'JS Journal', December 1986

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2, 3, 5
  News
  Page 4
  Warwick opens
  Page 6-7
  New Products
  Page 8-9
  Money for arts sake
  Page 10
  Homebase store managers' conference
  Page 11-18
  Celebrating 40 years of the Journal
  Page 19
  Macmillan events
  Page 20-21
  News in...

• FRONTLINE
  02

  FRONTLINE
  Christmas is coming, the JournaPs
  getting fat.
  Happy birthday to us! Life
  begins at 40 and on this, the
  JournaPs 40th birthday, we hope
  you think we're looking good.
  For the centre eight pages we go
  back in time...

• New appointments for the New Year
  02

  New appointments
  for the New
  TWO NEW faces to appear not
  only in the Journal but also
  before consumer groups and
  schools are the latest additions
  to the JS home economist
  speaker service.
  Rosemary Hubbard is based
  in...

• Win a partridge or a pear tree
  02

  Win a partridge or a pear tree
  IN THE WEEKS before Christmas,
  Homebase are running a
  free prize draw for their customers.
  Sixty winners will
  receive a luxury hamper, valued
  at over £100, from Partridge's of
  Sloane Street....

• 'Industry in schools' award
  03

  'Industry in schools' award
  A 'Learning from Industry'
  project has enabled many
  teachers to work with
  industrialists to produce new
  classroom materials.
  In October, Satro (Science
  and Technology Regional
  Organisation)...

• Interim results delight the City
  03

  Interim results delight the City
  ON NOVEMBER 11 JS surprised its City followers by
  announcing profits for the 28 weeks to October 4, 1986 up
  by a full third on the same period last year. This exceeded
  City forecasts, even...

• Message from the chairman
  03

  Message from the chairman
  / welcome the opportunity of sending all staff',
  all veterans, and their families, my best wishes
  for a very happy Christmas and good health and
  happiness in the New Year.

• Branch opening—Warwick
  04

  Opening date: 25 November 1986
  Address: Salt is ford, Warwick
  Opened by: Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury
  Manager: Gary Bradbury
  Staff: 177 (162 new jobs)
  Sales area: 27,000 sq ft
  Car park: 397 spaces
  WARWICK
  The historic town...

• Apple of the judges' eye
  05

  Apple of the judges' eye
  JS dessert and cooking apples at
  Tonbridge have been judged the
  best on sale in the area's supermarkets.
  The annual Marden Fruit
  Show is Europe's premier event
  of its kind. One aspect of the
  show...

• Full power to the JS computer
  05

  Full power to the JS computer
  Top: An early breakfast in Stamford House restaurant.
  Above: The battery store. THERE'LL BE NO 'big bang'
  at JS thanks to the installation
  in Rennie House basement of a
  500 KVA Uninterrupted...

• Miss World's flying visits to stores
  05

  Miss World's flying visits to stores
  MISS WORLD was busy
  completing her public appearances
  before handing over her
  crown to the new Miss World
  when she popped into three
  SavaCentres to promote Icelandic
  Spring Water.
  Hofi...

• Prince among potatoes
  05

  Prince among potatoes
  THE OBSERVER RECENTLY
  ran a small article on the Pink
  Fir Apple Potato which has
  recently appeared on JS shelves
  and cannot be found in any
  other supermarket. The
  Observer heard about the 'JS
  Potato...

• Christmas presents no problem
  06

  TO FILL CHRISTMAS stockings
  to the brim, JS has a sackful
  of goodies for all the family.
  Get scrubbed up with the new
  bathtime accessories. There are
  many novelty soaps including:
  Snowman, Teddy, Hippo,
  Honey and Shell. Put...

• GOOD ART COSTS LESS
  08

  GOOD ART COSTS LESS
  WHEN THE Polka Children's
  Theatre performs The Snow
  Queen this Christmas children
  will be jumping up and down in
  seats which are cheaper thanks
  to JS.
  Polka is just one of the many
  arts groups supported...

• THE WAY AHEAD
  10

  HOW TO MOVE forward. How
  to get ahead. The theme of the
  first residential Homebase
  branch managers' conference was
  'the way ahead'.
  General manager, Dennis Males, said in
  welcoming delegates to Fanhams Hall: 'We
  shall seek...

• Celebrating 40 years of the Journal
  11

  JS JOURNAL
  Vol. I December 1946 No. I The Sainsbury House Magazine
  Vol. I December 1946 No. I By Way of Introduction WE are pleased to be able to offer
  for your approval the first number of
  The J. S. JOURNAL the...

• Macmillan events
  19

  Cancer Relief
  MacmiUan fund
  As Christmas approaches the enthusiasm for Macmillan
  fundraising efforts is higher than ever. We just
  haven't got room to squeeze everyone's events into the
  Journal. But here are the edited...

• Big cheque for a little girl
  20

  Big cheque for a little girl
  BACK IN AUGUST, staff from
  Colchester Avenue raised over
  £800 from a sponsored walk, in
  aid of the Ceri Hughes Laser
  Fund. Ceri is an eight year old local
  girl who suffers from...

• Centipede spotted in Camberley
  20

  Centipede spotted in Camberley
  JS HAS HELPED keep a
  centipede on its feet.
  On October 4, more than 120
  people took part in the fifth
  annual centipede walk in Camberley.
  Teams, with their legs tied
  together, attempted to...

• Children's fund
  20

  Children's fund
  FOLLOWING THE DONATION
  of a £200 cheque from
  South Eastern area services manager,
  David Dahms, Forest Hill
  was able to make possible the
  purchase of an oximeter for
  Sydenham Children's Hospital.
  An...

• Edmonton buys a dog
  20

  Edmonton buys a dog
  AN ENERGETIC Edmonton
  has been busy raising funds to
  help the Guide Dogs for the
  Blind Association.
  Events included swims, bike
  rides, auctions and raffles.
  Staff collected £1,000 which
  enabled them to...

• A fairytale farewell for Yvonne
  21

  A fairytale farewell for Yvonne
  'SEND FOR MY carriage' is the last thing that Yvonne Brooker thought she would ever say on the
  day she retired from West Wickham.
  It had always been Yvonne's dream to ride in a pony and trap and...

• Fast reaction
  21

  Fast reaction
  ANOTHER JS first aider has
  helped to save a life.
  Carolyn Allerton from Hampton
  came to the rescue when a
  customer collapsed with a heart
  attack and stopped breathing.
  Aided by colleague Doreen
  Reddings,...

• Leeds staff on safari in Blackpool
  21

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• The boys from Bournemouth
  21

  The boys from Bournemouth
  Pictured below: The champion
  soccer stars from
  Bournemouth. They are the
  recent winners of their local
  Supermarket Cup.

• Toys help tots
  21

  Toys help tots
  KINGSWOOD BRANCH has
  recently donated £275 to Bristol
  Children's Hospital.
  The money was raised
  through the raffle of home made
  toys. The toys were mostly made
  by Olive Gammon, off licence
  assistant. The...

• Veterans' bowls — a report on last season
  21

  WOODS have been running fast
  and accurately in a bid to find
  some of the company's bowls
  champions.
  The Veterans's Tuesday Club held the annual bowls competition
  back in September.
  After intense, but friendly,
  battles on...

• PHOTO COMPETITION RESULTS 86
  22

  PHOTO COMPETITION RESULTS 86
  OVERALL WINNER
  OVERALL WINNER
  Howard Cook, Norbury 'I MUST SAY the pictures show a lot
  more sparkle and enterprise than
  I've noticed in previous years of the
  competition.'
  Christopher...

• Good wines that travel well
  23

  Bill Foster, JS wine speaker, recounts his experiences of life on the wine
  speaking circuit. ^ ^ y IN THE 25
  f £ YEARS since
  m M\ the first wines
  1 MJ went into the
  _ ^^f n r s t selected
  W ^w b r a n c h e s.
  ^—^ ^...

• Posers to puzzle over
  24

  Posers to puzzle over
  . . . or puzzles to pose over! Here's a perfect opportunity
  to impress colleagues with your knowledge of Cinderella's
  footwear or just what it is that begins with R and of
  which there are five on the OF!...

• Christmas Repast goes Futuristic
  25

  Christmas Repast goes Futuristic
  A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS dinner can now be cooked the modern way, saving
  both time and energy. The home economics department has created this 'microwave'
  Christmas dinner especially for Journal...

• Bordering on the ornate
  26

  ARCHIVES
  Bordering on the ornate THE BLUE AND WHITE
  angel tile (right) forms the
  design for this year's company
  Christmas card. It certainly
  has a seasonal look
  about it but shoppers at the
  old counter-service branch at...