Sainsbury (j) Share Discussion Threads

[pierre oreilly] 27/7/2020 09:22

Mask enforcement is madness when the experts can't agree on their efficacy. Afaiia, wearing them properly is an advantage, how people actual wear them makes them much more dangerous and more likely to spread the disease.

[grahamite2] 25/7/2020 21:22

I still think the seat belt law is absolutely infamous.

[tim 3] 25/7/2020 20:52

Wow an Austin Alegro and Maxi had a Maxi once dreadful car!

[spob] 25/7/2020 17:38

Police urge big retailers to refuse entry to non-compliant shoppers over coronavirus risk

[spob] 25/7/2020 17:32

I remember lots of people like you, when it became law to wear a seatbelt



I think most people started wearing them when you would get 3 points on your license

[grahamite2] 25/7/2020 11:41

spob, it's hard to give a clear-cut answer, isn't it? The idea that compulsory masks would encourage shopping is something that would never occur to me, but the government seems to believe it and so do a lot of others. On the other hand, I will not go into a shop requiring masks except under critical necessity, and I know a lot of people take the same view.

[tim 3] 25/7/2020 11:16

This is what I am on about so many idiots out there who think shop workers are "fair game"

[loganair] 25/7/2020 07:49

Before lock down there was only 1 house out of the 11 past me up the road that had grocery on-line delivery.

During lock down this increased to 3 houses, since lock down has been unlocked, back down to just the 1 house again receiving on-line grocery deliveries.

[tim 3] 24/7/2020 22:27

Although I think there will always be some who shop in stores, for me I will never buy groceries online, I do agree there is a significant shift online that will probably continue.Not sure that is good for the big 4 though as I suspect when you add in overheads and costs its loss making.

[buywell3] 24/7/2020 22:10

It is ON-Line sales that have climbed by over 50% as lockdowns have changed the way people shop

IMO for good

On-Line and delivered to the door will become the norm

dyor

[spob] 24/7/2020 16:43

Seriously though, I think publically stating that mask wearing will not be policed could have a negative rather than a positive effect

Because many customers will expect and want it to be policed

Such as high risk elderly customers, who may choose to go to Waitrose instead


unintended consequences and all that

[spob] 24/7/2020 16:37

I see your points Tim and Graham


Perhaps Sainsburys could also stop policing the sale of age restricted products

because it would avoid confrontation

and they would see a massive increase in market share of those products


Lol

[grahamite2] 24/7/2020 07:42

Sainsbury's is likely to gain market share with its realistic stance on masks.

[joe say] 24/7/2020 07:38

Are rioters and looters exempt from the mask rules?

[spob] 23/7/2020 23:17

Just put a sign up on the front door

no customers allowed entry unless wearing a mask

simple


people will soon get used to it, or go shop somewhere else

and people who are exempt, should have some form of paperwork to show this


I don't see what the problem is

There is always someone at the front door to police these things


And it will only be a minority who choose to act selfishly anyway

Unless of course, Sainsbury's put out a statement saying customers can do what they like

[tim 3] 23/7/2020 22:36

If the police say they cant enforce it how do you expect supermarket staff too?

As you say half the time police won't even attend when there are shoplifters instore so they are hardly likely to support them with this!

They strongly recommend staff wear them but again if a member of staff refuse then not sure what the law is in this as its not a legal requirement for staff to wear them also many staff are behind screens anyway.

[spob] 23/7/2020 21:26

and you're never going to see a copper in a shop

because they don't bother coming when shoplifters have been caught red-handed any more

well not if the value of goods stolen is below £100

[spob] 23/7/2020 21:19

Talking about wearing masks in shops on the news just now


Apparently Sainsburys are ignoring the mandatory government instructions to wear masks in shops

correct me if I am wrong, because I was doing something else while the news was on


Also they said on the news something about staff in shops do not have to wear them, but customers do (government advice)


None of this makes any sense to me

I feel sorry for high risk elderely people emerging from 12 week lockdowns

They must be scared to go shopping, knowing that some companies don't seem to care about enforcing the mandatory government instructions, regarding the wearing of masks in shops (starts tomorrow).

[spob] 22/7/2020 18:15

money is like toilet paper to the QIA

I doubt they care either way


I wonder what they do with their Sainsbury's share certificates

[loganair] 22/7/2020 10:52

A few months back I posted that I was looking to add to my Sainsbury's position between 150p and 120p and got blasted out of the ground by several posters on this thread saying that I didn't not know what I am talking about as Sainsbury's share price will never go down to as low as 150p.

buywell's posted article is the third analyst that has said they are looking at 150p before they would buy in to Sainsbury's - I wonder what the QIA think about this considering they bought their 22% stake in Sainsbury's for c600p per share.

Unless Sainsbury's are able to increase their margins to 3% then sub 150p it is for me.

The first thing Saisnbury's needs to do is to focus on being far less Bureaucratic and far more Streamlined in the way they run and manage their business which would save Sainsbury's £100mlns a year in costs. Sadly Sainsbury's like Tesco, ASDA and Morrison were not built to be Streamlined they were built to be Bureaucratic and all play from the same playbook.

[loganair] 22/7/2020 10:05

buywell - A very interesting article.

In the 1990's when Sainsbury's share price was higher then it is today and paying a higher dividend it had c22% market share and over 8% margin where as today Sainsbury's market share is only 14.9% with just 1.0% margin.

There was no Aldi or Lidl at the time and today these two have a combined market share of 13.3% which is expected to rise to 18% in the next 5 or 6 years and may get as high as 20% in the years to come.

[buywell3] 22/7/2020 03:01

Surely the way to go from here on in

In a Covid-19 new age , which looks like going on for years

Is home delivery

It is much safer that way