'JS Journal', Christmas 1977

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7
  General News
  Pages 8-10,14-15 and 22-24
  Feature
  Pages 16-17
  Letters
  Pages 11,18-21
  People
  Pages 12-13
  The Great Wine Quiz

• Scaling the butter mountain
  02

  Scaling the butter mountain
  A BUTTER BONANZA is what the
  national newspapers have been predicting
  for the new year, but it won't mean a
  decrease in prices.
  On January 1 Britain's butter takes the
  next step to fall in line...

• The three brrs
  02

  The three brrs
  A COLD WINTER is in store for JS
  engineers. On December 9 a refrigeration
  training school was opened at the Prestcold
  Works in Greenford, Middlesex, as
  part of a new scheme to help engineers
  become familiar...

• Warm welcome
  02

  Warm welcome
  OUTSIDE it was cold and damp. Inside
  JS's new Petts Wood Freezer Centre on
  opening morning, December 6, customers
  soon warmed to the bargains they
  found there.
  An early start was rewarded by a
  steady stream of...

• Fused with the news
  03

  Fused with the news
  NEWS of the company's first own-label
  electric product—a 13 amp fused plug—
  sparked off this shocking electro-ode by
  JS veteran Cyril Croft. N is for neutral, the colour black or blue
  Now come down to...

• Own-label weans JS milk off the bottle
  03

  Own-label weans
  JSmilk
  off the bottle
  FRESH MILK is now being produced
  the JS way. This doesn't mean the cows
  are being fed Sainsbury's fodder—just
  that the familiar polystyrene bottle is
  being replaced by a JS own-label...

• Women's lib for ever and heifer
  03

  Women's lib for ever and heifer
  YET ANOTHER BLOW was struck for
  Women's Lib at the Smithfield Show
  earlier this month. Of the six animals
  entered by JS, five were heifers, and each
  walked off with the top prize in their...

• Dear Santa Sainsbury
  04

  Dear Santa Sainsbury
  THE CROCODILE ate the sausages at
  North Cheam branch's children's party on
  December 11. Over 50 kids shouted
  themselves horse replying to Mr Punch's
  customary, Oh no I didn't! with an
  emphatic, Oh yes...

• Dave'll fix it
  05

  Dave'll fix it
  'I'M FINISHED WITH SCHOOL—I'm
  going to work one of the tills at
  Sainsbury's' said seven-year-old
  Catherine Southway, and promptly
  wrote to the manager of her local JS
  store at Bitterne, asking for a...

• New lager is longer and stronger
  06

  New lager is longer and stronger
  BIGGER AND BETTER BEER cans
  herald the arrival of a new own-label lager.
  JS Extra Strength Lager is being marketed
  in the larger 151 fluid ounce cans, a
  first for own-label beers.
  In the...

• Tenderly jaws
  06

  Tenderly jaws
  WHAT'S SILVER, never visits the dentist,
  but chews more meat than you or I
  could get through in a month of Sundays?
  No, it's not the latest James Bond
  monster, it's a mechanical jaw used by the
  food science...

• What we want is . . .
  07

  What we want is . . .
  'WE WANT MORE Sainsbury lines' say
  the demanding customers at the first ever
  SavaCentre store in Washington. This
  favourable reaction was discovered by a
  market research team presently working
  in the...

• Worth croissant the Channel for . . .
  07

  Worth croissant
  the Channel
  for...
  PRICE CONTROLS are always difficult
  things to police, but M. Raymond Barre,
  the French Prime Minister, is having
  more than his fair share of problems
  with the price of that staple of
  the...

• A-hunting he will go
  08

  A-hunting he will go
  D'YE KEN Terry English, in his coat so
  grey? He's a produce quality controller
  at Hoddesdon depot but every weekend
  he can be seen galloping far, far away
  across the Essex countryside with the
  hounds and...

• You can't pull the cotton wool over Andrew's eyes
  10

  You can't pull the cotton wool over Andrew's eyes
  Just the job
  This month our series
  takes a look at the work of
  a buyer from head office. WHEN HIS WIFE was discovered using
  a rival brand of cotton wool Andrew
  Mitcham knew...

• Joyce's 'services to humanity'
  11

  Joyce's 'services to humanity'
  IN RECOGNITION of 37 years' service
  with the St John Ambulance, Joyce
  Gallagher, grocery clerk at Basildon
  branch, has been invested as a sister of
  the Most Venerable Order of St John...

• Pooling their resources pays off!
  11

  Pooling their resources pays off!
  A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS is in
  store for four ladies from Coventry
  branch. Back in November Janet Lewis,
  Terry Tricket—(deputy chief cashiers),
  Joan Paisley and Anne...

• Skate and trips
  11

  Skate and trips
  SKATEBOARDING may be a hit with
  the young but it has resulted in a few near
  misses outside JS's Hemel Hempstead
  branch. The ramp leading down past the
  store was just right for sidewalk surfing,
  until a number...

• The Great Wine Quiz
  12

  The great JS Journal wine competition
  now in its fifth intoxicating year
  All you have to do
  is answer eight questions,
  complete the tie breaking limerick
  and you could find yourself
  the winner of enough booze
  to keep your...

• Many a good tune . . .
  14

  Many a good tune . . .
  JS veterans never retire—they don't even fade away. Long after
  they officially leave JS they continue to take a keen interest in
  'the old firm' and make a valuable contribution to many of the
  company's...

• THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE
  16

  THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE is
  almost over. The following poem was sent
  to us at the height of the celebrations in
  June, but we deliberately held it over until
  now, as the perfect epilogue to a right royal
  year. Most gracious...

• Your letters
  16

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. The personnel touch
  From: T M Robins, pork department,
  Blackfriars
  A fairytale or jobs for the boys
  (A tongue-in-cheek protest against...

• Flying 'doctor'
  17

  Flying 'doctor'
  EMERGENCY TREATMENT administered
  by Joanna Walsh has earned her
  a commendation from the commanderin-
  chief of the St John Ambulance.
  Joanna, 16, a Thursday/Saturday
  student at Bromley branch, was on...

• CEMENT SURFER
  18

  'DIRTY HARRY' is now playing at the
  South Bank Arts Centre, close to JS's
  Blackfriars offices. No, it's not Clint Eastwood
  as the tough American cop—it's
  Howard Dennis, a planning officer in the
  office managers department,...

• Kempston boosts local heritage fund
  19

  Kempston boosts local heritage fund
  Manager of Kempston Rodney Brooksby (far right) hands over a cheque for £1,000 to
  Councillor Frank Lester. HERITAGE is the deserving cause that
  has just received a boost from JS's
  Kempston...

• Kindness and a Christmas cuppa
  19

  Kindness and a Christmas cuppa
  THE TEA SHOP in the wines and spirits
  department at Hemel Hempstead branch
  was the busiest spot in town on November
  29. The branch was one of a number
  of big stores in Hemel Hempstead...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  G W Stephen, formerly a buyer in canned
  goods II, has been appointed grocery
  executive, SavaCentre development.
  C R Gatenby, formerly a buyer in
  canned goods II, has been appointed
  deputy head of the...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Cyril Goodman, manager, Leatherhead,
  celebrated 40 years with JS on November
  22.
  Mr Goodman started as a junior trainee
  at Redhill. During the war years he
  was with the RAF and served in Italy,
  Sicily and the...

• Obituary
  20

  Obituary
  George Stannard, engineer, Hoddesdon
  depot, died on October 8. He had been
  with JS for the past two years, but had
  previously worked at the depot for six
  years.
  Mr Stannard leaves a wife, son and
  daughter.
  Arthur...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Renee Mulholland, chief clerk, Wallington,
  retired on December 10 after 19 years
  with the company.
  Mrs Mulholland started at JS as a clerk at North Cheam. Promotion came 18
  months later when she was appointed...

• Confessions of a JS clerk
  21

  Confessions of a JS clerk
  LITTLE BLACK BOOKS are by tradition
  where dark secrets and confessions
  are recorded. And the one discovered at
  JS's Pitsea store is no exception. BPO Joy
  Lines found the following poem 'written
  in a...

• Frances wins twice over
  21

  Frances wins twice over
  A CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE reigned
  supreme at Brean Sands in October when
  the new Miss Southern was chosen from a
  line up of fourteen gorgeous girls. Excarnival
  queen, Frances Burke, was the
  lovely lady...

• The name's the same
  21

  The name's the same
  WE'VE TRACKED DOWN yet another
  Sainsbury, this time to Leicester branch.
  And just to complete the coincidence, like
  Sally Sainsbury featured in the October
  issue, his father's name is John, too.
  Paul...

• WATNEY STREET
  21

  WATNEY STREET was the catalyst
  when the chemistry of love brought
  Cathy Anderson and Lee Ramnought
  together. Cathy, now BPO at
  Stratford, and Lee, assistant manager
  at Watney Street were married in
  September and honeymooned...

• Sports report—the score so far
  22

  Sports report—the score so far
  SPORT PLAYS a very big part in many people's Christmas
  celebrations, whether it's actively trying to burn off the excesses
  of overeating, or simply going to watch some top class...

• . . . of mince and mangers
  24

  . . . of mince and mangers
  The donation of a one pound jar of JS mincemeat (circa 1950,
  price Is 3d) set us wondering about the origins of mincemeat.
  We asked JS counsellor and super-cook Cynthia Gillett to delve
  into her own...