'JS Journal', March 1982

Table of content

• Branch opening—Nine Elms
  02

  NINE ELMS
  FEBRUARY 9 saw the opening of JS's
  largest London supermarket at Nine
  Elms—the first store to be opened by the
  company in Central London for 16 years.
  Located alongside the New Covent
  Garden, the store is...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-7
  Branch openings—Nine Elms, unique in Central London, Folkestone
  Page 8
  New products
  Page 9-16
  Who's Who 1982—a pull-out guide to JS top management. Keep it and be in the know!
  Page 17
  General news
  Page 18-19
  Miss JS...

• Branch opening—Folkestone
  06

  JS'S NEW STORE in Wellington Gardens,
  Folkestone, opened on February 16. It
  looked as though the miserable weather
  was going to keep shoppers at home—
  there were few queuing before 9.30am.
  But as the doors opened...

• Carry home glasses
  08

  Carry home glasses
  THE JS OWN-LABEL Houseware range
  of classic glasses has been repackaged in
  convenient carry-home packs containing
  four glasses. The packs of sherry (£1.65), wine
  (£1.85) and champagne glasses...

• Cheese extra
  08

  Cheese extra
  DOUBLE THE FLAVOUR with
  Sainsbury's new cheeses. They combine
  the attributes of traditional English
  cheeses with some exciting new tastes
  and extend further the JS customer
  choice to 110 cheeses.
  Double...

• Dried yeast
  08

  Dried yeast
  FOLLOWING A THREE week bread
  making promotion that commenced early
  in February, JS own-label Dried Yeast
  was introduced into all stores.
  The 75 gram packet contains five
  sachets of 15g O/ioz) of dried yeast,...

• JS Cheesecake Mix
  08

  WHIP UP a delicious sweet in minutes!
  Just milk and butter need be added to
  the new JS Cheesecake Mix which serves
  six and contains easy-to-follow instructions
  on the back of the packet.
  The 213 gram (7.5 oz) pack is...

• JS Dessert Sauces
  08

  TOP ICE CREAMS and desserts with
  one of the five flavours in the new range
  of JS Dessert Sauces—Chocolate,
  Caramel, Raspberry, Strawberry or
  Chocolate Mint (which is exclusive to
  JS).
  " Available in 125 branches, each...

• March wine
  08

  March wine
  WINE OF THE MONTH for March is
  Alsace Sylvaner, price £2.35, available in
  157 branches.
  Sainsbury's Sylvaner is produced from
  the Sylvaner grape which gives this wine
  its dry, spicy, full-bodied character....

• Who's Who 1982
  09

  A PULL OUT GUIDE TO
  SAINSBURY'S
  TOP MANAGEMENT
  Published by JS Journal, J Sainsbury pic, Stamford House, Stamford Street, London SE1 9LL. March 1982. Main Board
  Directors
  Sir John Sainsbury
  Chairman and Chief...

• Battering the competition!
  17

  Battering the competition!
  PANCAKE RACES have become
  increasingly popular nationwide it seems,
  and Sainsbury's staff have certainly
  demonstrated their sporting spirit this
  year.
  At Walsall the results of the races
  through...

• Bull's-eye for a guide dog
  17

  Bull's-eye for a guide dog
  A GRAND TOTAL of £1,000 has been
  handed over by Coldhams Lane,
  Cambridge, branch to the Guide Dogs
  for the Blind Association.
  A local representative, Jean Walker,
  and her guide dog Novi (pictured...

• J Sainsbury pic
  17

  FROM MARCH 1 JS adopted a new
  company title—J Sainsbury pic.
  This change is being made to comply
  with recent changes in company law
  which require that all public companies
  include the words public limited company
  (or...

• Special award
  17

  Special award
  AT THE SSA annual dinner and dance
  (see pages 18 and 19) the premier
  presentation was made of a new and
  unique trophy.
  The SSA Special Achievement Awards
  was presented to its first recipient-
  David Dahms,...

• Springtime sponsorship
  17

  Springtime sponsorship
  KENT OPERA'S Spring Season 1982
  opened on March 11 at Tunbridge Wells
  with a new production of Handel's
  Agrippina sponsored by Sainsbury's as
  part of the company's extensive regional
  arts sponsorship...

• Miss JS Personality Girl 1982
  18

  MISS JS
  Personality Girl 1982 CHEERS FLOODED the West Centre
  Hotel, Fulham, on February 20 during the
  SSA annual dinner and dance, as Sue
  Lomas the Midlands contestant (again!),
  was voted Miss JS Personality Girl 1982.
  Sue,...

• Basenjis is best
  20

  TO BECOME TOP DOG was the ambition
  of director's chauffeur, Syd Smith,
  when three of his four Basenjis recently
  qualified for Crufts.
  He was pipped at the post this year but
  still believes, in the face of 9,000...

• Life at the Topp
  21

  Life at the Topp
  RON TOPP, for many years a senior
  manager in the fresh meat trading department
  at Blackfriars, retired on February
  5, after 43 successful years with the
  company.
  The Topp family are very...

• Apology
  22

  Apology
  Apologies to Jo Quick, senior supermarket
  assistant at Coventry, whose
  retirement notice appeared in last month's
  Journal.
  He is in fact a she, and served a total of
  16 years with the company.

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  D Cox, formerly manager of West
  Bromwich, has been appointed manager
  of Birkenhead for the opening.
  R Gowers, formerly deputy manager
  of Solihull, has been appointed manager
  of West Bromwich.
  A Snow, formerly...

• Long service
  22

  Long service
  Andy Andrews, a driver at Basingstoke
  depot, has completed 25 years' service
  with the company.
  Andy joined JS at Blackfriars and
  transferred to the depot after 15 years.
  Sheila Harris, an operator in the...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  George 'Jock' Muir, manager at Harold
  Hill, has retired after 35 years' service
  with JS.
  He joined the company at Chapel
  Market after seven years in the Merchant
  Navy. George moved to Holloway in
  1961, then did...

• Feedback
  23

  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to the editor Appraisals again
  From: Maurice Eyre, senior systems
  analyst, Blackfriars
  In contributing to the discussion on
  performance appraisal, I question
  whether the current...

• Gay Friars
  24

  Gay Friars
  GAY FRIAR was a JS brand name used
  during the 1920's and '30's for a range of
  pickles, sauces and chutneys—a contemporary
  of both Selsa and Crelos.
  It was perhaps inspired by the 13th
  century Dominican friars...