It definitely seems that way, they're usual busy.As I understand it Tesco are to keep the pizza and hot food counters as they make money...
It definitely seems that way, they're usual busy.As I understand it Tesco are to keep the pizza and hot food counters as they make money...
It will be interesting to see what such changes do to market share.
It definitely seems that way, they're usual busy.
It will be interesting to see what such changes do to market share.
Next to nothing; I should imagine that the value of goods sold at these counters is essentially negligible in market share terms, and the number of people who will now swap their supermarket because of the absence of said counters will also be negligible.
What is certain is that Sainsbury’s will lose less money.
My local Sainsbury's is currently having a refurbishment, adding in the Argos store. To accommodate that they are doing away with the café. Now it looks like the other counters are going too. The wrong decision IMO, not everyone wants to buy pre-packed meat etc. Ironically, when they first announced a store refurbishment last year we were to have a curry counter included, something the store never had unlike other Sainsbury's.
My local Sainsbury's is currently having a refurbishment, adding in the Argos store. To accommodate that they are doing away with the café. Now it looks like the other counters are going too. The wrong decision IMO, not everyone wants to buy pre-packed meat etc. Ironically, when they first announced a store refurbishment last year we were to have a curry counter included, something the store never had unlike other Sainsbury's.
Yes, my parents have been quite annoyed about their tardiness in reopening the cafe (much later than many other supermarkets). They suspected ulterior motives.
Tesco got rid of "in-house" cafes some years ago - the space is usually rented to Costa or somebody instead.
Our local Sainsbury's was always busy, but pretty much always had threadbare staff. Presumably to keep the margins up. The space could no doubt be more valuably employed for other uses.
The Tesco store at Boston did that, only to take the café back in house a couple of years ago. My own town lost its Tesco over thirty years ago, and has never got one back, apart from a couple of the Express type shops.Tesco got rid of "in-house" cafes some years ago - the space is usually rented to Costa or somebody instead.
Tesco currently stands at about 26%.
Sainsbury's plus Asda would be about 29%
Tesco got rid of "in-house" cafes some years ago - the space is usually rented to Costa or somebody instead.
There's been a trend towards the standard coffee shop type set up these days. It's becoming a novelty to be able to get a proper hot meal, rather than just another pannini (yawn).
Not so very far from where we now live, in the area known as Cheadle Royal, there is a large John Lewis store conjoined to a large Sainsbury's store by a glass atrium area that fronts onto a very large car park. Sainsbury's expanded their store some years ago and it was then their cafeteria was opened and it was noticeable that people working on the nearby Cheadle Royal business park came to that cafeteria for breakfast before starting work and at lunch time, in addition to the people shopping at Sainbury's. After 1130, there was a choice of 10 full cooked meals were served at very reasonable prices. One such meal being Salmon fillet, minted baby potatoes and long-stemmed brocoli for only £6.00 (the local garden centre cafeterias would think naught of charging £11.95 for such a meal). Many shoppers, I am informed, used that cafeteria for Sunday lunch rather than patronising the garden centre cafeterias.
Not so very far from where we now live, in the area known as Cheadle Royal, there is a large John Lewis store conjoined to a large Sainsbury's store by a glass atrium area that fronts onto a very large car park. Sainsbury's expanded their store some years ago and it was then their cafeteria was opened and it was noticeable that people working on the nearby Cheadle Royal business park came to that cafeteria for breakfast before starting work and at lunch time, in addition to the people shopping at Sainbury's. After 1130, there was a choice of 10 full cooked meals were served at very reasonable prices. One such meal being Salmon fillet, minted baby potatoes and long-stemmed brocoli for only £6.00 (the local garden centre cafeterias would think naught of charging £11.95 for such a meal). Many shoppers, I am informed, used that cafeteria for Sunday lunch rather than patronising the garden centre cafeterias.
The pizza counters aren't going. The announcement refers only to meat, fish and deli counters and explicitly states that pizza will remain open.The only thing I use Sainsbury’s counters for is the Pizza… that, I shall miss - but I’ll get over it! Sad reality is that this is business, things have got to be financially justifiable!
What difference does that make? The profit margin on 1lb of beef is the same as it is on 454g, no?The gradual transition to metric on counters can't be helping either.
Tesco got rid of "in-house" cafes some years ago - the space is usually rented to Costa or somebody instead.
M&S considers itself a “better” food supermarket - and they don’t have an in store butcher etc. What makes them ‘better’ is better quality products than Tesco / Asda Etc, which in my experience they gernerally do.At the end of the day Sainsbury's like to think that they are a "better" supermarket and have a "better" class of customer than the like of Tesco/Asda/Lidl/Aldi Etc. yet by removing the services I would expect from a better class of supermarket then what exactly makes them any better?,
The gradual transition to metric on counters can't be helping either.
The gradual transition to metric on counters can't be helping either.
There was never an issue with metric. Safeway changed to metric on deli counters in the late 90s. The company provided guides and conversion charts for staff and customers alike.What difference does that make? The profit margin on 1lb of beef is the same as it is on 454g, no?
Argos have been going this way for years. It's absolutely nothing new.many major towns with big stores will be reduced to a small inside Sainsburys stores.
They aren’t losing in store Argos, they’re losing stand alone Argos stores and opening more in store Argos.Think it will take more than the loss of the in-store Argos counters and the fresh meat/fish counters to end Sainsbury's.
My Dad when he was up and about used to love a Sainsbury's breakfast.Doesn't surprise me. The Sainsbury's cafeterias always did a nice breakfast in my experience.
Good times! I had grouped the pizza counter and the others together, teach me to read all the detail first!The pizza counters aren't going. The announcement refers only to meat, fish and deli counters and explicitly states that pizza will remain open.
(Source, Sainsburys halfyear report: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/SBRY/half-year-report/14744569)
"We have therefore decided to close permanently our meat, fish and delicatessen counters. Our pizza and patisserie counters remain open and we continue to freshly bake bread in 1,348 stores."