'JS Journal', April 1977

Table of content

• Up Pompey!
  01

  Up Pompey!
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  Grocery manager, Graham Mills, pushes cashier, Angela Radcliffe, along the long hard road to Portsmouth (see page two).

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-10
  General news
  Pages 12-15
  Feature
  Pages 11,18-19
  Letters
  Pages 16-17, 20-23
  People
  Page 24
  Competition

• New job adds up to promotion for Ann
  02

  New job adds up to promotion for Ann
  ANN EVERETT has been appointed to
  the new post of deputy head of financial
  appraisal. The post has been created to
  provide a firm back-up for Ewan Davidson,
  head of the department.
  Ann...

• Walking their baby back home—the hard way!
  02

  Walking their baby back home—the hard way!
  WHEN A MOTHER takes her baby for a
  ride in the pram she doesn't expect to get
  paid for her efforts. But some Portsmouth
  'mothers' managed to raise over £70 when
  they pushed their...

• People and places... Hi-ho—Ohio!
  03

  People and places...Hi-ho—Ohio!
  KEVIN CASEY, manager of branch
  productivity services will be away from his
  Clapham office for three months from the
  end of April on a special project in the
  United States. Deputising for him,...

• SSA keeps on the ball
  03

  SSA keeps on the ball
  EASTER MONDAY SPORT at Dulwich
  drew a large crowd to watch the football
  and netball tournaments organised by the
  SSA. Winning honours went to Basingstoke
  depot in the six-a-side football and
  Barkingside...

• Cannon Park is going great guns!
  04

  Cannon Park is going great guns!
  Keeping a youthful eye on prices at Cannon Park. Manager Brian Thake lends a helping hand
  to an early customer.
  A CLEVER WA Y to put a Jreeze on
  prices—the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress
  of...

• Purchasing settles in at Blackfriars
  05

  Purchasing settles in at Blackfriars
  THE MOVE from Clapham to Stamford
  House has caused 'no major problems' for
  the purchasing department. That's the
  opinion of purchasing controller George
  Quick. The smooth transition was...

• SavaCentre—the inside story
  06

  SavaCentre—the inside story
  How the new store will look—an artist's impression. AS THE EXTERIOR of the new
  SavaCentre takes shape at Washington
  the interior design is nearing completion
  at Blackfriars.
  Members of the...

• Around and about . . . Chequemate
  07

  Around and about . . . chequemate
  A WRONGLY DATED cheque returned
  to a customer brought forth the following
  reply:
  This cheque, as you say can't be the
  right date
  If we wrote it in seventy six it 'sfar too late
  But we...

• Eat, drink and be patient
  07

  Eat, drink and be patient
  THAT LONG HOT summer was just too
  good to be true. And now we're paying the
  price every time we shop for fruit and
  vegetables. Prices are going to continue to
  rise until our spring crops are ready in...

• JS chairman appears on TV budget show
  08

  JS chairman appears on TV budget show
  BUDGET DAY caused no shortage of
  opinion in the offices, branches, and depots
  of JS.
  But JS views were also heard on the ITN
  budget day programme when JS chairman
  John Sainsbury was...

• O sweet mystery of death—at last I've found you
  08

  O sweet mystery of death—at last I've found you

• Only the name has been changed to . . .
  08

  Only the name has been changed t o . . .
  Save on your shopping with
  Sainsbury s Discount prices
  Sainsbury's Newforge
  BakedBeans ..„ Irish Stew
  I5toz I 1 1
  Sainsburys Mixed Kellogg s
  Vegetables *mW...

• Observations on prices and politics
  09

  Observations on prices and politics
  Inflation, profit margins and
  the new style Price
  Commission are some of the
  things JS chairman John
  Sainsbury talked about in an
  interview with John Davis,
  editor of the business...

• Easy riders on trial at Hoddesdon
  10

  Easy riders on trial at Hoddesdon
  THE FIRST FLEET of JS Rolatrucs has
  just been put into operation at Hoddesdon
  depot. The 15 shiny orange trucks
  are proving very popular with warehousemen
  since they are adapted for
  rider...

• JS bitter shoots its big mouth off!
  10

  JS bitter shoots its big mouth off!
  SAINSBURY'S HAS GOT a big mouth!
  Beer bottles with a revolutionary widemouth
  design are now on the shelves in JS
  stores.
  The new chunky bottles have been
  designed to challenge the...

• JS counsellors prove they are experts in their own write
  10

  JS counsellors prove they are experts in their own write
  TWO JS COUNSELLORS are branching
  out, and stocking the shelves. But it's
  bookshelves, not JS shelves, they're filling!
  Cynthia Gillett and Patricia Macrae
  have...

• What you think about the Bullock report: part 2
  11

  What you think about the Bullock report: part 2 Here are some more of your
  letters in response to our
  invitation (see February and
  March issues) to write to the
  Journal on whatyou think
  about the Bullock report. For
  those of...

• All part of the service
  12

  All part of the service
  Most branch staff inhabit
  a world of shiny modern
  supermarkets. Some may
  remember 'the good old
  days' when JS had 244
  counter service branches—
  well the good old days still
  exist in High Barnet,...

• Buntingford's old-time music packs the Albert Hall
  16

  Buntingford's old-time music packs the Albert Hall
  AUDIBLE APPROBATION (applause)
  was heard when a voluptuous verisimilitude
  of vocal virtuosity (singing) and an
  inexhaustible infusion of umbelliferous
  eurhythmies (dancing)...

• Get knitted!—for charity
  16

  Get knitted!—for charity
  RAISING £400 FOR CHARITY had JS
  staff in stitches last month! Local JS
  branches fielded four teams in a sponsored
  knit-in which was held in the Royal Star
  Hotel, Maidstone.
  The teams which came...

• A Lordly cup
  17

  A Lordly cup
  AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD of football
  fans turned out in the pouring rain last
  month to watch the finals of the East
  Anglia Sunday Youth Football League.
  President of the league, Lord Sainsbury,
  presented his own...

• Chris and Co make the feathers fly!
  17

  Chris and Co make the feathers fly!
  THE ANNUAL JS badminton tournament,
  organized by the SSA, took place on
  March 13 at the Sobell Sports Centre in
  north London.
  Chris Sheppard (purchases accounts)
  emerged the hero of the...

• Darts finals hit double top
  17

  Darts finals hit double top
  MORE THAN 300 people turned up at
  Rennie House to witness the finals of this
  year's darts competition on Sunday April
  3. The SSA reported it was 'the biggest
  entry we have ever had', and it...

• 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 Vouchers out, OK?
  From: Tony Gayfer, distribution division,
  Blackfriars
  In...

• We also heard ... second inquiry at Egham
  19

  We also heard...second inquiry at Egham
  second inquiry at Egham
  A PUBLIC INQUIRY was held on April
  19 over JS's application to build a 2880
  square metre (31,000 square feet) gross
  area supermarket at Egham. The inquiry
  is the...

• When even eggs were red, white and blue
  19

  When even eggs were red, white and blue
  At Eastertide, small round woven baskets of coloured
  eggs enlivened branch window displays. The
  eggs were dipped in made-up red and blue dye, and
  were eventually sold to customers....

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  B Appleby, formerly manager of Chelsea,
  has been appointed manager of Norbury.
  G Love, formerly manager of Norbury,
  has been appointed manager of Chelsea.
  S Carter, formerly manager of Swiss
  Cottage, has been...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Danny Geary, branch engineer, Bromley
  area office, celebrated 40 years with the
  company on March 22.
  During his employment with JS, Mr
  Geary has worked in many branches,
  carrying out various alterations.
  After...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  William Reynolds, manager, Worcester,
  retired on April 16 after 44 years with JS.
  Billy, as he is known to his friends, started
  with JS at Southbourne branch and four
  years later, in 1937, transferred to...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Henry Chapman, clerk of works, architects
  department, Clapham, died on
  February 18. He had been with the company
  for 14 years.
  Mr Chapman leaves a wife.

• Ted retires from manning the bacon
  21

  Ted retires from manning the bacon
  THE SMELL OF WOODSMOKE and
  bacon takes Ted Mann back over 40 years,
  to when he was a lad and just starting at JS
  as a 'ham boy'.
  'At that time we sold thousands of York
  hams a week and it...

• Kate certainly can can-can
  22

  Kate certainly can can-can
  NOT EVERY 72 YEAR OLD is an expert
  can-can dancer. But JS veteran Kate
  Cotton is an exception to the rule. She
  danced the can-can for a packed audience
  at the Lyceum ballroom and caused a
  mild...

• 'The best time of my life' minding JS's t's and cues
  22

  'The best time of my life' minding JS's t's and cues
  'GO AND GET yourself a job, we can't
  afford to keep you aiiy longer.' That was
  the advice given to John McDowell by his
  parents. John, who had received architectural
  and...

• Bill's pastime just bowls him over
  23

  Bill's pastime just bowls him over
  BILL MCQUILLAN is very good at
  bowls. We know because a course for
  training officers that the JS Journal covered
  last year (see August 1976) included a
  demonstration on bowling by Bill, who...

• Ken's award was no accident—it was hard work
  23

  Ken's award was no accident—it was hard work
  ENGINEER Ken Smithard of Hoddesdon
  depot, was presented with a diploma
  in safety management last month by
  the British Safety Council.
  The award marks Ken's successful
  completion...

• There's no holding Maria now...
  24

  There's no holding Maria now...
  THE MOSCOW OLYMPICS is the goal
  17-year-old judo champion Maria Djumic
  has set herself; and it is one she looks like
  reaching as she has recently won herself a
  place on the British National...

• Think silver jubilee and win yourself a golden prize
  24

  Think silver jubilee and win yourself a golden prize
  OUR JUBILEE COMPETITION has
  drawn a good response so far. Ideas for
  original jubilee souvenirs range from a
  doorbell that chimes 'God Save the Queen'
  to a window box...