'JS Journal', June 1982

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• Pony for the disabled
  01

  A DONATION from Sainsbury's Charitable Fund
  has enabled the West Horsley Group of the
  Riding for the Disabled Association to buy a
  new Welsh pony.
  They have named the palomino pony
  'Sainsbury's Prince' and will be using him...

• Advertising awards
  02

  Advertising awards
  JS ADVERTISING has recently won
  awards in three separate competitions. In
  each instance the winning advertisements
  were part of the series produced for the
  women's press and Sunday supplements
  by the...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 1-3
  News
  Page 4-5
  A new Homebase for Nottingham
  Page 6-7
  New products
  Page 8-9
  Three special £1,000 donations to worthy causes
  Page 10
  The 1982 JS Journal/SSA Photographic Competition
  Page 11
  Cancer research round up
  Page...

• David Howell visits JS depot
  03

  David Howell visits JS depot
  THE RT HON David Howell MP,
  Secretary of State for Transport, recently
  paid a visit to Basingstoke depot.
  'Lorries, People and the Environment',
  a white paper setting out the...

• New art competition
  03

  New art competition
  A MAJOR NEW open art competition
  has been launched as part of JS's
  £500,000 three year arts sponsorship
  programme.
  Entitled 'Images for Today', it
  represents a significant new sponsorship
  in the visual...

• Homebase opening—Nottingham
  04

  PERFECT JUNE WEATHER heralded
  the opening of the third Homebase house
  and garden centre at Castle Marina Park,
  Castle Boulevard, Nottingham on June 8.
  JS have been trading in the town for 45
  years, and the new Homebase adds...

• Anyone for 6's?
  06

  Anyone for 6's?
  THE RANGE OF 6's chocolate covered
  Countline biscuits has been extended
  even further this month.
  Milk Chocolate Fruit and Nut biscuits
  x6) join the already estabished milk
  chocolate shortcake bars, milk...

• Bees make honey
  06

  Bees make honey
  BEES HAVE BEEN 'busy' in their hives
  this year producing JS own-label latest
  additions to the existing range of
  Speciality Honey—Acacia, Mexican and
  Canadian Clover.
  Honey lovers will be pleased to...

• Kitchen extras
  06

  Kitchen extras
  A SMALL spoon has been added to the
  existing melamine, butter milk coloured
  kitchen tools in the JS Houseware range.
  As a plastic melamine has a number of
  properties—it's resistant to 120°C (ie
  does not...

• Soft 'n' smooth
  06

  Soft 'n' smooth
  THIS CREAMY dessert mix is the first
  own-label product of its kind on the
  market. It is now available at 150 stores at
  22p (40 gram packet).
  Supreme Topping is quick to prepare
  and is an easy mixer. Try it...

• Top Italian trio
  06

  Top Italian trio
  THREE NEW good quality, though little
  known, Italian wines appear on the JS
  shelves this month.
  Chiaretto di Bardolino (Denominazione
  di Origine Controllata) is
  Sainsbury's first own-label Italian...

• 'Andy with a brush?
  07

  'Andy with a brush?
  MAKE A POINT of buying JS's ownlabel
  Brush Pens now!
  Because of their unique pointed tip
  they can be used not only for fine
  lettering but also as a brush for shading.
  Packs of ten colourful pens are...

• Light fingers
  07

  Light fingers
  BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder
  and JS's new manicure accessories will
  make sure the eyes see that beauty.
  Sainsbury's own-label Beauty Care
  range consists of 15 tremendously useful
  and necessary items,...

• On tap
  07

  On tap
  GLASSES OF COTEAUX D'Aix-en-
  Provence, Gaillac Blanc and Hungarian
  Riesling are now, quite literally, on tap
  with the introduction of quality wines in
  three litre boxes.
  Sainsbury's own-label wine boxes are
  ideal for...

• Wine of the month
  07

  Wine of the month
  A DRY, RUBY RED wine produced in a
  strictly delineated area around the
  communes of Asti and Allessandia in
  Piedmont, north-west Italy, has been
  selected as the wine of the month for
  June.
  Barbera del...

• Sweet Charity
  08

  Marwell
  Zoological Park
  The first presentation was made by
  Woking AGM, Ron Yeates, to Marwell
  Zoological Park director, John Knowles.
  The zoo, opened in 1972, is run as a
  charity, and aims to protect endangered
  species of...

• Photographic Competition
  10

  FOR THE SECOND year running the
  JS Journal and the SSA have joined
  forces to launch the 1982
  Photographic Competition.
  This year the competition takes on
  a new format and there will be two
  sections—Summertime Blues...

• Cancer craziness
  11

  Cancer craziness
  EVERY LITTLE COUNTS when It
  comes to raising money for cancer
  research and so imaginations ran riot
  once again this month.
  A mammoth fete at Rayleigh Weir
  took Sunday May 9 by storm, attracting
  hundreds of...

• Marathon runners
  12

  Marathon runners
  INJURY foiled Robin Tripp's attempt to
  enter this year's London marathon. But
  Robin, physical therapist in the
  gymnasium at Blackfriars, was happy to
  tell the Journal that members of the gym
  did very...

• Watch the birdie
  12

  Watch the birdie
  FOR THE SECOND year running, Judy
  Warren, part-time supermarket assistant
  at Beaconsfield Freezer Centre, has won
  the Bucks County Ladies Golf Championship.
  She started playing golf when she was
  16, having...

• An eye for an eye and a kiss . . .
  13

  An eye for an eye and a kiss . . .
  AN EYE for an eye and a tooth for a
  tooth was the order of the day recently at
  Central Croydon. The occasion was
  manager, Ray Palser's 40th birthday!
  A suitable present had to be...

• Health award
  13

  Health award
  AN ANNUAL visit and occasional spot
  visits from hygiene inspectors have
  resulted in Nuneaton branch winning the
  local borough Hygiene Award for 1982.
  Nuneaton first won this award in 1980,
  so this year's success...

• Knit away
  13

  Knit away
  A SPONSORED knit-in was the way in
  which Shirley Powell (week-end student
  at Ipswich) helped to collect £1,500 for
  three different charities.
  As well as raising money for the Guide
  Dogs for the Blind Association,...

• New conference centre
  13

  New conference centre
  A NEW CONFERENCE centre in Rennie
  House has provided impressive new
  facilities at Blackfriars.
  The centre occupies the area that
  previously housed a number of basic
  training rooms. Now the extra...

• Wheel deal
  13

  Wheel deal
  KINGSWOOD staff have taken to the
  streets again, but this time in aid of the
  World Wildlife Fund.
  One Sunday morning, in fancy dress,
  70 members of staff 'drove' each other
  round ten gruelling laps of the...

• A life on the road
  14

  A life on the road
  AFTER A LIFE ON THE ROAD'
  retirement has meant quite a change in
  George Home's life. He was one of JS's
  team of mobile dairy inspectors for a
  quarter of his long career at Sainsbury's.
  George, who retired...

• APPOINTMENTS
  14

  APPOINTMENTS
  M Cull, formerly manager of Shirley, has
  been appointed manager of Winton.
  M Gentry, formerly deputy manager of
  Brighton Hill, has been appointed
  manager of Portsmouth.
  L Griffin, formerly deputy manager...

• RETIREMENTS
  14

  RETIREMENTS
  Bernard Mark, assistant manager in
  company systems, has retired after 46
  years' service with JS.
  He joined the company in the retail
  sales office in 1936, and three years later
  was called up to the Royal...

• Feedback
  15

  FEEDBACK
  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to trie editor
  Bag of success?
  From: Tom Delaney, office managers
  Streatham
  Watching World in Action this evening, I
  was intrigued to learn that an unqualified
  man,...

• LONG SERVICE
  15

  LONG SERVICE
  Gwenda Tattersall, office manager at
  Central Croydon, has completed 40 years'
  service with the company.
  She joined JS in 1942 at Purley and
  moved to Caterham five years later as
  chief clerk. Gwenda has worked in...

• OBITUARY
  15

  OBITUARY
  Joyce Denver, canteen supervisor at
  Dunstable, died on May 16, aged 58, after
  a short illness.
  She began working for the company in
  1954 as a housekeeper at Chelsea, and
  worked at several other branches
  including...

• Archives
  16

  A RECENT GIFT to the archives from
  an Oxford housewife proves beyond
  doubt that JS tea, in common with a well
  known proprietory brand, has the claim
  to being a longer-lasting brew!
  The tea packet (right), found beneath
  a...