'JS Journal', February 1975

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• Customer complaints go down and down
  01

  Customer complaints go down and down A DRAMATIC DROP in
  the number of letters of complaint
  from customers has
  earned JS branch staff a pat on
  the back from departmental
  director Len Lewis.
  Since October last year the
  number...

• Depots get pick of fresh fruit and veg
  01

  Depots get pick of fresh fruit and veg A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
  to tell Radio 4
  listeners just how fresh JS
  fresh-fruit and vegetables are,
  cropped up when marketing
  director Joe Barnes was interviewed
  on 'World...

• Jill Kirk- she's a winner!
  01

  A feather in the cap for Hemel Hempstead's weekend girl
  Jill Kirk- she's a winner! THE SPARKLING CROWN, sash and Miss JS title
  were won by attractive Jill Kirk (Miss JS Western),
  student cashier at Hemel Hempstead. She was...

• The JS bread line
  01

  The JS bread line
  YOU CAN STILL get a good
  sized loaf for under three bob
  at JS, despite the fact that on
  February 12 the government
  announced that they had
  permitted a 1-Jp rise on the
  standard large loaf making
  the new...

• Brrr... brrr... more lines for busy Hoddesdon
  02

  Brrr... brrr... more lines for busy Hoddesdon A BIGGER AND BETTER
  telephone exchange was installed
  at the Hoddesdon
  depot in time for the Christmas
  rush. The final touch
  will be a private line between
  head office and the...

• JS sells know-how to Iran
  02

  JS sells know-how to Iran SAINSBURY'S have
  signed an agreement with
  the Iranian government to
  sell some of the company's
  retailing and distribution
  know-how.
  A four-man team from JS
  will leave for Iran later this
  month to...

• Long-life plastic trays tidy things up at the depots
  02

  Long-life plastic trays tidy things up at the depots SHALLOW P L A S T IC
  TRAYS are replacing polystyrene
  ones used for transporting
  pre-packed beef from
  the depots to the branches.
  These new grey trays
  70,000 have been...

• Switch off at work and save at home
  02

  Switch off at work and save at home GET THE HABIT of switching
  off at work and you
  could end up by cutting fuel
  bills at home.
  JS's energy conservation
  programme went into action
  last month, pipping at the
  post the...

• Tea (leaf) party
  02

  Tea (leaf) party
  WHERE CAN YOU get a
  cup of tea in Chingford late
  on Saturday night? Sainsbury's
  in Hall Lane.
  Raiders forced a first floor
  window at the new branch; it
  opened in December; they
  took nothing, they did...

• Telford terrors top the Sunday league
  02

  Telford terrors top the Sunday league Triumphant JS Telford beats its opponents hollow - it plays
  with a mixture of flair, panache and three footballs! JS TELFORD boasts not
  only a super store but a
  super football team to...

• ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PRETTY GIRLS
  03

  Photograph: The Sun newspaper
  ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PRETTY GIRLS
  The Sun' newspaper spotted Susan (left) and Sonia Blandford
  working at Sainsbury's Feltham. The 16-year-old twins are alike
  right down to their initials and...

• Bill Waite's trainset at Charlton to go
  03

  Bill Waite's trainset
  at Charlton to go REORGANISING WAREHOUSE
  SPACE is a priority
  on Charlton depot's list of
  aims for 1975.
  Said depot manager
  George Abrahams: 'We have
  plans to maximise throughput,
  and increase...

• Dropped in for a meal
  03

  Dropped in for a meal
  £300 WORTH of goods were
  missing from Brentwood
  branch after a break-in during
  the night of February 6.
  The thief (or thieves) broke
  in through a skylight on the
  first floor, and stole quantities
  of...

• Mass X-ray at Blackfriars
  03

  Mass X-ray at Blackfriars
  GET a load off your chest
  this month. If it's a case of
  lung time - no see', visit the
  mass X-ray facilities that
  will be available in Rennie
  Street for staff at Blackfriars
  from Wednesday 26 to...

• Not so much the hot as the wet seat!
  03

  Not so much the hot as the wet seat! newspaper
  THERE'S NO SMOKE
  without fire and the manager
  of a JS store (somewhere in
  England) decided to have a
  purge on out-of-bounds
  smoking.
  Recognising that nicotinesneaks
  are a real...

• Peace but no queues for Basingstoke drivers
  03

  Peace but no queues for Basingstoke drivers DRIVERS, managers and
  clerks in the transport department
  at Basingstoke depot
  are going to have a more
  comfortable life in future,
  thanks to a new report
  centre that opened on...

• Whitton School's good luck stone
  03

  Whitton School's good luck stone A STONE in a fruit pie
  brought luck to the Whitton
  School for handicapped children.
  Hilary Clemence-Mann,
  who is in charge of environmental
  studies at the dayschool,
  found a stone in a
  fruit...

• Living above the shop: then... and now
  04

  Living above the shop: then... and now JS HOSTELS '74 are a far cry from days gone by. In
  the thirties they were very different - nothing short of
  utilitarian.
  But it was the time of the depression and you were
  lucky if you...

• Potato power
  04

  POTATOES are good for you. They are not fattening.
  They are full of vitamins, minerals and vegetable protein.
  They are one of the cheapest foods around; baked,
  boiled, mashed or fried they are delicious. And we are
  eating more...

• Something old, Someone new
  05

  Something old, Someone new J S HISTORY is hot news for
  (company archivist Honor
  (Godfrey. Honor, an en-
  Ithusiastic 25-year-old, joined
  .JS last month to put the
  (company's archives on a
  Iproper footing.
  Eminently qualified...

• Major' Booth hands over his command
  06

  'Major' Booth hands over his command IN NOVEMBER 1931 a 16
  year-old boy shivered with
  cold as he sold eggs from
  baskets outside the old Kingston
  branch.
  On February 14, 43 years
  later, that same lad, Archie
  Booth, retired...

• Stan-a man of property knocks up his half century
  06

  Stan-a man of property knocks up his half century FIFTY YEARS ago Stan
  Norton, surveyor for domestic
  housing, joined JS as
  a messenger boy in Stamford
  House.
  His half century with JS
  has brought him into contact
  with a wide...

• 'Tall, well-educated youth' retires
  06

  'Tall, well-educated youth' retires BERT NURTHEN one of the 'tall, well-educated youths'
  of the thirties, retired on February 7, as manager of
  branch merchandising; with over 200 successful JS store
  openings to his credit....

• Appointments
  07

  Appointments
  Percy Jenkins, formerly
  electrical design engineer at
  Clapham, has been appointed
  senior electrical design engineer.
  John M Williams, formerly
  assistant accountant of management
  accounts at Streatham,
  has been...

• Letters: What about us in DP?
  07

  Letters: What about us in DP? From Richard Brown, operations
  manager, data processing,
  Blackfriars
  I realise that on a subject
  such as payroll it is not
  always possible to mention
  everyone involved or to print
  their...

• Long service
  07

  Long service
  We congratulate the following
  employees on receiving
  long service awards:
  40 years:
  R J McDougall (Folkestone)
  Miss M A Jackson (Kingston)
  W J Butcher (Oxted)
  25 years:
  F E Dunmall (Charlton)
  D A Sparks...

• Obituary
  07

  Obituary
  Robert Zientkowski, a
  part-time tradesman at
  Holloway, died on December
  19, 1974 after a long illness.
  He had been with JS for a
  year.
  Mrs Jane Culhane died on
  December 17, 1974 after
  being ill since March....

• Retirements
  07

  Retirements
  Ken Oke retired on February
  7 after 15 years with
  JS. He seems to have had a
  fuller life than most. In the
  early twenties he joined the
  Royal Navy and trained as
  an electrician. An actionpacked
  20 years later...

• TO PUT THE RECORDS STRAIGHT
  07

  TO PUT THE RECORDS STRAIGHT, Mr Ewart
  'Nick' Nickels retired last
  month after 36 years with
  JS, not 25 as reported in the
  January issue. Also Mr W J
  Flin, who works in the
  architects' department at
  Clapham, has been with...

• Electronics—a cure for those checkout blues?
  08

  Electronics—a cure for those checkout blues? ELECTRONICS could
  revolutionise JS's checkout
  procedure if trials being
  carried out at Woolwich
  are a success.
  Three customers through
  the checkout at once and
  a lot more...

• then Jill draws another winner
  08

  then Jill draws another winner Bert Ellis presents the colour television to lucky Riva Goddard. MISS JS's first duty as
  reigning queen left Riva
  Goddard almost speechless
  with surprise.
  For shortly after Jill Kirk
  was crowned...

• Triumphant trio . . .
  08

  Triumphant trio . . .
  A pretty threesome. From left, third-placed Mandy Watts from
  Buntingford, winner Jill Kirk from Hemel Hempstead, and
  Kathleen Fosbrooke from Dudley, who came second.