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We want to hear from you:
Many photographs, documents and objects have been generously donated to the Sainsbury Archive by customers and former colleagues. We would like to gather and record your experiences of working (and shopping!) at stores, offices and depots to add a personal touch to the records.
Share your recollections, upload an image (please note we can only accept files in gif, jpg and png formats) to add to this growing treasure of memories.
Share your memories -
Have a memory of an item in the catalogue, or a specific branch?
Connect your memories to the archive, start from an object or a store.
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My mum worked in the Butcher department at Sainsburys Islington Angel in mid to...
1990-2020, Staff
My mum worked in the Butcher department at Sainsburys Islington Angel in mid to...
Louise C Tully, Islington Angel, 23/01/2023
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My mum worked in the Butcher department in Sainsburys Angel Islington in the mid...
1990-2020, Staff
My mum worked in the Butcher department in Sainsburys Angel Islington in the mid...
Louise C Tully, Islington Angel, 23/01/2023
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I remember having a cleaning job ( with TC Cleaning the manager was called...
1990-2020, Staff
I remember having a cleaning job ( with TC Cleaning the manager was called...
JULES PESKETT, CAMBRIDGE, 1990-1994
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Staff Christmas lunch tables.
1990-2020, Staff
Staff Christmas lunch tables.
Karen Dance, Huntingdon, 2002
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Huntingdon store's 10th anniversary party at Wood Green. 10 years service staff...
1990-2020, Staff
Huntingdon store's 10th anniversary party at Wood Green. 10 years service staff...
Karen Dance, Huntingdon, 2009
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Staff Christmas lunch in the canteen. Playing I'm a Celebrity style eating game.
1990-2020, Staff
Staff Christmas lunch in the canteen. Playing I'm a Celebrity style eating game.
Karen Dance, Huntingdon, December 2012
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10 years service staff at the Huntington store.
1990-2020, Staff
10 years service staff at the Huntington store.
Karen Dance, Huntingdon, 2009
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Many happy memories of a fantastic team who were like a family. We trained in...Rhyl (Rhyl Road, Rhuddlan)
1990-2020, Staff
Many happy memories of a fantastic team who were like a family. We trained in...
Joanne Jones, Rhyl, February 1993 to September 1998
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I've worked for Sainsbury's for 23 years (started in Stratford in 1996) however...
1990-2020, Staff
I've worked for Sainsbury's for 23 years (started in Stratford in 1996) however...
Lee Francis, Stratford , May 1997 - Sept 1998
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Happy 150th Birthday Sainsburys. Whoop! I have been a Sainsburys shopper since...
1990-2020, Staff
Happy 150th Birthday Sainsburys. Whoop! I have been a Sainsburys shopper since...
Angela Hunter, Dorridge, 2015 - Present Day
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I have worked in a variety of roles throughout the years with companies varying...
1990-2020, Staff
I have worked in a variety of roles throughout the years with companies varying...
Damian Breeze, Guisbrough , 2018 - present
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"Joined as Bakery Confectioner 1989 became Food Safety Officer 1990, Became Food...Whitley Bay (Newstead Drive, Westman Seaton)
1990-2020, Staff
"Joined as Bakery Confectioner 1989 became Food Safety Officer 1990, Became Food...
william cooke, Whitley Bay, 1989
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"I was working at a store which had only been open for a year or so when...
1990-2020, Staff
"I was working at a store which had only been open for a year or so when...
Rebecca montford, 682 Pinhoe Road, 1994
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"I started in 1980 for a couple of evenings a week on replenishment. I was a...
1990-2020, Staff
"I started in 1980 for a couple of evenings a week on replenishment. I was a...
Anne, Gloucester 771, 1980 to the present day
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"Sainsbury's colleague since 2013"
1990-2020, Staff
"Sainsbury's colleague since 2013"
ANGELA FOTHERGILL DOIDGE, Sedgefield, 12/01/2019
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"Joined Sainsburys part time when the new store opened working whilst at...Cranleigh (Stockland Square)
1990-2020, Staff
"Joined Sainsburys part time when the new store opened working whilst at...
James Easton, Cranleigh, Stocklund Square, September 2004
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"I started on the Deli and ended in HR."
1990-2020, Staff
"I started on the Deli and ended in HR."
Sarah Jane, Halifax and Brighouse , 1997 to 2018
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"Sainsbury's were very good to me as a student. I started work there while...
1990-2020, Staff
"Sainsbury's were very good to me as a student. I started work there while...
Helen Fuglesang, Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon, 1992-1997
