The Sainsbury Archive documents the history of one of the nation’s oldest retailers from when it was founded in London in 1869, through to present day.  It also provides a unique illustration of the transformation that has occurred in retailing and in shopping and eating habits since the mid-19th century.

The Archive is located at the Museum of London in Docklands and is open to the public. Visitors can view displays from the collection and browse a range of digital and paper-based resources from the library and archives, including reference books, image files, films and journals covering the history of Sainsbury’s and shopping and the history of the docks and the local area. The separate search room is open by appointment for more in-depth research using material from the archive collections.

The Sainsbury Archive documents the history of one of the nation’s oldest retailers from when it was founded in London in 1869, through to present day.  It also provides a unique illustration of the transformation that has occurred in retailing and in shopping and eating habits since the mid-19th century.

The Archive is located at the Museum of London in Docklands and is open to the public. Visitors can view displays from the collection and browse a range of digital and paper-based resources from the library and archives, including reference books, image files, films and journals covering the history of Sainsbury’s and shopping and the history of the docks and the local area. The separate search room is open by appointment for more in-depth research using material from the archive collections.

Shop now at Fortnum & Mason. Since 1707, has been the quintessential English store, situated in the heart of London’s Piccadilly on historic Jermyn Street. Fortnum’s is unique, inside and out.

For three centuries Fortnum’s has been committed to bringing the world’s best food to Piccadilly – often from continents away. Fresh food, though, has always come from as close to these Isles as possible. Respecting this hemisphere’s seasons has always seemed obvious to us: we’ve never really wavered from the path.

We take extraordinary care over the origins of everything we sell. Every sprout, lobster, truckle and rib comes direct from suppliers we know intimately rather than from markets. If we’re not to uphold our own standards, who is?