"Sainsbury's Annual General Meeting" press release 6 Jul 1983

Press release relating to Sir John Sainsbury's (company chairman) address to shareholders at the company's annual general meeting (AGM), with copy of speech and performance charts (of earnings per share growth and investment, compared with other retailers).

The address referred to Sainsbury's 'in the context of its ten years as a public company', and in which he:
reviewed Sainsbury's share performance - which had increased ten-fold over ten years;
discussed how the company's market share in food had doubled;
announced plans to recruit 1000 staff under the Youth Training Scheme;
commented on the high proportion of staff shareholders (35% of those with over two years service);
reported that the current year's trading had started well;
drew attention to future changes in retailing through use of computers;
highlighted the issue of planning