Following its recent £1.4 billion acquisition of Home Retail Group, Sainsbury’s has announced the roll-out of 30 new store-in-store Argos outlets in its supermarkets nationwide. The group added that five Habitat concessions will also open in Sainsbury’s stores in the coming months, offering over 600 products including furniture, lighting and homewares alongside Sainsbury’s existing home and cookware.

As a result of the takeover of HRG Sainsbury’s is now the UK’s biggest retailer of non-food, as well as the second biggest grocer, with 195,000 employees and more than 2,000 outlets including supermarkets, Argos stores and Habitat outlets.

Mike Coupe, chief executive of Sainsbury’s, said: “This is the start of an exciting new phase for Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat. I am delighted to be able to quickly capitalise on the benefits of our combined group.”