Includes packaging for Sainsbury's delicious coffee range.

Includes label proof for 'Kennemer Young Whole Carrots Extra Fine; specially packed for Sainsbury's by Lucas Aardenburg N.V. Hogeveen Holland'...

Bags are not labelled or printed with Sainsbury's but probably are from Sainsbury's and used in counter service branches prior to self service...

Frozen fish is included in SA/PKC/PRO/1/10.

This subfonds contains material relating to Giant Food Inc, an associate company of Sainsbury's. In November 1994, J Sainsbury plc acquired a 16.7%...

Materials documenting the promotion of Sainsbury's Wholesale service, including advertisements and price lists. At one stage there was a specific...

Lists of prices available to wholesale purchasers from J. Sainsbury. These cover a wide range of products.

Individual white metal letters spelling out 'Stamford House'. Brushed effect on front, adhesive residue on reverse.

Running Horses Yard was the location of the stables for Sainsbury's horse vans, and later (from 1951) of Sainsbury's empties depot.

Pen nibs engraved with 'J.Sainsbury Blackfriars London'. With note from donor Mr H Winterbottom, Hygiene Foreman, Buntingford.

List of branches and branch by branch summary of tenure (freehold or leasehold). Term of lease, level and frequency of rent payments and landlord...

Wooden handle and white metal pointed head with oval eye. Brown plastic guard fitted over point. Used for threading papers together.

File containing various branch takings figures.

Unused corporate Christmas cards to be sent out from the Chairmans office including different versions of the same card. Many feature pictures of...

Appears to be a piece of portable equipment for measuring temperature. Probably for checking the temperature of food products. Consists of a metal...

Trapezoid metal white-light cabinet with a hinged centre lid which opens up to reveal eleven moveable red, yellow, blue and neutral glass filters in...

Viewing head with binocular eye-pieces and a light suspended on a transverse rotating arm. The arm is attached to a metal stand which sits on a...

Battery operated portable unit with four control knobs and a reader dial with a needle and three sets of markings in degrees fahrenheit on the front. ...

Portable grey and silver unit with a control knob and a reader dial with a needle and markings in degrees celsius from -30 to 20 on the front. Two...

Portable grey and silver unit with a control knob and a reader dial with a needle and markings in degrees celsius from -30 to 20 on the front. There...

Portable grey and silver unit with a control knob and a reader dial with a needle and markings in degrees celsius from -10 to 40 on the front. There...

Portable grey and silver unit with a control knob and a reader dial with a needle and markings in degrees celsius from -10 to 40 on the front. There...

Portable grey and silver unit with a control knob and a reader dial with a needle and markings in degrees celsius from -10 to 40 on the front. One...

Portable grey and silver unit with a control knob and a reader dial with a needle and markings in degrees celsius from -30 to 20 on the front. There...

Portable grey and black unit with a control knob and socket on the side and a reader dial with a needle and markings in degrees celsius from -30 to 20...

Rectangular grey metal unit with a carry handle, switch and knob on the top, nine sockets and a grey plastic lead at the back and a temperature...

Three metal and synthetic probes for use with thermometers and temperature recorders and one detachable black synthetic carry strap from a portable...

Manual for the testing of chemical values.

Manual for the testing of chemical values.

Not in working order.

Portable grey and black unit with a control knob and socket on the side and a reader dial with a needle and markings in degrees celsius from -30 to 20...

Portable grey and silver unit with a control knob and a reader dial with a needle and markings in degrees celsius from -30 to 20 on the front. A grey...

Portable grey metal unit with two control knobs and a reader dial with a needle and markings in degrees celsius from -30 to 20 on the front. The unit...

Two rectangular, metal-plated, metal tubes, each divided into two cavities. Each cavity has an opening at one end and a cylindrical metal fitting at...

Colourless glass bowl with a domed lift-off lid. There is a moulded glass fitting at the centre top of the lid to which rubber tubing can be...

Green cast metal bursting tester. The tester was used to measure bursting strength (a measure of resistance to rupture) in various materials. The...

Analytical balance, model number A.D.4.. made by Stanton Instruments Ltd. of London. The balance features a central metal column topped by a short...

Artificial leg used for testing tights, with 1 tight still attached.

Balance possibly used for weighing carcasses in the laboratory or in a branch preparation area because of the meat hooks attached. The balance is...

Black and white photographs of joiners in the workshop.

Black and white photographs, slide transparencies and negatives of product packaging process and cheese store.

Black and white photographs and slide transparencies of the data processing room and equipment.

Colour and black and white photographs, slide transparencies and negatives of staff sampling and testing products.

Includes black and white photographs of different buildings and streets e.g. New Bridge Street, St Paul's Cathedral. Also includes black and white...

Wooden drawer with a varnished exterior and a wooden baton attached to each side. The drawer contains four wells, three circular and one oval. There...

Globe-shaped pendant lightshade. The upper half of the glass shade is colourless and the lower half is opaque. There is a flared circular opening at...

Globe-shaped pendant lightshades. The upper half of the glass shade is colourless and the lower half is white. There is a flared circular opening at...

Mushroom-shaped pendant lightshade. The white glass shade has a flared circular opening at the bottom to allow light out and a small circular opening...

Bell-shaped pendant lampshade. The opaque glass shade features a repeated design of flowers and leaves between borders consisting of overlapping...

Triangle shaped metal sheets. The sheets are painted beige and have a hole in one end and five protruding knobbles on each side.

Triangle shaped metal sheets. The sheets are painted beige and have a hole in one end and thirteen protruding knobbles on each side.

'H' shaped steel bar with a rectangular steel plate screwed into one end. The plate has a screw hole in each corner.

Rectangular wooden receptacle. According to pre-existing catalogue information was used for containing small change in Cricklewood branch.

Rectangular colourless panes of glass. The panes would have been placed at the edge of the counters to protect the food displayed on the counters...

Working order unknown.

Colour and black and white photographs, slide transparencies and negatives of staff canteens and kitchens.

Includes 3 black and white photographs of a cheese display.

Black and white print mounted on card. Features customers, staff and products.

Consists of interior store signage giving customers information relating to butter shortages, late night shopping hours, self selection fruit and...

Includes: A5 binder detailing shelf life of perishables for self service shops [c.1950s]; instruction leaflet for the handling of cheeses

Metal pronged utensil with handle, according to pre-existing catalogue information was used for picking up meat.

Metal pronged utensil with wooden handle, possibly used for picking up meat.

Home-made, rectangular, varnished wooden case. The case has a hinged lid which can be fastened shut using two lockable metal clasps. It is lined...

Rectangular metal ink tin with rounded edges and a screw-top lid. The tin still holds its original contents. The sides of the tin are red and there...

Cardboard sign giving details of opening hours during 'Christmas shopping week'. This type of sign would have been displayed in-store.

Contains exterior photographs of the following branch: Drury Lane, 173 Drury Lane (x 2).

Contains interior and exterior photographs (often including staff) of the following branches: Goodmayes, 50 Goodmayes Road (x 1); Goodmayes, 819 High...

Black and white photographs of the following branches: 1 unidentified branch

Includes photographs of unidentified branch exterior and interior (1950s); unidentified branch interior (1970s); bicycle race at Dulwich sports ground...

Includes plan of first, second and third floor, ground floor and basement of proposed alterations and additions to shop premises at 128-130 High Road,...

Two architectural drawings showing ground floor plan of proposed alterations and additions to 422-424 High Road, Tottenham, London. One of the plans...

Includes section view and first floor plan of alterations and additions to the second floor of shop premises at 422/4 High Road, Tottenham.

Individual brown painted metal letters of the alphabet with fittings on the reverse. All characters are capital letters and spell out the phrase, 'J....

2 sets of individual brown painted metal letters of the alphabet with copper alloy fittings on the reverse. All characters are capital letters and...

Individual brown painted metal letters of the alphabet with fittings on the reverse. All characters are capital letters and spell out the phrase, 'J...

Individual metal letters of the alphabet with screw fittings on the reverse. All characters are capital letters and spell out the phrase, 'J....

White lettering on a black background with a white edge.

Schedule of properties purchased by J. Sainsbury Limited from J. J. Sainsbury's Trustees. Gives extent of property and terms.

Plastic spatula like implements. According to the aquistion register it is a butter tester. Imprinted with J. Sainsbury on 1 surface. Tapers towards ...

Plastic spatula like implements. According to the aquistion register it is a butter tester. Imprinted with J. Sainsbury in red ink on 1 surface....

Ellipse shaped white plastic spatula inscribed in red, 'J. SAINSBURY'. This spatula would have been used for sampling and tasting food in branches.

Metal steel with a wooden handle which has a circular metal disc guard at one end and a metal hanging loop at the other. Used for sharpening knifes....

Knife with thick metal blade and black plastic handle. Described as a meat chopper by the donor.

This knife holder is designed to be wall mounted. The holder is a box with an open back and base that would have been fitted directly against a wall...

Short bladed knife with wooden handle used for boning meat joints. According to pre-existing cataloguing information this knife was brought out of...

Long bladed knife with serrated edge and wooden handle. According to pre-existing cataloguing information this knife was use for cutting 'slab cake'.

Long bladed knife with plastic [Bakelite?] handle used for carving cooked meat joints. Stamped with 'J. SAINSBURY LTD.'

Long bladed knife with wooden handle used for carving cooked meat joints. Stamped with 'SAINSBURY'

Two pronged metal fork with wooden handle used to assist the carving of meat joints. Stamped with 'J. SAINSBURY LTD.' A pre-existing reference number...

Metal framework structure, which according to pre-existing catalogue information was used as a 'string stand'.

Chrome-effect metal lamp with a plastic and rubber flex at the bottom and a bayonet fitting for a lightbulb inside. There is a circular hole at the...

Metal weighing scales. A rectangular brushed steel weighing platform sits on top of a metal base unit. The front of the unit is white and features a...

Balance scales without any meter reading, in its usual place there are mirror panels with JS logo and the establishing date of 1869, they also have...

Balance scales set to measure 4lb (possibly for butter) and if the item is lighter or heavier then the set weight.

Mechanical rubber stamp for marking up prices. The casing is painted green with a black handle. Price limit is £9.99.

Metal double ended hook, according to pre-existing catalogue information it was used for hanging meat and was from Whetstone branch.

Consists of a rectangular piece of perspex with one sloping edge on two fixed aluminium stands. Used for sectioning products within display cabinets....

Consists of a rectangular piece of perspex with an aluminium stand. Used for sectioning products within display cabinets. (According to...

Rectangular metal container, according to pre-existing catalogue information was used for storing meat knifes. Clip on back to attach to counter. May...

Rectangular perspex tray for displaying meat (according to pre-existing catalogue information it came from Whetstone branch).

Rectangular white plastic trays with rounded edges used for displaying meat on counters in the Sainsbury's branch at Whetstone and other branches.

Rectangular white plastic trays with rounded edges used for displaying meat on the meat counter in the Sainsbury's branch at Whetstone.

Rectangular white plastic trays with rounded edges used for displaying meat on counters in the Sainsbury's branch at Whetstone and other branches.

Egg display rack. Consists of a stepped rack with circular holes. According to pre-existing catalogue information it was known as a waterfall...

Consists of perspex card holders and other counter top fittings. Includes hand drawn diagrams showing how they can be used. Includes: 201 half round...

Rectangular perspex tray for displaying meat/eggs.

Rectangular colourless plastic food cover with rounded edges. There is a raised, moulded inscription in the top right corner, 'J. SAINSBURY'

Plastic clip possibly for displaying price of a product.

Black and white photographs, slide transparencies and negatives of motorised home delivery vans and delivery staff.

Black and white photographs, slide transparencies and negatives of motorised home delivery vans and delivery staff.

Leather strap with metal hooks at either end and embossed with 'J. Sainsbury'. Used to aid carrying grocery bags.

Metal knife. Impression stamped on handle reads '[Sains]sbury'. Blade shows wear from usage. According to pre-existing catalogue information the...

Metal knife. Impression stamped on handle reads 'J. SAINSBURY'. According to pre-existing catalogue information the knife came from a Sainsbury's...

Metal dessert fork. Impression stamped on underside reads 'J. Sainsbury'. According to pre-existing catalogue information the knife came from a...

Metal fork. Impression stamped on underside reads 'J. Sainsbury'. According to pre-existing catalogue information the knife came from a Sainsbury's...

Metal fork. Impression stamped on underside reads 'J. SAINSBURY'. According to pre-existing catalogue information the knife came from a Sainsbury's...

Metal fork. Impression stamped on underside reads 'J. Sainsbury'. According to pre-existing catalogue information the knife came from a Sainsbury's...

Stainless steel teapot with plastic handle. According to pre-existing catalogue information it belonged to the manager of Whetstone branch.

Four black buttons with metal loops at the back, metal rings are attached to the loops. One of the buttons is beige with a number five written in red...

Metal, rectangular, enamelled badge with a pin at the back to attach it to a uniform