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HITTING THE HEADLINES
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INTERIM RESULTS
HITTING THE HEADLINES
Following in the footsteps of the record breaking
growth last year, this year's half-year results, published
on November 7, are particularly encouraging.
JS's interim pre-tax profits on... -
JS awarded £1,000
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JS awarded £1,000
£1,000 WAS AWARDED to JS at the
conclusion of a court case in
Nottingham on November 13.
JS was acquitted of charges which
were brought under the Trades
Descriptions Act. Sainsbury's topside
cuts of beef... -
Christmas campaign
02
Christmas campaign
THE STAMFORD GROUP has already
made two separate payments
totalling £1,250 to their current fund
raising project. The cost of the special
recording equipment needed in the hearing
research department at... -
Commodity accounting
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Commodity accounting
GEORGE SWALLOW has been appointed
manager, commodity accounting
at Streatham, following the resignation
of Bill Anderson.
He has spent the past 15 years working
as chief accountant for television
rental... -
Contents Page
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Pages 1-5
General news
Pages 6-13
Features
Pages 14-15
Photo competition
Pages 16-17
Letters
Pages 18-23
People
Page 24
Archives -
Kings Reach shoot out
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Kings Reach shoot out
FOUR ARMED MEN held up a bullion
van outside the Kings Reach branch
of the Midland Bank, used by many
office staff, at about 9.15am on Friday
November 2.
Shots were fired, though no one was
seriously... -
Managers' conference
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Managers' conference
THE BRIGHTON METROPOLE
Hotel has again been booked as the venue
for the retail managers' conference
on Sunday and Monday, January 27
and 28, 1980, and further details will be
announced in due... -
New payroll manager
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New payroll manager
NORMAN SMART has been appointed
payroll manager following the resignation
of Dorothy Paterson.
Norman began his career at JS in
1957 as a commercial trainee and then
became a wages clerk until he moved... -
Six day trading launch
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Six day trading launch
SIX DAY TRADING was extended to
the majority of the 193 JS supermarkets
and most of the 20 self-service and service
stores on Monday October 8.
This development follows trials conducted
over the past... -
The L-shaped success
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The L-shaped success
A RUSH until the eleventh hour gave
way to a smooth and overwhelmingly
popular opening for Kingsbury branch
on November 13.
Manager Michael Hall said he was
extremely happy with the way the opening
and... -
A sting in its tale!
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A sting in its tale!
FOR THOSE AMONGST US with a
cultured palate a tasty little item was
reported in a recent Daily Bulletin—
minced bee and onion! -
Home cooking
04
Home cooking
TWO TOTALLY NEW lines have emerged
from grocery buying 2.
Particularly appealing to those of us
who are home-cook fanatics is the 1.5 kg
metric pack of Sainsbury own-label
wholemeal bread flour which is priced... -
Longlife pure goodness
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Longlife pure goodness
NO ADDITIVES are needed to enhance
the goodness of the new JS own-label
longlife pure grapefruit and orange
juices.
Helen Mills, a buyer in the dairy buying
department with responsibilities to
develop... -
Speaking in a European language
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Speaking in a European language
EDWARD HEATH, the former
Conservative prime minister faced a barrage
of questions from JS head office
staff on October 22. Mr Heath was the
guest speaker at the Traders Club tenth
anniversary... -
Good food guide no 3
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Good food guide no 3
GETTING THE BEST VALUE from
your meat buys is the theme of the most
recent Sainsbury's Food Guide. At a
good value price of 25p the booklet includes
a special section on carving meat
economically and is... -
Stocking fillers
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Stocking fillers
HI-FI ENTHUSIASTS are flocking to
their local Sainsbury's to pick up the
latest bargains! Four types of blank tape
cassettes have been launched by the hardware
buying department as a totally
new extension to... -
Sail and save
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Sail and save
TWELVE HUNDRED members of JS
staff, their families and friends, took advantage
of the two SSA 'Sail and Save'
cruises from Southampton to Cherbourg
on October 28 and November 4.
When the idea was first... -
Knockout weekends
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Knockout weekends
Some of the competitors in the donkey derby. OVER 9500 PEOPLE had a great time at
the three SSA Pontin's gala weekends at
Camber Sands, Brean Sands and
Hemsby.
Hemsby was the first held for Eastern
Counties... -
999
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A 999 CALL early on Friday October
26 alerted the police and fire brigade to
the fact that a fire had broken out at JS's
Letchworth branch.
Six firemen wearing breathing apparatus
broke in and quickly brought yyy
the fire,... -
Anniversary air waves
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Anniversary air waves
A BIRTHDAY BROADCAST was
made to celebrate the first anniversary of
Hempstead SavaCentre. Radio personality
Terry Wogan was one of the special
guests invited along to the festivities
in the middle of... -
What's cooking at head office
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What's cooking at head office
THE HEAD OFFICE STAFF
RESTAURANT was recently surveyed
very favourably by Woman magazine, so
now the Journal takes a look at some
of the people behind the scenes and finds
out the views of a few... -
PUTTING THE SNAP IN CRACKERS
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CHRISTMAS CRACKERS have become such an integral part
of our Yuletide festivities that how many of us could imagine
the celebrations without them? Though production and selling
techniques have changed over the years, the spirit... -
Pick of the kids
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Pick of the kids
1st
Sue Purcell-Manser wins
our top prize of
£50 with this picture. THE YEAR OF THE CHILD' has proved a popular theme.
for this year's Journal photographic competition. Judges
Sidney Harding, validation... -
Depot gives more to Oliver!
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Depot gives more to Oliver!
ONCE AGAIN BUNTINGFORD
STAFF have proved what a talented lot
they are.
When work is over, some depot members
occupy their leisure hours with the
local Buntingford Dramatic Society, and
in... -
Your letters
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Your letters
Letters are welcome and should be
addressed to the editor. Cheque it quickly!
From: S R Henderson, clerical instructor
Charlton depot
You may, or may not agree that the time
spent in JS branches is just... -
Caught short
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Caught short
AN URGENT REQUEST for a delivery
of toilet rolls sent by Kettering
branch to a contract depot inspired the
following reply, which arrived with tHe
said goods at the earliest convenience!
In answer to your urgent... -
Choice cuts
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Choice cuts
IT IS NOT UNUSUAL for the chef to
be complimented after a particularly
good meal, but it is for the guests to also
give equal praise to the butcher who
supplied the meat for the main course.
But this is exactly... -
Dream machine
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Dream machine
LET'S HOPE that the events of this
poem, written anonymously, do not
come true for Gladys Routleff, company
car centre clerk, whose voice is familiar
to so many of us.
Hallo Gladys, is that you
I want to hire... -
Lack of volume
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Lack of volume
WOOLWORTH'S ARE CLOSING the
food departments in another 100 of its
stores. This means that in the past 18
months or so the number of Woolworth
stores selling food has been cut from
well over 700 to around the... -
Shut cut
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Shut cut
THE CLOSURE of a Fine Fare (known
locally as Hodgson & Hepworth's) in
the Ardale Centre at Doncaster upset at
least one Sainsbury's fan.
'I'm sorry to see that Hodgson &
Hepworth have closed' she told a member
of... -
Zippered
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Zippered
THE PROBLEM of keeping an inquisitive,
lively fingered child under control
when shopping in a supermarket has been solved by one young mum at
Basingstoke, She just zips her son's arms
inside his anorak, leaving the... -
A 'Grand' wedding
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A 'Grand' wedding
LUCKY COUPLE Sarah MacDonald
and Steve Potts will certainly be celebrating
their wedding, in June next year,
in style.
For Steve, reception manager at
North Cheam branch, and Sarah, who
he met when she was... -
Pop quiz success
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Pop quiz success
Left to right: Mike Bocock, Chris Barnes and Dave Thomas. THREE LIKELY LADS from the
south coast are steaming their way, on
behalf of JS, through a pop quiz organised
by the Hospital... -
Buntingford pavilion
tingford
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Buntingford pavilion
tingford The luxurious new bar inside the pavillion. A NIGHT CLUB AT A DEPOT? Well
not quite, but the redecorated and extended
pavilion at Buntingford is certainly
just as good.
The extensive... -
What a gas!
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What a gas!
A GOOD TURN OUT greeted the first
cookery demonstration in a series of
joint projects between JS and North
Thames Gas.
On October 25 at Chingford the weather
was wet and miserable but this did
not stop over 300... -
Appointments
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Appointments
M Handscombe, formerly marketing information
manager and DMC secretary
in the market research and information
department, has been appointed head of
marketing co-ordination in the market
research and information... -
Long service
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Long service
John Bishop, senior tradesman at New
Maiden branch, is celebrating 40 years
atJS.
John began his service as an egg boy
and after the war returned to the company
at 168 Streatham. Since then he
has worked at... -
Retirements
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Retirements
Jim Soper from the branch trading department
at Blackfriars has retired after
44 years at JS.
Jim began his career at 97 London
Road, Kingston and went to many
branches before his first management
position at... -
Caring for KARES
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Caring for KARES
A HARVEST SUPPER and country
dance ended the first day of a very successful
weekend for the East Kent caravan
club rally in September.
Roger Howell, a works engineers foreman
at Charlton depot, has been... -
Home hopes
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Home hopes
A GREAT BOOST was given to
young spastic boy at the Norwich area
district buffet dance, held at the
Sainsbury Centre, University of East
Anglia, on October 27.
John Davey is a local lad and is paralised
from the... -
Obituary
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Obituary
Raymond Burniston, a chargehand at
Basingstoke depot, died on August 21.
Raymond, who leaves a wife and two
sons, was 45 years old. He joined JS nine
years ago.
George Gatting, meat manager at
Corby branch, died... -
Facility for fitness
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Facility for fitness
BEAT AND FEET are working together
at the Streatham office as the ladies
are keeping fit to the sound of music
with the help of their colleague Denise
Palmer.
When the joint consultative... -
Retirement honeymoon!
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Retirement honeymoon!
'WORK HARD and play hard' has
been the motto that has carried 'Henry'
Hall through a career at JS lasting over
46 years. He concluded that career as
assistant warehouse manager at
Hoddesdon depot, an... -
This little turkey went to market...
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Archives
This little turkey went to market... Mr B. E. S. Turkey and his family (above)
are on their way to Sainsbury's in two
shades of brown on a paper bag of the
1930s. In those days, they would have
joined hundreds of...
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