Skip navigation Skip hierarchy
Sainsbury Archive Logo

Table of content

  • Contents Page 01

    October 1973 It's a Sainsbury shirt
    she's wearing
    page 6
    Stamford Street flooded!
    page 5
    Chocs for the
    sweet-toothed ladies
    page 8
    Bomb scare empties store
    in 41 minutes
    page 8

  • Telford team meets the deadline and Sainsbury superstore No. 2 opens on time 01

    Telford team meets the deadline and Sainsbury
    superstore No. 2 opens on time Telford, JS's second superstore
    and the largest in the
    company, began trading on
    Tuesday October 2 after an
    incredible three week battle
    to open on...

  • Blackfriars offices get the planning go ahead 02

    Blackfriars offices get the planning go ahead Planning approval has just
    been given for JS to convert
    the old pork pie and sausage
    factory at Blackfriars into
    offices and laboratories. JS
    had already had its...

  • Brian saves the day during Newbury blaze 02

    Brian saves the day during Newbury blaze A meat manager's quick
    action protected a JS branch
    from further damage when
    an electrical fault caused a
    fire at Newbury.
    Just after 11 am on September
    6, display assistant
    Mrs...

  • Three more stores add another 49,000 square feet to sales area 02

    Three more stores add another
    49,000 square feet to sales area Telford, of course, with its
    dramatic rush to open on
    time, its size and its exciting
    new products, was bound to
    steal the limelight. But last
    month there were...

  • DITB says Salisbury's are tops in training 03

    DITB says Salisbury's are tops
    in training JS has been named
    amongst the first 34 companies
    to receive a new
    award from the Distributive
    Industry Training Board, for
    operating a staff training
    scheme which meets...

  • Every branch to get a new programmed aid to learning 03

    Every branch to get a new
    programmed aid to learning The latest development in
    branch training comes in the
    shape of a large box containing
    the La Belle Sentinel 16
    Audio Visual Machine shown
    right. This compact,...

  • New own label sherry shipped in JS's own vessel 03

    New own label sherry
    shipped in JS's own vessel Sherry is becoming such a
    popular drink that JS is now
    importing it by the shipload.
    On Tuesday September 4 the
    Dutch coaster Rille Trigon,
    on exclusive charter to...

  • Southend outing for the boys from Trueloves 03

    Southend outing for the
    boys from Trueloves The men from Charlton, Stan Hopkins, Reggie Toop, Ken White, John Callaghan, Danny
    Anderson, and Tim Jennings, load wheelchairs, food - and the boys of Trueloves School! - ready
    for...

  • Appointments 04

    Appointments
    M J Follett formerly in
    research laboratory at Blackfriars,
    has been appointed
    commercial development
    manager in the fresh meat
    department.
    A Lennard, formerly in
    special projects grocery division,
    has been...

  • Food chiefs meet PM on prices 04

    Food chiefs meet PM
    on prices The men who fill the nation's
    shopping baskets leave 10
    Downing Street after nearly
    two hours' hard talking with
    the Prime Minister about food
    prices. The meeting, on September
    19, was between...

  • Letters 04

    Letters
    Open dating
    From Mr C S Lundy
    (Barkingside)
    I was interested in your
    article on open dating. Legislation
    enforcing 'sell by' dating
    without looking at the shelf
    life allowed is of little value to
    the public.
    On...

  • News in brief 04

    News in brief
    Hot meals were off the
    menu for a week at Streatham
    last month while kitchen
    equipment was converted for
    North Sea gas. It was no good
    popping into the local pub
    or cafe either. They too were
    reduced to...

  • Obituary 04

    Obituary
    John Fairman, site engineer
    at Clapham, who joined the
    company in 1946, died on
    September 3.

  • One-ton truck rolled onto his foot 04

    One-ton truck rolled onto his foot
    One of Buntingford warehouseman
    Richard Dent's first
    thoughts, when he joined JS
    last year, was to order safety
    shoes. It was a good buy. In
    April he escaped serious injury
    when a pallet...

  • Retirements 04

    Retirements
    P R (China) Batch, assistant
    manager in purchasing at
    Streatham, retired on September
    21.-44 years' service.
    C W Turner, assistant
    manager Aylesbury, on September
    22 after a total of
    46 years' service. F...

  • Stamford street flooded! 05

    Stamford street flo d!
    . . . It could happen.
    October is traditionally
    the month when
    the Thames, a stone's
    throw away from the
    JS headquarters at
    Blackfriars, has ultra
    high tides. At these
    times it only needs a
    watery...

  • It's a SAINSBURY'S shirt she's wearing... 06

    It's a SAINSBURY'S shirt she's wearing... A Sainsbury's shirt? Unheard of!
    But that's what the man said. JS are now
    officially in the clothing trade.
    The clothes shown here are part of the new
    JS range which went on sale for...

  • Bike ride raises over £100 08

    Bike ride raises over £100 Five-year-old Carl Reedman, son of Buntingford driver Ian
    Reedman, set a hot pace when he took part in a children's
    sponsored cycle ride held at the depot on September 9. Each
    child had a target of...

  • Bomb scare empties store in 4 1/2 minutes 08

    Bomb scare empties store in 41 minutes Winchester Branch, just
    quarter of a mile from the
    courtroom where the defendants
    in the Old Bailey bomb
    plot are being tried, was the
    scene of a dramatic bomb
    scare on Tuesday...

  • Chocs for the sweet-toothed ladies who want to lose weight! 08

    Chocs for the sweet-toothed ladies
    who want to lose weight! 'A choc bar a day makes
    the fat go away' is surely a
    slogan that's hard to believe,
    but that is exactly what 82
    JS ladies are doing to reduce
    their weight...

  • Nobby drives to a good place 08

    Nobby drives to a good place A JS driver got a good
    placing in the finals of
    national driving competition
    held last month. Bob 'Nobby'
    Clarke of Buntingford depot
    came 11th in his class - Class
    C for rigids - out of...

  • Wives get help 08

    Wives get help
    How can we help the
    children? This was the immediate
    response of staff at
    Biackfriars to recent reports
    in the press and on television
    about wife-beating and the
    hardships and suffering this
    caused.
    Mrs Eva...