'JS Journal', October 1973

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• Contents Page
  01

  October 1973 It's a Sainsbury shirt
  she's wearing
  page 6
  Stamford Street flooded!
  page 5
  Chocs for the
  sweet-toothed ladies
  page 8
  Bomb scare empties store
  in 41 minutes
  page 8

• Telford team meets the deadline and Sainsbury superstore No. 2 opens on time
  01

  Telford team meets the deadline and Sainsbury
  superstore No. 2 opens on time Telford, JS's second superstore
  and the largest in the
  company, began trading on
  Tuesday October 2 after an
  incredible three week battle
  to open on...

• Blackfriars offices get the planning go ahead
  02

  Blackfriars offices get the planning go ahead Planning approval has just
  been given for JS to convert
  the old pork pie and sausage
  factory at Blackfriars into
  offices and laboratories. JS
  had already had its...

• Brian saves the day during Newbury blaze
  02

  Brian saves the day during Newbury blaze A meat manager's quick
  action protected a JS branch
  from further damage when
  an electrical fault caused a
  fire at Newbury.
  Just after 11 am on September
  6, display assistant
  Mrs...

• Three more stores add another 49,000 square feet to sales area
  02

  Three more stores add another
  49,000 square feet to sales area Telford, of course, with its
  dramatic rush to open on
  time, its size and its exciting
  new products, was bound to
  steal the limelight. But last
  month there were...

• DITB says Salisbury's are tops in training
  03

  DITB says Salisbury's are tops
  in training JS has been named
  amongst the first 34 companies
  to receive a new
  award from the Distributive
  Industry Training Board, for
  operating a staff training
  scheme which meets...

• Every branch to get a new programmed aid to learning
  03

  Every branch to get a new
  programmed aid to learning The latest development in
  branch training comes in the
  shape of a large box containing
  the La Belle Sentinel 16
  Audio Visual Machine shown
  right. This compact,...

• New own label sherry shipped in JS's own vessel
  03

  New own label sherry
  shipped in JS's own vessel Sherry is becoming such a
  popular drink that JS is now
  importing it by the shipload.
  On Tuesday September 4 the
  Dutch coaster Rille Trigon,
  on exclusive charter to...

• Southend outing for the boys from Trueloves
  03

  Southend outing for the
  boys from Trueloves The men from Charlton, Stan Hopkins, Reggie Toop, Ken White, John Callaghan, Danny
  Anderson, and Tim Jennings, load wheelchairs, food - and the boys of Trueloves School! - ready
  for...

• Appointments
  04

  Appointments
  M J Follett formerly in
  research laboratory at Blackfriars,
  has been appointed
  commercial development
  manager in the fresh meat
  department.
  A Lennard, formerly in
  special projects grocery division,
  has been...

• Food chiefs meet PM on prices
  04

  Food chiefs meet PM
  on prices The men who fill the nation's
  shopping baskets leave 10
  Downing Street after nearly
  two hours' hard talking with
  the Prime Minister about food
  prices. The meeting, on September
  19, was between...

• Letters
  04

  Letters
  Open dating
  From Mr C S Lundy
  (Barkingside)
  I was interested in your
  article on open dating. Legislation
  enforcing 'sell by' dating
  without looking at the shelf
  life allowed is of little value to
  the public.
  On...

• News in brief
  04

  News in brief
  Hot meals were off the
  menu for a week at Streatham
  last month while kitchen
  equipment was converted for
  North Sea gas. It was no good
  popping into the local pub
  or cafe either. They too were
  reduced to...

• Obituary
  04

  Obituary
  John Fairman, site engineer
  at Clapham, who joined the
  company in 1946, died on
  September 3.

• One-ton truck rolled onto his foot
  04

  One-ton truck rolled onto his foot
  One of Buntingford warehouseman
  Richard Dent's first
  thoughts, when he joined JS
  last year, was to order safety
  shoes. It was a good buy. In
  April he escaped serious injury
  when a pallet...

• Retirements
  04

  Retirements
  P R (China) Batch, assistant
  manager in purchasing at
  Streatham, retired on September
  21.-44 years' service.
  C W Turner, assistant
  manager Aylesbury, on September
  22 after a total of
  46 years' service. F...

• Stamford street flooded!
  05

  Stamford street flo d!
  . . . It could happen.
  October is traditionally
  the month when
  the Thames, a stone's
  throw away from the
  JS headquarters at
  Blackfriars, has ultra
  high tides. At these
  times it only needs a
  watery...

• It's a SAINSBURY'S shirt she's wearing...
  06

  It's a SAINSBURY'S shirt she's wearing... A Sainsbury's shirt? Unheard of!
  But that's what the man said. JS are now
  officially in the clothing trade.
  The clothes shown here are part of the new
  JS range which went on sale for...

• Bike ride raises over £100
  08

  Bike ride raises over £100 Five-year-old Carl Reedman, son of Buntingford driver Ian
  Reedman, set a hot pace when he took part in a children's
  sponsored cycle ride held at the depot on September 9. Each
  child had a target of...

• Bomb scare empties store in 4 1/2 minutes
  08

  Bomb scare empties store in 41 minutes Winchester Branch, just
  quarter of a mile from the
  courtroom where the defendants
  in the Old Bailey bomb
  plot are being tried, was the
  scene of a dramatic bomb
  scare on Tuesday...

• Chocs for the sweet-toothed ladies who want to lose weight!
  08

  Chocs for the sweet-toothed ladies
  who want to lose weight! 'A choc bar a day makes
  the fat go away' is surely a
  slogan that's hard to believe,
  but that is exactly what 82
  JS ladies are doing to reduce
  their weight...

• Nobby drives to a good place
  08

  Nobby drives to a good place A JS driver got a good
  placing in the finals of
  national driving competition
  held last month. Bob 'Nobby'
  Clarke of Buntingford depot
  came 11th in his class - Class
  C for rigids - out of...

• Wives get help
  08

  Wives get help
  How can we help the
  children? This was the immediate
  response of staff at
  Biackfriars to recent reports
  in the press and on television
  about wife-beating and the
  hardships and suffering this
  caused.
  Mrs Eva...