'JS Journal', November 1976

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• A tribute to 25 years of know-how
  01

  A tribute to 25 years of know-how
  It's glasses raised and smiling faces as JS 25 Club members meet for their important annual get-together. CHAIRMAN JOHN SAINSBURY gave
  715 reasons why JS is one of Britain's
  largest food...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-11
  General news
  Pages 12-16
  Features
  Pages 17-18
  Letters
  Pages 19-23
  People
  Page 24
  Competition choice

• Early retirement brings changes at the top
  02

  Early retirement brings changes at the top
  Peter Snow
  PETER SNOW, director of the
  company's branch operations division, is
  to retire for personal and family reasons at
  the end of this financial year.
  Mr Snow joined JS in...

• The busiest shop in town
  03

  The busiest shop in town
  BUSINESS IS BOOMING at JS's Sutton
  Coldfield branch, which because of social
  changes and town centre redevelopment
  has up to now been a tough area to trade
  in.
  On October 5 the company's...

• Comings and going
  04

  Comings and going
  JS GOES WEST later this month with
  the opening of a new supermarket at
  Exeter on November 23. The new store
  will have a sales area of 1475 square metres
  (about 15,800 square feet) and sell all the
  normal...

• Reluctant farewells
  04

  Reluctant farewells
  ST ALBANS was opened in 1922 and
  stands in the bustling market in St Peter's
  Street. It boasted a fine mirrored office
  screen which JS archivist Honor Godfrey
  hopes to be able to have dismantled...

• Sandy's dandy in denim
  04

  Sandy's dandy in denim
  SANDY MEEK nearly didn't become
  Miss JS South East. 'We'd been stocktaking
  and we had to race down to
  Maidstone, where the contest was being
  held. There were only two contestants to
  go when I got...

• Union drive at Blackfriars
  04

  Union drive at Blackfriars
  RECRUITING DRIVES by two trade
  unions have been taking place at
  Blackfriars.
  First, SATA (Supervisory, Administrative
  and Technical Association, part of
  USDAW, the union of Shop, Distributive
  and...

• Self-selection produce at Forest Hill
  05

  Self-selection produce at Forest Hill 'OUR PRODUCE SALES are now on
  the increase' says Forest Hill deputy
  manager Frank Bishop talking about the
  loose produce section introduced in the
  branch in September.
  Potatoes, tomatoes,...

• Which? survey says JS superstores are tops
  05

  Which? survey says JS superstores are tops
  WHICH? MAGAZINE'S annual survey
  of grocery prices this year showed that
  superstores are the coming thing.
  But although the report of the survey,
  carried out in May and published...

• Charlton's shop is a growing concern
  06

  Charlton's shop is a growing concern
  A GARDEN SHOP on wheels is the latest
  venture of Charlton depot SSA.
  Mark Vickers, a warehouseman in the
  returns and despatch department, runs
  the shop in a trailer given by the...

• We also heard . . . Worcester to man the pumps
  06

  We also heard . . . Worcester to man the pumps
  JS PETROL FILLING STATION number
  three opens at Blackpole, Worcester
  on November 16, along with a new supermarket
  and integral freezer centre. Open
  in time to make the most of...

• Fred Bone-apart meets his Waterloo
  07

  Fred Bone - apart meets his Waterloo
  THERE'S A SKELETON in your car
  park' said a customer at JS's Hitchin store.
  'Oh, yes?' replied assistant manager Paul
  Legate, not sure if he should call the
  manager or a doctor.
  There...

• . . . cheese party pieces
  08

  . . . cheese party pieces ANYONE looking for a way to establish a
  reputation for flair and good taste this
  Christmas, need go no further than JS's
  cheese department. This December for the
  first time, a limited number of...

• JS's Christmas wine and . . .
  08

  JS's Christmas wine and . . . Above: Wine buyer Allan Cheesman inspects
  a bottle of the new Vin Mousseux.
  Below: The proof of the sparkle is in the
  glass. CHRISTMAS SPARKLE all year
  through for under thirty bob. That's...

• Disco ship ahoy!
  09

  Disco ship ahoy!
  THE BEST DISCO in town was chugging up and down the
  Thames for four hours on Friday October 8, when 160 revellers
  bopped upstream as far as Fulham and downstream as far as
  Woolwich.
  The floating disco, which...

• Monday is shopping day!
  10

  Monday is shopping day!
  SIX-DAY TRADING is now operating
  at four JS stores. Sheffield and Doncaster
  were the first to open for business on a
  Monday. Fareham followed in April 1976
  and Lewisham joined the JS...

• JS wins a slice of the action at Dunstable
  11

  JS wins a slice of the action at Dunstable
  JS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL with its
  tender to redevelop a large slice of
  Dunstable town centre.
  Says Roy Linfield, manager of JS's
  architects department: 'The scheme contains
  a new...

• On the buses
  12

  On the buses THE SAINSBURY BUS isn't a toy line
  that's been introduced for Christmas—
  it's a new idea to attract shoppers to JS's
  biggest branch, the Kempston superstore
  on the outskirts of Bedford.
  The green double-decker,...

• A cautionary tale
  15

  A cautionary tale
  " . . . Then 1 lost my metric conversion
  tables...!"

• Eric cooks us up some just dessert
  15

  Eric cooks us up some just dessert
  'WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE
  DISH?' we boldly asked Eric Blowes,
  deputy meat manager at Chelmsford
  branch. With wife Judy (a part-time cashier
  at the branch) in close attendance, he
  stuck very...

• Straight down the middle!
  16

  Straight down the middle!
  EALING AREA OFFICE seemed to find
  the only dry day in September for their
  annual golf tournament.
  It was Monday 27th when 20 competitors,
  led by AGM Ken Wood, took on
  the Goring and Streatley golf...

• We receive the gift of tongues
  17

  We receive the gift of tongues
  Last month we told you all about the glass tongues that were such a prized commodity in
  cooked meats departments in the thirties.
  Well, now we can show you what they looked like.
  Stanley...

• Your letters
  17

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Don't forget
  you can dictate one by using the
  Journal's phone-in service on
  01-921 6221 Sandwich course!
  From: Grace Springthorpe,
  Basingstoke depot
  I...

• Hemsby weekenders choose a Miss JS and meet Sir Fred
  18

  Hemsby weekenders choose a Miss JS and meet Sir Fred
  THE LONG, HOT summer of '76
  continued into autumn for 2000 SSA
  members and friends who converged on
  Pontin's holiday camp at Hemsby for a
  gala weekend on September 26.
  In...

• Appointments
  19

  Appointments
  Colin Harvey has been appointed district
  manager designate in the Woking area.
  Mr Harvey was previously manager of
  Lewisham. He will take over the district
  now covered by William Beavan, who is
  due to retire in...

• Long Service
  19

  Long Service
  Ken Wood, AGM of Ealing area, celebrated
  40 years' service with the company
  in October.
  Mr Wood commenced his career as a
  learner at Seaford and then moved to
  London Road, Brighton. Returning to
  Seaford as a...

• Yoga helps smooth out the lumps
  19

  Yoga helps smooth out the lumps
  HEALTH, relaxation and poise. These
  are on offer in the canteen at Stamford
  Hill branch on Tuesday evenings, when
  branch personnel officer Mrs Aline Medcalf
  conducts yoga classes for the...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Ron Gilbert, manager of Stevenage, retired
  on October 9. He had been with the
  company for 44 years.
  After a period at the JS school, Mr
  Gilbert started behind the counter as a
  learner at Bedford, and he received...

• Two heads are prettier than one
  20

  Two heads are prettier than one
  THE FACT that Liz and Mary Christian
  are identical twins isn't just a headache for
  Basingstoke branch manager Ron
  Lake—it can be a problem for them, too.
  Mary, by a quarter of an hour...

• 'It's fulfilling to see young men rise through the ranks'
  21

  'It's fulfilling to see young men rise through the ranks'
  FRED NASH joined Sainsbury's in 1932
  following a visit to his school by a JS
  recruiting officer. He started, aged 15^
  years, in the general office at Blackfriars.
  On...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Lawrence Bliss, deputy manager at Tottenham,
  was tragically killed in a road
  accident on September 17. Mr Bliss, who
  had been with the company 40 years,
  leaves a wife and a daughter.
  Roger Young, deputy section...

• First take two rabbits and a hutch...
  22

  First take two rabbits and a hutch...
  RABBITTING ON to Lionel Palmer,
  senior warehouseman at JS's Christchurch
  branch, means talking enthusiastically
  about his prize breed of English
  rabbits. Over the years he has...

• If music be the food...
  22

  If music be the food...
  LOITERING at the checkout may not be
  the first sign that a customer is about to
  raid the till, it could be that he is smitten
  with love for the checkout girl. This was
  the case at JS's Chelsea branch...

• Supersave!
  22

  Supersave!
  NOT IMMACULATE, fairly tatty but
  with good potential and only seven
  minutes from Sainsbury's—ran a recent
  house for sale ad in the Welwyn Times and
  Hatfield Advertiser. It's comforting to
  know that being close...

• Manager retires to run a railway
  23

  Manager retires to run a railway
  WHEN JOHN SOPER retired as
  manager of 1/4 Ealing on September 17
  after 45 years with JS he went back to his
  first love—to be a train driver.
  His trains are magnificent O-gauge
  models of...

• Perambulations with a trolley end in jail
  23

  Perambulations with a trolley end in jail
  A PANDA CAR patrolling Bloxwich
  High Street (about five miles away from
  JS's Walsall branch) spotted a man pushing
  a supermarket trolley. At it was after
  11 at night and the course of...

• Finger clicking good!
  24

  Finger clicking good!
  ENTRIES for our photographic contest
  are rolling in. Here are just four that
  caught our fancy. If you think you can
  do better—get shooting. The closing date
  is December 1. The top prize is a
  weekend...