'JS Journal', July 1983

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 3
  Property
  Page 4-5
  Branch opening- Crosby
  Page 6-7
  Homebase opening— Gloucester
  Page 8-9
  Business news
  Page 10
  New products
  Page 11-16
  Family day
  Page 17-20
  News in brief—a round-up of activities...

• Vintage wines launch
  02

  Vintage wines launch
  CHATEAU TERTRE du Moulin Entre
  Deux Mers 1982 and Domaine du
  Colombier Chinon 1981 were only two of
  the exclusive Sainsbury's Vintage Selection
  wines being launched at Stamford
  House on Monday, May...

• Banking on JS
  03

  Banking on JS
  WORKING IN CLOSE co-operation
  with the four major clearing banks,
  Sainsbury's has installed automatic teller
  machines outside the Crystal Palace
  branch.
  The three machines are situated near
  the entrance to the...

• It's an honour
  03

  It's an honour
  DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR, Len
  Payne is now a Commander of the British
  Empire. He was awarded the CBE in the
  Queen's June birthday honours.
  Len Payne CBE, FCCA, FCIT, CBIM,
  MBSC, MIRTE is president elect of...

• Property
  03

  PROPERTY
  A JS STORE in Lewes Road, Brighton,
  the construction of which is scheduled to
  start in August, is to include part of the
  area's history.
  An old viaiduct, cinema and pill factory
  have been cleared from the site but a...

• Reflections at Blackfriars
  03

  Reflections at Blackfriars
  WAKEFIELD HOUSE, pictured on the
  iront cover of the Journal, received its
  first occupants on June 6, becoming the
  third JS head office building in Stamford
  Street.
  Affectionately known as the...

• Branch opening—Crosby
  04

  PEOPLE don't keep things to themselves
  in Crosby. This suburb of Liverpool, half
  way to seaside Southport, boasts a neat
  and busy high street and an effective
  bush telegraph.
  Famous Merseyside friendliness
  ensured that news...

• Homebase opening—Gloucester
  06

  AN ISLAND in the sea of Gloucester'
  was the way a local newspaper described
  Sainsbury's new Homebase house and
  garden centre which opened on Bank
  Holiday Monday, May 30.
  Built on a traffic island on St Oswald's
  Road, the...

• Dressing up
  08

  Dressing up
  FOLLOWING the disposal of the Mainstop
  superstores, the International group are now
  concentrating on improving their supermarkets.
  There will be a major refurbishment
  programme for half the group's 410 stores,
  at...

• Floods for farmers
  08

  Floods for farmers
  THE SPRING weather has played havoc
  with farmers' plans. One farmer of my
  acquaintance, who in recent history has
  never been known to take a holiday actually
  had one week off in April because there...

• Marriage of convenience
  08

  Marriage of convenience
  THE REORGANISATION of the Co-op
  movement is about to take its greatest
  single step. The two giants—the Cooperative
  Wholesale Society and the Cooperative
  Retail Society—are destined to
  merge. The...

• New steps for Boots
  08

  New steps for Boots
  BOOTS the chemists increased pre-tax
  profits for their year to March 31 by nearly 17
  per cent to £140 million. Sales rose by 12 per
  cent to £1.7 billion. However the improvement
  comes after four or five...

• SA sell off by ABF
  08

  SA sell off by ABF
  THE GIANT Associated British Foods has
  announced that it is going to sell its stake in
  the South African food manufacturer,
  Premier Group, for £198 million in cash.
  ABF-Broomfields bakeries,...

• Tesco in Eire
  08

  Tesco in Eire
  TESCO are looking to expand their Eire
  operation.
  Originally based on the Three Guys chain
  acquired from Albert Gubay, which proved
  none too successful, out of 24 existing
  stores, 16 outlets are now...

• The key to bidding
  08

  The key to bidding
  THE LONG-RUNNING Fitch Lovell soap
  opera continues. We left the set in Xhe last
  JSJ with Linfood having made a £40.8
  million offer for Key Markets. Safeway you
  will remember, had failed to respond to...

• The latest film
  08

  The latest film
  THE LATEST film isn't Tootsie; it's more
  likely to be tootie-fruitles because real
  plastic food has arrived in film form.
  A large Japanese biochemical research
  company, Hayashlbara, has developed food
  In the...

• Winds of change at trade fair
  08

  Winds of change at trade fair
  DEVELOPMENTS in wine packaging
  continue apace. On display at the recent
  London Wine Trade Fair were 25cl cans of
  Beaujolais! Recommended retail price is
  about £1.25 for the equivalent of...

• JS end of year results
  09

  JS end of year results
  JS END OF YEAR results were announced
  on May 24. Sales were up 17.6 per cent and
  profit rose by 17.2 per cent. Seven per cent
  more customers passed through the
  checkouts and there were 3,300 more...

• Bath time
  10

  Bath time
  IF YOU'RE about to go out and buy the
  same old sponge, don't. Splash out on
  Sainsbury's new own-label Luxury Bath
  and Baby sponges now on sale in 148
  branches.
  Available in four stunning colours,
  straw/berry,...

• Bitter news
  10

  Bitter news
  SAINSBURY'S own-label bitter has been
  re-christened Sainsbury's Rutland Bitter
  to reflect the strong emphasis being
  placed on regional beers. Already on sale
  at JS are Wessex, Yorkshire and Bedford
  beers.
  The...

• Cream of coffees
  10

  Cream of coffees
  TO BEANS or not to beans, that is the
  question, whether to buy Sainsbury's new
  Decaffeinated Vacuum Packed Filter
  Coffee, Ground Coffee or Coffee Beans
  now available in 76 (Vacuum Packed)
  and 144 branches...

• Fishy dishes
  10

  Fishy dishes
  FISH LOVERS will fall hook line and
  sinker for the latest recipes available in
  Sainsbury's new food guide 'Buying and
  Cooking Fish and Seafood" and new
  colour cookbook, 'The Fish Recipe
  Book', both written by...

• Summer wine
  10

  Summer wine
  WHO NEEDS sun and sea when you can
  conjure up all that and more with the
  help of a glass of JS's own-label Cotes de
  Provence Rose (Appellation Cotes de
  Provence controlee).
  The wines of Cotes de Provence...

• That's cool
  10

  That's cool
  KEEP COOL this summer with Sainsbury's
  mouthwatering own-label Sorbet
  Mix (105 gram) available in three delicious
  flavours—grapefruit, orange and
  lemon.
  A first for JS, Sorbet Mix is an ideal
  prepare-ahead...

• Family day
  11

  FAMILY DAY Sunday June 12 at the Griffin Ground in Dulwich S T WAS LOVELY weather for ducks in
  the early hours of Family Day '83 but mid
  morning saw the sun pulHng its hat firmly
  on and driving the umbrellas away.
  Suddenly it...

• Photographic Competition
  17

  HAVE A SHOT at this year's prizes up for
  grabs in the SSA/JS Journal Photographic
  Competition and send your black and
  white pictures in today.
  The rules are simple: You may enter as
  many prints as you like. Each must have
  an...

• Recipe for progress
  17

  Left to right: Cynthia Gillett, Jane Babbage, Wendy Godfrey and Elizabeth Murphy.
  Recipe for progress JS HOME ECONOMISTS had plenty of
  food for thought at the 13th annual
  general meeting on June 8 at Rennie
  House.
  Topics for...

• Chocolate for Chipipa
  18

  Chocolate for Chipipa
  CHIPIPA, an orphan in The Falconer
  Children's Orphanage in Zambia, is now
  a strapping two year old thanks tc
  Sainsbury's Drinking Chocolate.
  When his mother died after he was
  bom, Chipipa was brought to...

• John's cool win
  18

  John's cool win
  THE SAINSBURY-SPONSORED Polka
  Children's Theatre will shortly be
  resounding with junior cat-calls. Curtain
  calls, that is, for a cat.
  'One Cool Cat' is the winning play
  of the Sainsbury's Play for Polka...

• Savacentre and the stars
  18

  Savacentre and the stars
  SAVACENTRE recently sponsored an
  all stars charity football match organised
  by Special Olympics at Villa Park,
  Birmingham, on Sunday May 22.
  The game was between a host of BBC
  TV celebrities led by...

• Working lunch
  18

  Working lunch
  HERE'S A LUNCH break with a
  difference!
  On Monday May 23, Peter Bye, grocery
  manager at Wellingborough, dashed out
  of the branch at one o'clock, swam a mile
  in the local baths and returned to work 40
  minutes...

• Bedknobs and umbrellas
  20

  Bedknobs and umbrellas
  IT WAS BEDLAM in Gloucester on
  April 24, when students from the branch
  took to the streets in their beds, despite
  pouring rain, to raise money for the
  Langford school for autistic children and adults...

• Setting a jelly crisis to right
  20

  Setting a jelly crisis to right
  THE WESSEX HOTEL, Winchester,
  nearly came to a sticky end when they
  ran out of redcurrant jelly!
  Sir Keith Joseph, Education Secretary,
  who was dining there at the time,
  requested redcurrant...

• They're bright in Brighton
  20

  They're bright in Brighton
  TALENT, talent everywhere—well that's
  certainly true at Churchill Square.
  The following poem is the latest of
  many little rhymes which have recently
  been flowing from Sylvia Gurr's pen,...

• Talking walking
  21

  Talking
  walking
  Many of us like to take a
  leisurely stroll now and
  then but Steve Till takes it
  to the extrenne! A member
  of the Surrey walking club,
  Steve's ambition is to walk
  his way into the Olympics.
  STEVE'S role...

• APPOINTMENTS
  22

  APPOINTMENTS
  IVI Booth, formerly manager of Kingswood,
  has been appointed manager of
  Worle.
  D S Buddin, formerly deputy manager
  of Putney, has been appointed manager of
  Wandsworth.
  P E Carr, formerly manager of
  Bedminster,...

• Ken's very active service
  22

  Ken's very active service
  LIFE AT JS was hectic and a challenge
  but I thrived on all 46 years,' says Ken
  Wood, AGM seconded to SavaCentre,
  who retired on April 29.
  Hard work was always Ken's motto in
  life. 'At JS I know I...

• RETIREMENTS
  22

  RETIREMENTS
  Don Shrubsore, in the meat buying
  department at Blackfriars, has retired
  after 46 years' service with JS.
  Bob Tanner, assistant accountant at
  Streatham office, has retired after 46
  years' service with JS.
  He...

• Feedback
  23

  FEEDBACK
  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to the editor
  Poetic praise
  From: A Allen, customer at Cheltenham
  branch
  As a regular Sainsbury's shopper
  I don't normally eulogise
  Yet 1 felt a little praise
  On this...

• LONG SERVICE
  23

  LONG SERVICE
  Andy Andrews assistant meat manager at
  Leatherhead, has completed 40 years'
  service with JS.
  He began his career at Leatherhead
  and has worked at several branches
  including Morden, Sutton and Chelsea
  before...

• OBITUARY
  23

  OBITUARY
  Doreen Dyer, part-time supermarket
  assistant at Bexhill branch, died on May
  11, aged 56.
  She had been with the company for 29
  years.
  Brian Goombridge, checkout manager
  at Langley, died suddenly on May 19,
  aged...

• It's clean It's fresh
  24

  It's clean It's fresh
  IF YOU thought household goods were a
  fairly recent addition to Sainsbury's
  range take a look at the postcard below
  dating from 1934.
  Sales at the new Potters Bar branch
  were rather slow to pick up so...