'JS Journal', May 1966

Table of content

• Contents Page
  01

  C118
  Page 2
  News and Developments
  Page 8
  The Produce Revolution
  Page 14
  The Wicked Retailer
  Page 19
  Griffin Sports Report
  Page 26
  New Appointments
  Page 27
  Staff News
  Page 32
  Veterans' Meet
  Miss Janice Whiteman, cashier at...

• News and Developments
  02

  Wembley branch opened
  on February 24th in a big
  new development built
  over the railway lines at
  Wembley Central Station.
  The branch is in a traffic
  free precinct, has a
  shopping area of over 7,000
  square feet and...

• The Produce Revolution
  08

  The Produce REVOLUTION
  The late fifties saw the start of a revolution in marketing and also in
  cultivation methods for produce. This is the first of a series of picture Think of a celery . . .
  multiply it by 6/7,000,000...

• The Wicked Retailer
  14

  The housewife's quick trip with a trolley
  round the gondolas of a self-service branch
  looks so pleasant and easy, and is taken
  so much for granted, that it is difficult to
  imagine the nature of a world in which
  going shopping...

• Griffin Sports Report
  19

  GRIFFIN SPORTS REPORT

• Six-a-Side Football
  20

  A dry day at Dulwich on Good Friday
  saw a good turn out for the six-a-side
  football finals. Mr. A Trask very kindly
  spent most of the day at the sports
  ground and is seen below presenting
  the Sainsbury Football Cup to...

• Darts
  22

  A big crowd came to watch the Griffin darts finals which
  were held at Blackfriars on April 24th. Pictured below
  are winners, standing left to right as follows: T. Oborne,
  M. Martin, J. Pratt, J. Letts, F. Giles, B. Smith,
  J....

• Badminton
  24

  Griffin Badminton Section met at Blackfriars on February 6th.
  Winning players are pictured below.
  Standing, I to r, D. Thaddeus (O Section) and E. Preece (Dorking),
  D. Cutts (O Section), winner of the men's singles and men's...

• Table Tennis
  25

  Table Tennis finals were held this year at Blackfriars.
  Club Chairman, R. Gibson, gave away the prizes.
  Standing left to right are T. Kinchen (T. Wells), J. Strain (Q Section),
  C. Hora (also below right) of Q Section who...

• Recent Appointments to Senior Executive
  26

  Recent Appointments to Senior Executive
  Mr. E. J. Russell ABOVE LEFT
  Senior Executive in the Grocery Buying Dept. responsible
  to Mr. Harrison for the purchasing of canned goods.
  Mr. K. D. Curtis ABOVE RIGHT
  Senior Executive,...

• Movements and Promotions
  27

  Movements and Promotions
  Managerial...

• Retirements
  29

  Retirements
  We send our best wishes to the following colleagues
  who have just retired.
  F. R. Parker, Head of Building and Engineering
  Developments, retired from the firm on 29th April.
  A review of his career with JS will be...

• Congratulations
  30

  Congratulations
  To Colin Robert Thomlinson, Leading Butcher, Collier
  Row and member of the 11th Company Boys' Brigade.
  He went to Buckingham Palace on April 22 to receive
  a Gold Medal in the Duke of Edinburgh Award
  Scheme....

• Obituaries
  31

  Obituaries
  We regret to record the death of the following
  colleagues and send our deepest sympathy to all
  relatives.
  Mr. H. J. Dyer, Superintendent, writes:—
  The passing of Mr. J. T. Breckill on 21st March,
  came after some...

• Veterans' Meet
  32

  JS Veterans hold their Annual Meeting
  The annual gathering of JS
  Veterans took place on 5th April
  at Porchester Hall, Bayswater.
  Business matters attended
  to, the Veterans sat down to
  a hearty tea. Lord Sainsbury
  was there...