Photographs of Sainsbury's own-brand products being sold in shops abroad
1980sSainsbury's sold its own-brand products in places such as Japan and the Middle East e.g. Bahrain and Dubai.
SA/WHO/2/2
Material relating to international sales of own brand products
1980sLabelling, packaging and photographs relating to Sainsbury's selling own-brand products in other countries including the Middle East and Japan.
SA/WHO/2
Price lists and letters relating to wholesale.
1949-1959Contains three wholesale price lists and a list of branches operating a wholesale delivery service. Also contains three letters about the operation of the wholesale service and a card giving the name...
SA/WHO/1/1/8
Sainsbury's Wholesale Price List, Jan 1957
Jan 1957The list contains entries for dairy products, bacon, cooked meats, quick frozen foods and groceries. It does not include prices for meat, poultry and game due to frequent market fluctuations in...
SA/WHO/1/1/7
Sainsbury's Wholesale Price List, 1 Feb 1954
1 Feb 1954The list was printed monthly and contains entries for dairy products, bacon, cooked meats, quick frozen foods and groceries. It does not include prices for meat poultry and game due to frequent...
SA/WHO/1/1/6
Ministry of Food - Meat and Livestock Control. Authorised Wholesale Prices of Meat and Offal.
19 Jul 1953The list is exhaustive in its detail about individual cuts of meat. Distinction is made between "home-killed" (both British bred and Chilled Imported meat) and imported frozen meat, and within each of...
SA/WHO/1/1/5
Wholesale price lists
1890s-1950sLists of prices available to wholesale purchasers from J. Sainsbury. These cover a wide range of products.
SA/WHO/1/1
Wholesale advertising and product promotion
1890s-1950sMaterials documenting the promotion of Sainsbury's Wholesale service, including advertisements and price lists. At one stage there was a specific department dedicated to serving the wholesale market;...
SA/WHO/1
Photograph of customer being served at counter, with coupons being cut from her ration book
[1940-1954]SA/WAR/2/IMA/1/9
Photograph of customer with ration book being served with eggs
[1940-1953]This photograph is featured in 'The Best Butter in the World' page 112.
SA/WAR/2/IMA/1/8
J Sainsbury ration card image
[1939-1950s]Image of Sainsbury's ration card. These ration cards were used to give priority to regular customers for non-rationed goods in short supply. See also SA/WAR/2/2/1 for leaflet explaining the card.
SA/WAR/2/IMA/1/6
Ministry of Food Ration Book (Child) 1952-53
1952-1953SA/WAR/2/4/1/1
Material relating to World War Two and Rationing
1939-1995Original documents which are either indirectly related to Sainsbury's or surplus copies of material held in the catalogue. 14 ration books (general, child, national service) dated 1939-1954. 1...
SA/WAR/2/4
Reference material relating to World War Two and Rationing
1939-1954Contains reference material which is either photocopied or modern reproductions. Subject areas include the occupation of the Channel Islands, study packs on the home front, VE and VJ celebration...
SA/WAR/2/3
"J. Sainsbury Ration Card" (Mar 1951 version) card, used in 1952
1952Ration card issued by Sainsbury's (stamped by 74 George Street, Luton branch) to a customer in May 1952. The card was "issued to facilitate the fair distribution of available supplies of certain...
SA/WAR/2/2/12
Photograph of interior of East Grinstead shop in church with staff, Second World War
[1943-1951]This branch was temporarily moved into a disused church after a bomb hit the shop building during the Second World War.
SA/WAR/2/2/2
"Sainsbury's scheme for the fair distribution of certain 'short supply' foods" leaflet
[1940s-1950s]Leaflet relating to the J. Sainsbury Ration Cards which limited the amount of certain non-rationed goods that each customer could buy.
SA/WAR/2/2/1