Head office
Blackfriars
45 linear metres & 4 outsize items
Head office buildings, area and functions:
- Specific buildings
Includes accounts, staff records, correspondence, building records, architectural plans and drawings, photographs and objects (e.g. directors’ name plates, ceramic tiles), relating to Blackfriars factory, Paris Gardens kitchens, Rennie House, Running Horse Yard, Stamford House and Tress House. 1903 – present.
[see also SA/LEG - Legal]
- General Blackfriars area
Includes archaeological finds, local history research material, street signs, post-medieval -2000.
- Head office functions
Records relating to Head Office functions such as buying, data management and property management. Includes branch takings and returns, product sales figures and price changes, customer figures, Head Office and Branch Management department memorandum, bulletins and instructions, records relating to reviews and restructuring, rent and rates ledgers, accounting records for farms, depots and departments, staff pension scheme and National Insurance accounts. Also includes office machinery and stationery (e.g. rubber stamps, ink pots). 1916 – 2002.
[see also SA/FIN - Finance]
- Laboratories and sampling kitchens
Papers relating to the Food Centre, analytical methods, Health and Safety and procedural manuals, lab machinery and apparatus (e.g. thermometers, scales). 1950s – 2001.
[see also SA/FT- Food technology - Food Production]
- Staff facilities
(e.g. gym, health centre, restaurant), 1980s – 1990s
[see also SA/EMP - Staff]
- Food production
Recipe books and glass plate negatives depicting food preparation, 1930s – 1970s.
- Deeds
Relating to acquisition of Blackfriars site, 1890
- Image files
1940s – 1990s
Holborn Business Centre
0.5 linear metres
Colleague guide, digital images and colour negatives, 2000 – 2001.
Offices
1.25 linear metres
Includes company branded pens and stationery, papers relating to office procedures and images of office buildings, 1930 – 1980s.