Euro Garages and Sainsbury’s have called a halt to their partnership trial following disappointing results.

The trial began in October 2016 with the opening of a Sainsbury’s Local store at Euro Garage’s flagship Beehive site in Blackburn. The store, the first of six Euro Garages sites scheduled to be in the pilot scheme, was operated by the Top 50 Indie as part of a strategic franchise partnership - the first time the supermarket had allowed another retailer to operate a Sainsbury’s Local store.