Memories | Sainsbury Archive

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.

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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

I had a Saturday job in the Derby Sainsbury’s shop, it had a beautiful...

Jan, Corn Market, Derby, 1970’s

SA/BR/22/E/16/2/1 - Great Cambridge Road/3 Crown Road, Enfield store opening leaflet

I was customer service manager for the opening of Enfield in 93. It was the...

Lorraine Armstrong-Gould , 444 Enfield, 1993-1996

The Design Policy of J. Sainsbury Plc

Packaging Designer and Studio Manager, working with Peter Dixon

Audrey Fletcher, Blackfriars, 1970-1998

First Scottish store in Darnley and the van that was parked in the car park to...

Liz Mutrie, Darnley , January 1992

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