Notes on scanning developments
ndNotes about scanning developments. Covers checkout enhancement,electronic shelf edge labels, loyalty systems, SABRE [SAles Based REplenishment computer ordering system].
SA/BRA/4/3/1/17/55
Customer receipt
17 Oct 1893Customer receipt from 292-294 High Road, Kilburn branch.
SA/BR/3/6
Change box
[1898-1975]Rectangular varnished wooden box open on one side. This box was used to hold change at Cricklewood branch.
SA/BRA/4/3/4/11
Customer receipts
1911-1968Handwritten and computerised till receipts.
SA/BRA/5/2/3/1
Float bags
[1930s-1990s]Blue canvas bags with drawstring openings. Each bag is inscribed with a letter in black pen, 'A' and 'B'. These bags were used to hold cash floats.
SA/BRA/4/3/4/9
Customer receipts
1945-1951Customer receipts from Ramsden Preperatory school, Shalford, Guildford for goods brought from 143 High Street, Guildford branch.
SA/BRA/5/2/3/2
Images of checkouts
1950s-1980sColour slide transparencies, negatives of manual and computerised checkouts. (Mainly manual checkouts) Includes disabled access checkouts.
SA/BRA/4/3/5/5
Image of 9/11 London Road, Croydon branch interior: customer being served at checkout
[1950]The photograph appears in JS Journal September 1950 (page 7) with the caption "One of the first customers "Checking out."". The picture also includes a checkout rake and a till. Photograph by The...
SA/BRA/7/C/41/1/19
J. Sainsbury training manual
[c. 1950s]Two training manuals. Files have been separated into the following sections: bacon, cooked meats, cheese, dairy, eggs, poultry, grocery, cash register, self-service, recapitulation, students, packer...
SA/EMP/TRAI/5
Training material
1952-1999Includes: Company induction pack. Staff information leaflet on the supply chain. Training checklist manual for all departments. Imitation coins and notes for cashier training. Recruitment...
SA/EMP/TRAI/7
Image of staff serving a customer at the checkout area at Queen's Square, Crawley branch
6 Nov 1957SA/BRA/7/C/36/1/4
"clean, fresh, quick, cheap, easy add up to shopping at Sainsbury's" booklet
[1957]Includes: photographic guide to self-service; tea testing and sampling at Blackfriars (head office); extract from the Diary of Reverend James Woodforde; photographic story of 'behind the scenes'...
SA/CO/8/4/1/1
"clean, fresh, quick, cheap, easy add up to shopping at Sainsbury's" booklet
[1957]Includes: photographic guide to self-service; tea testing and sampling at Blackfriars (head office); extract from the Diary of Reverend James Woodforde; photographic story of 'behind the scenes'...
SA/CO/8/4/1/2
Photograph of customer being served at checkout in a self service store
c. 1960SA/BRA/5/7/2/2/1
Photograph of customer being served at checkout in a self service store
c. 1960Includes a staff member packing a bag.
SA/BRA/5/7/2/2/2
Image of checkouts in 66 High Street North, Dunstable branch with staff and customers
[c. 9 May 1961]Image by John Timbers.
SA/BRA/7/D/14/3/9
Image of the checkout area at 58/62 Humberstone Gate, Leicester branch
1963Image by Brian Shuel; shows confectionary racks
SA/BRA/7/L/7/1/5
Image of the checkout area at 58/62 Humberstone Gate, Leicester branch
[1963]Image by Brian Shuel; shows checkouts in foreground, and aisles in background.
SA/BRA/7/L/7/1/6
Image of the checkout area at 58/62 Humberstone Gate, Leicester branch
[1963]Image by Brian Shuel; shows checkouts in foreground, and aisles in background.
SA/BRA/7/L/7/1/7
Image of the checkout area at 58/62 Humberstone Gate, Leicester branch
[1963]Shows checkouts in foreground, and aisles in background.
SA/BRA/7/L/7/1/8