Sainsbury Archive

OVER 150 YEARS OF SUPERMARKET HISTORY

OVER 150 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY COLLEAGUES

OVER 150 YEARS OF ICONIC PRODUCTS

The Sainsbury Archive is the online home for the heart of our heritage, representing the past, present and helping to shape the story of our future. It tells the Sainsbury's story, allowing users to engage and interact with digitised pieces of our history.

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Branch Images

Browse our historical images of shops or search for images of your local branch

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Journal

Explore articles from Sainsbury's staff magazine

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Own Label Packaging

Sainsbury's Design Studio

Discover the Iconic designs by Peter Dixon created in the Sainsbury's in house design studio.

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About the archive

The Sainsbury Archive is an independent charity and has been held at the Museum of London, Docklands since 2005. Visit the Archive to see materials in the collection and to carry out research at the Sainsbury Study Centre.

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Archive Digitisation Project

The Archive is currently carrying out digitisation work on the collection. We are hoping to publish approximately 90,000 images on the website over this period - please come back regularly to see our newly uploaded content.

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Women at Work

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Women at Work

During the 19th century, shop keeping was generally regarded as an unsuitable job for women, not least because of the long working hours and heavy lifting it entailed. However, it was both common and acceptable for female family members to work in smaller shops.