A SUPERMARKET is asking patrons to help celebrate its 140th birthday.

Sainsbury’s in Durham is searching for loyal customers who can share their memories of the store.

The store hopes to find customers who can reminisce about the days before the introduction of self-scan checkouts, Organic food and chip and pin.

Store manager Gerry Storey said: "We’re looking for customers and colleagues who have interesting and quirky memories of the store, for example; it would be great to find someone who remembers when the store opened or who has been shopping with us for a particularly long time.

"Better still, if anyone has any Sainsbury’s memorabilia which they’d be happy to share with us, we’d love to see anything that’s available."

Anyone with memories or stories to tell should contact Katherine Hirst at the store on 0191-383-0479.