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Staff newsletters and magazines

1988-2001

Newsletters and magazines for Sainsbury's employees. Other newsletters and magazines for staff can be found elsewhere in the collection: JS Journal (see SA/SC/JSJ); depot newsletters (various...

SA/SC/1

Staff newsletters and magazines

Annual reports for staff

1971-1988

Annual reports issued to staff summarising the year end results of Sainsbury's for the financial years 1970/1971 to 1988/1989. Each report includes a statement from the Chairman, John Davan Sainsbury...

SA/SC/2

Annual reports for staff

Sainsbury's Energy Team energy efficiency publicity

c. 1980-1996

Material produced by Sainsbury's Energy Team to promote energy efficiency to staff.

SA/SC/3

Sainsbury's Energy Team energy efficiency publicity

Staff communication films, videos and business television

[1990s-2000s]

See also SA/EMP/TRAI/15 for training videos and films, and SA/EMP/SOC for staff social related videos and films.

SA/SC/4

Staff communication films, videos and business television

Miscellaneous staff newsletters

1965-2001

Includes: JS Factory News (December 1965, April and August 1966, 3 issues). Update - group staff council meeting newsletter (July and November 2000, 2 issues). Retail Quality News (October, December...

SA/SC/5

Miscellaneous staff newsletters

Miscellaneous staff communications paperwork

1963-1995

Includes: Two notices from Mr Alan Sainsbury to all staff relating to his role in the management of the business (1962 and 1967). Minutes of senior personnel managers meeting (1972). JS Journal...

SA/SC/6

Miscellaneous staff communications paperwork

Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA) Committee Pack artwork

1997

Consists of design material for various packs and booklets produced by the SSA for staff. Includes finished copy. The SSA pack includes the following booklets: 'Guidance Book for Committees: A Best...

SA/SC/8

Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA) Committee Pack artwork

JS Journal

1956-1995

Incomplete series. Issues missing between 1957 - 1979 and between 1983 - 1990. Also contains copy of a leaflet entitled 'A Fresh Taste in Food Shopping', duplicate copies of 'Sainsbury's good food...

SA/SC/11

JS Journal

'Lifestyle' staff newsletter, issue 1

[1990s]

Issue No. 1.

SA/SC/12

'Lifestyle' staff newsletter, issue 1

'People at Sainsbury's' (staff magazine), Spring 1996

1996

Spring 1996 issue. Magazine for staff at Sainsbury's featuring articles on staff relations and customer service. Staff were invited to come up with ideas as to how Sainsbury's could improve customer...

SA/SC/13

'People at Sainsbury's' (staff magazine), Spring 1996

'Larksfield and Maidstone Reporter' (staff newsletter), issue 34

c. 1996

Issue no. 34. The newsletter was distributed in the canteen at a store in Larkfield, Maidstone. It was designed to bring staff up to date with new products, building works and any other important...

SA/SC/14

'Larksfield and Maidstone Reporter' (staff newsletter), issue 34

JS Journal material

1907-1988

SA/SC/15

JS Journal material

Sainsbury's review 1988-1989

May 1989

Contains commentary for Sainsbury's year end video, 16 May 1989, and an Edit Decision List and Schedule which both set out the amount of time given to each shot during the video.

SA/SC/16

Sainsbury's review 1988-1989

JS Journal images

1991-1994

Consists of files containing black and white and colour photographs, negatives and slide transparencies of images which may have appeared in JS Journal [Sainsbury's staff magazine]. Some have notes...

SA/SC/17

JS Journal images

Blackfriars Joint Consultative Committee minutes

1 Nov 1989

Blackfriars was Sainsbury's head office and depot complex in London.

SA/SC/18

Blackfriars Joint Consultative Committee minutes

'Office Talk' newsletter images

1990-1994

Consists of 21 files containing black and white and colour photographs, negatives and slide transparencies of images which may have appeared in Office Talk.

SA/SC/20

'Office Talk' newsletter images

Images for End of Year Employee Report 1984

1984

Includes colour negatives, slides and transparencies used in the End of Year Employee Report 1984.

SA/SC/23

Images for End of Year Employee Report 1984

Artwork for a JS Journal board game

1994

Artwork for a board game which appeared on pages 16 - 17 of the December 1994 issue of the JS Journal [Sainsbury's staff magazine].

SA/SC/24

Artwork for a JS Journal board game

Head Office bulletins for staff on active service

1940-1945

SA/SC/25

Head Office bulletins for staff on active service

Personal letters from Head Office to staff on national service

1945

SA/SC/26

Personal letters from Head Office to staff on national service

Images used for employee report 1983

1983

Colour negatives and slide transparencies of images used for an employee report.

SA/SC/27

Images used for employee report 1983

Presentations

1980s-1990s

SA/SC/28

Presentations

Trading Newsletters and presentation by Scottish Power to Sainsbury plc

1978-[2002]

SA/SC/29

Trading Newsletters and presentation by Scottish Power to Sainsbury plc

'Business update' (monthly briefing notes for team meetings)

Feb 1997-Aug 1998

Monthly briefing notes for team meetings. Series incomplete

SA/SC/30

'Business update' (monthly briefing notes for team meetings)

'Formats in Focus' newsletter

12 Jul 2002

Mentions Hazel Grove store and Northfield 'No Frills' trial store.

SA/SC/31

'Formats in Focus' newsletter

Letters from the Chairman to Managers

1980-1995

SA/SC/32

Letters from the Chairman to Managers

Internal communications

2002-2003

Includes Business updates, press releases, photocalls

SA/SC/33

Internal communications

"Sainsbury's healthy eating is healthy business" leaflet for staff

c. 2002

Leaflet for Sainsbury's staff about the launch on 26 June (year not given) of over 300 new healthy eating products. The launch is described as 'the biggest cross-category product innovation in our...

SA/SC/34

"Sainsbury's healthy eating is healthy business" leaflet for staff

Internal news releases and memoranda

1974-2002

Includes internal news releases by memorandum, email or printouts from Sainsbury's intranet site. Most items date from 1996 to 2002.

SA/SC/35

Internal news releases and memoranda

"Proud" London 2012 Paralympic Games sponsorship postcard, [2010]

[2010]

Postcard sent to Sainsbury's staff with a message from Justin King (Chief Executive of Sainsbury's) explaining how the company is proud to have become a sponsor of the London 2012 Paralympic...

SA/SC/36

"Proud" London 2012 Paralympic Games sponsorship postcard, [2010]

Dear Colleague newsletter

2015-2016

'Dear Colleague' newsletter from CEO Mike Coupe

SA/SC/37

Dear Colleague newsletter

Employee report slide presentation for 1987 conference

1987

48 colour slides showing how Sainsbury's had presented its financial results to employees over the years. Images of various employee reports (from the 1960s or 1970s to the 1980s) are included.

SA/SC/38

Employee report slide presentation for 1987 conference

Christmas card or notice for staff

[1980s]

Card with Christmas greetings message from J.D. Sainsbury to all staff on behalf of the directors. It is printed on one side (and this copy has holes left by drawing pins) so may have been intended to...

SA/SC/39

Christmas card or notice for staff

JS Journal (later The Journal)

1946-2020

This series contains issues of Sainsbury's staff magazine. The Journal was first published in 1946. In June 2006, the Journal won a Business Food and Drink Journalist Award for 'Retail In-house...

SA/SC/JSJ

JS Journal (later The Journal)