'JS Journal', March 1979

Table of content

• Computer trials
  02

  Computer trials

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-5
  General news
  Pages 6-15
  Features
  Pages 16 and 17
  Letters
  Pages 18-23
  People
  Page 24
  Archives

• Epsom down looks up
  02

  Epsom down looks up
  THINGS LOOK BRIGHTER at Epsom
  with the news that JS's proposals for a
  supermarket to be built in the town
  fcentre have been agreed by the local
  planning committee. (The scheme still has
  to be considered...

• North and South
  02

  North and South
  NEW BRANCHES open on April 3, at
  Hayes in Middlesex, and at Northwich in
  Cheshire.
  JS makes a welcome return to Hayes
  after the closure of the old store about
  eight years ago. Manager of the new
  supermarket...

• Weathering heights-and lows
  02

  Weathering heights-and lows
  THE WORST WINTER WEATHER
  for many a long year caused severe problems
  for JS's distribution system and for
  many branches. Roads all over England
  were blocked by drifting snow, and at one
  time on...

• Yes to Reading SavaCentre
  02

  Yes to Reading SavaCentre
  SAVACENTRE HAS WON its appeal
  to build a store at Calcot near Reading.
  The Secretary of State for the
  Environment granted planning permission
  in February, following an appeal
  lodged in November 1976...

• Burnt Oak FC blazes away!
  03

  Burnt Oak FC blazes away!
  FREEZERS AND BURNT OAK do not
  sound particularly compatible but it
  proved a perfect formula on February
  27 when the new JS freezer centre
  opened there. A bright and spacious
  shop, with a well...

• Hotrods!
  04

  THERE'S NOTHING WORSE than a half-baked potato. How many times have you
  cooked a beautiful meal only to have it spoiled by crunchy, uncooked potatoes? Now
  there's a quick way to perfect baked potatoes with the 'Bel Potato...

• Up-lifting
  04

  Up-lifting
  NOT ALL SHOPLIFTERS are villains
  as this letter sent to Andrew Snow,
  manager of Blackpole branch shows. It was sent with a covering letter from a
  customer who explained she had caught
  her five-year-old son stealing...

• Watch this space
  04

  Watch this space
  TROLLEY SNATCHERS at Central
  Croydon are now being foiled in their
  escapades. As from last month anyone
  wanting to remove a trolley from the JS
  store in the Whitgift Centre has to pay a
  returnable £1 under...

• We three Mings . . .
  04

  We three Mings . . .
  THERE'S A CHINESE GREMLIN
  loose in commodity distribution control in
  Blackfriars, or at least that's the only
  explanation we can think of for an item
  that cropped up in a recent supply forecast.
  Tucked...

• Back to NATUR
  05

  Below: The eyes, lips and nails
  have it . . . the Natur way by
  Sainsbury's. Above: Blister-pack
  presentation lets the range's
  good looks shine through. KISS AND MAKE-UP the JS way
  following the successful launch of a...

• Night of nights
  06

  Night of nights
  THE NIGHT OF THE YEAR for the
  hundreds of JS staff who let their hair
  down at the SSA's annual dinner and
  dance, held on February 24 at the West
  Centre Hotel in London. And the night of
  her life for...

• Captain who's never at sea
  08

  Captain who's never at sea
  In this and the next issue we look at
  two men doing one of the most
  important jobs in JS—managing a
  large supermarket. KEMPSTON is the company's largest
  store and part of a large shopping...

• Charity chart buster
  09

  A GOLDEN DISCO organised by
  Wellingborough branch not only provided
  everyone with a smashing night
  out, it also raised over £500 for a local
  artificial kidney unit. Close on 400 people
  were at the disco, which was held...

• Star of Midlands matinees
  10

  Star of Midlands matinees
  Left: Gwen enjoys her garden and a game with the dog. Below: Music makes a restful
  diversion from her busy working life. 'I'M A GREAT BELIEVER in luck' says
  Gwen Wright. However, it was not luck
  but...

• Good film guide
  11

  Good film guide
  'STRAIGHT FROM SAINSBURY'S' is a new film that should find favour with
  Gwen Wright and her belief in the value of visual aids. The film, which runs for
  20 minutes, features TV personality Valerie Singleton (see...

• Sizzlers on the run!
  11

  Sizzlers on the run!
  THE WEST BROM SIZZLERS tossed
  their pancakes in the air and took to their
  heels on February 27. Judith Law dreamed
  up the Sizzlers when West Bromwich
  branch, where she works in the office, was
  invited to...

• Till roles
  12

  The arrival of the silicon chip has ushered in an era of
  cheap computing. Just as the cost of a pocket calculator
  has plunged over the last few years, so computers get
  steadily cheaper, and this means that before long we...

• Son of Ernie
  15

  Son of Ernie
  COMPUTERS AREN'T HUMAN, but
  they can be kind. Forget all those
  shock-horror stories about computers
  sending out £1,000,000 gas
  Bills, the Journal's going to prove
  that they can give money away as
  well as ask...

• Your letters
  16

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Prices freeze
  From: M Holloway, deputy manager,
  Pitsea branch
  A recent survey carried out by myself and
  others showed that at peak trading periods
  the...

• Highest honours times three
  17

  Highest honours
  times three
  FOLLOWING JIM WOODS' successful
  local exhibition (see February issue) he
  has had three of his paintings accepted by
  the Royal Institute of Painters in
  Watercolours—one of the highest
  honours...

• On the wild side . . .
  17

  THEY'RE A WILD BUNCH of women
  up at Kilburn branch - to judge by their
  sporting escapades. Keen footballers to a
  girl, they decided to raise money for
  charity by playing a team from their local
  pub. So, dressed to kill...

• Chantelle graduates
  18

  Chantelle graduates
  TIME AND PATIENCE paid dividends
  at Crufts this year for Chris Kenyon, a
  cashier at Walsall branch. For the second
  year running her black miniature poodle
  bitch Rontina Chantelle has taken steps
  towards...

• Gamespersonship!
  18

  Gamespersonship!
  Partners prepare for the fray. BADMINTON ENTHUSIASTS
  enjoyed a day packed with interesting
  events at the Michael Sobell sports centre
  Islington, during the Griffin Badminton
  Knockout Competition on February...

• Down in the forest . . .
  19

  Down in the forest . . .
  TRIFFID-LIKE giant plants are taking
  over the canteen at Crawley branch. 'Five
  plants in particular have grown enormously
  over the last two years and have
  just gone crazy!' explains BPO...

• Rhyme and reason
  19

  Rhyme and reason
  WRITING IN RHYME must be catching
  if the Journal's current postbag is anything
  to go by. The number of poems we receive
  just grows and grows. Obviously we can't
  publish them all, but here, and elsewhere...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  With effect from the start of the new
  financial year (March 5), it has been
  announced that Dr M Follett, manager of
  the fresh meat development department
  at Blackfriars, will assume responsibility
  for...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Ben Ranger, manager of Bath branch,
  celebrated 40 years with the company on
  February 13.
  Mr Ranger joined JS as a delivery boy
  at Byfleet branch, and by the Start of the
  war had worked his way up to...

• Obituary
  20

  Obituary
  George Chamberlain, a customer service
  assistant at Hoddesdon branch, died on
  December 22. He had been with the store
  for just under a year.
  Kathleen Spreadbury, a part-time
  supermarket assistant at...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  George Lawson, a senior skilled tradesman
  at Hook branch, retired on February
  17 after a total of almost 40 years with the
  company.
  George first started with JS in 1938 at
  Tolworth branch, and three years...

• Own brand of success
  21

  FROM CLERK to departmental director,
  not an easy progression, but one that
  Jack Russell made during his 46 years at
  JS. Jack was a clerk in the retail office when
  he joined JS as a lad of 17 back in 1933. On
  March 2 he...

• Ken proves a winner!
  22

  A RISING STAR in the world of in-store
  bakeries is Worle branch's bakery
  manager, Ken Payne. Last month Ken
  entered the City of Swansea's Bakers'
  and Confectioners' Exhibition and
  walked off with two 'very highly...

• Morning 'til night
  22

  Morning 'til night
  OVERNIGHT SUCCESS for poets at JS's
  Chippenham and Worcester stores.
  Discovered in the morning written on
  a large card left close by the skip room
  at Chippenham branch was the following
  poem, composed by...

• Vic gets in the swim!
  23

  Vic gets in the swim!
  READJUSTMENT to his new life has
  not taken quite as long as Vic Rawcliffe
  thought it might. First keyholder at
  Central Croydon even during the last
  week of his 42 year career with JS, Vic
  thought he...

• Family hair-loom
  24

  Family hair-loom
  Question:
  What have Elsie Salmon and David Sainsbury in common?
  Answer:
  The same birthday. Elsie's father, Harold Goshawk, now a JS veteran, but then
  manager of Watthamstow, wrote to congratulate Mr R. J. on...

• Hare-piece
  24

  Hare-piece
  Hare brushes, too, have played a part in JS history. JS
  veteran Bill Steggles tells us that the poultrymen 'always
  used a wood back bristle brush, oblong in shape,
  measuring approximately 2f inches wide and 9...