Bulletins (Daily Bulletins and Special Bulletins) and memoranda from Sainsbury's head office to branches concerning various matters relating to the operation of the business including issues relating to the effects of the war. Subjects include staff, rationing, and company policies and procedures. Some letters to district supervisors are also included.
The bulletins appear originally to have been mounted on the back of scrap paper (including used daily return sheets for branch staff and old memoranda to branches). Many bulletins have been cut up into smaller extracts.
Most of the bulletins are numbered from 1 to 597 (until 26 Aug 1941) and from 1 to 399 (from 27 Aug 1941).
Examples of subjects of bulletins include:
Daily Bulletin 14 (2): titles of female staff (page 185)
Special Bulletin, unnumbered: death of Mrs J.B. Sainsbury (page 190)
Special Bulletin 44: fraud by roundsman (pages 191-191a)
complaints from customers about staff discourtesy (page 196)
Special Bulletin 79 (2): changes to departments dealing with branch administration (pages 197, 198b)
Special Bulletin 115: various staff matters including control of handbags, attache cases etc; National Service allowance (page 211)
Daily Bulletin 119 (2): various matters including closing times (page 212)
129, 143, 152, 172, 187: call-up of women (page 212, 215, 217, 219, 224)
Grocery supervisors (page 214)
Mr R.J. Sainsbury suffering minor injuries from a traffic accident (page 215)
Special Bulletin 154: engagement (recruitment) of branch staff, including various details e.g. wages (page 217)
Special Bulletin 199: holidays for staff (page 226)
212: fundraising for Hospitals Day on 5 May (page 228)
Special Bulletin 216: Wages (with a notice to staff) (page 228a)
Special Bulletin 234(2): Service to customers (nine page memorandum plus four page appendices on callbacks and standard hours) relating to various matters about the service to customers and operation of the shops during wartime (page 232a-g)
Special Bulletin 252(2): Re-registration (for rationing) (page 237b-h) (with diagram of counter layout)
302: message of thanks from John Benjamin Sainsbury to all staff (page 245)
315: Mr R.J. Sainsbury temporarily taking responsibility for staff management until a new Personnel Manager is appointed (page 247)
Letter to wives of staff called up for National Service about support offered by the company (page 248)
Other items included with the bulletins include:
Various notices to staff including wages notice (page 170), notice of resignation of Alfred Sainsbury and appointment of F.W. Salisbury and James Sainsbury to board of directors (page 198c), "Notice to male staff. Attache Cases, etc." (page 210a), "Notice to female staff. Handbags, Attache Cases, Shopping Bags, &c." (page 210a), "Standard Hours" (page 234)
Notification of staff absence (e.g. due to sickness or accident) form (page 174)
Example staff time schedules forms (pages 175-175m)
Numbers of agreed relief staff for each branch (pages 201a-201l)
Housekeeping Department suggestions and recipes for housekeepers (pages 206-206d)
letter to staff on national service (page 209)
Part of a price list 10 Dec 1944 (end of volume 4)
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