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December 1973 Grocery trade weighed
in the balance
page 5
Buntingford's man
for all seasons
page 5
'Shop them all' says
the Home Office
page 6
Trail Blazer
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Everything goes short from packaging to staff in worst supply problems for over 20 years
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Everything goes short from packaging to staff
in worst supply problems for over 20 years JS is entering the crucial
Christmas trading period facing
supply shortages of a
type not experienced since
the end of the war.
The... -
SAINSBURY'S Interim Report
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SAINSBURY'S Interim Report
The unaudited consolidated profits for the 28 weeks to September 22nd 1973,
compared with the 28 weeks to September 23rd 1972, were as follows :-
1973 1972
28 WMICB 28 weeks
to Sept 22 to Sept... -
Basingstoke ladies trounce the fellas
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Basingstoke ladies trounce the fellas
. <,.%,
What man worth his salt could keep a steady dart's hand
with such delectable opposition. Small wonder then that (from
left to right) Beverly Smith, Maureen Tilbury, Lyn Oliver... -
Bletchley, number 3 in the size league table, opens its doors and the show goes on
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Bletchley, number 3 in the size league table, opens its
doors and the show goes on JS's 'big top' at Bletchley
got off to a good start on
November 27 when it opened
its doors to the shopping
public for the first time.... -
It's late night shopping with a difference
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It's late night shopping
with a difference
Trolleys of a different type clogged Wimbledon branch on the
evening of Tuesday November 20, when the branch threw open
its doors to handicapped people.
Staff at the store worked... -
'We're happy to be the losers' say the JS slimmers
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'We're happy to be
the losers' say the
JS slimmers One disappointment was
voiced by the JS ladies who
took part in the Mars slimming
trials at Biackfriars,
Streatham, and Basingstoke
- they ended too soon!
Nearly all the... -
. . . and another contestant enters the political stakes
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. . . and another contestant enters the political stakes Hot on the heels of that
other gentleman is another
aspirant for the House of
Commons. He is Bob Dunn,
a trainee bacon buyer at
Blackfriars.
Twenty - seven - years -... -
Hove gets a new (Sainsbury) MP . . .
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Hove gets a new (Sainsbury) MP Director Timothy Sainsbury,
elected with a 5000 vote
majority in the recent Hove
by-election, took his seat in
the House of Commons on
the afternoon of November
13th.
He was greeted on... -
Johnny is star of his own show
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Johnny is star
of his own show 'Johnny Keen, This is Your
Life!' With these words, an
evening that started out as a
buffet dance to celebrate
Buntingford's transport manager's
coming retirement and
39 years with JS became... -
News in brief
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News in brief Butterfingered thieves
dropped over 1,000 cases of
Dutch butter when they found
it was Sainsbury's own brand
and hard to get rid of dishonestly
without detection.
That's the opinion of the
police who found a... -
Appointments
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Appointments
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Letters: Don't be shy about training
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Letters: Don't be shy about training From Ken Paddock,
operations, Buntingford
I was very pleased to hear
that Sainsbury's have an
employee training scheme,
but why the shyness in
mentioning it to the depots?
To actually... -
Obituary
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Obituary
W Neal, a customer service
assistant at Central Croydon,
who joined the company four
years ago, died on October 17
after a long illness.
Walter Holder, a store
serviceman at Bristol who
was with the company... -
Retirements
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Retirements
The following employees
have retired; length of service
is shown in brackets:
Mrs M Evans (23 years)
T Roots (13 years)
Miss D A Graves (12 years)
Miss D A Winter (9 years)
Mrs H O'Flynn (9 years) Mrs P Jones... -
Two more lovelies chosen to compete for Miss JS title
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Two more lovelies chosen to compete for Miss JS title June Beazley looks a different
person from when she
won the Miss JS Charlton
title on November 3. But it's
not the title that has brought
about the change - it's
having... -
Buntingford's man for all seasons
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Buntingford's man for all seasons Not every JS depot can
boast a garden as rich in
colours, scents and appearances
as Buntingford's. That
it does is largely due to
gardener Vic Tott whose
snowy head can often be
seen... -
'Which?' weighs the grocery trade in the balance but finds none particularly wanting
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'Which?' weighs the grocery trade in the balance
but finds none particularly wanting 1973 was the year of the
great price rise - grocery
prices for instance went up
twice as fast in 1973 as they
did in 1972 - and for... -
SHOP THEM ALL!
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SHOP THEM ALL! says the Home Office report on shoplifting, criticising shops
which let people go once they've been caught. But the problem
of the light-fingered customer is not an easy one to cope with, as
we found out when we... -
Trail Blazer
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When JS opens up new territory in the west country
someone from the depot has
to get out there and chart the
route for delivery lorries.
Eddie Manly made the
second trip to the new branch
at Taunton with Basingstoke
driver...
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