'JS Journal', August 1974

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• Contents Page
  01

  August 1974
  Page 2
  New director to join JS
  Page 3
  That beef mountain explained
  Page 6
  Seamus O'Cheese's Cheddar
  Page 8
  Football star kicks off for Buntingford

• It's the third time round for Sainsbury's by-the-sea at Hastings
  01

  It's the third time round for Sainsbury's
  by-the-sea at Hastings Hastings, August 6
  'The old branch has closed.
  Long live the new!'
  Hastings counter service
  branch in Wellington Place*
  one of the last of its kind,
  bowed out...

• Independent survey throws up your likes and dislikes on the new Journal
  02

  Independent survey throws up your likes and dislikes on the new Journal Over a thousand JS staff
  who took part in a readership
  survey last March think
  that the JS Journal is easy to
  read and interesting. The
  survey found that...

• New blood joins the JS Board as Mr Timothy bows out to concentrate on politics
  02

  New blood joins the JS Board as Mr Timothy bows out to concentrate on politics Gurth Hoyer Millar is to
  take over from Timothy
  Sainsbury as the director
  responsible for looking after
  the company's property and
  development...

• Own labels feature strongly at Design Centre show
  02

  Own labels feature strongly at Design Centre show A jar of Sainsbury's pickled
  onions - just the thing to
  conjure up memories of
  happy holiday in Britain.
  Or so the Design Council
  thought when it was looking
  for examples of...

• Swift action foils raid
  02

  Swift action foils raid Pistol shots scattered
  shoppers at JS's Balham
  branch on July 19 when
  an armed gang attacked two
  Securicor guards just as they
  were stowing the afternoon's
  takings in the collection van.
  During a...

• Two Basingstoke 'nicked' for courtesy ;stoke drivers 'nicked'
  02

  Two Basingstoke nicked for courtesy
  ;stoke drivers 'nicked'
  J When JS drivers get stopped
  by the police it's more likely
  to be praised for their driving
  than to be given a summons.
  This was the case when Ron
  Shoulder and...

• Basingstoke chipper aims at a mosiac portrait
  03

  Basingstoke chipper aims at a mosiac portrait 'I sit chipping the tiles at the
  kitchen table or in front of
  the telly. It's like doing a
  jig-saw', says Les Gilbert
  as he chats about the mosaic
  pictures he has been making
  for...

• Beef glut will bar familiar meat
  03

  Beef glut will bar familiar meat Australian and Argentinian
  beef will disappear from JS
  shops once present supplies
  run out This is just one of
  the effects of the EEC's
  current glut of fresh and
  frozen beef.
  As one of the...

• First class degree for part-time student
  03

  First class degree for part-time student Three years part-time and
  one year full time study has
  reaped rewards for Brian
  Horley. He now has an
  honours degree in business
  studies from the Middlesex
  Polytechnic. And a first...

• Introducing a new, stronger wine
  03

  Introducing a new, stronger wine JS has introduced its first
  ever apellation controlte
  Alsation wine, which is now
  in certain selected supermarkets.
  The wine is Gewurztraminer,
  a very individual dry
  white wine from Alsace...

• Managers bear the brunt as sugar shortage bites
  03

  Managers bear the brunt as sugar shortage bites The sugar shortage, which
  has been affecting all
  branches for a number of
  weeks, has finally come to a
  head following newspaper
  and television reports of the
  crisis which...

• 'O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us!'
  04

  'O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us!' . . . cried poet Robbie Burns writing in the
  18th century. Today things have changed - we
  can take a long, hard, accurate objective look
  at ourselves by...

• A man of letters
  05

  A man of letters
  PhD can now be added to the
  string of letters behind the
  name of Michael Follett,
  commercial development
  manager in the fresh meat
  department at Blackfriars.
  On July, 4th, attired in
  the traditional cap...

• Appointments
  05

  Appointments
  DW Smith, formerly
  manager of Hemel Hempstead,
  has been appointed
  district manager on Mr
  Woods' area.
  CW Charteris, formerly
  manager of Wandsworth, has
  been appointed manager of
  Hastings (new branch).
  A...

• Long Service
  05

  Long Service
  Congratulations to the
  following employees on
  receiving long service awards:
  40 years:
  EA Ginn (Purley); EE
  Cooper; JA Melbourne
  (Blackfriars); WJ Ponter
  (Clapham).
  25 years:
  L Taylor (Tottenham);
  Mrs VE...

• Obituary
  05

  Obituary
  George Thompson, meat
  manager at the St Stephens
  branch at Norwich, died on July 4, after a heart attack.
  He had been with the company
  since 1949. Mr
  Thompson was nearly 48
  when he died and leaves a
  wife and two...

• Retirements
  05

  Retirements
  Les Webb retired on June
  28 after nearly 42 years with
  the company. He started in
  the poultry department at
  Blackfriars in 1933. During
  the Second World War he
  served in the RAF Reserve
  Balloon and Fighter...

• Staff scheduling is on schedule at half time say the productivity boys
  05

  Staff scheduling is on schedule at half time say the productivity boys The plan to install staff
  scheduling into the branches
  has just reached the halfway
  stage. After a trial period
  two years ago branch productivity
  services...

• Seamus O'Cheese's Cheddar
  06

  Seamus O'Cheese's Cheddar
  Cheddar cheese? Seems it's made
  everywhere except in the gorge of that
  same name.
  Journal editor Richard Gaunt went to
  Wexford in Ireland to find out how the
  Irish, leaders among those who supply...

• Football star kicks-off at Buntingford's Gala Day to the sounds of bagpipes and motorcycles
  08

  Football star kicks-off at Buntingford's Gala Day to the sounds of bagpipes and motorcycles Britain's most expensive
  goalkeeper, Peter Shilton, did
  the official opening honours
  at Buntingford depot's SSA
  Gala day on Saturday,...

• Letters
  08

  Letters
  Share scheme
  From Mrs M Brindle -
  ( Veteran)
  I was very interested in your
  article in the Journal about
  the option share buying.
  Could this also apply to
  pensioners?
  Quite a number of building
  societies are...

• News in brief
  08

  News in brief
  Ear-splitting sirens began
  to wail and staff at Stamford
  House looked at each other
  as if to say, 'Who's going to
  make the first move?' Fingers
  in their ears, they filed down
  their nearest fire escape...