'JS Journal', January 1974 and Brighton conference report supplement

Table of content

• Contents Page
  01

  Page 3
  Damaged goods go on
  sale at depot
  Page 3
  Government watchdog
  visits branch
  Page 6
  New pension schemes
  for old
  Page 8
  Spices are hot stuff
  for JS

• JS to open frozen food centres - plans are well under way
  01

  JS to open frozen food centres - plans are well under way This artist's impression, drawn by the JS design studio, shows
  how the new Sainsbury Freezer Centres could look. The sign is
  in white lettering on a background of two...

• Store's future depends on manager's ability delegates told at Brighton 74
  01

  Store's future depends on manager's ability
  delegates told at Brighton 74 'It's up to you' was the
  theme of chairman John
  Sainsbury's opening speech
  at Brighton 74 - the JS
  retail managers' bi-annual
  conference on January...

• News in brief
  02

  News in brief
  You can't be too careful
  these days, so when a small
  neatly wrapped, but unmarked,
  packet arrived at
  Stamford House recently it
  was given the kid gloves
  treatment. Careful and expert
  examination indicated it...

• Carol's figures add up to a won!
  03

  Carol's figures add up to a won! A young lady who has a
  head for figures is Carole
  Lee. Not only for her work
  - she's a debit checker in
  operations at Buntingford -
  but for more tangible things.
  For instance, her own...

• Dented tins are some of the goods in a trial 'shop' at Buntingford
  03

  Dented tins are some of the goods in a
  trial 'shop' at Buntingford To stop JS own label goods
  occasionally being sold elsewhere
  than in JS branches,
  a depot has worked out a
  scheme to sell the goods,
  damaged and returned...

• Fair trading watchdog takes a close look at JS
  03

  Fair trading watchdog takes a close look at JS John Methven (right), director-general of fair trading, stops to ask meat manager Jack Bardrick
  a question when he visited the Woolwich branch on January 8. Giving JS a brief,...

• Appointments
  04

  Appointments
  P Benjamin, formerly area
  training officer at Romford,
  has been appointed area
  staff development officer at
  Ealing.
  P Boam, formerly a surveyor
  in the estates office,
  has been appointed a senior
  surveyor.
  AR...

• Chatham clowns make the kids laugh
  04

  Chatham clowns make the kids laugh You might expect that to
  have a tea party in a village
  square at this time of year
  would be a pretty cold
  affair. But this is just what
  100 children did at Chatham
  on December 16 - only...

• Letters: Jobbo
  04

  Letters: Jobbo From Maurice Wells, personnel
  manager, Streatham.
  Congratulations on the
  Jobbo competition which
  featured in the Christmas
  issue of the Journal.
  It proved to be a fascinating
  test of skill, luck and
  physical...

• Long service
  04

  Long service
  Congratulations to the
  following employees on receiving
  long service awards:
  40 years
  AE Ratcliffe (Tonbridge);
  MW Robinson (Clapham);
  FA Ball (Debden); CV
  Laming (Basingstoke depot);
  AE Kettley (SSA);...

• Obituary
  04

  Obituary
  Mavis Cave, a cashier at
  Nuneaton, died on December
  19.
  Mrs Annie Longman, a part-time supply assistant at
  Reading, died December 22.
  Joseph Lucas, a store
  serviceman at Nuneaton, died
  December 1.
  Mrs Winifred...

• Retirements
  04

  Retirements
  E Locke, a warehouseman
  at 31 Eastbourne, retired on
  December 29, after 28 years'
  service.
  The following employees
  have also retired; length of
  service is shown in brackets:
  Miss AM Davies (16 years);
  Frances...

• The pet food idea that changed JS
  04

  The pet food idea that changed JS T was shown the door
  when I first suggested it.'
  That's how C W 'Jerry'
  Grindley recollects what
  happened when he put forward
  the idea of selling pet
  food. But when it became a
  reality a...

• Douglas' trophy is a bright spot for packaging
  05

  Douglas' trophy is a bright spot for packaging A bright spot at the
  Blackfriars labs is Douglas
  Radlett's golden Tudor
  Trophy presented to him by
  the Institute of Packaging.
  Every year the trophy, a
  gift from the publishers...

• Freezer market hots up: a background to the new food trend
  05

  Freezer market hots up: a background to the new food trend The growth in the home
  freezer market has certainly
  been impressive. It is estimated
  that sales of freezer
  units in 1973 topped 700,000,
  bringing the number...

• Keith gets a baby while others just get 'nosey'
  05

  Keith gets a baby while others just get 'nosey' Highlight of Bishop
  Stortford's annual dance,
  on January 12, was the news
  that during the evening
  butcher Keith Norris became
  a father. Although his wife
  Valerie was already in...

• Pensions: new schemes for old
  06

  Pensions: new schemes for old Since the State first helped the elderly 400 years ago benefits
  have been gradually improved. In this article company secretary
  Stuart Parker reviews the latest laws on pensions due to come
  into...

• As nice as spice - and it sells well too
  08

  As nice as spice - and it sells well too Over 40 tons of JS curry
  powder were sold last year,
  about four times as much as
  in 1960. A warming thought
  during these cold, dark days
  of winter.
  Curry powder is however
  only a...

• Enough of the gloom: let's take a more 'light' hearted look at the crisis
  08

  Enough of the gloom: let's take a more 'light' hearted
  look at the crisis A report by Phyllis Lane
  from the land of Tilley
  lamps and roll neck
  sweaters.
  When I walk down Clapham
  High Street on a working
  morning, the lights...