Sainsbury's shoppers shouldn't expect their supermarket experience to get back to normal until September. The chain has released its full-year results statement which shows the impact that the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing UK lockdown has had on its finances.
While business is booming at the moment, Sainsbury's predicts a drop in consumer demand after lockdown restrictions are eased as the economy will have taken a huge hit.
The statement said it was "impossible to predict" what long-term financial impact Covid-19 could have on Sainsbury's, but they have modelled a "broad range" of potential outcomes.
It says: "Our base case assumes that lockdown restrictions will have eased by the end of our first quarter (end June), but that the