Corporate
Corporate
14.3 linear metres
Memorandum and Articles of Association, certificates of incorporation, minutes of meetings, agenda papers, corporate literature, registers of directors, directors’ contract and appointments, registers of sealing and general policy statements. Also includes records relating to flotation and share distribution, conferences, corporate histories and the Anti-Trading Stamp campaign. 1911 – 1999.
[see also records relating to subsidiary and associate companies under Subsidiaries]
SA/DIR
Directors
1.1 linear metres
Registers of directors’ interests, senior management reports, presentations and photographs, 1967 – 1990s.
SA/HIST
Historical Corporate Information
1.75 linear metres
Monumental Map of London showing location of Sainsbury’s stores (1894), articles about Sainsbury’s, promotional and policy material, financial results and reporting, statistical information, images of visit and meetings 1890s – 1980s.
SA/JS80
80th Anniversary
0.25 linear metres
80th Anniversary dinner menu and photograph album, 1949.
SA/JS
100 Centenary
3.3 linear metres & 1 outsize item
Correspondence, press cuttings, centenary logo artwork and history book, commemorative / promotional material including posters, matches and bell, images of celebratory events and illustrations for centenary history book, 1949 – 1969.
SA/JS120
120th anniversary
0.25 linear metres
JS Journal supplement, ‘The First 120 years of Sainsbury’s’, 1989.
SA/JS125
125th anniversary
1 linear metre
Press coverage, magazine supplements, 125th Cookery Roadshow, managers’ briefing pack, commemorative / promotional material including poster, balloons, sashes car registration plate, 1994.
SA/CH
Charitable Giving
6.25 linear metres & 34 outsize items
Promotional literature and clothing etc. for community and educational initiatives including Good Neighbour Scheme, Sainsbury’s Pictures for Schools, Schoolbags campaign.
Sainsbury Family Trusts and sponsorships including The Sainsbury Laboratory, Sainsbury Charitable Fund Limited, Food for Thought Gallery, Science Museum, National Gallery Sainsbury Wing and University of East Anglia Sainsbury Centre. Also includes photographs of charitable and sponsorship events and framed Pictures for Schools prints. 1970s – 1990s.
SA/ASP
Arts sponsorship
9.6 linear metres
Records of Public Relations department including minutes of committee meetings, correspondence, sponsorship requests, press cuttings, papers, production and exhibition programmes, posters and photographs, some promotional clothing and objects.
Arts sponsorships including Sadlers Wells, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Polka Children's Theatre, National Youth Theatre, Sainsbury’s Choir of the Year local arts sponsorship. Educational initiatives including Pictures for Schools and Young Artists Carrier Bag competition. 1980s – 2001.
SA/EDU
Educational material
2 linear metres
Commercial sponsorship of education material, Sainsbury’s education packs for school visits to stores and classroom study, School Rewards information pack, ‘Get Cooking’ resource pack, newsletters for ILEA tutors, colour photographs and slide transparencies, 1970s – 1990s.
SA/GRE
Green Issues
2.5 linear metres
Environment awards, background information, customer literature and classroom packs, Lord Sainsbury’s address at World Ozone Conference, Group Energy Policy, ‘Help Keep Town & Country Tidy’ posters, images of environmental initiatives, events and products, 1980s – 1990s.