Volumes compiled by the personnel department containing information on Sainsbury's store managers and the financial performance of each store.
The volumes include the following details for each branch: Manager's name, salary, annual bonus;
Store opening, extension and closure dates;
Annual average weekly sales. expenses and gross margin
The volumes are believed to have been compiled to inform decisions about store managers' remuneration.
An additional volume covering the period 1948 to 1964 is reported to exist (in the article below) but is currently uncatalogued.
(source: 'The value of Sainsbury's sales data in assessing the impact of self-service methods on food retailing in postwar Britain' article by Bridget Williams for the Business Archives Council).
Staff registers, employee record cards and other personnel records
Branch managers and results registers
Volumes compiled by the personnel department containing information on Sainsbury's store managers and the financial performance of each store.
The volumes include the following details for each branch: Manager's name, salary, annual bonus;
Store opening, extension and closure dates;
Annual average...
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The volumes include the following details for each branch: Manager's name, salary, annual bonus;
Store opening, extension and closure dates;
Annual average...
- Ref. No: SA/EMP/2/27
- Date: 1906-1948
- Level: SubSeries
- Extent: 2 volumes
- Access: Open
Branch managers and results register, 1906-20
1906-1920Indexed at front by branch (some letters were not needed so the relevant page has not been digitized, e.g. A, D). Under each branch there is a listing for each year from 1906 to 1920 giving the name,...
SA/EMP/2/27/1
Branch managers and results register, 1921-48
1921-1948Volume containing financial results of branches and information about branch managers. The branches are arranged alphabetically and the results in chronological order usually on a yearly basis,...
SA/EMP/2/27/2
Branch managers and results register, 1947-66
1947-1966Volume containing financial results of branches and information about branch managers. The branches are arranged alphabetically and the results in chronological order on a yearly basis, from April...
SA/EMP/2/27/3
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