wales and the north of England. 27-Sep-2007 Sainsbury's is planning to build a £15m store in Biddulph, North Staffordshire, by mid-2009, with the creation of 200 jobs. 21-Sep-2007 Sainsbury is to acquire the 400,000 sq ft Morrisons distribution centre in Tamworth for £20m. 22-Aug-2007 Sainsbury is planning to relocate its general merchandising operation to Coventry, and is also looking to recruit 125 additional staff from other retailers. 20-Aug-2007 Sainsbury's is to rebrand its 50 Bells convenience stores in the North East to the Sainsbury's Local format, prompting speculation about the future of 24 jobs at the Bells headquarters at Skelton on Teesside. 01-May-2007 Sainsbury is said to be planning to invest up to £750m in the expansion and refurbishment of its supermarkets, including 4m sq ft of new selling space and 15,000 new jobs. 23-Apr-2007 ProLogis has confirmed plans to set up a 530,000 sq ft distribution centre for Sainsbury's at Pineham in Northamptonshire, claiming it will be the world's "greenest warehouse". 12-Feb-2007 Sainsbury's is planning to spend up to £12m revamping its distribution centres over the next two years. 15-Jan-2007 Sainsbury's is looking into the possibility of relocating hundreds of staff from its London headquarters to sites in Watford, Farnborough, Hatfield and Leeds, having appointed Cushman & Wakefield to assess the cost implications. 18-Dec-2006 Sainsbury's is in negotiations to set up an 800,000 sq ft distribution centre at the Pineham scheme in Northamptonshire, while Morrisons is considering a 300,000 sq ft site in Swindon and Tesco an 850,000 sq ft site in Andover. 18-Dec-2006 Sainsbury's is looking to open between 30 and 45 new stores in the North West over the next five years, as part of a plan to open 200 nationwide. 13-Nov-2006 Sainsbury's has selected Wincanton to control warehouse and transport operations for 220 northern convenience stores, including a new distribution centre in South Yorkshire. 02-Oct-2006 Eden District Council has approved plans for the £77m redevelopment of Penrith town centre, including a Sainsbury's superstore, other shops and a new square. 26-Sep-2006 Sainsbury's is to create 130 new jobs at its store in Rayleigh Weir, Essex, in November, following the expansion of the site from 35,000 sq ft to 68,000 sq ft. 15-Aug-2006 Sainsbury's has bought four supermarkets in Bodmin, Sleaford, Canvey Island and Northallerton from Somerfield, with the transfer of 300 staff. 04-Aug-2006 Sainsbury's is planning to extend about 70 stores over the next year, in order to expand its ranges of homewares, electricals and clothing. 03-Jul-2006 Sainsbury's is to transfer 34 IT, administration and finance jobs from its recently-acquired Bells Stores business on Teesside to Holborn, Hull and Streatham. 14-Jun-2006 Sainsbury's is to close its Jacksons distribution centre at Melton near Hull in October with the loss of up to 140 jobs, in order to relocate the work to Maltby, near Rotherham. 12-Jun-2006 Sainsbury's is looking to spend up to £100m on the acquisition of sites for new supermarkets over the next two years. 18-May-2006 Sainsbury's is planning to install recycling units in 347 of its supermarkets over the next three years. 16-May-2006 Sainsbury's has announced plans to open a 20,000 sq ft supermarket in Dursley, Gloucestershire, in 2008, with the creation of 225 jobs. 08-May-2006 Sainsbury's is to reorganise its distribution centre on the Swift Valley Industrial Estate in Rugby at the end of the month, with the loss of up to 65 jobs. 08-Mar-2006 Sainsbury's is in discussions with the Department of Health about plans to open GP surgeries in supermarkets. 13-Feb-2006 Sainsbury's is considering plans to close its Exel-operated distribution depot at Springhead Enterprise Park in Northfleet in April, but some of the 191 staff could be redeployed at a site in Charlton. 24-Jan-2006 Sainsbury's is planning to open 25 in-store pharmacies over the next three months, to add to the existing 154. 19-Dec-2005 Tchibo is planning to set up coffee shops in 200 Sainsbury and Somerfield stores in 2006. 12-Dec-2005 Sainsbury's is to take back control of its IT services, which will involve the transfer of a number of staff from Accenture. 28-Oct-2005 Sainsbury's has announced that John Baarda is to create an initial 32 jobs at a new £3m tomato production facility in Billingham, and the 23-acre site will use carbon dioxide and steam produced by Terra Industries. 16-Sep-2005 Morrisons is to sell nine Safeway stores to Sainsbury's, including sites in Acocks Green, Andover, Bitterne, East Kilbride, Eastleigh, Hammersmith, Midsomer Norton, Morden and Slough. 19-Aug-2005 Sainsbury is to take full control of the buying and merchandising of its Tu clothing range, with the creation of up to 40 jobs in Coventry. 15-Aug-2005 Sainsbury is looking to recruit up to 10,000 staff aged over 50, in order to improve customer service in its supermarkets, but has also announced plans to shed most of the 180 field sales staff in its banking division. 19-May-2005 Sainsbury is to combine the management of its Bells Stores and Jacksons convenience store chains, and new store openings will lead to 665 new jobs across the North over the next two years. 06-May-2005 Sainsbury is to close its 37,000 sq ft store at Meadowhall in Sheffield in July, and the 323 staff are expected to be offered jobs at its other sites nearby. 04-Apr-2005 Sainsbury is planning to relocate its IT staff back to its Holborn headquarters in London, as part of the renegotiation of its outsourcing contract with Accenture. 30-Mar-2005 Bells Stores is to expand its Teesside-based chain of 55 convenience stores with eight new sites this year, as part of a £5m investment programme approved by new parent company Sainsbury. 17-Feb-2005 Sainsbury has confirmed plans to shed a further 600 jobs at its Holborn head office in London by April. 17-Jan-2005 Sainsbury has acquired JB Beaumont, the operator of six convenience stores in the East Midlands with 193 staff. 01-Dec-2004 Sainsbury is to close 12 underperforming stores, including its 4,600 sq ft Oxford Street store in London. 18-Nov-2004 Sainsbury has sold its former headquarters in London's Stamford Street to the Beetham Organization for £48m, and Beetham will submit redevelopment plans. 15-Nov-2004 Sainsbury is to create 3,000 new jobs in its supermarkets, in order to improve the availability of stock on the shelves, but a further 700 head office jobs are expected to be lost. 19-Oct-2004 Sainsbury is considering plans to vacate its headquarters in Holborn, three years after moving there, in order to relocate outside London. 23-Aug-2004 Sainsbury has acquired Jacksons Stores, the chain of 114 convenience stores in Yorkshire and the Midlands, for about £100m. 17-Aug-2004 Morrisons is to sell 14 stores with a book value of £110m to Sainsbury, including 13 former Safeway sites. 17-May-2004 Sainsbury is to sell Shaw's, its chain of 202 US supermarkets, to Albertson's for £1.4bn. 29-Mar-2004 Sainsbury is to close its High Street store in Walsall in June, with the loss of most of the 125 jobs. 16-Mar-2004 Sainsbury has acquired Bells Stores, the operator of 54 convenience stores in the north-east, for about £21m. 19-Feb-2004 Sainsbury has linked up with Bupa to offer customers a range of minor health checks in its stores, starting with a trial in south London. 09-Feb-2004 Sainsbury has announced a £550m deal to acquire Swan Infrastructure, the company set up by Accenture to operate its tills and IT systems, in order to save £25m a year. 30-Jan-2004 Sainsbury is close to reaching agreement to establish a 690,000 sq ft distribution centre at Dartford Park in Kent. 26-Jan-2004 Sainsbury is planning to install 70 more banking areas in its stores this year, with the creation of about 100 jobs, following a trial in 30 stores. 05-Jan-2004 Sainsbury is acquiring five stores in New Hampshire and Vermont from GU Markets for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its US-based Shaw's Supermarkets chain. 02-Oct-2003 Sainsbury Developments is seeking permission to build a 215,000 sq ft shopping centre at the Shippams site in Chichester, including a department store and smaller units. 01-Sep-2003 Sainsbury has announced the loss of 200 head office jobs and a further 500 are expected to go later this year, with the buying department being hardest hit. 13-Jun-2003 Sainsbury is planning to open 100 convenience stores on Shell garage forecourts over the next three years, with the creation of up to 2,000 jobs. 03-Jun-2003 Sainsbury has won permission to build a supermarket in Otley by next spring, with the creation of 150 jobs. 28-May-2003 Sainsbury is to set up a convenience stores division at its London head office, in order to fund the expansion of its chain of 57 Local stores. 27-May-2003 Sainsbury has announced plans to create 10,000 mostly part-time jobs in order to reduce check-out queues, but is also said to be considering 650 redundancies at its London head office. 07-Apr-2003 Sainsbury and Tibbett & Britten are to relocate some of their warehouse operations from Corby to Waltham Cross in July, affecting up to 150 jobs. 02-Apr-2003 Sainsbury is to invest £30m in training over the next three years, in order to improve product availability and cut queues. 17-Mar-2003 Sainsbury is looking to sell its specialist property development division, which employs nine staff, in order to focus on its main supermarkets business. 26-Feb-2003 Sainsbury is to roll out its own health and beauty departments in about 50 stores, having dropped a trial partnership with Boots. 04-Feb-2003 Sainsbury has acquired collapsed US retailer Ames, and about 12 of the 18 New England sites will be converted to its Shaw's format. 18-Nov-2002 Sainsbury is to create 400 jobs at a new supermarket at the Maypole in south Birmingham later this year. 05-Sep-2002 Sainsbury is setting up a worldwide wine distribution network by opening specialist centres in all the major producing regions, in order to improve the efficiency of its supply chain. 02-Sep-2002 Sainsbury is planning to expand its chain of 186 Shaw's supermarkets in the US with 30 new outlets over the next three years, at a cost of £250m. 22-Jul-2002 Sainsbury has appointed RWE Solutions UK to manage a £14m investment programme aimed at reducing energy consumption by 11% over two years, which will involve the modification of in-store refrigeration systems and new lighting. 08-Jul-2002 Sainsbury is linking up with Debenhams, BP and Barclaycard to launch a joint loyalty card this autumn, which will be operated by Loyalty Management International and called Nectar. 05-Jun-2002 Sainsbury is considering plans to convert up to 90 stores to the Savacentre format, depending on the success of a six-store trial. 30-May-2002 Sainsbury is to close its internet home shopping centre in Gorton and relocate the 150 staff to other stores around Manchester. 24-May-2002 Sainsbury is discussing plans with Filmbox to pilot vending machines in its Local stores, offering items such as DVDs and books. 29-Apr-2002 Holmes Place is in negotiations to open health clubs at a number of Sainsbury's sites in London and elsewhere, either in basements or upper floors. 15-Apr-2002 Sainsbury is in discussions with a number of companies interested in opening stand-alone shops in its car parks and stores, and possible concessions include Carphone Warehouse, Explore Learning and Sylvan Education Solutions. 04-Mar-2002 Sainsbury has invited property developers to come forward with suitable sites for the planned expansion of its chain from 456 to 641 stores over the next three years. 25-Feb-2002 Sainsbury is planning to build a £60m distribution centre at Greenham Common in Newbury, and up to 750 jobs could be created once the scheme is given the final go-ahead. 07-Feb-2002 Sainsbury has announced plans to recruit 10,000 new staff this year, as a result of store extensions, refurbishments and openings. 01-Feb-2002 Sainsbury is creating 130 jobs at a new superstore due to open in Cockermouth in April. 13-Nov-2001 Tibbett & Britten has won a contract to manage Sainsbury's new Hams Hall distribution centre near Birmingham, which will employ 750 people from September 2002. 30-Oct-2001 Sainsbury is to set up a 256,000 sq ft distribution centre at the Eurohub scheme in Corby. 29-Oct-2001 Carlton Communications and Sainsbury have closed their Taste Network internet and digital TV food channel with the loss of about 20 jobs. 10-Aug-2001 Boots is planning to set up six trial branches in out-of-town Sainsbury stores later this year. 09-Jul-2001 Sainsbury is preparing to recruit 300 staff for its new store in Claypotts, Dundee, which is due to open in December. 05-Jul-2001 Sainsbury is looking to set up new distribution facilities totalling 120 acres in Newbury, Luton and Kent. 28-May-2001 Sainsbury is to sell its 80% stake in its Egyptian supermarket business to local partner the Edge Group for undisclosed terms. 10-Apr-2001 Sainsbury has won planning permission from North Warwickshire Borough Council to build a 700,000 sq ft regional distribution centre at Hams Hall, with the creation of 700 jobs. 26-Mar-2001 Sainsbury is to set up a commercial wind turbine at its distribution depot in East Kilbride, as part of a policy to use more renewable energy. 19-Mar-2001 Sainsbury is to invest £500m in 27 new stores and refurbishments in London over the next three years, creating 3,000 jobs. 19-Mar-2001 Sainsbury is to close its Prestwich branch in Manchester in June with the loss of 130 jobs. 28-Feb-2001 Sainsbury is to close its distribution centre on the Stakehill Industrial Estate in Manchester in April and transfer the business to a refurbished centre at Haydock, which could result in the loss of about 200 jobs. 12-Feb-2001 Sainsbury is submitting plans to transform the 20-acre Raglan Street site in Wolverhampton into a multi-million pound retail and leisure complex, with the creation of more than 750 jobs. 15-Jan-2001 Sainsbury has sold its Homebase DIY chain to Schroder Ventures for £416m, in a complex deal that involves Kingfisher taking 28 development sites and Sainsbury retaining certain freehold properties on a sale and leaseback agreement. 02-Jan-2001 Granada Compass has won a five-year catering contract from Sainsbury that will involve taking over the staff restaurants at 427 supermarkets. 13-Dec-2000 Sainsbury is to relocate its London headquarters from Southwark to Holborn, in order to consolidate staff currently spread across 13 buildings. 11-Dec-2000 Sainsbury has awarded a £30m contract to Bowmer & Kirkland to build a distribution depot in Stoke-on-Trent. 30-Nov-2000 Sainsbury has announced the acquisition of 18 US stores in Vermont and Connecticut for undisclosed terms, and is also planning a review of its lossmaking Egyptian business. 23-Nov-2000 Sainsbury has identified cost savings of £600m a year, including £300m from better purchasing and £300m from improvements to the supply chain and IT. 19-Oct-2000 Sainsbury is to launch a mobile phone service in partnership with BT Cellnet, which will be aimed at its Reward Card customers. 18-Oct-2000 Bowmer & Kirkland has won a £50m contract from Sainsbury to build a retail park at Selly Oak in Birmingham, including superstore, retail units and leisure centre, and planning permission is being sought. 12-Oct-2000 Sainsbury has won permission from Epping Forest Council to build a regional distribution centre in Waltham Abbey, with the creation of 800 jobs. 10-Oct-2000 Sainsbury is to take over the Scottish Co-op store at Berryden, Aberdeen, from November, which will secure more than 200 jobs. 12-Sep-2000 Sainsbury has announced plans to exploit its existing supermarket sites for companies in the leisure, residential and commercial sectors, in order to release value from its £4.5bn property portfolio. 12-Sep-2000 Sainsbury is planning to build a £27m regional distribution centre at Hams Hall in North Warwickshire, which will provide 750 jobs. 24-Aug-2000 Sainsbury is considering a number of strategic options for its Homebase chain of 300 DIY stores, including a £1bn sale, an alliance or a joint venture. 24-Aug-2000 Sainsbury is planning to outsource its IT functions to Andersen Consulting in order to modernise its computer systems and reduce costs, which will involve the transfer of 800 staff. 23-Aug-2000 Sainsbury has started offering new cars at all 430 of its stores, in partnership with Bank of Scotland. 15-Aug-2000 Sainsbury has raised £226m from the sale and leaseback of a further 10 supermarkets, and the money will be used for store refurbishments. 26-Jul-2000 Sainsbury is planning to open six Local convenience stores on Shell forecourts in the south by next February. 03-Jul-2000 Sainsbury is planning to invest £900m in distribution, systems and stores this year in order to reverse a fall in profits, and is also aiming to expand its internet home shopping service to 60% of the country by the end of the year. 01-Jun-2000 Sainsbury is to hold an online auction to choose a supplier of mild cheddar cheese, and will then use the GlobalNetXchange system to buy other products for its 432 stores. 19-May-2000 Sainsbury has revealed plans for the redevelopment of its store in Maidenhead town centre, involving a new car park, a larger store and an integrated development of offices and shops. 03-May-2000 Sainsbury is considering plans to relocate its London headquarters, in order to release capital currently tied up in its Stanford Street property. 02-May-2000 Sainsbury is planning to set up a 695,000 sq ft regional distribution centre at Waltham Abbey. 10-Apr-2000 Sainsbury is planning to build a Homebase DIY store in Barnsley, with the creation of about 200 jobs. 07-Apr-2000 Sainsbury is to set up a Homebase DIY store in the Dearne Valley, Yorkshire, next year, with the creation of up to 250 jobs. 31-Mar-2000 Sainsbury is to invest about £30m in Global NetXchange, the global business exchange that will enable retailers to streamline their supply chains and trade goods and services over the internet. 24-Mar-2000 Sainsbury has started to phase out its Savacentre hypermarkets by converting its Colney store in North London into a standard Sainsbury supermarket and selling the excess space to other retailers. 10-Mar-2000 Sainsbury has announced a sale and leaseback arrangement for 16 of its superstores, in order to raise £340m to redevelop the stores without having to seek permission from landlords. 28-Feb-2000 Sainsbury is to close its mini-supermarket store in Chelmsford with the loss of about 120 jobs. 21-Feb-2000 Sainsbury is seeking suitable sites for its Local convenience store chain in London and the south east, in order to achieve its target of opening 35 outlets by the end of the year. 07-Feb-2000 Sainsbury is to set up a store in Birmingham city centre with the creation of 100 jobs, as part of a £200m investment by the group in the West Midlands. 21-Jan-2000 Sainsbury has submitted plans to extend its store in Chingford, creating up to 60 new jobs. 20-Dec-1999 Sainsbury has confirmed plans to open a depot at Park Royal in London with the creation of about 400 jobs, in order to support its Orderline home shopping service. 06-Dec-1999 Sainsbury is planning to set up 100 of its new-format Homebase superstores, and many of its existing 288 DIY outlets could be refurbished. 04-Dec-1999 Sainsbury has announced a £150m programme to reform its supply chain in order to save £50m a year. 24-Nov-1999 Sainsbury has announced details of its £30m internet project, which will involve a partnership with LineOne and the development of two portals - one for food and drink and the other for home and garden. 20-Nov-1999 Sainsbury is planning to set up a Central store in Cardiff city centre as part of the £20m redevelopment of Queen Street. 30-Oct-1999 Sainsbury is planning to invest £30m in an internet-based home shopping service, and details will be announced in late November. 28-Oct-1999 Sainsbury is seeking planning permission to build town-centre stores in Worcester and Otley, Suffolk. 23-Oct-1999 On Digital is to offer pre-paid subscriptions of its digital TV service through Sainsbury stores, and similar arrangements with other retailers will follow. 07-Oct-1999 Daewoo of South Korea is in discussions with Sainsbury to extend a pilot scheme selling new cars in supermarkets. 04-Oct-1999 Sainsbury is acquiring Hampden, the owner of the Homebase franchise in Ireland, in a £18m deal. 02-Oct-1999 Sainsbury has submitted plans to build a new supermarket in Otley with the creation of 150 jobs. 26-Aug-1999 Sainsbury is planning a £2m refurbishment at its Trinity Street supermarket in Coventry, in order to support the city's millennium redevelopment. 23-Aug-1999 Sainsbury is to create 650 jobs in its Homebase division by centralising regional administration and expanding the floors business, but 1,200 jobs will be lost by removing a layer of management and withdrawing from the kitchens market. 18-Aug-1999 Sainsbury is seeking permission for a £5m extension at its superstore near Ilkeston, which would create up to 80 jobs. 13-Aug-1999 Sainsbury is linking up with Starbucks of the US to install branded coffee bars in its supermarkets. 10-Aug-1999 Sainsbury is planning a £50m retail and leisure scheme in Kingston-upon-Thames, including supermarket, multiplex cinema and restaurants. 31-Jul-1999 Sainsbury is planning to open 200 convenience stores over the next three years, and about 1,000 in the long-term. 22-Jul-1999 Sainsbury is to roll out its Reward Point interactive terminals to 300 stores over the next year following a successful trial. 03-Jul-1999 Sainsbury has announced plans for a new £20m store in the Northfield area of Birmingham, creating at least 100 jobs. 17-Jun-1999 Sainsbury is to cut 1,100 management jobs at stores throughout the country, in order to save £160m over three years. 02-Jun-1999 Sainsbury is expanding a pilot scheme that enables village shops to stock its products, having agreed a deal with the Post Office to include sub-postmasters. 19-May-1999 Sainsbury is to create 500 new jobs at a new store near the Millennium Dome in East London, and it is expected to open in September. 13-May-1999 Sainsbury is forming an alliance with Meyer International to trial a 100,000 sq ft Homebase store in Dundee that will include products from Jewson, Meyer's builders merchants chain. 07-May-1999 Sainsbury is to cut 230 jobs at its Savacentre store at the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield, in order to convert the hypermarket into a conventional supermarket. 05-May-1999 Sainsbury is withdrawing its internet shopping service at 18 stores nationwide due to lack of demand, but is retaining it within the M25 and London area. 04-May-1999 Sainsbury has agreed a deal with Card Clear that will enable it to protect its payment card transactions by checking a database of lost and stolen cards. 26-Apr-1999 Sainsbury has confirmed plans to open a new-format Sainsbury Central convenience store in the Mayfair district of London. 20-Apr-1999 Sainsbury is to cut 300 jobs at its London head office, and its Savacentre head office in Wokingham will be closed and integrated with its main supermarket business. 17-Apr-1999 Sainsbury is acquiring a 25% stake in Edge, the Egyptian chain of grocery stores, for £10m. 23-Mar-1999 Sainsbury is planning to set up 30 Central stores over the next five to ten years, and the first will open in Glasgow next month. 13-Feb-1999 Sainsbury is to open a convenience store at Paddington station later this year, which will make it the first supermarket group to trade at a railway station. 28-Jan-1999 Sainsbury has announced plans for a £30m investment at the Castle Vale housing estate in Birmingham, and more than 500 jobs will be created. 18-Dec-1998 Sainsbury is to expand its loyalty card scheme by enabling customers to cash in their discount points at other retailers, effectively creating a new currency. 17-Dec-1998 Sainsbury has acquired Star Markets, the US supermarket chain, for £294m and the 53 stores are expected to be converted to its existing Shaw's format. 27-Nov-1998 Sainsbury is to remove a layer of senior management by centralising operations at its London head office and by redeploying the 250 people that work in its regional offices. 14-Nov-1998 Sainsbury has won planning consent to build a regional distribution centre at the Hams Hall rail freight facility near Birmingham. 07-Nov-1998 Sainsbury has won permission to build a supermarket and petrol station at the Cawdor Quarry in Matlock, Derbyshire. 06-Nov-1998 Sainsbury is considering plans to open a further 10 convenience stores under the Local format over the next 18 months. 31-Oct-1998 Sainsbury's is creating more than 100 jobs by expanding its Stafford supermarket at a cost of £7.5m. 26-Oct-1998 Sainsbury has formed a joint venture with Centrica to sell electricity through its stores, and it will offer bonus points on its loyalty card scheme. 06-Oct-1998 Tesco Personal Finance and Sainsbury's Bank are both considering plans to launch Individual Savings Accounts. 03-Oct-1998 Sainsbury is said to be discussing the acquisition of a Torquay pharmacy in order to gain a pharmacy licence for its superstore, which could prompt a spate of similar deals across the country. 16-Sep-1998 Tesco and Sainsbury are said to be considering plans to launch car insurance products. 24-Aug-1998 Sainsbury is unveiling the new format for its Savacentre chain of hypermarkets and the first store to be revamped is in Reading, while separately it has announced an alliance with Adams for the sale of children's clothing. 24-Aug-1998 J Sainsbury is about to become the first supermarket to offer fixed-rate mortgages, through its new telephone-based home loans operation. 15-Aug-1998 J Sainsbury is testing a new scheme that will allow village shopkeepers to use their local supermarket as a wholesaler and build up loyalty points, the first time Sainsbury has allowed its own-brand products to be sold elsewhere. 10-Aug-1998 J Sainsbury has bought a mechanised frozen food facility at Elstree from Christian Salvesen for £15m, but Salvesen will continue to run transport services from the site on behalf of Sainsbury. 28-Jul-1998 Sainsbury's Bank is to introduce information centres in 400 of its shops by the end of the year, to enable customers to phone bank staff direct. 22-Jun-1998 J Sainsbury has sold its 19% stake in Giant Food, the US retailer, to Ahold of the Netherlands, but says the sale does not mean it is planning to pull out of the US market. 20-May-1998 Sainsbury is negotiating the purchase of Christian Salvesen's lossmaking frozen food distribution site near Elstree for about £10m, and may seek to redevelop the facility. 14-May-1998 Sainsbury is planning to build an energy-efficient supermarket near the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, east London, which will include a range of environmentally-friendly features that could be used at other stores in the future. 09-May-1998 Sainsbury is to reduce the number of Homebase DIY stores that sell kitchens from 152 to 111, putting 150 jobs at risk. 21-Apr-1998 J Sainsbury has confirmed plans to launch a home shopping service at 32 of its larger stores, enabling customers to order groceries via phone, fax or internet, and about 500 jobs will be created. 06-Apr-1998 J Sainsbury is to trial interactive touch-screen kiosks from Inter-Act of the US in 13 stores, offering personalised discounts to loyalty card holders and possibly financial services at a later stage. 16-Mar-1998 J Sainsbury has indicated an interest in spending up to £2bn on further supermarket acquisitions in the US, which would probably include buying all of Giant Food. 09-Feb-1998 Sainsbury's Bank is moving into household insurance in conjunction with Royal & Sun Alliance. 20-Jan-1998 J Sainsbury is to trial internet shopping from its Watford store next month, and has also announced that one third of its stores will open all night in the run-up to Christmas. 30-Oct-1997 Sainsbury's Bank has announced that over £1bn has been taken in deposits since its February launch, which is said to be above expectations. 24-Oct-1997 Five alcopop alcoholic soft drinks are being withdrawn from sale, including products from Allied Domecq and Sainsbury's, following criticism from the Portman Group industry watchdog about their effect on under-age drinking. 28-Aug-1997 Sainsbury's is moving into all-night shopping from the start of July, with 25 stores staying open from 8am on Friday to 10pm on Saturday. 17-Jun-1997 J Sainsbury is setting up a separate board for its supermarket business in an attempt to regain market share. 21-Feb-1997 J Sainsbury has introduced the first Sainsbury's Banks into supermarkets in the Midlands, the north and Scotland, offering an interest rate of 5.75% on an instant access account. 20-Feb-1997 J Sainsbury and Bank of Scotland have won a banking licence to set up Sainsbury's Bank, which should be up and running within six weeks. 11-Feb-1997 J Sainsbury is linking up with Willis Corroon to offer home insurance through its Homebase DIY chain. 11-Jan-1997 J Sainsbury is planning to set up a supermarket on the internet, developed in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard and offering a full range of goods. 28-Dec-1996 J Sainsbury is aiming to win back market share from Tesco by offering Extra Reward Points for its loyalty cards on over 200 products. 02-Nov-1996 J Sainsbury is linking with Bank of Scotland to set up Sainsbury's Bank, which will start providing telephone banking services in its supermarkets from early 1997. 26-Oct-1996 J Sainsbury is acquiring 12 superstores in the US from Royal Ahold for $52m, a move which will make it the second biggest food retailer in Connecticut. 24-Sep-1996 J Sainsbury is preparing to introduce products that use genetically modified soya imported from the US, but faces protests from environmental groups who claim that the risks of such foods are not known. 21-Sep-1996 J Sainsbury, the supermarket, is expanding the features of its Reward customer loyalty card to offer free phone calls through British Telecom and the opportunity for cardholders to make donations to the NSPCC charity. 12-Sep-1996 J Sainsbury is in discussions with Royal Ahold of the Netherlands to buy 12 superstores in the US. 13-Aug-1996 J Sainsbury has seen a slight revival in its market share since the June launch of its loyalty card, and now has 5.5m cardholders with 100,000 new cards a week. 12-Aug-1996 J Sainsbury is increasing its stake in Giant Food, the US supermarket group, to 20% at a cost of $62m, and may be preparing to take full control. 07-Aug-1996 J Sainsbury has acquired full control of its Homebase DIY chain with the acquisition of GIB's 25% stake. 02-Aug-1996 Sainsbury has introduced a loyalty bonus discount card, called the Reward Card, which will allow customers to collect British Airways air miles. 18-Jun-1996 Sainsbury is the leading retailer of alcoholic drinks, with 9.8% of the market, while Thresher has 9.6%, Tesco 9.5% and Victoria Wine 8.3%, according to a report from Datamonitor. 13-Apr-1996 J Sainsbury has received planning permission for the first 2 of 7 stores that it is planning in Northern Ireland in a £100m investment. 15-Feb-1996 There was a 4% increase in the retailer private label business in 1995, with Sainsbury in the lead with a 66% private label share, according to Nielsen. 10-Feb-1996 J Sainsbury is to continue with its aggressive pricing promotions into February. 03-Feb-1996 Safeway and Sainsbury are both launching the UK's first genetically engineered food - a tomato puree. 03-Feb-1996 Sainsbury is said to be planning a new loyalty card having started trials with Catalina, the electronic incentive schemes concern. 13-Jan-1996 J Sainsbury has launched a January Savers promotion, reducing 200 prices by up to 50%, following a similar move by Iceland. 02-Jan-1996 J Sainsbury may be about to acquire Giant Food of the US following the death of Giant's chairman. 25-Nov-1995 Sainsbury has appointed a new marketing director, apparently in response to tougher marketing activities shown by its competitors. 27-Oct-1995 Asda has been forced to stop discounting 8 of the 80 non-prescription medicines it recently cut prices on, while Sainsbury has started to follow Asda's lead in the challenge to price-fixing. 25-Oct-1995 A Kier Group subsidiary has won a contract to build a new Sainsbury superstore in Street, Somerset. 03-Oct-1995 More retailers are expected to follow Tesco's lead in the use of its Clubcard, with Sainsbury testing a Saver Card and Safeway introducing its ABC loyalty card. 20-Sep-1995 J Sainsbury plans to launch its virtually toxic-free City Diesel nationwide following a successful trial. 15-Sep-1995 The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. 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