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We want to hear from you:
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.
Share your memories -
Have a memory of an item in the catalogue, or a specific branch?
Connect your memories to the archive, start from an object or a store.
Explore the catalogue Find your store -
I had a Saturday job in the Derby Sainsbury’s shop, it had a beautiful...
I had a Saturday job in the Derby Sainsbury’s shop, it had a beautiful...
Jan, Corn Market, Derby, 1970’s
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I was customer service manager for the opening of Enfield in 93. It was the...
I was customer service manager for the opening of Enfield in 93. It was the...
Lorraine Armstrong-Gould , 444 Enfield, 1993-1996
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Packaging Designer and Studio Manager, working with Peter DixonThe Design Policy of J. Sainsbury Plc
Packaging Designer and Studio Manager, working with Peter Dixon
Audrey Fletcher, Blackfriars, 1970-1998
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First Scottish store in Darnley and the van that was parked in the car park to...
First Scottish store in Darnley and the van that was parked in the car park to...
Liz Mutrie, Darnley , January 1992
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After being a Budgens store for many years the store was bought by Sainsbury's....Mildenhall (32 St Andrew's Street)
After being a Budgens store for many years the store was bought by Sainsbury's....
Helen Gower, Mildenhall Suffolk, 29th Feb 2008
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Our new store opened on the 2nd March 2011. A much bigger store for the...Mildenhall (Recreation Way)
Our new store opened on the 2nd March 2011. A much bigger store for the...
Helen Gower, Mildnehall Sufflk, 2nd March 2011
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Although, I didn't work at the store, this was such a convenient little shop, as...Basingstoke: Buckskin Shell (374 Worting Road)
Although, I didn't work at the store, this was such a convenient little shop, as...
Tom Hearne, Worting Road, Basingstoke, 7th May 2008
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I have worked in a variety of roles throughout the years with companies varying...
I have worked in a variety of roles throughout the years with companies varying...
Damian Breeze, Guisbrough , 2018 - present
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"Joined as Bakery Confectioner 1989 became Food Safety Officer 1990, Became Food...Whitley Bay (Newstead Drive, Westman Seaton)
"Joined as Bakery Confectioner 1989 became Food Safety Officer 1990, Became Food...
william cooke, whitley bay, 1989
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Second photo of 80 year old booklet
Second photo of 80 year old booklet
Nick Langridge, Worcester St Jophns, 18.3.2019
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I can't remember where I picked this up but it is eighty years old and contains...
I can't remember where I picked this up but it is eighty years old and contains...
Nick Langridge, Worcester St Johns, 18th March 2019
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Worked in the IT department, DISCO team. Met my future wife of 32+ years.
Worked in the IT department, DISCO team. Met my future wife of 32+ years.
Adam Mills, Rennie House, Sept 1986 to March 1988
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My mum used to work at Sainsbury's in Hammersmith from 2001 - 2004!
My mum used to work at Sainsbury's in Hammersmith from 2001 - 2004!
DeMarkay , Hammersmith, 14/03/2019
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"I was working at a store which had only been open for a year or so when...
"I was working at a store which had only been open for a year or so when...
Rebecca montford, 682 pinhoe road, 1994
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"I started in 1980 for a couple of evenings a week on replenishment. I was a...
"I started in 1980 for a couple of evenings a week on replenishment. I was a...
Anne, Gloucester 771, 1980 to the present day
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"I love Sainsbury's, I used to think that it was a shop where only posh people...
"I love Sainsbury's, I used to think that it was a shop where only posh people...
Val longstaff, Sainsbury's, rice lane, walton, liverpool L9, 24/1/2019
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"We had a great time in our store celebrating 140yrs of Sainsburys. We borrowed...
"We had a great time in our store celebrating 140yrs of Sainsburys. We borrowed...
Pat, Upton Wirral Merseyside , 2009
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"My mother used to shop in Sainsbury's in Coventry. It was a small store at that...
"My mother used to shop in Sainsbury's in Coventry. It was a small store at that...
Vivien Howes, Coventry, 1955
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"Sainsbury's colleague since 2013"Sedgefield (Salters Lane)
"Sainsbury's colleague since 2013"
ANGELA FOTHERGILL DOIDGE, Sedgefield, 12/01/2019
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"Shopped at Sava Center on the day it opened and still visit once a week use....
"Shopped at Sava Center on the day it opened and still visit once a week use....
jacqui shepherd, oldbury, 27/01/2018