Sainsbury's

chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom
Organization supermarket_chain Q152096
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Sainsbury's

Summary

Sainsbury's is a supermarket chain[1]. Sainsbury's ranks in the top 6% of supermarket_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,032 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sainsbury's is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Sainsbury's's instance of is recorded as supermarket chain[4].
  • Sainsbury's's instance of is recorded as brick and mortar[5].
  • Sainsbury's's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • Sainsbury's's instance of is recorded as gas station chain[7].
  • Sainsbury's's founder is recorded as John James Sainsbury[8].
  • Sainsbury's's headquarters location is recorded as City of London[9].
  • Sainsbury's's headquarters location is recorded as London[10].
  • Sainsbury's's chief executive officer is recorded as Simon Roberts[11].
  • Sainsbury's's child organization or unit is recorded as Argos[12].
  • Sainsbury's's child organization or unit is recorded as Smart Charge[13].
  • Sainsbury's is part of FTSE 100 Index[14].
  • Sainsbury's's Commons category is recorded as Sainsbury's[15].
  • Sainsbury's's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[16].
  • Sainsbury's's industry is recorded as retail[17].
  • Sainsbury's's chairperson is recorded as Martin Scicluna[18].
  • January 1, 1869 marks the founding of Sainsbury's[19].
  • Sainsbury's's location of formation is recorded as London[20].
  • Sainsbury's's parent organization or unit is recorded as J Sainsbury[21].
  • Sainsbury's's official website is recorded as https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/[22].
  • Sainsbury's's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sainsbury's[23].
  • Sainsbury's's product or material produced is recorded as hypermarket[24].
  • Sainsbury's's legal form is recorded as public limited company[25].
  • Sainsbury's's owner of is recorded as Habitat[26].
  • Sainsbury's's owner of is recorded as Hygena[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Imprint[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1869[30]

  • Community tags: retailer[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 862ddccf-f7dc-4481-8a34-9d99ad159e64[32]

Body

Founding

Sainsbury's's founder is recorded as John James Sainsbury[8]. January 1, 1869 marks the founding of Sainsbury's[19]. Sainsbury's's location of formation is recorded as London[20].

Identity

Sainsbury's is part of FTSE 100 Index[14].

Leadership

Sainsbury's's chief executive officer is recorded as Simon Roberts[11]. Sainsbury's's chairperson is recorded as Martin Scicluna[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include City of London[9], a city[33], in United Kingdom[34] and London[10], a metropolis[35], in Roman Empire[36], founded in 0047[37]. Sainsbury's's parent organization or unit is recorded as J Sainsbury[21]. Subsidiaries include Argos[12], a business[38], in United Kingdom[39], founded in 1972[40], headquartered in Milton Keynes[41] and Smart Charge[13].

Industry

Sainsbury's's industry is recorded as retail[17].

Ownership

Sainsbury's's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[16]. Sainsbury's's product or material produced is recorded as hypermarket[24].

Why It Matters

Sainsbury's ranks in the top 6% of supermarket_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,032 views/month).[2] Sainsbury's has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Sainsbury's is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Works attributed to Sainsbury's include Sainsbury's Online[44], a website[45], founded in 1995[46].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . about.sainsburys.co.uk. about.sainsburys.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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