Papers and images relating to Sainsbury's Buntingford depot. This was Sainsbury's first distribution depot outside of London (apart from the company's temporary Second World War depots) and established as part of a plan to decentralise distribution away from the Blackfriars headquarters.
Items include tonnage figures, information and instructions for staff, correspondence about housing for staff, photographs of the depot, and items relating to the history of the depot.
Depots and distribution network
Buntingford depot
Papers and images relating to Sainsbury's Buntingford depot. This was Sainsbury's first distribution depot outside of London (apart from the company's temporary Second World War depots) and established as part of a plan to decentralise distribution away from the Blackfriars headquarters.
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- Ref. No: SA/DEP/3
- Date: [1965-1997]
- Level: SubSubFonds
- Extent: 1 box, 1 bundle, 8 volumes, 3 files, 3 folders, 3 items
- Access: Open
Material relating to staff at Buntingford depot including a draft job advertisement recruiting for the night shift, an employee handbook and a staff...
Correspondence relating to the building of housing by Eastern Counties Regional Housing Society Limited on land situated in Layston, Buntingford,...
Contains an article on the history of Buntingford depot (p. 19). Duplicate copies.
White on black text panel giving information about the history of Sainsbury's depots, particularly Buntingford.
Colour and black and white photographs, slide transparencies and negatives of the interior and exterior of Buntingford depot. Includes images of...
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