Memories | Sainsbury Archive

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Many photographs, documents and objects have been generously donated to the Sainsbury Archive by customers and former colleagues.

We would like to gather and record your experiences of working (and shopping!) at stores, offices and depots to add a personal touch to the records.

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SA/SC/JSJ/66/5 - 'Sainsbury's Journal' September- October 2012

Was happy to be chosen with a group of colleagues at our store to go along to...

Pauline Cooper, Marshall Lake West Midlands, 2003-2013

Chester (Caldy Valley Road, Boughton Heath) branch images

This is the team from Sainsbury's Caly Valley store,Chester. We entered the Raft...

Brian Pritchard, Chester , 1984

I began my JS life at 20 years of age in Bacon Buying under R J Williams. The...

Robert Murray, Head office, Blackfriars, April 1967 to April 1992

I learnt some of the values that I still hold close to me that was so important ...

David William Garnham, Wimbledon,Kingston,Walton, Wandsworth, Surbiton, St.Clares, From 1968 until 1993

I've been at Sainsbury's for just over 10 years and it continues to amaze me...

Philip Whittam, Holborn SSC, July 2019

I've worked for Sainsbury's for 23 years (started in Stratford in 1996) however...

Lee Francis, 0002 Stratford , May 1997 - Sept 1998

Bristol: Bedminster branch files

50 years on.....Can still vividly recall nearly everything about my arrival as a...

Bob Franklin, Bedminster, 1969

London: Sutton (67 High Street)

Postcard showing the branch at 67 High Street, Sutton, Surrey.

Mark Donohue, 67 High Street, Sutton, Early 1900's

My memory of Sainsbury's is working on both the Comic Relief and ParalympicsGB...

Hannah Jeffery, Holborn, London, 2019

I haven't been at Sainsbury's that long but I was been lucky enough to work on...

Bee, Holborn SSC , 05/06/2019

Wow!!! How things have changed.. It's so amazing to see the difference...

Levon Gumbs , South Harrow Sainsburys , 16 October 1957

I would be delighted to see any 1950s archive photos from Sainsbury's in...

Susie King, Bexhill , 1950s

My experience of Sainsbury's is of my father working as a butcher. He worked for...

Derek Dorey, Southbourne, 1950

SA/BR/22/H/26/2/1 - Woodhall Farm (Hemel Hempstead) store opening leaflet

A Berkhamsted girl, married in September 1958. Working in an office all week,...

Janet Cox, Hemel Hempstead. Apsley, 28.05.2019

Hi, my name is Kimberley Robson and I am a trading assistant. I was asked to...

Kimberley Dawn Robson , Team Valley, 25th May 2019

London: Lea Bridge Road (609/611 Lea Bridge Road)

My first job, while still at school, was a 'Saturday' job in Sainsbury's. One...

Michael Kavanagh, Leyton, Lea Bridge Road, 1973

Happy 150th Birthday Sainsburys. Whoop! I have been a Sainsburys shopper since...

Angela Hunter, Dorridge, 2015 - Present Day

SA/BRA/7/B/31/4/1 - Image of Southbourne (28/30 Southbourne Grove) branch interior

In the 1970's I used to shop with my mum, in the Oxhey branch of Sainsbury's. ...

Sandra Pearson, Oxhey, 1970's

In 2012 Sainsburys sponsored the London Paralympic Games. The torch was relayed...

john hoar, Islington , October 2012

London: Forest Hill (44/48 London Road)

I'm now at Horsham (for 24 years). I started at Streatham Hill branch, small...

Patricia Steggles, Streatham hill and Forest Hill, January 1974 to march 1987