Video produced to inform Sainsbury's staff about developments in the company during the 1984-1985 financial year.
Martyn Lewis presents from outside and inside Nine Elms branch, discussing achievements of Sainsbury’s in 1984 and details of sales, profits, profit sharing.
Contents:
02:06 interview with chairman Sir John Davan Sainsbury [later Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover] about Sainsbury’s achievements in the past year
03:28 slide-show of numerous branches, including York, Bramingham Park, Hull, Walsall
04:05 Sir John discussing need to build new stores
05:01 Roy Griffiths (Managing Director) discussing importance of customers
06:38 discussion of new product lines with Peter Davis, Assistant Managing Director
09:07 laser scanning checkouts and itemised receipts with Chris Baker (Retail Systems Development)
10:51 new two-tier lorries and increasing staff numbers
12:04 Sir John Sainsbury summing up
Duration: 13 minutes.
Video from Blackrod Ltd.
End of year videos for staff
"Another Excellent Year for JS" video
- Ref. No: SA/SC/4/1/14
- Date: 22 May 1985
- Level: File
- Extent: 1 file
- Access: Open
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