'JS Journal', September/October 1969

Table of content

• News and Developments
  02

  Poole —
  Look—no legs!
  Our branch at Poole was opened on
  April 22 in the Arndale centre off the High Street. Picture below shows
  a new, legless type of gondola,
  which will become standard at all
  new branches from...

• The Centenary Fairy Story
  11

  The Centenary
  Fairy Story
  Doris and Walter Gurr Mr. and Mrs. Gurr in Odense, opposite the Hans Andersen museum When Sir Robert Sainsbury sent for us and told
  my wife and I that we had been selected to
  visit Denmark on the...

• What we want is Sainsbury's
  16

  What We Want is SAINSBURY'S The scene, left, is at Watney's
  Mortlake Brewery. Cans of
  Sainsbury's beer are spinning
  towards their packing stations. They
  have just been filled, sealed and
  pasteurised; now they are...

• Round Up
  22

  Round-up Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith
  celebrated their Golden Wedding
  with a nine-hour long rave-up. Mr.
  Smith, who is 76, was gazing out of
  his front window when he saw 18
  of his closest relatives advancing on
  the house laden...

• Veterans go to Bournemouth
  24

  Veterans go to Bournemouth
  The JS veterans outing to
  Bournemouth was held on July 17.
  The party went by special train from
  Waterloo stopping on the way to
  pick up parties from the southern
  counties. Mr. Charlesworth's...

• Movements and Promotions
  25

  Movements and Promotions
  Managerial Appointments
  R. LEESE from Assistant Manager at
  Victoria to the management of
  Esher from June 30
  a. STOCKS from Reserve Manager at Leicester
  to the management of Southend
  from September...

• Award Winners
  27

  Award Winners
  1969 Awards of Master Membership, Membership and
  Associateship Prizes
  The following company employees, all members
  of our 'A' level t r a i n i n g scheme, have been
  awarded prizes by t h e Grocers' I n s t i t...

• Retirements
  28

  Retirements
  We send our best wishes to the following colleagues
  who have just retired.
  Mrs. L. M. Baldwin commenced with the
  company as a Saleswoman at 51 Ipswich on
  22nd September, 1954. She was promoted to
  Leading...

• Obituaries
  30

  Obituaries
  We regret to record the death of the following
  colleagues, and send our sympathy to all relatives.
  We deeply regret to record the deaths in a car
  accident of two members of the Catering'
  Department Supervisory...

• Contents Page
  32

  143
  Page 2
  News and Developments
  Page 11
  The Centenary Fairy Story
  Page 16
  What we want is Sainsbury's
  Page 22
  Round Up
  Page 24
  Veterans go to Bournemouth
  Page 25
  Staff News

• The Arndale Centre at Poole
  32

  The Arndale Centre at Poole is a covered
  shopping precinct off the High Street. It is
  enclosed and air conditioned, hence the
  open sliding doors of our branch, which
  began trading on April 22. The centre,
  which opened...