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Profit and loss accounts for branches

1903-1943

Profit and loss accounts for each Sainsbury's branch. The accounts include information on the profitability of each branch with the total takings and expenses. The figures are generally given for a 13...

SA/FIN/10/1

Profit and loss accounts for branches

Branch returns

1913-1944

Branch financial figures giving details of the income and expenditure of each Sainsbury's branch for each week.

SA/FIN/10/2

Branch returns

Weekly branch takings

1911-1979

Tables of figures indicating the takings figures for each Sainsbury's branch during each week. Some of the files include additional information such as takings figures for specific departments in the...

SA/FIN/10/3

Weekly branch takings

Four weekly branch takings

1941-1971

Tables detailing branch takings over a four week period (these do not correspond with calendar months, there are 13 periods in each year). There is a table for each Sainsbury's branch. From 1968/69...

SA/FIN/10/4

Four weekly branch takings

Quarterly branch takings, 1929-42

Jun 1929-Sep 1942

Contains branch takings calculated on a quarterly basis. Includes name of the manager, total sales, branch and total expenses, and net and gross percentages for each branch. Alphabetical order.

SA/FIN/10/5

Quarterly branch takings, 1929-42

New branch takings figures and estimates

1959-1980

SA/FIN/10/6

New branch takings figures and estimates

Branch product sales figures

1921-1977

SA/FIN/10/7

Branch product sales figures

Branch expenses ledger

Jul 1903-Mar 1913

Gives: expenditure on wages; house account; sundries and total expenses; takings; managers name and salary; and remarks. Alphabetically arranged.

SA/FIN/10/8

Branch expenses ledger

Branch journals

1963-1969

Account books which appear to list expenditure on branches on various categories of items each grouped under a particular code number. The figures are given on a weekly basis, and are divided into...

SA/FIN/10/9

Branch journals

Cash-in-transit books

1964-1973

Cash-in-transit books detailing money sent to the bank by branches of Sainsbury's.

SA/FIN/10/10

Cash-in-transit books

[Seaford branch] customer sales and purchases ledger, 1956-58

1956-1958

Ledger containing details of wholesale customer accounts (eg hotels, cafes, schools) and purchases of goods by the branch (including direct deliveries of goods by manufacturers, deliveries by rail,...

SA/FIN/10/11

[Seaford branch] customer sales and purchases ledger, 1956-58

Ledger of items purchased by branches, 1934-36

1934-1936

Unindexed. Contains branch by branch accounts detailing expenditure on domestic items (probably for use in staff canteens and living accommodation) e.g. 1 large teapot for Dagenham branch. The last...

SA/FIN/10/12

Ledger of items purchased by branches, 1934-36

Christmas branch takings, 1963

Dec 1963

Takings for service and self service branches on Monday 23, Tuesday 24 and Saturday 28 December 1963. The document is written in pencil and the takings are grouped by section, A to K and 'town' and...

SA/FIN/10/13

Christmas branch takings, 1963

Unidentified volume, 1931-39

2 Jan 1932-30 Sep 1939

Gives: date; name of branch; stock opening; purchases; total; closing stock; goods consumed; balance; takings gross; closing debts; total; opening debts; total sales; expenses at shop; expenses depot;...

SA/FIN/10/14

Unidentified volume, 1931-39

One Month of branch takings, 12 Feb 1949

12 Feb 1949

List of branches with figures for total takings, caterers, offal, other items, domestic rations, weekly average of customers and sales per ration book.

SA/FIN/10/15

One Month of branch takings, 12 Feb 1949

Takings for week ending June 20, 159 Queen's Crescent

20 Jun [1900-1930s]

Documents showing outgoings for Sainsbury's branch at 159 Queen's Crescent, for week ending June 20 (no year given). The expenses are itemised: House accounts (baker, grocer, greengrocer, oilman,...

SA/FIN/10/16

Takings for week ending June 20, 159 Queen's Crescent