'JS Journal', March 1981

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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...