epa05289276 (FILE) A file photo dated 25 April 2007 showing customers at a Sainsbury's supermarket in London, Britain. Supermarket chain Sainsbury's on 04 May 2016 released their preliminary results for the 52 weeks to 12 March 2016, saying sales of general merchandise rose by 3.5 per cent, with clothing grew sales growing by 8.5 per cent. Sainsbury's Bank also performed well and achieved a 65 million pound underlying profit and trading performance supports plans to launch mortgages. Sainsbury's Bank is in the middle of a transition to a new, more flexible banking platform, with total transition costs expected to be between 340 million and 380 million pounds. EPA/ANDY RAIN
LONDON: British supermarket chain Sainsbury's plans to double the number of its Click & Collect sites over the next 12 months in response to the increasing popularity of the service as UK shopping habits change.
Online shopping is one of the better-performing parts of Britain's retail sector and has become a key battleground for the big supermarkets as they grapple with the growth of German discounters Aldi and Lidl.
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