'JS Journal', August 1973

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• A piece of the Sainsbury cake
  01

  Shares float high as the City swarms round
  for a piece of the Sainsbury cake Not the cheapest, but top
  quality. That was the Daily
  Mirror's verdict on the JS
  shares which were offered to
  staff and the public last
  month.
  The...

• Contents Page
  01

  August 1973
  Page 2
  Mr J D and Mr Simon talk about the flotation
  Page 5
  Fun in the sun at Brighton - for everyone
  Page 6
  Club swinger keeps the girls fit
  Page 7
  Bring the trolley
  back - please

• Mr JD and Mr Simon talk about the flotation
  02

  Mr JD and Mr Simon talk about the flotation
  How did the flotation go?
  Chairman John Sainsbury, and
  the deputy chairman Simon
  Sainsbury answer questions
  from the JS Journal.
  Editor: Did you expect the
  issue to be so...

• Business as usual at Basingstoke
  03

  Business as usual
  at Basingstoke Thanks to the superhuman
  efforts of the staff it's business
  as usual at Basingstoke depot
  only weeks after the fire
  which, at the end of June,
  destroyed vital packaging
  materials and...

• Hardware makes a big break with tradition
  03

  Hardware makes a big
  break with tradition This month JS will be
  taking a big step away from
  tradition when the wraps
  come off a 48ft gondola at the
  Bretton store. Revealed on
  August 7 will be 150 lines of
  hardware.
  In this...

• Hock, froth and gin go in the stores
  03

  Hock, froth and gin
  go in the stores Following the success of
  the Schlossbergkellerei wines,
  which are exclusive to JS,
  this month sees the introduction
  of five better quality
  medium dry white wines from
  Germany.
  They will...

• Manager moves to Bridgwater and hardly notices the change
  03

  Manager moves to
  Bridgwater and hardly
  notices the change The push into new trading
  areas west of Bristol started
  on July 17 when the 1,200
  square metres (13,132 square
  feet) Bridgwater store opened
  The new store, with its...

• News in brief
  03

  News in brief Bretton's canteen rocked
  on July 7 when over 50 staff
  and relatives kicked up their
  heels at a fancy dress dance,
  the first to be held there.
  Australian frozen beef
  being sold at 14 branches on
  a trial basis....

• Appointments
  04

  Appointments
  C Knowlden, formerly deputy
  manager at Kingston has
  been appointed manager at
  Richmond.
  P A Ronan, formerly perishables
  warehouse manager
  has been appointed warehouse
  manager at Charlton
  depot.
  E A Q...

• Depot's float had 'em dancing in the streets
  04

  Depot's float had 'em dancing in the streets We're offering no prizes
  for spotting the 'odd men'
  out among the office staff at
  Basingstoke depot as they
  wait to join the local carnival's
  grand parade on
  Thursday July...

• Letters: Button Boots identified
  04

  Letters: Button Boots identified Editor's note: it looks asifat
  last - we have found the
  real identity of Button Boots.
  Thanks to all who have contributed
  letters on this JS
  character. No more on this
  subject please.
  From...

• Obituary
  04

  Obituary
  Mrs D Page, branch personnel
  officer based at
  Southend who joined the
  company in 1966, died on
  March 12.
  E Long, assistant meat
  manager at London Road,
  Brighton, who had worked
  for the company since 1930,
  died...

• Retirements
  04

  Retirements
  F Tyler, store serviceman
  Richmond, retired on April
  21 - 37 years' service.
  J Plummer, driver, Basingstoke
  depot, retired on April
  21-28 years' service.
  E Garner, reserve manager,
  Tonbridge, retired on...

• African eclipse puts Keith in the limelight
  05

  African eclipse
  puts Keith in the
  limelight Just back from a cruise off
  the West African coast is
  Keith Brackenborough,
  packaging progresser in the
  design department at Blackfriars.
  But Keith's trip wasn't
  solely to...

• Fun in the sun at Brighton - for everyone
  05

  Fun in the sun at Brighton - for everyone The sun broke through an
  overcast sky at 1.45pm on
  Sunday, July IS, just as the
  2nd Brighton scouts band
  struck up their marching
  tune. It was to be a good
  omen for the SE...

• Jack's phantom singer stays silent
  05

  Jack's phantom
  singer stays silent In the interest of psychic
  research Jack Herreboudt
  kept an all-night vigil at the
  Majestic Bingo Hall, Clapham
  on Saturday July 14.
  He hoped to solve the
  mystery of the phantom
  opera...

• Rain starts play...
  05

  Rain starts play... ...between smiling Robin Hills, bearded Bob Fruin and
  inscrutable Dave Draisey, who are all warehouse foremen
  Hoddesdon. The fourth man holding at least two aces, is Frank
  Goldsmith, manager of the...

• Club swinger keeps the girls fit
  06

  Club swinger keeps
  the girls fit Indian club swinging champion
  Arthur Cope is helping
  to keep over 30 ladies fit at
  Buntingford depot, every
  Monday evening at seven
  o'clock.
  When the women in the
  cheese department at...

• Doctor, doctor, your clanger's showing
  06

  Doctor, doctor, your clanger's
  showing It's the fashion at Clapham
  to have an Op! Nearly
  everyone is in on the act.
  Albert Dring, industrial
  engineer, went to hospital for
  a Hernia operation, Dennis
  Osborn of...

• Fred works late—and discovers fire!
  06

  Fred works late—and discovers
  fire! It was a stroke of luck that
  Fred Traveller, . a night
  cleaner in the pre-pack department
  at Hoddesdon depot,
  decided to work late
  on July 14.
  For when Fred went
  collect his coat from...

• Music while the warehouse works
  06

  Music while the
  warehouse works Music helps the work
  along, particularly on the
  night-shift, say warehousemen
  at Buntingford depot.
  Earlier this year the Musak
  installation at the depot was
  extended from the cheese
  packing...

• Three new stores mean good news for Swindon, Hitchin and Wood Green
  06

  Three new stores mean good news for
  Swindon, Hitchin and Wood Green Housewives at Swindon,
  Wood Green and Hitchin
  had a chance to be firstfooters
  at three new JS
  supermarkets opened during
  the last weeks of July.
  To the 200...

• Bring back the trolley — please
  07

  Bring back the trolley- please Abandoned customer trolleys have become a
  major problem says JS branch manager Chris
  Charteris.
  Many other managers, as well as local councils
  and development companies, agree that it's
  a fast...

• A new deal for the trainees
  08

  A new deal for the trainees As part of a plan to decentralise
  training in the retail
  sector, JS recently closed
  down the training centre at
  Blackfriars and started a
  programme of retail training,
  closely geared to career...

• Bretton 'super store' proves the sceptics wrong
  08

  Bretton 'super store' proves the sceptics wrong The Bretton supermarket
  has been open a year. Situated
  nearly three miles outside
  Peterborough's main shopping
  area, it is the first of JS's
  edge-of-town superstores and
  has...