Explore a Store
What did we sell in our counter service branches? Look around inside a typical Sainsbury's branch from 1900 and find out more about the things on sale.
Harry's Story
Welcome to Harry Webb's story. This on-line audio book describes through pictures a typical day in the life of a delivery boy working for Sainsbury's in 1912.
Take One Ingredient
Over the course of the last two years the Archive have been working on a joint outreach project concentrating on food, health and wellbeing with our partners Interference Art and Portland Basin Museum, supported by the Linbury Trust. Read about the project here.
Archive Talk: The History of Sainsbury's
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a presentation about the history of Sainsbury's, from 1869 to now.
Archive Talk: The History of Tea at Sainsburys
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, talk about the changes to tea retail over the last century
Archive Talk: The History of Home Delivery
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, talk about the surprisingly long history of home delivery
Archive Talk: Family History in the Sainsbury Archive
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give an introduction to family history in our collection, including what material we hold and where to start a search.
Archive Talk: Christmas at Sainsbury's
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, talk you through the history of Christmas shopping trends
Archive Talk: The History of Packaging
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a presentation about the history of packaging at Sainsbury's.
Archive Talk: The History of Advertising
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a presentation about the history of advertising at Sainsbury's.
Archive Talk: The History of Art at Sainsbury's
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about the public art that has adorned branches of Sainsbury.
Archive Talk: The History of Homebase
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about the time that Sainsbury's used to own DIY chain, Homebase.
Archive Talk: The History of Savacentre
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about Sainsbury's answer to the hypermarket
'Food Glorious Food!' at Portland Basin Museum
In 2021 the Sainsbury Archive worked with Michelle Hill, Curator from the Portland Basin Museum, Tameside, as part of the larger outreach project ‘Take One Ingredient’. In this guest blog Michelle talks through the different themes of the exhibition.
Food for Talk
Films created by interference-art to get people talking about food memories
Our Sainsbury's Stories
In memory of Dino Adriano’s commitment to veteran Sainsbury’s staff, in collaboration with the Sainsbury Archive, interference-art were commissioned to produce a learning project that records and shares veterans’ stories, and prompts others to participate with the Archive website.