'JS Journal', March 1981
Sir John Sainsbury presents the National Pig Awards, sponsored by Cotswold Pig Development Company Ltd and the Meat and Livestock Commission, Sir James Spooner elected to the board as a non-executive director (with photograph), change in senior positions for Len Payne, Derek Henson, Frank...
Sir John Sainsbury presents the National Pig Awards, sponsored by Cotswold Pig Development Company Ltd and the Meat and Livestock Commission, Sir James Spooner elected to the board as a non-executive director (with photograph), change in senior positions for Len Payne, Derek Henson, Frank Netscher, David Clapham, John Spence and Peter Marsden, article on the Oxford branch in the Oxford Mail and Times p.2;
appointment of area bakery specialists , Graham Turner for Uxbridge, John Douggie for Coventry and John Huckle for Bromley, specialists for Woking and Romford still to be appointed (with photographs) p.3;
opening of Homebase at Purley Way, Croydon including a Laura Ashley store, with comment from Henri Bienfait, Homebase director (with photographs) pp.4-5;
launch of Sainsbury's own brand lemon juice, herb and spices range, latticed natural pork pie, cooked meats, rioja and beef sausages (with photographs) pp. 6-7;
Jeanette Poole's first public engagement as Miss JS 1981 at pancake races organised by Jif Lemon p.8;
John Wilson, operations manager and deputy depot manager at Charlton (with photograph) p.9;
Sainsbury Staff Association's adoption of a Siberian tiger to live at Marwell Zoological Park, Hampshire (with photographs) p.10;
Paul Widdowson's customised mini to be entered in the Custom Car Show at Olympia (with photographs) p.11;
Sainsbury Staff Association Family Day at Dulwich, new store at Rayleigh Weir, Frank and Freda Mudd from the Bracknell branch to become councillors, JS Wildlife Film Club makes its debut at Blackfriars [head office], Ivy Gwillyn of Poole branch's family reunion, p.12;
Ted Hacker and Fred Addicott's retirements (with photographs) p.13;
Sainsbury's connection with Bennett's Mews, Southwark (with photographs), J J Sainsbury's drapery and removals business in Lewisham p.16.
- Ref. No: SA/SC/JSJ/35/3
- Format: Publication
- Date: Mar 1981
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 volume
- Access: Open
Table of content
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Better British Bacon
02
Better British Bacon
COMPANY CHAIRMAN Sir John
Sainsbury presented the National Pig
Awards for 1981 at the Butchers' Hall on
March 19. The awards are sponsored
jointly by Cotswold Pig Development
Company Ltd and the Meat... -
Contents Page
02
Page 2
News
Page 3
In-store bakeries - growth and development
Page 4-5
Homebase opens
Page 6-7
New products
Page 8
Pancake races
Page 9
The role of a depot operations manager
Page 10
Tiger adoption
Page 11
Award winning Mini
Page... -
New appointments
02
New appointments
SIR JAMES SPOONER has been elected
to the board as a non-executive director.
This is the first appointment to such a
position from outside the company.
Timothy Sainsbury, currently the other
non-executive... -
Oxford's no 1
02
Oxford's no 1
THE JS 'FAN CLUB' in Oxford is going
from strength to strength according to an
article in a local newspaper!
The Oxford Mail reported, 'If you've
ever wondered what a cross between a
pram-race and a colony of... -
Specialist subject
03
Specialist subject
CHANGES and rapid growth within JS's
in-store bakeries have recently resulted in
the appointment of area bakery
specialists.
Four years ago when in-store bakery
development came under the control of
the... -
Homebase opens
04
Homebase opened its doors on
March 3 to a most remarkable
and enthusiastic welcome by
customers.
'We believe that in this store
we provide the best range in this country'
said Homebase chairman Gurth Hoyer
Millar - and he... -
Frozen fish fillets
06
Frozen fish fillets
A FULL RANGE of frozen fish fillets
are now available under the JS label
replacing the branded products.
Launched to coincide with traditionally
favourable sales over Easter, the fish is
sold in 800gm... -
Sharp and smooth
06
Sharp and smooth
JUST IN TIME for Shrove Tuesday JS
launched a new large bottle of lemon
juice. It is recommended for culinary uses
and costs 23p for 150mls. The label
advises 'In sauces, curries, dressing, pancakes
or... -
Spice squad
06
Spice squad
A FRESH LOOK at JS own-label spices
and herbs range has given them a new
modern and bright image.
The pack design changes have
coincided with metrication of the spice
range. There is no price change for... -
Classic clarete
07
Classic clarete
JS'S CHOICE OF WINE for March is
Rioja Alberdi 1975 - a dark, powerful
red wine from North-East Spain, priced
at £2.09.
It has the hallmark of traditional
Spanish table wines from this area in that
it has... -
Link with the past
07
Link with the past
JS SAUSAGES are justly famous but
according to the buying department now
is a good time for even further expansion!
One 'new' line is really a reintroduction
- JS Beef Sausages (72p per
lb) have not been... -
Natural favourite
07
Natural favourite
LATTICED NATURAL Pork Pie is just
one of the new lines that the pork
products buying department is very
proud to have recently launched into the
larger JS supermarkets.
Following the success of two... -
Sandwich specials
07
Sandwich specials
RECENT additions to the wide range of
own-label cooked meats and delicatessen
products include an unusual pre-packed
Lunch Tongue Roll (28p for 4ozs) and a
new recipe Chopped Ham Roll with
peppers (31p for... -
Flash in the pan
08
Flash in the pan
EVEN RAIN couldn't dampen Jeanette
Poole's spirits on Shrove Tuesday as she
travelled to London to participate in a
public occasion for the first time in her
'official capacity' as Miss JS 1981.
She was... -
Run rabbit run!
08
Run rabbit run!
IT WAS COLD in the Midlands too on
Pankcake Day where more races were
sponsored by Jif Lemon, this time in conjunction
with the Sandwell Evening Mail.
The races were in West Bromwich
High Street - which is a... -
Learning the hard way
09
Learning the hard way
This month the
Journal takes a
look at the role of
a depot operations
manager.
VARIED CAREER PROGRESSIONS
often give people a valuable pool of
experience they can later refer back to.
One such career... -
Tiger tiger
10
Tiger tiger
JS'S LATEST RECRUIT was welcomed
to the firm by AGM Ron Yeates on
March 5. The ceremony took place at
Marwell Zoological Park set in the
beautiful Hampshire countryside — which
is not as strange as it may sound... -
Paul's immaculate Mini
11
Paul's
immaculate
Mini
MINAGUAR L - no, it's not the name
of a mythical monster but the award winning
result of two years' work in his spare
time by assistant merchandiser in branch
merchandising, Paul Widdowson.
Custom... -
Double vision
12
Double vision
BRACKNELL BRANCH has what may
prove to be a unique double achievement
- a husband and wife team who also both
serve on local councils.
Customer service assistant Frank
Mudd won his seat at Prestwood during
the... -
Happy family
12
Happy family
A FAMILY REUNION resulted in tears
recently in front of TV cameras and press
photographers! The story they were
recording was the remarkable one of a
family forced apart by adversity in the
1920's all coming... -
Rayleigh Weir opens
12
Rayleigh Weir opens
ATTRACTIVE ARCHITECTURE, a
brand new store and a large car park
made shopping a joy for hundreds of
JS customers in South East Essex on
March 17.
While the Journal went to press the
doors opened at the... -
SSA news
12
SSA news
SUNDAY JUNE 14 promises to be a
great day for JS this year. It is the date of
the SSA Family Day at Dulwich when
there will be activities to appeal to all the
family. Schedules and entry forms are
being printed now... -
Wildlife in London
12
Wildlife in London
WILDLIFE ENTHUSIASTS in the
London area will be pleased to know that
a JS Wildlife Film Club has made its
debut at Blackfriars.
Ruth Day in the head office training
department hopes that, apart from... -
Ideal area for retirement
13
Ideal area for retirement
CATCHING UP with Fred Addicott is
not always easy! Even after retiring last
year from his very active role as assistant
area meat specialist, Coventry area, he
seems just as lively in his new... -
Tour de France
13
Tour de France
ONE MINUTE'S NOTICE to quit led
Ted Hacker into a career at JS that lasted
nearly 44 years!
'I had let it slip to my employers that I
had applied to join the Navy' he remembers.
He was instantly dismissed... -
Feedback
14
Letters are welcome
and should be
addressed to the editor Sainsbury Soldiers
From: Tom Delaney, office managers,
Streatham.
I was indeed surprised to read in the
Sainsbury's press digest (16/2/81) a letter
which appeared in... -
Appointments
15
Appointments
R Baines, formerly manager of
Nuneaton, has been appointed manager
of Kettering.
H Bentley, formerly training officer in
branch operations training, has been
appointed Woking area training manager.
A Holland,... -
Largest contribution
15
Largest contribution
THE HELPING HAND extended by the
Stamford Group last year to the Virginia
McKenna Leukaemia Appeal was
warmly welcomed by the organisers. The editor (now retired) of Woman's
Weekly magazine who promoted... -
Long service
15
Long service
John Pratt, meat manager at 176
Streatham branch, celebrated 40 years'
service on March 10.
John began his career at Purley and
moved to Coulsdon before joining the
Army in 1944. He returned to the company
at... -
Obituary
15
Obituary
Irene Copping, a part time supermarket
assistant at Bury St Edmunds branch,
died suddenly at her home on March 10.
Irene was 50 years old and had always
worked at Bury St Edmunds from 1962
until 1970 and again from... -
Retirements
15
Retirements
Phyllis Handel, a postal clerk in
purchases accounts at Streatham, retires
after 16 years with JS.
Dot Momber, BPO at Bath, retires
after 15 years with JS.
Dot was one of the first BPOs
employed by the company,... -
Sainsbury's Mecca
16
Sainsbury's Mecca
THANKS TO ALL those who wrote in
following the February archive article
about the Lewisham boat race. Many
people seem to remember this
extraordinary event, and many others
were intrigued by the mention... -
Sign of the times
16
Sign of the times
WHAT HAVE a street sign, a silver trophy
and some darts got to do with
Sainsbury's? The clue lies in the street
name — Bennett's Mews. It was here that
the firm of Rownsons had their premises
and where...
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