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  • Contents Page 02

    Page 2-3
    News
    Page 4-5
    Branch managers' conference
    Page 6-9
    Branch openings -Sheffield, Kimberley
    Page 10-11
    New products
    Page 12-13
    Recruiting from the ranks—how JS students can become JS managers
    Page 14-15
    How it's made...

  • Egg heads produce star packaging 02

    Egg heads produce star packaging
    THE SILVER STAR award for 1983 (transit
    section) was presented to JS by the Institute of
    Packaging for a one-piece transit/display egg case
    developed jointly between JS and UK Corrugated
    Ltd,...

  • New store openings 02

    New store openings
    OPENINGS to put in your diary
    for the month of March are:
    Thorley supermarket, 1 Thorley
    Centre, Villiers Sur Marne
    Avenue, Bishops Stortford, Herts
    on Tuesday March 6 at 9.30 am.
    Tottenham supermarket,...

  • Property 02

    PROPERTY
    PLANNING permission has been
    granted for a 45,000 sq ft superstore
    to be built at Altrincham.
    Development will begin in June
    of this year with completion in
    July 1985. Over 200 jobs are likely
    to be created.
    The...

  • Second business game announced 02

    Second business game announced
    A CASE OF JS Champagne is
    again the prize offered in the
    Executive Club business game
    competition which will be run
    over the spring.
    Club chairman, company secretary
    Nigel Matthews said:...

  • Talking business 02

    Talking business
    SIR ADRIAN CADBURY, chairman
    of Cadbury Schweppes pic,
    was the guest speaker at the JS
    Executive Club on February 6 in
    the conference centre.
    In his capacity as chairman of
    one of Britain's leading...

  • Trees for Hornsea 02

    Trees for Hornsea
    MONEY from a Sainsbury family trust—the
    Monument trust —will soon be growing in Hornsea.
    A £150 cheque was presented to Hornsea's
    Mayor, councillor Barbara Jefferson in January.
    The money will be used...

  • New titles announced 03

    New titles announced
    THE CHAIRMAN, Sir John Sainsbury, has
    announced that, with effect from March 26,
    each area general manager will be known by
    the new title, area director, and will be
    appointed a departmental director of...

  • Senior appointment 03

    Senior appointment
    FOLLOWING the appointment of Bob
    Cooper as departmental director, bakery and
    delicatessen, John Ralston, currently deputy
    head, grocery iii, is promoted to the post of
    head of grocery iii, reporting to...

  • Branch managers' conference 04

    Building on success. This was the
    theme of the 1984 branch managers'
    conference held on January
    30 and 31 at the Metropole Hotel.
    Birmingham. The theme was
    appropriate, reflecting not only
    the success of the company but...

  • Branch opening—Sheffield 06

    DEEP AND CRISP AND EVEN. That's how
    the snow lay round about on January 24 in
    Archer Road, Sheffield, for the opening of
    Sainsbury's largest northern store.
    Not that the snow kept customers away.
    Wellington-shod shoppers...

  • Branch opening—Kimberley 08

    IT WAS A classic opening for neo-classical
    Kimberley on February 7.
    The distinctively attractive new store,
    reminiscent of a Greek temple, certainly
    attracted droves of devotees. JS architects say
    the design was inspired by...

  • A whole lot of goodness 10

    A whole lot of goodness
    A WHOLESOME product is
    Wholewheat Spaghetti in a big
    new size from JS.
    A rich source of fibre, this goes
    well with any sauce of your
    choice, such as Bolognaise or
    Neopolitan.
    Essential to any diet,...

  • Cherries and berries 10

    Cherries and berries
    TWO LITTLE gems in jars have
    found their way onto the shelves
    this month.
    Morello Cherry Conserve from
    JS, has become the sixth product
    in the range. Made from only
    pure ingredients, this contains...

  • Drink yourself healthy 10

    Drink yourself healthy
    HAS THE winter made you
    weary, the snow made you
    soporific and the frost left you
    flat? Then bounce into spring
    with Lemon and Honey Health
    Drink, new from JS. •
    Packed with vitamin C, this
    drink...

  • Enhancing the hair range 10

    Enhancing the hair range
    WASH THOSE winter blues right
    out of your hair with two new
    shampoos and conditioners, just introduced by JS.
    Containing natural products,
    Henna and Camomile Shampoos
    and Conditioners, are...

  • Give it pep 10

    Give it pep
    CAUGHT IN a can is the new
    Pepper Salad in tomato sauce,
    from JS.
    Filled with red, green and
    yellow peppers and onions, these
    tasty contents are perfectly
    complemented by a spicy tomato
    sauce.
    Use with salad,...

  • Springing new sponges 10

    Springing new sponges
    ROLL AROUND in style with
    Sainsbury's new Luxury Swiss
    Roll with hazelnut and buttercream
    filling.
    The third Swiss roll in the
    range, this costs 59p and is
    available from 147 branches.
    Strawberry Cup...

  • Finer frying 11

    Finer frying
    POUR OIL onto a troubled
    frying pan and you could end up
    with a sensational saute. That is if
    you use one of the oils from JS in
    a new bumper three litre size—
    Blended Vegetable Oil and Corn
    Oil.
    Both are...

  • Pass the pasties 11

    Pass the pasties
    YOU WILL simply puff with
    pleasure with the two new pasties
    from JS.
    Sainsbury's Beef and Onion
    Pasty in puff pastry comes all the
    way from Cornwall. As well as
    being full of ooh and arr, they are
    packed...

  • Pour Portuguese 11

    Pour Portuguese
    WINE OF the month for March
    is the 1974 Vintage Portuguese
    Dao. A smooth red wine, this is
    perfect with meals or on its own.
    Sainsbury's Dao costs £2.29
    (70 cl) and is available from 170
    branches.

  • The makings of a manager 12

    Calling all students . . . Where are the managers of tomorrow?
    It's a question top management asks frequently. The
    opportunities at JS for finding a demanding and satisfying
    career abound. For the right people there await...

  • In a tight spot! 14

    Take a couple of ounces of
    nylon yarn, put a twist in it,
    knit the resulting springy
    thread into a large tube and
    sew it up at one end. Put the
    open ends of two tubes together,
    execute an ingenious
    snip here and a deft...

  • Half year at Hillards 16

    Half year at Hillards
    HILLARDS-the supermarket
    chain based in Cleckheaton, West
    Yorkshire—announced their halfyear
    results in late January. Sales
    for the period to November 12
    1983 moved up by 17 per cent to
    £117...

  • Halfpenny dropped 16

    Halfpenny dropped
    SO FAREWELL little halfpenny!
    The midget coin is at last to
    disappear—this move is unlikely
    to cause much grief amongst the
    populace. The coin is now worth
    less in real terms than the farthing
    and the...

  • Inscrutable Schweppes 16

    Inscrutable Schweppes
    TRYING TO get your goods into
    Japan can be almost as frustrating
    as trying to get payment for your
    sales to Nigeria.
    But at the second attempt
    Cadbury Schweppes seem to have
    cracked this particular...

  • King size offer from Queensway 16

    King size offer from Queensway
    A TAKEOVER bid for a retail
    company has brought out an
    anomaly in company law. Harris
    Queensway, the well-known
    carpet and furniture retailers, have
    launched a bid for Stylo, who are
    best...

  • Pottery is all at sea 16

    Pottery is all at sea
    THE WELL-KNOWN supplier of
    much JS tableware, Hornsea
    Potteries, went into receivership
    recently.
    The company employed 550
    people at its factories at Hornsea
    in East Yorkshire, and at Lancaster.
    These...

  • The price of a drink 16

    IN THE JANUARY issue we
    reported that International Distillers
    and Vintners were cross with
    Fine Fare for selling Smirnoff
    below cost, and Asda had incurred
    the wrath of Rowntree Mackintosh
    for the same reason. Well,...

  • Beckenham floats funds 17

    Beckenham floats funds
    MAKING WAVES recently were
    four water babes from Beckenham
    branch.
    Jenny Baughan (checkout
    supervisor), Pat Smith (deli preparation
    assistant), Wendy Streeter
    (office clerk) and Doug Bishop
    (grocery...

  • Blanc de Boots 17

    Blanc de Boots
    BOOTS is to sell wine for the first
    time.
    The company applied to Birmingham
    city's licensing bench to
    sell a range of table wines, after a
    million pound refit at its store in
    New Street.
    The licence has been...

  • Food mountain 17

    Food mountain
    MOUNTAINEERS Stephen Barry
    (centre) and Stephen Miles (right)
    were spotted at Bath branch on
    January 27. They were stacking
    up for a three month ascent of
    Cho Oyu —a mountain in Nepal
    Tibet whose peak is...

  • Seals and supermarkets 17

    Seals and supermarkets
    A SAVE THE SEALS' campaign
    has been launched nationwide by
    the International Fund for Animal
    Welfare.
    The campaign's objective is for
    the public to boycott six supermarkets,
    JS included, which...

  • Small appetites at Co-op 17

    Small appetites at Co-op
    THEPROBLEMofwhattodowith
    your small stores is one which
    faces most of the large supermarket
    operators these days. The
    Co-ops are no exception. But
    unlike JS, Tesco or Asda who can
    shut down a small...

  • DIN raising 18

    DIN raising
    IT TOOK Northampton branch
    only six months to raise £1,000
    for the Deaf in Need Appeal
    (DIN) last year.
    Women's sponsored assault
    courses, a garden party, discos
    and many other lucrative activities
    were...

  • Gold keep 18

    Gold keep
    HEAD OFFICE security is trying
    to find someone to give a wedding
    ring to. No, it's not an early outbreak
    of spring fever for leap
    year. They have an inscribed
    wedding ring found in Stamford
    House in the spring of...

  • Landlord's round 18

    Landlord's round
    LOCAL Farnham charities did
    rather well out of a three minute
    grub grab round Sainsbury's on
    January 24.
    The dash was the prize
    awarded to a local elderly
    resident after entering the
    Farnham Lions...

  • The Griffin Caravan and Camping club 18

    The Griffin Caravan and Camping club, Basingstoke depot, also
    did their bit for charity in January. During the annual dinner
    and dance, on January 21, a raffle was held in aid of the
    Patients Fund of the fork Prewirt hospital,...

  • Leading Light in design 19

    Leading Light in design
    GRAHAM LIGHT, weekend
    student at Lexden branch, has a
    new vice. And instead of setting
    him on the path to ruin. Graham's
    vice has made him a winner in the
    annual Schools Design Prize competition
    for...

  • Peter's pounds 19

    Peter's pounds
    A TOTAL of £1,069.91
    (just to prove that every
    penny counts) was
    raised during 1983 by
    Peter Ball, meat manager
    at Bognor branch,
    for the Guide Dogs for
    the Blind Association.
    On December 14, a
    cheque for...

  • Calling all kids 20

    THE CHILDREN below aren't
    the only ones with wild imaginations
    and artistic talents. We know
    one or two bright young thingsentrants
    in the SSA/IS lournal
    Children's Competition. And this
    is the last month in which a child...

  • Dramatic Leeds 20

    Dramatic Leeds
    LEEDS LEADS in the pantomime
    world since their performance of
    Cinderella on January 30/31.
    Children from neighbouring
    estates were entertained by
    branch staff and obviously
    enjoyed it—the local school...

  • High flying recipes for pancakes 20

    High flying recipes for pancakes
    GIVE YOUR pancakes a new
    lease of life this Shrove Tuesday
    and experiment with a few
    exciting recipes created exclusively
    for JS Journal readers by
    Wendy Godfrey, JS senior...

  • The subject is Sainsbury's 20

    The subject is Sainsbury's
    THE LATEST craze in schools is
    not marbles, skipping or even
    scented rubbers. It's Sainsbury's!
    JS mania is sweeping the
    country with both the company's
    shops and carrier bags...

  • Caption Competition 21

    Caption Competition
    Now it's your turn to guess what is going on here. Caption the
    photo by putting words into the characters' mouths. Send your entry to
    the JS Journal, ground floor, Stamford House, Stamford Street.
    London...

  • THE CAMERA NEVER LIES 21

    THE CAMERA NEVER LIES
    Our roving Journal reporter has been busy lately
    speeding around the photograph cupboard—therein
    lies a tale or two. A few unmarked pictures came
    to hand and the team sat around straining all powers
    of...

  • An identity crisis for some? 22

    An identity crisis for some? These three long servers were photographed at
    the 40 year luncheon and they were wrongly captioned. They are, in fact,
    L to R: William Langridge, provisions manager, East Grinstead;...

  • Appointments 22

    Appointments
    John Brackett, formerly deputy
    manager of Walthamstow, has
    been appointed manager of
    Kingsland Road.
    Zigurds Busevics, formerly
    deputy manager of Telford, has
    been appointed manager of
    Dudley.
    Gordon...

  • Feedback 22

    FEEDBACK
    [Letters are welcome
    and should be
    addressed to the
    editor
    Store of
    suggestions
    From: Ivor Marcus, customer
    service assistant, Woodhall Farm.
    In November 1982 I wrote to
    'Feedback' on the subject of
    broken...

  • Love message 22

    Last month saw many a heart a
    fluttering as Valentine's Day spread
    its magic spell.
    And love was obviously blooming
    at JS too. One keen eyed reader
    spotted this love message in the
    Daily Express.
    Now who do we know with...

  • Obituary 22

    Obituary
    Fred Bullen, driver at Buntingford
    depot, died suddenly on
    December 30, aged 59.
    He had been with the company
    for 22 years.
    Janet Couzens, skilled evening
    display assistant at Chippenham,
    died after a long illness...

  • Retirements 22

    Retirements
    William Lucas, deputy meat
    manager at Harold Hill, has
    retired after 28 years' service with
    JS.
    He has worked in several
    branches including Swiss Cottage,
    Romford and Brentwood.
    Alf Miles, truck shop...

  • Spot the driver 23

    "I've seen that face somewhere before!"
    Spot the driver Letter from: Edward Sprigg,
    veteran.
    I submit my entry for the spot
    the difference competition, I also enclose a cutting from a
    1976 JS Journal which shows I
    can claim...

  • Pie-cing it together 24

    ARCHIVES
    Pie-cing
    it together
    ONE OF the most exciting aspects of history
    is the potential for discovering a detective
    story.
    The pie box lid, featured in the centre pic,
    was found on a market stall and sent to...