The supermarket has updated its opening times for Easter – here is everything you need to know
Sainsbury’s will close all its larger stores for 24 hours this weekend.
The supermarket has updated its opening times for Easter. This year, Good Friday falls on April 3, Easter Sunday is on April 5 and Easter Monday is on April 6.
If you’re planning a Sainsbury’s trip, the Mirror has checked several store opening times online to give you an idea of what to expect this weekend.
Do make sure you check opening hours yourself as well, as opening times do vary across the country. When we checked today, most larger Sainsbury’s stores were scheduled to open under their normal hours on Good Friday.
Most are scheduled to open at either 6am or 7pm, and close anytime between 9pm and midnight. All larger Sainsbury’s stores in England and Wales will then be closed on Easter Sunday, in line with trading rules.
The law is different in Scotland, where shops are allowed to open. Then on Easter Monday, the majority of larger Sainsbury’s stores will open from 8am to 8pm.
For smaller Sainsbury’s Local convenience stores, these will open under normal trading hours this weekend – including on Easter Sunday. Small stores are allowed to open on Easter Sunday.
The majority of Sainsbury’s Local stores open at 6am or 7am, then close between 9pm and 11pm.
It comes as more than 9,000 Sainsbury’s workers were set for a financial boost after the store’s latest Sharesave plan matured.
The supermarket giant said its Sharesave 2022 plan matured on March 1, giving staff the opportunity to buy Sainsbury’s shares at a discounted option price.
Sainsbury’s said the majority of staff participating in the plan are store and depot employees, who together hold around 15 million share options.
Sharesave allows staff to save directly from their pay, with the option to purchase shares at a discounted price when the scheme matures.
At that point, people can choose to keep their shares for longer-term saving, or sell them and realise any profit.
The scheme, which Sainsbury’s said is part of its commitment to support financial resilience and wellbeing, has helped staff to build savings pots to help fund life events such as a wedding or housing-related costs.
To help staff make informed decisions, the store said it worked with Wealth at Work to provide financial education sessions.
A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: “We’re proud that more than 9,000 colleagues are seeing the benefit of their commitment to saving and being investors in Sainsburys, and we want to encourage even more of our colleagues to take part in Sharesave and share in our success in the future.”
