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  • Contents Page 02

    Page 2-4
    Headlines
    Page 5
    Branch opening
    —Nuneaton
    Page 6-8
    A look behind the scenes of the National Youth Theatre
    Page 9
    JS goes back to the classroom - two new school books
    Page 10-11
    Environmental issues - JS and landscape...

  • Frontline 02

    FRONTLINE
    AS EVERYONE returns from
    their holidays, and memories of
    three days at Gatwick airport
    begin to fade, so unmistakable
    signs of autumn are apparent.
    Autumn at JS means the opening
    season begins again, and...

  • Homebase appointment 02

    Homebase appointment
    DAVID BREMNER, deputy
    depot manager at Buntingford.
    has been appointed Homebase
    distribution manager, effective
    from October 12.

  • JS branch that bears the best fruit 02

    L to r: Elizabeth Browning, Colin Lythe and John Ramsden.
    JS branch that
    bears the best fruit
    ASHFORD BRANCH has been awarded first prize
    in a national competition to find the retailer with the
    most consistently high...

  • Peerage for James Prior 02

    Peerage for James Prior
    JAMES PRIOR, non executive
    director, was created a life peer in
    the Prime Minister's dissolution
    honours list.
    The announcement was made
    on July 30.
    He became non executive
    director in 1985.
    James...

  • Freezer centres to close 03

    Freezer centres to close
    ON AUGUST 19 JS announced
    the sale of its independent freezer
    centres to Bejam.
    Staff at all the freezer centres
    concerned, which are located at
    Burnt Oak, East Dulwich,
    Hayes End, Hornchurch,...

  • JS joins the world of children 03

    JS joins the world of children
    JS AND Children's World have
    proposed the joint development
    of a ten acre site at Oldham
    Street, Denton in Greater Manchester.
    Children's World, created by
    Boots, is a new retail...

  • Runaway lorry smash at Hastings 03

    Runaway lorry smash at Hastings
    Hastings staff and customers
    watched in horror as a runaway
    lorry smashed into the front of
    the store on August 20.
    Fortunately, a low canopy
    prevented the vehicle ploughing
    straight through...

  • Time to opt for your share 03

    Time to opt for your share
    ONCE AGAIN in October you will have the opportunity to join
    the many thousands of employees already saving to buy shares
    in J Sainsbury, as a further offer is to be made under the
    Savings Related...

  • A student's winning ways 04

    A student's winning ways
    LATEST WINNER of the J
    Sainsbury prize for best student
    on the retailing course at the
    University of Manchester Institute
    of Science and Technology
    (UMIST) is Deborah Ann
    Smith.
    She is pictured...

  • Drivers pick up points 04

    Drivers pick up points
    up points
    CHARLTON DEPOT flew the
    JS flag recently when five of its
    drivers entered the national
    Driver of the Year competition.
    Steven Haley, John Clark and
    Colin Pillen were at the controls
    of...

  • Opera stars shop for red rovers 04

    Opera stars shop for red rovers
    A GROUP OF Russian visitors
    to Cromwell Road on August 3
    threatened the old image of
    Britons as the world's greatest
    pet lovers.
    Four-legged friends back
    home were obviously much in
    their...

  • The message from disabled is getting through 04

    The message from disabled is getting through
    HOLLOWAY MANAGER,
    Richard Stankiewicz, and
    deputy, Steve Barnes, recently
    received an Islington Disablement
    Association's Accessible
    Building Award on behalf of...

  • Branch opening—Nuneaton 05

    NUNEA TON
    Opening date: 8 September 1987
    Address: Vicarage Street, Nuneaton
    Opened by: Assistant managing director,
    retail, Joe Barnes
    Manager: David Wilson
    Staff: 181 (77 new jobs)
    Sales area: 28,000 sq ft
    Car park: 299...

  • DO PUT YOUR DAUGHTER ON THE STAGE... 06

    DO PUT YOUR DAUGHTER ON THE STAGE... WHEN JS ANNOUNCED in January its
    intention to sponsor the National Youth
    Theatre of Great Britain in 1987, the theatre
    group breathed a sigh of relief.
    The group, founded by Michael Croft...

  • JS goes back to the classroom - two new school books 09

    THE FACE OF school text books is
    changing. Books no longer contain problems
    of the 'number of men digging a hole'
    variety - studies are now geared to the
    'real' world and involve aspects of pupils'
    everyday lives. JS is very...

  • TAKING CARE OF THE LAND 10

    TAKING CARE OF THE LAND
    EACH NEW DEVELOPMENT is
    unique. It poses its own set of
    constraints at the same time as
    providing particular opportunities
    to the landscape architect.
    Often the 'critics' judge a
    store's merits by...

  • LANCASTER is the place for campus capers 12

    HUNDREDS OF
    STAFF from 11
    northern branches
    got together on
    August 14 in the
    grounds of
    Lancaster
    University.
    The occasion
    was a fun day
    including sport
    and It's A
    Knockout
    competitions,
    pony rides, a magic show and...

  • The maiden flight of the carrier jump jet! 14

    The maiden flight of the carrier jump jet!
    IS IT A BIRD? Is it a plane? No, it's Chris
    Hemsley, manager of Red Bank Road,
    launching himself from Blackpool's
    North Pier in a vain bid for the Birdman
    of Blackpool title.
    Chris,...

  • Emergency sausage 15

    Emergency sausage
    DURING A Capital
    Hadio programme item
    concerning the history of
    the 999 service, it was said
    that a woman once rang
    ;he number asking thai
    Sainsbury's re-open as she
    needed to buy some
    sausages!

  • Homebase drives girls wild 15

    Homebase drives girls wild
    THE E N T H U S I A S T IC
    RESPONSE from cheerleaders
    f o l l o w i n g N o r t h a m p t on
    Homebase's football match
    against a local manufacturer was
    overwhelming. A bit too overwhelming
    for one...

  • Manchester still in peril 15

    Manchester still in peril
    ANOTHER TWO JS teams
    have succumbed to the challenge
    of 'Now get out of that' (see JSJ
    May 87).
    Eight members of the BCAS
    service desk recently trooped off
    to the Lake District with a
    mission to...

  • Royal presentation to young divers 15

    Royal presentation to young divers
    LORRAINE WYATT, skilled supermarket assistant at Watney Street, has made a bit of a splash
    in life outside JS.
    On July 15, Lorraine was presented with an award from HRH the Prince of Wales for...

  • Simone swims for scanner 15

    Simone swims for scanner
    SIMONE WILSON, office clerk
    at Halifax, swam 100 lengths of
    Brighouse baths recently to raise
    money for cancer research.
    Along with friend, Sarah Smith,
    she completed the distance without
    feeling...

  • Going underground 16

    THIS WORM'S EYE view
    could prove a glimpse into the
    past for the citizens of Derby in
    the 25th century.
    Children from a local school
    buried a time capsule, containing
    coins, letters, newspapers
    and other contemporary...

  • Oldbury funds Olympics 16

    A DISABLED athlete's
    ambition of competing at the
    International Special Olympics
    has been achieved with help
    from Oldbury SavaCentre. George Smith thought he
    would miss out on the event
    since he did not have the funds
    for...

  • The peak of their careers 16

    The peak of their careers
    AT THE END of the first year
    of their course, ten YTS trainees
    from Burton on Trent and Derby
    took a trip to the Peak District.
    The expedition was led by
    YTS tutor Sue McGIynn.
    The trainees were...

  • Puzzle it out 17

    AS THREATENED the JournaFs puzzler has returned, to make
    your tea break one of brain-teasing frustration, with a crossword
    which he hopes will enable him to keep the £5 JS voucher. Yes,
    that's the prize on offer for the first...

  • Veteran grabs prize 17

    George Smith thought he
    would miss out on the event
    since he did not have the funds
    for his fares to join the other
    mentally handicapped squad
    members in Indiana. USA.
    Store director, Alan Birbeck
    (above left), read of...

  • Caroline gets lift from the depot 18

    Caroline gets lift from the depot
    CAROLINE BONNER, microbiologist
    at Basingstoke depot, is
    the current British powerlifting
    champion in the women's 82.5kg
    category.
    Not content with being the
    best in the land, Caroline...

  • Retail detail 18

    Retail detail
    JUST HOW MUCH do you
    know about retailing?
    This word search is one of the
    exercises included in 'Finding
    Out About Retailing'.
    The senders of the first five
    entries which score ten out often
    will be rewarded...

  • No smoke signals in BCAS 19

    CHRIS BRAND, senior programming
    team leader, and
    Graham Field, programmer,
    never say yes to a cigarette - not
    in office hours anyway.
    This display of willpower was
    due to problems with seating
    arrangements in the...

  • PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 1987 19

    WE'VE GIVEN you a few extra
    weeks, but time is now running
    out. All entries for the SSA//S
    Journal photographic competition
    1987 must be received by the
    Journal before the end of Friday,
    October 23. Winning entries will...

  • Feedback 20

    FEEDBACK
    From: Tony Gayfer, distribution
    division, Blackfriars.
    I presume that myco-protein
    pies are aimed first and foremost
    at the vegetarian market, even
    though they may prove acceptable,
    and even attractive to
    others....

  • The new boy from the valleys 20

    The new boy from
    —the valleys—
    Ivor Barnett was a young lad living in mid Wales with his parents when he
    answered an ad calling for 'tall, well educated youths'. It was 1934 and this
    was the start of his career with JS and...

  • Appointments 22

    Appointments
    IAN ATHERTON, formerly
    manager at Crosby, has been
    a p p o i n t e d m a n a g e r of
    Altrincham.
    Terry Brown, formerly manager
    at Lords Hill, has been
    appointed district manager,
    South Western area.
    Edward...

  • Poultry ties the knot 22

    Poultry ties the knot
    CONFETTI was flying in the poultry department on June 30
    when three of its members followed the path of true love to the
    altar.
    At St. Lawrence's Church, Sidcup, buyer Mike Attwood
    married Jane Percival,...

  • Retirements 22

    Retirements
    REG STIMSON, leading trades
    assistant at Stevenage, has
    retired after 38 years with the
    company.
    He joined JS as a warehouseman
    at Rye Lane and in
    1968 transferred to Stevenage.
    Prior to his retirement,...

  • CHICKEN LOOKIN' GOOD 23

    CHICKEN LOOKIN' GOOD
    A taste of the East has arrived -
    the new Indian chicken range.
    The range comprises two
    delicious additive free natural
    recipes, Chicken Tikka at £3.68
    per lb (1 70 branches) and
    Tandoori Chicken...

  • Long service 23

    Long service
    BOB MITCHELL, produce
    manager at Borehamwood, has
    completed 40 years with the
    company.
    He joined JS at Thornton
    Heath and has since worked in a
    number of branches including
    Golders Green, Hendon, Mill
    Hill...

  • Obituary 23

    Obituary
    BRENDA BARBER, part time
    supermarket assistant at Salisbury,
    died suddenly on August
    7, aged 47.
    She had been with the company
    for 18 months.
    Alexia Blizzard, senior supermarket
    assistant at Beckenham,
    died...

  • Tom Haynes retires 23

    Tom Haynes retires
    TOM HAYNES, Northern area
    director, has retired after 39
    years with JS.
    He began his career with the
    company as a salesman and in
    1952 became assistant manager.
    Eight years later, Tom Haynes
    was...

  • WASH AND WEAR 24

    WASH AND WEAR
    Q. What does the well
    dressed man wear for an
    evening at the laundrette?
    A. Boxer shorts; the new line
    of boxer shorts, in blue or red
    stripes, is now available in 36
    branches at £3.25 a pair
    (medium and...