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John James Sainsbury (12 June 1844 – 3 January 1928) was an English grocer and founder of what is now called the Sainsbury's supermarket chain.
John James Sainsbury. Sainsbury Family; Sainsbury's Founder. Born at 5 Oakley Street, Lambeth, London, in 1844, the youngest child and only son of John Sainsbury, an ornament and picture-frame maker and his wife Elizabeth.
Principal members of the Sainsbury family. Principal members of the founding family of the UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's are: John James Sainsbury (c.1844 – c.1928), co-founder of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain. Mary Ann Sainsbury née Staples (c.1849 – c.1927), wife of John James Sainsbury and co-founder of the Sainsbury's ...
J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century.
John James Sainsbury, 25, had worked for a hardware merchant and grocer. Their shop was a success from the start, as both John and Mary Ann had the business knowledge and capacity for hard work that it took to win the loyalty of the local trade.
It was 1869 when John James Sainsbury and his wife Mary Ann opened the first Sainsbury's store on London's Drury Lane. The business didn't take long to flourish, proving popular with locals due to the high quality yet affordable goods on offer.
John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury. According to company legend – or possibly urban myth – their first day of trading was 20 April 1869, the day of their wedding. When they married John James was twenty- four and Mary Ann just nineteen.
