J Sainsbury
J Sainsbury, commonly known as Sainsbury's, is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Its parent company J Sainsbury plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and also operates US chain Shaw's Supermarkets, which it took over in 1987.
Sainsbury's was established in 1869 when John James Sainsbury and his wife Mary Ann opened a store in Drury Lane in Holborn, London.
Several members of the Sainsbury family have been prominent in British public life:
- John James Sainsbury (married Mary Ann Stables)
- Alan Sainsbury (1902-1998), son of John
- John David Sainsbury (1927-), a Tory life peer (Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover)
- Timothy Sainsbury, former Tory minister, married to Lady Sainsbury (1932-)
- Jamie Sainsbury
- Alexander Sainsbury, son of Timothy
- Jessica Sainsbury
- Camilla Sainsbury, daughter of Timothy, married to Shaun Woodward
- Simon Sainsbury
- Robert Sainsbury (1907-2000), son of John
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