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Sainsbury's first shop in Drury Lane c. 1919. Sainsbury's was established as a partnership in 1869, when John James Sainsbury and his wife Mary Ann opened a shop at 173 Drury Lane in Covent Garden, London. [7] Sainsbury started as a retailer of fresh foods and later expanded into packaged groceries such as tea and sugar.
Sainsbury's, Greenwich, also known as the Sainsbury's Millennium Store, [17] was a Sainsbury's supermarket building at 55 Bugsby's Way, Greenwich Peninsula, London.Opening in 1999 as Sainsbury's flagship store, the building design incorporated environmentally conscious features and gained critical acclaim, being shortlisted for the 2000 Stirling Prize.
Sainsbury's Local shop was also ground-breaking in terms of staff training. In most Sainsbury's shops, colleagues were trained for specific departments (e.g. checkouts, café, fresh foods, GM). The small size of Sainsbury's Local shops meant that staff needed a high level of product knowledge across all departments.
John James Sainsbury was born on 12 June 1844 at 5 Oakley Street, Lambeth, to John Sainsbury (baptised 1809, d. 1863), ornament and picture frame maker, and his wife Elizabeth Sarah, née Coombes (1817–1902).
A large branch of Sainsbury's is located opposite on Garratt Lane together with a Premier Inn hotel and branch of Sports Direct. Occupying 606,000 square feet (56,300 m 2) of space, [1] Southside remains one of London's largest shopping centres in terms of its ground floor square footage and currently attracts around 8.5 million visitors a year ...
A former Staples branch, at 68 Watney Street, Stepney, was sold to Sainsbury's in 1881 when John James Sainsbury purchased it from his brother in-law (Mary Ann's brother) Edward Staples. This store was the first Sainsbury's store to trial round-the-back deliveries, which was started so as to not upset an Irish competitor, Mike Drummond.
The shopping centre was originally anchored by a Sainsbury's supermarket, Woolworths, Boots and Marks & Spencer. The 1981 Eastern extension added a new anchor store - BHS and another multistorey car park, as well as numerous other shops. Sainsbury's moved out in the mid 1990s as the store was small by modern standards and Woolworths closed ...
In 1881, John James Sainsbury purchased 68 Watney Street to expand the retail business he began in 1869 (now known as UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's).The property was acquired from his brother-in-law, Edward Staples, who was already operating it as a food store for dockers based in the East End of London.