 J Sainsbury PLC LSE:SBRY raised its profit forecast for the current financial year after Coronavirus COVID-19 concerns prompted shoppers to stock up on food and drink to celebrate a stay at home Christmas. Grocery sales rose 0.1 year-on-year in the six-week Christmas period to 8 January 2022 and were 6.8 higher than two years ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the supermarket chain said in a trading statement. 