Sainsbury of Drury Lane, Alan John Sainsbury, Baron

Sainsbury of Drury Lane, Alan John Sainsbury, Baron
▪ 1999

      British grocer who changed British food-shopping habits when he built the grocery business begun by his grandparents into a chain of supermarkets modeled on large American self-service stores; he served as chairman of Sainsbury's from 1956 to 1967 and president from 1967 to 1998 (b. Aug. 13, 1902, London, Eng.—d. Oct. 21, 1998, Toppesfield, Essex, Eng.).

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