'JS Journal', July 1973
J.S. flotation on the Stock Exchange p.1;
Woolwich branch p.1;
Aberdeen-Angus cattle p.1;
branch openings: Bridgwater, Swindon, Wood Green, Hitchin and Oxford p.1;
Gordon Simmons' Trade Index survey: quality, cleanliness and friendliness p.2;
J.S. red wine p.2;
'sponsor a child'...
J.S. flotation on the Stock Exchange p.1;
Woolwich branch p.1;
Aberdeen-Angus cattle p.1;
branch openings: Bridgwater, Swindon, Wood Green, Hitchin and Oxford p.1;
Gordon Simmons' Trade Index survey: quality, cleanliness and friendliness p.2;
J.S. red wine p.2;
'sponsor a child' holiday (with photograph) p.3;
Common Market scare p.3;
Charlton depot (with photograph) p.3;
Buntingford depot's cheque to Ward Freeman School p.3;
salad p.3;
J.S. Veterans p.5;
senior buyer of the produce department (with photographs) pp.6-7;
fire at Basingstoke depot (with photographs) p.8;
engineers' strike p.8.
- Ref. No: SA/SC/JSJ/27/4
- Format: Publication
- Date: Jul 1973
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 volume
- Access: Open
Table of content
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Contents Page
01
Fire sweeps In at the kill Back to the good old
Basingstoke depot bad old days
Page 8 Pages 6-7 Page 5
Depots halted by New wine 'just Common Market
engineers' strike cropped up5 scare that never was
Page 8 Page 2 Page 3 -
Flotation price values JS at £117m
01
Flotation price values JS at £117m The news members of the
public and employees had
been waiting for broke on
Tuesday July 3 when, at 4.30
in the afternoon, an
announcement went up on
notice boards all over the
company... -
Going public - sorting out the jargon
01
Going public - sorting out the jargon The announcement that
JS was going public brought
a lot of new words, most of
them normally bandied about
only in financial circles, onto
everybody's lips.
Here, for those not... -
Percy is champ again
01
Percy is champ again Percy of Glenfarelas, JS's
prize Aberdeen-Angus bull,
followed his successes at
the Royal Highland Show in
May with top honours at the
Royal Show, on July 3.
Three year old Percy was
judged to be the... -
Plenty of openings
01
Plenty of openings It will be a bumper time
for branch openings in the
four weeks from July 17.
Five branches will be
opened -just falling short of
the 1969 record when six
new branches were opened
between November 11... -
Woolwich entertains prices Minister
ces
01
Woolwich entertains ntertains prices Minister
ces Woolwich branch provisions
manager, John Saunders,
(right) explains how a light
pen works to Mrs Peggy
Fenner, a junior Government
minister, when she visited
Woolwich branch... -
12,000 housewives give JS thumbs up
02
12,000 housewives give JS thumbs up JS come top of the class for
quality and cleanliness. This
is the verdict of 12,000 housewives
surveyed as part of a
regular market research
exercise.
The Gordon Simmons'
Trade Index, to... -
Geneva course for two JS stewards
02
Geneva course for two JS stewards JS Driver Philip Woodham
from Buntingford depot, and
leading warehouseman Roy
Stratton from Basingstoke,
flew to Geneva last month as
members of the first group
of British shop stewards... -
June is No 2 — and gets a tenner
02
June is No 2 — and gets a tenner Nineteen years old June
Pratt, a display assistant at
Harlow, needed lots of
encouragement to enter the
town's first ever 'Miss
Harlow Stores' contest. She
got plenty - from her... -
New wine 'just cropped up'
02
New wine 'just cropped up' 'A full-bodied red wine
with plenty of guts' is how
JS wine buyer Andrew Nunn
describes Beaumes-de-Vehise,
one of two French wines
introduced this month at a
few of the bigger... -
Painters give wall a sparkle
02
Painters give wall a sparkle Les Watson and Grace Spr
paintings at present on exhibit
gthorpe with two of their own
a in the depot's staff canteen. Les Watson and Grace
Springthorpe both agreed
that the newly painted... -
Young Dave leaves to see the world
02
Young Dave leaves to see the world A young JS manager
trainee has given up a promising
career to, as he puts
it, 'seek a challenge'. He is
20 years old David Cousins of
Erdington and at the end of
June he left to go on a... -
Depot cheque helps the kids learn
03
Depot cheque helps the kids learn A cheque for £500 was
presented by Buntingford
depot manager Owen
Thomas to the Ward Freman
School, Buntingford, at a
joint depot committee
meeting held at the depot on
July 6. The cheque,... -
Greenwich festival takes a look at Charlton
03
Greenwich festival takes a look at Charlton Administration officer, Alan
Carney, (right) showing round
some of the 13 members of
the public who visited the
Charlton depot on June 19.
The visit was arranged as
part of the... -
Holiday friendship in black and white
03
Holiday friendship in black and white
' . . . then we explored and
found a ruined church in
some woods . . . then we
built a little fire and then... is
it time to go to the beach
now? . . .' Christine aged
eight (right) and... -
New variety of lettuce on the way
03
New variety of lettuce on the way When the temperature rises
so does the demand for all the
crisp and cool things that go
to make a salad. But, surprisingly,
JS sales over the
year show that the demand
for some salad items,... -
The Common Market scare that never was
03
The Common Market scare that never was A scare that the British
poultry industry - suppliers
of most JS eggs and poultry -
could have been severely
hit by competition from
within the EEC never materialised,
says poultry... -
Appointments
04
Appointments
R Harrison, formerly
deputy manager at High
Wycombe has been appointed
manager at South
Harrow.
J Irestone, formerly
reserve manager at Wandsworth
has been appointed
manager at West Wickham.
L Wright,... -
Letters
04
Letters
The eternal tax question From Mrs V Miller (home
economics, Blackfriars.)
Can someone please
explain why, when you join
the company, the tax
deducted from the first
month's salary is only one
week's contribution?... -
Obituary
04
Obituary
S Dunsworth, was a warehouseman
at Romford from
1964 up to the time of his
sudden death on March 1.
Mrs J Clayton, who had
been a display assistant at
Swiss Cottage since 1966,
died on April 3 following a
lengthy... -
Retirements
04
Retirements
E Broughton, senior skilled
tradesman, Croydon, retired
on January 30 - nearly 50
years' service.
Mrs K Lavvson, chief display
assistant, Central Croydon,
retired on January 30
34 years' service.
J May, senior... -
Back to the good old bad old days
05
Back to the good old bad old days Good food, good wine . . . a chance to meet old friends.
The veterans get together, reported in the last JS Journal,
had all three, so not surprisingly once lunch was over and
the coffee cups... -
In at the kill
06
in at the kill.
. . . that's produce buyer Tony Court's hectic
world with its last minute operations that can
suddenly turn an ordinary produce line into a
promotion. JS Journal's assistant editor, Eddie
Manly, writes of a... -
Cheese store isn't the same after 47 years
08
Cheese store isn't the same
after 47 years 'It's changed beyond all
belief said 71 years old
Mrs Winifred Squires as she
looked around Stamford
House one day last month.
And it's not surprising - for
the last time Mrs... -
Engineers' strike halts depots
08
Engineers' strike
halts depots
The engineers' strike,
which started at Charlton
depot on June 21 and spread
to all other JS depots over
a payment for time when the
men were 'off the clock' due
to a refusal to accept... -
Fire sweeps through Basingstoke depot
08
Fire sweeps through Basingstoke depot
Fire swept through the
packaging store at Basingstoke
depot on June 26
bringing production to a
halt, i t was a miracle noone
was hurt' said lamb
line foreman Tony Gerrard,
one of the...
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