A report for staff on JS' [Sainsbury's] 1984/85 trading year

Video produced to inform Sainsbury's staff about developments in the company during the 1984-1985 financial year. Martyn Lewis presents from outside and inside Nine Elms branch, discussing achievements of Sainsbury’s in 1984 and details of sales, profits, profit sharing. Contents: 02:06 interview with chairman Sir John Davan Sainsbury [later Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover] about Sainsbury’s achievements in the past year 03:28 slide-show of numerous branches, including York, Bramingham Park, Hull, Walsall 04:05 Sir John discussing need to build new stores 05:01 Roy Griffiths (Managing Director) discussing importance of customers 06:38 discussion of new product lines with Peter Davis, Assistant Managing Director 09:07 laser scanning checkouts and itemised receipts with Chris Baker (Retail Systems Development) 10:51 new two-tier lorries and increasing staff numbers 12:04 Sir John Sainsbury summing up Duration: 13 minutes. Video from Blackrod Ltd.