Shaw's newspaper advertisements
1882-1966Consists of advertisements for Shaw's stores, advertising products and prices and the opening of new stores.
SA/SUB/SHAW/1/37
Fittings expenses (No 1), 1886-1894
1886-1894Indexed account book containing details of fitting out and building expenses for early J. Sainsbury branches and other properties. Also includes an account for Highgate where the Sainsbury family...
SA/BRA/2/1/3/2
Fittings expenses (No 2), 1888-1900
1888-1900Indexed account book detailing the costs of fitting out and refurbishing J. Sainsbury branches and other properties. There is a detailed listing of payments for raw materials and services for each...
SA/BRA/2/1/3/3
Rate, rent and insurance books and ledgers
1888-1930SA/FIN/9/1
Rates Book 1, 1888-95
15 May 1888-6 Apr 1895Ledger containing details of payments of rents, taxes, insurance and utility bills for properties occupied by Sainsbury's (mainly branches but also other premises such as the Allcroft Road warehouse...
SA/FIN/9/1/1
Early staff registers
[c. 1890]-1915These are the earliest set of staff registers in the Sainsbury Archive. They include staff working in branches and at Sainsbury's head office and warehouse in Blackfriars.
SA/EMP/2/22
Staff register
[c. 1890]-1913Covers staff who joined Sainsbury's in the 1890s. Includes the following details: - Name and home address of staff member - References from previous employer(s) - "Qualification", i.e. what job the...
SA/EMP/2/22/1
Rates Book 2, 1895-1901
Apr 1895-Mar 1901Volume containing details of payments of rents, taxes, insurance and utility bills for properties occupied by Sainsbury's (mainly branches but also other premises such as the Blackfriars head office...
SA/FIN/9/1/2
Canteen accounts and branch fittings, expenses and takings accounts, 1896-1959
1896-1959The first part of the volume (pp. 1 - 73) details the costs of opening up and fitting out early J. Sainsbury branches and other properties e.g. advertisements, Lighting Corporation, plumbers, April...
SA/BR/1/186
Capital account book "B"
1898-1911Indexed account book which includes details of fitting out and building expenses for early J. Sainsbury branches and depots. Also contains depreciation summaries, schedules of assets, bank account...
SA/FIN/6/1
Fittings and other expenses account book, 1900-13
1900-1913Indexed account book mostly relating to the costs of fitting out and refurbishing J. Sainsbury branches and other properties. Other properties include Gravel Lane (cold store and stables, later...
SA/BRA/2/1/3/4
Particulars of leases
[c. 1900-1930]Volume containing details of property leases including address of property, date of commencement and expiry of lease, length of lease, amount of rent payable and name and address of landlord....
SA/DEP/FIN/13
Index of names
[c. 1900-1940]Index of names (surname order). It is not clear what it is an index to. The pages of the index from L to W are missing.
SA/DEP/FIN/24
Staff register
1900-1908Covers staff who joined Sainsbury's between September 1900 and late 1903. Includes the following details: - Name and home address of staff member - References from previous employer(s) -...
SA/EMP/2/22/2
Staff register
1900-1915Labelled on first page "Commenced 23/2/04" but covers staff who joined Sainsbury's between 1900 and 1906. Includes the following details: - Name and home address of staff member - Marital status -...
SA/EMP/2/22/3
Purchase ledger [possibly for Blunt's Hall farm]
[c. 20th century]Appears to be a purchase ledger recording what the business owes to each individual supplier of goods on credit. [Suspect the volume relates to Mr Frank Sainsbury's business at Blunt's Hall, Little...
SA/BL/3/66
Private ledger FS [Frank Sainsbury]
[20th century]Appears to be a general ledger belonging to Mr Frank Sainsbury. Volume is locked and key missing. Found with SA/EMP
SA/BL/3/203
Rates Book No. [3], 1901-04
Jun 1901-Mar 1904Volume containing details of payments of rents, taxes, insurance and utility bills for properties occupied by Sainsbury's (mainly branches but also other premises such as the Blackfriars head office...
SA/FIN/9/1/3
N staff register
1902-1938Includes staff names, addresses, engagement date, marital status, positions, places worked and dates, name and address of referee, reasons for leaving and date, references given and dates. Indexed at...
SA/EMP/2/18/22
Butter and margarine (and other product) sales figures, 1902-06
May 1902-Apr 1906Small black notebook containing various sales figures. Front section contains monthly sales figures, May 1902 - April 1906, for an unspecified product with figures for the six previous years to show...
SA/FIN/12/13