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  • Contents Page 02

    Pages 1-7
    General News
    Pages 8-10,14-15 and 22-24
    Feature
    Pages 16-17
    Letters
    Pages 11,18-21
    People
    Pages 12-13
    The Great Wine Quiz

  • Scaling the butter mountain 02

    Scaling the butter mountain
    A BUTTER BONANZA is what the
    national newspapers have been predicting
    for the new year, but it won't mean a
    decrease in prices.
    On January 1 Britain's butter takes the
    next step to fall in line...

  • The three brrs 02

    The three brrs
    A COLD WINTER is in store for JS
    engineers. On December 9 a refrigeration
    training school was opened at the Prestcold
    Works in Greenford, Middlesex, as
    part of a new scheme to help engineers
    become familiar...

  • Warm welcome 02

    Warm welcome
    OUTSIDE it was cold and damp. Inside
    JS's new Petts Wood Freezer Centre on
    opening morning, December 6, customers
    soon warmed to the bargains they
    found there.
    An early start was rewarded by a
    steady stream of...

  • Fused with the news 03

    Fused with the news
    NEWS of the company's first own-label
    electric product—a 13 amp fused plug—
    sparked off this shocking electro-ode by
    JS veteran Cyril Croft. N is for neutral, the colour black or blue
    Now come down to...

  • Own-label weans JS milk off the bottle 03

    Own-label weans
    JSmilk
    off the bottle
    FRESH MILK is now being produced
    the JS way. This doesn't mean the cows
    are being fed Sainsbury's fodder—just
    that the familiar polystyrene bottle is
    being replaced by a JS own-label...

  • Women's lib for ever and heifer 03

    Women's lib for ever and heifer
    YET ANOTHER BLOW was struck for
    Women's Lib at the Smithfield Show
    earlier this month. Of the six animals
    entered by JS, five were heifers, and each
    walked off with the top prize in their...

  • Dear Santa Sainsbury 04

    Dear Santa Sainsbury
    THE CROCODILE ate the sausages at
    North Cheam branch's children's party on
    December 11. Over 50 kids shouted
    themselves horse replying to Mr Punch's
    customary, Oh no I didn't! with an
    emphatic, Oh yes...

  • Dave'll fix it 05

    Dave'll fix it
    'I'M FINISHED WITH SCHOOL—I'm
    going to work one of the tills at
    Sainsbury's' said seven-year-old
    Catherine Southway, and promptly
    wrote to the manager of her local JS
    store at Bitterne, asking for a...

  • New lager is longer and stronger 06

    New lager is longer and stronger
    BIGGER AND BETTER BEER cans
    herald the arrival of a new own-label lager.
    JS Extra Strength Lager is being marketed
    in the larger 151 fluid ounce cans, a
    first for own-label beers.
    In the...

  • Tenderly jaws 06

    Tenderly jaws
    WHAT'S SILVER, never visits the dentist,
    but chews more meat than you or I
    could get through in a month of Sundays?
    No, it's not the latest James Bond
    monster, it's a mechanical jaw used by the
    food science...

  • What we want is . . . 07

    What we want is . . .
    'WE WANT MORE Sainsbury lines' say
    the demanding customers at the first ever
    SavaCentre store in Washington. This
    favourable reaction was discovered by a
    market research team presently working
    in the...

  • Worth croissant the Channel for . . . 07

    Worth croissant
    the Channel
    for...
    PRICE CONTROLS are always difficult
    things to police, but M. Raymond Barre,
    the French Prime Minister, is having
    more than his fair share of problems
    with the price of that staple of
    the...

  • A-hunting he will go 08

    A-hunting he will go
    D'YE KEN Terry English, in his coat so
    grey? He's a produce quality controller
    at Hoddesdon depot but every weekend
    he can be seen galloping far, far away
    across the Essex countryside with the
    hounds and...

  • You can't pull the cotton wool over Andrew's eyes 10

    You can't pull the cotton wool over Andrew's eyes
    Just the job
    This month our series
    takes a look at the work of
    a buyer from head office. WHEN HIS WIFE was discovered using
    a rival brand of cotton wool Andrew
    Mitcham knew...

  • Joyce's 'services to humanity' 11

    Joyce's 'services to humanity'
    IN RECOGNITION of 37 years' service
    with the St John Ambulance, Joyce
    Gallagher, grocery clerk at Basildon
    branch, has been invested as a sister of
    the Most Venerable Order of St John...

  • Pooling their resources pays off! 11

    Pooling their resources pays off!
    A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS is in
    store for four ladies from Coventry
    branch. Back in November Janet Lewis,
    Terry Tricket—(deputy chief cashiers),
    Joan Paisley and Anne...

  • Skate and trips 11

    Skate and trips
    SKATEBOARDING may be a hit with
    the young but it has resulted in a few near
    misses outside JS's Hemel Hempstead
    branch. The ramp leading down past the
    store was just right for sidewalk surfing,
    until a number...

  • The Great Wine Quiz 12

    The great JS Journal wine competition
    now in its fifth intoxicating year
    All you have to do
    is answer eight questions,
    complete the tie breaking limerick
    and you could find yourself
    the winner of enough booze
    to keep your...

  • Many a good tune . . . 14

    Many a good tune . . .
    JS veterans never retire—they don't even fade away. Long after
    they officially leave JS they continue to take a keen interest in
    'the old firm' and make a valuable contribution to many of the
    company's...

  • THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE 16

    THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE is
    almost over. The following poem was sent
    to us at the height of the celebrations in
    June, but we deliberately held it over until
    now, as the perfect epilogue to a right royal
    year. Most gracious...

  • Your letters 16

    Your letters
    Letters are welcome and should be
    addressed to the editor. The personnel touch
    From: T M Robins, pork department,
    Blackfriars
    A fairytale or jobs for the boys
    (A tongue-in-cheek protest against...

  • Flying 'doctor' 17

    Flying 'doctor'
    EMERGENCY TREATMENT administered
    by Joanna Walsh has earned her
    a commendation from the commanderin-
    chief of the St John Ambulance.
    Joanna, 16, a Thursday/Saturday
    student at Bromley branch, was on...

  • CEMENT SURFER 18

    'DIRTY HARRY' is now playing at the
    South Bank Arts Centre, close to JS's
    Blackfriars offices. No, it's not Clint Eastwood
    as the tough American cop—it's
    Howard Dennis, a planning officer in the
    office managers department,...

  • Kempston boosts local heritage fund 19

    Kempston boosts local heritage fund
    Manager of Kempston Rodney Brooksby (far right) hands over a cheque for £1,000 to
    Councillor Frank Lester. HERITAGE is the deserving cause that
    has just received a boost from JS's
    Kempston...

  • Kindness and a Christmas cuppa 19

    Kindness and a Christmas cuppa
    THE TEA SHOP in the wines and spirits
    department at Hemel Hempstead branch
    was the busiest spot in town on November
    29. The branch was one of a number
    of big stores in Hemel Hempstead...

  • Appointments 20

    Appointments
    G W Stephen, formerly a buyer in canned
    goods II, has been appointed grocery
    executive, SavaCentre development.
    C R Gatenby, formerly a buyer in
    canned goods II, has been appointed
    deputy head of the...

  • Long service 20

    Long service
    Cyril Goodman, manager, Leatherhead,
    celebrated 40 years with JS on November
    22.
    Mr Goodman started as a junior trainee
    at Redhill. During the war years he
    was with the RAF and served in Italy,
    Sicily and the...

  • Obituary 20

    Obituary
    George Stannard, engineer, Hoddesdon
    depot, died on October 8. He had been
    with JS for the past two years, but had
    previously worked at the depot for six
    years.
    Mr Stannard leaves a wife, son and
    daughter.
    Arthur...

  • Retirements 20

    Retirements
    Renee Mulholland, chief clerk, Wallington,
    retired on December 10 after 19 years
    with the company.
    Mrs Mulholland started at JS as a clerk at North Cheam. Promotion came 18
    months later when she was appointed...

  • Confessions of a JS clerk 21

    Confessions of a JS clerk
    LITTLE BLACK BOOKS are by tradition
    where dark secrets and confessions
    are recorded. And the one discovered at
    JS's Pitsea store is no exception. BPO Joy
    Lines found the following poem 'written
    in a...

  • Frances wins twice over 21

    Frances wins twice over
    A CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE reigned
    supreme at Brean Sands in October when
    the new Miss Southern was chosen from a
    line up of fourteen gorgeous girls. Excarnival
    queen, Frances Burke, was the
    lovely lady...

  • The name's the same 21

    The name's the same
    WE'VE TRACKED DOWN yet another
    Sainsbury, this time to Leicester branch.
    And just to complete the coincidence, like
    Sally Sainsbury featured in the October
    issue, his father's name is John, too.
    Paul...

  • WATNEY STREET 21

    WATNEY STREET was the catalyst
    when the chemistry of love brought
    Cathy Anderson and Lee Ramnought
    together. Cathy, now BPO at
    Stratford, and Lee, assistant manager
    at Watney Street were married in
    September and honeymooned...

  • Sports report—the score so far 22

    Sports report—the score so far
    SPORT PLAYS a very big part in many people's Christmas
    celebrations, whether it's actively trying to burn off the excesses
    of overeating, or simply going to watch some top class...

  • . . . of mince and mangers 24

    . . . of mince and mangers
    The donation of a one pound jar of JS mincemeat (circa 1950,
    price Is 3d) set us wondering about the origins of mincemeat.
    We asked JS counsellor and super-cook Cynthia Gillett to delve
    into her own...