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  • Eight men on the move 01

    Eight men on the move Dennis Males Eddie Ricketts
    John Pinnick LesSelf
    Ray Champion Gary Green Chas Stevens Derek Salisbury NEWS of a bumper crop of appointments got the
    month of June off to a flying start.
    Dennis Males, area...

  • Contents Page 02

    Proceed to page 12 immediately!
    Pages 2-7, 23-24
    General news
    Pages 8-17
    Features
    Pages 18-19
    Letters
    Pages 20-22
    People

  • New Bexhill steps up the pace 02

    New Bexhill steps up the pace
    NOT a customer in sight and only
    half-an-hour to go before JS's new
    supermarket at Bexhill was due to open
    on June 8, didn't look at all promising.
    But by the time director Peter Snow
    and branch...

  • Outmoded but full of memories 03

    Outmoded but full of memories WHEN the branch at 62 Devonshire
    Road, Bexhill, closed on June 5, its
    demise was met with mixed reactions.
    Bob Smith, shop serviceman, who's
    worked there since May 1937, said 'I'm
    not sorry the...

  • Horsham starts trading good and early 04

    Horsham starts trading good and early
    THE DAWN CHORUS still ringing in her
    ears, Mrs Mary Langley set off on her
    bicycle to be the first customer at JS's
    new supermarket, in the Swan Walk
    development at Horsham, when...

  • More flabtastic savings! 05

    More flabtastic savings!
    REDUCING the kilowatts rather than the
    calories was the aim of a 'fight the flab'
    campaign at JS's Kings Heath branch,
    in Birmingham.
    The slogan 'fight the flab'—flab
    standing for fuel, light and...

  • Moves to give our pay the personal touch 05

    Moves to give our pay the personal touch PAY QUERIES will be a lot easier to sort
    out in future as a result of a major
    rethink of the company's payroll
    procedures.
    At present there are three separate
    payroll programmes, one...

  • 'Use sense and save pence' says Kim 05

    'Use sense and save pence' says Kim
    HAVING the Midlands Electricity Board
    office next door certainly didn't inhibit
    staff at JS's West Bromwich store, when
    they decided to organise an all-out 'Save
    It' energy campaign.
    A...

  • End-of-year news travels fast 06

    End-of-year news travels fast
    WITHIN MINUTES of the official release
    of JS's year-end results to the Stock
    Exchange, on Wednesday, May 5, the
    news was being communicated to staff
    throughout the company. Within 24
    hours every...

  • Five-a-side footers' Sunday knock-out 06

    Five-a-side footers' Sunday knock-out
    SUNDAY footballers had a good day on
    May 23 at a five-a-side tournament,
    organised by Brian Tomkins (SSA
    secretary at Basingstoke depot) and
    held at the Basingstoke sports centre.
    Eight...

  • High standards impress MP 06

    High standards impress MP
    VIP VISITORS to the Basingstoke depot on May 21 were the town's MP David
    Mitchell, and his wife. After being shown around the depot by the manager Alan
    Mathias (right), Mr Mitchell said 'I was...

  • Thieves with money to burn 06

    Thieves with money to burn
    HOT MONEY was found by the office staff
    at Muswell Hill branch when they
    arrived for work on Saturday May 15.
    In an attempt to cut open the branch
    safe with oxy-acetylene cutting equipment
    some...

  • Training puts deputies on course 07

    Training puts deputies on course
    'NEWLY APPOINTED deputy managers
    have had little opportunity, under
    modern trading conditions, to study the
    role of deputy manager before appointment.
    This course is to make them...

  • Chocs away! 08

    Chocs away!
    From the pleasure of the rich to the sticky delight of
    almost any small boy, from the 16th century love
    potion to the 20th century bedtime drink, from the
    Aztec cooking-pot to the highly automated factory of
    today...

  • Derek takes to the bottle! 11

    Derek takes to the bottle!
    HAPPINESS to Derek Crago is donning a
    pair of old boots, arming himself with a
    spade and going digging in the countryside.
    But unlike others in the country for
    whom digging means cultivating,...

  • Welcome back! 12

    Welcome back! TROLLEY LOSSES have been wiped out or dramatically
    reduced at 57 branches, who were previously top of the
    JS lost trolley league table. This commendable turnabout
    is the result of the concerted efforts of staff...

  • Broad Marsh makes a spectacle of itself 16

    Broad Marsh makes a spectacle of itself
    THE BROAD MARSH SPECTACULAR was just
    that—a spectacular week-long promotion
    by the Broad Marsh shopping
    centre in Nottingham. It is thought that
    this was the first time that a whole...

  • JS jam heads hell-for-leather for America 17

    JS jam heads hell-for-leather for America
    ^ R M a r Redactor
    Quartermaster
    Douglas Cocks DOUGLAS COCKS knows more about the
    Brendan voyage to North America in a
    leather boat than most people. He has
    met the Brendan's...

  • Your letters 18

    Your letters
    Letters are welcome and should be
    addressed to the editor. Don't forget
    you can dictate one by using the
    Journal's phone-in service on
    Blackfriars extension 2363 PO logic
    From: Wilf Marsden, dairy buying
    All...

  • Sunshine smile 19

    Sunshine smile
    LAZING during a sunny lunchtime is 19-year-old Glenda
    Lmms—reminding us all it's summertime.
    Glenda, a secretary in the distribution department at
    Blackfriars, has been with JS for 15 months. 'It's
    been a...

  • Appointments 20

    Appointments
    D Carey, formerly manager of Wandsworth,
    has been appointed manager of
    East Grinstead.
    D P Collis, formerly manager of
    Kenton, has been appointed manager of
    Chesham.
    F Cowey, formerly manager of
    Chesham, has...

  • Long Service 20

    Long Service
    Wally Butler, assistant meat manager at
    Sidney Street, Cambridge, celebrated 40
    years' service with the company in May.
    The job of poultryman at Cambridge
    was Mr Butler's first position with JS.
    He worked at...

  • Obituary 20

    Obituary
    Brian Dulieu, a clerk in the perishables
    accounts department at Streatham, died
    on March 17 after having a heart
    attack. He had worked with the company
    for 16 years.
    Mr Dulieu leaves a wife.

  • Retirements 20

    Retirements
    Frank Gillam, manager at Hove branch,
    retired on May 22 after being with JS
    for 44 years.
    Mr Gillam started at 14 Hove branch
    and also worked in Brighton, Portslade
    and Seaford. He was appointed manager
    of...

  • Stan's been 'in the money' for thirty-five years 21

    Stan's been 'in the money' for thirty-five years
    AFTER 35 years service with JS, 14 of
    which have been as the familiar face
    behind the chief cashiers desk at
    Blackfriars, Stan Pitt retired on May 28.
    Starting his working life...

  • Ashford phone gets Stoned 22

    Ashford phone gets Stoned
    A MISPRINT in Sounds, the weekly rock
    magazine, gave Ashford branch a frantic
    day on May 19.
    Sounds gave a phone number where,
    they said, tickets for the Rolling Stones'
    sellout tour may be...

  • Fifty year cycle ends for John 22

    Fifty year cycle ends for John
    TWELVE MONTHS short of notching up 50
    years with JS, John 'Wakey' Wakeling
    retired on May 8 as a warehouseman at
    Kenton.
    He was introduced to the company by
    his brother George who retired...

  • Lad with a knack for scoring goals 22

    Lad with a knack for scoring goals
    FOUR TIMES around the block most
    nights (about six miles) and a game with
    some of the lads from the branch on
    Sunday, is how 20-year-old Michael
    Smith keeps in trim for his first...

  • Stephen gets a golden handshake from the Duke 23

    Stephen gets a golden handshake from the Duke
    TREKKING the Brecon Beacons and
    undertaking community service were
    just some of the activities that landed
    Stephen Holley at Buckingham Palace
    to receive his Duke of...

  • We also heard . . . a blessed release 23

    We also heard . . . a blessed release
    HOLY ORDERS were received by Irene
    Geoghegan, branch personnel officer at
    JS's Balham branch, when she was
    handed a letter addressed to 'The Priest
    in Charge, Sainsbury's Hostel'....

  • An up-dated look at what's in store at JS 24

    An up-dated look at what's in store at JS
    Opening Prog
    Horsham
    Bexhili
    Sittingbourne
    Maidstone
    Broadfield
    (Crawley)
    Cwmbran
    Worcester
    Exeter
    Poole
    •amme to end of 1976
    Supermarket in new town centre
    development...

  • Bromley's in fine feathers . . . 24

    Bromley's in fine feathers . . .
    Top spot in the Ravensbourne League
    was the first honour in the three-year
    history of the Imperial badminton club,
    whose players all come from Bromley
    area and head office. Our picture...

  • Last word on . . . 24

    Last word on . . .
    'I don't mind fetching the supplies, but I
    object to taking the trolley back to the
    supermarket.'