Editing Sainsbury's (section)

== Former formats and ventures ==
;Sainsbury's Freezer Centres
Sainsbury's Freezer Centres were a frozen food chain operated between 1974 and 1986, the shops were entirely dedicated to frozen food. Due to competition from specialist frozen food chains such as Bejam, Sainsbury's converted its original service shops that were too small for modern use to small frozen specialist shops. The first shop opened at [[Southbourne, Dorset|Southbourne]] near [[Bournemouth]] in 1974. Only 11% of households at that time owned freezers. Nine other branches that followed suit in that year, however, had greater success. They sold about 3,000 lines, many with deep discounts. The chain expanded to 21 shops at its height. As freezers became more popular, frozen food departments were designed into Sainsbury's main supermarkets, and the chain was sold to [[Bejam]] in 1986, who were ultimately sold to [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.s4rb.com/the-history-of-iceland-freezing-prices-for-47-years/|title=The History of Iceland|publisher=S4RB|access-date=11 April 2017|archive-date=12 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412142753/http://www.s4rb.com/the-history-of-iceland-freezing-prices-for-47-years/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/search/sasubfre-sainsburys-freezer-centres|title=Sainsbury's Freezer Centres|website=Sainsbury's Archive|access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>

;Sainsbury's SavaCentre
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SavaCentre was a chain of 13 hypermarkets and 7 discount supermarkets operated between 1977 and 2005, initially in a joint venture with [[British Home Stores|BHS]]. The shops ranged in size between {{convert|66000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} and {{convert|117000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}, and the discount supermarkets between {{convert|31000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} and {{convert|70000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. At the time of its inception it was the only dedicated hypermarket chain in the UK. Shop layout consisted of a 50:50 split between food and non-food shopping, with a complete range of both retailers' products, and later included input from Habitat and [[Mothercare]] as they merged with BHS. Some shops also included features such as a petrol station and in-shop cafe. In 1989 Sainsbury's bought out BHS's stake, but still allowed BHS to retail from SavaCentres until it offered its own clothing and merchandise offering.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/mar/12/bhs-sold-pound-sir-philip-green-cuts-losses-timeline|title=How Britain fell out of love with BHS – timeline|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 June 2016|access-date=11 April 2017|archive-date=24 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824121457/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/mar/12/bhs-sold-pound-sir-philip-green-cuts-losses-timeline|url-status=live}}</ref>

;Sainsbury's Calais Wine Shop
Sainsbury's operated one alcohol hypermarket in partnership with [[Auchan]] in [[Calais]], France for the lucrative UK [[booze cruise]] market. The shop closed in 2010 after describing the operation as 'economically unviable'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calais-guide.co.uk/wine-and-beer-outlets.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110055558/http://www.calais-guide.co.uk/wine-and-beer-outlets.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 January 2011 |title=Wine and Beer Outlets |work=The Calais Guide |access-date=14 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisfrenchlife.com/thisfrenchlife/2010/06/sainsburys-tesco-calais.html |title=Sainsbury's and Tesco close Calais booze shops |work=This French Life |date=21 June 2010 |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113212810/http://www.thisfrenchlife.com/thisfrenchlife/2010/06/sainsburys-tesco-calais.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10356727|title=UK firms shut French stores as 'booze cruise' declines|work=BBC News|date=19 June 2010|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-date=6 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106102838/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10356727|url-status=live}}</ref>

;Sainsbury's Market
In 2002, Sainsbury's opened an experimental shop in the [[Bluebird Garage|Bluebird Building]] in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], London. The concept of the 'Market' shop was to provide a large range of fresh meat, fish, delicatessen items and bread through staff serving over counters. Staff were specially hired for their skill and passion for their roles in-shop. The layout also provided a larger than usual area for retailing fresh produce. The shop closed in 2004 after poor results.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qype.co.uk/place/174285-Sainsburys-Market-London |title=Sainsbury's – Victoria – London |publisher=Qype.co.uk |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708235814/http://www.qype.co.uk/place/174285-Sainsburys-Market-London |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=The Kolberg Partnership, London |url=http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1162/20924.php |title=Sainsbury's Market, 99 Wilton Road, London – Supermarkets near Victoria Tube Station |publisher=Allinlondon.co.uk |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013225806/http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1162/20924.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vgl.co.uk/projects/sainsburys-market-concept/ |title=Sainsbury's Market Concept – Projects |publisher=VGL |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014142952/http://www.vgl.co.uk/projects/sainsburys-market-concept/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A second, much larger version in [[Pimlico]] was designated as a 'Market' shop, but the shop's branding and layout was gradually reverted to a standard Sainsbury's shop.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://synecticsworld.com/sainsburys-new-supermarket-super-supermarkets/# |title=Sainsbury's New Supermarket: Super Supermarkets |publisher=Synecticsworld.com |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=15 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315015039/http://synecticsworld.com/sainsburys-new-supermarket-super-supermarkets/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

;Fresh Kitchen
In 2011, Sainsbury's opened a trial [[snack food|food to go]] shop in Fleet Street London selling sandwiches, baguettes and hot snacks in an effort to expand its business into new areas of opportunity. The shop closed a year later, after the shop's lease was not renewed. Sainsbury's commented that footfall was too high to offer high standards of quality and service; however, it was not ruling out performing another trial in another location, explaining that it had learnt a lot. In 2020, Sainsbury's began to rebrand some in-store cafés to "Fresh Kitchen".<ref>{{cite web |last=Baker |first=Rosie |url=http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/news/sainsburys-pulls-fresh-kitchen-food-trial/4000706.article |title=Sainsbury's pulls Fresh Kitchen food trial |work=Marketing Week |date=19 March 2012 |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719015248/https://www.marketingweek.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://twelve-studio.co.uk/work/sainsburys-fresh-kitchen |title=Sainsbury's Fresh Kitchen |publisher=Twelve Studio |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222213724/http://twelve-studio.co.uk/work/sainsburys-fresh-kitchen |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lawson |first=Alex |url=http://www.retail-week.com/sectors/food/sainsburys-closes-fresh-kitchen-store/5034867.article |title=Sainsbury's closes Fresh Kitchen store |work=Retail Week |date=16 March 2012 |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111102605/http://www.retail-week.com/sectors/food/sainsburys-closes-fresh-kitchen-store/5034867.article |url-status=live }}</ref>

;Mobile by Sainsbury's
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Sainsbury's operated a virtual mobile network from 2001 until 2003 which closed due to being commercially unsustainable. In 2013 Sainsbury's re-entered the UK telecommunications industry when it launched a mobile phone network called Mobile by Sainsbury's.<ref>{{cite news |first=Hugh |last=Langley |url=http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/identified-payg-deals-in-bagging-area-as-sainsbury-s-launches-mobile-network-1168210 |title=Identified PAYG deals in bagging area as Sainsbury's launches mobile network |work=TechRadar |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202104347/http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/identified-payg-deals-in-bagging-area-as-sainsbury-s-launches-mobile-network-1168210 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Mobile virtual network operator|virtual network]] was operated in partnership with [[Vodafone]]. The network was promoted heavily in-shop and most supermarkets started retailing [[Subscriber identity module|SIM cards]] and handsets for the network. However, in 2015 Sainsbury's announced that the service would be closing in January 2016 after a breakdown in the relationship with its provider Vodafone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2015/10/14/mobile-by-sainsburys-pulled-after-two-years-in-service |title=Sainsbury's and Vodafone MVNO to end after strategy fallout |publisher=Mobilenewscwp.co.uk |date=14 October 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-date=24 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224105022/http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2015/10/14/mobile-by-sainsburys-pulled-after-two-years-in-service/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

;Sainsbury's Compare and Save
Sainsbury's Compare and Save was a comparison and switching service website that promoted a wide range of television, broadband and telephone deals from a variety of providers. The service, free to Sainsbury's customers, claimed to list 15,000 different packages. The website and service launched in 2008 and was operated by SimplifyDigital.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hall|first=James|title=Sainsbury's launches jargon-buster to help digital customers|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/2795272/Sainsburys-launches-jargon-buster-to-help-digital-customers.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/2795272/Sainsburys-launches-jargon-buster-to-help-digital-customers.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=25 August 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

;Sainsbury's Pharmacy
Sainsbury's operated 270 pharmacies within its supermarkets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/sainsburys-opens-two-more-in-store-gp-surgeries/13052697.article |title=Loading |date=15 November 2011 |publisher=Pulsetoday.co.uk |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195649/http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/sainsburys-opens-two-more-in-store-gp-surgeries/13052697.article |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Sainsbury's launches dental services |date=27 September 2008 |volume=205 |issue=6 |doi=10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.819 |pmid=18820612 |journal=BDJ |page=299|s2cid=5393741 }}</ref> Sainsbury's also operated pharmacies at three major UK hospitals: [[Guy's Hospital]], [[St Thomas' Hospital]] and [[James Cook University Hospital]]. In July 2015 Sainsbury's announced it was selling its 281 pharmacies to [[Lloydspharmacy]] for £125&nbsp;million with all 2,500 pharmacy employees being transferred and new rent agreements being made.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11770082/Sainsburys-sells-pharmacy-business-to-rival-Lloyds-Pharmacy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11770082/Sainsburys-sells-pharmacy-business-to-rival-Lloyds-Pharmacy.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Sainsbury's sells pharmacy business to rival LloydsPharmacy |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 July 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In June 2023, Lloyds Pharmacy announced that all Lloyds Pharmacies within Sainsbury's stores would close.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lloyds-pharmacy-sainsbury-shut-down-b2356317.html|title=UK's second-largest pharmacy chain to shut all branches today|date=13 June 2023|website=The Independent|accessdate=21 August 2023}}</ref>

;Sainsbury's Entertainment
Sainsbury's Entertainment was a transactional website which provided films as downloads or for streaming, using [[Rovi Corporation]] software.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/section.html?section=announcement|title=Sainsbury's Entertainment to become an entirely on demand website|publisher=Sainsbury's Entertainment|access-date=26 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124002136/http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/section.html?section=announcement|archive-date=24 November 2013}}</ref> The site arranged to register with [[ATVOD]] as a [[video on demand]] service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Determination That The Provider Of 'Sainsbury's Entertainment Video On Demand' Was In Breach Of ATVOD's Rules |url=http://www.atvod.co.uk/uploads/files/Rules_14_Determination_Sainsburys_FOR_PUBLICATION.pdf |publisher=The Authority For Video On Demand (ATVOD) |date=10 February 2014 |access-date=8 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213628/http://www.atvod.co.uk/uploads/files/Rules_14_Determination_Sainsburys_FOR_PUBLICATION.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2014 }}</ref> The website also sold MP3 downloads as well as eBooks through [[aNobii]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/media/latest-stories/2012/20120612-sainsburys-moves-into-e-book-space-with-acquisition-of-majority-stake-in-online-books-platform-anobii/ |title=Sainsbury's moves into e-book space with acquisition of majority stake in online books platform Anobii |publisher=J-sainsbury.co.uk |access-date=14 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318141008/http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/media/latest-stories/2012/20120612-sainsburys-moves-into-e-book-space-with-acquisition-of-majority-stake-in-online-books-platform-anobii |archive-date=18 March 2014 }}</ref> The site began operating in 2010 and until March 2014 also sold physical products including DVDs, CDs, Blu-ray discs and books. These were posted to the customer by a distributor, which after 2011 was Sainsbury's subsidiary company: Global Media Vault Ltd.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/media/latest-stories/2011/20111011-sainsburys-acquires-global-media-vault-ltd-from-mbl-plc-to-support-development-of-sainsburys-entertainment-website/ |title=Sainsbury's acquires Global Media Vault Ltd |publisher=J-sainsbury.co.uk |access-date=14 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206105358/http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/media/latest-stories/2011/20111011-sainsburys-acquires-global-media-vault-ltd-from-mbl-plc-to-support-development-of-sainsburys-entertainment-website/ |archive-date=6 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rigby |first=Chloe |url=http://internetretailing.net/2011/10/sainsburys-boosts-its-digital-entertainment-capabilities-with-strategic-platform-buy/ |title=Sainsbury's boosts its digital entertainment offer with strategic platform buy |publisher=Internet Retailing |date=11 October 2011 |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=2 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232554/http://internetretailing.net/2011/10/sainsburys-boosts-its-digital-entertainment-capabilities-with-strategic-platform-buy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Customers received nectar points from shopping at Sainsbury's Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sainsbury's Entertainment Frequently Asked Questions|url=https://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/FAQs/page.html?page=help#earn|publisher=Sainsbury's Entertainment|access-date=8 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409042410/https://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/FAQs/page.html?page=help#earn|archive-date=9 April 2014}}</ref> Sainsbury's announced in September 2016 that it would close the business on 30 November 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Summers|first1=Nick|title=Sainsbury's to close its digital entertainment business|url=https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/20/sainsburys-close-entertainment-on-demand/|access-date=21 September 2016|work=Engadget|date=20 September 2016|archive-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921050112/https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/20/sainsburys-close-entertainment-on-demand/|url-status=live}}</ref>

;Sainsbury's Welcome Break Partnership

In 2006, Sainsbury's opened a Convenience store at Birchanger Green services, operated by owners Welcome Break.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mca-insight.com/restaurants/welcome-break-signs-deal-with-sainsburys/440552.article|title=Welcome Break signs deal with Sainsburys|publisher=MCA|date=24 September 2006|access-date=19 July 2022|archive-date=22 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622132608/https://www.mca-insight.com/restaurants/welcome-break-signs-deal-with-sainsburys/440552.article|url-status=live}}</ref>

;Sainsbury's Euro Garages Partnership         
Sainsbury's trialed franchising its convenience store format to [[Euro Garages]] who planned to operate six small stores within its service stations, replacing some of its hundreds of SPAR stores, the first time Sainsbury's has trusted a third party to operate a Sainsbury's store since 2006. Beginning in [[Blackburn]] in 2016 Sainsbury's re-trained EuroGarages staff of 15 to operate the convenience store and later followed with stores in [[Heathrow]] and [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]]. In February 2018 Sainsbury's issued a statement calling a mutual end to the trial: "following a commercial review, a joint decision has been made to bring the trial to a close."  In 2019, the partnership was continued with a new format called "Sainsbury's on the Go" aimed at travellers, carrying travel and snack products. These stores were opened in spaces at former Little Chef restaurants and in the petrol stations, replacing SPAR. In October 2020, the Issa Brothers bought ASDA and rebranded some stores to "ASDA on the Move" and the ones in the former Little Chef restaurants to SPAR. Few stores remain in the petrol stations, waiting for a rebrand whilst others in the former restaurants are now empty.<ref>{{cite web |first=Merril |last=Boulton |url=https://forecourttrader.co.uk/news/archivestory.php/aid/14557/Euro_Garages_partnership_trial_with_Sainsbury_s_ends.html |title=Euro Garages partnership trial with Sainsbury's ends |publisher=Forecourt Trader |access-date=21 May 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Insider Media Ltd |url=https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/northwest/euro-garages-set-to-trial-sainsburys-stores |title=Euro Garages set to trial Sainsbury's stores &#124; Insider Media Ltd |date=4 October 2016 |publisher=Insidermedia.com |access-date=21 May 2019 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719015253/https://www.insidermedia.com/news/north-west/euro-garages-set-to-trial-sainsburys-stores |url-status=live }}</ref>

;Sainsbury's Club Store
Not to be confused with [[SavaCentre]] stores, this was a one-off store at Castle Court in [[Bristol]], designed purely to satisfy an existing planning requirement. Shoppers were only allowed to enter the store if registered members and resident within a 20 mile radius. This was due to having been opened by wholesaler Nurdin and Peacock (now part of [[Booker Group]]) in 1995 as a 'Cargo Club' members only store similar in format to [[Costco]]. Within a year new planning permission was obtained and all membership and residence options were dropped, the store was renamed and has been a regular supermarket since.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/search/sabra7b393104-image-of-castle-court-bristol-club-store-store-on-opening-day-membership-registration-temporary-building/ref/p1010-bristol-castle-court-bloomfield-road-brislington-1996-present-sainsburys-branch/view_as/list/fbr/true |title=Sainsbury's Archive – Castle Court Club Store |access-date=10 May 2023 }}</ref>