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Contents Page
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Page 2-3, 8
News
Page 4-5
Branch opening
— Belgrave Road
Homebase opening
— Southgate
Page 6-7
Fast food — the story of JS ready meals
Page 9-15
Senior management conference with pull out guide to top executives
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Data services appointment
02
Data services appointment
MARTYN HEALY JOIf
the company on February 16, a
data services manager, reporting
to Alan Jacobs.
He replaced Graham Paxton
who left JS at the end of
January.
He will be senior manager
responsible... -
FRONTLINE
02
FRONTLINE
THE JOURNAL is back to full
strength (meet the new editorial
assistant on page eight) and
walking tall with a seasonal
spring in its step.
Here's hoping its readership is
in a similarly perky mood,
because we... -
Golden wedding gift to the arts
02
Golden wedding gift to the arts
SIR ROBERT and Lady Sainsbury, through their Art
Trust, are making a grant of £4.5 million to the
University of East Anglia. The gift marks their Golden
Wedding anniversary in March.
In 1973... -
WOMAN at WORK
02
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One cartoonist's view of the ready meal... -
Driving ambition achieved at Charlton
03
Driving ambition achieved at Charlton
CHARLTON DEPOT is proud
to announce it now has a brace
of HGV driving instructors.
On February 11, driver,
Jimmy Ross received his instructor's
certificate from depot manager
Bernard... -
Face lift for sea hero's home
03
Face lift for sea hero's home
THE HOME of one of Britain's
maritime heroes is to be refurbished
with the aid of a donation
from JS.
The National Trust has
launched The Sir Francis
Drake Heritage Appeal which
aims to raise... -
Homebase holiday club
03
Homebase holiday club
HOMEBASE WILL BE
treating hundreds of customers
to some holiday spending money
this year.
A promotion aimed at
building customer loyalty will be
running until March 15. The
scheme is known as... -
JS helps with high aspirations
03
JS helps with high aspirations
Lord Tryon, draw winner Brian Ford and Michael Goodman. SALISBURY STORE AND
Sainsbury's Charitable fund
have contributed over £4,000
towards Salisbury Cathedral
Spire Appeal.
The Cathedral's... -
Lesson in home economics
03
Lesson in home economics
JANE BABBAGE, home economist
for the south west, has been
speaking to a younger audience
recently.
She is in the middle of a series
of demonstrations to students
from schools in the south.... -
Branch opening—Belgrave Road
04
BELGRAVE ROAD The first store to open in 1987 was Belgrave Road in Leicester. But first
the snow had to be cleared. Mountains were piled up behind the store to
leave a clear way for enthusiastic customers. The Belgrave Road... -
Homebase opening—New Southgate
04
NEW SOUTHGATE Steve Shepherd welcomed flocks of DIY and gardening
enthusiasts to his new store on February 5. Conveniently sited
just off the North Circular, New Southgate looks set for success 1. Customers were drawn to... -
'READY WHEN YOU ARE'
06
IN RECENT YEARS
the UK has seen
several changes in
society which have
opened up a whole
new consumer market.
The changes cover a range of lifestyles: the
Government report 'Social Trends' showed a
continuing rise in female... -
More donations to neighbours
08
More donations to neighbours
Featured here are more community groups for the elderly
which have benefited from the JS Good Neighbour
Scheme. It involved the donation of a total of £50,000 to
150 groups throughout the country.... -
Smoother Systems
08
Smoother Systems
ON THE RETIREMENT of Len
Payne, the company systems and
data processing departments
were merged.
Alan Jacobs, departmental
director, data processing and
systems, explained why:
'In the past we worked... -
Transfer deal for Dominic
08
Transfer deal for Dominic
HOYILBASL'S LOSS is the
Joumars gain as Dominic
Long gives up salary, benefits
and share options to become
editorial assistant on the
Journal.
No, he isn't working for
nothing, those arc just a... -
Senior management conference with pull out guide to top executives
09
EASTBOURNE
- A C O M P E T I T I V E C O N F E R E N CE
IMPROVING THE COMPETITIVE EDGE was t h e t i t l e of the
Senior Managers' Conference which t o o k place in Eastbourne
on January IS and 26. Directors gave reports to... -
PENSIONS ARE PUTTING ON WEIGHT
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PENSIONS ARE PUTTING ON WEIGHT
The new improved JS Pension and Death Benefit Scheme
means that everyone will be better off in the future. Thanks to investment paying off particularly well the scheme
was recently valued as... -
Design your own CHRISTMAS CARDS
14
THIS MAY BE the season of
lambs and daffodils but as we
launch the JS Journal Christmas
Card Competition we'd like you
to be thinking of Santa and
sleighbells.
Our competition is divided
into two sections — 11 and... -
FAMILY DAY will be Forties style
14
FAMILY DAY will be Forties style
GET SOME IN! Take yourselves
back to National Service
days and report for duty at the
Griffin Club, Dulwich, on
Sunday, June 7. Family Day,
this year, will be steeped in the
forties to... -
HOMEBASE AS HOME WRECKER!
15
IT WOULD seem that the
growing trend for DIY has
sent shudders through the
normally tranquil scenes of
domestic bliss.
Homebase head office has
recently received the following
on a customer comment
card:
'I think the... -
LISA WOODLAND
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'Walkies!'
15
IF ANYONE
HAD
said 'walkies!'
at Harrow
store on
February 5,
• there would
have been a large exodus.
On that day the branch
played host to four guide
dogs and one 'trainee'
puppy. They were present
with their owners... -
BOUQUET FOR 89th BIRTHDAY
16
BOUQUET FOR 89th BIRTHDAY
TOTTENHAM MANAGER.
Phillip Chapman, said it with
flowers recently.
He presented a long standing
customer a lovely bouquet in
celebration of her 89th birthday.
The lady is taken to JS each
week by... -
CLOWNS COLLECT CASH
16
CLOWNS COLLECT CASH
WHEN NEWPORT WAS
raising funds for Children
in Need (JSJ Dec 86), they
made sure they were dressed
for the occasion.
Wearing clown outfits,
staff rattled their tins in the
street and, thanks to... -
THE ARMY
16
THE ARMY invaded Chertsey recently. In the store's
car park, the Territorials set up a demonstration of
radio signals equipment. -
TOP UP FOR GOOD NEIGHBOURS
16
TOP UP FOR GOOD NEIGHBOURS
IN 1986, AS part of the Good
Neighbour Scheme, Burnley presented
Brunlea Special Children's
School with £250 with
which to buy much needed
equipment.
Although the money was a
welcome... -
WEDDING CHEERS FROM THE SSA
16
WEDDING CHEERS FROM THE SSA
HAPPY COUPLES ARE
very bubbly this Spring and
four couples are particularly
bubbly thanks to ten green
bottles.
The bottles are filled with
champagne and 40 of them
have been given by the SSA... -
EASY RIDERS FIND THE GOING GETS TOUGH
17
HOW DID YOU see out 1986?
Neil Bruce, dairy buyer, ended the year
sneaking around a car park in Versailles
pretending not to be working on his
motorbike.
He was making some last minute preparations
for the 1987 Paris-Dakar... -
A potted history
19
Six different styles of bloater jar shown here in chronological order.
A potted history
'Take 1121bs boned red herring
{ M M (new season's herring arrive
^—^ Aj with us approx Jan).'
^ My So began the official JS
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Feedback
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FEEDBACK
Help for
handicapped
From: Audrey Bolton, South
Norwood
My colleague and I regularly
shop in your store with groups
of mentally handicapped people.
We have always found your
staff most helpful and... -
Long service
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Long service
Peter Brewer, meat manager at
Bury Park, Luton, has completed
25 years' service with the
company.
He joined JS as a trainee
butcher at George Street, Luton,
where he spent ten years before
transferring to... -
Obituary
20
Obituary
Julie Anderson, health and
beauty assistant at Haverhill,
died on December 31, aged 42.
She had been with the company
for seven years.
Brian Butler, driver at
Basingstoke, died suddenly on
January 16, aged 44.
He... -
Retirements
20
Retirements
Edward Gordon, shunter at
Charlton depot, has retired after
33 years with the company.
Benjamin Crouch, leading
warehouseman at Buntingford
depot, has retired after 25 years
service with the company.
Frederick... -
NEW LINES
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