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NEVER SO MANY!
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NEVER SO MANY! Staff tackle the biggest
ever pre-Christmas
opening programme as
five stores start trading OVER TWO acres of
sales area in just 22 days -
and there's more to come.
That's the record currently
being set by... -
New member makes his maiden speech
01
New member makes his maiden speech 'THE STRENGTH of the company is not how big it is, but
how good it is,' chairman John Sainsbury told the JS 25 Club
at their annual dinner at the Royal Lancaster Hotel on October
20.
He was... -
Upstairs, Downstairs
01
Upstairs, Downstairs THERE is an upstairs,
downstairs look about the
new Barkingside branch —
Sainsbury's largest supermarket
in the Greater
London area - which opened
on Tuesday, October 21.
It is the company's... -
A whole lotta shakin' going on
02
A whole lotta shakin' going on Top Teds Helen Bridle and Chris Kenyon YOU COULD rock it, you could roll it, you could bop it, you
could stroll it at the hop . . . the SSA tarts and teds hop held at
Stamford House on Saturday,... -
JS sows seeds for the future
02
JS sows seeds for the future TIMES are changing down
on the farm, and a visit to the
JS trials field at Cottenham,
near Cambridge, shows just
how much. Melons, peppers,
cape gooseberries and
aubergines are among the
more... -
MANAGERS TAKE A REFRESHING LOOK AT THOSE VITAL QUESTIONS
02
MANAGERS TAKE A REFRESHING LOOK AT THOSE VITAL QUESTIONS YOU ARE a branch or provisions
manager and a frozen food cabinet has
just broken down. What should you do?
What is the selling life of imported eggs?
And what is the... -
SOMETHING OF INTEREST
02
SOMETHING OF INTEREST
WHEN the banks put up
their interest rates by one per
cent a few weeks ago, it cost
us about another £3,000 per
week. The reason is that JS is
running an overdraft of about
£15 million, on which... -
WHAT WENT UP COMES DOWN
02
WHAT WENT UP COMES DOWN PRICES don't always go up, they come
down as well. Granulated sugar, for instance
- which rocketed to 30p for a two pound bag
earlier this year - is now down to 22p.
Compared with a year ago, dried... -
WHAT'S IT'S NAME?
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WHAT'S IT'S NAME?
ENGLISH Chinese leaves is
a bit of a mouthful - to say,
that is - as well as confusing.
Director of research Dr
Roy Spencer thought JS
Journal readers might be able
to think of a suitable
alternative for... -
Cage talk
03
Cage talk
A SPECIAL one-day
conference on caging and
cage pallets was held in London
on October 29. Manager
of branch merchandising
John Fraser was among the
eight speakers.
His talk covered in-store
handling, display and... -
Double trouble
03
Double trouble THREE branch openings in two weeks have meant a busy time
for many JS staff - and none more so than Philip and Annette
Leach. Because Philip, 24, is deputy manager of Chippenham,
which opened on October 7, and... -
Mr French plays the numbers game . . .
03
Mr French plays the numbers game . . . AND COMES UP WITH
A CODE WHICH COULD
REVOLUTIONISE SHOPPING A NEW product coding
system that could revolutionise
the way supermarket
goods are ordered
and sold was discussed at... -
NEW ROLE
03
NEW ROLE
THE WORK of the directors' administration committee subcommittee
on paper flow is revealing such potential savings
that John Lavender - already a member of the committee - is
being asked to commit most of his time to... -
TELFORD TROUPERS SHOW A LEG
03
TELFORD TROUPERS SHOW A LEG THREE JS girls became fashion models
for a day on Friday, October 3, in an
autumn fashion parade at Telford town,
centre, home of Salisbury's biggest
superstore.
Separates
The girls, 21-year-old... -
THE FIVE HOLIDAYS OF CHRISTMAS
03
THE FIVE HOLIDAYS OF CHRISTMAS
FOR MOST of us at JS, the Christmas break will last five
days. However, not everybody will be having the same five
days - otherwise there would be nowhere for us to buy our
Christmas... -
The siege of Kidney Street?
03
The siege of Kidney Street?
HOLDERS of kidney donor
cards, we are told, were
besieged by hordes of branch
staff bent on carrying out an
instruction given in a recent
daily bulletin.
Ruthlessly - as a PS to the
more mundane... -
NEW BRANCH SPECIAL
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NEW BRANCH SPECIAL Kingswood
team opens
the batting
in Bristol's
new centre THERE WERE two opening
ceremonies at Kingswood, Bristol, on
Tuesday, October 14.
One was at 9.30 am when the doors of the
new JS branch opened to... -
ARE WE CUTTING OUR OWN THROATS?
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ARE WE CUTTING OUR OWN THROATS? FROM P D Lashmar, Midland area
auditor: By continuing to cut branch staff
allowances, presumably to maintain
acceptable levels of wage costs, are we
perhaps not cutting our own throats?
Surely... -
BONELESS JOINT BEEF . . .
06
BONELESS JOINT BEEF . . .
AN IRATE woman
customer complained
bitterly this month about the
boneless fore-end joint she
bought from Harpenden
branch because she was
unable to eat the netting it
was wrapped in!
The... -
Bringing home the bacon—for the last time
06
Bringing home the bacon—for the last time WHILE attention is focused on the new
supermarket at Derby, more than a little of
JS's history is left behind at the old service
branch in the Cornmarket.
The shop, which closed on... -
Pauline clicks at Clacton
06
Pauline clicks at Clacton FIFTEEN hundred people
from Eastern area
descended on Butlins at
Clacton on September 27
and had a whale of a time.
With dancing, swimming,
football and children's fancy
dress all going on,... -
APPOINTMENTS
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APPOINTMENTS
D T Williams, formerly manager of remunerations and benefits,
head office, has been appointed personnel manager, head office. Mr H
S Ellis will be succeeding Mr F T Nash in the near future as retail
personnel... -
Chris gives the orders
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Chris gives the orders
CHRIS ROMAINE-EVANS sees the results of her work
every time she goes into a JS store. 'When I look at all the
things like checkouts and shelves I think - gosh, I ordered
that.'
Blonde 18-year-old Chris... -
LONG SERVICE
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LONG SERVICE Peter Litrizza, personnel officer
at head office, celebrated 40
years with JS on September 23.
He started with the company
as a learner at Muswell Hill, and
while serving at Marble Arch he
was called up into the... -
OBITUARY
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OBITUARY
Harold Saunders, assistant meat manager at New Maiden branch,
died on August 28. He was aged 62 and had been with the company
for 25 years. He started at the old 57 Kingston branch then
transferred to Twickenham and... -
RETIREMENTS
07
RETIREMENTS Walter 'Wally' Turrell, district
manager, retired on August 30
after 43 years with JS.
His career with the company
started at Winchmore Hill in
October 1932, and the following
year he moved to Hastings when
the... -
THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN BOW OUT...
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ALL ABOUT PEOPLE THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN BOW OUT... WHEN ONE person retires from a JS
branch it's an occasion - but when
nearly a dozen retire it's really something
special.
At Islington branch staff made sure that
when they... -
A Cook's tour round Rennie Street
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A Cook's tour round Rennie Street A COUPLE of issues ago, the JS
JOURNAL took readers on a mostly
verbal tour of the new laboratories in
Rennie House. The labs are probably the
best equipped of any food retailer in the
world,...
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