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  • Contents Page 01

    C118
    Page 2
    News and Developments
    Page 8
    The Produce Revolution
    Page 14
    The Wicked Retailer
    Page 19
    Griffin Sports Report
    Page 26
    New Appointments
    Page 27
    Staff News
    Page 32
    Veterans' Meet
    Miss Janice Whiteman, cashier at...

  • News and Developments 02

    Wembley branch opened
    on February 24th in a big
    new development built
    over the railway lines at
    Wembley Central Station.
    The branch is in a traffic
    free precinct, has a
    shopping area of over 7,000
    square feet and...

  • The Produce Revolution 08

    The Produce REVOLUTION
    The late fifties saw the start of a revolution in marketing and also in
    cultivation methods for produce. This is the first of a series of picture Think of a celery . . .
    multiply it by 6/7,000,000...

  • The Wicked Retailer 14

    The housewife's quick trip with a trolley
    round the gondolas of a self-service branch
    looks so pleasant and easy, and is taken
    so much for granted, that it is difficult to
    imagine the nature of a world in which
    going shopping...

  • Griffin Sports Report 19

    GRIFFIN SPORTS REPORT

  • Six-a-Side Football 20

    A dry day at Dulwich on Good Friday
    saw a good turn out for the six-a-side
    football finals. Mr. A Trask very kindly
    spent most of the day at the sports
    ground and is seen below presenting
    the Sainsbury Football Cup to...

  • Darts 22

    A big crowd came to watch the Griffin darts finals which
    were held at Blackfriars on April 24th. Pictured below
    are winners, standing left to right as follows: T. Oborne,
    M. Martin, J. Pratt, J. Letts, F. Giles, B. Smith,
    J....

  • Badminton 24

    Griffin Badminton Section met at Blackfriars on February 6th.
    Winning players are pictured below.
    Standing, I to r, D. Thaddeus (O Section) and E. Preece (Dorking),
    D. Cutts (O Section), winner of the men's singles and men's...

  • Table Tennis 25

    Table Tennis finals were held this year at Blackfriars.
    Club Chairman, R. Gibson, gave away the prizes.
    Standing left to right are T. Kinchen (T. Wells), J. Strain (Q Section),
    C. Hora (also below right) of Q Section who...

  • Recent Appointments to Senior Executive 26

    Recent Appointments to Senior Executive
    Mr. E. J. Russell ABOVE LEFT
    Senior Executive in the Grocery Buying Dept. responsible
    to Mr. Harrison for the purchasing of canned goods.
    Mr. K. D. Curtis ABOVE RIGHT
    Senior Executive,...

  • Movements and Promotions 27

    Movements and Promotions
    Managerial...

  • Retirements 29

    Retirements
    We send our best wishes to the following colleagues
    who have just retired.
    F. R. Parker, Head of Building and Engineering
    Developments, retired from the firm on 29th April.
    A review of his career with JS will be...

  • Congratulations 30

    Congratulations
    To Colin Robert Thomlinson, Leading Butcher, Collier
    Row and member of the 11th Company Boys' Brigade.
    He went to Buckingham Palace on April 22 to receive
    a Gold Medal in the Duke of Edinburgh Award
    Scheme....

  • Obituaries 31

    Obituaries
    We regret to record the death of the following
    colleagues and send our deepest sympathy to all
    relatives.
    Mr. H. J. Dyer, Superintendent, writes:—
    The passing of Mr. J. T. Breckill on 21st March,
    came after some...

  • Veterans' Meet 32

    JS Veterans hold their Annual Meeting
    The annual gathering of JS
    Veterans took place on 5th April
    at Porchester Hall, Bayswater.
    Business matters attended
    to, the Veterans sat down to
    a hearty tea. Lord Sainsbury
    was there...