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  • Contents Page 02

    Page 2-5
    News
    Page 6-7
    Burpham — star of the screen
    Page 8-9
    Sports mad —Northern area sports day
    Page 10, 11, 14, 15
    Champagne bubbles — the inside story
    Page 12-13
    New look 'J'
    Page 14-15
    Slaving over a hot stove —...

  • First prize for UMIST student 02

    First prize for UMIST student
    JANE CALDER, winner of the
    1986 J Sainsbury prize at the
    University of Manchester Institute
    of Science and Technology
    (UMIST) began her university
    life as a psychology and sociology
    student in...

  • FRONTLINE 02

    FRONTLINE
    DOES JS HAVE the fittest
    workforce in the country? It
    would certainly seem so. On
    September 14, hundreds of staff
    and their families gathered for
    the annual Northern area sports
    day. This year, it was...

  • New appointments 02

    New appointments
    ON SEPTEMBER 16, Sir John
    Sainsbury announced the following
    two appointments.
    Mike Samuel (above), head of
    advertising and marketing, is to
    join the board of SavaCentre as
    marketing director....

  • Announcing new speakers 03

    Announcing new speakers
    A NEW SEASON of the head
    office Executive Club opens on
    October 13 and details have
    been announced for the first
    half of the programme.
    First speaker is The Rt Hon
    James Prior MP, a...

  • Beta award for energy efficiency 03

    Beta award for energy efficiency
    JS EXPERTISE at energy management
    is a skill rewarded not
    only by savings in money and an
    improved environment but also
    by recognition from outside.
    The Electricity Council has
    just awarded...

  • Invitation to the Council 03

    Invitation to the Council
    OWEN THOMAS, director of
    personnel services has been
    invited by the Secretary of
    State for Employment to
    become a member of the new-
    National Council for Vocational
    Qualifications.
    The intention...

  • Ordre du Merite Agricole 03

    Ordre du Merite Agricole
    ALLAN CHEESMAN, director,
    off licence and delicatessen
    buying, has been presented
    with one of France's most
    prestigious awards, the Ordre
    du Merite Agricole.
    The order was established by
    the French...

  • JS buys more of Shaw's 04

    JS buys more of Shaw's
    JS HAS INCREASED its
    investment in Shaw's Supermarkets,
    a US food retailer. It
    now owns nearly 30 per cent of
    Shaw's. The extra Shaw's shares
    cost $14.75 million, which JS
    settled with a new issue of...

  • Share option scheme 04

    Share option scheme
    THOSE EMPLOYEES who
    have worked for JS for three
    consecutive years will again.be
    given an opportunity to save for
    JS shares under the Savings-
    Related Share Option Scheme.
    From October 10, 1986...

  • Back to the drawing board 05

    Back to the drawing
    ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS
    and students across the country,
    arc going back to the drawing
    board. The motivation is
    £10,000 of prize money in the
    International Ideas Competition:
    the design of a...

  • Dramatic course 05

    Dramatic course
    IN MERSEYSIDE this year
    young actors were given the
    opportunity to develop their
    theatre skills through Act Now!,
    a free seven week training course
    which was sponsored by JS and
    other companies.
    Some 50...

  • Helping hand at the Abbey 05

    Helping hand at the Abbey
    JS HAS HELPED ease the
    traffic congestion in central
    London.
    A Community Programme
    Scheme known as 'Helping
    Hands', was developed earlier
    this year following the Department
    of Transport's review...

  • How BURPHAM STORE Became A Talking Point 06

    How BURPHAM STORE Became A Talking Point of plans for a new store in any town often triggers off
    noisy flights of imagination with the conjuring up of
    impending horrors. Now there's a film which acts as a
    voice of reason. TAKE...

  • READY, STEADY, GO . . . 08

    THE NORTH and Midlands have produced
    more than their share of outstanding
    sportsmen and women. There's Steve Cram
    from the North East, Seb Coe from Yorkshire;
    and as far as footballers go, all the UK
    European Cup winning...

  • La methode magnifique 10

    NO WINE in the world is quite like it! It makes eyes light up in
    eager anticipation and even the act of opening a bottle has a certain
    excitement. What is it? It is the wine 'par excellence' for
    celebration:...

  • J improves on its looks 12

    J improves on its looks
    IN 1981, JS
    launched a major
    new product range
    — 'J' cosmetics. Five years on, the whole
    collection and its presentation have been
    given a major facelift, to keep in tune with
    current...

  • Cookery Writers Competition 14

    CALLING ALL COOKS! The
    JS Journal has lined up Delia
    Smith, cookery writer extraordinaire
    to judge our new
    cookery competition.
    So, if you're a budding gourmet
    cuisinere or you simply
    enjoy pottering about in the
    kitchen...

  • Pots of fruit 16

    Pots of fruit
    THE CREAM of the dessert
    crops has recently been picked
    by JS.
    There are three flavours in the
    Thick and Creamy Yogurt range
    (22p) — Apricot and Mango,
    Raspberry and Blackberry and Strawberry. These...

  • Apres pour vous 17

    Apres pour vous
    APRES SPORT is the new
    range of toiletries from JS for
    those who take life at a brisk
    pace. However, the less energetic
    may also benefit from an invigorating invigorating
    work out with the range.
    In smart,...

  • Fired with elegance 17

    Fired with elegance
    THE LAST WORD in practical
    styling must surely go to the new
    range of JS tableware (available
    from 40 branches).
    The six items in the range arc
    Egg Cups (two, £1.75), Preserve
    Jar (£2.95), Cheese Dish...

  • Tools of the trade 17

    Tools of the trade
    CRACK A FEW nuts, open a
    jar or two, sit back and relax. JS
    has a new range of handy gadgets
    designed to make many
    kitchen' tasks that much easier.
    These 15 smart accessories for
    any modern kitchen, come...

  • Waistline cuisine 17

    Waistline cuisine
    GOURMET COOKING need
    no longer cost pounds in sterling
    or weight gain!
    JS has recently launched the
    first three in a series of high
    q u a l i t y Calorie Counted
    Recipes.
    Cod and Prawn Casserole
    (£1.49)...

  • Macmillan report—the latest fundraising events for Cancer Relief 18

    Cancer Relief
    MacmiUan fund
    THE POUNDS ARE still pouring in for the Macmillan
    Fund. Latest figures show that around
    £100,000 has been raised. Keep it coming! • Wellingborough fun day was
    all about cricket, rounders,...

  • Crashing success for charity 20

    Crashing success for charity
    Brian Crocker at the start of a long, lonely trail. MISSION NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE!
    That's what Brian
    Crocker set himself in a bid to
    raise money for a few chosen
    charities.
    You've heard of the Tour...

  • Get framed — your last chance 20

    Get framed — your last chance
    The Market Place. Entry from Fay Edwards of Sittingbourne. ENTRY FORM
    Please carefully attach an entry form to the back of every photograph
    entered for the competition. Entries should be sent to:...

  • Cameras shoot mole in store 21

    Cameras shoot mole in store
    JS HAS got a mole!
    It's not hairy and it doesn't
    burrow, but this mole is in the
    guise of Gian Sanmarco who
    plays Adrian Mole in the
    successful television series.
    On August 28, Gian and...

  • Family day out 21

    Family day out
    Children get the sack at Lancaster.
    BEAUTIFUL WEATHER greeted Lancaster branch Family Day
    on August 10.
    Staff from branches dotted all round the north west of England
    (including Liverpool, Warrington, Blackpool...

  • Golfers on course 21

    Golfers on course
    BATTLING AGAINST the
    elements, 41 JS golfers holed
    their way round the Royal
    Blackheath Golf Course on
    Wednesday, September 3.
    Founded in 1608, the
    Royal Blackheath is the
    oldest golf club in the...

  • Homemade bride 21

    Homemade bride
    IN THE RUN UP to the wedding
    day. brides arc usually kept
    extremely busy.
    But even with organising
    seating arrangements, flowers,
    pressie lists and invitations,
    Wendy Open decided that she
    still had some...

  • Pounds for pounds 21

    Pounds for pounds
    LYN PHIPPEN OF Bath did
    not take her slimming lightheartedly:
    'This was not simply a
    case of wanting to get into a
    pretty frock. I'm doing it for
    Dad.'
    Lynn's father died in December
    last year at the age...

  • Vale of cheers for Welsh walkers 21

    Vale of cheers for Welsh walkers
    STAFF FROM Colchester Avenue headed for the low life recently, but it was all for a good cause.
    On August 17, a team of 17 walked along the Usk Vale from Abergavenny to Caerleon, a distance...

  • A goodbye gateau 22

    A goodbye gateau
    KEN SAUNDERS, manager of
    Wellingborough, went west following
    his recent retirement. To be
    more precise, after 44 years' service
    with the company, he is moving to
    Cornwall.
    To mark his departure he...

  • Appointments 22

    Appointments
    Robert Bradford, formerly manager
    at Kingston, has been
    appointed manager of Putney.
    David Buddin, formerly
    deputy manager at North
    Cheam, has been appointed
    manager of Kingston.
    Alan Curtis, formerly...

  • Long service 22

    Long service
    Doreen Barker, administration
    manager, meat buying department
    at Blackfriars, has completed
    40 years with JS.
    She began her career with the
    company as a trainee and then
    joined the private office and
    assistant...

  • Retirements 22

    Retirements
    Dickie Bradford, driver at
    Basingstoke depot, has retired
    after 37 years with the company.
    He joined JS as a warehouseman
    at Stamford House and one
    year later transferred to the
    transport division. After...

  • Feedback 23

    FEEDBACK
    Tobacco
    trade
    From B Scrase, distribution control,
    Stamford House.
    Following up the question posed
    by Tony Gayfer in the July JSJ,
    if the profit from the sale of
    tobacco products is significant
    to the financial...

  • Obituary 23

    Obituary
    Norman Douglas, maintenance
    technician, engineers' department
    at Woking area office, died
    suddenly on July 15, aged 57.
    He had been with the company
    since 1970.
    Lil Driver, part time clerk at
    Poole, died on August...

  • Carrying a piece of history 24

    ARCHIVES
    glass panel from the Museum of
    London's small collection of JS
    „-' artifacts, reproduced in the JS
    ^S(§)/ Archives, provided the inspiration
    for the latest JS PVC shopping bag.
    The original panel was rescued from...