'JS Journal', September 1973
- Ref. No: SA/SC/JSJ/27/6
- Format: Publication
- Date: Sep 1973
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 volume
- Access: Open
Table of content
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Baby cradles beat the babysnatchers as more supermarkets follow the JS lead
01
Baby cradles beat the babysnatchers
as more supermarkets follow the JS lead For two weeks it seemed as if the whole world was looking
sternly at the food retailing industry and saying, 'What are you
doing about baby-snatchers?'... -
Contents Page
01
September 1973 Mystery trio holds the secret
of new Vermouth
page 3
Take a blank wall some
concrete and . . .
page 8
Basingstoke driver's lucky
escape
page 3
Fridge men keep their cool
in summer
page 4 -
Joe gets gonged with a difference
02
Joe gets gonged with a difference Joe Newman has never
been stopped by the police
for a traffic offence in the
24 years he's been driving
JS vehicles. So, when an
unmarked police car, with
its siren in full blast,... -
JS brew a stronger, better bitter
02
JS brew a stronger, better bitter Beer fans will be delighted
to know that a new, stronger,
tastier JS beer is now in all
JS off-licence branches. It is
JS Extra Strong Pale Ale,
which beer and spirits buyer,
Philip Baxter,... -
New hardware venture shoots off to a good start
02
New hardware venture shoots off to a good start Hardware is going well.
This fact emerged after the
new lines - totalling 150 -
had been on sale for two
weeks at Bretton.
CW 'Jerry' Grindley,
departmental director of... -
Princess Wendy wins two competitions
02
Princess Wendy wins two competitions It's like being a different
person! That's how Wendy
Tannahill describes entering
beauty contests. She should
know for this shapely Shirley
cashier has just entered two
while on holiday -... -
Basingstoke driver has a lucky escape in fatal crash
03
Basingstoke driver has a lucky escape in fatal crash
Driver Ronnie Osborne
from Basingstoke depot had
lucky escape when his
lorry, loaded with 20 tons of
goods, collided head on with
six-ton security bullion van
near... -
Big clean up for HQ phones
03
Big clean up for HQ phones An experimental scheme
to clean and disinfect telephones
at Blackfriars, Clapham
and Streatham starts
this month in response to
numerous requests for
cleaner telephone equipment.
Blackfriars... -
It's softly softly after residents complain about music
03
It's softly softly after residents complain about music Music will in future be soft
and low during the night
shift at Buntingford depot
after people living in nearby
London Road complained
about the level of noise
from the... -
JS housekeeper's cakes sweep the board at the Southampton show
03
JS housekeeper's cakes sweep
the board at the Southampton show A JS housekeeper has won
eleven prizes for her cookeryyet
until a few years ago she
couldn't cook! Mrs Mary
Dobson, the housekeeper at
Bitterne, competed with... -
Mystery trio holds secret of latest JS Vermouth
03
Mystery trio holds secret of latest JS Vermouth Over 20 Alpine herbs,
infused in a light, fresh wine
to a recipe known to only
three producers is the secret
of the fine delicate flavour of
JS's Chambery Vermouth,
introduced... -
New store has a ruin in its past
03
New store has a ruin in its past The new Oxford store,
complete with a mediaeval
ruin in the basement, opened
on Tuesday, August 7th.
The 1207 square metre
(13,000 square feet) branch
replaces the 63 year-old
counter... -
Open dating leads to a labelling revolution
03
Open dating leads to
a labelling revolution Marking certain foods with
the date they should be sold
by is likely to become law
in 1973.
Well ahead of any possible
legislation, JS is switching to
an open dating system... -
Fridge men keep their cool as the summer sets a sizzling pace
04
Fridge men keep their cool as the summer
sets a sizzling pace 'At this time of year we
are kept so busy our feet
hardly touch the ground'
says Ron Thomas of his job
as one of JS's branch refrigeration
service... -
News in brief
04
News in brief A cheque for £100 was
given to Millfield School by
Buntingford depot towards
the cost of a minibus. Many
of the pupils, aged between
five and nine years, are the
children of people who work
at the depot.... -
Appointments
05
Appointments
C J Baker, formerly
scheduling and development
section leader, has been
appointed planning and
development manager,
branch productivity.
S J Biddlecombe, formerly
operations section leader, has
been appointed... -
Buntingford's August spectacular gives the depot a day to remember
05
Buntingford's August spectacular gives the depot
a day to remember Brilliant blue skies and
bright yellow cornfields provided
a perfect backdrop to
Buntingford depot's SSA Gala
Day on Saturday, August 25.
It was the first... -
Letters
05
Letters
Gristly bangers
From Anthony Gayfer
{engineer's costing)
I would suggest that the
primary reason for the fall-off
in sales of JS sausages
(Gordon Simmon's Index as
reported in July) is decline
in quality.
When I... -
Obituary
05
Obituary
A G Fry, shipping manager
at depot division Blackfriars,
who had worked for the
company since 1952, died
on August 7. -
Retirements
05
Retirements
R E Gregory, district manager,
Bromley area, retired
on July 7 - 4 4 years'
service.
J V Spragg, formerly district
manager, Romford
area, retired on August 24 -
36 years' service.
H S Follet, branch... -
what's it like on it's feet...
06
what's it like on itt feet ... how is it slaughtered,
dressed and refrigerated?
These are things the fresh
meat department want
to know about the beef
and lamb they buy for JS.
In this article, the second
in a series on... -
Take one blank wall, some concrete, and...
08
Take one blank wall, some concrete, and... Without song nor story - was what the famous American
architect Frank Lloyd Wright thought about concrete. But the
concrete mural unveiled at the new Hitchin branch on August 6
proves...
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