'JS Journal', June 1983

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• Clean food award
  02

  Clean food award
  Geoffrey Jones (left) congratulates manager Richard Davies. AN ANNUAL visit by the Brent Clean
  Food Liaison Group on May 3 has
  resulted in Wembley branch winning die
  Clean Food Award for 1983.
  Unique to...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 3
  Property
  Page 4-5
  Branch opening- Crystal Palace
  Page 6-7
  Homebase opening— Northampton
  Page 8-9
  Business news
  Page 10-11
  Variety Club luncheon
  Page 12-13
  New products
  Page 14
  Photographic competition
  Page...

• Grocery conference
  02

  Grocery conference
  SEEN HERE on the left is Roy Griffiths,
  Managing Director in conversation with
  Sam Kilburn, Chief Executive of the
  Institute of Grocery Distribution (centre)
  and Sir James Cleminson, Chairman of
  Reckitt...

• Property
  03

  PROPERTY
  PLANS FOR a new Homebase in Bath
  are being considered by Bath City
  Council. The scheme is to link the
  Homebase with the new Sainsbury's
  branch near Green Park Station on land
  which is currently owned by British...

• Recruiting good ideas
  03

  Recruiting good ideas
  HOMEBASE recruitment hit on the right
  formula from the word go. Their first
  ever recruitment advertisement (left) won
  a special commendation in the Daily
  Express Regional Press Awards which
  received 340...

• Results
  03

  Results
  BY THE TIME you read this issue JS's
  end of year financial results will have
  been announced.
  They will be the subject of the Report
  For Staff which all locations will be
  receiving. The results will also be...

• Branch opening—Crystal Palace
  04

  THE LARGEST SAINSBURY'S SUPERMARKET
  kicked off at 9.30am on
  Monday April 25.
  The Crystal Palace branch opened to a
  long, cheerful queue of customers and
  welcomed a steady stream of JS fans
  throughout the day.
  The branch on...

• Homebase opening—Northampton
  06

  ON MAY 2—a bank holiday Monday—it
  seemed that all roads led to Victoria
  Promenade, Northampton. At 9.00am
  the new Homebase house and garden
  centre opened to the most spectacular
  welcome ever recorded since the...

• Bid moves
  08

  Bid moves
  Sweet
  talking
  ROWNTREE MACKINTOSH has at last
  made its long-awaited US acquisition. The
  company has made no secret of its desire to
  enter the American food market.
  The UK is a mature market for...

• Corny
  08

  CORNISH COOKS have slammed Tesco's
  for corny claims about pasties. Store
  bosses claimed authenticity for their recipe
  saying Tesco is 'possibly the only place
  outside Truro you can get a traditional
  Cornish pastie.'
  Local...

• The high street saint
  08

  MARKS & SPENCER'S pre-tax profits rose
  by an effective 10 per cent to £239 million
  for the year to March 31 on sales up 16 per
  cent to over £2.5 billion. Over the last four
  years their profits growth has just about...

• Eating Italian
  09

  BRITISH CONSUMPTION of pasta has
  doubled in ten years and now stands at
  around 2lb per head per annum.
  Despite the increase, Britons are still on
  sparrow's diet compared with the Italians
  who consume 56lb of the stuff every...

• Grit and grapes
  09

  Grit and grapes
  AN UNLIKELY company has given new
  dimension to the phrase faying down the
  wine'. The RMC group more usually seen
  laying down ready mixed concrete, sand,
  gravel and grit, are venturing into the
  Beaujblais race...

• Kwik results
  09

  Kwik results
  KWIK SAVE announced pre-tax profits for
  their half-year to February 26, 1983 up 15
  per cent at £12.3 million, on sales up 14 per
  cent at £268 million. The share price was a
  little unsettled on the news of the...

• Tentacles reach the market
  09

  Tentacles reach the market
  OCTOPUS PUBLISHING-perhaps the
  most innovative publishing company in the
  country—have recently come to the Stock
  Market. The company has had a remarkable
  growth record since itwasset up in 1971...

• Variety Club luncheon
  10

  Lunch money
  Club Luncheon took place at Grosveno
  House Hotel. For the first time there was
  a strong Sainsbury's presence as Miss Jh
  P e r S i t y girls and JS char*, f u n d u s
  were escorted there by SSA...

• Egg-cellent
  12

  Egg-cellent
  SAINSBURY'S new own-label Egg
  Custard Dessert Mix with Nutmeg is a
  perfect finale to any meal.
  Available in 147 stores, the mix is very
  simple and easy to prepare. The contents
  of the sachet should be emptied...

• Fishy firsts
  12

  Fishy firsts
  PACKED LUNCHES promise to be even
  more exciting with the recent additions
  to the pre-packed fresh sandwich range.
  Smoked Salmon and Cottage Cheese,
  made with brown bread, is an exotic
  lunchtime snack and sells...

• Grape success
  12

  Grape success
  AN IDEAL WINE for summer is
  Sainsbury's wine choice for June—
  Wiltinger Scharzberg, Qualitatswein mit
  Pradikat.
  This crisp white wine comes from the
  valley of the Saar, a tributary of the
  Mosel. The steeply...

• Keeping abreast
  12

  Keeping abreast
  ENJOY A 'hassle free' meal with
  Sainsbury's own-label new Chicken
  Breasts en Croute now available at 102
  branches and at all SavaCentres.
  The first of a new generation of poultry
  products, each pack of...

• Micro chips
  12

  Micro chips
  LEARN ALL there is to know about
  microwave cooking from Sainsbury's
  latest food guide—'Cooking by Microwave'
  —written by Cecilia Norman.
  The aim of this new booklet is to give a
  whole wealth of information...

• Clean sweep
  13

  Clean sweep
  WHISTLE while you work with
  Sainsbury's new extensive brushware
  range now available in three bright
  colours—red, brown and beige.
  Available in a varied number of stores,
  the new range consists of a dust pan...

• Paws to eat
  13

  Paws to eat
  ASK ANY discerning cat or dog in the
  country what they look for in their daily
  diet and they will tell you—a wide range
  of foods offering nourishing alternative
  tastes.
  Sainbury's new own-label Supreme
  pet...

• Soft sell
  13

  Soft sell
  AND NOW for something completely
  different!
  Sainsbury's have recently introduced a
  bumper pack of nine toilet rolls available
  in two colourways—pink and white.
  At £1.45, these nine super soft, two ply
  rolls...

• Spread it around
  13

  Spread it around
  BRING A WHOLE new life into
  sandwiches, dips and party goodies with
  Sainsbury's first own-label sandwich
  spreads available in three distinct
  flavours: traditional, tomato and spicy.
  Made with real...

• Stirring news
  13

  Stirring news
  DON'T BE deceived . . . they're not the
  latest chocolate flakes but Sainsbury's
  new own-label Gravy Granules, ready for
  cooking.
  A first for JS, these new granules create
  everything a perfect gravy should be...

• Photographic competition
  14

  PICTURE THIS
  MAKE YOUR FRAME YOUR
  FORTUNE by entering the 1983
  Photographic Competition run jointly
  by the SSA and JS Journal.
  This year's competition will be
  divided into three sections. 1. FRIENDS For this one you...

• Branch football
  15

  Branch football
  TWO WORLD FAMOUS football teams
  —Stratford Superstars and Stamford
  Hill Strollers—came face to face on April
  17 for a high spirited match.
  From kick off, Stratford took control
  giving the team a one goal...

• Scouting for funds
  15

  Scouting for funds
  THERE'S ALWAYS something going on
  at East Grinstead branch and the last
  week in April was no exception.
  On Friday 29 a cheque for £500 was
  presented by Arthur Russell, branch
  manager, to Jeffrey Ell wood,...

• Take the plunge on June 12
  15

  Take the plunge on June 12
  One of last year's Family Day water babes. JUST IN CASE you haven't heard, June
  12 is kicking, jumping, splashing, running
  and cycling time for everyone at
  Sainsbury's. Action packed Family...

• What's in a name
  15

  What's in a name
  JOY, WIFE OF the late Arthur Van den
  Branden who retired from supply control,
  Blackfriars in 1979, has been feeling
  homesick recently since she discovered
  this advert in The West...

• Hand it to Malcolm
  16

  Hand it to
  Malcolm
  HANDS WERE raised in combat in the
  Bromley area last month. Haywards
  Heath branch issued a challenge to the
  rest of its area to find the Nomination
  Whist Champion.
  On May 4 a tournament was held...

• Investing in art
  16

  Investing in art
  AMATEUR ARTIST, Maurice Gardner,
  a night shift worker at Chislehurst, has
  recently had a brush with success after
  exhibiting his watercolours in the local
  branch of the Abbey National...

• Lyrical letters
  16

  Lyrical letters
  AFTER SPENDING some confusing
  hours attending SSP (Statutory Sick Pay)
  meetings, Joan Timlett, BPO at
  Harpenden found herself pondering one
  sleepless night on the number of initials
  used in JS systems.
  Here...

• Making faces
  17

  Making faces
  THERE ARE LOTS of new faces around.
  Not a sudden influx of personnel—just a
  fresh new look for familiar features.
  Wednesday has meant Beauty School
  night for over 50 JS girls over the past
  weeks.
  Following up...

• Peter sets the ball rolling for guide dogs
  17

  Peter sets the ball rolling for guide dogs Peter Ball (ringed) with walkers ready for the off. SPRING is sprung and 28 members of
  staff from Bognor Regis branch took to
  muddy fields and coast roads to raise
  money for guide dogs...

• APPOINTMENTS
  18

  APPOINTMENTS
  P Jones, formerly manager of Hayes, has
  been appointed manager of Harlow.
  D Ware, formerly manager of
  Bletchley, has been appointed manager of
  Chester for the opening.
  M Whitty, formerly manager,, of
  Surbiton,...

• LONG SERVICE
  18

  LONG SERVICE
  Albert Pugh, grocery manager at
  Leamington, has completed 40 years'
  service with JS.
  He joined the company at Derby and
  since then has worked at several stores
  including Northampton, Coventry, where
  he was...

• RETIREMENTS
  18

  RETIREMENTS
  Vera Storey, a storekeeper at Charlton
  depot, has retired after 37 years' service
  atJS.
  She joined the company in the biscuit
  department at Blackfriars' factory and in. 1971 transferred to Charlton depot.
  Eric...

• The road to retirement WWM
  18

  The road to retirement
  'I'VE NEVER DRIVEN a car in my life,'
  says Francis 'Tommy' Thomas after 40
  years in JS transport. 'I know more than
  most about roads but I've never wanted
  to sit behind a wheel.'
  Tommy retired from...

• Feedback
  19

  FEEDBACK
  Letters are welcome
  and should, be
  addressed to the editor
  Dream store
  From: Sibyl Robinson, customer at
  Crystal Palace.
  I was born in Whitehorse Lane 68 years
  ago and on Monday had the pleasure of
  being taken to...

• OBITUARY
  19

  OBITUARY
  Margaret Bramble, skilled supermarket
  assistant at Stratford branch, died on
  April 18, aged 54. She had been with the
  company since 1975.
  Leslie Humphreys, a driver at
  Basingstoke depot, died on February 19,
  aged...

• I've got wheels
  20

  This month the archives page is being delivered to your door.
  These photographs of delivery vehicles of days gone by are all recent additions
  to the archives photo library. THREE OF the four were donated by
  veterans at their...