Sainsburys rolls out Northgate HR payroll solution across 727 stores

Retailer extends contract with Northgate HR which will now provide a full bureau payroll service to its 140,000 employees.



Northgate HR has signed an additional contract with Sainsburyís Supermarkets Ltd, a leading UK food retailer, for its full bureau payroll service. This new contract will see Northgate HR providing payroll to the 147,500 staff working in 727 Sainsburyís stores across the UK.

The signing follows an existing deal, signed in 2003 to provide payroll services for Sainsburyís pensioners and staff on the companyís head office contracts, more than doubling the companyís initial investment in Northgate HR.

Keith Simson, Head of Payroll Services, Sainsburyís, said, ìOutsourcing the payroll function to Northgate HR allows us to concentrate our efforts on strategic HR tasks. Northgate HR has been responsible for paying staff at our head office and our pensioners since 2003. Following the success of the last two years we have every confidence in moving the payroll of our store staff over to the Northgate HR solution.î

Malcom Aldis, Managing Director, Northgate HR said, ìWe are delighted that Sainsburyís has chosen to extend its contract to cover its entire staff. We are looking forward to continuing the successful partnership we have built over the last two years. The full bureau payroll service allows us to provide Sainsburyís with a fully functioning payroll system whilst all the technical aspects are outsourced to our specialist personnel.î