'JS Journal', June 1974

Table of content

• Contents Page
  01

  Page 2
  Des wins a handful of cups
  Page 3
  Industrial Relations—back to the start
  Page 7
  Tony's double life!
  Page 8
  When the Manglers metthe Punchers

• New 4Save-as-you-earn' share scheme will give staff a bigger slice of the company cake
  01

  New 4Save-as-you-earn' share scheme will give
  staff a bigger slice of the company cake Shareholders at the company's annual general meeting on
  June 26 are to be asked to approve a scheme allowing employees
  to acquire ordinary...

• Unsung Heroines
  01

  Here are five of the unsung heroines who worked behind the scenes at Sutton Coldfield to
  provide a splendid lunch for branch staff and the army of opening day visitors on June 4.
  'We never get in the Journal!' they told our...

• Ace players win promotion
  02

  Ace players win promotion A winning hand for a winning team. The Sainsbury bridge
  team, which entered the London Business Houses' league only
  last September, has been promoted to the third division in the
  team's first season....

• Has the Common Market increased our food prices?
  02

  Has the Common Market increased our food prices? To what extent is the current
  upward spiral of food prices
  caused by our membership
  of the Common Market
  and the application of
  the Common Agricultural
  Policy? For the general...

• Shy Des scoops up a handful of driving skill cups
  02

  Shy Des scoops up a handful of driving skill cups Des Matthews has mixed
  feelings about winning an
  armful of silver cups and
  qualifying for the finals of
  the 1974 Lorry Driver of the
  Year Competition. He loves
  driving but he...

• TV link gives JS world prices at the touch of a button
  02

  TV link gives JS world prices at the touch of a button
  Up to the moment information
  on international and
  domestic money markets is
  now available to JS financial
  accountants at the touch of a
  button.
  Just installed at...

• Industrial Relations: another new Act is on the way in other
  03

  Industrial Relations: another new Act is on the way in
  other A big change on the industrial
  relations front is
  expected soon if a new Bill,
  now in its final committee
  stage, gets the Royal Assent
  later this year. The...

• JS help the ballet at Bristol
  03

  JS help the ballet at Bristol Stars of the ballet outside the
  »bile box office at Bristol. JS has just been promoting
  the Ballet line.
  No, this isn't anything to
  do with a new brand of tights
  but an Arts experiment...

• Sutton Coldfield is first store to open in its own purpose-built 'Sainsbury Centre'
  03

  Sutton Coldfield is first store to open in its own purpose-built 'Sainsbury Centre' When the latest JS supermarket
  at Sutton Coldfield,
  a prosperious suburb north
  east of Birmingham, opened
  its doors to the inevitable
  crowd...

• Buntingford's latest craze branches out into models
  04

  Buntingford's latest craze branches out into models Railway mania at Buntingford
  depot has taken another
  turn. Recently a steam railway
  society was formed and
  has quickly become very
  popular.
  Now a new facet of...

• Lillian shakes them up in the orchid world
  04

  Lillian shakes them up in the orchid world A retired JS chief clerk is
  causing a bit of a stir in
  the orchid world. Mrs Lillian
  Swift, who worked as a
  chief clerk for 42 years until
  the Coulsdon branch closed
  in 1971 when...

• Retirement? It's just the end of an act, says George
  04

  Retirement? It's just the end of an act, says George 'It's jolly hard work. I don't
  think you'll be able to stand
  it.' That's what George
  Marshall, Charlton depot's
  project control manager was
  told when he applied for a
  job...

• The understanding ear
  05

  The understanding ear
  A JS Branch
  personnel officer has
  to be a saleswoman,
  nursemaid,
  sympathetic ear,
  businesswoman,
  administrator,
  diplomat and
  a social worker.
  Diane Hill spent
  a day with
  Marie Brown, BPO
  at...

• Ken Wood's golfers spend a day on top of the world
  06

  Ken Wood's golfers spend a day on top of the world
  Keen golfers in area general manager Ken Wood's domain
  had a rare opportunity to roam all over one of the best golf
  courses in Berkshire, Goring & Streatly, on April 13 on...

• Letters
  06

  Letters
  From Bill Allen, SSA
  I have noticed in recent issues
  of the JS Journal that reports
  have been published where
  senior officials of the company
  - and even directors -
  have been referred to by
  their Christian...

• Long Service
  06

  Long Service
  Congratulations to the following
  employees on receiving
  their long service awards:
  25 years
  J B Newman, E W Bull,
  F G Powell, R A Harden,
  B T Ramm, E W Park,
  J D Danbrey, D T Ewington,
  G F Twitchett, R W...

• News in brief
  06

  News in brief
  A cost of living rise for all
  employees of £1.20 per week,
  or 3p an hour for part time
  staff, has been given by the
  company. The rise will add
  another £100,000 per month
  to the company's wage bill.
  Eight...

• Retirements
  06

  Retirements
  F Charlie White retired on
  May 4 as reserve meat manager
  at Chichester but spent most
  of his 45 years' service at
  Bognor where he rose to
  head butcher. He joined the
  company in 1930 at 128
  Kilburn.
  Miss...

• Tony's double life
  07

  Tony's double life
  Going to Cliftonville, Kent,
  for your holidays? Then
  perhaps you may not be
  getting very far away from JS
  after all - for if you're staying
  at Arden Lodge, in Surrey
  Road, you will find that
  'mine host'...

• Jed knocks 'em for six in holiday single wicket contest
  08

  Jed knocks 'em for six in holiday single wicket contest It was a spot-on forecast at
  Dulwich on Bank Holiday
  Monday when fellow cricketers
  told Jimmy Simpson and
  Jed Shah that the finalists in
  the single-wicket contest
  would...

• No punches pulled in Manglers' five-a-side victory at Harlow
  08

  No punches pulled in Manglers' five-a-side victory at Harlow
  When Martin's Manglers met the Produce Punchers in
  the final of Hoddesdon depot's five-a-side soccer tournament
  at Harlow sports centre on May 19, the consequence...