'JS Journal', November 1973

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November 1973 Stan the safety man
gets top award
page 2
The flag's up at Telford
page 6
Midlanders invade Barry
Island
page 2
JS Journal wine
competition
page 8
It's those abandoned trolleys again—and this time the solution to the problem costs £70,000

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It's those abandoned trolleys again—and this time
the solution to the problem costs £70,000 Equipment costing over
£70,000 will be the latest
weapon in the fight against
abandoned trolleys. JS are to
buy 20 customer...
Majorca trip is off for unlucky SSA members

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Majorca trip is off for unlucky SSA members Staff and relatives who were
looking forward to a four-day
break in Majorca later this
month have been told that the
trip's off. The Sainsbury Staff
Association dropped...
Swiss Cottage is now a gourmet's paradise

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Swiss Cottage is now a gourmet's paradise
A contrast of reactions from
two checkout girls and first
customers as the doors are
opened at the new Swiss
Cottage branch on October 23.
Just along the road from
the old branch in...
A sniff in time to keep the flu at bay

02
A sniff in time to
keep the flu at bay Protection against influenza
is being offered to
JS staff in response to requests
for the 'sniff in time'
vaccine. This year is the
first time that all areas of
JS have been offered...
Midlanders invade Barry Island for an SSA beano

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Midlanders invade Barry Island for an SSA beano Well over 1500 JS folk
from the Midlands made a
brave attempt to try and fill
the vast Butlins Holiday
camp at Barry Island, South
Wales for a weekend at the
end of September -...
Stan the safety man gets top award

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Stan the safety
man gets top award Stan Ramage, depot division
safety manager, has
received an award from the
Association of Supervisory
and Executive Engineers that
has only been won seven
times in over 20 years.
Every...
Wedding belle Brenda

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Wedding belle Brenda
We don't normally publish wedding pictures, but this one is
different. The bride is 23-year-old Brenda Culver (Brenda
Knight up to her marriage on September 29).
Brenda, a typist in the dairy department,...
Hoddesdon starts the long hard slog to fill JS's biggest ever Christmas stocking

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Hoddesdon starts the long hard slog to fill JS's
biggest ever Christmas stocking Right: Supervisor Bill Davis
telephones Hoddesdon from
the temporary warehouse at
Harlow. In the background
is clerk Gus Gospel.
Above: It may...
Stratford - a new JS store with a theatre on its doorstep

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Stratford - a new JS store with a theatre
on its doorstep East-Enders crowded the
doors of 38/40 The Mall,
Stratford on October 9 eager
to be the first to shop at JS's
newest supermarket in East
London.
Manager Harold...
Appointments

04
Appointments
Alan Doy has been
appointed traffic manager at
Buntingford depot. In 1968
he joined Buntingford as a
warehouse supervisor. He
became night manager at
Charlton in 1969 and in
June 1973 was...
Letters: some like it. some don't

04
Letters: some like it. some don't From M J Handscomb
Grocery Division
I really must take issue
with the correspondent
who finds the new JS Journal
no match for its predecessor.
The old publication may
have had its adherents...
Long service

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Long service
Congratulations to the
following employees on
receiving long service awards:
40 years service: D Knight
(Walton); F Speller (Whetstone)
; D A Dyke (Norbury);
L A Webb (Basingstoke
depot); Mrs E M...
Obituary

04
Obituary
Mrs W Shephard, a
cleaner in the laboratory at
Blackfriars since March 1967,
died on October 6.
Miss Francis Brown, a
part-time sales assistant at
South Harrow who joined
the company 17 years ago,
died on October...
Prizes for the top JS slimmers

04
Prizes for the top JS slimmers Choc bar slimmers, JS
ladies taking part in slimming
trials being run by the Mars
Bar people, are doing well in
the losing weight stakes.
And three ladies who have
done especially well...
Retirements

04
Retirements
J E Forsdike, meat
manager at Kilburn, retired
on October 20 after 43 years
service.
The following employees
have also retired; length of
service is shown in brackets:
Miss V Street (20 years)
Mrs G Nixon (12...
News in brief

05
News in brief Staff at Blackfriars, Clapham
and Streatham should
now have received a copy of
the head office opinion survey
questionnaire together with
a stamped addressed envelope.
If you have not
already done so, could...
Now there are two contenders for a seat at Westminster

05
Now there are two
contenders for a
seat at Westminster Want to know the date of
the next general election?
Then ask Charlton depot's
personnel manager Peter
Jones - he's got the date
marked in his diary! For
Peter it will...
The search is on for a tree for '73

05
The search is on for a tree for '73 One Friday in October I
tramped across two miles of
damp Hampshire earth for
Britain; the cause - A Tree
for '73, for which project JS
are more than doing their bit
to help combat Dutch...
The flag's up at Telford!

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The flag's up at Telford! The new Telford superstore, now entering
its fifth week of trading, is beginning to
settle into its own routine after the initial
rush to open on time.
These pictures, taken shortly before,...
Only 61 hygienic days to a germ-free January for the JS health inspectors

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Only 61 hygienic days to a germ-free January
for the JS health inspectors With over 150 supermarkets
to visit before the
end of the year the
senior hygiene officer, John
Dripps and his colleagues
Don Boon and Wendy...
Wine Competition

08
Wine Competition This is it! Your chance to win a virtual cellarful of
eminently drinkable goodies in the JS Journal's first ever
wine competition.
All you have to do is test your knowledge of wine by
answering the questions...

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Image of staff member Leonie Elliott at checkout in 38/40 The Mall, The Stratford Centre, Stratford branch on its opening day

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Photograph taken at the bakery at Telford (1973-1990) branch shortly before opening. This was Sainsbury's first in-store bakery. The photograph is included in 'JS Journal' November 1973 with the caption "the bakery again, with training superintendent Dennis Males (left) and Brian Duddy from quality control, a qualified bakery technician, in action. The reason for so much top brass in this, the newest of new sections, which was only completed on the day before the store opened, is the sheer rush they had to open on time. Faced with a delay in delivery of materials and equipment the training team had to open themselves, and catch up on staff training later". Photograph by Brian Shuel (reference SSB 19 frame 1).

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Image of Telford Town Centre branch: in-store bakery

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Photograph taken at Telford (1973-1990) branch. The photograph is included in 'JS Journal' November 1973 with the caption "this is the JS [Sainsbury's] end of the Telford centre, which will eventually contain a number of smaller shops and function as the main shopping centre for the new City of Telford. Car shopping in the norm here, for the centre has a catchment area over a wide radius, and the JS car park has space for over 1,000 cars". Photograph by Brian Shuel (reference SSB 22 frame [36A]).

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Image of Telford Town Centre branch exterior

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Photograph showing the temporary warehouse at Harlow. The warehouse was a temporary overload depot for Hoddesdon depot for Christmas 1973 (see JS Journal November 1973 page 3 for more information). The picture is featured in JS Journal November 1973.

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Image of staff at Harlow warehouse

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Includes in background manager Stuart Carter and chairman John Davan Sainsbury. Included in 'JS Journal' Nov 1973, p.1. Larger print of an image included in contact sheet SA/BRA/7/H/6/5/2

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Image of checkout staff watching customers entering 177 Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage, Hampstead branch on its opening day

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Photograph taken at the bakery at Telford (1973-1990) branch shortly before opening. This was Sainsbury's first in-store bakery. The photograph is included in 'JS Journal' November 1973 with the caption "the bakery again, with training superintendent Dennis Males (left) and Brian Duddy from quality control, a qualified bakery technician, in action. The reason for so much top brass in this, the newest of new sections, which was only completed on the day before the store opened, is the sheer rush they had to open on time. Faced with a delay in delivery of materials and equipment the training team had to open themselves, and catch up on staff training later". Photograph by Brian Shuel (reference SSB 17 frame 2).

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Image of Telford Town Centre branch: preparing the bakery for opening

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Contact sheet of photographs. Includes chairman John Davan Sainsbury. One image included in 'JS Journal' Nov 1973, p.1

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Images of interior and exterior of 177 Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage, Hampstead branch with staff and customers on its opening day

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Photograph of the Carrefour hypermarket next door to Sainsbury's Telford (1973-1990) branch. The photograph is included in 'JS Journal' November 1973 with the caption "the only other occupant of the Telford centre at present, the Carrefour hypermarket, bigger than the JS store and selling things like televisions and hi-fi equipment, cookers and fridges as well as some food. This is their second hypermarket and the first time they have met any competition in food". Photograph by Brian Shuel (reference SSB 20 frame 31).

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Image of Carrefour hypermarket next door to Sainsbury's store in Telford

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Photograph taken at Telford (1973-1990) branch. The photograph is included in 'JS Journal' November 1973 with the caption "Midlands TV personality Simon Smith interviews customers under the watchful eye of the camera. The interviews will be used in a series of "Sainsburyprobe" advertisements in local newspapers. Housewives interviewed liked the spaciousness, the cleanliness, the clothes and especially the prices at Telford". Photograph by Brian Shuel (reference SSB 22 frame 23A).

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Image of Telford Town Centre branch: interview with customer for "Sainsburyprobe" advertisements

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Photograph showing three senior staff from head office putting up a poster at Telford (1973-1990) branch shortly before opening. The photograph is included in 'JS Journal' November 1973 with the caption "highly qualified hands make sure that the special opening offer to customers is strictly on the level. Mike Conolly, press officer (left), Jim Woods, publicity manager (centre) and chief designer Peter Dixon (right) put up a poster seconds before the store opened its doors. Customers were treated to a free half pound of cheese if they spent over £3". There had been a big rush to get the store opened on time with only three weeks available to prepare the store after construction was completed. Photograph by Brian Shuel (reference SSB 17 frame 21).

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Image of Telford Town Centre branch: Mike Conolly, Jim Woods and Peter Dixon put up a poster

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Photograph of trolley collection vehicle in use in the car park above High Wycombe branch, with Sainsbury's staff loading the vehicle. The image was used in an article in 'JS Journal' November 1973, page 1. The article explains that Sainsbury's were going to purchase twenty of these vehicles to help deal with the problem of abandoned trolleys.

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Image of trolley collection vehicle

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Photograph taken at the in-store bakery at Telford (1973-1990) branch shortly before opening. The photograph is included in 'JS Journal' November 1973 with the caption "the Telford bakery also produces pastries as well as a full range of loaves. In addition, a normal range of wrapped and sliced bread is available in the main body of the shop. Here, quality controller Derek Brownhill, doing a temporary stint in the bakery, puts some pastries fresh from the ovens into a storage rack". As explained in 'JS Journal', the bakery was only completed the day before the opening so it had not been possible to train new staff in time for the opening. This was Sainsbury's first in-store bakery. Photograph by Brian Shuel (reference SSB 18 frame 5).

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Image of Telford Town Centre branch: in-store bakery

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Photograph showing Coventry area general manager Les Wrench and Sainsbury's board director Peter Snow at the bakery at Telford (1973-1990) branch shortly before opening. This was Sainsbury's first in-store bakery. The photograph is included in 'JS Journal' November 1973 with the caption "Director Peter Snow gives a victory sign - or is he ordering two more freshly baked pastries from the bakery? Coventry area general manager Les Wrench, on his right, seems to be enjoying his sampling session too". Photograph by Brian Shuel (reference SSB 16 frame 30).

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Image of Telford Town Centre branch: Les Wrench and Peter Snow at the bakery

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Photograph taken at Telford (1973-1990) branch. The photograph is included in 'JS Journal' November 1973 with the caption "John Pinnick from Blackfriars [Sainsbury's head office] ponders a technical query from a customer at the sock counter, which has been doing a roaring trade from the start". Photograph by Brian Shuel (reference SSB 22 frame 24A).

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Image of Telford Town Centre branch: employee from head office helps customer in clothing department

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Image included in 'JS Journal' November 1973, p.3.

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Image of customers in 38/40 The Mall, The Stratford Centre, Stratford branch on its opening day

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Photograph taken at Telford (1973-1990) branch. The photograph is included in 'JS Journal' November 1973 with the caption "the delicatessen counter, with its distinctive canopy, which is used in a number of areas in the store to give each area an identity of its own without destroying the unity of the whole". Photograph by Brian Shuel (reference SSB 23 frame 2).

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Image of Telford Town Centre branch: delicatessen counter

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