'JS Journal', May 1979

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• The results of working together
  01

  The results of working together SALES TOPPED A BILLION POUNDS last year, and profits
  rose by 18.4 per cent to a new record of £32.7 million,
  according to the annual results published on May 9.
  The first full year of JS's...

• A personal stake in JS
  02

  A personal stake in JS
  A PROFIT-SHARING SCHEME for
  staff was announced when the year's results
  were published last week. By now,
  all staff should have received a leaflet
  explaining the scheme. The main features
  of the...

• Conservative majority
  02

  Conservative majority
  THE TORIES' VICTORY in the
  general election has meant greater JS
  representation in Parliament. One of the
  beneficiaries from the swing away from
  Labour was bacon buyer Bob Dunn—
  the Conservative...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7, 10, 11
  General news
  Pages 8, 9, 12-15
  Features
  Page 16
  Letters
  Pages 17-23
  People
  Page 24
  Archives

• Lewes FC takes the town by storm
  03

  THE SLEEPY SUSSEX TOWN of
  Lewes woke up with a bang on
  Thursday, April 26 when a shiny new JS
  freezer centre opened its doors. Just seven
  working days after handover, manager
  Bentley 'Ben' Neal was able to welcome
  his first...

• Fire-fighting oven mitts
  04

  Fire-fighting oven mitts
  FLAMES WILL NOT BURN you if
  you use the new casserole mitts that are
  being introduced to 53 JS stores this
  month. Hardware buyer Chris
  Romaine-Evans says: 'These flame resistant
  oven mitts are a new...

• Walthamstow winner
  04

  Walthamstow winner
  THE STAMP OF APPROVAL has
  been given to a JS development that will
  give Walthamstow High Street the biggest
  facelift it's had for years. A facelift
  that includes a big new JS supermarket,
  much needed...

• Metric moves ahead
  05

  Metric moves ahead
  THE METRICATION OF MAJOR
  FOODS in our shopping baskets is
  going to take place this year. In the next
  few months pre-packs, which account for
  about 40 per cent of spending on prescribed
  quantity foodstuffs,...

• Two top tins
  05

  ON SPECIAL OFFER for just a few
  weeks are two 'nostalgic' tins available
  at 58 branches of JS. The Borwick's
  baking powder and the Bisto limited
  edition storage containers usually only
  cost 79 pence and now cost 69...

• Giant-size success!
  06

  Giant-size
  'ONE OF THE BIGGEST and one
  of the best' is how manager Jim Lowe
  described the new freezer centre at
  Streatham Hill on opening day, April
  10. Within ten minutes of Jim officially
  opening the doors and welcoming...

• Centre-piece
  07

  Centre-piece
  THE SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR
  VISUAL ART has won for its
  designers—Foster Associates of
  London—the RS Reynolds Memorial
  Award, one of the world's top architectural
  honours.
  This annual award is sponsored...

• Cast of thousands
  08

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• Black hand gang aid murder hunt
  10

  Black hand gang
  aid murder hunt
  A MURDER SQUAD requested the
  staff at Stamford Hill branch on April
  11 to assist with their enquiries. The
  case involves JS customer and excroupier
  Linda Farrow who was found
  murdered at her...

• All in the district
  11

  COMPETITION in Alan Rowland's district
  took on a new meaning on April 1.
  He arranged for the first time ever a
  management district dinner dance
  which would include competitive events
  for everyone to participate in.
  'Its a...

• Depot's dream comes true
  11

  A DREAM BECAME A REALITY for
  Basingstoke depot with the official
  opening of a clubhouse on April 18.
  For many years the depot has been
  working towards getting its own clubhouse.
  All the effort of the past became
  worthwhile...

• Sweet mystery of life...
  12

  Sweet mystery of life...
  Sugar, the best source of instant energy there is.
  Sugar, once a rare luxifry only enjoyed by the
  highest and the richest in the land—now an
  everyday item most of us take for granted. Sugar,...

• Everyday luxury
  14

  Everyday luxury
  THE FIRST RECORDED use of sugar in
  England was in 1264 when King Henry
  III ordered some for the Royal
  Household. Lesser mortals had to wait
  until the early 1300's before they could
  taste the sweet life for...

• Your letters
  16

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Spanish warning
  From: F Oliver, JS veteran
  I have just returned from a holiday in
  Spain and through the Journal I would
  like to let people who are going...

• Seven stars
  17

  Seven stars
  SEVEN MISS JS's pushing three
  bulging supermarket trolleys walked
  through the doors of Grosvenor House
  in London's Park Lane on April 25, and
  found themselves surrounded by a
  galaxy of stars and celebrities,...

• Driving to safety
  18

  HUNDREDS OF JS DRIVERS are to
  receive awards this year for driving
  safely during 1978.
  'JS drivers generally have a good reputation
  and good individual records'
  says Sylvia Edwards, insurance officer,
  who deals with motor...

• Gathering together
  18

  Gathering together
  FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER the West Centre Hotel at
  Fulham on April 23 was the venue of the Veteran Group's
  annual reunion.
  About 1500 veterans accompanied by their spouses or friends
  arrived by various modes...

• A 'special' goodbye
  19

  A 'special'
  SNOW HILL POLICE STATION lost
  one of its most respected 'inmates' when
  Vic Lonnon retired from JS on April 27.
  As well as working for JS for the past
  44 years, Vic has spent nearly all his
  free-time during the...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  F Goldsmith, formerly technical services
  manager/depot accountant at
  Buntingford depot, has been appointed
  accounts/productivity manager at the
  depot.
  A Campbell, formerly prepared foods
  buyer in the frozen...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Harry Harvey, senior leading meat
  tradesman at Langney branch,
  celebrated 40 years with the company on
  May 1.
  Harry joined the firm just before the
  war, and within a year had left his first
  branch at Haywards...

• We also heard
  20

  We also heard
  RADAR IS ON TARGET at Waltonon-
  Thames branch according to BPO
  Elizabeth Warren. She proudly reports
  that two staff who have been slimming
  with the aid of the RADAR sponsored
  slim scheme have attained their...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Albert (Leslie) Birch, manager of stock
  and capital control in branch financial
  control at Blackfriars, died suddenly on
  March 26. He had been with the company
  for nearly 44 years and was due to
  retire early next...

• Out of Code
  21

  Out of Code
  Stories we couldn't fit in last month.
  A TREMENDOUS EFFORT by all the
  staff at Bretton branch enabled the store
  to overcome a crisis caused by a complete
  failure of the electricity supply.
  The power cut began at...

• Retirements
  21

  Retirements
  Vera Hibbard, a clerk in the data processing
  department at Blackfriars, retired
  on April 6 after 29 years service.
  Vera joined the firm in the branch
  stock office at Blackfriars and worked
  there for four years....

• Buddin career
  22

  Buddin career
  FROM HAND-PRINTING silk squares
  to managing a supermarket in Worthing
  may seem a strange career progression,
  but that's exactly what Arthur Buddin's
  done. As a lad of 14 he was working
  Liberty's factory in...

• A change of gear
  23

  IN ALL WEATHERS for the last 33
  years Alan Pearce has travelled by motorbike
  the 20 mile journey to and from
  his home to Colchester branch and his
  job as assistant manager. When he first
  started work at JS nearly 44 years...

• Portrait of two anarchists with a bomb
  24

  Portrait of two anarchists with a bomb These two figures initiated one of the great revolutions
  of the nineteenth century. Their names?
  Mr and Mrs John James Sainsbury. Until they
  came along, the standard of hygiene in most...