'JS Journal', July 1981

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• £500,000 arts sponsorship programme
  01

  £500,000 arts sponsorship programme
  THE ESTABLISHMENT of a £500,000
  three year Sainsbury's art sponsorship
  programme, a new venture for the
  company, was announced by chairman,
  Sir John Sainsbury, on July 6, in the
  presence...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 3
  Property
  Page 4
  Fred Salisbury - a report on the career of the first non-Sainsbury director of the company who recently died
  Page 5
  JS and SEGAS demonstrations
  Page 6-8
  New products
  Page 9-16
  Family Day — a...

• 1981 AGM-a good start for JS
  03

  1981 AGM-a good start for JS
  A RECORD NUMBER of JS
  shareholders attended this year's AGM
  held on July 1 in the Connaught Rooms.
  Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury, addressed
  the meeting and spoke on the company's
  performance and...

• Property
  03

  WORK ON JS'S new supermarket in
  Moortown, Leeds, is now well advanced and local residents were pleased recently
  to hear that the company is also providing
  a library to form part of the shopping
  complex.
  After months of...

• Fred Salisbury
  04

  Fred Salisbury
  FRED SALISBURY, the first non-
  Sainsbury director of JS, who served a
  total of 51 years with the company, died
  on Friday July 10, aged 80.
  The present chairman, Mr JD writes:
  'Outside the family no-one...

• Demonstrating team spirit
  05

  SOUTH EASTERN GAS (SEGAS)
  have organised a series of demonstrations
  this year in conjunction with Sainsbury's.
  The programme aims to discuss the
  advantages of cooking with modern gas
  appliances and illustrate value for...

• A bird in hand
  06

  A bird in hand
  SUPER SUMMER SALES have been
  recorded (despite the uninspiring
  weather!) by the poultry buying department
  in respect of the still expanding
  range of cooked and flavoured chicken.
  Roast Chicken (available in...

• JS Bakers Craft
  06

  JS Bakers Craft
  FRANZIPAN SLICES, danish fruit
  rings, apple doughnuts and danish
  pastries are some of the exotic patisserie
  products in JS's new Bakers Craft range.
  And there are a variety of exciting,
  nutritious breads made...

• Cooks kitchen
  07

  Cooks kitchen
  THE NINETEEN MOST COMMONLY
  used kitchen items constitute
  JS's new Cooks Kitchen range.
  Made from durable plastic, all items in
  the range are easy to clean, and almost
  completely unbreakable. All are...

• Salad extras
  07

  Salad extras
  Brighten up any salad TASTY SALAD dressings are usually
  very high in calories but JS has come to
  the rescue of slimmers this month with
  the launch of an own-label Low Calorie
  French Mayonnaise. Ingredients...

• Latest trom the vine
  08

  Latest trom the vine
  THE WINE buying department intends
  to add a sparkle to the Royal Wedding
  celebrations this month. JS Sparkling
  Saumur is wine of the month for July and
  is very good value at £2.95 (75 cl).
  Saumur is...

• Modified diets
  08

  Modified diets
  MODIFIED DIETS - the latest food
  guide from JS - aims to provide helpful
  background information for those on a
  modified diet (whether temporarily or
  permanently) and for their family and
  friends.
  It explains...

• 1981 Family Day
  09

  NEARLY TWENTY THOUSAND people trekked to Dulwich on Sunday June 14 to make the 1981 Family Day the
  biggest and best event yet
  In comparison to last year's downpour, the day was opened by finance director, David Sainsbury,...

• Ashford walk
  17

  Ashford walk
  NEARLY FORTY members of Ashford
  branch staff, including manager Eric
  Thompson, recently raised £800 on a
  sponsored walk.
  The walk, organised in conjunction
  with Woolworths and Boots, was over 10
  miles from...

• Extended photo competition
  17

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

• Folk gathering
  17

  Folk gathering
  MORRIS DANCERS AMASSED outside
  Chippenham branch recently during
  an important international gathering - the
  Chippenham and Lacock Folk Festival.
  Deputy manager at the branch, Peter
  Carr, confirmed that,...

• Golden wedding
  17

  Golden wedding
  FOUR GENERATIONS of Evelyne
  Luckin's family have loyally shopped at
  Sainsbury's. On June 6 Evelyne and Cyril
  Luckin celebrated their golden wedding
  anniversary and to help them mark this
  special occasion their...

• An international amateur
  18

  An international amateur
  INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
  doesn't frighten Cliff Greenall, a young
  tradesman at Lexden branch, as he has
  been a judo enthusiast since he was five
  years old!
  Although the list of his medals and...

• Anyone for rounders
  19

  Anyone for rounders
  STAFF AT WEST WICKHAM recently
  raised £100 for Capital Radio's Help a
  London Child appeal by holding a
  sponsored fancy dress rounders game.
  Management played staff in the bizarre
  match and recovering...

• Art competition winner
  19

  Art competition winner
  BUDDING ARTIST Mark Dobson, a
  17 year-old weekend student at Bletchley,
  entered the Cadbury National Exhibition
  of Children's Art competition, regarded
  as a major competition, and forgot all
  about...

• Beauty runner-up
  19

  Beauty runner-up
  KAREN DIXON, a 19 year-old skilled
  supermarket assistant at Ashford,
  recently won second place in the Miss
  Ashford beauty contest.
  The competition was held at the
  Ashford Stour Centre and as runner-up
  Karen...

• County councillor
  19

  County councillor
  CHRIS COLE, productivity section
  leader at Uxbridge area office, was in
  May voted a Liberal county councillor
  for Windsor Park, Berkshire.
  He contested the seat four years ago,
  when the Conservatives won...

• The sporting life
  20

  The sporting life
  CRICKET, FOOTBALL, amateur boxing
  and other sports filled any spare time
  in Henry 'Mac' McGregor's early working
  years. Mac retires this month from
  the distribution division after some 46
  years with the...

• Town and country
  20

  Town and country
  SIX MONTHS in North London became
  almost a lifetime for Fred Philpot who
  fully intends to stay in that area even now
  he has retired after 42 years at JS!
  Fred's career that led him to establish
  his home in...

• Eggs to eggs
  21

  Eggs to eggs
  PHIL CHURCHILL, a senior skilled
  tradesman at Surbiton, retired in April
  after 42 years with JS. 'I never thought
  I'd be staying that long when I started
  though!' smiled Phil.
  He joined the company at 57b...

• Long service
  22

  Long service
  John Barbar, a driver at Basingstoke
  depot, has completed 25 years' service
  with JS.
  He joined the company at Blackfriars
  and worked in the factory for 18 months
  before taking up driving. John moved to
  the...

• Obituary
  22

  Obituary
  Julie Feeney, evening display assistant
  at Kingsland Road died aged 50 on June
  27 after a long illness.
  She joined the company in August
  1977.
  Patricia O'Donoghue, daily domestic
  assistant at Haverhill branch,...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  Bill Begbie, a clerk at Basingstoke depot,
  retired on May 22 after a total of nearly
  42 years with the company.
  He joined JS in September 1939 as a
  clerk at Stamford House. After five years'
  war service in the...

• Feedback
  23

  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to the editor Jennifer Jenkins
  From: 18 ladies of Chesham branch
  Just recently one of our part-time
  colleagues had to retire much against her
  will although she was very hard...

• Where eagles cheer
  24

  Where eagles cheer
  BEFORE THE DAYS of SSA trips and
  holidays, special occasions at Sainsbury's
  were sometimes celebrated by excursions
  such as this one.
  On June 12, 1938 members of the
  Sainsbury family and the head office...