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  • Here's to a jubilant New Year 01

    Here's to a jubilant New Year
    This issue/Charlton close-up: first of a new series/All the winners: see back page On the cover we toast the New
    Year in with style. The goblets
    are from JS's new Silver Jubilee
    range of hardware...

  • A record Christmas 02

    A record Christmas
    'CONGRATULATIONS on a record
    trading performance this Christmas' was
    the message to staff from chairman John
    Sainsbury at the close of the company's
    most successful and hectic trading period
    to...

  • Contents Page 02

    Pages 1-1-1
    General news
    Pages 12-17, 22-23
    Features
    Pages 18-19
    Letters
    Pages 20-21
    People
    Page 24
    Competition results

  • Family heirlooms in the making 02

    Family heirlooms in the making
    JUBILEE mugs will be on the shelves of
    nearly 60 JS stores by the end of January.
    And Jubilee goblets will be sold in boxes of
    two in selected larger supermarkets.
    In the photograph (from left...

  • Money well spent 03

    Money well spent
    A RAFFLE organized by the Stamford
    Group at Christmas, helped to raise
    £95.30. The money is to be used to buy
    toys and equipment for a number of
    children's homes in London and the
    Home Counties. The homes...

  • SavaCentre takes shape 03

    SavaCentre takes shape
    The site at Washington as seen from the roof of the existing shopping centre. Soon this steel framework will become the hard goods store
    and public restaurant of the new SavaCentre. Appalling weather...

  • Subsidy cuts raise dairy prices 03

    Subsidy cuts raise dairy prices
    BUTTER AND CHEESE went up in
    price on December 28 as part of the
    Government's plan to phase out food
    subsidies by the beginning of 1978.
    Since January last year (1976) the price
    of butter and...

  • 'Tomorrow's World' is today's theme 03

    'Tomorrow's World' is today's theme
    JS SUPERMARKET MANAGERS will
    meet each other en masse for the first time
    in three years at 'Tomorrow's World', the
    JS retail management conference on January
    24 at the Inter-Continental...

  • All is safely gathered in . . . 04

    All is safely gathered in . . .
    Rural five-bar gates are a bit of a rarity at JS stores. But not at Blackpole, Worcester where
    there are two of them—protecting the store's Plessey trolleys.
    The gates were put up before the...

  • Brazil's priceless jumping beans 04

    Brazil's priceless jumping beans
    THERE MAY BE an awful lot of coffee in
    Brazil, but housewives in Britain are finding
    it comes at a price in their local
    supermarkets. At the time of writing an
    8oz packet of own label instant...

  • Pensions—which do you want? 04

    Pensions—which do you want?
    A PENSIONS HOT LINE is now open
    for everyone at JS to air their views about
    which pension scheme the company
    should opt for.
    In the Christmas issue the Journal outlined
    the alternatives open to...

  • Penny on the pinta 05

    Penny on the pinta
    MILK went up by a penny a pint on
    Sunday, January 2. This means that a
    pinta at JS now costs 1 Up.
    The increase is said to be one of the ways
    the Government hopes to keep within the
    country's total...

  • SuperShopper gets in the top ten 05

    SuperShopper gets in the top ten JS'S SUPERSHOPPER AD has been
    picked as one of the top ten advertisements
    to appear in the Daily Mirror
    during September last year.
    The Daily Mirror asked Peter Marsh,
    chairman and chief...

  • The curse of Tottenham's chief cashier 05

    The curse of Tottenham's chief cashier
    A CHIEF CASHIER'S lot is not a happy
    one—that seems to be the theme of the
    cartoon depicting Eileen O'Donovan
    (chief cashier at JS's Tottenham branch)
    taking rear-unguarded action when...

  • Paul carves out a name for himself 06

    Paul carves out a name for himself
    ASK PAUL NEWTON anything about
    New Zealand and its lamb and he'll
    provide the answer in double quick time.
    For they were two of the subjects that
    Paul, a 19-year-old senior skilled...

  • Unexpected snowstorms delay distribution 06

    Unexpected snowstorms delay distribution
    FREAK SNOWSTORMS gave JS's distribution
    division a few nasty moments on
    January 13. The Midlands and the West
    Country were the worst hit.
    Basingstoke depot was advised by the
    police...

  • Haverhill's new store gets off the ground 07

    Haverhill's new store gets off the ground
    HAVERHILL in Suffolk is another step
    nearer to getting its first JS supermarket.
    The contract to build the new £434,000
    store has been given to Rattee and Kett
    of Cambridge, a member...

  • JS motor oil—it's in the can! 07

    JS motor oil—it's in the can!
    MULTIGRADE MOTOR OIL is the latest addition to the JS car care range. It goes on
    sale for the first time at the beginning of February and will be stocked by all JS stores with
    car care...

  • Taking the bread from whose mouth? 07

    Taking the bread from whose mouth?
    WHERE THE BREAD DISPUTE is
    heading is anybody's guess. At the time of
    writing it rumbles on, with JS in the
    unique position of being denied supplies
    ofown label loaves in some stores...

  • Camberley extends a friendly hand 08

    Camberley extends a friendly hand
    HAPPINESS to staff at JS's Camberley
    branch is being a part of its active and
    lively SSA group. And they don't just
    enjoy themselves, they bring enjoyment to
    others too—like the 26...

  • A new focus on personnel responsibility 09

    A new focus on personnel responsibility
    'OUR NEW PERSONNEL and payroll
    system really does bring the branch manager
    fully into focus as the man responsible
    for his staff.'
    That's the verdict of Jim Perry, personnel
    manager...

  • We also heard... forty years' luncheon 09

    We also heard... forty years' luncheon
    EVERYONE who completes 40 years'
    service with JS during 1977 will be invited,
    with their husbands and wives, to join the
    directors at a luncheon at Stamford
    House, in January next year....

  • JS gives generously to Jubilee fund 10

    JS gives generously to Jubilee fund
    IT'S SILVER JUBILEE YEAR and at JS
    it's got off to a good start with a central
    donation from the company of £50,000 to
    the Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal. (The
    appeal, under the...

  • JS Traders Club packs 'em in! 10

    JS Traders Club packs 'em in!
    STANDING ROOM ONLY at
    Sainsbury's Traders Club meeting on
    January 10. The big attraction, the three
    men on the speaker's platform—
    chairman John Sainsbury, departmental
    director of non-foods...

  • Miss JS is a sell-out! 10

    Miss JS is a sell-out!
    IF YOU ARE THINKING of going to
    the Miss JS finals at the West Centre Hotel
    on February 26 but haven't purchased
    your ticket yet—forget it! All 1,000 tickets
    have been sold for this annual...

  • Stan's third prize means drinks all round 10

    Stan's third prize means drinks all round
    STAN BROWN is retiring this year, after
    42 years with JS. 'We're going to have a
    little retiring party when I go' he says, 'and
    that's why I thought I'd have a go at the
    Journal's...

  • Such is the price of a household name... 10

    Such is the price of a household name...
    Evening Standard, Jan. 11, '77
    WHEN THIS CARTOON appeared in
    the Evening Standard, Richard Gaunt,
    deputy public relations manager at JS, rang
    Jak the cartoonist and made him an...

  • Don't delay-send for yours today 11

    Don't delay-send for yours today
    KEEP your copies of the JS Journal safe under plain covers
    by sending for a smart red and gold binder. The binder
    holds a year's issue of the Journal and you can get one from
    our office at...

  • The skill of knowing which slip is showing! 11

    The skill of knowing which slip is showing!
    With just some of the millions of channel information slips are (from left) Joan Clark, Elaine Morris and Cathy Fernandes. MORE THAN THREE MILLION
    channel information slips for more...

  • Charlton close-up 12

    First in a new series
    At regular intervals during the year the JS Journal will be asking
    different people (not necessarily with JS) to take a personal look
    at some aspect of the company in close-up. To get things off to...

  • Bexhill helps lay it on the line 17

    Bexhill helps lay it on the line
    The forecourt of JS's branch at Bexhill was put to good use over Christmas. A till roll was
    rolled out and shoppers were encouraged to place lOp on it to help towards a talking
    newspaper for...

  • How the poor can feed the hungry 17

    How the poor can feed the hungry
    FEELING POOR after Christmas?
    Here's a cheap dish for using up leftovers
    compiled by JS's home economics department.
    It's perfect for those days when the
    cupboard is bare, except for a couple...

  • If you want to read all about it... 17

    If you want to read all about it...
    THERE ARE EIGHT MILLION stories
    (at least) waiting to be told about life and
    times at JS—and we (the JS Journal
    reporting team) want to be able to give you
    (our readers) news of all of...

  • Your letters 18

    Your letters
    Letters are welcome and should be
    addressed to the editor. Don't forget
    you can use the Journal's
    ring-in service on 01-921 6221 Token of esteem?
    From: J Shaw, chief clerk, East Ham
    We are told in the branches...

  • Arthur's garden cups the lot! 19

    Arthur's garden cups the lot!
    THE GLC TENANT with the best kept
    garden—that's Arthur Lantsbury of JS's
    branch trading department. For the third
    time (previously having won it in 1970 and
    1973) he has been awarded the...

  • Vivien's on the crest of the microwaves 19

    Vivien's on the crest of the microwaves
    VIVIEN EHMLER, a home economics
    student at Surrey University currently
    doing her industrial training at JS, has been
    awarded a £500 scholarship by the Philips
    Major Appliances...

  • A well-earned chance to lie in 20

    A well-earned
    chance to lie in
    AFTER A CAREER AT JS spanning 44
    years, Frank Thompson, reserve manager
    at Welwyn Garden City, retired on December
    23.
    He joined the company in 1932 after
    answering the now famous JS...

  • Appointments 20

    Appointments
    R Harwood, formerly manager of Hove,
    has been appointed manager of Maidstone.
    D Hinton, formerly manager of Bognor,
    has been appointed manager of
    Hove.
    A Borrage, formerly deputy manager of
    Worthing, has been...

  • Long service 20

    Long service
    Eric Kay, assistant area meat specialist,
    Woking, completed 40 years' service with
    JS in October.
    He commenced work at Guildford and
    following various reliefs moved to Trinity
    Street, Coventry. After six years'...

  • Retirements 20

    Retirements
    Margaret Jackson retired as district clerical
    supervisor at Woking area office on
    October 9 after 41 years with JS.
    She joined the firm in 1935 as a clerk at
    Woking, being appointed first clerk in
    1939. She spent...

  • Cliff knows all the answers in advance 21

    Cliff knows all the
    answers in advance
    Cliff Meggs
    HERE'S THE MAN who thought up the
    numbers game we published in our
    Christmas issue. Cliff, who is a computer
    operator at Blackfriars, starts with a box
    full of numbers and...

  • Cowley's lovely lively lady! 21

    Cowley's lovely lively lady!
    'I'D LIKE TO OPEN A TEA-SHOP in
    the country somewhere, but I can't see
    myself doing it—I'm a bit too boisterous.'
    That's Elaine Davies talking, but if her
    cheery personality might be too lively...

  • Obituary 21

    Obituary
    Charlie Cozens died on November 30. He
    was in charge of business information in
    the market research department at head
    office.
    Mr Cozens began his career with JS in
    the wages and bonus office. He had been
    with the...

  • Ex-inmates of Skeleton Corner 22

    Ex-inmates of Skeleton Corner A HEADLESS WOMAN, strange misty
    figures, a murderous-looking ghost carrying
    a razor and the head of a woman—
    these were some of the ghastly supernatural
    creatures reported to inhabit a
    building...

  • 'Jesus supersaves' 22

    'Jesus supersaves'
    'MORAL DECADENCE is the main
    cause of Britain's national breakdown'
    wrote the Rev Ackworth, vicar of Chobham,
    in his parish magazine.
    'Where there is greed and idleness the
    economy must go for six and...

  • The light at the end of the tunnel 22

    The light at the end of the tunnel
    BOB BENNETT, operations technician in the dp department, says: 'I saw this
    puzzle and it just caught my fancy.'
    The idea is to reverse the position of the two trucks, A and B, finishing...

  • Caught short! 23

    Caught short!
    COMPLAINING IN RHYME about a
    tin of JS prunes not only got an Ilkeston
    housewife two 50p JS gift tokens but it
    also got her a four minute spot on her local
    radio station.
    Lorraine Negus opened a 15oz tin...

  • JS Archives 23

    Over the past months the JS Journal has
    brought you glimpses of the fascinating
    history of JS, courtesy of Honor Godfrey,
    the company archivist. Starting in this
    issue, Honor is going to have a regular
    spot in the...

  • Southend-where the stunners sizzle! 23

    Southend-where the stunners sizzle!
    HAS SOUTHEND BRANCH got the
    loveliest lovelies?
    Manager Barrie Jones thinks so, and
    when a local paper featured 19-year-old
    cashier Shirley Belton on its front page he
    wrote to...

  • Wine competition-who's won the booze 24

    Wine competition-who's won the booze
    WE RAISE OUR GLASSES to everyone
    who entered our 1976 wine competition.
    The questions were not easy, with a couple
    of trick ones slipped in for good measure,
    and the tiebreaker was a...