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1,400 at veterans'
jubilee lunch
Page 2
Four new French wines
on sale
Page 4
The night race
Pages 6-7
JS win Cambridge
appeal
Page 8
When the sirens
sounded...
Page 2
Staggering home
from work
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Flood nearly stopped Orpington opening
01
Flood nearly stopped Orpington opening With a sigh of relief - and
many crossed fingers - Orpington
had a dry opening.
The store had been constantly
'water penetrated' from the
time it was taken over to the
opening on May 8.... -
Stamford Group gives kids a holiday
01
Stamford Group gives kids a holiday Sixty-nine deprived children
from Blackfriars had an
action-packed seaside holiday,
thanks to the efforts and
interest of JS staff at Blackfriars.
Under the auspices of the
Stamford Group,... -
Watches for 53 at 25 Club's record dinner
01
Watches for 53 at 25 Club's record dinner For the first and probably
the last time in JS history
nearly all the 747 members of
the JS 25 Club - for employees
who have completed 25 years'
service - sat down together
for the... -
1,400 at veterans' jubilee lunch
02
1,400 at veterans' jubilee lunch
This year's veterans' gettogether
was a slap-up lunch,
held at the Royal Lancaster
Hotel on June 2.
The special occasion was to
celebrate the 25th anniversary
of the formation of... -
Basingstoke's first wine-in goes well
's first
i well
02
Basingstoke's first wine-in goes well
's first
i well Some of the finer points of
home-brewing and winemaking
were debated at the
JS Wine Club's first official
taste-in and committee
meeting, held at Basingstoke
earlier... -
Better carriers will all cost 1p
02
Better carriers will all cost 1p Because of the high cost of
providing free carrier bags,
JS is to change its policy and
introduce a new, larger bag,
for which a charge of 1 p will
be made. Up to now the bags
have been given... -
Food for one
02
JS have just published a
new booklet. Entitled 'Food
for one', the book gives advice
on shopping and cooking for
Food for one those living on their own. It
contains 28 recipes and costs
lOp. More about the book in
our next... -
JS builds over old priory
02
JS builds over old priory The remains of a medieval
priory have been uncovered
at the site of the new Hastings
store - and it's hoped that
they can be preserved. Work
began on the 1,640 sq metres
(17,653 sq ft) store in... -
Meet Sainsbury the rabbit
02
Meet Sainsbury the rabbit
rabbit
Charmed by the news that a play 'What happened to
Sainsbury' was being produced, JS lent a Worcester theatre
all it needed to stage a supermarket scene. Picture shows
Sainsbury the rabbit star... -
Miss Sou-west is a June bride
02
Miss Sou-west is a June bride
Linda Stratford from Chesham and currently Miss JS Southwest,
wants to settle down and have two children. But don't all
rush, lads - she's chosen her man and gets wed on June 30! -
When the sirens sounded...
02
When the sirens sounded...
When the sirens sounded in
London on Thursday May
24 it was only a flood
warning practice - but it
could have been for real.
For, at certain times of the
year and in certain weather
conditions, a... -
15 girls say 'thank you' to JS branch
03
15 girls say 'thank you' to JS branch When 15 girls from a local
secondary school visited the
Boreham Wood branch on
May 16 manager Michael
McHale used the visit as an
excercise for his junior staff.
Mr McHale welcomed... -
JS hold Harris to a tie
03
JS hold Harris to a tie The annual cricket match
between JS and Harris of
Calne, played on Saturday
June 2 at Dulwich in fine
sunshine, resulted in a draw.
JS, the home side and holders
of the cup, retained it
for the... -
Kettering men take darts cup again
03
Kettering men take darts cup again
For the first time ever, the
annual Midlands five-a-side
darts competition was won for
the second year running
by the same team when
Kettering beat Coventry Area
Office in the final on May... -
Pork steaks and mince for braising
03
Pork steaks and mince for braising Discerning cooks are demanding
a greater variety
of economical boneless cuts
of meat and Frank Gold and
his team in fresh pork
trading have come-up with
two new pork products that
fit the... -
Year-end film gets a good reception
03
Year-end film gets a good reception Much better than last years'
video tape - sums up what
most people thought of this
year's new style colour film
presentation of the JS end of
year results.
Made by a professional
film... -
Butter prices down
04
Butter prices down As a result of a Common
Market butter subsidy introduced
on May 14, JS have
now marked down prices of
five butters - including JS
Special Blend, which
accounts for almost half of
JS butter sales.
Special... -
Come to the aid of the bridge party
04
Come to the aid of the
bridge party The bridge bug has bitten
at Blackfriars, Basingstoke,
Clapham and Streatham.
Where will it bite next? Cyril
Preston, dp technical services
manager at Tress House, is
hoping for a bridge... -
Four more French wines on sale
04
Four more French wines on sale Four new JS wines were
introduced to the larger licensed
branches on June 11.
These French wines were
chosen from the lesser known
areas and will sell in the
medium price range.
In choosing... -
Good prizes cost less at JS!
04
Good prizes cost less at JS! Shopping at JS gave two
Chelmsley Wood housewives
a £5 bonus in May when they
beat the challenge of another
local supermarket to buy a
cheaper bag of groceries
elsewhere.
Vicar's wife Mrs... -
JS beat the gimmickry by 90 minutes at Langney
04
JS beat the gimmickry by 90 minutes at Langney Tony Blackburn signs autographs, Simon Sainsbury looks on. One helicopter, one army
band, a car park filled to
capacity, a bright sunny day,
and a dj who told terrible
jokes: that... -
Man captured in Clapham car park
04
Man captured in Clapham car park Thanks to the sharp eyesight
of Paul Good a suspected
forger was captured
by the police in the JS car
park at Clapham.
During the afternoon on
May 31, Paul, a window
cleaner at JS, spotted... -
New' Jumbos' join lorry fleet
04
New' Jumbos' join
lorry fleet
Pack sizes get larger, so why not vehicles? Over the past
year JS have added some 'jumbo-size' artics to its fleet. The 41
feet long monsters carry 33 roll pallets - six more than the
capacity of... -
Journal who's who
05
Journal who's who Top Richard Gaunt, Diane Hill. Below Eddie Manly Richard Gaunt, 26, is the
editor of the JS Journal. He
joined JS early in April from
the Ofrex Group of companies
where he was press
relations manager. He... -
Letters
05
Letters
Why didn't they speak up? From Anthony Gayfer
Charlton
1 was astonished, even
appalled, at the meagre level
of the questioning session in
the middle management
meeting on April 30. Within
this group there is an... -
Obituary
05
Obituary
A Sprules, who joined the
company in 1939 as a butcher,
died suddenly on January 29.
He was a district meat manager
in the Bromley area.
Mrs A Smart, supply assistant
at Norbury, who had
worked for the... -
Retirements
05
Retirements
L W Marsh, perishables
warehouse, Basingstokedepot
retired on April 6 - 4 4 years'
service.
A Howell, manager Haverstock
Hill, retired on March
2 4 - 4 4 years' service. B Wilkinson, non perishables
warehouse... -
The night race
06
THE NIGHT RACE
Once a night Hoddesdon depot's perishables
warehouse copes with a massive order of up to
72,000 cases of fresh produce, to be delivered
127 branches in 140 vehicles by 7.30 the
next morning. No mean feat that... -
Frankie rings a break after 42 years
08
Frankie rings a break after
42 years An old custom of ringing
the break is revived by Len
(Frankie) Franklin as he
rings his final break at his
retirement party.
He started with JS 42 years
ago as an egg boy. 'The
lowest... -
Mum's like 'super' baby minder
08
Mum's like 'super' baby minder Do you remember Denise
Weller? She was the baby who
was taken from her pram
outside a Harlow supermarket
a couple of years ago.
It was a news story that put
a dread in every mother's
heart.... -
New Cambridge site follows appeal decision
08
New Cambridge site follows
appeal decision JS won an important planning
appeal on May 1, which
will allow the company to
build an edge of town shopping
development in Cambridge.
The development will be
situated abagrt If... -
Staggering home from work
08
Staggering home from work
Phyllis Lane At 8.25 every morning one
encounters a group of bleary
eyed individuals at the lift
door, a goodly percentage of
them carrying that reviving
cup of coffee in their tired
little hands.... -
Streatham football success
08
Streatham football success
Haven't they done well? Since
being formed three years ago,
Streatham have won the JS
Sunday Football League twice
(and dropping four points only
at that) and have now just won
a special knockout... -
Work starts on new lab in old pie factory
08
Work starts on new lab in
old pie factory For the first time Londonbased
laboratory personnel
will be able to work together
under one roof instead of
scattered over about five
addresses at Blackfriars.
Work began in April...
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