'JS Journal', October 1977

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• Presents for the future—now
  01

  Presents for the future—now
  CHRISTMAS IS COMING and this year
  JS present hunters will have a wider choice
  and better value than ever before. Over 80
  branches will be stocking the JS Christmas
  range, the bulk of which goes...

• Bread queue blues
  02

  Bread queue blues
  AMONGST many amusing tales
  from the days of the 'great bread
  shortage', came this plea for sanity
  from Ken Roach, customer service
  assistant at Basingstoke branch. Ken
  was shocked into action after...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7
  General news
  Pages 8-15,24
  Feature
  Pages 16-17,20-23
  People
  Pages 18-19
  Letters

• JS—no dough area!
  02

  JS—no dough area!
  BREAD DISAPPEARED from the
  shops at the beginning of September as the
  result of an industrial dispute between the
  Bakers Union and the big three Federation
  bakers—Rank Hovis McDougall,
  Associated...

• Chance for a share of the action
  03

  Chance for a share of the action
  PLAYING THE STOCKMARKET
  needn't be a risky business if you are one of
  the 9000 members of staff who are eligible
  to take up this year's offer to acquire JS
  shares under the company's...

• Lord Sainsbury to open Haverhill
  03

  Lord Sainsbury to open Haverhill
  LORD SAINSBURY is to open JS's new
  supermarket at Haverhill, Suffolk, on
  October 11. Lord Sainsbury, better
  known at JS as Mr Alan, lives in a village
  less than ten miles from the new store....

• Two depot staff branch out
  03

  Two depot staff branch out
  IT'S NOT UNUSUAL for branch staff to
  move to depots and head office, but for the
  first time two JS employees at Hoddesdon
  depot have chosen to move into the sharp
  end of the...

• New Cowley opens in the shop next door
  04

  New Cowley opens in the shop next door
  ONLY THE EARLYBIRDS were
  around to see the opening of Cowley's
  newest JS store, right next to the old one.
  But this didn't worry manager Michael
  Broomfield as he unlocked the doors...

• JD on LBC supermarket phone-in
  05

  JD on LBC supermarket phone-in
  CHAIRMAN JOHN SAINSBURY had
  a 50 minute grilling on September 16 at the
  hands of LBC's listeners. Taking part in a
  phone-in programme on London's commercial
  radio news station he had to
  answer...

• Rugby's dogged determination wins through
  05

  Rugby's dogged determination wins through
  A SILVER LINING to every cloud has
  become the motto of Rugby branch staff".
  Their efforts in collecting silver paper have
  helped an ex-employee in her attempts to
  raise the cash for a...

• Coffee—grounds for instant remorse
  06

  Coffee—grounds for instant remorse
  THE LATEST MOVE to control the
  price of coffee came into effect last week.
  The voluntary agreement worked out
  between retailers and the government
  limits the shops' profit margin on...

• JS chairman talks food prices on BBC 1 nine o'clock news
  06

  JS chairman talks food prices on BBC 1 nine o'clock news
  'I DON'T think there's a slightest chance
  that food will get off the headlines' JS
  chairman John Sainsbury told BBC 1
  viewers during the nine o'clock news
  programme on...

• Rain swells dried fruit prices
  06

  Rain swells dried fruit prices
  CHRISTMAS ISN'T CHRISTMAS
  without rich fruit cake and plum pudding.
  But this year our traditional fare may not
  be quite as popular with the housewife
  since the cost of the main ingredient...

• Work on cold store hots up
  06

  Work on cold store hots up
  THE BIG FREEZE is spreading at
  Buntingford depot. Work has started on a
  "hew minus 5°F cold store and the conversion
  of existing plant to create a new
  28/30T store. Expenditure is expected to
  be...

• Beans, means . . .
  07

  Beans, means . . .
  GOOD NEWS for lovers of real coffee. JS
  blends of coffee beans and ground coffee
  went down in price on September 19.
  Careful buying on world markets enabled
  a price cut of 28p per pound. The cost of...

• Dancing on the decks 'til dawn
  07

  Dancing on the decks 'til dawn
  BELOW DECKS ON HMS BELFAST the revels lingered on into the wee small hours to
  the sound of 'Sweet Inspiration'; topsides, a romantic view of the Thames at Tower Bridge.
  The Belfast's 'crew' on...

• Fight against vandals falls on deaf ears
  07

  Fight against vandals
  falls on
  deafears
  WHAT'S ALL THIS EAR? Native hunters
  living around JS's new Lord's Hill
  superstore in Southampton have been
  claiming trophies from the hippo park
  outside. The five hippos, a popular...

• JS sounds the all clear!
  07

  JS sounds the all clear!
  YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU ARE
  with these up-to-the-minute, stylish salt
  and pepper mills. Made in high quality
  clear acrylic plastic they will be on sale in
  about 20 JS stores by the end of September
  and...

• Palliative jubilee message
  07

  Palliative jubilee message
  SEEN written on a frozen food pallet at
  Wood Green, the following commemorative
  message:
  'To mark the silver jubilee of 1977, the
  distribution division has released a limited
  edition of25 roll...

• Roy plays at trains for real
  08

  Roy plays at trains for real
  RUNNING A RAILWAY is a lot like
  running a supermarket according to Roy
  Watts. And he should know. During the
  week he is deputy manager at Purley
  branch. At weekends and on his days off
  he is a...

• Getting to the top . . .
  10

  Getting to the top . . .
  THE BIRMINGHAM SKYLINE is
  noted for its high concrete buildings
  towering for a place on the horizon. The
  Birmingham College of Food is not one of
  the tallest but from her seventh floor
  window JS...

• . . . hardwork but worth it
  11

  . . . hardwork but worth it
  CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT
  as hard won as jungle trophies line the
  walls of JS counsellor Cynthia Gillett's
  study at her home in Bexleyheath, Kent.
  At 15 she left school unqualified, with no
  idea...

• JS bakeware comes clean
  12

  JS bakeware comes clean
  From the top:
  Sandwich pan
  7in/178mm(59p)
  Flan pan 8in/203mm (87p)
  Sandwich pan 8in/203mm (66p)
  4 cup yorkshire pudding tray (80p)
  Round cake pan 7in/178mm (70p)
  12 cup tart tray (87p)
  Pie plate...

• Des is one of the top ten drivers of the year
  16

  Des is one of the top ten drivers of the year
  SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11 was a big
  day for Buntingford driver Des Matthews
  as he competed in the national finals of the
  Lorry Driver of the Year competition in
  Nuneaton. Driving a 15...

• Mark's heroic supersave
  16

  Mark's heroic supersave
  WEST BROMWICH ISN'T BY THE
  SEA, but student employee Mark Warner
  managed to pull off a remarkable lifesaving
  feat this summer. Whilst on holiday
  with his family in Tenby, West Wales,
  17-year-old Mark...

• Oil-slickers!
  16

  Oil-slickers!
  OIL-RICH ARABS, those free-spending
  connoisseurs of the British high life, almost
  foiled SSA plans for an ultra-swish
  Christmas celebration. Upper Court, a
  40-room mansion in Surrey and the former
  home of Lloyd...

• Richard's sights are set on success
  17

  Richard's sights are set on success
  AIMING FOR a successful career in JS is
  22-year-old Richard Gardiner, the newest
  PA at Blackfriars. Richard has been personal
  assistant to director Joe Barnes for
  just three months but he...

• Your letters
  18

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Money isn't everything?
  From: Henry Arrowsmith, J S veteran,
  Bristol
  Regarding the complaint from Mr Moloney
  about his unfair pay scale (see...

• Polyester is everyone's choice
  19

  Polyester is everyone's choice
  LOTS OF YOU made the most of
  this last chance to get your JS
  overall design ideas published in
  the Journal, and to win a £1 JSgift
  token.
  We have passed all your ideas on
  to the retail...

• Sally Supermarket!
  19

  Sally Supermarket!
  ALL IN THE FAMILY? Watford
  branch has its very own 'Miss Sainsbury'
  in the shapely form of 17-year-old Sally
  Sainsbury. Young Sally, pictured right,
  is studying to become a medical secretary
  and since...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  Frank Gandy, formerly senior engineer,
  clerk of works, Clapham has been appointed
  acting maintenance manager at
  SavaCentre, Washington.
  P A White, formerly depot security
  advisor, distribution division,...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Jim Brumwell, electrical supervisor, Woking
  area office, celebrated 40 years with JS
  on July 12.
  Mr Brumwell started with JS at Running
  Horses Yard and was responsible for
  servicing a chaff-cutting machine. He...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Richard Brown,' reserve head butcher,
  Surbiton, died on July 12. He had been
  with the company for 41 years.
  Starting with JS as a trainee Mr Brown
  subsequently worked in various branches
  including Hythe, Folkestone...

• Retirements
  21

  Retirements
  Vera Birchby joined JS to help out over the
  Christmas trading period, i only intended
  to stay about a month' she says. On
  September 16 Vera retired after not one
  month but 31 years with JS.
  'My daughter had not...

• Bromley is something special to Vera
  22

  Bromley is something special to Vera
  THE CHEERFUL FACE of Vera Joyce
  is rapidly becoming a familiar sight at JS's
  Bromley branch. Every Friday she wheels
  her trolley through the store doing her
  weekly shopping.
  But Mrs Joyce...

• Gareth joins the Journal newshounds
  22

  Gareth joins the Journal newshounds
  GARETH RENOWDEN joins the JS
  Journal reporting team this month as an
  assistant editor.
  Gareth is 23. He was born in Cardiff but
  spent his early childhood in the Outer and
  Inner Hebrides. A...

• Romance in the air
  22

  Romance in the air
  MARRIAGES ARE MADE in heaven and in Bishop's Stortford branch it seems. Daphne
  Knight and Alan Piper are the tenth couple to have met at the branch and eventually
  married.
  Alan is an assistant manager and...

• Doug's teacake is all part of the service at Ipswich
  23

  Doug's teacake is all part of the service at Ipswich
  - . . . . CUSTOMERS at JS's Ipswich branch
  can pick up a recipe for Irish fruit cake
  along with their shopping basket, if the
  man on the door is Doug Lambert.
  Doug has...

• Mary makes everything better
  23

  Mary makes everything better
  Manager Chris Phillips and first-aider Mary Dormer take a great pride in the letters they
  receive from grateful customers. 'THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE
  SAINSBURY'S' claims Mary Dormer,
  first-aider at...

• Mysterious eternal triangle?
  23

  Mysterious eternal triangle?
  CAN YOU HELP to identify this latest JS
  archives mystery? The triangular glass
  dish was found by Mrs Buchanan of
  Horsell and was sent in to the archives via
  Woking branch. The dish is about...

• Plait-a-mat
  24

  Plait-a-mat
  DUST OFF your creative urges and make an unusual rug out of dusters. Yes dusters,
  as sold at many large JS supermarkets. Maria Beeston did, and her rug, plus making
  instructions, will soon be appearing in a number...