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  • Contents Page 01

    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
    Page 8

  • 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...