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Annual Report & Financial Statements 2008

On this site you will find the Annual Report and Financial Statements 2008. By choosing to view this document and other information online you are helping reduce the amount of paper printed and distributed to shareholders.

There is also an illustrated review of the 2007/08 year online at
www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/illustratedreview rather than in print.

At the 2007 Annual General Meeting, Sainsbury's shareholders overwhelmingly approved proposals to take advantage of the increasing use of technology and the benefits of the internet to change the way Sainsbury's communicates information about the company.

This decision is in keeping with Sainsbury's corporate responsibility principle of ‘respect for our environment’.

Chairman's statement

This year has been particularly significant for Sainsbury’s since it marked the completion of the Making Sainsbury’s Great Again (“MSGA”) recovery plan announced in October 2004...

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Business review

The purpose of this Business review is to provide information on Sainsbury's strategy and corporate objectives, and the market in which it operates together with a review of progress during the year ended 22 March 2008...

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