Sainsbury’s blames profit warning on supply failures
28 August 2012
An overly sophisticated supply chain is driving Sainsbury’s to the worst pre-tax result in its 135-year history.
The troubled supermarket chain has issued a profit warning to shareholders admitting that its “sophisticated” supply chain “simply cannot deliver to the required scale”. Its new automated depots were failing to perform at the planned levels and leading to poorly stocked shelves.
Supply problems at the UK’s third-largest supermarket chain are such that “...