'JS Journal', August 1978

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• New York, New York!
  01

  New York, New York!
  THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE will
  soon be a familiar sight for Renee Heath
  of Walton-on-Thames branch because
  she's just won an all expenses paid holiday
  for two in New York courtesy of the
  publishers of...

• TWO OF THE £100 PRIZE WINNERS
  01

  TWO OF THE £100 PRIZE WINNERS also work at JS. Which
  adds up to £200 in the bank for
  assistant grocery manager Sylvia
  Atkins and grocery manager Derek
  Dear, who at the time of the
  competition were not only both
  working at...

• Chertsey's heart beats faster
  02

  Chertsey's heart beats faster
  A NEW LEASE OF LIFE for Chertsey
  town centre was officially signed and
  sealed on July 11 when representatives of
  JS and Runnymede Borough Council met
  to formally exchange agreements for a
  joint...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7
  General News
  Pages 8-14
  Features
  Page 16
  Letters
  Pages 15,17-23
  People
  Page 24
  Archives

• Northern newsflash
  02

  Northern newsflash
  THE SEARCH FOR SITES for JS
  supermarkets in the North of England is
  beginning to produce results. The advertising
  campaign run last autumn (see
  Journal, November and December last
  year) produced a very...

• Seeing is hearing
  02

  Seeing is hearing
  A NEW CAMPAIGN to help deaf customers
  shop in large stores has been
  instigated by the Health Education
  Council, with JS's cooperation.
  500 copies of an arresting poster highlighting
  ways of helping deaf...

• THE RISING PRICE OF ORANGES
  02

  THE RISING PRICE OF ORANGES was one of the many 'inflationary' questions
  shoppers at Hemel Hempstead branch put to Roy Hattersley MP during his visit to the
  store on July 20.
  JS was one of three food retailers Mr Hattersley...

• Goodmayes FC makes friends
  03

  Goodmayes FC makes friends
  NEW STYLE TRADING plus the
  friendliness of old style customer service
  has kept the tills ringing at JS's new
  freezer centre at Goodmayes since it
  opened on July 6. The opening of the
  independent...

• A credit to us all
  04

  Customer spending power, inflation, world food prices
  and the growing success of Discount '78 were among the points raised
  by chairman John Sainsbury at this year's AGM.
  A credit to us all OUR PRESENT SALES
  LEVEL is ahead of...

• Addis some colour in the kitchen
  05

  Addis some colour in the kitchen
  NOW IS THE TIME to add to your kitchen equipment. From the middle of this month
  55 stores will be featuring a colour coordinated range o f Addis' kitchenware. Displayed
  in the seasonal non-foods...

• Instant sunshine
  05

  Instant sunshine
  BUNTINGFORD DEPOT had their own Family Day on July 1. Over 400 people
  ignored the damp, blustery weather and got on with enjoying themselves,
  either watching the many displays or browsing among the stalls.
  The...

• "Lester"
  05

  "Lester, this is neither the time
  nor the place to
  discuss the relative importance
  of the produce and
  meat departments.''

• The floats in port again!
  05

  The floats in
  port again!
  A LORRY LOAD OF FUN for staff at
  Basingstoke branch whose first ever
  entry in the town's annual carnival won
  them a 'highly commended' from the
  judges.
  Hours before the big parade, which
  took...

• Watford think thin
  05

  Watford think thin
  SLIM-INS ARE SPREADING all over
  the company. Following our article about
  the Blackfriars slimmers in last month's
  Journal we've heard of a successful sponsored
  slim-in at Watford branch.
  Three members of...

• JS fuses the seal of success
  06

  JS fuses the seal of success
  A BREAKTHROUGH in packaging
  technology has enabled JS to virtually
  eliminate the losses caused by leaking
  vacuum packs of bacon and pork products.
  The annual savings are estimated
  to be around...

• Bognor keep its nose clean!
  07

  Bognor keep its nose clean!
  BOGNOR REGIS BRANCH has been
  awarded a certificate by the Clean Food
  Guild, a scheme run by the local council.
  Every year a public health inspector
  pays an unexpected call on food stores
  and...

• Fooling a-rounders at Farnborough
  07

  KING CHARLES THE FIRST and
  three punk rockers were among the crazy
  crew from Farnborough branch who
  turned out for a Sunday rounders match
  last month.
  Just to be different the two teams—the
  girls v the boys—wore fancy...

• Good neighbours
  07

  Good neighbours
  quire & Co
  OPEN UNTIL 1 P.M. SATURDAY - FORECOURT PARKING
  MORE HOI .SES WANTED
  We -'ill need more individu .! i v j -
  1 or Jon .111 port per-.'
  ( omp.i-". - 1'1'^ moving
  £.14.950 WOKING
  £20,950 ST JOHN...

• Stirring news
  07

  Stirring news
  PUT THE KETTLE ON and celebrate
  the news that JS has been able to cut the
  price of tea and instant coffee yet again!
  From July 5 the price of Red Label tea
  went down from 19^p a quarter to 19p,
  the price of...

• 'MUMMY, why does baby look so nice today?'
  08

  MUMMY, why does baby look so nice today?' says
  toddler.
  'Because she's got some new clothes' says Mum.
  'Where do they come from ?'
  'I bought them at Saihsbury's, where I do all my
  other shopping.'
  'Why did you buv them there...

• Christine's talent will out
  09

  Christine's talent will out
  'I STARTED DRAWING when I was
  about four years old' says Christine Miller
  'and even at that age I knew instinctively
  it was something I was good
  at.'
  Christine, who is now 24, is a...

• Let's play dirty
  10

  Let's play dirty
  FINDING FAULT is the
  name of the game and
  anyone can play. JS has a
  company-wide reputation
  for hygiene behind the
  scenes as well as on the
  shopfloor, so even if you
  don't work at a branch you
  should be...

• Bitterne's super cook
  11

  Bitterne's super cook
  LYN LOW really is a super cook. At 22
  she is one of the youngest housekeepers at
  JS. And for the past couple of years her
  cooking has been melting-in-the-mouths
  of the judges at the Southampton...

• Lord of the ring
  12

  Lord of the ring
  |OXING'S got its rewards, but its
  no nine to five job—you've got to
  I eat and sleep it.' So says Terry
  fooTe, who works in the perishables
  department at Charlton depot, and he
  ought to know. In his spare...

• Clunk-click, a winning pic
  14

  THE FIRST PERSON to win a bottle of
  wine in the Journal's photo competition
  is Basingstoke depot's Taymen Polden.
  Remember, we're offering a bottle each
  month for the picture that takes our
  fancy—but don't worry if your...

• First Pressing
  14

  Above: JS Hock (£1-33), JS Minervois
  (£1-15) and JS Corsican Red (£1-25).
  A NEW RANGE of own label wines is
  gradually making an appearance in offlicense
  departments. The full range of 22
  wines and a JS port will be...

• They're keeping a welcome for Fred
  15

  They're keeping a welcome for Fred
  RETIREMENT is going to be something
  of a busman's holiday for Fred Lally,
  who retired last month after 41 years with
  JS. Fred was a chargehand with Uxbridge
  area office's maintenance...

• By appointment...
  16

  By appointment...
  THE QUEEN paid a visit to Bracknell
  last month, and whilst on
  walkabout in the shopping centre
  stopped outside the JS branch and
  chatted to two members of staff.
  Her Majesty spoke to Wyn Baker
  and Sheila...

• Your letters
  16

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. New product news
  From: Grace Springthorpe, Basingstoke
  depot
  Your article in the June Journal about
  D-I-Y-manship in a bottle made me wonder
  if you...

• Sid stops beating the clock
  17

  Sid stops beating the clock
  'I WORKED HARDER during my first
  months at JS, when I was 15, than I had
  ever worked before—or since' recalls Sid
  Cooper, who retired recently as a clerk at
  Charlton depot, after 46 years with...

• Sid's very active service
  18

  'I THOUGHT that I'd never be able to
  stick it with Sainsbury's after all the
  things I'd done and seen in the war' says
  Sid Ginger 'but the weeks went by—and
  now I'm retired.' Sid, a leading tradesman
  at Hemel Hempstead...

• Settlers by the sea
  19

  BOB SMITH is a contented man. Last
  autumn with his wife Iris he moved into a
  spacious, ground floor flat on the seafront
  at St Leonards, near Hastings. In July this
  year he retired from JS after 41 happy
  years at Bexhill...

• Waxing lyrical over the road!
  19

  Waxing lyrical
  over the road!
  SOME INTERESTING inside information
  on Tesco's Pitsea branch came
  our way recently by courtesy of the letters
  page of The Grocer magazine, written by
  an un-named sales rep. 'While standing in...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  TOM VYNER joined the company this
  month as a director, and in due course will
  assume board responsibilities for the grocery
  division. When Jack Russell retires in
  March next year he will take over...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  George Horton, assistant meat manager
  at Boscombe branch, celebrated 40 years
  with JS on July 7. Mr. Horton joined the company at
  Wood Green, and in the years before the
  war did relief work around most of...

• Obituary
  20

  Obituary
  Audrey Turner, a part-time cashier at
  Addiscombe branch, died on June 30.
  Mrs Turner had only recently returned to
  the store after having her second child.
  She had previously spent two years at the
  store as a clerk.

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  John Taylor, a senior leading tradesman
  at Surbiton branch, has retired after 32
  years with JS. He retired early due to ill
  health.
  Mr Taylor joined the company in 1946
  at 57 Kingston as a salesman, and over
  the...

• Wally the face behind the voice
  21

  Wally
  the face behind
  the voice
  Wally's scroll: Words by Peter Gurr, lettering
  by Grace Springthorpe, signatures collected
  by Bill Clay. A FAMILIAR VOICE left Basingstoke
  depot last month when Wally Howell, the
  branch...

• Bill Bailey goes home
  22

  'I TOOK A DAY OFF WORK and went
  to Blackfriars. The following Monday
  started work at Sainsbury's Luton shop.'
  That was Bill Bailey's introduction to the
  company, and it was obviously fruitful
  because he retired last month...

• Mooching about on his toes!
  22

  Mooching about on his toes! THERE'S NOT MUCH Mooch
  Mouncher doesn't know about the fresh
  meat business—he's been in it for nearly
  half a century. Mooch, christened William,
  got his first job at the age of 14. In
  1937, at...

• Seen and herd at the Royals
  24

  Seen and herd at the Royals
  FOR DECADES CATTLE FROM Sainsbury's
  pedigree Aberdeen Angus herd, based at
  Kinermony, Aberlour and Banffshire, have
  been taking the top prizes at two of
  Britain's most important summer...