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  • Appointments 02

    HAVERHILL MEAT Prod
    u c t s a n n o u n c e d the
    appointment of Graham Salmonese,
    currently production
    manager, to production director
    and an executive director of
    HMP from 1 January 1988.
    New to the JS home...

  • Contents Page 02

    Page 2-5
    Headlines
    Page 6-8
    Openings —
    Stratton St Margaret
    Kingsway
    Hanley
    Page 9
    Buyers' conference
    Page 9
    JS goes to Oxford
    Page 10
    New style pensions
    Page 11
    Up the apples and pears
    Page 11
    Looks good on paper — a...

  • Depot appointments 02

    Depot appointments
    Roy Pagden
    Bernard Clancy
    Andrew Nash AS A RESULT of the
    retirement of Peter Speight,
    contract manager, north and
    midlands, in June 1988, the
    following changes in senior
    management of distribution
    have...

  • Frontline 02

    FRONTLINE
    IT'S A COMPETITIVE Christmas this
    year with the Journal featuring a BBB
    Christmas challenge pullout, and the
    results of three major competitions —
    BBB posters, photographic and Christmas
    cards. It all means we're...

  • A message from the Chairman 03

    A message from the Chairman
    May I offer all staff, past and present, my sincere
    best wishes for a happy Christmas. May you and
    your families enjoy the Christmas holiday. I wish
    you good health and happiness in 1988.

  • Board moves look to the future 03

    Board moves look to the future
    CHAIRMAN, Sir John Sainsbury,
    announced on November
    11 a number of changes in
    responsibility affecting the
    board of directors.
    The changes have been made
    as a result of Sir Roy...

  • Camberley could see 350 new jobs 04

    Camberley could see 350 new jobs
    JS AND LONDON and Metropolitan
    Estates Ltd, have
    submitted an outline application
    for a development on part of L
    and M's Watchmoor Park site in
    Camberley.
    The proposal is for a...

  • High speed results of high technology 04

    High speed results of high technology
    GOOD NEWS TRAVELS FAST and when JS
    announced its interim results on November 10 exciting
    new technology was used to link up head office with the
    City and stores for the company's own...

  • JS celebrates ten years of publishing 04

    JS celebrates ten years of publishing
    A DECADE ago, JS published
    its first cookery book —
    'Cooking for Christmas' by
    Josceline Dimbleby. Now, in
    1987, with the publication of
    the newest book — 'The Josceline...

  • Drivers achieve safety record 05

    Drivers achieve safety record
    TWENTY YEARS of accident
    free driving. That's a record
    achieved by three Buntingford
    drivers.
    RoSPA (Royal Society for
    the Prevention of Accidents)
    certificates and silver medals
    were...

  • School solves industrial problems 05

    School solves industrial problems
    A GROUP of schoolchildren
    from Haverhill have been
    working closely with local
    industry, thanks to JS.
    One of the Sainsbury Family
    Charitable Trusts has supported
    a series of projects...

  • Branch opening—Stratton St Margaret 06

    The Vale of the White Horse has a new
    landmark which is proving to be a very
    popular attraction. A queue of hundreds
    waited patiently in the freezing rain and
    was rewarded with a shopping trip around
    Swindon's biggest...

  • Branch opening—Kingsway 07

    1. With both stores open the
    car park is well patronised.
    2. Serving up A1 grapefruits
    in time for breakfast.
    3. Mixing it in Homebase.
    4. One of Supermarketing
    magazine's Supermanagers of
    the Year 1986, Don Hayward,
    is...

  • Branch opening—Hanley 08

    The residents of Hanley will certainly
    feel at home in Sainsbury's — the new
    building is clad externally with local
    smooth-faced brickwork — a familiar
    appearance but a brand new face in
    town!
    HANLEY
    Opening date: 24...

  • BUYERS ARE SOLD ON CONFERENCE 09

    BUYERS ARE SOLD ON CONFERENCE
    A CONFERENCE for all
    members of the buying departments
    took place on November
    2. During the day 250 buyers
    met in the Queen Elizabeth II
    Conference Centre to hear
    presentations by trading...

  • Enterprise 87 09

    JS RECRUITMENT headed
    off towards the spires of
    academe at the end of October
    and met over 600 students at
    Oxford University.
    The occasion was Enterprise
    87 — a pilot event which aims
    to promote careers in...

  • Graduate Industrial Society 09

    JS ONCE again supported
    the Graduate Industrial
    Society by sponsoring its
    second conference.
    The society is the most
    recent development within
    the Industrial Society, concerned
    with promoting
    good management...

  • 1988-YOUR PENSION 10

    1988-YOUR PENSION
    Next year many JS employees will
    have the option to choose a new
    type of pension known as a 'personal
    pension'. At the same time
    membership of employers' pension
    schemes, such as that operated
    by JS, will...

  • READ ALL ABOUT IT! 11

    ARE WE ALL TO become
    newsagents? It looks likely
    with the success of a current
    trial at Chadwell Heath store.
    An extensive range of newspapers
    and magazines has gone
    on sale there and it is hoped
    that trials will be...

  • The Show goes on — and fruit is tops at Tonbridge 11

    The Show goes on — and fruit is tops at Tonbridge
    JS was delighted to become
    involved in October's Marden
    Fruit Show on two counts.
    The annual event which is of
    national importance to growers
    of top fruit (apples...

  • RESULTS OF THE BUILDING BETTER BUSINESS POSTER COMPETITION 12

    RESULTS OF THE BUILDING BETTER BUSINESS POSTER COMPETITION
    WHEN THE
    B U I L D I N G
    B E T T E R
    B U S I N E S S
    poster compet
    i t i o n was
    launched (see JSJ July 87),
    Steve Palmer, special projects
    manager, retail...

  • So here it is - Merry Christmas! 14

    So here it is - Merry Christmas!
    'CHRISTMAS IS the
    most important holiday of the
    year: it should also be the most
    enjoyable. Anyone who has
    ever had to organise the
    Christmas feasting and festivities
    for a household...

  • The Building Better Business Christmas Challenge 15

    The Building Better Business Christmas Challenge
    Improve your customer and commodity
    awareness
    BBB Christmas Mug or Christmas Pen
    for everyone — while stocks last
    BBB Slimline Diaries for the first 50
    completed entry forms...

  • There's a cracking Christmas in store 22

    Christmas is traditionally
    a time
    when the spirit of
    sharing asserts
    itself bringing
    families, friends
    and colleagues
    closer together.
    At JS the
    tradition is no
    different with
    people at branches, head office
    and...

  • PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 1987 RESULTS 25

    OVERALL WINNER
    Geoff Frake
    Deputy meat manager,
    Beeston.
    'A WA Y FROM THE CONVENTIONAL'
    (This picture was entered under 'Contrasts')
    i WINNER -PARTY PARTY
    Andy Goddard
    Productivity officer,
    South Eastern area...

  • Better homes begin at Homebase 27

    Better homes begin at Homebase
    HOMEBASE HAS won the
    'Make Yours a Better Home'
    award from the National
    Home Improvement Council
    for best advertising and promotion.
    The prize was awarded for
    'initiative and ingenuity...

  • How to enjoy a sensible party season 27

    How to enjoy a sensible party season
    IN TIME FOR the festive
    season comes the fifth in the
    series of 'Living Today' magazines
    providing a comprehensive
    summary of facts on
    alcohol and health.
    Of'Sensible Drinking'...

  • DEPOT'S HIGH DIVERS RAISE A FORTUNE 28

    DEPOT'S HIGH DIVERS RAISE A FORTUNE
    MEET JS's own Red Devils.
    This team of fliers from Buntingford
    depot recently made a
    parachute jump and raised
    £700 for Cancer Research. The
    jumpers that fell to glory are: Back row —...

  • NAME THAT BOAT 28

    NAME THAT BOAT
    AHOY THERE competition
    fans! The staff at Catford
    Homebase have a problem — if
    you can help you could win a
    mystery DIY prize.
    All you have to do is think
    up a suitable name for the
    company's only...

  • SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN 28

    SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
    ELAINE CLARK, Wendy
    Howard, Anne Foulds, Les
    McGrae, Helen Williams,
    Helen De Sykes and Carole
    Abbott from Burnley are pictured pictured
    above at the town's
    Chamber of Trade Shopping
    Preview....

  • A LOVE THAT FLOWERED LATE DOWN THE AISLE 29

    A LOVE THAT FLOWERED LATE DOWN THE AISLE
    Dick and Elsie on their wedding day. WHILST QUEUEING at the
    checkout in Northampton
    store, 84 year old Elsie Barber
    started chatting to the man
    behind her.
    After a little while, both...

  • BUNN THE BAKER'S HARVEST FESTIVAL 29

    BUNN THE BAKER'S HARVEST FESTIVAL
    DURING SEPTEMBER, a
    special Harvest Festival
    Service was held in Norwich
    Cathedral.
    JS was invited to send a
    representative to take part in a
    procession to show the connection
    between the...

  • LOUGHBOROUGH'S BROTHERLY LOVE 29

    LOUGHBOROUGH'S BROTHERLY LOVE
    FOLLOWING WEEKS of a
    'hard sell' Loughborough was
    able to donate almost £1,000
    to the Leicestershire Association
    for Spina Bifida and
    Hydrocephalus (LASBAH).
    The idea of raising funds...

  • . . . AND WHO'S GOT BOTTLE! 30

    . . . AND WHO'S GOT BOTTLE!
    EXEBRIDGE BRANCH has
    'gotta lotta bottle' or rather
    lots of bottles, and broken
    ones at that.
    'During National Recycling
    Week in October, a new bottle bank was opened in the store's
    car park.
    On...

  • SLIM-IN FOR SPECIAL SCHOOL 30

    SLIM-IN FOR SPECIAL SCHOOL
    VIGOROUS EXERCISE and
    running have given Brian Hill,
    skilled tradesman at Bexhill, new sylph-like figure.
    Brian weighed in at a hefty
    16st 31b and was the butt of
    many jokes at the store....

  • WE'RE ONLY TAKING FLANS FOR NIGEL! 30

    WE'RE ONLY TAKING FLANS FOR NIGEL!
    WHEN NIGEL HARRIS won
    top prize — a grub grab — in a
    raffle, he let his wife do all the
    hard work.
    Freda Harris and neighbour,
    Eileen Fleet, charged around
    Northwich store while...

  • WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRASH . . . 30

    WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRASH . . .
    WHEN SHOPPERS go along
    to Selly Oak branch they are
    invited to take their rubbish
    and dump it in the car park.
    This doesn't mean that cars
    will be vying for spaces with
    piles of...

  • 45 West Drayton pensioners 31

    This happy bunch recently had a fun trip to Brighton. A donation from JS helped send 45 West
    Drayton pensioners off for a day of sun, sea and sand.

  • BOB RECEIVES ROYAL THANKS IN PERSON 31

    BOB RECEIVES ROYAL THANKS IN PERSON
    AS A REWARD for his fundraising
    endeavours, Bob
    Mears, customer service assistant
    at Burton on Trent, was
    recently presented to HRH the
    Princess Royal.
    Bob raised £500 from...

  • SEVEN STONE WEAKLINGS TAKE NOTE! 31

    SEVEN STONE WEAKLINGS TAKE NOTE!
    PEOPLE COLLECT all manner
    of things these days —
    stamps, train numbers, badges
    or even girlfriends!
    Kevin Kerridge, student at
    Chase Lane is a bit different
    from most — he...

  • EARLY START AGAINST CANCER 32

    EARLY START AGAINST CANCER
    THREE MEN and their bikes
    recently took a trip to Skegness
    in a bid to raise funds for
    Cancer Research.
    The team from Belgrave
    Road — Luigi De Marco
    (systems clerk), Tony De
    Marco (student) and...

  • HOMEBASE IS HIGH ON HYGIENE 32

    HOMEBASE IS HIGH ON HYGIENE
    READING HOMEBASE has
    been presented with a clean
    food award from the local
    environmental health officer.
    On October 12, canteen
    assistant, Pat Irving and PAO, Judy Kirby received their
    award at a...

  • PARIS PRIZE MAKES A ROMANTIC GIFT 32

    PARIS PRIZE MAKES A ROMANTIC GIFT
    DOROTHY OLIVER recently
    won a trip to Paris and then
    decided not to go.
    No, she doesn't suffer from
    Francophobia, but very generously gave the prize to
    her son and daughter in law
    who were...

  • CHRISTMAS NUTCRACKERS 33

    CHRISTMAS NUTCRACKERS The initial brain teaser THE WAITING IS over —
    the Journal's ever popular
    initials quiz is back.
    You'll have hours of frustration
    agonising over the questions,
    but great rewards await
    the...

  • In the bleak midwinter - Christmas on the ration 34

    In the bleak midwinter - Christmas on the ration To conclude this 40th
    anniversary year of the
    JS Journal the archives
    take a look at how JS
    celebrated the festive
    season in the bleak days
    of the post war years.
    'Children...

  • AND A VERY ARTISTIC CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL 35

    AND A VERY ARTISTIC CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL THE FESTIVE season began
    early for some this year. In
    fact, way back in March when
    the JS Journal Christmas Card
    Competition was launched.
    Entries poured in from children
    and...