'JS Journal', June 1978

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Backdoor raiders

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Backdoor raiders
MASKED GUNMEN burst through the
backway at Walthamstow High Street
branch after trading on Saturday May 27,
just as the shutter was closing behind a
Securicor van. Minutes later the gang
escaped with over...
Special delivery!

01
Special delivery!
BANK HOLIDAY SATURDAY was
an eventful day for the staff of Kempston
branch, when they took part in the road
procession of the Bedford River Festival.
The store's float, the brainchild of
deputy meat manager...
Bystanders watch Earl throttled!

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Bystanders watch Earl throttled!
A VICIOUS ATTACK on Doncaster's
deputy manager Earl Wightman made
the headlines in the local press last
month.
Just before six o'clock on Friday, May
19, a man and woman were spotted...
Contents Page

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Pages 1-7, 9
General News
Pages 8, 10-11, 24
Features
Pages 12-13
Competition
Pages 14-22
People
Page 23
Archives
Miracle workers

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Miracle workers
IT'S ALL CHANGE at Pinner branch.
When the branch closes after trading on
Saturday June 10, one of the niftiest JS
conversions will commence.
At the moment the shop is part counter
and part self service. By...
Seaside trading change

02
Seaside trading change
THIRTY STORES got the go-ahead for
Monday trading on June 5. Following
experiments at branches in city centres
and in market towns it has been decided
to extend the opening hours of twelve
stores in...
Swing kilo sweet chariot

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Swing kilo sweet chariot
CASTER AND GRANULATED went
metric at JS during the week beginning
Mayl5. Sugar was one of the items already
on the statute books when the
recent government decision not to go
ahead with compulsory...
Anything can happen when you're wearing . . .

03
Anything can happen when you're wearing . . .
WHAT'S SO SPECIAL about JS's new
extra fine tights? The high quality is for
one thing and the competitive price is for
another.
The yarn used to make JS's extra fine
tights is...
Eating out

03
Eating out
THE HEATWAVE gave JS's new range
of picnic equipment and accessories a
flying start last month. The first week's
sales were given a welcome boost by
temperatures soaring into the 80's—the
first swallow of what...
Cowley's success keeps growing and growing

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Cowley's success keeps growing and growing
ANOTHER OPENING and another
great success for Cowley branch with the
completion on May 23 of a new extension
that adds over 880 square metres (about
9500 square feet) to the sales...
The biggest store in town

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The biggest store in town Michael Trim chats to Sue James, the new
JS counsellor for the North West. Above: BPO Arlene Lafferty presents the
Mayoress with a special bouquet of
flowers. Right: Pat Curley and Phemie
McCartney...
D-I-Y-manship in a bottle!

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D-I-Y-manship in a bottle!
REAL ALE can be a joy for ever (and get you into the wife's
good books) if you use the empties as the basis of an
attractive kitchen container shelf unit. The pleasing dumpy
shape of JS's own-label...
All the fun of the family

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All the fun of the family
A guide to the layout of the Griffin ground for the Family Day. A MAMMOTH OPERATION is the
only way to describe the preparations
being made for the first SSA 'Family Day'
at Dulwich on Sunday, Junel8....
HQ recognise SATA

07
HQ recognise SATA
UNION RECOGNITION has been
given to members of SATA working at
Blackfriars. SATA, the Supervisory,
Administrative and Technical Association,
is a section of USD AW, the Union
of Shop, Distributive and...
Opening soon . . .

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Opening soon . . .
GOOD NEWS for shoppers at Goodmayes
with the opening on July 6 of a new
JS freezer centre. The centre, in Goodmayes
Road, near Ilford, Essex, will have
a sales area of over 220 square metres
(about 2400...
Showered with success!

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Showered with success!
GOODBYE BATHTIME blues, hello
showertime fun. Last month 54 stores were
treated to the arrival of a new display of
shower equipment, designed to convert
even the most modest bath into a shiny...
Dennis rules over George III

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Dennis rules over George III
Just the job
This month the Journal
takes a look at the world
of data processing. DENNIS HEATH was JS's first computer
operator, way back in 1961. Today
he is production manager, DP...
Heap delicious

09
Heap delicious A TASTE OF HONEY has appeared
recently in 136 stores in the form of JS
'Honeycomb Crunch'. Retailing at 21p for
a pack of four, the new sweet consists of
milk chocolate with a delicious honeycomb
crunch centre....
Looking towards the sun

09
Looking towards the sun SHADES OF DISTINCTION have
shown up in four stores in the last month.
Designed to capture the imagination of
sunseekers shopping in Folkestone,
Langney, Bexhill and Great Yarmouth, a
new range of...
Talking about change

10
Deputy chairman Roy Griffiths was the guest speaker at a recent
Institute of Grocery Distribution Convention. The subject of his
talk was 'managing change'. At the beginning of the talk he said
he did not want to 'abuse the...
Put your camera where your mouth is!

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Put your camera where your mouth is!
Shutter fingers ready? Then get shooting in the Journal's latest
photo competition. This year we want you to send us pictures on
the theme of 'eating'. You can win yourself £50 worth of...
Gone fishing!

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Gone fishing!
DAVY JONES' LOCKER yielded up
some rare treasures at Kings Lynn recently. recently.
Conservancy Board workmen netted
this strange catch whilst dredging the
river and filled ten large nets with
forlorn and...
Good deed guide

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Good deed
YVETTE JOINS RILLA in the staff
restaurant at Stamford House with the
presentation on May 18 of a second
cheque for £500, to the Guide Dogs for
the Blind Association by the Stamford
Group. Yvette and Rilla are the...
Bessie travels the world air mail...

15
BESSIE MARSHALL has been shot
from a rocket, up in a balloon, flown from
England to Australia in a helicopter and
travelled around the world at least a
hundred times, in as many different types
of aircraft—all without...
Leader of the band

15
MILITARY MUSIC keeps Doug
Roshier on his toes. Doug, a supervisor in
the grocery department of Basingstoke
depot, is commanding officer of the local
detachment of the Hampshire and Isle of
Wight Army Cadet Force. Over the...
Poem

16
There's a store in the valley, to work there is fun,
Where they train all the staff at the point of a gun,
There's procedures for this and procedures for that,
And tempers that flare at the drop of a hat.
The manager's Welsh,...
Your letters

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Your letters
Letters are welcome and should be
addressed to the editor. Electrical fault
From: R C Hawes, electrician, Charlton
depot
I feel I must comment on photograph
three of Stan Ramage's article in the
April issue....
Getting to the top safely

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Getting to the top safely
TWO RUNGS definitely don't make a right if you're halfway
up a ladder and one of them is missing! To help
make sure your trip to the top of the ladder is a success
and accident free, safety advisor...
Country boy who became city slicker

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Country boy who became city slicker
MIDNIGHT PARTIES on the river at
Cambridge are among David Goddard's
favourite memories of his early days with
JS. David, who retired in April after 44
years with JS, joined the company as...
Bob wins through . . .

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Bob wins through . . .
THE ARMY WAS EASY after
Sainsbury's' says Bob Warner, manager
of the grocery department at Basingstoke
depot, who retires this month after 41
years with JS.
Bob joined the company in 1937 at...
Appointments

20
Appointments
J A Renshaw, formerly senior manager in
the frozen foods buying office, has been
appointed senior manager in the marketing
division, reporting to marketing director
Peter Davis.
Mr Renshaw will be responsible...
MP probes prices at Dartford

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MP probes prices at Dartford
MP Sally Oppenheim (centre) and
manager Martin Wagstaff (far right) talk
politics and prices to customers at
Dartford branch. IS THE GOVERNMENT KEEPING ITS PROMISE and keeping prices down?...
Retirements

20
Retirements
Frank Smith, an internal auditor at
Streatham, retired on April 8 after 42 years with the company.
Mr Smith started in the works department
at JS, staying there until the outbreak
of war in 1939. From 1939 to...
Eileen adds up forty years

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Eileen adds up forty years
T WAS MEANT to work at Sainsbury's'
says Eileen Hatcher, who retired as senior
administration clerk at Woking area
office on May 19 after a total of 40 years
with the company. T was bored with...
Have caravan—will travel

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Have caravan—will travel
STAN INKPEN took to the hills when he
retired on May 13 after 44 years with JS.
The hills were those in and around the
Peak District, Yorkshire and Scotland;
before taking to them Stan was...
Mutual praise

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Mutual praise
'IF YOU ARE NICE to customers, they
are usually nice to you' says 17-year-old
Beverley Richards, a weekend student at
Bishop's Stortford branch, who recently
received a charming 'thank you' letter
from a...
WHILE THE REST OF US

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WHILE THE REST OF US dream of sands, an ex-JS customer (now living in of both sun and sand) longs for nothing more than a Sainsbury's store.
She recently expressed her longing Gurth Hoyer-Millar, who offered her following desert...
Basingstoke's carnival queen

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Basingstoke's carnival queen
ANOTHER FIRST for Kim Spreadbury,
Basingstoke depot's representative
at this year's Miss JS contest. Kim was
selected to be this year's Basingstoke
Carnival Queen at a dance last month and
in the...
'I remember when . . .'

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'I remember when . . .'
HERE FOR YOUR DELECTATION
are just a few of the archival anecdotes
gathered by JS archivist Honor
Godfrey at this year's veterans
reunion.
'If there was any sign of attachment
between male and female...
What's in store at JS . . .

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What's in store at JS . . .
Building programme
Ashford (Kent) Supermarket with integral freezer centre,
scheduled to open in Autumn 1978
(replacing existing store),
Solihull Supermarket with bakery and integral...