Christmas 1895. Wholesale Price List.
Dec 1895The price list is in the form of a letter to wholesale customers. Prices are given for turkeys, geese and other game, hams, cheese, tongue and bacon. It seems likely that the price list was issued...
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Image of staff at 38 The Parade, Cricklewood branch
1900s-1910sPhotograph of a display of turkeys (Christmas display) hanging outside the shop, and staff outside shop. Posters on display include "Buy your turkey at Sainsbury's with every confidence". Photograph...
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Image of Christmas display at 9/11 London Road, Croydon branch
c. 1900Includes staff behind counter, and notices promoting gongozolas as Christmas gifts and guinea/half guinea hampers. A poster on the wall reveals the half-guinea hampers contained "1 fine turkey", small...
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Image of (65 South End, Croydon) branch exterior with staff and poultry display
[c. 1900]Photograph showing staff standing outside a Sainsbury's branch, probably 65 South End in Croydon. The staff are standing outside the store which has a display of turkeys outside - presumably a...
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Sainsbury's length of twine
1900-1950Length of twine of the kind which would have been used to truss poultry and game.
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Bag for turkeys
1900-1950Woven straw shopper bag with two tape handles known as a 'frail'. These bags came in two sizes, small and large, and were delivered to branches before Christmas. Customers who brought a turkey from a...
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Branch correspondence, 1905-38
1905-1938Correspondence from Mr J. B. Sainsbury and George Sainsbury to individual branches regarding bonuses for branch management and Christmas, stock ordering, tea, biscuits, special offers and staff. ...
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"Turkeys and Geese. Christmas, 1906." showcard
Dec 1906The show card gives prices per pound (lb) for a range of turkeys and geese. Turkey sizes start at 10lb, with special prices available for turkeys weighing more than 20lb. Geese are available in two...
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"Special Value. Large Fatted Fowls...Smaller Birds..." postcard advertisement (296 Holloway Rd and 18/20 Seven Sisters Rd branches)
[c. 1909]Postcard for 'J Sainsbury Branch, 296 Holloway Road and 18/20 Seven Sisters Road. Special value Large Fatted Fowls and Smaller Birds, finest quality obtainable, orders by post and...
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"Special Poultry Show..." postcard advertisement for Redhill branch
[c. 1909]Printed card advert for 'special Poultry Show' for J Sainsbury's Redhill Branch, provision stores, 32 Station Road, 'On Friday and Saturday next'. The advert states that 'Residents respectfully...
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122 George Street, Croydon branch invitation
10 Nov 1909Typed memo 'From Head Office: Blackfriars, S.E. from J Sainsbury,122 George Street, Croydon Branch to sample and compare J. Sainsbury's Pure Teas. Never Such Value'. The invite reads 'Madam, I beg to...
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"Large Fatted Fowls" card advertisement (Kensington branch)
Nov 1909Printed card advertisement, 'Kensington Branch, J.Sainsbury's, Provision Stores, 189, High Street. Special value, Large Fatted Fowls, finest quality obtainable. Orders by post and telephone receive...
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Memorandum to customers advertising poultry
Dec 1909Printed memo from Head Office of J.Sainsbury. Contains a typed message from the branch of 21, The Broadway, Winchmore Hill, regarding a consignment of poultry from Norfolk and Devonshire for...
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"Special Offer for the opening of J. Sainsbury's...4, High St., Oxford. Plump Young Fowls" advertisement
[1910]Printed card advert for Special Offer of Plump Young Fowls for opening of branch at 4 High Street, Oxford. Prices included. Printed in red and blue on light blue paper.
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Notice to customer regarding orders for Centenary Fêtes
25 Jun 1910Notice to customer regarding pre-orders for provisions, poultry and cooked meats in anticipation of Centenary Customer order requests letter regarding provisions of Poultry and Cooked meats for...
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"Poultry Very Cheap. Aspargus Chickens 1/6, 1/9, 2/-" advert
[1910]J. Sainsbury's advert for Poultry, asparagus chickens, with text 'Each bird marked in plain figures. Sample sent on approval'. With illustration of pointed finger and slogan 'Very cheap'. Includes...
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"Provision Merchant and Licensed Dealer in Game" notice to customers
1910Letter, with gold royal coat of arms letterhead, for Sainsbury's 'Provision Merchant and Licensed Dealer in Game'. Informing customer of poultry to order daily with annexed prices [the prices are not...
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"J. Sainsbury for Finest Quality Provisions and Poultry" advert for 60 Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells branch
Aug 1910Cardboard postcard advert, ' J Sainsbury for Finest Quality Provisions and Poultry, 60 Mount Pleasant Rd, Tunbridge Wells. Head Office Blackfriars, London'. There are some rough notes/figures...
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"Special Offer This Week. Large Aylesbury Ducks" postcard advertisement for Kennedy, 301 New Cross Road
Dec 1910Card advert for Special offer this week, Large Aylesbury Ducks. Price included. 'Kennedy, 301 New Cross Road'. The reason this advertisement is included in the volume is not known - it does not...
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"The Largest & Best Provision Stores in the County- J. Sainsbury's, High Street, Watford. Grand Easter Display." newspaper advert for fowls, lambs, hams and bacon
8 Apr 1911Easter advert for J. Sainsbury's, High Street, Watford Grand Easter Display. '500 plump young Fowls', '100 superior quality grass-fed Lambs', '1000 choice mild-cured Hams', '1000 Picnic Hams',...
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