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  • Contents Page 01

    Page 2-3
    General News
    Page 4-5
    New on the shelves (Cover Picture)
    Page 6-7
    Report on AGM
    Page 8-9
    Two new stores
    Page 10-11
    Profit Sharing Scheme
    Page 12-13
    Parking prettily
    Page 14-15
    Energy Matters
    Page 16-19
    Where it's at
    Page...

  • Looking North 02

    Looking North
    JS EXPANSION PLANS NORTH
    have taken a further step forward, this
    time in the supply area.
    Palethorpes Limited, of Market
    Drayton, Shropshire, whose main
    activities are the production of meat
    pies, sausages and...

  • Minister tours labs 02

    Minister tours labs
    MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
    Peter Walker visited JS at Blackfriars on
    July 1. He was taken on a tour of the
    laboratories before having a working
    lunch with chairman Sir John Sainsbury
    and directors Cecil...

  • Olympic triumph 02

    Olympic triumph
    GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS were
    brought back to Poole branch by
    swimmer Tony Stickland from the
    Disabled Olympics despite the fact that
    he missed his best events.
    Readers may remember that Tony
    was featured in...

  • Whisky galore! 02

    Whisky galore!
    COMMUNICATION merged with
    intoxication recently when chairman Sir
    John Sainsbury was presented with a
    gallon of whisky by the Observer
    newspaper, for the excellence of JS
    annual report to shareholders and...

  • An act of providence! 03

    An act of providence!
    AN APT POSTAL ADDRESS augured
    well for a successful opening of a new
    branch at Providence Place,
    Maidenhead in Berkshire on July 1.
    Customers were so anxious to shop in
    the new store that it took a lot...

  • A bit of all white 04

    A bit of all white
    'IT'S THE WHITE that catches the eye'
    as the old saying goes and it's certainly
    appropriate in the case of JS's new and
    very adaptable range of ovenproof
    cookware.
    The high fired earthenware range has a...

  • Pudding on the style! 04

    Pudding on the style!
    'PUDDINGS AND DESSERTS' and
    Cooking for Two are the latest titles to
    be added to JS's series of hardback
    recipe books. They are still at an
    incredible 99p each and contain 100
    tested recipes.
    Just...

  • Pan handlers strike gold 05

    Pan handlers strike gold
    FREE PAN HOLDERS are giving a
    boost to the sale of JS*s already very
    successful bakeware range, This is the
    first time the company has done anything
    like this and the bakeware range
    has proved to be...

  • Tins are what they used to be 05

    Tins are what they used to be
    TO MISQUOTE a bit of current graffiti,
    nostalgia is what it used to be as far as
    JS's latest range of tinware is concerned.
    Based on advertising material in the
    twenties and thirties the tins are...

  • Investment pays off 06

    Investment pays off
    AN INCREASE OF THIRTY PER
    CENT to the present sales area by
    March 1983. This is one of the development
    plans chairman Sir John Sainsbury
    told shareholders about at the
    company's annual general meeting,...

  • Centre of attraction 08

    Centre of attraction
    Top: A view down the arched colonnade linking the Sainsbury Centre to the main
    shopping street, which will shortly be lined by a number oj sub-let shops. Above: A
    chill, drizzly morning didn 't keep the...

  • Fair shares for all 10

    Fair shares
    for all
    This month JS's profit
    sharing scheme pays out for
    the first time. Such schemes
    are complicated by
    government legislation, stock
    market regulations and by the
    individual company's own
    business...

  • A cure for parking disease! 12

    Concrete grass, snakes and ladders
    and striped awnings are just three of the prizewinning ideas
    to emerge from JS's search for...
    A cure for parking disease! BRIGHT GREEN with flashing lights is
    how Nick Bailey sees JS...

  • ENERGY MATTERS 80 14

    ENERGY
    MATTE
    In January this year the Journal reported
    on JS's energy conservation plans for the
    year—Energy Matters 80. At a press
    conference held on July 9 the most
    innovative and ambitious part of the
    company's...

  • A £407 an hour splash out by Arnold 16

    A £407 an hour splash out by Arnold
    IN JUST ONE HOUR the fantastic
    sum of £407 was raised during a sponsored
    swim organised by Arnold branch.
    The store holds a charity fund raising
    effort every year. Previously they...

  • How does this grab you? 16

    How does this grab you?
    A RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
    certainly paid off for a 'grub grabber' at
    Bexhill branch recently. As the winner
    of a competition run by his local
    newspaper and a regular JS customer,
    Leslie Stopp, was...

  • One of those days 16

    One of those days
    PASSION FRUIT—limited availability.
    Supply will improve by weekend.'
    This item, lifted from a recent
    produce bulletin, was sent
    annonymously to the Journal with the
    comment: 'Doesn't it always!'

  • Tamworth hits the headlines 16

    Tamworth hits the headlines
    T COULDN'T BELIEVE IT' says
    manager of Tamworth branch Graham
    Liniey, when the Queen stopped to talk
    to him, during her visit to the town to
    open the Ankerside Shopping Centre.
    Excited as he was...

  • A right Royal collection 17

    A right Royal collection
    Joan's childhood interest in the Royal Family has grown into an impressive collection
    of cuttings and photographs. (Right: The Queen Mum's letter to the branch.) A ROYAL BIRTHDAY is a special
    occasion...

  • Gym 'll fix it at HQ 17

    Gym 'll fix it
    atHQ
    FITNESS FANATICS have a dream
    come true, the decision has been made
    to go ahead with the Blackfriars
    gymnasium/sauna project.
    A fully equipped gymnasium is to be
    set up in the present billiard room...

  • Smith, Smith and Smith at Worle 17

    Smith, Smith and Smith at Worle
    ACTING NATURALLY was the order
    of the day at Worle branch when a
    Thames TV unit came to film a regular
    customer shopping.
    The filming will become a part of a
    documentary series comparing the...

  • A welcome revival! 18

    A welcome revival!
    RESUSCI ANNE was the guest of honour
    at a recent JS gathering. She didn't
    say a word, was 'revived' twice and had
    to be helped to her feet to have her
    picture taken!
    If you haven't guessed already,...

  • Eileen's top dog 19

    Eileen's top dog
    A SHAGGY DOG STORY ended recently
    when Forest Hill branch proudly
    donated £74.50 to Dr Barnardo's.
    Eileen Thomas, a part time supermarket
    assistant at JS for the past nine
    years, heard recently that Dr...

  • Highest rung of the safety ladder 19

    Highest rung of the safety ladder
    ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS
    safety qualifications in the world has
    been gained by deputy manager of
    branch engineering Dave Bowen.
    Dave and 25 other newly qualified
    safety professionals were...

  • Appointments 20

    Appointments
    S Whyte, formerly manager of
    Chippenham, has been appointed
    manager of Cannon Park.
    J Hammond, formerly manager of
    Dorking, has been appointed manager
    of Chippenham.
    A James, formerly manager of
    Redhill, has...

  • Long service 20

    Long service
    Frank Shipp, assistant area personnel
    manager at Romford Area office,
    celebrated 40 years' service in July.
    Frank began his career as an office
    junior in the staff department at
    Blackfriars and remained at...

  • Obituary 20

    Obituary
    Derrick Brownhill, head of food
    technology, died on June 18, at the age
    of 57, after a long illness.
    Derrick joined the company in 1961
    as a confectionary technician in the
    laboratory at Blackfriars and then...

  • Retirements 20

    Retirements
    Gwen Brown, housekeeper at
    Cheltenham, retires this month after 12
    years service with JS.
    She joined the company as a daily domestic when the branch opened in
    1968.
    Ann Flack, a part-time supermarket
    assistant...

  • A most happy fellow 21

    A most happy fellow
    A LUCKY MAN is how Les 'Nobby'
    Bone considers himself both at home
    and at work. When he concluded 47
    years service in June and retired as customer
    serviceman at Farnham branch,
    he took with him many fond...

  • Hands of time 22

    Hands of time
    'I'M ENJOYING A LIFE of leisure
    now—or at least that's what they say'
    grins Henry 'Jamie' Jamieson. 'But I've
    got the house to keep clean, the
    decorating to do, the meals to cook and
    all that sort of...

  • Straight down the middle 22

    Straight down the middle
    'I HATED IT' says Ted Spriggs of his
    first few weeks at JS. 'But I got to like it
    in the end. I had been used to an outdoor
    life and a certain amount of freedom,
    so working behind a counter and
    the...

  • Trike cyclists! 24

    Archives
    Trike cyclists! WHEN SAINSBURY's went selfservice
    in the 1950's they stopped home
    deliveries, much to the regret of many
    customers. For over 50 years teams of
    delivery boys had pedalled around the
    suburbs on...