J Sainsbury - Sainsbury Supermarket

J Sainsbury plc is the parent company of Sainsbury Supermarket ltd, the third largest supermarket chain in the UK.

• J Sainsbury was founded by John James Sainsbury, with his wife Mary Ann, in London, England in 1869. 

J Sainsbury pioneered self-service retailing in the UK, growing rapidly in the Victorian era to become the largest grocery retailer by 1922.  Its heyday came in the 1980s, but in the 1990s J Sainbury management became complacent, allowing Tesco to become the market leader by 1995, and allowing ASDA to become the second-largest retailer in 2003. Sainsbury Supermarket was demoted into third place, a position it still occupies, but still remains one of the UK's major companies, and the major asset of J Sainsbury.

The founding Sainsbury family still retain roughly 15% of J Sainsbury plc shares. The largest family shareholder is Lord Sainsbury of Turville.

J Sainsbury &  Sainsbury Supermarket links

www.sainburys.co.uk - Sainsbury Supermarket Home page of Sainsbury Supermarket. Provides functionality for online shopping, information about deals on food, wine, financial products, flowers and gifts. Has a store locator for customers to find their nearest store. Information on new food ideas and recipes.

Sainsbury's online shopping Sainsbury's online shopping by department. A good starting place for shopping online at Sainsbury Supermarket.

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