Sainsbury's Roberts is leading internal contender to be next CEO - sources
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LONDON (Reuters) - Sainsbury's retail and operations director Simon Roberts has emerged as the internal favourite to succeed Mike Coupe as chief executive if the supermarket group opts to promote from within, two people with knowledge of the matter said.Coupe has been at Sainsbury's , Britain's No. 2 supermarket chain, since 2004 and group CEO since July 2014.Though no timetable has been announced for his departure, he has faced questions about his future since April when Britain's competition..