SA/SC/JSJ/28/1 - JS Journal and conference report

'JS Journal', January 1974 and Brighton conference report supplement

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Brighton conference report supplement:
photograph of branch managers (p.1);
Mr J.D. on the J.S. objective, efficiency, customers, wages, training, equipment and hygiene p.1 and p.12;
large increase in store size p.2;
costs, profit, turnover, productivity and administration pp.2-3;
hygiene; contract cleaning, housekeeping, food handling and foreign object control p.3;
reason for Firm's existence: "To serve our customers" p.3; T
he Customer: clean and tidy shop, fresh food well displayed, friendly and efficient staff, complaints, goods in stock, and service at checkouts pp.4-5;
managers taking lead role in personnel affairs pp.8-9;
Focus on Sainsbury's: retail managers (with photographs) p.10; branch security, controlling costs, productivity in store, and supply control p.11;
product development: first in-store bakery, off-licence changes, hardware and textiles p.12

J.S. Journal:
Brighton conference (with photographs) p.1-2;
introduction of frozen food centres (with illustration) p.1;
Miss J.S. contest (with photograph) p.3;
trial 'shop' at Buntingford (with photograph) p.3;
fair trading (with photograph) p.3;
children's Christmas party at Chatham (with photograph) p.4;
growth in home freezer market (with photograph) p.5;
South Harrow branch SSA's [Sainsbury's Staff Association] annual general meeting and dance (with photographs) p.5;
pensions (with photographs) pp.6-7;
resources shortages and rail go-slow (with photograph) p.8;
spices and seasonings (with photograph) p.8

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Contents Page

01
Page 3
Damaged goods go on
sale at depot
Page 3
Government watchdog
visits branch
Page 6
New pension schemes
for old
Page 8
Spices are hot stuff
for JS
JS to open frozen food centres - plans are well under way

01
JS to open frozen food centres - plans are well under way This artist's impression, drawn by the JS design studio, shows
how the new Sainsbury Freezer Centres could look. The sign is
in white lettering on a background of two...
Store's future depends on manager's ability delegates told at Brighton 74

01
Store's future depends on manager's ability
delegates told at Brighton 74 'It's up to you' was the
theme of chairman John
Sainsbury's opening speech
at Brighton 74 - the JS
retail managers' bi-annual
conference on January...
News in brief

02
News in brief
You can't be too careful
these days, so when a small
neatly wrapped, but unmarked,
packet arrived at
Stamford House recently it
was given the kid gloves
treatment. Careful and expert
examination indicated it...
Carol's figures add up to a won!

03
Carol's figures add up to a won! A young lady who has a
head for figures is Carole
Lee. Not only for her work
- she's a debit checker in
operations at Buntingford -
but for more tangible things.
For instance, her own...
Dented tins are some of the goods in a trial 'shop' at Buntingford

03
Dented tins are some of the goods in a
trial 'shop' at Buntingford To stop JS own label goods
occasionally being sold elsewhere
than in JS branches,
a depot has worked out a
scheme to sell the goods,
damaged and returned...
Fair trading watchdog takes a close look at JS

03
Fair trading watchdog takes a close look at JS John Methven (right), director-general of fair trading, stops to ask meat manager Jack Bardrick
a question when he visited the Woolwich branch on January 8. Giving JS a brief,...
Appointments

04
Appointments
P Benjamin, formerly area
training officer at Romford,
has been appointed area
staff development officer at
Ealing.
P Boam, formerly a surveyor
in the estates office,
has been appointed a senior
surveyor.
AR...
Chatham clowns make the kids laugh

04
Chatham clowns make the kids laugh You might expect that to
have a tea party in a village
square at this time of year
would be a pretty cold
affair. But this is just what
100 children did at Chatham
on December 16 - only...
Letters: Jobbo

04
Letters: Jobbo From Maurice Wells, personnel
manager, Streatham.
Congratulations on the
Jobbo competition which
featured in the Christmas
issue of the Journal.
It proved to be a fascinating
test of skill, luck and
physical...
Long service

04
Long service
Congratulations to the
following employees on receiving
long service awards:
40 years
AE Ratcliffe (Tonbridge);
MW Robinson (Clapham);
FA Ball (Debden); CV
Laming (Basingstoke depot);
AE Kettley (SSA);...
Obituary

04
Obituary
Mavis Cave, a cashier at
Nuneaton, died on December
19.
Mrs Annie Longman, a part-time supply assistant at
Reading, died December 22.
Joseph Lucas, a store
serviceman at Nuneaton, died
December 1.
Mrs Winifred...
Retirements

04
Retirements
E Locke, a warehouseman
at 31 Eastbourne, retired on
December 29, after 28 years'
service.
The following employees
have also retired; length of
service is shown in brackets:
Miss AM Davies (16 years);
Frances...
The pet food idea that changed JS

04
The pet food idea that changed JS T was shown the door
when I first suggested it.'
That's how C W 'Jerry'
Grindley recollects what
happened when he put forward
the idea of selling pet
food. But when it became a
reality a...
Douglas' trophy is a bright spot for packaging

05
Douglas' trophy is a bright spot for packaging A bright spot at the
Blackfriars labs is Douglas
Radlett's golden Tudor
Trophy presented to him by
the Institute of Packaging.
Every year the trophy, a
gift from the publishers...
Freezer market hots up: a background to the new food trend

05
Freezer market hots up: a background to the new food trend The growth in the home
freezer market has certainly
been impressive. It is estimated
that sales of freezer
units in 1973 topped 700,000,
bringing the number...
Keith gets a baby while others just get 'nosey'

05
Keith gets a baby while others just get 'nosey' Highlight of Bishop
Stortford's annual dance,
on January 12, was the news
that during the evening
butcher Keith Norris became
a father. Although his wife
Valerie was already in...
Pensions: new schemes for old

06
Pensions: new schemes for old Since the State first helped the elderly 400 years ago benefits
have been gradually improved. In this article company secretary
Stuart Parker reviews the latest laws on pensions due to come
into...
As nice as spice - and it sells well too

08
As nice as spice - and it sells well too Over 40 tons of JS curry
powder were sold last year,
about four times as much as
in 1960. A warming thought
during these cold, dark days
of winter.
Curry powder is however
only a...
Enough of the gloom: let's take a more 'light' hearted look at the crisis

08
Enough of the gloom: let's take a more 'light' hearted
look at the crisis A report by Phyllis Lane
from the land of Tilley
lamps and roll neck
sweaters.
When I walk down Clapham
High Street on a working
morning, the lights...