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Another JS wins JS prize
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Another JS wins JS prize
JOHN STEWART is the second
winner of the J Sainsbury prize
for the best final year student on
the retailing and distribution
course at UMIST (The University
of Manchester Institute of
Science and... -
Contents Page
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Page 2-3
News
Page 4-5
Branch opening — Blackpool
Page 6
Homebase opening — Penge
Page 7-9
New products
Page 10-11
Children's charities campaign—a look at what the charities do and what is being done at JS to help them... -
ENTERPRISING DONATION
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ENTERPRISING DONATION
Area director, Eddie Ricketts, above right,
presented a cheque for £1,500 on behalf of
the company to the Hillingdon Enterprise
Agency (HILENTA) on July 20.
The agency has been formed to encourage
new... -
Search for voices begins
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Search for voices begins
THE COMPANY is sponsoring
new and exciting nationwide
choral event, the Sainsbury's
Choir of the Year Competition.
The competition, which is the
largest national choral competition
of its type ever... -
Kate Kennedy
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THIS IS Kate Kennedy, editor of
the Australian Hardware Journal,
talking with Richard Olliffe,
manager of Croydon Homebase,
in the store's garden centre.
Kate Kennedy was visiting the store as part of her fact finding
tour... -
Property
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PROPERTY
JS PLANS for a supermarket and
Homebase at Alexander Stadium,
Perry Barr, have been finally
turned down by Birmingham
planning committee.
Sainsbury's has submitted
plans for a store to be built on the
ABC site in... -
TROLLEY SCULPTURE
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TROLLEY SCULPTURE
Have trolley will pile up, at least that/s what a French
artist thought when he created this 2 8 ft high sculpture.
Exhibited at the fifth annual Chicago International Art.
Exposition, the pile up consists of... -
WINNING WITH VISION
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WINNING WITH VISION
One of die prize winners in the architecture section of
this year's Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy
was a drawing of Sainsbury's Canterbury store due to
open this autumn. The architects who produced... -
Branch opening—Blackpool
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HAVING A lovely time on Tuesday, August
7, were hundreds of customers discovering
the delights of the new Sainsbury's store at
Red Bank Road, Bispham, Blackpool.
The queue stretched down the road and
preparations were... -
Homebase opening—Penge
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PROUDLY PERCHED on Oakfield Road,
Penge Homebase House and Garden Centre
opened its doors on Monday July 16, at
9.00 am.
The third store to open this year, Penge has
a total indoor and outdoor sales area of
41,920 sq... -
Book those Christmas presents now
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Book those Christmas presents now
A DELIGHTFUL collection of
new books from JS are the ideal
titles to put on Christmas present
lists. (Yes, it's almost that time
again!)
Josceline Dimbleby has two
new books. 'First... -
JINGLE BELLS ALREADY?
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JINGLE BELLS ALREADY?
high calibre magazines like Vogue and
Good Housekeeping, attended.
Said Cathy Forman, the PR executive
responsible for presenting the Christmas
products: 'Many of the journalists were
amazed at the... -
Buttons and rolls
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Buttons and rolls
TWO SWEET bags of fun
have recently arrived on
Sainsbury's shelves—Mini Jelly
Buttons and Mini Cocon'*
Rolls.
Pink and blue Mini Je
Buttons are aniseed flavo
and are covered in hundre__
and thousands... -
Crackers
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Crackers
A CRACKING good snack is JS's
Wheat Crackers.
Twenty-four golden brown
crackers to a pack, these are
made from wholemeal flour and
are delicious with cheese. They
are also ideal for snacks, picnics,
parties or... -
Mustard and more
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Mustard and more
OOH, LA LA! The French are on
their way to the Great British
dinner table in the guise of les
trois moutardes. -
Nature takes a shower
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Nature takes a shower
WHY NOT be totally indulgent
and take the nearest thing to
asses milk into the shower—new
JS Showergel.
An extension to Sainsbury's
bubble bath range, Showergel
comes in two varieties: Marine—
a... -
On a silver dishy
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On a silver dishy
A TASTY new product has been
navigated onto Sainsbury's
shelves. The Fisherman's Pie is a
unique new line. You will wait
with 'baited' breath as the delicate
aroma of chunky cod,
parsley sauce, creamy... -
Pure and simple puree
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Pure and simple puree
GIVE YOUR COOKING a new
lease of life with Sainsbury's four
purees in a tube —Garlic, Mixed
Herbs, Onion and Anchovy
Puree.
No more weeping over chopped
onions and now you can keep your fingers... -
Sweet wine for September
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Sweet wine for September
A NEW QUALITY wine has
joined the existing range of
German wines.
Kliisserather St Michael Riesling
Spatlese is a rich, medium
sweet white wine produced from
Riesling grapes grown near the
river... -
BEAUTY'S HOLD
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BEAUTY'S HOLD
'PACK UP your troubles in your new kit bag'. There are four new
beauty bags from JS's mix and
match Beauty Care range.
Ideal for lipstick and powder is
the cosmetic ungussetted Zip
Purse. Just the right size... -
Butter them up
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Butter them up
NEW IN the JS freezer this month
are Vegetables in Sauce.
Peas in Butter Sauce and
Sweetcorn in Butter Sauce consist
of juicy young vegetables in a
thick, luxurious butter sauce.
They may be part of a... -
Chicken feed
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Chicken feed
THE POULTRY buying department
has been going to pieces
lately! They've added two new
lines to the Fresh Chicken Portion
Range and launched a larger
pack of Drumsticks in Breadcrumbs.
JS Fresh Chicken Leg... -
Cornish pasty from Cornwall
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Cornish pasty from Cornwall
THE CORNISH tell us that a
pasty was the first convenience
food of the Western world with a
history dating back many
hundreds of years, long before
burgers were even dreamed of!
JS's new Premium... -
Paradise tinned
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Paradise tinned
ENJOY THE TASTE of paradise
with JS own label South Seas
Tuna in oil now available in 92
branches.
Specially selected from Pacific
catches its light fresh colour and
delicate taste makes it ideal for
summer... -
Perked up coffee
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Perked up coffee
LOVERS OF percolated coffee
can now buy own-label Vacuum
Packed Medium Ground coffee
especially prepared for percolators.
Packed for freshness, Continental
Roast, Kenya, Original,
Coffee & Chicory, Viennese... -
Pickling perfection
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Pickling perfection
IN A PICKLE? The Sainsbury's
Pickling Malt Vinegar is ready to
come to the rescue.
This new product is ready
spiced for making pickles,
chutneys, relishes and sauces. All
the bottles come with... -
FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN
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A Massive appeal throughout the
branches has been launched to raise
money for Action Research for the
Crippled Child and the National Society
for Prevention of Cruelty to Children
(NSPCC) in its centenary year. All areas
are... -
Cider - still a master's art
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Cider - still a master's art
In the heart of the apple
orchards in the West
Country, many different
apples are blended
together to produce the
fine flavours of Sainsbury's
own label ciders. And
behind the modern... -
A SOLUTION TO THOSE STAINS
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A SOLUTION TO THOSE STAINS
OUT, OUT damned spot!
How many times have we put on a clean
pair of trousers or a skirt and a few hours later
spilt coffee down them. How many of us have
friends who kick glasses of red wine... -
Bringing colour to the cheeks
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Bringing colour to the cheeks
ASHTON BROTHERS, the market
leader in terry towelling nappies,
has announced that it will be
starting to sell coloured nappies
in the autumn. Thus, the clothesline
traditionally adorned with... -
Delightful year lor Dee
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Delightful year lor Dee
DEE CORPORATION continued its recent
occupation of the limelight with the
announcement of its results for the year to
April 28. The figures contained some very
impressive-looking percentage... -
In search of the Bath Oliver
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In search of the Bath Oliver
BATH OLIVER biscuits, the
invention of a West Country gout
doctor in the eighteenth century,
have become rather scarce
recently. Indeed, regular consumers
have been driven crackers
trying to... -
Super Co-op on the way?
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Super Co-op on the way?
MERGER FEVER is at large as
Co-operative Societies join together
to solve financial problems
and try to compete more effectively
with the big multiples.
The South Suburban Cooperative
Society based... -
Argyll takes over Amos Hinton
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Argyll takes over Amos Hinton
Amos
AMOS HINTON, the North East
supermarket chain, has accepted
a £25 million takeover bid from
Argyll. The announcement follows
weeks of mounting speculation
after Hinton's disclosed that... -
John has pedal power
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John has pedal power
ONE FIGURE on wheels which
almost whizzed by on our TV
screens during the Olympics was
that of John Oakes, part-time
assistant at Beckenham. John is a
champion cyclist who made it
onto the shortlist for... -
JS wine outshines the rest
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JS wine outshines the rest
THE CONSUMERS' Association
has recently published a report on
supermarket wine in Which? Wine
Monthly that slams most of the
wine sold in British supermarkets.
Blind tastings were conducted on
up... -
THE PLOT STRANGER THAN FICTION
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THE PLOT STRANGER THAN FICTION
A CRIMINAL plan by evil genius Nathan Noskeau
was foiled immediately it was put into action.
In an attempt to start a poison scare he wrote to
Salisbury's saying he had the draft of a... -
Re-burial ceremony at York
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Re-burial ceremony at York
EDIEVAL cemetery dis- A MEDIEVAL dis
covered during the construction
of York supermarket and Homebase
has recently been re-sited
adjacent to the store's car park.
The graveyard, believed to
have dated... -
Tanks for a dream come true
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Tanks for a dream come true
FULFILLING a lifetime ambition,
Maureen Brighton, supermarket
assistant at Chippenham,
recently climbed into the cockpit
of a Chieftain tank and manoeuvred
it over Salisbury Plain.
Maureen's... -
A special day from the drivers
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A special day from the drivers
IN WHAT seems determined to
become an annual event handicapped
children in Basingstoke
were taken for a ride on July 29.
For the third year running
Basingstoke depot's drivers
arranged a... -
Photographic Competition '84
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SSA/JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION '84
A NOT TO BE SNIFFED at
first prize of £100 could be
yours if you enter the SSA/JS
Journal Photographic Competition
and just think what you
could do with the money!
On September... -
Pushing up the children's fund
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Pushing up the children's fund
HAVE SOUTHPORT branch
staff gone off their trolleys? On
Sunday July 1 manager, David
Mellows-Facer and eight branch
members walked 18 miles from
Sainsbury's Preston to Sainsbury's
Southport,... -
Basingstoke bowls
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Basingstoke bowls
BOWLS ARE GATHERING
momentum at Basingstoke depot
since the Griffin Bowls Club was
formed in October of last year.
So far the Club has 100 founder
members and all are doing great
things.
Ken Jenkins,... -
CARRYING IT FURTHER
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CARRYING IT FURTHER
A Sainsbury's carrier bag
was recently spatted
wending its weary way
round the Great Wall of
China. In hot pursuit Is
Jeannette Romeril,
secretary to Cecil Roberts,
buying director. -
'Please Sir can we have some more?'
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'Please Sir can we have some more?' Wellingborough
branch were out to get the most from
the public on July 7 when they joined in the
Wellingborough carnival to raise money for a
number of charities. The theme of their... -
SUPREME CRIME!
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SUPREME CRIME!
Some pets will do anything to get hold of JS Supreme
pet food! In West Wickham the offenders left a trail of
empty cans behind them. It is feared they are cats and
dogs not fed on JS Supreme. -
What a star!
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What a star!
GRAHAM CRANGLE is a nice
person. _ That's what the Daily
Star has' confirmed. A customer
of Sainsbury's East Ham branch,
Eric Beckton, wrote to the Daily
Star's regular 'Nice People'
column saying:
A young... -
Mountain Gorillas
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Over the last five
months Woking area
branches have taken
Mountain Gorillas
under their wings
(JSJ February 1984)
and raised £3,659 in
sponsorship money.
David Attenborough,
a keen supporter of
the Mountain... -
Snakes alive!
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Snakes alive!
A REAL FAST mover with a wonderful
wriggle shares the home of lean Griffiths,
part-time supermarket assistant at Churchill
Square.
He is five-year-old Percy, a 15 ft reticulated
python, who, since joining the... -
Ann says Tom is top of the trolleys
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Ann says Tom is top of the trolleys
From: Ann Macfarlane,
customer at Kingston.
After being out of circulation for
three months following major
surgery, it was good to see Tom
on my first shopping expedition
to the Kingston... -
Appointments
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Appointments
Michael Barrett, formerly deputy
manager at Cardiff, has been
appointed manager of Cwmbran.
Peter Coles, formerly manager
at Chelmsford, has been appointed
manager of Great
Yarmouth.
Paul Cox, formerly manager... -
Feedback
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FEEDBACK
Letters are welcome
and should be
addressed to the
editor
JSin
paradise!
From: Grace Springthorpe,
veteran, Basingstoke.
I recently went on a cruise on the
Canberra to Gibraltar, where I
took this photograph of... -
Long service
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Long service
Brian Cooley, warehouse reception
manager at South Harrow,
has completed 25 years with JS.
He joined the company at
Burnt Oak where he remained
for four years. After a short break
from JS, Brian rejoined... -
Obituary
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Obituary
Maria Ishak, supermarket assistant
at Paddington, died on July 7
after a long illness. She was 53.
Darren Norman, trades assistant
at Woodhall Farm, died
suddenly on June 16 aged 20.
He had been with the... -
Pairing up in Pinner
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Pairing up in Pinner
THE BELLS were ringing
for yet another IS couple
on July 14.
Wealdstone and South
Harrow branches
were the latest stores
to be united in
matrimony.
Gillian Cooley, senior
supermarket assistant... -
Retirements
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Retirements
Bill Beattie, senior despatch clerk
at Charlton depot, has retired
after 20 years' service with JS.
He joined the company as a
labourer at Blackfriars before
moving to Charlton.
Ron Childs, chargehand... -
Finding the right words
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Finding the right words
NO-ONE OUT there can be
suffering from word blindness
as we had a huge response to
our Word Search competition.
The hidden phrase was, of
course, 'Good Food Costs Less
At Sainsbury's.' And no-one... -
Scribbles of history in the Holybook
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ARCHIVES
Scribbles
of history
in the
Holybook A
LUCKY FIND for anyone trying to
trace their family history is a family
bible. The custom of recording the
births, marriages and deaths in the
family's most important—and...
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