Savacentre

This subfonds contains material relating to Savacentres. It comprises: promotional material; advertisements; images; newspaper cuttings; staff material; board minutes; staff badges; material for proposed Savacentre branches. Also includes product labels, carrier bags and packaging.

Sainsbury's developed Savacentre in the model of French hypermarket stores. The enterprise began in collaboration with British Home Stores (BHS). Initially the company was known as Sabre Hypermarkets Limited but, due to trade mark problems, the name was changed to Savacentre on 12 April 1976. The first SavaCentre opened at Washington , Tyne & Wear in 1977. In 1989 Savacentre became a wholly owned subsidary of J Sainsbury plc.

See SA/SBHS/10/1 for full details.
For other subsidiary and associate companies, see: SA/GIA (Giant Foods); SA/SGB (Homebase); SA/SHAW (Shaw's); SA/TEX (Texas).