'JS Journal', May 1983

Table of content

• Advertising awards
  02

  Advertising
  awards
  JS ADVERTISING was up on the
  winners' rostrum again last month when
  Campaign magazine, the advertising
  industry's top publication, announced
  the recipients of its annual Press Awards.
  Most prestigious...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 4-5
  Veterans' reunion
  Page 6-7
  Business news
  Page 8-9
  New products
  Page 10-11
  Hobbies
  Page 12-13
  News in brief—a round- up of activities companywide
  Page 14-15
  People—appointments, retirements, long service...

• Faces behind the pages
  02

  Faces behind the pages
  Bridget Williams
  DEDICATION beyond the call of duty;
  that's what two people constantly show
  to the Journal and they have finally been
  persuaded to stand up and take a bow.
  Bridget Williams, company...

• £190,000 to cancer research
  03

  £190,000 to cancer research
  Retail division director, Joe Barnes, presented JS 's £190, 000 contribution to president of the 500 Group, Sir John McKay. A MARVELLOUS performance by staff
  companywide brought JS a recent...

• Donation to youth centre
  03

  Donation to youth centre
  A CHEQUE for one thousand pounds was
  recently donated on behalf of the company
  by Charlton depot manager, Derek
  Graham, towards the cost of a local youth
  centre at St Thomas's church.
  The donation...

• 1983 JS Veterans' reunion
  04

  1983 JS veterans' reunion
  Nice to see you!
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  JOY IN FRIENDSHIP was the feeling
  which made 1983's JS veterans' reunion
  such a happy event. The 35th annual
  reunion took place...

• Animal magic
  06

  Animal magic
  EARLY THIS YEAR Super Marketing magazine
  asked its readers what sort of animal
  they associated with some of the leading
  retailers.
  The quickest reader off the mark came
  up with the following...

• Changing taste of eating out
  06

  Changing taste of eating out
  A REVIEW of British eating out by Gallup,
  commissioned by the magazine Caterer
  and Hotelkeeper, showed some interesting
  changes in taste.
  Minestrone has replaced tomato soup as
  the favourite soup...

• Four pinta
  06

  Four pinta
  DEVELOPMENTS in milk merchandising
  continue apace. A four pint plastic bottle
  made by Plysu is now stocked by JS and
  several other leading multiples.
  The bottle has a resealable top and a
  carrying handle, and is...

• M&S
  06

  M&S
  ON APRIL 1, Lord Sieff, the third generation
  shop-keeper who has headed Marks and
  Spencer since 1972, made way for Lord
  Rayner.
  Lord Rayner has been Margaret
  Thatcher's crusader against paper shuffling,
  is a methodist...

• Plastic can
  06

  Plastic can
  THE WORLD'S FIRST food product in a
  plastic 'can' is being test marketed in Britain
  by the US owned Campbell's Soups and
  Metal Box, the leading UK packaging
  company.
  The can is in fact a flat 16oz carton...

• Saturation
  06

  Saturation
  ACCORDING to the latest survey on
  supermarkets carried out by the Centre for
  Business Research, the number of
  superstores in Britain, close on 350 at
  present, is expected to reach saturation
  point at a little over...

• Sweet results
  06

  Sweet results
  ROWNTREE MACKINTOSH-the Smarties
  to After Eight group—announced some
  very sweet results for 1982. Pre-tax profits
  were up 27 per cent to £50.5 million, on
  turnover 12 per cent higher at £770.5
  million.
  The...

• Tesco times
  06

  Tesco times
  TESCO has opened a 'Tesco Business
  Centre' at Welwyn Garden City to sell
  computers to small businesses.
  The range will feature IBM and Apple
  products costing between £3,000 and
  £4,000.
  In their stores the...

• UB results
  06

  UB results
  UNITED BISCUITS (McVities Jaffa Cakes
  to Wimpy Bars, KP nuts to Pizzaland
  restaurants) reported a reasonable 12 per
  cent rise in pre-tax profits for 1982, £7.5
  million up at £68.4 million.
  However, about half...

• Taking stock of shares
  07

  Taking stock of shares
  WHY DOES the price of some shares go up
  and down like a supercharged yo-yo? What
  influences the JS share price? To the many
  employees who now hold shares in the
  company this is a key question.
  Shares...

• Every thing you need to know about...
  08

  Every thing you need to know about...
  WITH SPRING already upon us,
  thoughts are starting to turn to those jobs
  that really must be done around the
  house.
  Homebase, with this season in mind,
  has recently published four new...

• Just juice
  08

  Just juice
  NOW FOR a juicy piece of news! JS ownlabel
  Pure Orange Juice cartons are on
  sale in packs of four.
  You can start your day the economical
  way because the carry-out pack saves
  money. At only £1.35 it means each...

• May wine
  08

  May wine
  DISCOVER the promise inside every
  bottle of Sainsbury's Sparkling Saumur
  (Appellation Saumur Controlee Methode
  Champenoise). It's wine of the month for
  May.
  Sparkling Saumur is produced by the
  traditional champagne...

• Mr Men
  08

  Mr Men
  MESSRS Lazy, Mischief, Funny, Messy,
  Greedy, Happy and Forgetful are the
  seven cheerful characters featured on
  Sainsbury's new own-label Mr Men
  Yogurts.
  These Mr Men flavours—fingerlicking
  fudge, Jaffa, peach...

• Waffling on
  08

  Waffling on
  WHAT'S PERFECT with icecream,
  syrup, jam, Marmite and all other things
  sweet and savoury? Sainsbury's new
  own-label Waffles—that's what!
  Another delicious first for JS, they sell
  in packs of six for 32p (217...

• Armagnac
  09

  Armagnac
  THOSE CONNOISSEURS with a taste
  for the occasional tipple of brandy will
  greatly appreciate the latest addition to
  JS's own-label spirits range, Armagnac
  VSOP (Appellation Armagnac Controlee).
  Imbibers will also be...

• Clean up
  09

  Clean up
  REDESIGNED Sainsbury's Lemon
  Scented Scouring Powder and Blue
  Scouring Powder are two important new
  additions to the existing spring clean
  range (757 March 1983) presently on sale.
  Directions for use are...

• Curry flavour
  09

  Curry flavour
  ZIP UP curries, cold meats, you name it,
  with Sainsbury's new scrumptious ownlabel
  Mango Chutney.
  Packed with mangos it's sweet and
  delicious even by itself.
  On the shelf in all branches, Mango
  Chutney (340...

• Pasta partners
  09

  Pasta
  partners
  MEET YET another two new Italian
  Pastas you don't have to wind round a
  fork—Sainsbury's Italian Egg Lasagne
  (45p) and Egg Cannelloni (49p).
  Italian Egg Lasagne (250 gram) 'is a no
  problem to cook', just...

• Purse your lipstick
  09

  Purse your lipstick
  IT'S ALL in the bag in the toiletries
  department since the recent introduction
  of cosmetic and toilet bags in all shapes
  and sizes.
  Not only are all four bags available in
  two different patterns but in...

• Weighty matters
  10

  Weighty matters
  matters
  IT'S NOT every day a bride carries her
  husband over the threshold, but this was
  so in the case of 19-year-old Donna Mears,
  British powerlifting champion.
  An office clerk at JS's Sittingbourne
  branch,...

• Throwing the boys over
  11

  Throwing the boys over
  Above and below right: Deborah throws her weight around! Below left: Some of her
  impressive range of medals and trophies. GONE, IT SEEMS, are the days of the
  gentler sex. Meet another lady whose
  physical...

• JS Journal award
  12

  JS Journal award
  THE JS JOURNAL has joined the ranks
  of the award winners at Sainsbury's!
  Each year the British Association of
  Industrial Editors recognises and honours
  outstanding achievement in British and
  international...

• News in brief—a round up of activities companywide
  12

  JS EMPLOYEES at Blackfriars could be
  forgiven for thinking they were trapped
  in a time warp on April 11.
  Arriving for work on this Monday
  morning they found the City area of
  London in a state of alarm reminiscent of
  World...

• SavaCentre Scholars
  12

  SavaCentre Scholars
  SIX CANDIDATES from Calcot SavaCentre
  are on the way up after successfully
  sitting a supervisory exam set by the
  National Examination Board at Havering
  Technical College, Essex.
  For the last four years...

• Posting precisely
  13

  Posting precisely
  WHEN YOU live in Australia and you
  want to send a message to that helpful
  man at Sainsbury's Chelsea Branch, on
  the other side of the world, there's one
  way to make sure it pops through the
  right letter...

• Wine winners
  13

  Wine winners
  SIXTEEN newspaper readers had a
  sparkling Easter weekend thanks to their
  knowledge of JS wine. The Liverpool
  Daily Post and Birmingham's Sunday Mercury
  in conjunction with Sainsbury's ran a
  free competition with...

• APPOINTMENTS
  14

  I Atherton, formerly manager of
  Southport, has been appointed manager
  of Crosby for the opening.
  N Brassington, formerly deputy
  manager of Walthamstow, has been
  appointed manager of Potters Bar.
  I Elkins, formerly manager of...

• LONG SERVICE
  14

  LONG SERVICE
  Arthur Macquillin, building and
  workshop supervisor at Basingstoke
  depot, has completed 40 years' service
  with JS.
  He began his career as a trainee joiner
  in the works department at Blackfriars.
  Soon after the...

• RETIREMENTS
  14

  RETIREMENTS
  Arthur Mott, manager at Colchester
  Branch, has retired after 43 years' service
  with JS.
  He began his career with the company
  at Romford manual and two years later
  left to join the RAF. He returned to
  Romford...

• Meat man and boy
  15

  Meat man and boy
  YOU COULD call Eric Barnes a modern
  husband. Every evening he cooks a meal
  for his wife but has old fashioned ideas
  about the menu. 'She never gets egg and
  chips,' he insists. A bit of a cordon bleu
  fanatic,...

• OBITUARY
  15

  OBITUARY
  Francis Barber, assistant meat manager
  at Colchester, died suddenly on March
  12, aged 60.
  He had been with the company for 42
  years.
  Sheila Crouch, skilled supermarket
  assistant at Golders Green, died on
  February...

• Lazy hazy days
  16

  Lazy hazy days
  SUMMER'S A COMING . . . the click
  of the camera and the creak of a laden
  picnic basket are unmistakable signs that
  warmer days are here at last.
  The Lucky Dogs leaflet (right),
  produced in 1934, offered JS...