Consumer

Two of UK’s Biggest Supermarket Chains Hit by Technical Issues

  • Delays reported in contactless payment, order fulfillment
  • Outages come a day after ordering problems at McDonalds

A J Sainsbury supermarket in London.

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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Two of the largest supermarket chains in the UK were hit by technical issues on Saturday, the latest high-profile companies to suffer commercial disruption from outages.

J Sainsbury Plc, the country’s second-largest grocer, experienced “issues” with contactless payments and won’t be able to deliver the “vast majority” of the day’s online orders, according to a statement on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.