'JS Journal', January 1981

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• NEW YEAR APPOINTMENTS
  01

  APPOINTMENTS
  FOUR NEW DEPARTMENTAL
  DIRECTORS have been appointed -
  Ewan Davidson, Nigel Matthews, Roy
  Spencer and Keith Worrall.
  The appointment of Ewan Davidson,
  Nigel Matthews and Roy Spencer
  reflects the increasing...

• Ad awards
  02

  Ad awards
  A UNIQUE advertising award scheme
  was organised last year by the trade
  magazine Supermarketing. To set the ball
  rolling they approached JS and William
  Grant, the whisky distillers, to be
  sponsors this year.
  The...

• Christmas bonanza
  02

  Christmas bonanza
  JS'S MARKET SHARE, as measured by
  AGB, has now climbed to an all-time
  high of 13.4 per cent, bringing the company
  neck and neck with Tesco. This
  figure covers a 4-week period ending
  December 6 1980, and...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 1
  General news - Four new departmental directors appointed.
  Page 2-3
  JS's market share equal to Tesco's. Property and company news.
  Page 4-5
  Two new stores open: Potters Bar and Hampton.
  Page 6-8
  Company activities, news...

• Pie prizes
  02

  Pie prizes
  PALETHORPES, the company acquired
  last year by Haverhill Meat Products Limited, have recently been proving just
  how good their pies are.
  At a Bakery and Confectionery
  Exhibition held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  in...

• Speed limits raised
  02

  Speed limits raised
  CASH ONLY checkouts have become a
  new feature in many JS stores in the last
  few weeks.
  This development is one of the various
  options on trial to discover which can
  give the best and speediest service to...

• Homebase
  03

  Homebase
  HOMEBASE has been chosen as the
  name for JS's new house and garden
  centres.
  It was announced in October 1979 that
  JS was to enter the £1.5 billion home
  improvement market with the formation
  of a new company...

• Panel draw
  03

  Panel draw
  AN EXTRA ADVANTAGE of being a
  member of the Blackfriars consumer
  panel became apparent just before
  Christmas. A draw was made from
  randomly selected numbers on statistical
  tables and some lucky winners chosen...

• Pension rises
  03

  Pension rises
  GOOD NEW YEAR NEWS for all JS
  pensioners who retired before March 31
  1980 - they have all been awarded a 12
  per cent increase in pension from the J
  Sainsbury Pension and Death Benefit
  Scheme as from January 5...

• Property
  03

  WORK IS UNDERWAY at Bath's
  historic Green Park station. The first
  stage of the project is to restore the
  crumbling station and its Georgian
  facade. Advising JS in this task is Dr
  Peter Cattermole, steam railway fanatic
  and...

• S.A.Y.E.
  03

  S.A.Y.E.
  SAVE AS YOU EARN! As mentioned
  in last month's issue, JS has obtained
  shareholders' approval for the introduction
  of a new savings-related share option
  scheme incorporating improvements
  allowed under the 1980...

• Historic Hampton
  04

  TO BLOSSOM in Hampton Nurserylands
  was just what JS planned to do and
  every hope was fulfilled when Hampton
  branch opened on December 9.
  The site of this branch in Hampton,
  near Richmond in Surrey, really was a
  nursery until...

• No holds barred
  04

  No holds dapped
  Above: Manager of Potters Bar, Robert
  Watson, enjoyed this his second opening
  at JS. Right: Happy shoppers and staff
  seem to thrive at Potters Bar - especially
  in the staff restaurant! JS'S NEW SUPERMARKET at...

• Good judge
  06

  Good judge
  HOME ECONOMIST, Wendy Godfrey
  (pictured standing centre), recently turned
  her hand to judging - in a cookery competition
  sponsored by Ocean Spray (of
  cranberry fame) and open to first year
  students at Leith's...

• Who loves you baby?
  06

  Who loves you baby?
  RUMOURS OF KISSES for blushing
  staff and customers from 'Kojak' Telly;
  Savalas were confirmed by St Stephens
  branch in Norwich.
  Kojak's surprise shopping trip may
  have been due to the fact that he...

• Ashford capers
  07

  Ashford capers
  THE PANTOMIME went down just as
  well as the Christmas dinner at Ashford
  branch. After dinner, and a grand raffle
  with over 50 prizes, the real entertainment
  - the 'Cinderella Caper' - began!
  BPO Rita Farnell...

• Michele dances to the top
  07

  Michele dances to the top
  HIGHLY COMMENDED awards for
  18 year old Michele Watt have made
  Kettering branch very proud of her.
  Michele, a skilled supermarket
  assistant, has worked for JS for just 18
  months but has been a keen...

• Harry's delight
  08

  Harry's delight
  CHRISTMAS wouldn't be Christmas
  without Sainsbury's according to Harry
  Secombe the Goon who lives in Sutton!
  He wrote for Punch magazine about
  the festive season and said 'What I like
  best is going to...

• Muswell marchers
  08

  Muswell marchers
  THE MAYOR OF HARINGEY'S sponsored walk in December turned out to be a
  special event for Muswell Hill branch.
  A team of four, Paul Coster, Dave Morton, Anthony Blake and Barry Putz, joined
  in the walk in fancy...

• Over the moon
  08

  Over the moon
  FARNHAM'S ENTHUSIASM has
  helped the British Kidney Patient
  Association even more than they ever
  predicted.
  The branch staff set an initial fund raising
  target of £ 150 which could be used to
  send a child...

• Spring clean image
  08

  The new smart attire for all branch staff will include a step-in zipped dress (above
  left) or tunic/trouser suit in a 'brick' colour (centre). For management a different
  trouser suit style will be in dark brown (right). DARK...

• Party eggsperiences
  09

  Party eggsperiences
  A NEW 'QUICK-SNACK' recipe with
  pickle has been introduced into selected
  branches as number two in the range of
  JS party eggs.
  Party Eggs with Sweet Pickle have a
  filling of chopped egg mixed with...

• Relish that choice
  09

  Relish that choice
  SNAP UP the tempting tastes from the
  new JS relish range quickly because, if
  you don't, someone else will!
  They have certainly been a remarkable
  development in the own-label success
  story. These crunchy...

• Silver spoons
  09

  Silver spoons
  THE FOUR LATEST additions to the JS own-label kitchen tool range appear this
  month in 56 branches. All made from stainless steel and priced at £1.25 each, they are
  (from top to bottom): a ladle, a spoon, a...

• 40 years luncheon
  10

  A REMARKABLE cross section of the
  JS work force was represented at this
  year's 40 year luncheon on January 5.
  The chairman, Sir John, and a number
  of directors hosted the luncheon held in
  honour of the sixteen members of...

• Kenya believe it?
  10

  Kenya believe it? £1,000 IS THE VALUE of the fantastic
  Kenya Safari holiday for two offered as
  the first prize in the latest SSA raffle.
  This holiday of a lifetime commences
  June 6 for 14 sun drenched days and
  includes...

• Shut that door
  10

  Shut that door
  IT IS NOT UNUSUAL for a new branch
  to have to close its doors on opening day
  to control the teeming hoards of eager
  shoppers. But so popular was JS's
  Gloucester store just before Christmas
  that the very same...

• Take note
  10

  Take note
  1981 SEEMS LIKE being a busy year
  for all SSA members. Although prices are
  on the up and up, the holidays, outings
  and other events all seem of exceptional value - both in terms of economy and
  enjoyment. So here are...

• What a sauce
  10

  What a sauce
  VARIETY MAY WELL BE the spice of
  life, but as far as variety of spices or at
  least sauces are concerned it would seem
  that consumers are conditioned as much
  by reputation and labels as by the taste. In a small...

• Bitterne fight disease
  11

  Bitterne fight disease
  A weighty cheque was presented by Bitterne to the chairman and secretary of the local
  Multiple Sclerosis Society branch. A UNITED EFFORT at Bitterne branch
  has raised an impressive sum to aid
  research...

• Sky high Heather
  11

  Sky high Heather
  'AFTER THE ACTUAL JUMP from
  the wing strut, you feel the parachute
  open and realise that everything is all
  right and actually begin to enjoy the
  experience' says 24 year old Heather
  Harnett of her first...

• Half year draw
  12

  Half year draw
  A LUCKY DRAW is to bejpRroi)
  1 and if you have beap^t subscji
  member of thfrSfr^for at least three con
  secutive months by that date, it could be
  your bjg chance to win £1,000!
  ^TrSiplansjSa half yearly...

• Italian aid
  12

  Italian aid
  TWO REQUESTS were recently
  received by J S to help the Italian disaster
  fund - snack foods and 900 bars of soap
  were desperately wanted.
  The soap was needed for 900 orphans
  in Naples. A group of volunteers...

• Pigs weren't born in packets then!
  12

  Pigs weren't born in packets then!
  PRINCIPLES AND HARD WORK
  still dominate the life of Frank Soan even
  though he retired from Hastings branch
  nearly three months ago.
  Frank's career covered 43 years of a
  rapidly changing...

• Shrewd Aussles
  12

  Shrewd Aussles
  SIDES OF HOGGET have recently been
  on special offer at the Sainsbury store in
  the Northpark Shopping Centre. If you
  can't quite place which branch is in the
  Northpark Centre, or are not quite sure
  what a...

• Lucrative leisuretime
  13

  Lucrative leisuretime
  A POSITIVE APPROACH towards his
  leisure time made 1980 a special year for
  JS architectural assistant Paul Dalby.
  It was about two years ago that Paul
  joined Sainsbury's and about the same
  time he...

• New JS counsellor
  13

  New JS counsellor
  AN-HOUR-AND-A-HALF before Barbara
  Beevis was due to have what she
  thought was her second child, she was
  told she was in fact going to have twins!
  'It was a terrific shock' says Barbara. 'I
  didn't know how I...

• Feedback
  14

  Trolley blues
  From: Marjorie Farrell, presidents' office,
  Blackfriars
  Having read in the December issue the
  article on the new Chislehurst store, I
  took an early opportunity to visit the
  branch.
  All looked most inviting and...

• Appointments
  15

  Appointments
  JH Dennis, formerly refrigeration
  supervisor, branch engineers, Woking,
  has been appointed project manager
  (central), company engineers at HO.
  SL Edwards, formerly insurance
  officer - secretary's office, has...

• Christmas bloomers
  15

  Christmas bloomers
  APOLOGIES are due from the Journal for inaccuracies that appeared in the
  December issue.
  Firstly to district manager Alan Roland, who was wrongly identified with
  Ontario's Minister of Agriculture and Food,...

• Long service
  15

  Long service
  Bert Fuller, project controller in the
  architects office at Blackfriars, has completed
  40 years' service with JS.
  Peter 'Hoppy' Hopkins, reception
  manager at Letchworth, has completed
  40 years' service with...

• Retirements
  15

  Retirements
  Richard Atkinson, senior warehouseman
  at Wealdstone, has retired after 16 years'
  service with JS.
  He joined the company at Harrow as a
  porter and when the branch closed he
  transferred to Wealdstone.
  Mary 'Cis'...

• AMIABLE AMY
  16

  AMIABLE AMY
  AMY'S AMICABILITY was directly
  due to drinking Sainsbury's tea, or so the
  1930's advertisements would have us
  believe.
  Amy Johnson was born in 1903 in
  Hull but was never interested in following
  a conventional...

• well, what did you know?
  16

  well, what did you know?
  THANKS TO EVERYONE who sent in
  answers to the Christmas 'What do you
  know' quiz. Some of you were quick to
  spot the deliberate trick question. Here
  are the answers:
  1 John James, may he rest in...