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POLITICAL AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-07
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Domain: Political / Communications Entity scope: J Sainsbury plc, its principal trading entities Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited, Argos Limited and Sainsbury’s Bank plc, and relevant group brands/services; Sainsbury family members’ personal political activity is distinguished from corporate conduct.1, 2 Compiled: 2026-08-30 Method: Existing audit and supplied updated research memo only.

Corporate Communications & Public Stance

At its 18 July 2013 AGM, then-Chair David Tyler said Sainsbury’s would not consider a boycott of Israel and described sourcing as determined by quality, safety and ethical standards.3 During the August 2014 Holborn incident, Sainsbury’s likewise described itself as “a non-political organisation.”4

No public evidence identified in the retained and updated search record of a J Sainsbury plc or Sainsbury’s corporate statement specifically addressing the Gaza war since October 2023, Palestinian civilian harm, Israel, BDS, the July 2024 ICJ advisory opinion, or the November 2024 ICC warrants; this is a search-scoped absence, not proof that no statement exists.5, 6

A response hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign stated that Sainsbury’s did not source own-brand products from West Bank settlements, while acknowledging that some branded manufacturers might source products from occupied territories and referring to DEFRA country-of-origin guidance; the underlying company correspondence was not retrieved in the supplied material.7

The reviewed Annual Report 2026 webpage describes the group’s strategy and UK retail role, but does not identify an Israel/Palestine-specific corporate position; this finding is limited to the reviewed publication page.6

Sainsbury’s Ethical Sourcing Policy, updated in June 2025, applies to food, general-merchandise and GNFR suppliers, makes compliance a contractual requirement for own-brand and owned-brand suppliers, and says branded suppliers are expected to meet it as a minimum standard.8 The policy requires suppliers to aim for full supply-chain traceability, including location information where possible and available on request.8 It states that Sainsbury’s will not source from certain areas, regions or countries, but directs suppliers to non-public internal systems and manuals for the prohibited-regions list.8 The public policy does not identify Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, settlements, or any named supplier as prohibited or permitted and therefore cannot verify a territory-specific exclusion.8

Operations in Occupied or Contested Territories

J Sainsbury plc’s 2026 annual report describes it as a holding company whose group operates primarily in retail and financial services; it identifies Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited, Argos Limited and Sainsbury’s Bank plc as principal trading entities.1 Companies House records J Sainsbury plc as an active UK public limited company, incorporated on 10 November 1922, with registered office at 33 Charterhouse Street, London; its latest accounts are to 28 February 2026 and its latest confirmation statement is to 25 July 2026.9, 10

Sainsbury’s describes its core customer operations as UK grocery retail, with more than 600 supermarkets and 885 convenience stores; this is a corporate market-description statement rather than a complete legal-entity or operating-location schedule.11

The related-undertakings material identifies overseas branches of indirect subsidiary Sainsbury’s Argos Asia Limited in Bangladesh and India, but the retrieved material identifies no branch in Israel or the Occupied Palestinian Territory.1 The annual-report schedule also includes, among other entities, Argos Distributors (Ireland) Limited, Argos (N.I.) Ltd, Habitat Retail Limited, Home Retail Group Limited, JS Information Systems Limited and Sainsbury’s group holding entities.1

On 31 July 2026, J Sainsbury plc announced an agreement to sell Argos Limited to Swift Whistle Midco Limited (Swift Partners), with completion expected in February 2027 and full separation expected by February 2029.12 Until completion, Sainsbury’s stated that Argos and Sainsbury’s would continue operating as before.12 The announced sale includes Argos’s standalone and store-in-store operations, sales channels, brands, logistics network, Argos Care, Argos Pet Insurance, Sainsbury’s Daventry distribution centre, and Argos sourcing offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong; Sainsbury’s stated it would retain commercial agreements involving in-store collection points, Nectar, Nectar360 and Habitat.12

No public evidence identified in the retained and expanded search record of Sainsbury’s stores, offices, subsidiaries, contracts, equipment, dealership operations, or facilities in Israel, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, or Israeli settlements.1, 9 This does not rule out supplier, branded-product distribution, or historical product-origin relationships.1

Sainsbury’s 2021/22 Human Rights Saliency Report stated that more than 60% of food suppliers were based across the UK, South Africa, Chile, Spain, Israel and the Netherlands.13 The report did not identify Israel-based suppliers, products, production locations, settlement operations, or current supplier status.13

In a 2000 parliamentary memorandum, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd stated that organic food sourced from outside Europe included vegetables and fruit from Israel, while saying its organic products were bought from roughly 100 UK-based suppliers sourcing from UK and overseas growers.14 The memorandum did not identify suppliers or state that those products originated in occupied territory or settlements, and ongoing status is unknown.14

A 6 July 2008 Guardian report stated that Sainsbury’s sold dried dates from the occupied territories labelled as grown in the West Bank.15 The report attributed to a Sainsbury’s spokesperson the statement that the retailer labelled produce “Gaza, Israel or West Bank” when sourcing from those areas, and attributed to customer correspondence a statement that Sainsbury’s would “always” source some products from the West Bank because of regional production, shortages or quality.15 This is contemporaneous reporting of attributed company statements, not evidence of farm ownership, supplier identity, settlement origin, or current practice.15

Historical advocacy reporting alleged that Sainsbury’s own-brand Medjoul dates photographed in 2008 bore “Grown in West Bank” labels at Netiv Hagdud and Massua, and reported that Sainsbury’s confirmed sourcing from Arava, Mehadrin and Edom in 2013.16, 17 Advocacy publications also reported historical sourcing or stocking leads involving Hadiklaim.16, 17 These remain historical reported sourcing leads rather than established current supply-chain findings because the supplied material does not include primary correspondence, contracts, invoices, or current product records.16, 17

Who Profits reported, with information stated valid through 4 February 2025, that Achdut/Achva products were sold through Sainsbury’s online store and identified Achdut’s principal production and logistics facilities as being in Ariel West Industrial Zone in the West Bank.18 The retrieved page provides no Sainsbury’s product URL, retailer statement, invoice, or dated shelf record; it therefore supports a specialist-investigation lead but does not independently establish specified-date or current Sainsbury’s stock.18

A 2008 Jewish Chronicle report stated that a Wembley-based company named Mehadrin supplied candles to Tesco and Sainsbury’s.19 That report did not identify the supplier as Mehadrin Tnuport or Mehadrin Ltd, did not concern agricultural produce, and did not provide a settlement nexus.19

Sainsbury’s states that it publishes Tier 1 site lists for food, clothing, general merchandise and GNFR, while acknowledging a need for greater transparency below Tier 1.20 A text search of the linked food Tier 1 supplier-site list, labelled “2024 data,” returned no matches for “Israel,” “Achdut,” “Mehadrin,” “Arava,” or “Edom.”21 This document-scoped no-hit is not evidence that Sainsbury’s has no Israeli suppliers or that none of those firms supplies branded products or lower-tier inputs.21

The supplied document-scoped pre-scan found no mention of J Sainsbury plc, Sainsbury’s, Argos, or named Sainsbury family principals in the checked 2023 and 2025 OHCHR settlement-business database updates or UN A/HRC/59/23 (2025).1 That no-hit is limited to the specified checked documents and does not establish absence from all UN databases, NGO reports, suppliers, or external sources.1

UK Government guidance advises businesses not to engage in purchases, procurement, investments, or other economic activity in or directly benefiting Israeli settlements; it also states that settlement products should be specifically labelled and are ineligible for UK–Israel preferential tariffs.22, 23 These are importer-wide rules and do not establish a breach by Sainsbury’s.22, 23 In a 11 March 2025 parliamentary answer, DEFRA stated that food labels must not mislead, country-of-origin labelling is compulsory for most unprocessed fresh fruit and vegetables, and local authorities enforce food-labelling rules.24 The answer did not identify a Sainsbury’s investigation, enforcement action, or finding.24

No public evidence identified in the retained and newly searched record of a court, regulator, customs authority, consumer-protection authority, or trading-standards body finding that Sainsbury’s sold, mislabelled, or improperly imported settlement-origin goods.22, 25, 24 no public evidence identified in the retained and newly searched record of post-19 July 2024 primary retailer product pages, packaging images, supplier declarations, invoices, or importer-of-record documentation verifying Sainsbury’s sale of Achdut/Achva, Mehadrin, Hadiklaim, Arava, or Edom products.26, 27, 18

Internal Governance, Content & Retail Policies

Holborn kosher-section removal, August 2014. During a Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration outside Sainsbury’s Holborn store on 16 August 2014, the local manager ordered the chilled kosher section emptied.28, 4 Contemporary reporting stated that the removed products were not exclusively Israeli and included products made in the UK and Poland.28, 29 Sainsbury’s said the removal was the manager’s decision rather than company policy, apologised for inconvenience or offence caused, and restocked the products on 17 August 2014.4 The incident drew criticism including from the Campaign Against Antisemitism and was covered in Jewish media.28, 4, 30

2014 AGM activist shareholder concerns. At the July 2014 AGM, shareholders raised concerns about suppliers described as settlement-linked - Arava, Mehadrin and Edom - and presented a 6,500-signature petition.31 David Tyler reportedly said the company could find no evidence that those firms had “done anything wrong,” and said SodaStream, then manufactured at Mishor Adumim, was stocked and labelled as such.31

Sabra label, January 2024. Sainsbury’s said that an unauthorised “apartheid hummus” price label found on Sabra products at its Vauxhall branch was not a Sainsbury’s label and had been placed by a third party.32 No evidence was identified that the label reflected corporate editorial policy.32

Belfast BDS activity, 2024–2026. The supplied record describes activists placing boycott stickers on SodaStream stock in Sainsbury’s stores and Sainsbury’s issuing civil banning orders to several activists.33, 34 The Irish News reported on 19 January 2026 that three activists charged over 2 July 2024 sticker activity at Sainsbury’s Kennedy Centre store were formally acquitted after the Public Prosecution Service offered no evidence.35 This reported criminal-case outcome does not establish the terms, validity, or continuing status of any separate civil exclusion orders reportedly issued by Sainsbury’s.33, 34, 35

Sainsbury’s current sustainable-sourcing approach states that origins must be sufficiently known, supplier standards upheld, and environmental and human-rights impacts addressed; its CR&S Committee and central technical and sustainability teams oversee relevant requirements.36 The retrieved policy does not identify Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, settlements, or a territory-specific exclusion rule.36

Sainsbury’s SASB Disclosure 2025/26 states that it had no significant own-brand food-and-grocery incidents requiring corrective action and no regulatory fines or settlements related to own-brand food-and-grocery labelling or marketing in FY2025/26.25 This general disclosure does not address Israel/Palestine-specific origin labelling, branded products, or settlement-product allegations.25

The UK Modern Slavery Statement Registry records a Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd group statement covering 1 March 2025 to 28 February 2026, approved on 1 July 2026 and signed by Simon Roberts; it covers ten entities and addresses structure, policies, risk assessment, due diligence, training and KPIs.37 The registry entry does not evidence an Israel/Palestine-specific process.37 The separately retrieved 2025 registry statement identifies supply-chain risk assessment and due diligence, but its listed priority-risk geographies do not identify Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, or settlements; this does not establish the absence of other internal assessments.38

No public evidence identified of Sainsbury’s formal policy on pro-Palestinian employee speech or symbols, discipline or dismissal of staff for such speech, litigation against staff or unions on this issue, algorithmic moderation, or a regional editorial-policy regime.5

Brand Heritage & State Partnerships

The personal political and philanthropic activities of Lord David Sainsbury and Lord John Sainsbury remain in scope for attribution analysis, but neither appears on the current notified-shareholder list or holds a current executive or board role, so the supplied record does not establish either as a current controlling principal of J Sainsbury plc.39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 29 Lord David Sainsbury, a former chairman and Labour life peer, has been reported as associated with Labour Friends of Israel; the retrieved source does not establish a current office, donation, policy intervention or activity through that organisation, while his Gatsby Charitable Foundation is described as focused on scientific research, education and mental health rather than Israel-directed philanthropy.39, 40 The record also reports approximately £18.5 million in Labour Party donations between 1996 and 2008 and renewed Labour donations in 2024.40, 41

Lord John Sainsbury, a former chairman and Conservative life peer who died in 2022, was reported to have left an estate donation of £10 million to the Conservative Party in Q3 2023.42 No Israel-directed philanthropy by either family foundation was identified in the supplied evidence.40, 42

The Sainsbury Archive’s accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 record a £108,760 grant from J Sainsbury plc.44 The charity’s stated purpose concerns preservation and public education relating to company and Sainsbury family history, and the retrieved accounts identify no Israel/Palestine purpose.44

No public evidence identified of J Sainsbury plc corporate donations to Israeli or Palestinian causes, Israeli-government or academic partnerships, “Brand Israel” sponsorship, corporate state honours, or military/security heritage used in Sainsbury’s branding.1, 45

Lobbying, Advocacy, Financing & Logistics

No public evidence identified of direct J Sainsbury plc lobbying on Israel–Palestine policy, UK–Israel trade, anti-BDS legislation, settlement trade, arms-export licensing, or related government policy.46 no public evidence identified of corporate donations, sponsorships, logistics, free goods or services, or crisis-asset mobilisation for the IDF, FIDF, JNF/KKL, settlement bodies, Israeli government entities, Palestinian entities, or conflict-related NGOs.1, 46

ICJP stated that it issued legal notices to Sainsbury’s in October 2024 and June 2025 concerning alleged settlement-origin products, due diligence, labelling, and alleged continued stock in Northern Ireland.26, 27 The October notice named suppliers including Mehadrin, Hadiklaim and Achdut-Achva in its allegations.26 The June 2025 publication referred to a BDS Belfast petition concerning the Kennedy Centre store and stated that an October 2024 4,500-signature petition had not received a response.27 These notices evidence that ICJP said it sent notices and made the allegations; they do not establish that Sainsbury’s stocked the named goods, that the allegations were proved, that the notices were received, a legal-response failure, or that a court or regulator found liability.26, 27

The ICJP notices occurred after the 19 July 2024 ICJ advisory opinion, and ICJP’s June 2025 publication expressly invoked that opinion.27 No public company response, cessation confirmation, enforcement action, filed claim, judgment, or regulatory decision was identified in the supplied material.26, 27

Companies House records a July 2026 AGM resolution labelled “political donations.”46 The filing records resolutions dated 2 July 2026 and filed 14 July 2026, including “RES13 - Re: political donations; notice period for general meeting other than AGM.”46 The existence of shareholder authority does not evidence an actual payment, recipient, or Israel–Palestine-related purpose.46

Corporate Structure & Primary Mission

J Sainsbury plc is an active UK public limited company, incorporated on 10 November 1922, with SIC 47110: retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating.9, 10 Its 2026 reporting describes a retail strategy spanning food, general merchandise, clothing, fuel and residual financial services, with group brands and services including Sainsbury’s, Argos, Habitat, Tu, Nectar, Smart Charge and Sainsbury’s Bank.47, 1, 2

The group’s governance page publishes section 172 statements for Argos Limited, JS Information Systems Limited, Nectar 360 Limited, Sainsbury Propco A Limited, Sainsbury Propco B Limited, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd, and Sainsbury’s Tyne Property Holdings Limited.45 This supports their treatment as relevant UK subsidiaries for governance-reporting purposes, but is not a complete group-entity schedule.45

Companies House records a 2025 holding-chain restructuring in which J Sainsbury plc ceased to be the PSC of Sainsbury’s Group Holdings Limited on 12 September 2025 and Sainsbury’s Holdings Limited was notified as PSC.48, 49 Companies House also records J Sainsbury plc as holding 75% or more of Sainsbury’s Holdings Limited’s shares and voting rights, with rights to appoint or remove directors.48 Sainsbury’s Group Holdings Limited filed an updated confirmation statement on 3 June 2026.50

Companies House does not publish a PSC entry for J Sainsbury plc because, from 25 July 2017, it has been exempt from the PSC-information requirement as a company with voting shares admitted to trading on a UK regulated market.51 This filing-status fact does not identify or exclude beneficial owners disclosed through other regimes.51

As at 4 August 2026, the company listed notified holdings of 3% or more by VESA Equity Investment S.à r.l. (10.00%), BlackRock, Inc. (9.16%), Qatar Holdings LLC (6.82%), Schroders plc (5.22%), Pzena Investment Management, Inc. (5.05%), and Bestway Group UK Limited (5.01%).29 VESA describes its interest as approximately 10% of voting rights, while the supplied disclosures do not establish that VESA controls J Sainsbury plc.29, 52 VESA stated in September 2020 that it was owned by Patrik Tkáč (47%) and Daniel Křetínský (53%); the supplied material does not establish that this ownership split remained unchanged in 2026.53 VESA’s current leadership page identifies Křetínský as its founder and Investment Committee Chair.54

A statutory TR-1 notice dated 4 December 2025 identifies Qatar Investment Authority as the notifying and ultimate controlling person, and Qatar Holding LLC as the shareholder for 155,890,509 voting rights, or 6.828164%.55 Sainsbury’s current shareholder page reports the holding rounded to 6.82%.29 None of the disclosed holdings itself establishes control of J Sainsbury plc.29, 51

The current notified-shareholder list does not name Lord David or Lord John Sainsbury.29 This is not evidence that no Sainsbury family member holds shares below the reporting threshold.29 no public evidence identified of a state-held golden share, Israeli state ownership, a corporate constitutional mandate tied to Israeli geopolitical objectives, or a subsidiary established for such objectives.1, 45, 9

Executive & Leadership Footprint

As of 30 August 2026, J Sainsbury plc’s published leadership page identified Martin Scicluna as Chair, Simon Roberts as Chief Executive, Bláthnaid Bergin as Chief Financial Officer, and Jo Bertram, Katie Bickerstaffe, Steve Hare, Jo Harlow, Adrian Hennah, Tanuj Kapilashrami and Keith Weed CBE as non-executive directors; Nick Grant was General Counsel and Company Secretary.43, 56 Companies House independently lists Bergin, Bertram, Bickerstaffe, Hare, Harlow, Hennah, Kapilashrami, Roberts, Scicluna and Weed as active directors, and lists Nicolas Grant as active secretary, appointed 5 July 2024.56

The 2026 annual report states that the Board sets long-term strategy and the Operating Board, chaired by Simon Roberts, manages day-to-day execution.1, 43

The January 2026 EMTN prospectus lists Scicluna as having no significant outside activity; Roberts as President of IGD and a member of the Government’s Food Strategy Advisory Board, the Government’s Retail Sector Council and Diversity in Retail’s advisory board; and Bergin as a Haleon plc non-executive director.57 The prospectus lists further external roles for several non-executive directors, but does not identify Israel/Palestine-related roles among the listed outside activities.57

David Tyler’s 2013 and 2014 Israel/Palestine-related AGM responses concerned discontinued chair-level roles; he is not among the current published board members or Companies House active directors.3, 31, 43, 56

Named person-by-person live searches identified no verified Israel/Palestine-related donations, foundation grants, fundraising appearances, board-role disclosures, investments, op-eds, public statements or anti-BDS lobbying interventions by Simon Roberts, Martin Scicluna, Bláthnaid Bergin, Jo Bertram, Katie Bickerstaffe, Steve Hare, Jo Harlow, Adrian Hennah, Tanuj Kapilashrami, Keith Weed or Nick Grant.5, 43, 56, 57 No public evidence identified of roles held by those current principals, Křetínský or Tkáč in pro-Israel or pro-Palestine advocacy organisations, Israeli state institutions or Israeli-government advisory bodies, or attendance at IDF, settlement, FIDF, JNF/KKL, CFI, LFI, AIPAC or comparable events in a company-representative capacity.43, 29, 52, 53, 54, 57 This is the bounded public-record conclusion after the named searches; unreported private activity is not inferred.

Footnotes

  1. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/media/sx2bk5c5/j-sainsbury-plc-annual-report-and-financial-statements-2026-interactive.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13

  2. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/sustainability/performance-reports-and-policies/ ↩ ↩2

  3. https://www.thejc.com/news/sainsburys-rejects-calls-for-a-ban-on-israeli-goods-iysbnnlv ↩ ↩2

  4. https://www.algemeiner.com/2014/08/17/british-supermarket-sainsburys-under-fire-after-branch-reportedly-clears-out-kosher-section-for-fear-of-anti-israel-protesters-video/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  5. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/about-us/our-leadership/simon-roberts-bod/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  6. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/investors/annual-report-2026/ ↩ ↩2

  7. https://palestinecampaign.org/sainsburys-reply-campaign/ ↩

  8. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/media/ujel0vm1/ethical-sourcing-policy-june-2025.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  9. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00185647 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  10. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00185647 ↩ ↩2

  11. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/about-us/ ↩

  12. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/news/press-releases/sainsbury-s-agrees-sale-of-argos-to-swift-partners/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  13. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/media/ip0fh5n3/human-rights-saliency-report-2021-22.pdf ↩ ↩2

  14. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmagric/681/0102511.htm ↩ ↩2

  15. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/06/israelandthepalestinians.supermarkets ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  16. https://corporateoccupation.org/2020/02/16/apartheid-in-the-fields-from-occupied-palestine-to-uk-supermarkets-2020-update-part-7-7-sainsburys/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  17. https://corporateoccupation.org/2014/07/08/open-letter-to-sainsburys-shareholders/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  18. https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/4088 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  19. https://www.thejc.com/the-cost-of-friday-dinner-pg2r37sg ↩ ↩2

  20. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/sustainability/explore-by-a-z/people-in-our-supply-chain/increasing-transparency-in-our-supply-chain/ ↩

  21. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/media/gnkhwv53/supplier-list-food-2024-data.pdf ↩ ↩2

  22. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-for-israel/overseas-business-risk-israel - 3 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  23. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-to-importers-treatment-of-goods-from-israeli-settlements/notice-to-importers-imports-from-israel-into-the-united-kingdom ↩ ↩2

  24. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-24/33372 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  25. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/media/ib3nitpp/sasb-disclosure-2025-26.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  26. https://www.icjpalestine.com/2024/10/30/8-national-supermarkets-threatened-with-legal-action-for-selling-illegal-goods-from-israeli-settlements/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  27. https://www.icjpalestine.com/2025/06/13/icjp-issues-legal-notice-to-sainsburys-and-notifies-northern-ireland-executive-over-stocking-of-illegal-israeli-settlement-products/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  28. https://www.jta.org/2014/08/18/global/british-supermarket-removes-kosher-products-during-protest ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  29. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/investors/major-shareholders/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  30. https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2014-08-18/ty-article/sainsburys-slammed-for-removing-kosher-food/0000017f-e68e-d97e-a37f-f7efc2930000 ↩

  31. https://corporatewatch.org/an-insiders-account-of-the-sainsburys-agm/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  32. https://www.jns.org/uk-supermarket-terribly-sorry-about-sabra-apartheid-hummus-label/ ↩ ↩2

  33. https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/10/31/sainsburys-palestine-stickers/ ↩ ↩2

  34. https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/sainsburys-hit-with-anti-israel-protest-as-stickers-plastered-over-goods-in-east-belfast-store-during-global-day-of-civil-disobedience-5098103 ↩ ↩2

  35. https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/pro-palestinian-activists-acquitted-of-causing-criminal-damage-to-israeli-made-sodastream-products-at-west-belfast-supermarket-Q7B4MF426RBO3IWTVU6GLKJKTI/ ↩ ↩2

  36. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/sustainability/explore-by-a-z/responsible-sourcing-practices/sustainable-sourcing/ ↩ ↩2

  37. https://modern-slavery-statement-registry.service.gov.uk/statement-summary/QCQ9Okse/2026 ↩ ↩2

  38. https://modern-slavery-statement-registry.service.gov.uk/statement-summary/QCQ9Okse/2025 ↩

  39. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sainsbury,_Baron_Sainsbury_of_Turville ↩ ↩2

  40. https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/12/12/sainsburys-donate-at-scale-to-all-main-uk-parties ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  41. https://www.aol.com/lord-sainsbury-returns-labour-2m-114744149.html ↩ ↩2

  42. https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/12/12/sainsburys-donate-at-scale-to-all-main-uk-parties ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  43. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/about-us/our-leadership/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  44. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/cy/charity-search?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_objectiveId=A17992632&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_mvcRenderCommandName=%2Ffull-print&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_organisationNumber=3996901&p_p_cacheability=cacheLevelPage&p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=2&p_p_mode=view&p_p_resource_id=%2Faccounts-resource&p_p_state=maximized ↩ ↩2

  45. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/investors/corporate-governance/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  46. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00185647/filing-history?page=2 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  47. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/news/press-releases/preliminary-results-for-the-52-weeks-ended-28-february-2026/ ↩

  48. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16565950/persons-with-significant-control ↩ ↩2

  49. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11833110/filing-history ↩

  50. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11833110/filing-history ↩

  51. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00185647/persons-with-significant-control ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  52. https://www.vesaequityinvestment.com/activities/our-portfolio/ ↩ ↩2

  53. https://www.vesaequityinvestment.com/press-releases/vesa-acquires-a-share-in-sainsburys/ ↩ ↩2

  54. https://www.vesaequityinvestment.com/about-us/vesa-equity-senior-leadership/ ↩ ↩2

  55. https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/sainsbury-j---sbry/holding-s-in-company/9276520 ↩

  56. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00185647/officers ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  57. https://corporate.sainsburys.co.uk/media/fxyjzoxt/updated-sainsburys-emtn-prospectus-january-2026.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4