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