'JS Journal', October 1978

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• Ad-libs!
  01

  Ad-libs!
  A VICARAGE TEA PARTY is just one
  of the highlights of JS's new campaign of
  TV advertising. Eskimos, cowboys and
  Indians, shipwrecked sailors and Arabs are also being used to promote the benefits
  of shopping at...

• Catchphrase competition
  02

  Catchphrase competition
  POSTCARDS ARE FLOODING in to
  director Joe Barnes' office in
  response to his invitation to branch
  staff to coin a catchphrase that
  could become as famous as—nice
  to see you, to see you—nice....

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7
  General News
  Pages 8-15
  Feature
  Pages 16-17
  Letters
  Pages 18-23
  People
  Page 24
  Archives

• More fair shares
  02

  More fair shares
  THE OPTION to have shares in the
  company comes up for 9000 members of
  staff on October 6. This is the date staff
  who are eligible will be offered the
  chance to acquire shares under JS's
  savings-related share...

• Roller-coaster!
  02

  Roller-coaster!
  COASTAL BRANCHES will open on
  Mondays through the winter months,
  continuing the six-day trading experiment
  that began in June this year.
  The original plan was for 30 of JS's
  coastal stores to open on Mondays...

• Solihull rings in the new
  03

  Solihull rings in the new
  f i': :;
  Above: Off with the old at Solihull... Below:... and on with the new TWO SHOPS CLOSED and one big one
  opened last month and the shoppers of
  Solihull were very pleased. On Saturday
  September...

• Cut and dried fruit prices
  05

  Cut and dried fruit prices
  CHRISTMAS BAKING can afford to be
  a lot fruitier this year following the news
  that JS has cut the price of its dried fruit
  by as much as 15p a pound. Last year
  dried fruit prices rocketed as a...

• Get your mitts on a JS cosy
  05

  Get your mitts on a JS cosy
  KEEP YOUR COOL when you're cooking
  with these new oven gloves and mitts
  from JS's new range of kitchen textiles.
  Other items to add a touch of class to
  your kitchen include a gingham apron
  and tea...

• Sweet-tins
  05

  BLACK TREACLE is going to be in a lot of Christmas stockings this year if the
  success of Golden Syrup is anything to go by. The popularity of JS's Lyle's
  Golden Syrup storage tin resulted in hardware buying negotiating with...

• Hove FC wins on teamwork
  06

  Hove FC wins on teamwork
  Hove FC's full-time 'opening' team A POPULAR RESORT on the Sussex
  coast is JS's latest freezer centre, which
  opened in the seaside town of Hove on
  August 29. The new centre is in George
  Street, just...

• Opening moves
  08

  Something big, very big, is about to happen just off the M2 motorway
  at Hempstead, near Gillingham in Kent. On October 17, SavaCentre
  number two opens. The SavaCentre store is the kingpin of the new
  Hempstead Valley Shopping...

• Good Pud Guide
  11

  Good Pud Guide
  CHRISTMAS IS COMING—and the farmers have
  already started freezing the geese for that special
  dinner. But even earlier the bakery buying department
  had made arrangements for the supply of this year's
  own-label...

• Sun, sea and sail
  14

  SALT WATER runs in Pam Coham's
  veins. Born in Southampton the daughter
  of a naval commander and the greatgrand-
  daughter of a ship's captain, boats
  and sailing have been part of her life for as
  long as she can...

• Your letters
  16

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Plastic v paper
  From: R Stevens, Brentwood branch
  With the introduction of the new dripproof
  plastic bags, it would seem that our
  company, a forerunner...

• 25 Club dinner
  17

  25 Club dinner
  INVITATIONS have been sent out to the
  nearly 800 members of staff who are
  eligible to attend this year's JS 25 Club
  dinner, to be held on October 9 at the
  Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.
  Chairman John...

• Fightin' talk over decision
  17

  Fightin' talk over decision
  WE WERE ROBBED' says Terry Toole
  of Colin Power's defeat in his defence of
  the European Light Welterweight title in
  Spain last month. Colin and Terry—who
  were featured in the August...

• Slice of the market
  17

  Slice of the market
  JS CARVED ITSELF a profitable slice
  of the New Zealand lamb trade as a result
  of the successful two week promotion
  held in the middle of September. The
  promotion was in conjunction with the
  New Zealand...

• War memorial
  17

  War memorial
  A FOOTNOTE to our story about Wally
  Howell's retirement (see August issue)
  arrived in the Journal office shortly afterwards
  from the depths of the computer
  department at Streatham. Paddy Griffin,
  manager of the...

• Vintage champagne Perry
  18

  Vintage champagne Perry
  'A good wine is one you like—a bad wine is
  one you don't.' In the foreground a retirement
  vintage. RON PERRY has the look of a connoisseur.
  A look that in his case is not a
  deceptive one. He has a...

• Nice one Cyril
  19

  Nice one Cyril
  NO EVENINGS around the campfire
  for Cyril Holland, from now on it's feetup
  in front of the telly. Cyril is a keen
  camper and the television, a black and
  white battery/mains operated portable, is
  a gift from JS...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  D Lawrence, formerly a development
  technologist in the research and scientific
  service division (RSSD), has been appointed
  a food technologist (general).
  R Gosling has been appointed manager
  of Stevenage branch....

• John Warren alert
  20

  John Warren alert
  CALLING JOHN WARREN who when
  last heard of was living in Putney and
  working as an assistant manager at
  Sainsbury's—branch unknown.
  This SOS comes from John's sister who
  is now living in Australia and...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Ken Nash, meat manager at Cambridge
  branch, celebrated 40 years with the company
  on August 29.
  Mr Nash joined JS at 168 Streatham as
  a delivery lad and soon after trained as a
  poulterer. When war was declared he...

• Obituary
  20

  Obituary
  Brian Reynolds, a driver at Hoddesdon
  depot, died on September 1 after a short
  illness. He had been with the company for
  ten years.

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  'Ricky' Rickwood, a reach truck driver
  and warehouseman at Charlton depot,
  retired on September 8 after 24 years with
  the company.
  Mr Rickwood joined the firm as a
  warehouseman at Union Street and three
  years...

• Geoff's skills find the perfect setting
  21

  Geoff's skills find the perfect setting
  i GO BERSERK about jewellery' says
  Geoff Brinsden. 'If I see a girl in a bikini
  with jewellery on I can't take my eyes off
  the settings!' GeoflTs passion for jewellery
  and gemstones was...

• Pritch paints a fresh new canvas
  22

  Pritch paints a fresh new canvas
  PAINTINGS BY PRITCH will be easier
  to come by now the artist has retired from
  JS and is able to take up his brush and
  palette full-time. Pritch, born Cecil Pritchard,
  was head of the deli'...

• Filming the 'big picture'
  23

  Filming the 'big picture'
  'STRAIGHT FROM SAINSBURY'S' is
  the title of a new film describing how the JS
  operation works. On release by the end of
  the month, the film is aimed at women's
  groups, teacher-training colleges,...

• News from around and about JS
  23

  WALKING TO CALIFORNIA from
  Norwich, staff at Magdalen Street branch
  raised £460 for the renal dialysis unit at
  Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
  California, near Great Yarmouth that
  is! Even so it's still 25 miles of...

• 'Famous' brand find
  24

  'Famous' brand find
  'BECAUSE THE PEARS were so nice' Florence Bastie
  saved the label thinking that she would buy more if she
  saw the brand again. That was over 40 years ago.
  Florence and her husband Frank, who are both...

• Last chance to snap up £50
  24

  Last chance to snap up £50
  'MUNCH BREAK' wins Doug Radlett of
  the packaging laboratories at
  Blackf riars this month's bottle of wine
  in the Journal's camera clickin'
  competition. Doug has captured the
  children at just the...