'JS Journal', April 1981

Table of content

• £1000 draw
  02

  £1000 draw
  THE FIRST £1,000 SSA DRAW will be
  made on June 1.
  One employee number will be drawn at
  random from the list of SSA members
  who have been subscribers for at least
  three consecutive months on that date.
  The plans...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 4-5
  Branch openings - Rayleigh Weir and Aylesbury
  Page 6, 7, 10
  New products
  Page 8
  Official opening of the Sainsbury Centre at Chertsey
  Page 9
  Training in the delicatessen department
  Page 11-12
  1981...

• Milk prices cut
  02

  Milk prices cut
  VITAPINT, launched in February and
  the latest addition to JS's range of milks,
  spearheads an initiative designed to
  encourage increased sales of milk by
  offering customers better value and a
  wider...

• Laser laws?
  03

  Laser
  laws?
  THE OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING is
  to set up a working party to study the
  likely implications for consumers of new
  retailing technology such as bar coding.
  The working party's task will be to see
  whether any changes...

• Property
  03

  KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
  council has given permission to JS and British Airways to turn part of the West
  London Air Terminal in the Cromwell
  Road into a supermarket with a total area
  of 50,000 sq ft. Parking for 300 cars...

• Rayleigh Weir
  04

  The very unusual 'traditional Essex' style of architecture is a great
  attraction at Rayleigh. Inset above: The plaque depicts the founders
  of J. Sainsbury Ltd. OVERWHELMING ENTHUSIASM
  launched the first branch opening of...

• Aylesbury
  05

  THE NEW AYLESBURY branch
  opened its doors to the public on March
  31. Not only was it the second JS opening
  of the year, but also marked a second
  happy event for store manager, Graham
  Naylor.
  As well as being his first...

• April-light and dry
  06

  April-light and dry
  APRIL'S WINE choice is light and dry
  with a delicate fruity taste — Orvieto
  Secco 1979, priced at £1.88.
  From the Umbrian wine growing
  region of central Italy, it is made from a
  blend of grapes,...

• French 'n' Italian
  06

  French 'n' Italian
  FAISON EN CASSEROLE? Macaroni
  con crespelle ripiene? How often have
  you wondered about the intricacies of
  French and Italian cooking?
  Well, yet again JS has come to the
  rescue - now on the shelves are the...

• Dessert extra and dry
  07

  Dessert extra
  SUPREME DESSERT WHIP
  enthusiasts will be pleased to know that
  this own-label range has been extended in
  many branches to test the popularity of
  two new flavours.
  Vanilla and peach flavours have been
  added to...

• Royal souvenirs
  07

  Royal souvenirs
  The glasses are, of course, clear. In the photo they have been filled with a dark
  liquid to emphasise the motif. SOUVENIRS to commemorate the
  Royal wedding in July are now being
  snapped up by collectors...

• Silver collection
  07

  Silver collection
  FOR MODERN and sophisticated
  accessories to grace a dinner table, look
  no further than the new special own-label
  range of glassware - the JS Silver Collection.
  The Silver Collection offers a choice of
  five...

• Chertsey open-it's official
  08

  Chertsey open-it's official
  THE OFFICIAL OPENING ceremony
  of the Sainsbury Shopping Centre in
  Chertsey confirmed the very successful
  conclusion of this ambitious project on
  March 25.
  Councillor John Walbridge, Mayor...

• Training staff .... and customers!
  09

  Training staff .... and customers!
  SPECIALISED AREAS of training have
  received much attention, time and planning
  at JS over the years. One area that is
  under tougher scrutiny than ever before is
  training for all staff...

• Chocks away
  10

  Chocks away
  OFF TO A FLYING start - JS ownlabel
  air mail stationery. Available in
  around 30 branches since mid-February
  the products have been well received. A pad of 50 sheets of lightweight, unruled
  blue paper costs 39p and...

• Getting 'em taped
  10

  Getting 'em taped
  JS'S CURRENT RANGE of own-label
  electrical accessories has been extended
  by the inclusion of four new cassettes.
  The C60 and C90 ferric and super
  ferric tapes are of excellent quality and
  very good value,...

• Salad days
  10

  Salad days
  FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS of the
  'flavour of the month' yogurt, JS is to
  introduce a similar concept to the salad
  range both in pre-packed form and bulk
  from delicatessen counters.
  Commencing in April with an...

• Steel appeal
  10

  Steel appeal
  STAINLESS STEEL CUTLERY is
  recent addition to JS's successful ownlabel
  kitchen tool range.
  Sainsbury's are in fact innovators in
  this field - marketing the cutlery in 'pegboard'
  packs - usually it is sold...

• 1981 Photographic Competition
  11

  The judges will be Sydney Harding,
  from supply control at Blackfriars who is
  a member of the Royal Photographic
  Society, Peter Dixon, JS's chief designer
  and the Journal team.
  Shown here are two interpretations of
  the theme...

• Small is beautiful
  13

  Small is beautiful
  DOES ANYONE RECOGNISE this
  branch? Well, before any arguments are
  caused it must be admitted that this is a
  trick question - the photographs are
  actually of a model.
  This miniature JS counter...

• 33rd annual JS veterans' reunion
  14

  THE ROYAL LANCASTER hotel was
  voted the top venue again this year for the
  JS veterans' 33rd annual reunion. Like
  last year, the event was held over two
  days, April 13 and 21, to cope with the
  large number of veterans who...

• LONDON MARATHON
  16

  LONDON MARATHON
  THE FIRST EVER London marathon
  on March 29 certainly hit the headlines.
  Most people know that the run spanned a
  distance of 26 miles winding through the
  streets of Greenwich, Southwark, Lambeth,
  Tower...

• Master bakers' award
  16

  Master bakers' award
  A BRAND NEW BAKERY at Sheffield
  already has award winning staff.
  When Sheffield branch re-opened on
  April 7 after modernisation, the redesigned
  store incorporated an in-store bakery.
  Amongst its staff...

• Metric mistake!
  16

  Metric mistake!
  LAST MONTH the Journal incorrectly
  stated that the new JS Brazilian Blend
  instant coffee sells in 4oz packs. They are
  in fact lOOg.

• SSA super saves
  16

  SSA super saves
  WITH HOLIDAYS getting dearer and
  dearer it'll be well worth your while to
  keep your eyes open for a copy of a new
  publication from the SSA. Called the
  Sainsbury Staff Association Travel
  Special it contains...

• Bid to save life
  17

  Bid to save life
  REG SPARTLEY, a customer service
  assistant at North Cheam recently made
  a dramatic bid to save the life of a dying
  baby.
  On returning from lunch a colleague
  informed him that something was going
  on in the...

• Disco disguises
  17

  THE ANNUAL PARTY for staff and
  friends at 40 Walthamstow branch this
  year, not only included a fish and chip
  supper but a fancy dress disco too.
  It certainly managed to cater for all
  tastes because over 150 people went
  along...

• Lucky escaper
  17

  Lucky escaper
  THE GOLDEN SHOE CLUB is a nonprofit-
  making organisation devoted to
  encouraging the more widespread wearing
  of safety footwear.
  Alan Atkins, a warehouseman at Buntingford
  depot has recently been accepted
  as...

• Modern mayoress
  17

  Modern mayoress
  STAFF AT NEWCASTLE will be
  checking out goods with the best of them
  — for Maureen Moores, a part-time supermarket
  assistant at the store, has been
  elected mayoress of the town.
  But the title will not mean a...

• Taking the cake
  17

  Taking the cake
  A MONSTER CAKE has helped staff at
  Basingstoke depot to raise money for the
  Poynings Training Centre for the
  handicapped on the local Winklebury
  Estate.
  It was baked by 18-year-old LAC Paul
  Stewart from the...

• Coldhams Lane charity walk
  18

  Coldhams Lane charity walk
  Some of the intrepid walkers plus an additional 'runner'- trainee manager Paul
  Maddison's dog Bess. TWENTY THREE members of staff at
  Coldhams Lane recently raised over £600
  for the Guide Dog...

• Old wheels get mobile again
  18

  Old wheels get mobile again
  CURIOUS REQUESTS are often made
  in branches but some are more odd than
  others.
  Last year Stevenage branch was asked
  for a set of shopping trolley wheels by
  three undergraduate apprentices from...

• Consumer panel news
  19

  Consumer panel news
  SMASHING NEWS from the JS consumer
  panel. During the last ten weeks,
  20 panel members have gone home each
  Friday laden with ten pounds of potatoes,
  a different variety each time.
  At home the spuds were...

• Open house at LWT
  19

  Open house at LWT
  A MASSIVE RESPONSE overwhelmed
  the organisers of a trip for members of
  the Blackfriars Executive Club to visit the
  home of London Weekend Television last
  month.
  Many people unfortunately could not
  be...

• Slimline cooking skills applauded
  19

  Slimline cooking skills applauded
  A SPECIAL INVITATION was
  accepted recently by cookbook author,
  Rhona Newman, to attend the third
  annual weekend hostess course organised
  by Townswoman, the official publication
  for...

• Lucky to be a square peg
  20

  Lucky to be a square peg
  •/ M M . €9
  Les (left) finishes one of his last projects with colleague Reg Denning. JOBS WEREN'T 'TWO a penny' when
  Les Bateman began his career at JS, 44
  years ago.
  Les retired on April 10 from...

• The personnel touch
  20

  The personnel
  'DURING THE WHOLE of my time
  with JS I've been concerned with the
  retail division, and in particular with
  personnel matters. I've seen personnel, or
  the staff department as it was originally
  known, grow from a...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  G Brady, formerly a buyer 'B' in the
  hardware buying department, has been
  appointed deputy manager (buyer 'A') in
  grocery buying 2.
  H Bullard, formerly a three shift
  supervisor at Buntingford, has...

• Long service
  22

  Long service
  Joe Barnes, board director responsible for
  the retail division, celebrated 25 years with the company this month.
  He qualified as a chartered accountant
  and carried out his national service in the
  Army before...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  Sid Hagan, deputy manager at Seaford,
  retires after 46 years with JS.
  Joining the company at St Helier as a
  delivery boy, he soon moved into the
  store, and after training at Blackfriars,
  was sent to 218 Sutton...

• BaIham's bright ideas
  23

  BaIham's bright ideas
  BALHAM BRANCH is very proud to
  announce that they have been able to
  send the sum of £310 to the Leukaemia
  Research Fund.
  It was meat manager Colin Hunt's
  daughter Lynda who gave the branch the
  idea to...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  John Ham, a general duties man in the
  motor engineers department at Charlton
  depot, died after a long illness on March
  26.
  Aged 43, he joined JS in 1979.
  Ann Wills, a part-time supermarket
  assistant at Poole, died...

• Solihull's £1,000 target
  23

  Solihull's £1,000 target
  A HOME for the mentally handicapped
  in Chelmsley Wood were pleased to
  receive a handsome cheque from JS's
  Solihull branch recently.
  BPO Mary Woodman and checkout
  manager Joan Sherfield visited the...

• These clogs were made for working
  24

  These clogs were made for working
  MAKING SAUSAGES in the old
  kitchens of Wakefield House was no
  place for stilettos. The stone floors were
  constantly awash with salty water and
  grease and so clogs with wooden soles
  and metal...