'JS Journal', October 1981

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• Chocks away
  02

  Chocks away
  JS AND BRITISH AIRWAYS have
  signed an agreement to turn part of the
  airline's West London Terminal in the
  Cromwell Road, into the largest
  supermarket in central London.
  The deal gives JS the lease of the
  ground...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  News
  Page 3
  Property
  Page 6-7
  Branch opening—Leeds—a JS supermarket and a Homebase store gives the company its most successful opening to date
  Page 8, 9, 20, 22
  General news
  Page 10-11
  New products
  Page 12-13
  Goodies...

• Basingstoke tip off
  03

  Basingstoke tip off
  PLANS TO SITE a rubbish tip close to
  JS's largest depot at Basingstoke have
  been withdrawn after long negotiations
  between the company and Basingstoke
  Council officials.
  The depot staff received this news...

• Photo competition
  03

  Picking the winners—a tough job for photo competition judges
  Sydney Harding (left) and Peter Dixon.

• Property
  03

  PERMISSION has been given by the city
  planning committee for a Homebase
  store to be built in Cardiff. The 30,000 sq
  ft building with parking for 250 cars, will
  be next to the new JS supermarket to be
  built on the site of an...

• Senior management appointments
  03

  Senior management appointments
  THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT of
  certain departments is changing this
  autumn.
  Mike Bates, previously senior manager
  of cakes/biscuits buying, will move to the
  grocery division and take...

• On the trail
  04

  THE TOTAL CAPACITY and the most
  economical use of JS's transport system is
  constantly under close scrutiny by the
  distribution division. During recent
  acquisitions of new refrigerated trailers
  those considerations have been...

• What a Swiss!
  04

  What a Swiss!
  TRYING CHEESE for breakfast led JS
  customer John Parker to a special prize.
  John and his wife Pauline entered this
  year's JS's Freezer Magazine competition,
  sponsored by 'Cheeses from
  Switzerland'. They had to...

• Cashier training
  05

  Cashier training
  THIS MONTH sees the launch of an
  exciting new cashier training programme,
  unique to JS.
  This is the single most important
  element of the campaign to improve the
  'front end' operation which is where...

• Rates rise
  05

  Rates rise
  IN RECENT WEEKS an unwelcome
  delivery has landed on the doormats of
  most people in Greater London—a
  supplementary rates demand.
  JS was no exception and the one that
  arrived at Blackfriars for the...

• Supplier's surprise
  05

  Supplier's surprise
  DURING this the Year of the Disabled JS
  has been pleased to realise just how much
  very practical help the company can give.
  Nimbus Laboratories are manufacturers
  of soaps, toiletries and allied
  products...

• Leeds
  06

  The chairman and store manager, Peter Wesson,
  (left) open the supermarket doors. Homebase manager Terry Nicholson. A DOUBLE FIRST on Tuesday October
  13 marked an important milestone in
  Salisbury's history—an opening...

• National Fun Run
  08

  National Fun Run
  THE SUNDAY TIMES National Fun
  Run was held on Sunday September 27 in
  Hyde Park. JS was well represented for
  among the 27,000 entrants were a group
  of 30 head office personnel who entered
  as a 'business team'...

• Harlow farewell
  09

  Harlow farewell
  SADNESS was forgotten at the 'official'
  closure party of Harlow branch on
  October 3.
  Nuns, schoolgirls, doctors and everyone
  joined in at the fancy dress disco. They all
  said a fond farewell to the full...

• Marathon girls
  09

  Marathon girls
  TINA SMITH and Theresa O'Donnell,
  clerks at Bedford branch, recently
  completed a 13 mile marathon and
  raised £50 for local charities.
  Tina recalls the experience in the
  following poem:
  We two pals entered...

• Crunchy creams
  10

  Crunchy creams
  CRUNCH YOUR WAY into a dreamy
  cream from the JS new range of cream
  biscuits. Currant creams, butter sandwich
  creams, and malt crunch creams with
  chocolate flavoured filling are all
  premium products which are...

• Perfect blend
  10

  Perfect blend
  WINE OF THE MONTH for November
  is Cotes du Roussillon, price £1.85,
  available in 153 branches.
  The Cotes du Roussillon are situated
  around Perpignon in the foothills of the
  Pyrenees in Southern France. The...

• To the rescue
  10

  To the rescue
  FIRST AID in the home is the subject of
  a new Sainsbury book.
  There is as much risk of an accident in
  the home as there is on the roads and this
  latest hardback book has been written to
  help people avoid...

• Discount launch
  11

  Discount launch
  ONE OF JS's most important areas of
  own-label development, and yet one that
  retains a low profile, is the range of
  cooking oils.
  The use of cooking oils has a long and
  interesting history and in the...

• West coast arrivals
  11

  West coast arrivals
  FOLLOWING THE RECENT-and
  astounding—successful introduction of
  Californian wines into the UK wine
  market, their growing potential has been
  recognised by JS. Four Californian wines
  have been added to the...

• Goodies galore
  12

  WHETHER FOR STOCKINGS
  or stocking fillers, JS
  offers a wide range of
  goods in the textiles
  departments of the larger
  stores.
  For children there are
  woolly hats, scarves, mits
  and gloves included in the
  new JS autumn...

• JUST THE JOB
  14

  JUST THE JOB
  'This month the
  Journal looks
  at the role of
  the company
  architect KEEPING UP with a fast changing world
  is one of Mike Dunkley's priorities as
  company architect.
  Mike not only has to investigate new
  building...

• Executive club
  15

  Executive club
  BIAS IN THE MEDIA was discussed at
  the Executive Club at Blackfriars on
  October 7.
  David Dimbleby, the well-known and
  respected television presenter, accepted
  the Club's invitation to air his views on
  the...

• 1981 Photographic Competition—results
  16

  PRIZE WINNERS
  The 1981 JS Joumal/SSA
  photographic competition
  THANK YOU! to the hundreds of people who entered the
  1981 photographic competition.
  The judges, Peter Dixon, chief designer at JS and Sydney
  Harding from the...

• 25 on the increase
  18

  THE CHAIRMAN, Sir John Sainsbury,
  welcomed approximately 100 new
  members personally to the twelfth 25
  club dinner.
  This annual event was held in honour
  of a new grand total of 996 current
  employees who have completed 25...

• Angel of mercy
  20

  Angel of mercy
  A QUICK REACTION from two JS
  personnel at Dartford saved a life on
  Friday September 25. Mr and Mrs Crafer,
  regular shoppers at the store, were
  shopping for a special dinner to celebrate
  Mr Crafer's 76th...

• Fund raising tour de France
  20

  Fund raising tour de France
  YOU MAY REMEMBER from the
  August JS Journal that Alan Cade and
  Ken West, two 17 year old students at
  Coldhams Lane, were about to embark
  on a 1,200 mile sponsored cycle ride
  around France.
  The...

• Just a run around
  20

  Just a run around
  A 'ROUND THE DEPOT' race has
  warmed up keen sportsmen at Basingstoke
  depot.
  On September 20 a small but enthusiastic
  number of entrants were divided
  into various groups according to age and
  sex to set off...

• Terry's walkabout
  20

  Terry's walkabout
  WHETHER ON A WALKABOUT or a
  skateabout there is one member of the
  loading bank team at Rennie House that
  likes to have music on his mind as he
  travels.
  Office serviceman Terry Hodge
  entered a competition...

• Time still flies
  21

  Time still flies
  'I'M REALLY AMAZED how the time
  has just flown by since I retired' says
  Geoff Varley. He retired after 44 years at
  JS on July 24 from St Stephens branch,
  Norwich, where he was leading sales
  assistant...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  D Harding, formerly deputy manager of
  Greenford branch, has been appointed
  deputy manager of Uxbridge.
  P Weston, formerly grocery manager
  of Greenford branch, has been appointed
  deputy manager of Hayes.
  D...

• Golden shoes
  22

  Golden shoes
  WAREHOUSEMAN at Buntingford
  depot, Alan Atkins, who recently became
  a life member no 4022 of the exclusive
  'escapers' club—the Golden Shoe Club
  (JS Journal— April 1981)—was presented
  with his membership...

• Long service
  22

  Long service
  Ray Cheeseman, meat manager at
  Wallington, has completed 25 years'
  service with JS.
  He joined the company at Addiscombe
  and worked at many branches in that
  area. He was appointed assistant meat
  manager at...

• Wooden spoon
  22

  Wooden spoon
  IN THE JUNE issue of the Journal we
  told the story of how twenty five
  Sainsbury butchers—the Sausages—
  entered BBC TV's 'You Must be Joking' possesquiz
  contest. They have now received their wooden
  spoon...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  Ivor Bettridge, the loading bank
  supervisor at Blackfriars, died on August
  5 at the age of 60 after a long illness.
  Ivor began working for the company as
  a porter in the training section in June
  1969 and a year...

• Retirements
  23

  Retirements
  Marjorie Pelling, chief display assistant at
  Hastings, has retired after 19 years'
  service with JS.
  She joined the company at the old
  Hastings store working on the grocery
  counter and later moved to the...

• Try it and see...
  24

  IN THE SIXTEENTH century three
  exotic beverages (cocoa, tea and coffee)
  became known in the Western world.
  Closely packed, bean-like seeds found in
  cucumber shaped pods were named
  'cacahuati* and known in English as
  cocoa....