'JS Journal', February 1978

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• FIRE!
  01

  FIRE! Bitterne's Burns Night goes up inflames . . . FIRE IN THE FREEZERS caused thousands
  of pounds worth of damage and
  closed Bitterne branch for three days at the
  end of January. It was the first time a JS
  store has been...

• All hands ton the pumps!
  02

  All hands to the pumps!
  THE TANKER DRIVERS' dispute has
  brought queues of motorists to JS petrol
  station forecourts. As usual, the threat of
  industrial action threw customers into a
  panic to ensure their tanks were...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7,9
  General news
  Pages 8,10-15,17,18-19
  Feature
  Page 16
  Letters
  Pages 20-21
  People
  Pages 22-23
  Competition winners
  Page 24
  Archives

• Jaffa orange appeal
  02

  Jaffa orange appeal
  THE TWO ORANGES containing small
  quantities of mercury that turned up in
  Rugby and Basingstoke are believed to
  have been bought from JS stores. However,
  JS and others involved are concerned
  to put them...

• Plans for historic station get up steam
  02

  Plans for historic station get up steam
  THE PLAN TO BUILD a Sainsbury
  superstore in Bath's historic Green Park
  station (see August 1977 issue) is likely to
  be rejected following the publication of a
  shopping survey this...

• Storm in a coffee cup blows itself out as prices tumble
  02

  Storm in a coffee cup blows itself out as prices tumble
  PROFIT MARGIN CONTROLS on instant
  coffee, worked out between the government
  and retailers last September, have now been
  lifted.
  With the drop in world coffee prices,...

• Managers meet to discuss 'The Future in Store'
  04

  Managers meet to discuss 'The Future in Store'
  STORMY WEATHER greeted the 200
  JS managers as they arrived at Brighton's
  seafront Metropole Hotel on Sunday,
  January 22, to take part in this year's
  retail management conference....

• Home-baked bread comes clean
  06

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• Melting the Bavarian blues
  06

  Melting the Bavarian blues
  BAVARIAN BLUE will soon be seen in
  25 JS stores served by Basingstoke depot.
  No, it's not some variant of the red flu, but
  a tasty new German cheese making its
  first appearance for JS.
  Retailing at...

• All party MPs enjoy talking shop
  07

  All party MPs enjoy talking shop
  LORD'S HILL made a name for itself in
  Parliament earlier this month when it played host to a group of MPs. The MPs,
  members of the All Party Group for the
  Retail Trade, were spending a day...

• Parry and thrust
  07

  Parry and thrust
  IN JS HISTORY fires are fortunately
  rare but the recent blaze at Bitterne prompted
  the JS Journal to leaf through the
  pages of some old shopkeeping magazines
  until we came across this tale of
  heroism in the...

• We have lift in!
  07

  We have lift in!
  THE MOST MODERN computer to be
  installed in a British food retailing firm
  has just arrived at Blackfriars. Because of
  its size the ICL 2900 machine had to be
  lifted by crane through a side window of
  Rennie...

• Shirley cooks, cleans, sews and soothes
  08

  Shirley cooks, cleans, sews and soothes
  Shirley tops the lot.
  Just the job
  The JS Journal goes east
  for the next in its series
  to visit a canteen manager
  whose cooking is a
  double delight THE BEST HOTEL in town can...

• Colchester refusal is 'perverse'
  09

  Colchester
  refusal
  is 'perverse'
  THE REFUSAL by the environment
  secretary to allow JS to build a superstore
  on the outskirts of Colchester has been
  upheld by the High Court. Peter Shore's
  decision was contested by...

• Million dollar baby
  09

  Million dollar baby
  MILLIONAIRES are the favourite pastime
  of new Miss Basingstoke depot, Kim
  Spreadbury. As receptionist at the depot
  Kim is always hopeful ofmeeting one and
  at only 18 she can afford to be patient.
  With her...

• On the ball!
  09

  On the ball!
  7 WANT TO MO VE and I want to enjoy
  my football. I heard another English club
  were interested but couldn't get it confirmed.
  When I asked Ken Friar, the Arsenal
  secretary, he said it was Sainsbury 's.'
  Extract...

• Washington bound...
  09

  Washington bound...
  SPECIALLY DESIGNED for
  SavaCentre's needs is the new trolley recovery
  vehicle waiting to be driven from the
  JS offices at Clapham to the Washington
  hypermarket. At its side is SavaCentre's
  maintenance...

• Less means less
  10

  Less means less
  WORKING WIVES will no longer be
  able to opt out of paying the full national
  insurance contributions to the state's
  basic pension scheme. Previously, married
  women could choose to pay a reduced
  liability...

• New readers start here...
  10

  New readers start here...a reminder about the new state pension scheme
  The Social Security Pensions Act
  1975, which comes into effect in
  April 1978 ensures that all employees
  receive an additional
  earnings related pension, on...

• HOME COOKING GOES ON TRIAL
  11

  Staff at Blackfriars are to be asked
  if they would like to be marketing guinea-pigs and
  try out own-label products at home THE REAL PROOF of the pudding is
  when it is put through its paces at home
  and not in a laboratory...

• Fish'n trips
  12

  Fish'n trips
  When reed-cutting ruined the fishing on the Redfin Angling Club's
  stretch of the River Beult (see Christmas issue) it looked as though JS
  fishermen's hopes of winter sport had been ruined. But an influx of
  codling...

• The sweet smell of success
  14

  The sweet smell of success
  FRESH HORSE MANURE is the vital
  ingredient for a perfect, tasty mushroom.
  Each week lorries from Magee's nurseries,
  near Southend, comb the countryside
  collecting more than a hundred tons
  of the...

• Breeding top dogs makes Chris' day
  15

  Breeding top dogs makes Chris' day
  COMPETING AT CRUFTS, the top
  show for the country's top dogs, is an
  annual event for Chris Kenyon. For the
  past seven years her poodles have qualified
  for the show and so far she has...

• JS spring water comes to town
  15

  JS spring water comes to town
  NATURAL SPRING WATER has made its first own-label appearance in 93 JS stores.
  The 1J litre ( 2 | pint) bottle contains water from a spring in Church Stretton, Shropshire,
  which is reputedly as pure...

• Your letters
  16

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Helping hand
  From: A Skinner, JS veteran
  I recently had occasion to help a customer
  as she went through the checkouts at one
  of our supermarkets. The...

• Gary moves over to the other side
  17

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• Something to get cut up about
  17

  Something to get cut up about
  For this, the second in our new safety at work series,
  Stan Ramage, the company's safety advisor, talks
  about knives.
  KNIVES are dangerous. We all know that, but if using
  a knife is part of our...

• TOP OF THE MILKROUND
  18

  TOP OF THE MILKROUND
  A London University hopeful is put through his paces by Jacek. A BROOM CUPBOARD doesn't seem
  the most likely of places to hold an
  interview for a job—but Jacek Weyers, JS
  graduate recruitment manager,...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  K D Curtis, formerly resources and
  supply coordinator, distribution division,
  has been appointed operations manager,
  contractors and relief, reporting to
  George Abrahams.
  J Wilson, formerly deputy...

• Distribution—new men at the top
  20

  Distribution—new men at the top
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  Owen Thomas John Galloway A TOP JOB for Basingstoke depot chief
  Alan Mathias means a changeabout in the
  distribution division. Owen Thomas has
  moved from Buntingford to take over...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Eric Burton, deputy meat manager at
  Worthing branch, celebrated 40 years
  with the company on February 14.
  Mr Burton began in 1938 with Coppen
  Bros,- a rival grocery chain which was
  taken over by JS in the mid...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Beryl Purnell, the housekeeper at Winchester
  branch, died on December 24.
  Mrs Purnell had been at the store for the
  last ten years, first as a cook and recently
  as housekeeper. She leaves a son and
  daughter.
  Ernest...

• Retirements
  21

  Retirements
  Philip Ratcliff, senior manager in the food
  sciences laboratory at Blackfriars, retired
  on January 27 after 24 years with the
  company.
  Mr Ratcliffjoined JS in 1954 to become
  head of research into perishable...

• Answers and winners . . .
  22

  Answers and winners . . . CONGRATULATIONS to all the
  entrants in this year's Journal Wine Quiz.
  The standard was very high, and the tiebreaker
  had to be brought in to separate
  the fruit from the must. But it was the
  anagrams...

• The delicate art of fair play
  22

  The delicate art of fair play
  NOTHING LESS than a public
  outcry resulted from our decision to
  extend the closing date of our wine
  quiz. Instead of readers being
  grateful for a bit more time to 'have
  a go' the Journal office...

• A sign of The Times
  23

  A sign of The Times
  JS HAS DONE IT AGAIN—last month
  it was news of an award winning radio
  commercial, this month it's news of an
  award winning newspaper advertisement.
  The award—the Times Award for the
  best...

• "Talk about Star Wars . . . "
  23

  "Talk about Star Wars . . . "

• Collect the birdie
  24

  Collect the birdie
  TWO SETS of Sainsbury's pictorial tea cards
  came up for auction at Sotheby's early in 1977.
  After lengthy negotiations, the cards were secured
  for the JS archives just before Christmas. Both sets
  are 12...