'JS Journal', March 1973

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• Contents Page
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  Contents/168
  2 JS Journal
  7 Parties
  8 Corby
  10 Golden Wedding
  11 Uganda
  12 Wine
  16 Food
  22 Basingstoke
  24 Cambridge
  28 RSA
  30 VAT
  31 Two Retirements
  32 Kings Reach
  42 Eggs
  50 Stamford Hill
  52 Stamford Group
  54...

• JS Journal
  02

  The Journal is dead long
  live
  the
  Journal!
  A new-look
  JS JournalWill appear
  in May, with new
  features, new ideals and
  a new editor. Before this
  old-style model is
  consigned forever to
  the dustbins of history,
  Brian...

• Parties
  07

  There are usually dozens of parties at this time of year and no doubt this
  year there were as many as ever. However, only four parcels of pictures have
  arrived in our " i n " tray so here is one from each. They are from the...

• Corby
  08

  Corby At the 1931 census, Corby was a
  village of 1,596 souls. True, it was
  at the centre of the Northamptonshire
  ironstone field, but the area was
  mainly agricultural and the one blast
  furnace employed very few people.
  In...

• Action Replay
  10

  Action Replay
  Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Jones (above)
  celebrated their diamond wedding
  recently assisted, again, by the same
  three ladies who were their
  bridesmaids sixty years ago. Which
  must be something of a record.
  Mr. Jones...

• Good food costs less at Sainsburys
  10

  Good food costs less at Sainsburys
  Dear Sir,
  I have just returned from a Cosmos
  tour of the European Continent.
  I must tell you of an incident that
  will interest you.
  At the Czechoslovakia border we
  stopped for the usual...

• Good houses cost more near Sainsburys
  10

  Good houses cost more near Sainsburys
  WORCESTER PARK
  NORTH CHEAM
  Near SaJnsburys, this .super
  c/htd semi-detached residence,
  up-to-date kitchen, plus loggia,
  3 bedrooms, bathroom,
  sep w.c. garage. lOOft garden.
  £14,750...

• Uganda
  11

  Uganda
  Not long ago there were 45 000
  Asians in Uganda and now there are
  none. At least this particular purge
  turned out to be, more or less,
  bloodless, which is something to be
  thankful for. Still, not many of us
  would...

• Wine
  12

  Wine
  Ron Perry, JS Wine Buyer, advises
  which too many people find difficult.
  a simple subject About the only advantage of being virtually a
  non-producing country, is that we have a far
  greater freedom of choice in the wines...

• Food
  16

  Food
  Some dishes cooked with wine
  (and other things)
  As Paul Gallico has pointed out, "the only
  difference between cooking with wine and not
  cooking with wine is that you pour some wine in"
  Many cooks think that using wine...

• Basingstoke
  22

  Grace Springthorpe describes a couple of lively
  fund-raising occasions at the depot. 'A September Eruption "was the name given
  to the fund-raising efforts made by Basingstoke
  Depot during the month of September to
  raise money...

• Cambridge
  24

  Cambridge
  Peter Ireson,
  Public Relations
  Manager, reports
  on the Seminar,
  Retail Store Location
  in the Seventies.
  Where are supermarkets going to be
  built in the future ? For some time now
  Sainsbury's have argued that...

• RSA
  28

  RSA
  On January 17 the Chairman,
  Mr. J. D. Sainsbury, spoke on
  "Food Shopping" to the Royal
  Society of Arts. Much of his long
  and interesting paper dealt with
  the history of food retailing with
  particular reference,...

• Seventieth Anniversary
  30

  Seventieth Anniversary
  Queen Victoria died in 1901 and the Boer War ended in 1902.
  Mr. R. J . Clifton, though only 18, fought in that war.
  Soon after it was over he came home and, on Christmas Day,
  was married. It was not...

• The VATman cometh
  30

  The VATman cometh
  We allknow that this newtax "VA T"
  Means tax on this and tax on that.
  So Ron's been looking at this tax.
  And came up with some funny facts.
  Living costs could change a lot—
  They'll zero-rate your burial...

• Two Retirements
  31

  Two Retirements
  Mr. N. Hayes (top picture) retired in November
  and a formidable phalanx of Area General
  Managers, District Managers and their wives
  were at the Lucullas Suite, in the City, to give
  him a great farewell party....

• Kings Reach
  32

  Kings Reach
  Mr. C. W. Burdsey, JS Property Director,
  explains exactly what is going on
  on the site next to Stamford House The Kings Reach Building Contract started
  over eighteen months ago and now the
  buildings on the site...

• Eggs
  42

  Eggs
  Ernie Green, JS Egg Buyer, outlines the background to
  Mr. Frank Sainsbury's, then JS, and now
  Sainsbury-Spiller's East Anglian Egg operations. J.S. have been buying eggs from
  E. Anglia farmers for over 50 years.
  Mr....

• Stamford Hill
  50

  Stamford
  Hill
  Stamford Hill branch opened on
  October 17. It is a fair sized branch of
  13,000 sq. ft., L-shaped with
  15 checkouts divided between the
  two extremities. Manager (top) is
  Fred Kalb, who was at...

• Stamford Group
  52

  Stamford Group
  Desmond FitzGerald writes about a worthwhile project
  recently started at Blackfriars. Most people agree that one of the main causes
  of juvenile delinquency is lack of youth groups
  and clubs with suitable...

• King's Lynn
  54

  King's Lynn
  JS made their debut in King's Lynn
  on November 14. Though we have
  had connections with the town,
  which is at the centre of a large
  produce growing area, we have not
  had a branch there before.
  The branch is...

• Japan
  58

  Japan
  Marian Slator reports on her honeymoon in Japan,
  part of the spoils of becoming Miss Office World. Earlier this year we told you how Marian Smith
  had won the Miss Office World Contest. Since
  then she has had to work for...

• Chairmobile
  62

  Chairmobile
  Shopping has always been a terrible
  problem for the disabled. With
  sticks, they cannot carry a basket; a
  wheelchair is too awkward. So usually
  they have to rely on the help of others.
  Now a new invention makes...

• Watford
  64

  Watford Our new Watford branch opened on
  November 28. It is a large one of
  15,300 sq. ft. and trade is already so
  good, especially late on Thursday
  and Friday evenings that an extra one
  has been added to the original
  20...

• Movements and Promotions
  66

  Movements and Promotions
  Managerial Appointments
  P. PARKER
  D. HINTON
  J . HEBBERD
  L. SKELLON
  J . WATERS
  From Reserve Manager
  Wandsworth to t h e Management
  of Chelsea from September 11, 1972.
  From Deputy Manager...

• Long Service
  67

  Long Service
  Congratulations to the following colleagues who have
  completed long service with the firm.
  40 Years' Service
  G. p. ARMSTRONG Manager, Chelmsford.
  F. W. GILLAM
  M. A. EATON
  S. W. PFEIL
  W. H. LEANEY
  W. T....

• Retirements
  67

  Retirements
  We send our best wishes to the following
  colleagues who have just retired.
  Mr. S. R. Brown Joined the Company from
  H. J. Heinz in 1949 as head of the Stores Buying
  Department. At that time, supplies of most...

• Obituaries
  71

  Obituaries
  We regret to record the death of the following
  colleagues, and send our sympathies to all relatives.
  Mr. W. J. Bushnell, who retired from his
  position of Senior Warehouseman at Putney on
  December 28, 1970, after 50...