Sainsbury's Groceries Scraper

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Sainsbury's UK grocery prices, unit prices, Nectar offers, and EAN from search. This Sainsbury's scraper is an API alternative for price monitoring. Paste keywords. Each dataset row is one product. Run it from Python, Node.js, or MCP and export JSON.

UK grocery search	US weekly ad	EU leaflets	US grocery
Sainsbury's Groceries Scraper ◄── you are here	Aldi Weekly Ad Scraper	Lidl Weekly Offers Scraper	Walmart Scraper

When to use

• Snapshot Sainsbury's UK shelf prices for a keyword
• Flag Nectar promotions next to the current shelf price and the regular price
• Match products by EAN, unit price, and category

Use a grocery circular Actor when you need a weekly ad rather than the live online shelf.

Key features

• Search keywords, paginated until maxItems or maxPages
• Price, regular price, unit price, previous unit price, currency, stock flag
• Nectar promotion text and a Nectar boolean
• EAN, rating, review count, category
• HTTP fetch, 256 MB, no browser

Input

Field	Required	Description
queries	Yes	Search terms such as milk
maxItems	No	Stop after this many products. Default 24, maximum 1000
maxPages	No	Pages per keyword. Default 1. Up to 60 products per page
nectarOnly	No	Keep only rows with a Nectar promotion

Input example

{
  "queries": ["baked beans"],
  "maxItems": 24,
  "maxPages": 1
}

Output

Field	Description
title	Product name
price	Current shelf price
regularPrice	Price before the current promotion
unitPrice	Price per unit
unitOfMeasure	Unit, such as ltr or kg
wasUnitPrice	Previous unit price
currency	GBP
nectarOffer	True when a Nectar promotion is present
promotionText	Promotion strap line
ean	Barcode when the listing includes one
inStock	Listing availability
rating	Average rating when reviews exist
reviewCount	Number of reviews
category	First category name
productUrl	Product page URL

Output example

{
  "source": "sainsburys.co.uk",
  "productId": "123",
  "title": "Branston Baked Beans 4x410g",
  "ean": "5000354900012",
  "price": 2.5,
  "regularPrice": 3,
  "unitPrice": 1.52,
  "unitOfMeasure": "kg",
  "wasUnitPrice": 1.83,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "inStock": true,
  "nectarOffer": true,
  "promotionText": "Buy 1 for 2.5",
  "promotionEndsAt": "2026-10-12T23:00:00Z",
  "rating": null,
  "reviewCount": 0,
  "category": "Baked beans",
  "productUrl": "https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/branston-baked-beans",
  "query": "baked beans"
}

Use cases

• Price check — export shelf and unit price for one keyword
• Nectar watch — turn on nectarOnly and keep the strap line and regular price
• Catalog match — join EAN to another grocery file

Integration examples

Replace APIFY_TOKEN with your Apify token. The Actor name is crawloop/sainsbury-scraper.

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor("crawloop/sainsbury-scraper").call({
  queries: ["baked beans"],
  maxItems: 24,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"])
run = client.actor("crawloop/sainsbury-scraper").call(run_input={
    "queries": ["baked beans"],
    "maxItems": 24,
})
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(items)

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~sainsbury-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"queries\":[\"baked beans\"],\"maxItems\":24}"

MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via Apify MCP. Connect your Apify account, then call this Actor by its Store name.

Example prompts:

• "Run Sainsbury's Groceries Scraper for baked beans and return title, price, unit price, Nectar, and EAN as JSON"
• "Scrape Sainsbury's search for milk with nectarOnly and list the promotion text"
• "Pull 24 Sainsbury's milk rows, then run Aldi Weekly Ad Scraper for ZIP 60174 and compare milk prices"

Suite next step

After Sainsbury's UK shelf prices, run Aldi Weekly Ad Scraper for a US weekly circular, or Walmart Scraper for ZIP-local US grocery prices.

Related Actors

• Sainsbury's Groceries Scraper ◄── you are here
• Aldi Weekly Ad Scraper — ALDI US weekly ad and ALDI Finds
• Lidl Weekly Offers Scraper — Lidl weekly leaflets
• Walmart Scraper — ZIP-local Walmart prices
• DoorDash Menu Scraper — chain menu items

FAQ

Does this open a product page for nutrition and ingredients? No. It reads the search listing: price, unit price, Nectar text, EAN, rating, and category.

Are these prices for a chosen store? No. Rows are the online search listing. inStock is the listing flag, not stock at a postcode.

What if the keyword matches nothing? The run finishes with an empty dataset. Other keywords in the same input still run.

How many products are on a page? Up to 60. Raise maxPages when you need more than one page. maxItems caps the combined rows.