'JS Journal', June 1981

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• Front Cover
  01

  JS ADVERTISING has recently been
  receiving much acclaim. Awards have
  been given for the company's television
  advertising, womens' magazine advertising,
  and radio advertising.
  In short, the standard of JS advertising
  reflects...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 3
  Property
  Page 4-5
  Branch opening — the new Basingstoke
  Page 6-8
  New products
  Page 8
  JS counsellors AGM
  Page 8, 9, 10, 15
  People news roundup
  Page 11-14
  Special feature - a history of JS advertising
  Page...

• Jennifer Jenkins
  02

  JENNIFER JENKINS, who is being
  appointed a JS non-executive director on
  July 1, in preparation for her appointment
  recently paid a visit to JS's Victoria Street
  store.
  She also made an official visit to
  Potters Bar branch...

• President again
  02

  President again
  LEN PAYNE, JS's distribution director,
  has been re-elected president of the
  Freight Transport Association for 1981-
  82.
  The election took place at the
  Association's council meeting on April 28
  and the FTA...

• Fantastic family day
  03

  Fantastic family day
  SAINSBURY'S FAMILY DAY on June
  14 was a great success!
  Nearly 20,000 people gathered for this
  SSA event of the year at the Griffin
  Ground at Dulwich.
  A photo feature will appear in next
  month's Journal...

• Monday's for Hempstead
  03

  Monday's for Hempstead
  DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND Hempstead
  has become the first SavaCentre to
  open on Mondays.
  Ever since Hempstead opened its doors
  to the public in October 1978 shoppers
  have pleaded for Monday openings....

• Profit sharing
  03

  Profit sharing
  IT IS INTERESTING to note that
  Marks and Spencer who reported a 16.6
  per cent rise in profits over the last year
  from £173,600,000 to £181,100,000,
  increased the allocation to their profit
  sharing scheme...

• Property
  03

  WORK GETS UNDERWAY on the
  restoration of Green Park Station in Bath
  on June 1 1981. This is the first stage in
  the development of the station site which
  will include a new supermarket and surface
  level car park.
  Agreement...

• SSA £1,000 winner
  03

  SSA £1,000 winner
  THE FIRST EVER £1,000 SSA draw
  was made on June 1. The lucky winner
  was Barbara Linton, a part-time super-
  market assistant at Wimbledon. Roy
  Griffiths, deputy chairman and president conof
  the SSA...

• BASINGSTOKE
  04

  BASINGSTOKE
  THE TRADITIONALLY ENGLISH
  unsettled May weather was much in
  evidence in Basingstoke on the 19th,
  when not unexpectedly it rained for the
  opening of JS's latest store. However this
  did not deter the crowds who...

• Canned fruit
  06

  Canned fruit
  A NEW RANGE of JS own-label canned
  fruit has been launched - Peaches, Pears,
  Apricots and Fruit Cocktail - all in pure
  apple juice.
  No added sugar means less calories -
  Apricots, Peaches and the Fruit...

• Knock 'em for six
  06

  Knock 'em for six
  THE RANGE of 6's chocolate covered
  Countline biscuits has been extended even
  further this month.
  Milk Chocolate Shortcake Bars x 6
  join the already established Milk
  Chocolate Sandwich, Chocolate
  flavoured...

• Wine wine wine
  06

  Wine wine wine
  AN IDEAL WINE for summer is
  Sainsbury's wine choice for June -
  Sauvignon du Loir et Cher 1980.
  This dry white Vin de Pays comes
  from vineyards in the department of Loir
  and Cher, near Blois, in the Loire...

• Royal tinware
  07

  Royal tinware
  SWEETS AND BISCUITS will be fit for
  the Queen if they are stored in the range
  of JS Royal Wedding commemorative
  tinware!
  The metal tray (£1.25) and the jib tea
  caddy (75p) are available in 50 branches.
  The...

• Wholefood preserves and pickles
  07

  Wholefood preserves and pickles
  TWO NEW TITLES - Wholefood Cooking
  and Preserves and Pickles - are being
  added to the range of JS hardback
  cookery books.
  Wholefood Cooking, by Carole Handslip,
  is for cooks who like to use...

• Bull's eye
  08

  Bull's eye
  A UNITED EFFORT by darts enthusiasts
  from JS branches on the south
  coast has earned them the Bournemouth
  Business League trophy and shield.
  The team, captained by Winton's
  deputy manager Ron Richmond-Cole,
  was...

• Determined diet
  08

  Determined diet
  BEXHILL BRANCH is very proud of
  one of their supermarket assistants, Sadie
  Haworth, for succeeding where others
  have failed!
  Sadie tackled her diet with determination
  on January 1 when she asked...

• Help for the disabled
  08

  Help for the disabled
  COOKING MADE EASY FOR
  DISABLED PEOPLE is the eighth in the
  JS series of food guides, priced at 30p. It
  has been especially designed to help
  people with physical disabilities enjoy
  cooking for themselves...

• JS counsellors AGM
  08

  JS counsellors AGM
  THE ELEVENTH AGM of the JS
  counsellors was held on June 2 at the
  Tower Hotel, London.
  The meeting was opened by assistant
  managing director, Peter Davis, who
  spoke about the company's...

• Red Cross loyalty
  08

  Red Cross loyalty
  THE LORD LIEUTENANT of Bedfordshire
  recently presented a Red Cross
  Long Service Award for 15 years' loyal
  work to Margaret Hawkins.
  Margaret attends Red Cross meetings
  every week. She is a senior...

• Anchors away
  09

  Anchors away
  MEMBERS OF THE SSA had a special
  treat on May 23 - a riverboat disco held
  on the first ever charter voyage of the
  'Elizabethan', a 120ft replica of an 1890's
  stern wheeled paddle steamer and the
  largest...

• Boy racer
  09

  Boy racer
  WORLD CHAMPION by the age of 25,
  is the ambition of 17-year-old Lewis Gee,
  a student at Bitterne - his sport — motor
  racing.
  For the last two years he has been racing
  lOOcc go-karts as a junior and has
  had much...

• Wings 'n' wheels
  09

  Wings 'n' wheels
  A TROLLEY WENT QUACKERS
  recently in a pond near a shopping centre,
  according to Redditch branch.
  When spring arrived this year a family
  of ducks decided to move home and set up nest in a discarded trolley...

• In a worle
  10

  In a worle
  worle
  STAFF AT WORLE raised £300 when
  the Weston Summer carnival fete was
  held in the branch car park on May 31.
  The fete was arranged by the Weston
  Summer Carnival Committee and all the
  proceeds went to the...

• Lionhearted charity
  10

  Lionhearted charity
  A ndrew Smith, manager at Worle, drew the ticket that led to a dash of
  glory for a customer (above left). LIONS INVADED WORLE branch,
  Weston-Super-Mare, on June 5.
  They were the most generous creatures
  you...

• Talk about grub grabs'!
  10

  Talk about grub grabs'!
  A TALKING NEWSPAPER named
  Roundabout, which is sent to blind people
  in the Horsham area, arranged a charity
  raffle and recorded a special event
  recently at their local Sainsbury's.
  Manager of Horsham...

• A HISTORY OF JS ADVERTISING
  11

  A HISTORY OF JS ADVERTISING
  Advertising in general started in earnest in the mid 19th century when tax on
  advertisements and stamp duty on newspapers were abolished.
  The food trade played a useful part in the early growth of...

• County councillor
  15

  County councillor
  CAROLYN GRAY, BPO at Walton-on-
  Thames branch was last month voted
  county councillor for Walton-on-Thames.
  Thames.
  In a very close election the seat, normally
  conservative held, went to labour —
  Carolyn...

• Fancy dress cycle ride
  15

  Fancy dress cycle ride
  SUNDAY MAY 3 saw 21 members of
  staff from Bury St Edmunds and their
  families take part in a sponsored fancy
  dress cycle ride in aid of muscular dystrophy.
  From a grand total of almost £6,000,
  the...

• Photo competition
  15

  Photo competition
  THE FIRST PRIZE OF £100 still could
  be yours! Let cash rewards provide
  special incentive for your photographic
  expertise and an imaginative interpretation
  of this year's theme - 'street life'.
  For full...

• Tottenham's babies
  15

  Tottenham's babies
  MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
  CHILDREN in Edmonton enjoyed a
  much better holiday this year thanks to
  the efforts of staff at Tottenham.
  A sponsored fancy dress pub crawl
  was held between 12 noon and 2.30pm on
  a...

• The Krypton Factor
  16

  The Krypton Factor
  Television's toughest quiz
  IAN KELLY, a 23-year-old assistant manager at
  Kettering branch, was recently selected to take part in
  television's 'toughest quiz' The Krypton Factor-ths
  search for the...

• Sausages v Rolls
  17

  Sausages v Rolls
  TWENTY-FIVE Sainsbury butchers -
  the Sausages - recently faced Terry
  Wogan and the cameras to win the
  wooden spoon (and lose the game) in
  BBC TV's 'You Must Be Joking' quiz
  contest.
  Is there really a...

• Biker's dream
  18

  Biker's dream
  Colin in action at Brands Hatch. WATCH OUT Barry Sheene! A name to
  look out for in the future in the world of
  motorbike racing may well be Colin
  Masters, a motor mechanic at Charlton
  depot.
  Colin began racing...

• Royal invitation
  18

  Royal invitation
  AN INVITATION to a Garden Party at
  Buckingham Palace on July 21 has been
  given to Bob Bathie, a general duties man
  at Charlton depot, and his wife.
  Bob was born and bred and still lives
  on part of the...

• The depot and the college
  18

  The depot and the college
  DENNIS GLASSPOOL, motor
  engineers supervisor at Charlton depot,
  as a result of attending college, was
  recently asked to be an adjudicator at
  Woolwich College's end-of-year
  apprentice's quiz.
  Last...

• Nice race shame about the boat
  19

  Nice race shame about the boat
  THREE JS ENTRIES were seen this
  year in Norwich's nuttiest nautical event
  - the annual Wensum Raft Race. More
  than 60 craft, the largest number yet in
  the race's five-year history, made...

• Golfer's holiday
  20

  Golfer's holiday
  IT'S EARLY DAYS for Dennis Barwick
  to analyse his feelings about retirement,
  but he admits that at present he is treating
  it like a holiday! He has recently retired
  from Wealdstone branch as meat
  manager...

• Cordon bleu retirement
  21

  Cordon
  BERT COVEY, deputy meat manager at
  Paddington, has retired after 44 years'
  service with JS.
  He joined the company as a
  poultryman at Worthing in 1937. 'It was
  my first job and Sainsbury's has been my
  only job!'...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  F Bishop, formerly manager of Stockwell,
  has been appointed manager of Forest
  Hill.
  N Lake, formerly deputy manager of
  Eastbourne, has been appointed manager
  of Hove.
  G Love, formerly manager of Forest
  Hill,...

• Long service
  22

  Long service
  Eric Barnes, meat manager at North
  Cheam, has completed 40 years' service
  with JS.
  He joined the company at Kingston. In
  1943 Eric began four years' army service,
  rejoining JS at Fulham. He worked in all
  the...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  James Patrick Griffin, computer manager
  at Streatham, retired on April 24 after 46
  years at JS.
  Paddy began his career with the company
  as a messenger (office section) at
  Blackfriars. In 1937 he was...

• Feedback
  23

  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to the editor Salary uncertainty
  From: Tony Gayfer, distribution division,
  Blackfriars
  At the recent salary reviews, my
  colleagues and I thought that our
  increases in the 14 to 15...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  Melanie Cleaton, a supermarket assistant
  at Uxbridge branch, died in a car accident
  on May 15.
  Melanie joined Uxbridge branch in
  July 1979.

• Know your (tripe and) onions
  24

  Know your (tripe and) onions
  A FAR CRY from the current glossy
  cookery books produced by JS are a set
  of useful and ingenious recipes from the
  company dating back to the 1930's. They
  are a fascinating reflection, however,...