 J Sainsbury PLC LSE:SBRY grew half-year profits 23 and said it was well placed to deal with supply chain challenges and that while customers were returning to many pre-pandemic shopping habits, online sales remained very strong. The FTSE 100 supermarket group saw like-for-like sales drop 1.4 in its second quarter, however, after climbing 1.6 in the first, with retail sales as a whole up only 0.2 year-on-year. 