'JS Journal', October/November 1970

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

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  Page 2
  Folkestone
  Page 8
  Harpenden
  Page 11
  Norwich
  Page 15
  The Retail Management Training Programme
  Page 18
  Faster is Fresher
  Page 20
  Yogourt
  Page 25
  A Retirement Party
  Page 26
  Veterans at Southsea
  Page 27
  Staff...

• Folkestone
  02

  Folkestone Folkestone branch opened on
  29 September. At 11,020 sq. ft., it is
  the biggest of the three branches
  featured in this issue. There are
  18 checkouts.
  On Monday 28 we had a visit from
  the Mayor and Mayoress...

• Harpenden
  08

  Harpenden The Encyclopaedia Britannica
  describes Harpenden as "an urban
  district in the Hemel Hempstead
  parliamentary division 5 miles
  NNW of St. Albans . . . It is a
  residential district from which
  many people travel daily...

• Norwich
  11

  Norwich, Magdalen Street
  On the same day as Harpenden our
  second supermarket in Norwich
  opened. It is in Anglia Square, off
  Magdalen Street, where we had a
  service branch for 40 years until our
  first self-service opened in...

• The Retail Management Training Programme
  15

  The Retail Management Training Programme The Main Conference Room
  The course seeks to avoid a classroom atmosphere; the delegates are seated in a " U " shape to
  encourage discussion across the room. For many years 2 Dulwich...

• Faster is Fresher
  18

  Faster is Fresher
  Although it might appear
  straightforward it takes a lot of
  organisation to fill all those shelves
  in the branches. Indeed, practically
  every means of transport known to
  man is employed so that the...

• Yogurt
  20

  yogurt
  When we were students my wife
  and I often went to a very cheap
  cafe called "The Swiss" near
  Tottenham Court Road tube
  station. It has long since
  disappeared under London's tallest
  office block but we well...

• A Retirement Party
  25

  A retirement party On Wednesday, 5th August at the
  Griffin, Kingston, there was a
  cheerful looking party held for two
  managers who retired at the end
  of July. Both of them had joined
  the company in 1926. They are.
  on the...

• Veterans at Southsea
  26

  Veterans' Day Out at Southsea
  Nine coach loads of Veterans went
  off in sunny weather to enjoy a day
  in Southsea on June 18. Three of
  them are below looking very happy
  about the visit.

• Movements and Promotions
  27

  Mr. A. Court who has been promoted to
  Senior Management is Senior Buyer of the Produce
  Division from July 1st. He joined JS in 1953 and
  has been with our Produce Division since 1958,
  Movements and Promotions
  Managerial...

• Award Winners
  29

  Award Winners
  Congratulations to the following colleagues who have
  won awards in the Grocer's Institute Examinations for
  1970.
  MASTER MEMBERS
  R. MILES A/M a t Crawley, now taking over as
  PA to Mr. A. Booth
  Nestle Prize of...

• Retirements
  30

  Retirements
  We send our beat wishes to the following colleagues
  who have just retired.
  Mr. J. H. Alexander was engaged on February
  2,1926, as a Delivery Lad a t 9/11 Croydon. On
  November 9,1925, he was regraded to...

• Obituaries
  34

  Obituaries
  We regret to record the death of the following
  colleagues, and send our sympathy to all relatives.
  Mrs. L. M. Beavis was engaged on July 29, 1969,
  as a Supply Assistant at Bishops Stortford. She
  died on July...