Sainsbury’s has raised pay for staff again and offered free food during shifts as part of a £25 million package to support workers facing cost-of-living pressures. The UK’s second largest supermarket chain said £20 million of the cash boost will go towards a pay increase.
Around 127,000 hourly paid colleagues will receive a 25p per hour increase from October. Sainsbury’s and Argos retail staff will see minimum pay lift from £10 to £10.25 per hour, with this increasing from £11.05 to £11.30 per hour in London.
It comes after the retail giant increased basic hourly pay for workers from £9.50 to £10 in January. Sainsbury’s has said the latest pay increase means frontline workers will have seen a 7.9% pay rise over the year.
