'JS Journal', November 1979

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• European partnership
  01

  European partnership
  JS IS TO OPEN A CHAIN OF DIY SHOPS IN THE
  UK in partnership with the leading retail group in
  Belgium, Grand Bazaar Innovation Bon Marche SA
  (GB-INNO-BM-SA). In Belgium GB home improvement
  stores trade as...

• Spudlicity!
  01

  Spudlicity!
  AN OUTBREAK OF POTATO
  BLIGHT in the media saw JS in the
  middle of an unexpected bout of spud
  bashing. It was sparked off by the
  company's decision to advertise the wellknown
  fact that it does not think much
  of...

• Bulletin changes
  02

  Bulletin changes
  COMMENCING October 15, procedural
  changes took place in the preparation of the Daily Bulletin. The
  Bulletin is an important channel of communication
  and so it is worth making
  sure that these changes are...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7
  General News
  Pages 8-15
  Features
  Page 16
  Letters
  Pages 18-19
  Archives
  Pages 17 and 20-24
  People

• Controller of JS purse strings
  02

  Controller of JS purse strings
  A MAIN BOARD APPOINTMENT
  for Derek Henson who joined JS at the
  end of September as financial control
  director, and as such is responsible for
  all the departments reporting to chief
  accountant...

• Stationery move
  02

  Stationery move
  JS CORPORATE IDENTITY has
  taken a further step forward.
  Approval has now been given for new
  designs of headed paper to be used, internally
  and externally, throughout the
  whole company.
  The new style...

• And then there were three...
  03

  And then there were three...
  A THIRD ADVERTISING AGENCY,
  Abbott Mead Davis, has recently been
  added to the JS roster.
  AMD's main task is to re-emphasise
  in the press medium the quality of JS
  products. In the past the agency...

• Charity campaign cleans up!
  03

  Charity campaign cleans up!
  AN UNEXPECTED BONUS from
  the 'Funny Money' charity campaign
  was extra spick and span JS stores!
  Addis swing-top bins were used as
  collection points for any spare money
  whether foreign or...

• Forthcoming attraction
  03

  Forthcoming attraction
  COMING SOON to the Odeon cinema
  site in Lord Street, Southport—a new
  Sainsbury's supermarket.
  Planning approval has now been given
  to JS's proposals to develop this
  prime site in the town centre. The...

• Holiday spirit
  03

  Holiday spirit
  WITH CHRISTMAS SNEAKING UP
  ON US at its usual ever increasing pace,
  let's take a moment to look at one of the
  most important parts—our holiday
  arrangements.
  JS branches will be closed to shoppers
  on Tuesday...

• New head of PR
  03

  New head of PR
  CHRIS LEAVER is the new head of
  JS's public relations department. For the
  past seven years he has been with Allied
  Breweries, where he was press and public
  relations manager of Grant's of St
  James' and the...

• Winton sets a date
  03

  Winton sets a date
  A NEW BRANCH will be opening at
  447/457 Wimbourne Road, Winton,
  Bournemouth, on November 27.
  The new supermarket has a sales area
  of 1,452 square metres (approximately
  15,500 square feet) and will have...

• Raise a glass to JS Houseware
  04

  Raise a glass to JS Houseware
  IF YOU NEED GLASSES you need
  look no further than JS's new range of
  drinking glasses. Five different sorts of
  stemware went on sale at about 60
  branches at the beginning of October
  and three...

• Doing a good job
  05

  Doing a good job
  ALMOST A YEAR'S SUPPLY of the
  new JS careers literature and posters (see
  September issue) was distributed in just
  ten minutes at a recent area meeting of
  branch personnel officers! It was expected
  that the...

• Looking after number one
  05

  Looking after number one
  PEOPLE WHO LIVE on their
  own often get into the habit of not
  eating proper meals because they find
  cooking for one is 'too much trouble'.
  Trying to break them of this bad habit—
  without breaking...

• Watch out there's a new face about
  05

  Watch out there's a new face about
  JOHN FIELDER joins- the JS Journal
  editorial team this month as assistant
  editor. John, who is 23, was previously
  assistant editor of Tempo, the house
  journal of the Department...

• Corner shop makes a comeback!
  06

  Corner shop makes a comeback!
  'WELCOME BACK' was the common
  response from local customers on
  September 27, the opening day of a new
  JS . independent freezer centre at
  Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire.
  Almost a decade ago a...

• Foundations that will 'savatown'
  06

  Foundations that will 'savatown'
  THE SAVACENTRE at Oldbury will
  'savatown' by bringing its centre back
  to life, according to the Mayor of
  Sandwell in his welcoming speech at the
  foundation laying ceremony, held on the
  site...

• 'Christmas' rush at new look Borehamwood
  07

  'Christmas' rush at new look Borehamwood
  A PERSONAL LETTER from the manager
  was given to every shopper upon
  the reopening of Borehamwood branch
  on September 27, and the reception
  from the general public...

• Just The Job
  08

  Produce quality controller 'I NEVER STOP LEARNING' says
  Alan Langham. 'That is what I appreciate
  most about my job as a JS
  produce quality controller.'
  Alan is deputy manager of the produce
  control section at...

• How to control an old flame
  10

  How to control an old flame
  EVEN IN THE BEST of regulated premises
  fires do occur and sometimes get
  out of hand. In 1978 JS had 21 fires
  causing a total yearly loss of £136.930, or
  in other words a fire broke out every...

• Le vendange
  12

  Le vendange
  A recent and most palatable arrival in the JS wine cellar is
  Coteaux du Tricastin, an Appellation Controlee red from
  the Rhone valley in the South of France. To discover how
  it's made we visited the region during...

• Drive-in shopping
  15

  Drive-in shopping
  SAINSBURY'S is so popular in Kings
  Heath that they just can't keep the customers
  out. In fact, one drove right into
  the store!
  The branch is situated at the head of a
  T-junction, and mid-morning on
  Monday,...

• Steve reaps and doughs!
  15

  Steve reaps and doughs!
  UNDER THE SKILLFUL HANDS
  of Steve Smith, in-store bakery manager
  at Dunstable, an unusual item was
  created—a wheatsheaf.
  Steve's harvest wheatsheaf however
  was made of dough and was for...

• Your letters
  16

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Keep your options open?
  From: Tim Day, manager of packaging
  engineers
  While I believe that option shares are
  an excellent idea, beneficial to the...

• The 25 Club clocks up ten years!
  17

  The 25 Club clocks up ten years!
  A DECADE HAS PASSED since the
  foundation of the JS 25 Club, and the
  tenth annual dinner, held at the Royal
  Lancaster Hotel, London, on October 8,
  will certainly be remembered, by the...

• The living past
  18

  Archives
  The living past
  The memories of the people who worked and are working at
  JS are the life blood of the company's archives. Without
  them the company's history is merely a collection of
  interesting but inanimate objects...

• Dave masters his art
  19

  Dave masters his art
  MANY PEOPLE DOODLE or sketch
  in odd moments but few of us ever take
  the time or trouble to take this hobby
  much further. In the case of Dave Seber
  however, a transport clerk at the
  Buntingford depot, he...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  M Powell, formerly stock control analyst
  in the distribution planning department,
  has been appointed manager of
  stock co-ordination, deployment and
  forecasting.
  A Mitcham, formerly a non-foods
  buyer, has been...

• Depot donation
  20

  Depot donation
  FINDING A JOB can be very difficult
  for the handicapped, although most are
  perfectly able to carry out some kind of
  useful work. Positive action though has
  been taken by the Basingstoke depot.
  For the more...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Ted Auty, assistant manager at Central
  Ilford branch, celebrated 40 years at JS
  on October 3.
  Ted worked at Stratford until he was
  called up in 1941. After five years he
  returned to Stratford and later...

• Obituary
  20

  Obituary
  Phyllis Sherwood, a meat display assistant
  at 853 High Wycombe branch, died
  on September 15 after a short illness.
  Phyllis, who leaves a husband and son,
  was 55 years old. She joined JS eight
  years ago.

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Bill Bray, perishable warehouseman at
  Basingstoke depot, retired on August
  17, after 46 years at JS.
  Bill joined the company at Blackfriars
  in the factory and transferred to
  Basingstoke in 1965.
  Wally Perry,...

• Marching to glory
  21

  Marching to glory
  A QUIET STROLL in the country was
  out of the question on the occasion of
  the third and largest Chichester City and
  Royal Military Police International
  March, held in August.
  Among the 225 military and...

• Richard's feeling in the pink!
  21

  Richard's feeling in the pink!
  A COUNTRY BOY BY BIRTH but
  not by inclination, Richard Salmon left
  his home in agricultural Suffolk to come
  to London and work at JS. That was
  nearly 43 years ago and on September
  29 he retired...

• Safe and found
  21

  Safe and found
  'A HEARTFELT THANK YOU for
  finding my purse' wrote a customer to
  the manager at Sutton Coldfield branch,
  after the purse she had lost had been
  returned to her safe and sound.
  Her purse was found by student...

• Tee-party
  21

  Tee-party
  IT WAS WITH SOME trepidation that
  staff from the Midland area, past and
  present, issued the challenge of a match
  to the revered Buntingford depot
  drivers' golf society.
  The 18-hole game was held at
  Woodlands Golf...

• 'Work—you can forget it!' says Syd
  22

  'Work—you can forget it!' says Syd
  'IT'S AMAZING how quickly you forget
  all about work' according to Syd
  Heath who retired from JS in August
  after 44 years service.
  'You obviously wonder how you're
  going to do without it...

• A new career in the kitchen for driver Fred
  23

  A new career in the kitchen for driver Fred
  'WHAT AM I DOING HERE' Fred
  Nicholls asked himself at 3 am one
  morning, as he drove alone in pitch
  darkness, along unfamiliar roads with a
  delivery for JS's Derby branch. 'It...

• A photo finish!
  24

  A photo finish!
  A LAST MINUTE RUSH of entries to
  our photographic competition made it
  harder than ever to pick just one to win
  the £2 JS voucher we have been giving
  away for the past few issues to pics that
  we particularly...

• Make it to Miami for under £500
  24

  Make it to Miami for under £500
  DREAMS OF MIXING with the international
  jetset in Miami are probably
  common to most of us—well, for those
  of you that don't already know, next
  year the SSA is offering just that chance,
  and...