'JS Journal', May 1986

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  News
  Page 6-9
  Openings
  — Chase Lane
  — Exebridge
  Page 10-11
  Glad to see you! Veterans' Reunion 1986
  Page 12
  Let those cameras roll — the making of JS training videos
  Page 13
  New products
  Page 13
  High Wycombe a...

• FRONTLINE
  02

  FRONTLINE
  PICTURED ON the cover this
  month is Doug Cox, who
  together with six other
  Buntingford drivers received
  awards from the Royal Society
  for the Prevention of Accidents
  (RoSPA). See page three. Staff who a few years...

• Management moves
  02

  Management moves
  A NUMBER OF new
  senior management
  appointments was
  announced on April 2
  by deputy chairman,
  Sir Roy Griffiths. The
  appointments, which
  are already effective,
  are as follows:
  Barry Blackmore,...

• Junior minister visits Charlton
  03

  Junior minister visits Charlton
  Peter Bottomley (right) with John
  Callaghan, despatch and returns
  foreman.
  On March 2 1 ,
  Peter Bottomley,
  recently
  appointed
  Junior Minister
  at the
  Department of
  Transport,
  visited...

• New non executive director
  03

  New non executive director
  DIANA ECCLES has joined the
  Board as a non executive director
  following the retirement of Dame
  Jennifer Jenkins on March 22.
  Dame Jennifer joined the
  board in 1981 having previously
  been chairman...

• RoSPA awards for Buntingford drivers
  03

  RoSPA awards for Buntingford drivers
  A TOTAL of 163 years of safe
  and courteous driving has been
  rewarded by the Royal Society for
  the Prevention of Accidents
  (RoSPA).
  Seven Buntingford depot
  drivers, each with a minimum...

• Enterprising project
  04

  Enterprising project
  SAINSBURY'S TOGETHER
  with the London Enterprise
  Agency (LEntA) is to form a joint
  non-profit-making company to
  convert and operate the old
  branch at Bruce Grove, Tottenham
  High Road into an
  Enterprise...

• JS aids famine
  04

  JS aids famine
  SAINSBURY'S HAS recently
  sponsored one page in the 'The
  Food Aid Cookery Book' — the
  brainchild of television cookery
  presenter Delia Smith — in aid
  famine relief in Africa.
  With help from Terry...

• Never on a Sunday
  04

  Never on a Sunday
  ON APRIL 15, the Government
  suffered a surprising defeat of the
  Shops Bill. Following a noisy debate,
  the Bill was defeated by 296
  votes to 282 - a majority of just 14.
  The Bill dealt with not only
  Sunday...

• Obituary — Arthur Trask
  04

  Obituary — Arthur Trask
  ARTHUR TRASK, former
  board director who retired in
  1974, died on April 3.
  His long and successful career
  with JS had begun in 1942 when
  he was invalided out of the RAF.
  He was a master butcher...

• Access award for Burpham
  05

  Access award for Burpham
  BURPHAM BRANCH has
  recently won the Mayor's Award
  for Access for the Disabled, an
  award presented annually to
  those premises where particular
  care has been taken to ensure
  good accessibility for...

• Property
  05

  PROPERTY
  OPENINGS for the month of
  May are:
  Chiswick supermarket, Acton
  Lane, Chiswick, London W4 at 9.30am on Tuesday, May 13.
  Bath Homebase, Green Park
  Station, Green Park Road, Bath
  at 9.00 am on Wednesday, May
  14.

• Successful advertising
  05

  Successful advertising
  JS PRESS ADVERTISING
  received no less than five
  commendations in the recent
  press awards organised by
  Campaign magazine.
  Commendations were given to
  two ads in the Best Alcoholic
  Drinks Advertisement...

• Talking Docklands
  05

  Talking Docklands
  'THE RE-DEVELOPMENT of
  the Docklands is the biggest programme
  of its kind that London
  has had to face, possibly since the
  Great Fire,' said Reg Ward, chief
  executive of the Docklands
  Development...

• Branch opening—Chase Lane
  06

  Strategically situated just off the A12, Chase Lane enticed
  customers fromfar and wide to sample its delights. Amongst
  the many attractions, six automatic teller machines enabled
  customers to draw cash and new lower gondolas...

• Branch opening—Exebridge
  08

  EXEBRIDGE
  Opening date: 25 March 1986
  Address: Cowick Street, Exebridge, Exeter
  Opened by: Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury
  Manager: Michael Gentry
  Staff: 232 (189 new jobs)
  Sales area: 26,900 sq ft
  Car park: 353 spaces
  RIDGE...

• Veterans Rally
  10

  From far and wide veterans came together
  on April 14 and 21 at the Royal Lancaster
  Hotel, making this year's annual reunion
  turnout the largest ever — just under 1800
  veterans met for an afternoons' stroll down
  memory...

• WHO'S WHO 1986
  11

  A GUIDE TO SAINSBURY'S TOP MANAGEMENT
  Published by JS Journal,
  J Sainsbury pic,
  Stamford House,
  Stamford Street,
  London SE1 9LL.
  May 1986
  Board
  Directors
  Non Executive
  Directors
  Sir James Spooner
  Sir John...

• Spotlight on Training
  12

  Spotlight on Training
  What could be nicer than to gather round the box and watch a really good video! Keeping a weather eye on the camera during filming. Staff at all branches congregate periodically
  round the box to watch a...

• FRESH CHICKEN
  13

  FRESH CHICKEN with a
  difference, comes in the guise
  of three new lines from the
  poultry department (73
  branches).
  Chicken Goujons (£2.69 per
  lb) are succulent pieces of
  boneless breast coated in a crisp breadcrumb.
  All...

• Rising from the ashes
  13

  Rising from the ashes
  JERRY CORAM, a customer of
  High Wycombe, has been
  watching with interest the
  development of the new Sainsbury's
  supermarket at Dovecot
  Road, High Wycombe.
  He was around in April 1984
  when the...

• The slim ones
  13

  The slim ones
  TRADITIONALLY, yogurts
  have been a prominent feature in
  slimming diets. Here's a new line
  that will make them even more
  prominent — Sainsbury's 'very
  low fat' Diet Yogurts.
  These yogurts contain just
  50/55...

• Word perfect
  13

  Word perfect
  CATERING FOR ALL tastes in
  the cookery world, Sainsbury's is
  soon to launch two new exclusive
  series of cookbooks.
  The first six books of the
  'Recipe Library' collection (99p
  each) are by renowned...

• Dial S for shares
  14

  Dial S for shares
  FANS of the 'phone-in', a
  method made famous by
  radio veteran Jimmy
  Young, would have felt a
  familiar glow on flipping
  through the pages of the
  Financial Times on April 3.
  For lo! The chairman...

• Dixons make a bid for Woolworth
  14

  Dixons make a bid for Woolworth
  AT A TIME when almost any
  company, however large,
  must look over its shoulder
  for possible hostile takeover
  bids, it should have come as
  no surprise that a go-ahead
  group like Dixons should...

• The chancellor balances the books
  14

  The chancellor balances the books
  CHANCELLOR Nigel Lawson had a problem with
  his Budget this year. The government's scope to give
  away large amounts in tax cuts was restricted by the
  fall in oil prices from January onwards....

• Explosive training
  15

  IF YOU GO DOWN to the
  woods today you're in for a
  big surprise. For Safeway, the
  supermarket chain, has
  extended its senior management
  training to the gentle art
  of guerrilla warfare in the
  jungles (whoops! woods) of
  South...

• Italian wine scandal
  15

  Italian wine scandal
  1986 WILL be remembered in
  the European wine trade for
  its Italian tragedy. In 1985 the
  less important Austrian wine
  trade was hammered when diethylene
  glycol (a constituent of some up-market...

• Reporting on reports
  15

  Reporting on reports
  With the publication of JS's
  annual report and accounts
  imminent, it is worthwhile
  considering how other
  companies use their accounts
  to get their message across. A
  light hearted review of the
  best and...

• Results
  15

  Results
  Wm MORRISON SUPERMARKETS,
  which has 34
  stores in the North of
  England, has announced
  impressive results for 1985/6.
  Profits advanced 36 per cent
  to £15.7 million on sales up by
  12 per cent to £368 million.
  Store...

• Retail news in brief
  15

  In a long awaited move Dee
  Corporation — owner of
  Gateway and Carrefour —
  has acquired a US sports
  chain, Hermans Sporting
  Goods, for £278 million.
  Hermans is the largest US
  speciality sports goods retailer
  with 131...

• Crawling for charity
  16

  Crawling for charity
  STAFF FROM BROADFIELD
  recently raised £650 for charity
  and enjoyed themselves in the
  process.
  A sponsored three-legged pub
  crawl was the highlight of their
  fund raising drive, which also
  included a...

• Daylight spectacular
  16

  Daylight spectacular
  EVER HEARD of a firework
  display in broad daylight?
  Apparently, it's not a joke at all
  but a spectacularly different show
  which the crowds on Family Day
  will love.
  To find out what it's all about
  make...

• Portrait of a branch
  16

  Portrait of a branch
  TWENTY CHILDREN at a
  village school near Rugby branch
  thought their local Sainsbury's
  would be the ideal place to
  research their food project. So the
  teacher made a request and the pupils, each armed...

• Funds raised in memory
  17

  Funds raised in memory
  Proud staff see their hard-earned money handed over. BY SLIMMING and swimming,
  staff at Northfield branch raised
  £500 for St Mary's Hospice in
  Birmingham. Staff were sponsored
  by family, friends...

• Gifts of Love
  17

  Gifts of Love
  THE TRAGIC DEATH of a
  member of staff at Buntingford,
  has led to over £2,500 being
  raised for two worthy causes. Members of the cheese
  department decided at first, to
  make a donation to Cancer
  Research at...

• Toss-up for hospital
  17

  Toss-up for hospital
  Photo-call in store before braving the cold. IT WAS a toss-up as to whether
  Braintree's pancake race would
  take place in February.
  However, an abundant supply
  of thermals and Thermos's
  ensured that the...

• Willesden lucky dip
  17

  Willesden lucky dip
  THE POUND rose to an all time
  high for Suba Dayanandarajah,
  cash office supervisor at
  Willesden Homebase, following
  her good fortune in the SSA quarterly £1,000 draw.
  Suba received the weighty
  cheque on...

• TOUCH DOWN AT KINGSTON
  18

  TOUCH DOWN AT KINGSTON
  IN THE KINGSTON area,
  there's a whole new game going
  on in the ball park. Shoulder
  pads, pom-poms and popcorn are
  a must. Yes, American Football
  has touched down, with Sainsbury's
  staff lining out...

• Weighting for success
  18

  Weighting for success
  IN JUST THREE YEARS, Caroline Bonner
  has become a real force to be reckoned with
  in the weightlifting world.
  Caroline, who works in the bacon
  department at Basingstoke depot, is riding
  high since her...

• Feedback
  19

  FEEDBACK
  Look back
  at Fanhams
  From: William Smith, returns
  department, Buntingford depot.
  It is with delight that I read of the
  company acquiring Fanhams
  Hall, which is a mile from where
  I live in Ware.
  My memory of...

• Homebase appointments
  19

  Homebase appointments
  Roger Hickman, formerly senior
  departmental manager at
  Gloucester, has been appointed
  manager of Gloucester.
  David Taylor, formerly
  manager at Gloucester, has been
  appointed manager of Bath for
  the...

• Long service
  19

  Long service
  Fred Pratt, spare meat manager
  at Purley, has completed 40 years
  with JS.
  He began his career with the
  company as a trainee butcher and
  joined Purley in 1952. Two years
  later Fred became head butcher at
  68...

• Obituary
  19

  Obituary
  Mac Haar, meat manager at
  Uxbridge branch, died suddenly
  on March 17, aged 53.
  He had been with the company
  since 1956.
  Constance Robins, supermarket
  assistant at Langney, died
  after a short illness on March...

• Retirements
  19

  Retirements
  Chris Charteris, manager at Eastbourne,
  has retired after 36 years
  with JS.
  He joined JS in 1950 and
  worked in several manual shops
  before joining Portsmouth for
  the opening ten years later. Chris
  was first...

• Token Gesture
  20

  SHOPPERS AT THE new Sainsbury
  branch at 18/20 Seven Sisters Road,
  Holloway in November 1895 could
  spend a few coppers and take away a
  gleaming guinea. Not a real guinea,
  however, but a brass token which
  reminded them to tell...