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Efficiency pays off... investment pays off
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Efficiency pays off
Inflation ate up most of our 22 per cent growth in turnover ... but we're back to a healthier profit level. We held our prices down . Staff get lOp from every £1 in the till so customers increased, boosting... -
Contents Page
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Pages 1-9
General news
Pages 10-17,22-23
Features
Pages 18-19
Letters
Pages 20-21
People
Page 24
Jubilee -
Now we are ten
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Now we are ten
IT'S OPEN HOUSE at Buntingford depot
on May 22 to celebrate the opening of
the depot ten years ago to the day.
During the morning there will be guided
tours of the depot, a reach truck display
and an... -
Washington's high flyers!
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Washington's high flyers!
AMERICAN PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter
was welcomed to Washington Green,
County Durham by a whole troop of
SavaCentre bandsmen during his visit to
the town on May 6.
The bandsmen/women (whose ages
range... -
Winning exposure!
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Winning exposure!
IT WASN'T PERFECT weather for tak-
ing pictures but Terry Wright, winner of
our photographic competition (see Ch-
ristmas 1976 issue), still took his camera
along on his mini-cruise to Denmark.
Our winning... -
Women's rights
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Women's rights
FROM April 6 this year, new regulations
covering the national insurance contributions
of female employees who are
married or widows came into effect.
An employee in either of these two
categories (and paying... -
Champions beat everyone under the table!
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Champions beat everyone under the table!
THE JS TABLE TENNIS team has won
the division five championships of the
central London Table Tennis League.
Led by 1976 JS champion Alan Bennett
(purchase accounts, Streatham) and... -
Elwyn is next in line for president
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Elwyn is next in line for president
ALTHOUGH ELWYN DA VIES has
been at Cwmbran only since November
1976, when he became manager of JS's
first branch in Wales, he has already made
his mark in local trading circles.
For Elwyn... -
Freezer centre advertising hots up
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Freezer centre advertising hots up
The eye-catching posters in position at Chingford's integrated freezer centre. ALL JS freezer centres have been hooked
on to a new style of advertising this month.
The new theme is bolder,... -
JS's super marriage mart
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JS's super marriage mart
SPRING IS in the air and so is romance—
especially at JS's Wandsworth branch.
For the second time this year (the first was
in March when Wandsworth's grocery
manager Steve Base and North... -
Israel keeps mum about new melon
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Israel keeps mum about new melon
Left: the new Galia melon—same high
quality but higher yield than right: the
smaller Ogen melon.
A NEW VARIETY of melon developed in Israel is now appearing in some JS stores. The
Galia... -
New style concrete overcoat!
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New style concrete overcoat!
A LUCKY ESCAPE for Basingstoke
driver Bill Collins when he was freed from
this metallic muddle with only a few cuts
and bruises.
The accident occured on the Kingston bypass
as Bill was passing a... -
Tesco gives the red light to Green Shield stamps
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Tesco gives the red light to Green Shield stamps
TESCO has finally cut off its 14 year
link with Green Shield stamps. The
decision, which was announced last week,
brought a smile to the lips of many JS staff
who have long... -
Washington SavaCentre first with in-store computer
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Washington SavaCentre first with in-store computer
SAVACENTRE will be the first British
retail company to install the highlycomplex,
totally in-store NCR computer
system. It consists of 38 checkouts linked
to a mini computer... -
Elaine's easy on the ear... and eye
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Elaine's easy on the ear... and eye
HOUSEKEEPER Elaine Davies, of JS's
Cowley branch, was interviewed on Radio
Oxford during a programme about local
staff canteens.
The programme discussed a health
inspector's report which... -
News of pay and players
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News of pay and players
THE SALARIES OFFICE has moved
from Streatham to Blackfriars. Staff who
are paid four-weekly will now receive their
payslips from the second floor of Rennie
House. Any queries about pay should... -
Survival of the fittest at HO!
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Survival of the fittest at HO!
THE RECREATION ROOM at Rennie
House, Blackfriars, buzzes with keep-fit
activity every Monday evening.
For, under the guidance of Hatha Yoga
expert Lester Springer (a food analyst in
the JS... -
We've got a holiday for guess what day!
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We've got a holiday for guess what day!
THE SPRING BANK HOLIDAY on
Monday, June 6 and the holiday declared
for the Queen's silver jubilee on Tuesday,
June 7, means a long weekend lies ahead
for all JS staff.
Branches, depots... -
Window dressing with a royal touch
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Window dressing with a royal touch
JS WINDOWS will go red, blue, silver and purple to celebrate the Queen's silver jubilee in
June. The posters are the work of Peter Dixon, head of the JS design studio—apart from
the union... -
Free-flow produce is a hand-picked winner
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Free-flow produce is a hand-picked winner
SINCE THE TRIAL PERIOD one year
ago free-flow produce has proved a tremendous
success in JS stores. By the end of
May almost 30 branches will have 'gone
loose'.
Every branch to have... -
JS counsellors have their once a year day
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JS counsellors have their once a year day
JS COUNCILLORS went willingly to
the Tower on April 5, not to lose their
heads but to attend their agm. The tower
was the conference suite of the swish
Tower hotel just across the... -
News from around and about... comfy cabs on trial
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News from around and about... comfy cabs on trial
TWO NEW MAKES of JS lorries will be
seen on the roads this month. Buntingford
depot is trying out Mercedes and Daf and
hopes to have five of each by the end of
July.
The new... -
C'est magnifique—and scrumptious
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C'est magnifique—and scrumptious
CROISSANTS AND COFFEE are to the
French what bacon and eggs are (or were)
to the British—the perfect way to start
the day. It is therefore not surprising that
the French know their... -
Royal feast
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Royal feast
FIT FOR A QUEEN—that's how staff at
JS's High Street, Walthamstow branch
described the sumptuous buffet prepared
for them by housekeeper Flo Gooden for
their jubilee party, held on March 29.
The canteen was... -
The driving force behind the wheel
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The driving force behind the wheel Just the job
The first in a new series of
articles that will take an indepth
look at a JS job, and the
person behind it. This month
we visit Rennie House to meet
Ralph Henderson... FOR... -
A labour of love
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A labour of love
HUNDREDS of letters pour into JS's
public relations department every week.
Many of them are from teachers and
students asking for posters they can use to
illustrate a project they are working on.
One letter... -
Living memories of those good old/bad old days
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Living memories of those good old/bad old days
AT THE VETERANS REUNION on
April 18, living, walking, talking history
revealed itself in a field-day for the JS
archives. Here are some of my favourite
quotes:
'I answered an ad... -
Something to celebrate
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Something to celebrate
EVERYBODY'S jumping on the jubilee
souvenir-hunters' bandwagon. Everybody
except, perhaps, James Fairman,
deputy manager, at JS's Dorking
branch. He has been an avid collector of
royal commemorative... -
JS converts take a trip to their local
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JS converts take a trip to their local
Continuing our series of close-up studies in different
areas of JS we visit scrumpy country to meet a couple
who take their own customer-eye view of a JS store . . . The
ANN AND BRIAN... -
A-golfing we will go...
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A-golfing we will go...
OVER THIRTY GOLFERS took to the
hills of Berkshire on April 25 to take part
in Ealing area office's annual golf tournament.
The hills were those that go to make up
the 18 holes of the Goring and... -
Bristow: Frank Dickens
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There is no Text
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Shirin's happy giving away money!
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Shirin's happy giving away money!
SHIRIN KESHAVJEE can be forgiven if
in the cause of duty she allows her heart to
rule her head. For she is JS's charities
clerk, responsible for dealing with the
many requests for help that... -
Your letters
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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 Money's worth!
From: C S Lundy, JS veteran
I have a good deal of sympathy with... -
Bracknell gets its name in the paper
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Bracknell gets its name in the paper
STAFF AT BRACKNELL branch are
well known locally for being extra helpful
and considerate to their customers. So
much so that one of their 'regulars' decided
to say 'thank you' through... -
Dream holiday knocks Roy and Margaret for six!
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Dream holiday knocks Roy and Margaret for six!
'IT'S LIKE A DREAM come true' says
Roy Quelch, winner of the £400 Greek
holiday for two that was the top raffle
prize at this year's Miss JS finals.
Basingstoke depot drew the... -
Appointments
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Appointments
Derek Graham (pictured above) has been
appointed depot manager at Charlton
depot. He was formerly depot manager,
contracts, based at the distribution
division's central offices at Blackfriars.
Mr Graham, who is... -
Long Service
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Long Service
Fred Coombs, post messenger, Rennie
House, Blackfriars, celebrated 40 years'
service with JS on May 3.
Mr Coombs started with the company
in 1937 as foreman in the bakery at the
now closed Blackfriars factory.... -
Obituary
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Obituary
Frederick Tilley, driver, Charlton depot,
died suddenly on April 1. He had been
with the company for nearly 40 years.
Mr Tilley started with JS in 1938 as a
porter in Marylebone branch. In 1947 he
was transferred to... -
Pontin's weekend gets everybody in the holiday mood
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Pontin's weekend gets
everybody
in the holiday mood
JS staff and their families from places as far
afield as Cwmbran and Cambridge descended
on Pontin's holiday camp at Camber
Sands, Sussex, on April 15 for a SSA
weekend of... -
Retirements
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Retirements
John Rappard, warehouseman, Shirley,
retired on April 30 after 22 years' service
with the company.
Mr Rappard joined JS in 1955 as a
porter at Above Bar branch in Southampton.
It was in 1971 that he took up his... -
Veterans' get-together grows . . . and grows!
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Veterans' get-together grows . . . and grows!
THIS YEAR more than 1400 JS veterans
gathered at the Royal Lancaster Hotel on
April 18 for their 29th annual reunion.
Despite the increase in numbers, the organisation
of the... -
Mike makes mincemeat of his opponents
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Mike makes mincemeat of his opponents
WHEN JS BUTCHER Mike Whelan, of
Golders Green branch, flexes his muscles
over a baron of beef he is not just doing his
job but getting useful preparation for a
sporting pastime that takes... -
We also heard... a view with a room (or two)
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We also heard...a view with a room (or two)
GRACIOUS LIVING is incomplete
without a JS store less than a Rolls-Royce
ride away. Or so it would seem from an
advertisement in a recent copy of the
Sunday Observer which, after an... -
Everybody's doing it...
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Everybody's doing it...
WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED with news
of jubilee celebrations being planned
around JS. Everybody's doing it. Branches
are throwing parties, central offices
are going the whole hog and having a
jubilee ball,... -
There's still time to win £50
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There's still time to win £50
The The JS Journal offices have been
flooded with entries for our jubilee competition.
Ideas have arrived from as far
afield as Brighton and Bridgwater, Doncaster
and Dorking. But it's the...
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