Branch development, premises and operations
Branch and Estates Material
104.2 linear metres & 51 outsize items
Branch development and architecture
Architectural drawings, design statements, branch development plans, estates and architects department administration, tenders and correspondence with contractors, inventories of fixtures and fittings, some material relating to manufacturers, images of architectural detail, tiles, signage and fixtures. Objects include ceramic tiles, weights, light shades and other fixtures and fittings, chairs, counter screens, tile panels, stained glass spandrels, signs and architectural models. 1870s – 1990s.
Branch / premises administration
Property leases, valuations and accounts for construction and maintenance work, Estate Department correspondence files, branch location and store details, publicity material for store openings. 1880s – 1980s.
General branch operation
Including instruction manuals and guidelines, retail communications, correspondence and price lists, staff scheduling, trading hours and branch security material, also refrigeration and general engineering. 1900 – 2000. [see also SA/TRAI - Staff]
Specific branch operation
Information and equipment relating to hygiene, food preparation, price and weight marking and display, stock replenishment and ordering, checkout computing and scanning, health and safety. Also photographs of checkouts and merchandising layouts. 1920s – 1990s.
Customer service and facilities
Customer service administration, customer literature, loyalty cards, home delivery, decimal and metric conversion, gift tokens, car parks, photographs of customers. 1914 – 1990s.
Staff facilities and uniforms
Staff accommodation records, canteen price lists and menus, cloakroom signs and locker tokens, uniforms and photographs. 1954 – 1999.
[see also SA/EMP - Staff]
Branch finance
Rates and insurance ledgers, takings figures, cash books, profit and loss accounts, expenses, depot stock registers. 1920s – 1960s
[see also SA/FIN - Finance]
Branches A-Z
Alphabetical sequence of files relating to individual branches; mainly photographic material, but some also contain press cuttings, advertisements, directors handover reports etc. 1940s – present.
Images of branches, 1880s – 2000
Locations
27.1 linear metres & 2 outsize items
Maps, plans and local history material relating to branch locations, photographs of branch sites and VIP visits to branches,1960s – 1990s.
Regions
0.25 linear metres
Correspondence and promotional material relating to the move by Sainsbury’s into Northern Ireland, the Midlands and Wales, 1990s.