'JS Journal', October 1980

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Contents
  Page 2-5
  General news - Cover story: Christmas is come.
  Page 10
  Buy British Campaign. Mitcham opens
  Page 15
  Property news. The competition
  Page 4-7
  What's new on the shelves - Kitchen coordinates. Cat litter. Electrical...

• Cover story
  02

  Cover story
  CHRISTMAS comes to JS on
  September 29, the day most of the
  company's Christmas lines go on sale in
  the branches. This year's display will be
  bigger and better than ever.
  The experience gained from the
  breakfast...

• Fly move
  02

  Fly move
  ALWAYS ANGLING FOR NEW
  product areas in which to trade
  profitably, JS have launched their latest
  new department at Lordshill. And
  customers are certainly taking the bait—
  judging by the popularity of the new...

• Folkstone
  02

  Folkstone

• Home front
  02

  Home front
  A BEST OF BRITISH month long campaign
  was launched by JS on September
  15. All branches are taking part in this
  promotion of British fresh foods, which
  includes price cutting on meat, bacon,
  eggs, butter, cheese,...

• Laying a ghost
  02

  Laying a ghost
  THE 'GHOST TOWN' image of
  Oldbury in the West Midlands will be
  completely dispelled on October 14, the
  opening day of the SavaCentre there.
  About 500 jobs have been provided
  and the town will be revitalised by...

• Mitcham takes-ofF
  03

  Mitcham takes-ofF
  'WE KNEW IT WAS GOING to be
  popular from the number of enquiries—
  and it's turned out to be very good
  indeed' said Bromley AGM Eddie
  Ricketts. The opening of JS's new store
  in Mitcham on September 16 was...

• Keep kitten tidy Drop litter
  04

  Keep kitten tidy Drop litter
  GREAT EXCITEMENT was in evidence
  in the cat world on September 2—
  and the cause of this feline rapture was
  the launch of JS's first own-label pet
  care (as opposed to pet food)...

• Redecorate the kitchen for under £15!
  04

  Redecorate the kitchen for under £15!
  WANT TO SURPRISE THE WIFE for under £15? Then JS's
  hardware department have just the thing. This month they
  launched a new range of 11 mix and match kitchen accesories
  the total cost of...

• A sell-out!
  06

  A sell-out!
  IT WAS ROUGH LUCK if you did not
  snap up a couple of Roughneck
  Thermos for the kids, the moment they
  went on the shelves. (See September
  issue.) JS sold its entire stock (6,000 of
  them) in less than two...

• Own-label leads others follow
  06

  Own-label
  leads
  others
  follow
  NOT WISHING to remain static for
  long, two further extensions (literal and
  metaphoric) have been made to JS's
  own-label range of electrical goods.
  Firstly a portable extension lead (approx
  49...

• Stocking trade
  06

  Stocking trade
  FOR THE FIRST TIME ever the textiles
  department is to stock, on a trial
  basis, the most popular hosiery brand
  leaders (Pretty Polly and Kayser) alongside
  the established own-label range of
  tights and...

• Faster foods
  07

  Faster foods
  A CROCODILE SANDWICH—and
  make it snappy' might be a good (if old)
  joke but it is not much of a meal. Two
  new JS cookery books together offer two
  hundred delicious, and snappily
  prepared, alternatives to...

• The eternal triangle II
  08

  'Better to be safe than sorry'—an tcfcjay the adage probably holds
  more true than ever as almost with ealti passing day there appears
  more and more opportunitylorfcccidents to occur. JS HAS A WELL ESTABLISHED
  safety policy...

• Craig is Britain's ninth best bouncer
  10

  Craig is Britain's ninth best bouncer
  BOUNCING IS A VERY APT way to
  describe 17 year-old Craig Butcher, a
  student at Cwmbran branch. His hobby
  is trampolining and he is in fact rated
  ninth in Britain.
  His list of...

• JAM PACKED
  11

  Real jam is making a comeback. The success of JS's conserve range,
  launched earlier this year, proves that it is. Making real jam is a
  deceptively simple art, as any home jam-maker will tell you. Without
  artificial additives...

• East meets West
  14

  FOR DEPOT MANAGER Peter
  Speight the visit proved to be a
  particularly valuable one. Although he
  himself has never visited Japan, his
  father had been Professor of English at
  the Imperial University in Tokyo for
  many years....

• Oriental express visit
  14

  Oriental express visit
  THE JAPANESE may be good at
  selling motor cars but we can still teach
  them a thing or two about the buying
  and selling of fresh produce. A fact that
  was proved when members of the
  Produce Wholesalers...

• ASDA holds its own
  15

  ASDA holds its own
  AGAINST A GENERALLY
  GLOOMY profits front emerging this
  year from retailers, ASDA report that
  their pre-tax profits for the year up to
  April were up from £41 million to £50
  million.
  Also, after last...

• Excavators at Epsom dig in
  15

  Excavators at Epsom dig in
  NONSUCH ANTIQUARIAN
  SOCIETY have started digging on
  Epsom's old Odcan site, prior to JS
  starting to build a new supermarket
  there.
  By excavating the site they hope to be
  able to draw up plans of...

• High Street competition hots up
  15

  High Street competition hots up
  THREE MAJOR RETAILERS have
  announced price cutting campaigns during
  the last few weeks.
  Woolworth's launched a three-week
  campaign starting on September 12. The
  cuts average about 10 per cent...

• In sickness and in health
  15

  In sickness and in health
  ALTHOUGH THERE WILL be no
  official leaflets until November, new
  rules regarding eligibility for sickness
  benefit from the Department of Health
  and Social Security came into effect on
  September...

• Multi-million store for Beckeham
  15

  Multi-million store for Beckeham
  SAINSBURYS HAVE FINALLY been
  granted permission to build a multimillion
  pound supermarket in
  Beckenham. Kent.
  Bromley council's main objection was
  that the access route for service...

• What's jaws!
  15

  What's jaws!
  SHARK MEAT is a best seller at
  Basildon SavaCentre. Said fish department
  supervisor Paul Croucher: We've
  had such a demand for shark that we
  have to keep bringing in fish whenever
  we can get them.
  'They are not...

• Appointments
  16

  Appointments
  L Ryan, formerly systems team leader in
  the company systems department, has
  been appointed project manager in that
  department.
  K Jordan, formerly communications
  manager in office managers, has been
  appointed...

• Long service
  16

  Long service
  Phil Crackle, manager at Gloucester
  branch, has celebrated 25 years at JS.
  Phil's career began in the manual
  store at Nottingham before he
  undertook self-service training. From
  Bedford he returned to Nottingham...

• Retirements
  16

  Retirements
  Grace Hale, a senior supermarket assistant
  at Cheltenham branch, retired
  recently.
  Grace, who was considered the
  branch's expert on the beers, wines and
  spirits department, joined the company
  in 1955 as a sales...

• Phil's prize package
  17

  Phil's prize package
  A MAN WITH DESIGNS on
  Sainsbury's can certainly be found in the
  form of Phil Clements, winner of the
  packaging section of the Royal Society
  of Arts annual design bursaries
  competition 1979/80.
  'I spent...

• Snaffle yourself a gallon of whisky
  17

  Snaffle yourself a gallon of whisky
  WILL YOU HELP us to save a child's
  life? This is the plea the Stamford
  Group is making to everyone who works
  at JS. With the help of the SSA, the
  Stamford Group hope to raise money
  for the...

• Confessions of an 'addict'
  18

  Confessions of an 'addict'
  T REALISED I WAS HOOKED when
  was sent to buy two packets of digestive
  biscuits and came back having spent £25'
  says the Reverend David Gerrard, a selfconfessed
  Sainsbury's addict.
  David is Vicar...

• Charlton's extended family
  19

  Charlton's extended family
  DARENTH PARK HOSPITAL for
  handicapped children only has to say it
  needs something and the staff at
  Charlton depot have a whip-round or
  hold a raffle, to help make sure it gets it.
  So when the depot...

• Obituary
  20

  Obituary
  Stan Pitt, who retired from full time
  work at JS as cashier at Blackfriars in
  1976, died on September 3 after a coronary
  at the age of 70 years.
  Stan joined the company in 1941 as a
  wages clerk at Ewell. He later...

• Your letters
  20

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Standing down
  From: Jose Rule, Customer Relations
  Department, Blackfriars
  May I refer to the August Edition—
  Page 9, top picture, quote 'A...

• Sixty years young!
  21

  Sixty years young!
  IVOR EVANS looks too young to retire.
  But on September 4 he celebrated
  his sixtieth birthday and two days later
  he retired as manager of Hayes End
  freezer centre after 43 years with JS.
  His first job was...

• Sid looks forward to the good life
  22

  Sid looks forward to the good life
  SACKED on his first morning, Sid
  Vernon did not collect his cards until 41
  years later, when he retired in July of
  this year as foreman of the hygiene
  department at Charlton depot.
  'I...

• Quiet contentment
  23

  Quiet contentment
  QUIET WALKS and long drives in the
  car to explore new areas of countryside
  are easing Len Chumbley into a contented
  retirement. After 46 years at JS, he
  retired in August as meat manager at
  Upminster.
  Len...

• A few old bags!
  24

  Archives
  A few old bags! THE HOUSEWIFE of the 1870s would
  be amazed to see the range of packaged
  goods now available in J Sainsbury
  stores. For at that time there were only a
  few tins, no eggboxes, cellophane or
  vacuum...