Overview

• Sainsbury’s has closed patisserie, hot food and pizza counters across its UK supermarkets, moving top-selling items into self-serve cabinets.
• Scratch bakeries are being replaced with a bake-off model to ensure consistent quality, better value and all-day availability.
• On the Go hubs with flexiserve hot food offerings will launch in autumn to strengthen grab-and-go convenience in freed-up store space.
• These changes form part of a business simplification plan designed to deliver £1 billion in cost savings by March 2027.
• Price investments, Aldi Price Match and expanded Nectar loyalty offers have driven a 6% rise in online sales alongside record customer satisfaction.