'JS Journal', February 1980

Table of content

• Prices cut a dash!
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  There is no Text

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7, 10-11 and 15
  General news
  Pages 8-9, 16-19
  Features
  Pages 12-14
  Brighton Conference
  Pages 20-23
  People
  Page 24
  Archives

• JS's new style punchy approach
  02

  JS's new style punchy approach
  NEW STYLE press advertisements, like
  the example shown above and on the
  front cover, are a part of JS's stronger
  approach to the advertising backing the
  Discount 80 prorgramme.
  'This style of...

• Looking forward to old age
  02

  Looking forward to old age
  SAVE TOWARDS a sunny retirement
  rather than a rainy day and get full tax
  relief on the way — that is what is on
  offer to everyone who belongs to JS's
  pension and death benefit scheme.
  Under the...

• Not price cutting our own throat
  02

  Not price cutting our own throat
  'IT'S IMPORTANT that we are seen to
  be on our toes and fighting' says
  assistant managing director Peter Davis
  of JS's price sharpening moves in
  response to the massive price cutting
  campaigns...

• Woodford packs 'em in!
  03

  Woodford packs 'em in!
  Some of the 'welcoming party' at South Woodford, from left to right: Assistant checkout
  manager Pat Pells, manager Terry Wigley, sales assistant Maureen Holdsworth,
  supermarket assistants Hetty Miller,...

• And then there were six...
  04

  And then there were six...
  THREE MORE TITLES have been
  published in JS's new series of hardback
  recipe books. Slimming is on sale in the
  branches now, Freezing and Family
  Meals go on sale at the beginning of
  April.
  At 99p...

• JS trifle gets fresh and fruity
  04

  JS trifle gets fresh and fruity
  IF YOUR CULINARY reputation
  hangs on the excellence of your trifle, it
  could be that you are about to lose it.
  This month JS launched a fresh cream
  trifle that is probably better than...

• When it comes to lager JS certainly can, can
  05

  When it comes to lager JS certainly can, can
  LATEST PARTY PIECE to be added
  to the already impressive line up of JS's
  own label lager is a 2.21 litre party can.
  The new can, which costs £1.24p, is a
  logical extension to the...

• JS's new well bread (and cake) image
  06

  JS's new well bread (and cake) image
  Some of the packaging used in the in-store bakeries showing the new golden wheat logo. A SIGN OF THE TIMES is the new
  homey, golden wheat logo that from now
  on will be used to identify...

• News for early morning yoggers!
  06

  News for early morning yoggers!
  REGULAR YOGGERS will not have
  failed to notice that every month for the
  past year-and-a-half JS has been introducing
  a new flavour into its range
  of own label yogurts. In January it...

• Butter patter
  07

  Butter patter
  MORE PRICE RISES may be
  sprouting from Brussels. The price of
  butter could go up by at least 13p a
  pound this year if new Common Market
  proposals are approved.
  The EEC subsidy which holds down
  butter prices is...

• Milk shake up
  07

  Milk shake up
  MILK PRICES went up from 15p to
  16ip a pint on February 17, but farmers
  are asking for a yet further increase in
  the spring to 'shield them from high
  inflation'.
  Producer prices for milk also rose by
  0.132p a...

• Salisbury's beefburgers are delishous
  07

  Salisbury's beefburgers are delishous
  IF YOU HAVE NOTICED a sudden rise in the sale of JS beefburgers this could be
  the reason why.

• ENERGY MATTERS 80
  08

  The heart of the matter—a field interface device which will provide the local 'intelligence' at Blackpole to
  run many of the branch's building service functions.
  'Energy will cost the retail division almost £6 million this...

• Clifton Down is on the up and up
  10

  THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION in
  Bristol on February 5 was JS's new
  supermarket at Clifton, the first store to
  open in the new Clifton Down Shopping
  Centre.
  Long before the doors opened there
  were the usual crowds of shoppers,...

• Pension up 12%
  11

  Pension up 12%
  JS PENSIONERS who retired before
  March 31, 1979, have just received the
  happy news that from January 7 their
  pensions went up by 12 per cent.
  Last year an increase of eight per cent
  was approved by the board....

• Trading moves
  11

  Trading moves
  AS PART of the company's planned
  policy to give senior managers in the
  trading department the 'chance to widen
  their experience', Tony Simmons is to
  take over the responsibility of the frozen
  foods department...

• Managers take up the challenge of the eighties
  12

  Managers take up the challenge of the eighties FOR THE FIRST TIME in two years
  all JS managers had the opportunity for
  a get-together when they attended the
  retail managers' conference in Brighton
  on January 27 and 28. Over...

• Mixing Business with pleasure and a walk on the beach!
  14

  BRIGHTON had rarely been more
  popular than during the weekend of the
  retail managers' conference.
  Sometimes it did not seem quite clear
  whether the attraction was the
  Metropole Hotel or the Athina—the
  ship that remarkably...

• Bath station looks to be on the right lines
  15

  Bath station
  THE BATH BUN FIGHT over who is
  to develop the site that includes the listed
  Green Park railway station, looks to
  be almost over. The JS scheme has won
  the approval of the Environment
  Secretary Michael Heseltine,...

• Bigger than before
  15

  Bigger than before
  JS'S NEW STORE AT SURBITON
  opens on March 25. With a 1,639 square
  metre sales area it is considerably bigger
  than the small existing branch it
  replaces. There is a two-storey car park
  above the new...

• May timing
  15

  May timing
  A MAY OPENING is planned for JS's
  new supermarket in Maidenhead. With a
  sales area of over 1,800 square metres it
  will be one of the biggest stores in town.
  The new store's rooftop car parking
  has been designed to...

• Property page
  15

  THE OPENING of Bowthorpe branch
  created 200 new jobs for people living in
  Norwich; a fact that was highlighted in
  a recent report by the Norwich property
  committee.
  Between 1977 and 1979 a total of 825
  new jobs had been...

• Ten year delay?
  15

  Ten year delay?
  BRENTWOOD COUNCIL has passed
  a resolution that could delay JS's plans to build a new supermarket in the town
  for at least ten years.
  JS owns a small portion of a site on
  Hart Street. The rest is owned by...

• Two-part plan
  15

  Two-part plan
  THE FIRST PHASE of JS's new
  development at Basingstoke will open
  for business in April.
  The original plan for the site at
  Brighton Hill Parade, was for a
  supermarket with a sales area of 1,358
  square metres....

• Fired with enthusiasm
  16

  Fired with enthusiasm
  Thepetrof station at JS's Bowthorpe branch is situated across the road from the store Above: This machine compacts ail waste,
  and the containers of compacted
  rubbish are removed regutarty by...

• Taking the waters
  17

  Taking the waters
  A THOROUGH SURVEY of table
  waters generally available in this
  country was carried out recently for the
  Sunday Times' Lifespan section.
  Sainsbury's own label waters—both still
  and sparkling—attained very...

• Your last chance to pick the winner
  18

  Your last chance to pick the winner
  THE WAITING WILL BE OVER for
  the finalists in this year's Miss JS
  competition, on February 23. This is the
  date of the company's annual dinner and
  dance, at which the Miss JS contest is...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  G W Skipper, formerly senior merchandiser,
  branch merchandising department,
  has been appointed deputy
  manager of branch planning services.
  A Branson, formerly financial analyst
  in the distribution division, HO...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Jim Martin, a butcher at Wallington,
  has recently celebrated 40 years with JS.
  He joined the company as an errand
  boy in 1930 and during the course of his
  career so far has been a van driver and
  poulterer before...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Jean Solley, senior clerk at Folkestone
  has retired after 27 years with the
  company.
  'Solley', as she was affectionately
  known at work, began her career at the
  old manual shop at Folkestone and
  carried out...

• JS's golden girl
  21

  JS's golden girl
  Sue Thomason receives her special well-earned award from Derek Williams. A SECRETARIAL trainee from JS has
  attained a high honour early in her
  studies. Not only has 16-year-old Susan
  Thomason become the first...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Peter Adams, a supermarket assistant at
  Uxbridge branch, died in a road
  accident in December at the age of 17.
  In February last year Peter joined JS
  as a weekend student and was taken on
  as a full-time trainee in...

• Unexpected Starr turn
  21

  Unexpected Starr turn
  FAST FOOTWORK by the
  management of the Lakeside Country
  Club avoided disappointing over 800 JS
  staff, family and friends on the occasion
  of the SSA night on February 10.
  The unpredictable Freddie Starr...

• Into the frying pan
  22

  Into the frying pan
  TOSSING PANCAKES is so much a
  part of our yearly tradition—how many
  of us remember the charming story of its
  origin some 400 years ago?
  Shrove Tuesday is named from the
  verb 'to shrive' which means to...

• Pancake Princess
  22

  Pancake Princess
  A KI-STIM- AIR took over Lincoln's
  Inn Fields on Shrove Tuesday on the
  occasion of the annual Jif Lemon pancake
  races.
  Hundreds of spectators, supporters
  and photographers jostled 1'or places
  along the...

• Bert looks back on a 'good life'
  23

  Bert looks back on a 'good life'
  'I DO FEEL that I've had a very good
  life with Sainsbury's. I've managed to
  grow along with the company and I
  can't foresee a time when it will stop
  developing!'
  Bert Black, recently retired...

• Alfred comes up stumps!
  24

  Archives
  Alfred comes up stumps!
  ALFRED EARL, a keen member of the
  Griffin Athletic Club from its official
  beginnings in 1922, sent the archives a
  great bundle of trophies from his
  cricketing days.
  The Griffin which...