'JS Journal', December 1981

Table of content

• Cocktail Christmas
  01

  Depot Dream
  In a cocktail shaker quarter filled
  with crushed ice, mix:
  2 glasses Sainsbury's Orange Juice
  1 glass Sainsbury's Italian Vermouth
  1 glass Sainsbury's Vodka
  Shake well/ strain into glasses and
  garnish with a...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 1-2
  Cocktail Christmas—recipes for a happy holiday!
  Page 3
  A Christmas message from the chairman, Sir John Sainsbury
  Page 4
  News—MP visits Broadfield, winner of the second SSA £1,000 draw, arts sponsorship award for...

• A Christmas message from the chairman, Sir John Sainsbury
  03

  A Christmas message from the chairman Sir John Sainsbury
  "WE ARE NOW in the busiest period of our trading year. Our concentration
  is on serving our customers to the best of our ability and there is not much
  time for reflection...

• Arts award
  04

  Arts award
  ONLY A WEEK after receiving the
  Business Enterprise Award, JS collected
  another trophy—the best first-time
  sponsor in the 1981 Business Sponsorship
  of the Arts Awards organised by the
  Association for Business...

• MP's laser visit
  04

  MP's laser visit
  PEGGY FENNER, MP, Parliamentary
  Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture,
  Fisheries and Food, recently visited JS's
  Broadfield store.
  Following her appointment as Parliamentary
  Secretary she is renewing...

• SSA draw
  04

  SSA draw
  THE SECOND LUCKY WINNER of the
  half-yearly £1,000 SA draw was chosen
  on December 1.
  Just in time for Xmas, 23-year-old
  Janice Dray, a senior supermarket
  assistant at JS's London Road, Brighton
  store, was overjoyed...

• Locksbottom
  05

  Who would recognise this as the checkout area at Locksbottom? The store when JS moved in
  before its 13 week transformation It's lovely' said first in line, Margaret O'Neil AS A RESULT of a fantastic team effort,
  JS's new store...

• Choice of ports
  08

  Choice of ports
  WINTER FAVOURITES don't have to
  upset the bank balance according to the
  off-licence department.
  Within the last few weeks the popular
  JS own-label Vintage Character has been
  joined by two more varieties of...

• Instant custard
  08

  Instant custard
  TOP OFF your mince pies this year with
  the new JS Instant Custard Mix.
  It doesn't take long to prepare % pint
  of custard—just add boiling water to the
  mix and whisk with a fork for half a
  minute until it's...

• Party favourites
  08

  Party favourites
  CHOCOLATE, banana, orange, raspberry
  and strawberry flavours constitute
  the new range of JS own-label blancmanges.
  Each 85.3 gram <3oz) packet contains
  two one-pint sachets.
  These colourful desserts are...

• Choose cheese for xmas
  09

  Choose cheese for xmas
  A CHEESEBOARD selection could
  make a welcome Xmas present. For the
  first time this year JS offers a choice of
  own-label cheeses displayed on an
  attractive chopping board.
  This choice assortment is...

• Doggie treats
  09

  Doggie treats
  PROVING THAT CHRISTMAS is a
  time for all the family, shoppers can even
  buy a present for a man's best friend at JS.
  Dog Chocs are the latest addition to
  the JS own-label pet-care range. These
  chocolate drops...

• Mini flakes
  09

  Mini flakes
  WHOLEWHEAT MINI FLAKES are
  the latest addition to the JS own-label
  range of cereals and can provide a very
  nutritious start to the day. An average
  serving (30g) of the flakes supplies the
  average adult with...

• Vacuum bags
  09

  Vacuum bags
  OVER 80 PER CENT of vacuum cleaner
  models are covered by the new range of
  JS vacuum cleaner bags.
  All bags are double folded for greater
  burst resistance.
  Available in 98 branches prices are
  85p and 95p for...

• Ladies and gentlemen
  10

  To enthrall, entertain and stimulate you after the extravagant epicurian indulgences of your sumptuous
  festive (or should I say feastive?) culinary excesses, the journal presents a taxing and exacting
  set of puzzles, conundrums...

• Chippenham's fancy trolleys
  12

  Chippenham's fancy trolleys
  A BRIEF RESPITE in this winter's cold
  wet weather provided a bright and warm
  Sunday for the management and staff at
  Chippenham to hold a sponsored fancy
  dress trolley push.
  The race took place...

• How many?
  12

  How many?
  WEDDING BELLS have not stopped
  ringing all year at Kempston branch!
  Coldhams Lane's record of nine female
  staff marrying last year (JS Journal
  February '81) has been beaten by
  Kempston where this year (to date)...

• Miss JS '82
  12

  MISS JS '82
  ALREADY TWO contestants have been
  selected to go forward to the final in the
  search to find Miss JS 1982.
  All tickets have been sold for the
  event, held during the annual SSA dinner
  and dance. For the seventh...

• Setting the standard
  12

  Setting the standard
  THE ROYSTON STANDARD of the
  Royal British Legion was carried by Bob
  Campbell, non-perishable warehouseman
  at Buntingford depot, at the Festival of
  Remembrance which took place in the
  Royal Albert Hall...

• Singing in the rain
  12

  Singing in the rain
  WALKING THIRTY kilometres in the
  rain may not be everyone's idea of fun,
  but it was how SSA members from
  Newbury branch recently spent a wet
  Sunday.
  They were among a group of
  enthusiastic supporters of...

• Great parks walk
  13

  Great parks walk
  IT WAS A BIT different from the usual
  Sunday stroll for the many JS staff who
  took part in the Great London Parks
  Walk on November 15.
  Organised by Help the Aged, the route
  for the sponsored walk covered 15...

• Pedal power
  13

  Pedal power
  DETERMINATION recently drove ten
  JS staff from Cambridge's Sydney Street
  branch to pedal 32 miles against the
  elements to complete a sponsored cycle
  ride to raise money for diabetic children.
  Edna Twinn, in-store...

• Watch the birdie
  13

  Watch the birdie
  THE WOKING AREA golf society held
  its first day-long competition in Ockley,
  Surrey, on October 26. A general interest
  in the sport throughout the area led to the
  recent formation of this society....

• An Error
  14

  AN ERROR appeard in last month's
  Journal in the report on senior clerk at
  Shirley, Peggy Hamilton, who was invested
  as a Serving Sister with the St John
  Order. It was stated that she had been
  working at the branch for nearly...

• Appointments
  14

  Appointments
  R Anscombe, formerly deputy manager
  of Crawley, has been appointed manager
  of Redhill.
  A Barker, formerly manager of Redhill,
  has been appointed manager of Guildford.
  F Cowey, formerly manager of
  Farnham, has...

• Long Service
  14

  Long Service
  Cyril Curtis, manager at Norwich's
  Magdalen Street branch, has completed
  40 years' service with JS.
  He joined the company at Kingston
  branch and was appointed assistant
  manager at Epsom in 1955. Before...

• Obituaries
  14

  Obituaries
  Fred Clements, store serviceman at
  Walthamstow, died on October 15 after a
  long illness.
  He was 63 years old and began working
  for the company in 1969.
  Antoni Kupczak, meat costing
  technician at Blackfriars, died...

• Retirements
  14

  Retirements
  Jim Gronland, manager of Winchester
  branch, retires this month after more
  than 34 years at Sainsbury's.
  Jim was concerned with many openings
  during the early days of self-service—and
  met his wife at Lewisham...

• Feedback
  15

  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to the editor Smashing
  From: E Mpanga, a customer, at Ashford
  I would like to make my appreciation
  known of the way your very nice staff at
  Ashford treated me this afternoon.
  I...

• Jugs and mugs
  16

  Jugs and mugs
  WHEN WAS THE LAST time you
  collected a jug of milk from a big open
  bowl on top of a Sainsbury's marble
  counter? An ardent and devoted JS
  customer, Mrs Marshall, now aged 90
  recently told the archivist how...