Editing Sainsbury's (section)

===Developing business (2009–2016)===
In March 2009, Sainsbury's reached an agreement to buy 24 shops from [[The Co-operative Group]], 22 of which were [[Somerfield]] shops, which the group was required to sell as a condition of its takeover of Somerfield.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Sainsbury's goes on £83m coop spree|work=The Guardian|date=4 March 2009|access-date=23 May 2009|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/mar/04/j-sainsbury-supermarkets|location=London|first=Zoe|last=Wood|archive-date=27 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627023302/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/mar/04/j-sainsbury-supermarkets|url-status=live}}</ref> A further nine shops were purchased from The Co-operative Group in June 2009. These were concentrated in West Wales, the North of England and Scotland, where Sainsbury's market share is low.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 June 2009 |title=Sainsbury's targets faster growth |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8104425.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719015248/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8104425.stm |archive-date=19 July 2022 |access-date=21 July 2024 }}</ref>

In May 2010, Sainsbury's confirmed a multimillion-pound deal with the [[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] (LOCOG) to be the main sponsor of the [[2012 Paralympic Games]]. Under the deal, Sainsbury's sold Paralympic merchandise and became involved in high-profile events, such as the torch relay. It became one of only two sponsors able to take advantage of the limited branding allowed within the Games. The promotional rights did not extend to the Olympics. After the Paralympic Games, the company decided to sponsor the [[British Paralympic Association]] through to Rio 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/news/bpa-signs-sainsbury-s-partner-through-rio-2016|title=BPA signs Sainsbury's as partner through Rio 2016 &#124; IPC|publisher=Paralympic.org|date=14 September 2012|access-date=18 March 2013|archive-date=8 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508133618/http://paralympic.org/news/bpa-signs-sainsbury-s-partner-through-rio-2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 30 November 2011, Sainsbury's reached the first milestone in its ''Vision for 2020'', by opening its thousandth self-service shop in [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]], Scotland. To celebrate this, Sainsbury's doubled its staff discount to 20% for the first four days of December.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lawson |first=Alex |date=30 November 2011 |title=In pictures: A trip through history as JS opens 1,000th store |url=https://www.retail-week.com/in-pictures-a-trip-through-history-as-js-opens-1000th-store/5031693.article |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330113307/http://www.retail-week.com/home/food/in-pictures-a-trip-through-history-as-js-opens-1000th-store/5031693.article |archive-date=30 March 2016 |access-date=21 July 2024 |website=Retail Week }}</ref> In January 2014, Sainsbury's completed the purchase of the 50% share in [[Sainsbury's Bank]], owned by Lloyds Banking Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/may/08/sainsburys-full-control-banking-arm|title=Sainsbury's to take full control of banking arm|date=8 May 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=26 May 2020|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806193138/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/may/08/sainsburys-full-control-banking-arm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2014, the company began powering one of its shops by converting [[food waste]] into bio methane gas to generate electricity. The group became the first retailer to come off the [[National Grid (Great Britain)|National Grid]] by its own means.<ref name="SainsburysEnergy">{{cite news|title=Sainsbury's shop to be powered solely by food waste|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/21/sainsburys-store-powered-food-waste|access-date=23 July 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|archive-date=23 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723043727/http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/21/sainsburys-store-powered-food-waste|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2016, Arcus FM extended its facilities management contract with Sainsbury's, securing a ten-year renewal. Arcus won the initial contract in 2009, and saw the contract extended in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/arcus-lands-10-year-sainsburys-extension/|title=ARCUS LANDS 10-YEAR SAINSBURY'S EXTENSION|publisher=fm-world.co.uk|date=8 July 2016|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-date=3 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060741/http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/arcus-lands-10-year-sainsburys-extension/|url-status=live}}</ref>