'JS Journal', January 1977

Table of content

• Here's to a jubilant New Year
  01

  Here's to a jubilant New Year
  This issue/Charlton close-up: first of a new series/All the winners: see back page On the cover we toast the New
  Year in with style. The goblets
  are from JS's new Silver Jubilee
  range of hardware...

• A record Christmas
  02

  A record Christmas
  'CONGRATULATIONS on a record
  trading performance this Christmas' was
  the message to staff from chairman John
  Sainsbury at the close of the company's
  most successful and hectic trading period
  to...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-1-1
  General news
  Pages 12-17, 22-23
  Features
  Pages 18-19
  Letters
  Pages 20-21
  People
  Page 24
  Competition results

• Family heirlooms in the making
  02

  Family heirlooms in the making
  JUBILEE mugs will be on the shelves of
  nearly 60 JS stores by the end of January.
  And Jubilee goblets will be sold in boxes of
  two in selected larger supermarkets.
  In the photograph (from left...

• Money well spent
  03

  Money well spent
  A RAFFLE organized by the Stamford
  Group at Christmas, helped to raise
  £95.30. The money is to be used to buy
  toys and equipment for a number of
  children's homes in London and the
  Home Counties. The homes...

• SavaCentre takes shape
  03

  SavaCentre takes shape
  The site at Washington as seen from the roof of the existing shopping centre. Soon this steel framework will become the hard goods store
  and public restaurant of the new SavaCentre. Appalling weather...

• Subsidy cuts raise dairy prices
  03

  Subsidy cuts raise dairy prices
  BUTTER AND CHEESE went up in
  price on December 28 as part of the
  Government's plan to phase out food
  subsidies by the beginning of 1978.
  Since January last year (1976) the price
  of butter and...

• 'Tomorrow's World' is today's theme
  03

  'Tomorrow's World' is today's theme
  JS SUPERMARKET MANAGERS will
  meet each other en masse for the first time
  in three years at 'Tomorrow's World', the
  JS retail management conference on January
  24 at the Inter-Continental...

• All is safely gathered in . . .
  04

  All is safely gathered in . . .
  Rural five-bar gates are a bit of a rarity at JS stores. But not at Blackpole, Worcester where
  there are two of them—protecting the store's Plessey trolleys.
  The gates were put up before the...

• Brazil's priceless jumping beans
  04

  Brazil's priceless jumping beans
  THERE MAY BE an awful lot of coffee in
  Brazil, but housewives in Britain are finding
  it comes at a price in their local
  supermarkets. At the time of writing an
  8oz packet of own label instant...

• Pensions—which do you want?
  04

  Pensions—which do you want?
  A PENSIONS HOT LINE is now open
  for everyone at JS to air their views about
  which pension scheme the company
  should opt for.
  In the Christmas issue the Journal outlined
  the alternatives open to...

• Penny on the pinta
  05

  Penny on the pinta
  MILK went up by a penny a pint on
  Sunday, January 2. This means that a
  pinta at JS now costs 1 Up.
  The increase is said to be one of the ways
  the Government hopes to keep within the
  country's total...

• SuperShopper gets in the top ten
  05

  SuperShopper gets in the top ten JS'S SUPERSHOPPER AD has been
  picked as one of the top ten advertisements
  to appear in the Daily Mirror
  during September last year.
  The Daily Mirror asked Peter Marsh,
  chairman and chief...

• The curse of Tottenham's chief cashier
  05

  The curse of Tottenham's chief cashier
  A CHIEF CASHIER'S lot is not a happy
  one—that seems to be the theme of the
  cartoon depicting Eileen O'Donovan
  (chief cashier at JS's Tottenham branch)
  taking rear-unguarded action when...

• Paul carves out a name for himself
  06

  Paul carves out a name for himself
  ASK PAUL NEWTON anything about
  New Zealand and its lamb and he'll
  provide the answer in double quick time.
  For they were two of the subjects that
  Paul, a 19-year-old senior skilled...

• Unexpected snowstorms delay distribution
  06

  Unexpected snowstorms delay distribution
  FREAK SNOWSTORMS gave JS's distribution
  division a few nasty moments on
  January 13. The Midlands and the West
  Country were the worst hit.
  Basingstoke depot was advised by the
  police...

• Haverhill's new store gets off the ground
  07

  Haverhill's new store gets off the ground
  HAVERHILL in Suffolk is another step
  nearer to getting its first JS supermarket.
  The contract to build the new £434,000
  store has been given to Rattee and Kett
  of Cambridge, a member...

• JS motor oil—it's in the can!
  07

  JS motor oil—it's in the can!
  MULTIGRADE MOTOR OIL is the latest addition to the JS car care range. It goes on
  sale for the first time at the beginning of February and will be stocked by all JS stores with
  car care...

• Taking the bread from whose mouth?
  07

  Taking the bread from whose mouth?
  WHERE THE BREAD DISPUTE is
  heading is anybody's guess. At the time of
  writing it rumbles on, with JS in the
  unique position of being denied supplies
  ofown label loaves in some stores...

• Camberley extends a friendly hand
  08

  Camberley extends a friendly hand
  HAPPINESS to staff at JS's Camberley
  branch is being a part of its active and
  lively SSA group. And they don't just
  enjoy themselves, they bring enjoyment to
  others too—like the 26...

• A new focus on personnel responsibility
  09

  A new focus on personnel responsibility
  'OUR NEW PERSONNEL and payroll
  system really does bring the branch manager
  fully into focus as the man responsible
  for his staff.'
  That's the verdict of Jim Perry, personnel
  manager...

• We also heard... forty years' luncheon
  09

  We also heard... forty years' luncheon
  EVERYONE who completes 40 years'
  service with JS during 1977 will be invited,
  with their husbands and wives, to join the
  directors at a luncheon at Stamford
  House, in January next year....

• JS gives generously to Jubilee fund
  10

  JS gives generously to Jubilee fund
  IT'S SILVER JUBILEE YEAR and at JS
  it's got off to a good start with a central
  donation from the company of £50,000 to
  the Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal. (The
  appeal, under the...

• JS Traders Club packs 'em in!
  10

  JS Traders Club packs 'em in!
  STANDING ROOM ONLY at
  Sainsbury's Traders Club meeting on
  January 10. The big attraction, the three
  men on the speaker's platform—
  chairman John Sainsbury, departmental
  director of non-foods...

• Miss JS is a sell-out!
  10

  Miss JS is a sell-out!
  IF YOU ARE THINKING of going to
  the Miss JS finals at the West Centre Hotel
  on February 26 but haven't purchased
  your ticket yet—forget it! All 1,000 tickets
  have been sold for this annual...

• Stan's third prize means drinks all round
  10

  Stan's third prize means drinks all round
  STAN BROWN is retiring this year, after
  42 years with JS. 'We're going to have a
  little retiring party when I go' he says, 'and
  that's why I thought I'd have a go at the
  Journal's...

• Such is the price of a household name...
  10

  Such is the price of a household name...
  Evening Standard, Jan. 11, '77
  WHEN THIS CARTOON appeared in
  the Evening Standard, Richard Gaunt,
  deputy public relations manager at JS, rang
  Jak the cartoonist and made him an...

• Don't delay-send for yours today
  11

  Don't delay-send for yours today
  KEEP your copies of the JS Journal safe under plain covers
  by sending for a smart red and gold binder. The binder
  holds a year's issue of the Journal and you can get one from
  our office at...

• The skill of knowing which slip is showing!
  11

  The skill of knowing which slip is showing!
  With just some of the millions of channel information slips are (from left) Joan Clark, Elaine Morris and Cathy Fernandes. MORE THAN THREE MILLION
  channel information slips for more...

• Charlton close-up
  12

  First in a new series
  At regular intervals during the year the JS Journal will be asking
  different people (not necessarily with JS) to take a personal look
  at some aspect of the company in close-up. To get things off to...

• Bexhill helps lay it on the line
  17

  Bexhill helps lay it on the line
  The forecourt of JS's branch at Bexhill was put to good use over Christmas. A till roll was
  rolled out and shoppers were encouraged to place lOp on it to help towards a talking
  newspaper for...

• How the poor can feed the hungry
  17

  How the poor can feed the hungry
  FEELING POOR after Christmas?
  Here's a cheap dish for using up leftovers
  compiled by JS's home economics department.
  It's perfect for those days when the
  cupboard is bare, except for a couple...

• If you want to read all about it...
  17

  If you want to read all about it...
  THERE ARE EIGHT MILLION stories
  (at least) waiting to be told about life and
  times at JS—and we (the JS Journal
  reporting team) want to be able to give you
  (our readers) news of all of...

• Your letters
  18

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Don't forget
  you can use the Journal's
  ring-in service on 01-921 6221 Token of esteem?
  From: J Shaw, chief clerk, East Ham
  We are told in the branches...

• Arthur's garden cups the lot!
  19

  Arthur's garden cups the lot!
  THE GLC TENANT with the best kept
  garden—that's Arthur Lantsbury of JS's
  branch trading department. For the third
  time (previously having won it in 1970 and
  1973) he has been awarded the...

• Vivien's on the crest of the microwaves
  19

  Vivien's on the crest of the microwaves
  VIVIEN EHMLER, a home economics
  student at Surrey University currently
  doing her industrial training at JS, has been
  awarded a £500 scholarship by the Philips
  Major Appliances...

• A well-earned chance to lie in
  20

  A well-earned
  chance to lie in
  AFTER A CAREER AT JS spanning 44
  years, Frank Thompson, reserve manager
  at Welwyn Garden City, retired on December
  23.
  He joined the company in 1932 after
  answering the now famous JS...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  R Harwood, formerly manager of Hove,
  has been appointed manager of Maidstone.
  D Hinton, formerly manager of Bognor,
  has been appointed manager of
  Hove.
  A Borrage, formerly deputy manager of
  Worthing, has been...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Eric Kay, assistant area meat specialist,
  Woking, completed 40 years' service with
  JS in October.
  He commenced work at Guildford and
  following various reliefs moved to Trinity
  Street, Coventry. After six years'...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Margaret Jackson retired as district clerical
  supervisor at Woking area office on
  October 9 after 41 years with JS.
  She joined the firm in 1935 as a clerk at
  Woking, being appointed first clerk in
  1939. She spent...

• Cliff knows all the answers in advance
  21

  Cliff knows all the
  answers in advance
  Cliff Meggs
  HERE'S THE MAN who thought up the
  numbers game we published in our
  Christmas issue. Cliff, who is a computer
  operator at Blackfriars, starts with a box
  full of numbers and...

• Cowley's lovely lively lady!
  21

  Cowley's lovely lively lady!
  'I'D LIKE TO OPEN A TEA-SHOP in
  the country somewhere, but I can't see
  myself doing it—I'm a bit too boisterous.'
  That's Elaine Davies talking, but if her
  cheery personality might be too lively...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Charlie Cozens died on November 30. He
  was in charge of business information in
  the market research department at head
  office.
  Mr Cozens began his career with JS in
  the wages and bonus office. He had been
  with the...

• Ex-inmates of Skeleton Corner
  22

  Ex-inmates of Skeleton Corner A HEADLESS WOMAN, strange misty
  figures, a murderous-looking ghost carrying
  a razor and the head of a woman—
  these were some of the ghastly supernatural
  creatures reported to inhabit a
  building...

• 'Jesus supersaves'
  22

  'Jesus supersaves'
  'MORAL DECADENCE is the main
  cause of Britain's national breakdown'
  wrote the Rev Ackworth, vicar of Chobham,
  in his parish magazine.
  'Where there is greed and idleness the
  economy must go for six and...

• The light at the end of the tunnel
  22

  The light at the end of the tunnel
  BOB BENNETT, operations technician in the dp department, says: 'I saw this
  puzzle and it just caught my fancy.'
  The idea is to reverse the position of the two trucks, A and B, finishing...

• Caught short!
  23

  Caught short!
  COMPLAINING IN RHYME about a
  tin of JS prunes not only got an Ilkeston
  housewife two 50p JS gift tokens but it
  also got her a four minute spot on her local
  radio station.
  Lorraine Negus opened a 15oz tin...

• JS Archives
  23

  Over the past months the JS Journal has
  brought you glimpses of the fascinating
  history of JS, courtesy of Honor Godfrey,
  the company archivist. Starting in this
  issue, Honor is going to have a regular
  spot in the...

• Southend-where the stunners sizzle!
  23

  Southend-where the stunners sizzle!
  HAS SOUTHEND BRANCH got the
  loveliest lovelies?
  Manager Barrie Jones thinks so, and
  when a local paper featured 19-year-old
  cashier Shirley Belton on its front page he
  wrote to...

• Wine competition-who's won the booze
  24

  Wine competition-who's won the booze
  WE RAISE OUR GLASSES to everyone
  who entered our 1976 wine competition.
  The questions were not easy, with a couple
  of trick ones slipped in for good measure,
  and the tiebreaker was a...