Article: AMV hangs on to #45m Sainsbury's.

Oliver likely to remain as campaign figurehead as incumbent pips JWT in two-way final pitch

Sainsbury's has decided to stick with its advertising agency of 25 years, Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO, after a three-month review involving eight agencies.

Many had expected new management at Sainsbury's to make a break with the past by appointing JWT to the #45m ad account. The agency had beaten Bartle Bogle Hegarty, DDB London, Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners, Leo Burnett, McCann Erickson and TBWA/London to make it through to a final shoot-out with AMV.

Sainsbury's is also expected to retain Jamie Oliver, the celebrity chef who was first ...

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