Sainsbury’s reports 15% increase in online grocery orders

UK supermarket retailer Sainsbury’s has reported that it has seen a significant increase in the volume of online groceries orders. In the company’s statement about its results for the second quarter, which ended on 26 September, Sainsbury’s chief executive Mike Coupe revealed: “Groceries online orders grew at over 15 per cent and we increased our number of Click and Collect sites to 52.”

Coupe added: “We also launched our Tu clothing website nationwide. The first six weeks of trading significantly exceeded our expectations and the majority of customers are choosing to collect their orders in store.”

The retailer also announced that the “full year underlying profit before tax [is] now expected to be moderately ahead of published consensus”.

At the end of the quarter, Sainsbury’s had 599 supermarkets and 741 convenience stores.