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Sainsbury’s achieves operating profit of £504m

6 Nov, 2025

UK supermarket Sainsbury's has released its interim results for the 28 weeks ended 13th September 2025, reporting profits "ahead of expectations".

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UK supermarket Sainsbury’s has released its interim results for the 28 weeks ended 13th September 2025, reporting profits “ahead of expectations”.

Sainsbury’s sales were up by 5.2%, with grocery sales growth of 5.3%. Its retail underlying operating profit was £504 million, ahead of the retailer’s expectations and in line with 2024.

The supermarket said its “strong trading and cost savings delivery enabled focused investments in value, customer service and quality”, while reportedly offsetting higher employment and regulatory costs, as well as disruption from space reallocation activity.

Sainsbury’s found its statutory profit after tax was £165 million, up from the HY 2024/25 total of £76 million – this was a 117% increase on the year.

“Value perception is improving across supermarkets, convenience stores and online.”

Simon Roberts, chief executive of J Sainsbury plc, said: “We started this year with one clear priority – to sustain the strong competitive position we have built over the last five years. We have delivered on this in the first half, with focused and effective investment to ease cost-of-living pressures, keeping price inflation behind the wider market and delivering our winning combination of great value, trusted quality and leading service. This has driven continued grocery volume growth ahead of the market for a fifth consecutive year and a profit performance ahead of our expectations.

“We planned for a strong Summer and we really delivered, with leading product innovation and outstanding fresh food availability when demand was highest throughout the hot weather. A huge thank you to all our hard working and dedicated colleagues, suppliers and farmers who make this possible every day.

“We’re investing where it matters most with Aldi Price Match on everyday essentials and bringing personalised Your Nectar Prices to all supermarket customers. Customers saved an average of £14 on an £80+ big weekly shop with Nectar Prices. Value perception is improving across supermarkets, convenience stores and online. We’ve continued to invest in innovation too, including launching our new Taste the Difference Discovery ranges for restaurant quality food at home. In its 25th year, more and more customers are shopping Taste the Difference, driving the biggest premium own-label share gains in the market.

“Our offer has never been stronger. So while we expect the market to remain highly competitive, our momentum gives us real confidence as we head into Christmas and we have strengthened our profit guidance today.”

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