Sainsbury's

1928: The front cover of a Sainsbury's price book Photograph: PR

July 1932: A horse and cart carrying goods for delivery to Sainsbury's Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty

1930s: The interior of a typical Sainsbury's store Photograph: PR

Shopkeepers outside a Sainsbury's store Photograph: Sainsbury's Archive

A customer and assistant at the cheese counter of a Sainsbury's store Photograph: Sainsbury's Archive

April 1960: Shoppers look at food on show in refrigerated cabinets at the newly-opened Sainsbury's supermarket at Sutton, Surrey Photograph: Tim Graham/Fox Photos/Getty

January 1978: A sales notice for Sainsbury's supermarket Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has written an open letter to every member of staff at Sainsbury's, apologising for an outburst in which he criticised the supermarket over its involvement on his upcoming show exposing the standards of battery bred chickens. (Read the article) Photograph: PR

Lord David Sainsbury Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian

February 2004: A Greenpeace demonstration against genetically modified feed allegedly fed to cows which supply milk to the supermarket. The protesters are outside Sainsbury's in Greenwich Photograph: David Levene/freelance

March 2006: Organic potatoes Photograph: Linda Nylind/freelance

April 2007: The revolving door entrance at Sainsbury's head office in Holborn, London Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian

April 2007: Customers queue to buy Anya Hindmarch's "I'm Not A Plastic Bag" from the Sainsbury's store in Camden, London Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty

July 2007: Shopping trolleys at Sainsbury's supermarket in Nottingham Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian

Chairman Sir Philip Hampton (left) and chief executive Justin King Photograph: Guardian

2007: Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani of Qatar. The country's royal family made a pitch for Sainsbury's through the Delta Two investment vehicle, run by Paul Taylor, but was forced to call off the bid because of the increased cost of funding in the wake of the global credit crunch Photograph: Francois Mori/AP