Company Earnings UpdateSainsbury’s (LSE: SBRY) 1Q18 Update: Sales Lifted by Warm Summer Coresight Research July 5, 2017 Executive Summary The UK’s second-biggest grocery retailer, Sainsbury’s, posted 1Q18 comps of 2.3%, excluding fuel and including Argos in the prior year base. Total sales increased by 2.7%, including Argos in the base and excluding fuel and the impact of the sale of Sainsbury’s pharmacy business. Sainsbury’s reaffirmed its target to deliver £160 million in EBITDA synergies from the Argos acquisition by March 2019, and achieve £145 million in cost savings this fiscal year. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: January 2025 US Retail Sales: Nearly All Sectors Report Mid-Single-Digit Sales GrowthThe Sentiment Split: Optimism at the Top, Strain at the Bottom; Plus, Social Commerce Shopping in Focus—US Consumer Survey InsightsUS Apparel & Footwear Retailing—Themes, Concepts and Innovators: AI, Value, GLP-1 and More To Drive Apparel TransformationHigh-Income Consumers Drive Uptick in Financial Optimism; Inflation Awareness Down Versus Early 2025: US Consumer Survey Insights