FOOD AND DRINK NEWS UKSainsbury’s is increasing pay for hourly paid colleagues by 5% from March. The move means pay will rise to £13.23 per hour nationally and £14.54 per hour in London. Full-time hourly paid colleagues will see a pay uplift of more than £1,200 per year. The above-inflation rise follows Sainsbury’s 42% increase in staff pay over the past five years. “I’m delighted to share that we will be raising pay for our hourly-paid colleagues by five per cent this year.