'JS Journal', May 1973

Table of content

• A curtain-raiser for the new JS Journal
  01

  A curtain-raiser for the new JS Journal The name's the same, but with
  this special edition a lot . of
  changes are being made to JS
  Journal.
  It looks different - that's obvious.
  It's going to read differently
  too - but do not...

• Contents Page
  01

  Page 2
  Review by the chairman
  Page 3
  How did we do?
  cartoon feature
  Pages 4-5
  Six views of 1972
  Page 8
  Map of branch
  openings
  Pages 6-7
  Countdown to
  opening
  Page 8
  Max Justice retires

• Half-hour film highlights year-end meetings for staff
  01

  Half-hour film highlights year-end meetings for staff This year's programme to tell
  staff about the year's events and
  results includes a half-hour film,
  MS 72', which is having its
  premiere to coincide with the
  publication of...

• Rapid growth continues despite building delays
  01

  Rapid growth continues
  despite building delays JS turnover in the 1972/73
  financial year rose by 13.3 per
  cent to £297 million. The preliminary
  figures issued on April 26
  also record a 25 per cent rise in
  profit Before tax...

• Still in the market at Fulham
  01

  Still in the market at Fulham
  Wherever else we're going Salisbury's is still in the thick of the strci t
  market sehenc in North End Road. Fulham. The two service, branches
  that have been there since the 'M)s closed down in...

• Review by the Chairman
  02

  Growth and change
  J D Sainsbury reviews the year and looks ahead. I do not want to go into a lot of
  detail about the trading results
  and the events of the year.
  There's plenty of that elsewhere
  in this issue.
  Instead, Td...

• How did we do?
  03

  TOUR SALES LAST YEAR
  WERE £297 MILLION-WATS
  £35 MILLION MORE THAN
  THE YEAR BEFORE J
  THE CHAIRMAN,ID.
  SAINSBUPV, TALKS ABOUT
  THE YEARS RESULTS J
  ^ALSO CONDITIONS IN THE OLDER
  UNCOMFORTABLY CROWDED STORES
  CAUSED SOME...

• Six views of 1972
  04

  Six views of 1972 Interviews by Richard Wilson
  We asked six directors, representing different sides of the business,
  what in their opinion were the most important events during the past
  financial year, how these were likely to...

• Countdown to opening
  06

  Countdown
  to opening
  The final countdown at
  Woolwich started about 6.30
  a.m. on Tuesday February 20 -
  three hours before the new
  store opened its doors to the
  public for the first time.
  But the story goes a lot...

• Map of branch openings
  08

  Branch Openings in 1972/73
  Financial Year
  Sales Area
  Arnold
  Bretton
  Kingsland
  Newbury
  Luton Central
  Cambridge
  Corby
  Stamford Hill
  Kings Lynn
  Watford
  Woolwich
  Redditch
  Fulham
  (sq....

• Max Justice retires
  08

  A man of remarkable talents JD Sainsbury pays tribute to Max Justice on his retirement On May 5 1930 a young
  William Maxwell Justice was engaged
  as a junior clerk in the
  retail sales office. Even in those
  early days his...