'JS Journal', November 1978

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• One, two, three—get ready to go
  01

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• Lucky Severn
  02

  DUBBED 'HIPPO CORNER' by the
  local press, the new Sainsbury supermarket
  at Worle, near Weston-super-
  Mare, opened its doors to brisk trade on
  October 17. The hippopotami—four of
  them—are similar to the ones that...

• Contents Page
  03

  Pages 1-7
  General News
  Pages 8-10
  SavaCentre
  Pages 12-18
  Features
  Page 20
  Letters
  Pages 19& 21-23
  People
  Page 24
  Archives

• Be prepared for the big carve-up
  04

  Be prepared for the big carve-up
  THE CUT AN' ROAST of Christmas is
  well provided for by JS's hardware buying
  department with a carving dish and a
  special turkey roasting tin. The carving
  dish is made of stainless steel, costs...

• Christmas hols
  04

  Christmas hols
  A LONG WEEKEND for nearly everyone
  at JS this Christmas. To the outside
  world JS will be shut for three days from
  Monday December 25 to Wednesday
  December 27. Behind the scenes however,
  key people throughout...

• Introducing...
  04

  A NEW ARRIVAL on tights displays
  throughout the company is a range of 15
  denier plain-knit one-size tights.
  Featuring a built-in 35 denier brief line
  pantie the range replaces the existing 20
  denier fine-knit tights....

• Prices tea party
  04

  Prices tea party
  JS HAS DONE IT AGAIN! The price of
  Red and Brown Label tea and PG Tips
  has been cut by a lp a quarter; and within
  two hours of the JS cuts being announced
  there was news that Tesco had followed
  suit with...

• JS puds go Dutch
  05

  JS puds go Dutch
  JS PUDDINGS are certainly gaining an
  international reputation. Following last
  month's story in the Journal about the
  way they're made, Andy Anderson,
  transport shift manager at Basingstoke
  depot, told us...

• Special offer
  05

  Special offer
  MIKE BARRATT, hero of the Discount
  '78 promotion, having parked his gleaming
  silver-grey S-registration Mercedes at
  a meter near his office in the West End of
  London, was surprised on his return to
  see what he...

• Supper date at Hempstead
  05

  Supper date at Hempstead
  LIKE all big productions, Hempstead SavaCentre had the benefit of a dress rehearsal a
  week before the opening. On October 11 one hundred members of the Oasis Club were
  invited to shop at the new store...

• The sweet smell of success
  05

  The sweet smell of success
  IT'S CLEAN, it's fresh, it's the latest
  additions to JS's health and beauty range.
  For all over lovliness there's four additions
  to the own-label soap range.
  Depending on your mood, for 14Jp...

• Bowthorpe's country code
  06

  Bowthorpe's country code
  Traditional Norfolk architecture sets Bowthorpe apart from other JS stores. BOWTHORPE is not just a new JS store
  on the outskirts of Norwich—it is a new
  way of life for 13,500 people. The opening
  on...

• a star is born
  08

  Nine months ago
  Hempstead SavaCentre
  was just a massive, empty
  brick shell. The excitement
  that has surrounded its
  transformation into one of
  the most impressive
  shopping halls in Kent
  reached fever pitch on
  October 17,...

• Derek makes the right connections
  11

  Derek and a SavaCentre control panel.
  Just the job
  This month the Journal
  takes a look at the work
  of one of JS's engineers. Derek makes the right connections 'IT'S NOT THE BIG PROBLEMS that
  cause the trouble, it's the little...

• East, West—JS is best
  12

  East, West—JS is best One foot in the East and
  the other in the West,
  Holly shows off her
  dungarees—£3.95, navy
  and brown brushed denim. As the leaves begin to pile up on the pavements
  and the season of mists and...

• Safety first and last
  14

  For the past ten years JS has been encouraging staff to
  use their heads and protect their feet from possible
  injury at work, by offering subsidised safety shoes to
  everyone whose job could put them in the way of
  falling...

• Engineer, captain, cook
  18

  Engineer,
  captain,
  cook
  Right: Robert Hayday, our consultant
  cake artist preparing for the icing
  operation. CAKE DECORA TOR engineer
  extraordinaire! This unlikely combination
  is found in Robert Hayday, area engineer
  at...

• The icing on the cake
  18

  The icing on the cake
  WITH HOME BAKING in mind as we
  come all too quickly to Christmas, and
  with JS stores now sporting icing
  utensils and many other seasonal
  cooking aids, we asked Robert as an
  obvious expert to give us a...

• Taste of things to come
  19

  Taste of things to come
  FOR A FAMILY FEAST over
  Christmas, JS stores now not only stock
  the food—they also have a brand new
  and specially commissioned 'Sainsbury
  Cookbook' to help you add a bit of zest to
  your festive...

• Family Day '79
  20

  Family Day '79
  THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS of
  this year's Family Day at Dulwich looks
  set to be repeated next year. The organising
  committee will be meeting this month
  to lay the foundations for a day that they
  hope will be even...

• THE LAST WINNER
  20

  THE LAST WINNER of a bottle of wine the Journal's photo competition is Stan
  Terrett, depot engineer at Basingstoke. His picture—'The Pumpkin Eaters'—went
  into the big bundle for the judges to see and stands a chance to win...

• Your letters
  20

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Haughty-culture
  supply control, From: L Anderson,
  Blackfriars
  Is it not possible for the SSA to bring a
  little culture into our dull lives?...

• Appointments
  21

  Appointments
  RUTH GUY joins the Journal this
  month as an assistant editor. Ruth, who
  is 22, was previously editor of a technical
  insurance publication for Lloyd's.
  Before that she worked on Lloyd's house
  journal.
  Born not...

• Best of all
  21

  Best of all
  JS DEPOTS ARE TOPS with Bird's Eye
  lorry driver Mr J Barlow. Mr Barlow
  recently retired after a total of 50 years on
  the road, the last 25 years of them delivering
  frozen food for Bird's Eye.
  Looking back on his...

• Long service
  21

  Long service
  George Bowyer, meat manager at Debden
  branch, celebrated 25 years with the company
  on October 12.
  Mr Bowyer has worked at many shops
  during his career with JS, including the
  old Forest Gate branch, 34...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Charles Bayley, produce manager at
  Leicester branch, died on September 24
  after a short illness. He had been with the
  company for 49 years, and was due to
  retire only four weeks after his death.
  Mr Bayley joined JS...

• Retirements
  21

  Retirements
  Eddie Milne, the greive (farm foreman) at
  Inverquhomery Farm, retired on October 7
  after 25 years with JS.
  Mr Milne joined the firm to work with
  the Aberdeen Angus pedigree breeding
  herd in the early 'fifties and...

• The ace of club's dinner
  22

  The ace of club's dinner
  SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY people
  tucked into a slap-up meal at the Royal
  Lancaster Hotel on October 9 when the
  JS 25 Club held its ninth annual dinner.
  On the menu? Mousse de poisson, consomme
  double,...

• Carol's number one
  23

  Carol's number one
  CAROL MEREDITH is so shy she nearly
  ran away when she heard she had been
  chosen to represent the South-East in
  this year's Miss JS Competition.
  Carol, a petite 17-year-old, is a
  supermarket assistant at...

• Chris wins the day
  23

  Chris wins
  the day
  BASINGSTOKE DEPOT'S top driver,
  Chris Preston, put up a creditable display
  at the national final of Commercial
  Motor's Lorry Driver of the Year competition
  on September 3. Chris, who won
  his heat at...

• Drury Lane's last curtain call—twenty years on
  24

  Drury Lane's last curtain call—twenty years on
  THE FIRST SAINSBURY SHOP, at 173 Drury Lane, closed 20
  years ago this month, on November 10. Geoffrey Pawsey
  managed the shop from 1952 until its closure and he...