UK | Sainsbury’s has unveiled its new flagship supermarket following a major project to extend and renovate its existing store in Tonbridge, Kent, into a larger, state-of-the-art superstore for customers.
It started work onsite at Sainsbury’s Tonbridge in July 2025, and Tom Tugendhat MP joined colleagues, customers and members of the local community to cut the ribbon at the new store.
The completion of this exciting multimillion-pound investment in Tonbridge marked another milestone in the retailer’s plans to bring the best of Sainsbury's to more people across the UK with its biggest investment in stores in a decade.
The newly transformed store, which showcased some of Sainsbury’s very latest supermarket format design and features, is approximately 25,000 sq ft larger than before, an extension of over 70 percent to the shopfloor. This has enabled Sainsbury’s to add around 17,000 new products to its range.
Sainsbury’s is passionate about making good food joyful, accessible and affordable for everyone, and it is with this vision in mind that the new store has been designed. The store now has 30 percent more space dedicated to high-quality, great-value food, allowing it to offer hundreds of delicious new products to customers.
For example, the produce section stocking fresh fruit and veg is two and a half times larger than before, and there is also a new Sushi Gourmet counter in the refreshed Food on the Go hub.
As well as new food ranges, customers can also try out the store’s brand-new home and clothing department for the first time, featuring a carefully curated selection of fashionable Tu Clothing and stylish Habitat products.
Sainsbury’s Tonbridge also offers a new beauty department, supported by specially trained beauty experts and the Argos store inside the supermarket has also been upgraded, including the addition of an improved kiosk for placing orders.
Sainsbury’s investment in the supermarkets has created new jobs, and it has initially recruited 30 new colleagues to join the existing team to ensure it continues to provide brilliant service throughout the expanded store.
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