'JS Journal', September 1979

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• FOREST FIRE
  01

  FOREST FIRE
  In what amounted to an 'action replay' of last year's fire at
  Bitterne branch, last month Forest Hill was forced out of
  action by a fire in the freezer cabinets that caused thousands
  of pounds worth of damage. But...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-6
  General news
  Pages 7-15 and 18
  Features
  Page 16
  Letters
  Pages 17 and 24
  Archives
  Pages 19-23
  People
  Page 24
  Competitions news

• Minister invites JS to quango
  02

  Minister invites
  JS to quango
  JOHN SAINSBURY has accepted an
  invitation from Agriculture Minister
  Peter Walker to join a team of 'five
  lively minds' to investigate the problems
  of marketing UK agricultural and...

• 'Scanning' a new horizon
  02

  'Scanning' a new horizon
  CHECKOUT 'SCANNING' will be
  making its first appearance in a JS store
  early next year. Broadfield branch, scene
  of the current IBM in-store computer
  trial, will be equipped with scanners in
  the early...

• Six-day trading come October
  03

  Six-day trading come October
  SIX-DAY TRADING is to be extended
  to all JS stores as from this October. For
  about 12 months now the company has
  been experimenting with Monday opening;
  first at coastal branches and later...

• Adults only vit-c
  04

  Adults only vit-c
  SOUS LE PONT D'AVIGNON
  (well . . . Blackfriars actually), we have
  the "-latest addition to JS off-licence
  shelves Vin Blanc Cassis. A beguiling
  blend of light, dry French white wine
  with Creme de Cassis a...

• JS joins the top-set teaset
  04

  JS joins the top-set teaset
  TEA-TIME SPECIALS to be proud of
  are now 'in-store.' Four speciality ownlabel
  teas are now available in 125 gramme
  packs and expand JS's range to
  include Earl Grey, Darjeeling, High
  Grown Ceylon...

• Bigmouth lager
  05

  Bigmouth lager
  OPEN YOUR 'WIDEMOUTH' lager
  bottle and taste the delights of JS lager.
  Lager is the second own-label beer to be
  packaged in the dumpy 'widemouth'
  bottles—first used for JS bitter back in
  April 1977.
  JS was...

• Putting the tea in metric
  05

  Putting the tea in metric
  ON THE METRICATION FRONT
  the news is that tea will be converted
  to metric weights in the New
  Year. In the process of changing at present
  is instant coffee. It was a policy
  decision at JS that the...

• The drink that launched a thousand ships
  05

  The drink that launched a thousand ships
  UP-MARKET DRINKERS will pop
  their corks after one sip of JS's new
  own-label champagne, which went on
  sale at about 100 branches on August
  20. A classic example of the real...

• Around and about
  06

  Around
  and
  about
  Opening soon
  TWO BRANCH OPENINGS this
  month—on September 25 a new supermarket
  opens at Lexden, near
  Colchester and on September 27 a new
  independent freezer centre opens at
  Beaconsfield in...

• Worle deal a winning hand for under a tenner!
  06

  Worle deal a winning hand
  for under a tenner!
  Worle branch hit the jackpot and 'floated' away with the top prize in the open section of
  the Weston-super-Mare carnival. Their float depicted a casino scene, playing on the
  words...

• Four men in a boat
  07

  Four men in a boat
  What does it take to sail a small boat across the oceans of
  the world, risking life, limb and every penny you possess
  on the way? The Journal got the chance to find out when
  Sainsbury's gave £50 of grocery...

• Bavarian bonanza
  10

  Bavarian bonanza
  FROM WURST TO LAST JS's
  German fortnight was the biggest sales
  promotion of food from another country
  the company has ever staged. The
  campaign, which ran from August 13 to
  25, was organised in collaboration...

• JS sharpens the focus on traditional image
  10

  JS sharpens the focus on traditional image
  THH CLASSIC SAINSBl'RY image
  has been emphasised during the filming
  of the new TV commercials' explains
  Mike Connolh. manager of ihe' advertising
  department at JS. After the...

• Shining example'
  11

  Shining 'example'
  THE GRAND SUM of £969.61p has
  been raised by members of Coldhams
  Lane branch's SSA group, as their donation
  to a local hospital's cancer scanning
  appeal fund.
  Most of the money was raised by a
  sponsored...

• Not so easy rider
  12

  Not so easy rider
  THERE ARE THREE DEATHS every
  day as the result of motorbike accidents
  in this country. And two of those three
  people killed will be under 21. 'It's a
  shocking waste' says Dave Bowen—an
  experienced...

• The 'little people' dance a winning jig!
  14

  The 'little people' dance a winning jig!
  JIGGING THEIR WAY TO
  STARDOM are some young people
  who are being taught Irish dancing by
  an energetic lady named Sheila Mitchell.
  Sheila is chief cashier at JS's Balham
  branch, and...

• A matter of taste
  15

  A matter of taste
  EVEN PETS' OPINIONS are being
  sought by the home economics department
  at head office. A test marketing
  panel of some 300 staff (and their cats
  and dogs!) was recruited from
  Blackfriars nearly 18 months ago...

• Your letters
  16

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Finders no keepers
  From: R Stimson, Stevenage branch
  For some time now I have tried without
  success to obtain a firm answer on JS
  policy concerning...

• Miss Dawes opens up
  17

  Archives
  Miss Dawes opens up
  The redoubtable Miss Dawes was Mr Alan's (now Lord
  Sainsbury) first private secretary, back in the Thirties.
  Recently JS archivist Honor Godfrey invited Margaret
  Dawes (now Mrs Brown) to come and...

• JS goes to school
  18

  JS goes to school
  A PACKAGE DEAL for schools is
  being launched by JS. By next month
  glossy folders holding new booklets for
  'A' level students and prospective retail
  management trainees and other literature
  to encourage all...

• Looking back towards the year 2000
  19

  Looking back
  towards the year 2000
  Simon Sainsbury recently retired as deputy chairman.
  Here he looks back on his 23 years with JS and reflects on what
  the stores of the future could be like. • • RETIREMENT IS AN
  L L O C...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  R Parkinson, formerly in-store bakery
  co-ordinator, has been appointed instore
  bakery manager.
  R Pearl, who was formerly audit
  manager, internal audit, Streatham,
  has now been appointed manager stock
  and...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Charles Baker, a driver at Charlton
  depot, celebrated 40 years with the
  company in August.
  Ron Eveleigh, trades assistant in the
  meat department at Boscombe branch,
  has celebrated 40 years with JS.
  Ron joined...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Doug Brazear, senior store serviceman
  at Romford, has retired after 14 years
  with JS. He retired early due to ill
  health.
  Doug came to the company in 1965 as
  a porter at Collier Row. He became
  senior store...

• Beautiful buy
  21

  Beautiful buy
  ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN when
  your mother shops at Sainsbury's—as
  five-year-old Christine Cashman discovered
  when she was recently crowned
  Miss Pears 1979.
  Christine's mother, Hanna Cashman,
  bought the bar of...

• Centre of attention
  21

  Centre of attention
  ANOTHER ACCOLADE for the
  Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the
  University of East Anglia in Norwich. A
  special plaque has been awarded to
  the Centre by the British Tourist
  Authority.
  Since the Centre...

• Deposit scheme spreads
  21

  Deposit scheme spreads
  THE LATEST STORES to get trolley
  deposit schemes are Basingstoke and
  Luton. The £1 deposit scheme was in- troltroduced
  at Basingstoke on July 30 and
  at Luton on August 14.
  This brings the number of JS...

• New line is roaring success!
  21

  New line is roaring success!
  MIDDLE NECK OF GIRAFFE could
  well be the next taste sensation JS will be
  offering customers. Already selected JS
  stores are receiving consignments of
  boneless lion.
  Well, that's what the label on...

• THREE KITCHEN STAFF
  21

  THREE KITCHEN STAFF at Shirley
  branch have clocked up half a century of
  working at JS between them. 'Is this a
  record' asks BPO Madge Michell.
  The longest innings goes to housekeeper
  Elsie Strong, who joined the
  company 21...

• Jack likes it when the carpentry gets tough
  22

  Jack likes it when the carpentry gets tough
  'YOU NAME IT, it has happened to
  me' says Jack Graves as he looks back
  on his 43 years at JS, and recalls some of
  the 'adventures' he has had during his
  career. Jack officially...

• Chas is a front runner on the golf course
  23

  Chas is a front runner on the golf course
  'THE RACEHORSE' is going to be a
  common sight on golf courses around
  Reigate in the coming years—if Chas
  Puplett has anything to do with it. Chas,
  the meat manager at Oxted branch,...

• Kids on camera
  24

  Kids on camera
  IS EVERYBODY HAPPY? Well this
  chap certainly is. So much so in fact that
  he earns Barbara Munns, a cashier at
  Purley branch, a £2 JS voucher in this
  year's Journal photo competition. Each
  month we'll be...