
Sainsbury's are the UK's second largest retailer with over 800 stores generating annual revenue exceeding £19 billion. We have been working with Sainsbury's since 1999 having initially provided both survey and planning support for the 3 year Re-Invigorate programme; a project which required a dedicated team of 12 store planners to deliver 30 approved schemes per month. In 2002 Sainsburys began a nationwide expansion of their Local convenience stores. Our strategic role was to act as the store planning team for the acquisition and conversion of several emerging convenience chains; the most notable being Jacksons and Bells. Of late we have been assisting the main store planning department on their quest to extend and improve the existing supermarket portfolio.