'JS Journal', August 1981

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 4-6
  Branch openings—Lincoln, Purley, Prestwich
  Page 7
  Property
  Page 8-9
  New products
  Page 10-11
  Food retailing and the environment—the chairman addresses the Oxford Preservation Society
  Page 11
  Support from...

• Good neighbours
  02

  Good neighbours
  Sir John officially opens Benn House. COMPANY CHAIRMAN, Sir John
  Sainsbury, was last month invited to open
  the recently completed Benn House,
  headquarters for Benn Publications, at
  Tonbridge—on the opposite...

• Half-year draw
  03

  Half-year draw
  THE SECOND SSA lucky draw is to be
  held on December 1 and, if you have
  been a subscribing member of the
  association for at least three consecutive
  months by that date, it could be your big
  chance to win...

• Help
  03

  Help
  PERSONAL ATTACK ALARMS have
  been ordered by more than 7,300
  Sainsbury's staff within the last six
  months. They are subsidised by the
  company and cost only £1.
  JS joins other leading employers in
  supplying these gas...

• Lifeboat with Longlife
  03

  Lifeboat with Longlife
  SAINSBURY'S ARE HELPING Long
  Life in their national appeal to raise
  £50,000 for three much-needed lifeboats.
  Every special Long Life ring-pull
  deposited in collection boxes at JS stores
  represents a...

• Market share
  03

  Market share
  FOR THE FIRST TIME since Tesco
  launched its price-cutting campaign in
  1977, JS has stolen a lead in the grocery
  market.
  According to AGB figures the
  company market share in the four weeks
  to June 20 was 13.5...

• Royal Show winner
  03

  Royal Show winner
  A right royal Challenger on his home ground. IT WAS SWEET music to the ears of
  Rory Edwards, manager of JS's Kinermony
  Farm, when Nightingale General
  Challenger was proclaimed reserve
  supreme champion of his...

• Lincoln
  04

  HOT AND SUNNY weather greeted
  opening day customers at Lincoln branch
  on July 28.
  The store, which has a sales area of
  16,700 sq ft and overlooks the picturesque
  Brayford Wharf, is the first JS branch in
  that historic city....

• Purley
  05

  Joe Barnes and David Reynolds welcome the first customers. JS'S NEW STORE in Purley opened its
  doors to a more than enthusiastic
  reception on the morning of Tuesday
  August 4.
  A queue of eager shoppers that
  stretched way out...

• Prestwich
  06

  Preparation of the counter service delicatessen department almost complete
  before the opening. ANOTHER NORTHERN outpost was
  conquered by JS on August 11! A new
  branch opened in the main shopping
  centre at Prestwich as part of...

• Dunstable freezer centre proves Its value
  07

  DUNSTABLE FREEZER centre has
  certainly proved its value since its doors
  were opened to the public on June 22.
  Area general manager, Ron Guiney,
  and manager of the Dunstable store and
  freezer centre, Alex Watson,...

• New properties
  07

  New properties
  Calcot SavaCentre nears completion. JS HAVE ACQUIRED from Key Markets
  their newly built store at Locksbottom,
  Farnborough, Kent.
  The store has a gross area of 40,000 sq
  ft, sales area of approx imately 25,000...

• Store modernisations
  07

  Store modernisations
  STORE MODERNISATIONS and new
  layouts have given many JS branches a
  facelift recently.
  The reorganisations and introduction
  of new equipment is undeniably hard
  work for all involved but the rewards...

• MAKING A MEAL OF SALAD
  08

  EASTERN SALAD is one of the latest
  additions to the delicatessen range at JS.
  It is a fresh salad consisting of a mild
  curry flavoured coleslaw with green
  peppers and sultanas and is recommended
  to accompany smoked...

• TAKE THE BISCUIT
  08

  TAKE THE BISCUIT
  MUESLI COOKIES are the latest addition
  to JS's extensive own-label biscuit
  range. They are available in 150 branches
  and cost 31p (200 gram, 7.05 oz).
  A unique recipe has been devised for
  Sainsbury's Apple...

• WINE OF THE MONTH
  08

  WINE OF THE MONTH
  PROLONG THE HOLIDAY spirit by
  sampling the September wine of the
  month. The full flavour of Sainsbury's
  Cotes du Ventoux (£1.80) will help to
  recapture the memories of summer days.
  This medium bodied dry...

• BEST FOOTSIES FORWARD
  09

  BEST FOOTSIES FORWARD FOOTSIES ARE A FIRST for Salisbury's!
  No other British supermarket
  chain has yet realised the potential
  popularity of these sturdy plastic
  favourites designed to make mealtimes a
  pleasure for...

• NEW FOOD GUIDE
  09

  NEW FOOD GUIDE
  BASIC COOKING SKILLS, the ninth
  food guide from JS, priced 30p, has been
  written to help new cooks learn
  fundamental cooking techniques and
  more experienced cooks to create more
  elaborate dishes.
  The author,...

• Food retailing and the environment
  10

  Food retailing and the environment
  COMPANY CHAIRMAN, Sir John
  Sainsbury recently addressed the annual
  general meeting of the Oxford Preservation
  Society under the title Food Retailing
  and the Environment.
  The talk centred on...

• Support from the past
  11

  Support from the past
  JS counsellor,
  Cynthia Gillett,
  in an open letter,
  reveals some unusual
  aspects of her job ONE OF THE MANY pleasures of being
  a JS counsellor is the opportunities there
  are to meet and enjoy the...

• JS WITH FLOWERS
  12

  JS WITH FLOWERS
  CHIPPENHAM BRANCH recently
  became the first floral JS store.
  The town of Chippenham held its
  annual 'Floral Fortnight'—areas of the
  town are decorated with flowers put up
  by the Chamber of Commerce, and...

• LONGA CONGA
  12

  LONGA CONGA
  THE LONGA CONGA was a recent
  attempt by the people of Chelmsford
  firstly to break the world record for the
  longest conga line and secondly to raise
  money for the Essex Physically
  Handicapped Association.
  The...

• WALKERS
  12

  WALKERS
  MEMBERS OF STAFF from Burton-on-
  Trent, along with representatives from
  other stores and banks in the town, last
  month took part in a colourful ten mile
  sponsored walk to raise money for the
  Burton Day Centre for the...

• CAMBRIDGE CAMTAD
  13

  FACING A PROBLEM is what Pam
  Lord, BPO at Sidney Street, Cambridge,
  is encouraging staff to do.
  Pam is trying to increase staff
  awareness of deafness in the community.
  As part of the branch's customer service
  campaign a new...

• LAST CALL
  13

  LAST CALL
  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 to many...

• MARATHON MAN
  13

  ROY GREW, meat manager at Dudley,
  last month took part in the Sandwell
  Marathon.
  He completed the 26 miles course in
  three hours and twenty two minutes. To
  help Roy on his way, staff at the branch
  sponsored him with the...

• MEETING ROYALTY
  13

  MEETING ROYALTY
  THE ROYAL WEDDING took on extra
  significance for Doreen Howarth, a
  part-time skilled display assistant at
  Winton branch.
  Doreen attended a reception and
  lunch on July 25 at HMS Mercury at
  Petersfield at...

• ROYAL ICING
  13

  ROYAL ICING
  THE ROYAL WEDDING was used as a
  fine reason for a celebration party by
  Barkingside.
  A special cake, baked by the canteen
  staff and admired by all present, featured
  a red, white and blue design and pictures
  of...

• Bikers
  14

  WEEKEND STUDENTS at Coldhams
  Lane, Alan Cade and Ken West, both
  aged 17, didn't want to get bored during
  the school holidays so they've set off on a
  1,200 mile sponsored cycle ride around
  France.
  'Other staff are raising...

• Grub grab
  14

  Grub grab
  EVERY SHOPPER'S DREAM came
  true recently for Anthony Leonard who
  was let loose in JS's Nuneaton store
  with a minute of free shopping. He won a
  star prize in Nuneaton Boro' Football
  Club lottery.
  At the end of a...

• In praise off kindness
  14

  In praise off kindness
  AN ACT OF KINDNESS might not cost
  anything but it means so much to those in
  our community who have a disability.
  It was particularly encouraging for
  Sidney Street branch staff to read in their
  local...

• Walk to California
  14

  Walk to California
  STAFF AT MAGDALEN STREET,
  Norwich recently presented a cheque for
  £700 to Clive Bamford, chairman of the
  Big C Appeal following a sponsored walk
  during April in some of the worst weather
  conditions this...

• Almost the half century
  15

  Almost the half century
  Albert and Joan Appleby ALBERT APPLEBY, a clerk at Charlton
  depot, has retired after 49 years' service
  with JS.
  But surprisingly Sainsbury's were not
  his only employers! 'I worked for two
  years on the...

• The sound of retirement
  16

  The sound of retirement
  BEST REMEMBERED by the company
  perhaps in his role as district manager,
  Coventry area, Reg (ER) Weeks retired'
  recently after 44 years with JS.
  His final role was area trading manager,
  also based in...

• Weekday driver
  16

  Weekday driver
  ALFRED 'BRACES' LOUDEN, a driver
  at Basingstoke depot, has retired after 46
  years' service with the company.
  'I enjoyed it' said Alf. 'I was a driver for
  45 of those years and when you're behind
  the wheel it's...

• Heading for the coast
  17

  Heading for the coast
  A RETURN to the land is what the future
  has in store for Harold 'Frank' Surry who
  recently retired from Colchester branch
  as assistant meat manager after 43 years'
  service. Frank's expertise in his...

• Feedback
  18

  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to the editor Camaraderie
  From: Heather Bawden, skilled supermarket
  assistant, Kingsland Rd
  The camaraderie which exists amongst
  the staff at Kingsland Rd inspired me to
  write...

• Appointments
  19

  Appointments
  M Goy has been appointed to the
  position of area produce specialist for the
  Uxbridge area.
  S Carter, formerly manager of Cowley,
  has been appointed manager of 122
  Harlow for the opening.
  J Fulcher, formerly...

• Long service
  19

  Long service
  Rod Bryant, grocery manager at Hastings
  branch, completed 25 years' service on
  August 13.
  Rod began his career at the old
  Hastings store and later moved to the
  Bexhill self-service branch. He was made
  up to...

• Obituary
  19

  Obituary
  Irene 'Rene' Alleyn, a transport clerk at
  Basingstoke depot, died on July 13 at the
  age of 54 after a long illness.
  Rene who had previously worked in
  stock control, transferred to the transport
  department in 1970....

• Retirements
  19

  Retirements
  Joan 'Watty' Watson, administration clerk
  at Bromley area office, has retired after
  33 years' service with JS.
  She joined the company at Forest Hill,
  where she was promoted to leading
  saleswoman in 1950. She...

• All in a cuppa
  20

  All in a cuppa
  IF SOMEONE EATS your porridge, if
  you have trouble waking in the mornings,
  if you suffer from lost slippers, overgrown
  beans, wolves masquerading as grandmothers
  or cats who are too big for their
  boots, the...