'JS Journal', April 1980

Table of content

• Budget account
  01

  Budget account
  THE BUDGET has passed yet again
  and in certain areas had a direct effect
  on JS and its employees.
  With expectations that Chancellor Sir
  Geoffrey Howe would slap an extra
  pound on the price of spirits a...

• Contents Page
  01

  Pages 1 -7 and 11
  General news
  Pages 8-10
  Feature
  Page 1 2
  Letters
  pages 1 3-15
  People
  Page 16
  Archives

• Mad hatters!
  01

  Mad hatters!
  After much deliberation judges (I to rt) John Sharp, Frank Bull and Ken Jones, stand
  behind Glenys Murphy, and winners Pat Baker (second), Sandra Reynolds (first) and
  Susan Jordan (third). GOOD FRIDAY had...

• We won!
  01

  We won!
  CROSSING THE ATLANTIC just in
  time to make our front page is the news
  from Charlton driver John Woods that
  St Thomas More FC under 13's team
  has won the Dallas Cup and taken
  Texas by storm.
  In March we reported how...

• A cut above the rest
  02

  A cut above the rest
  AN ADVERTISEMENT for JS minibone
  rib roast won a slice of the action
  at this year's Campaign Press
  Advertising Awards. (Campaign is the
  leading media magazine in the UK.)
  The ad, produced by Abbott...

• Credit where credit's due
  02

  Credit where credit's due
  APRIL 14 heralds the coming of the
  credit card to JS. From this date both
  Access and Barclaycard will be
  acceptable, for a minimum six month
  trial at six stores and two freezer centres.
  After...

• Engineers and architects on the move
  02

  Engineers and
  architects
  on the move
  MORE MOVES have been made in the
  architects and engineers department.
  Roy Linfield at the beginning of the
  financial year becomes departmental
  director of that department.
  John Kerss...

• New appointments at Blackfriars
  02

  New appointments at Blackfriars
  VARIOUS new appointments have been
  made at head office recently.
  In the estates department Peter Boam
  has been appointed estates manager
  responsible for the acquisition of sites
  for JS/GB Home...

• Super Surbiton!
  03

  Super Surbiton!
  IT WAS HARD WORK getting the
  new branch at Surbiton ready in time to
  open on March 25, but the 160 or so
  staff managed it, and when the first few
  hundred customers came streaming
  through the doors at 9.30 am,...

• Bags of tea!
  04

  Bags of tea!
  FOUR INTO ONE will go according to
  an old age pensioner, who was delighted
  to find that one Red Label tea bag made
  four large cups of tea.
  So pleased was she that she sat down
  and wrote the following poem about...

• Bran new taste
  04

  Bran new taste
  IT TOOK TWO YEARS to develop
  JS's Breakfast Bran which goes on sale
  for the first time this month. JS is the
  only supermarket chain so far to come
  up with its own variety of this increasingly
  popular...

• Dinner date
  04

  Dinner date
  THE 25 CLUB ANNUAL DINNER is
  to be held on October 13 at the Royal
  Lancaster Hotel in London. The club
  now has about 800 members who will be
  sent formal invitations sometime in
  August. This annual get together is...

• Hotel for sale
  04

  Hotel for sale
  A MERE £15 MILLION could buy you
  the still unfinished 770-bedroom King's
  Reach Hotel next door to Stamford
  House.
  The shell was completed in 1976
  before its developer went bust. And now
  the American company,...

• Icing on the profit cake
  04

  Icing on the profit cake
  A GOOD FIRST half year has been
  reported by the Bejam group whose
  taxable profits have made a jump of 50
  per cent to £4.1 million.
  The improvement in profits came
  almost entirely from the main...

• Natural progression
  04

  Natural progression
  REVLON is not only a hit in the three
  JS stores who are selling Natural
  Wonder cosmetics as a trial to test their
  popularity. Revlon is the second largest
  group in the US and last month
  reported record...

• Vive le litre
  04

  Vive le litre
  BIG NEWS for brandy drinkers is the
  introduction of a litre bottle of JS's
  French Brandy. This follows the success
  of the half litre size launched at the end
  of 1978.
  Buying your brandy in bulk is
  cheaper, for...

• Clock watchers look out!
  05

  Clock watchers look out!
  LOOKING for a good time—then look
  no further than the hardware
  department's handsome new range of
  battery operated wall clocks. There are
  four designs in the range and they are all
  priced at a...

• UK retailers call for EEC farm price freeze
  05

  UK retailers call for EEC farm price freeze
  THE RETAIL CONSORTIUM, which
  represents most of the food shops in
  Britain has called for a freeze on most
  EEC farm prices.
  In evidence sent to the Ministry of
  Agriculture, the...

• the big three
  06

  the big three
  SIX HUNDRED well organised staff
  successfully opened SavaCentre number
  three to the public on March 18.
  Miserable weather did not deter the
  curious crowds—it merely emphasised
  how bright and comfortable the...

• A stitch in time down the production line
  08

  OVERALL LIAISON between JS and
  Lawtex, a family firm based near
  Manchester, has for over 15 years
  ensured that branch and depot staff have
  been safely and neatly clad in keeping
  with their respective jobs.
  At the retail...

• An open and shut (nut) case
  10

  An open and shut (nut) case
  A QUESTION OF COST was raised by
  a letter written to HTV West. Mrs
  Humphries, a customer at Worle branch
  bought a coconut. She sent the coconut
  which was wrapped in cling film to the
  programme...

• JS men of property
  10

  JS men of property
  JS PROPERTIES LTD have announced
  the election of Roy Linfield, Nigel
  Franks and Geoffrey Haynes to the
  board.

• Prince Charles dines at HO
  10

  Prince Charles dines at HO
  READERS of the Court Circular in The
  Times will no doubt have noticed that
  head office recently had the pleasure of a
  visit from His Royal Highness Prince
  Charles.
  His Highness had a working lunch...

• Soul food
  10

  Soul food
  ACTOR ALEC McCOWEN stocked up
  with food and drink from Folkestone
  branch before settling down to the solitary
  vigil of rehearsing his now famous
  dramatic reading of St Mark's Gospel.
  Writing in a recent issue of...

• Overseas branch
  12

  Overseas branch
  A CUSTOMER at Derby branch recently
  had her cheque returned by the
  passport office as she had made it payable
  to, yes, you've guessed, 'J Sainsbury
  Ltd'.
  Our thanks to Mrs Hill the BPO at
  Derby for passing...

• Snaily Bulletin!
  12

  Snaily Bulletin!
  FRESH MEAT BUYERS we know are
  always on the look out for new products
  but this time we think they have really
  gone over the top, if an item in a recent
  daily bulletin is to be believed.
  The item informed...

• Your letters
  12

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Un-ethnic-al?
  From: D T Condon, fresh pork trading
  Is the company's decision to incorporate
  Ethnic Grouping on the Employee
  Record in any way connected...

• Appointments
  13

  Appointments
  J Phillipson, formerly manager of
  Kempston, has been appointed a district
  manager, taking over the branches on E
  Weeks' district when he takes up a
  special appointment in Coventry area
  office.
  J Trendall,...

• Long service
  13

  Long service
  Eddie Herbert, meat manager at
  Feltham, this month completes 40 years
  with JS.
  He began his career with the company
  at St Helier and has served at many
  branches including 218 Sutton, 67
  Sutton, Cheam Village,...

• Retirements
  13

  Retirements
  Evelyn Cooch, part-time supermarket
  assistant at Colchester, has retired after
  10 years with the company.
  Vi Ford, a fresh meat assistant at
  Colchester has retired after 10 years
  with the company.
  Ivy Sharp, a...

• The joy of queuing!
  13

  The joy of queuing!
  QUEUING UP in Sainsbury's is one of
  the things labour politician Shirley
  Williams enjoys being able to do as a
  result of losing her seat at the last
  election.
  Mrs Williams was the guest of
  Michael...

• Cyril calls it a night!
  14

  Cyril calls it a night!
  FRIENDLY LEG PULLING is one of
  the features of Cyril Laming's long
  career that he is going to miss most!
  Night manager at Basingstoke depot
  and renowned for his anecdotes, Cyril
  retired on April 11...

• Pip and his birds
  15

  Pip and his birds
  BIRDS ARE GOING to play an important
  part in the retired life of George
  'Pip' Piper—the feathered variety that is,
  because he breeds them.
  George, formerly grocery manager at
  Tonbridge, has bred birds as...

• The Home Guard at home
  16

  Archives
  The Home Guard at home AT THE FIRST RUMBLINGS of war
  in 1938, England prepared for attack—
  and units of Local Defence Volunteers
  were formed. Most of the JS staff who
  had not enlisted, joinced 'C' Company
  of the...