This summer marks 40 years since Sainsbury's opened its Hull superstore and, over those four decades, it has welcomed countless customers and many will have started (and ended) their working lives there.

These photos give a rare glimpse into how different things looked in the early days at the Sainsbury Way branch, off Priory Way, Hessle, which first opened its doors on June 26, 1984.

The long-gone ''J. SAINSBURY' sign was once a beacon for shoppers and found on top of every shop in the UK.

The Sainsbury Archive documents the history of the well-loved stores from its foundation in Drury Lane in 1869, but also provides a unique record of the huge transformation that occurred in retail since the mid-19th century, and the impact of these changes on the surrounding communities.

The photos show the bakery counter full of cakes including huge egg custards for just 49p, chocolate eclairs and apple pies while, in the photos of the frozen sections, you can see the eighties food packaging.

The store is still operating today, of course, although it now looks quite a bit different to when it first opened.

The front was radically altered in the early 2000s and the petrol station moved to the far end of the car park in 2013.

Take a look through the gallery below

Employee uniforms were rather different back in the 80s to what they are today too. The staff look like they're wearing light coloured long sleeve shirts with a pinafore over the top. There are also staff packaging shopping for the customers with non-reusable carriers, something that has disappeared in recent years.

The archive the photos come from was formed at the time of Sainsbury's centenary back in 1969 and has steadily grown to an impressive range of documents, photographs, audiovisual material and objects such as food preparation and testing equipment, product packaging and staff uniforms.