To celebrate our birthday, we’re sharing our first-ever issue, printed in May 1993.

Happy birthday, Sainsbury’s magazine! Yes, we’re turning 30 years young in 2023, and celebrating with a nostalgia-fest.

Launched by cookery legend Delia Smith and her husband, newspaper editor Michael Wynn-Jones, Sainsbury’s magazine was the first food title from a major supermarket.

So, what did we publish back in May 1993? We had Delia in her dressing gown on the cover (and Delia on diets inside…), LOTS of cheese-based recipes and a new writer by the name of Nigel Slater. If that wasn’t enough, the issue threw in features ranging from shopping trolleys on test, to an in-depth look at life in a vet’s surgery, featuring John Cleese and his poorly cat (yes, really).

READ THE FIRST-EVER ISSUE HERE.

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