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  • FOREST FIRE 01

    FOREST FIRE
    In what amounted to an 'action replay' of last year's fire at
    Bitterne branch, last month Forest Hill was forced out of
    action by a fire in the freezer cabinets that caused thousands
    of pounds worth of damage. But...

  • Contents Page 02

    Pages 1-6
    General news
    Pages 7-15 and 18
    Features
    Page 16
    Letters
    Pages 17 and 24
    Archives
    Pages 19-23
    People
    Page 24
    Competitions news

  • Minister invites JS to quango 02

    Minister invites
    JS to quango
    JOHN SAINSBURY has accepted an
    invitation from Agriculture Minister
    Peter Walker to join a team of 'five
    lively minds' to investigate the problems
    of marketing UK agricultural and...

  • 'Scanning' a new horizon 02

    'Scanning' a new horizon
    CHECKOUT 'SCANNING' will be
    making its first appearance in a JS store
    early next year. Broadfield branch, scene
    of the current IBM in-store computer
    trial, will be equipped with scanners in
    the early...

  • Six-day trading come October 03

    Six-day trading come October
    SIX-DAY TRADING is to be extended
    to all JS stores as from this October. For
    about 12 months now the company has
    been experimenting with Monday opening;
    first at coastal branches and later...

  • Adults only vit-c 04

    Adults only vit-c
    SOUS LE PONT D'AVIGNON
    (well . . . Blackfriars actually), we have
    the "-latest addition to JS off-licence
    shelves Vin Blanc Cassis. A beguiling
    blend of light, dry French white wine
    with Creme de Cassis a...

  • JS joins the top-set teaset 04

    JS joins the top-set teaset
    TEA-TIME SPECIALS to be proud of
    are now 'in-store.' Four speciality ownlabel
    teas are now available in 125 gramme
    packs and expand JS's range to
    include Earl Grey, Darjeeling, High
    Grown Ceylon...

  • Bigmouth lager 05

    Bigmouth lager
    OPEN YOUR 'WIDEMOUTH' lager
    bottle and taste the delights of JS lager.
    Lager is the second own-label beer to be
    packaged in the dumpy 'widemouth'
    bottles—first used for JS bitter back in
    April 1977.
    JS was...

  • Putting the tea in metric 05

    Putting the tea in metric
    ON THE METRICATION FRONT
    the news is that tea will be converted
    to metric weights in the New
    Year. In the process of changing at present
    is instant coffee. It was a policy
    decision at JS that the...

  • The drink that launched a thousand ships 05

    The drink that launched a thousand ships
    UP-MARKET DRINKERS will pop
    their corks after one sip of JS's new
    own-label champagne, which went on
    sale at about 100 branches on August
    20. A classic example of the real...

  • Around and about 06

    Around
    and
    about
    Opening soon
    TWO BRANCH OPENINGS this
    month—on September 25 a new supermarket
    opens at Lexden, near
    Colchester and on September 27 a new
    independent freezer centre opens at
    Beaconsfield in...

  • Worle deal a winning hand for under a tenner! 06

    Worle deal a winning hand
    for under a tenner!
    Worle branch hit the jackpot and 'floated' away with the top prize in the open section of
    the Weston-super-Mare carnival. Their float depicted a casino scene, playing on the
    words...

  • Four men in a boat 07

    Four men in a boat
    What does it take to sail a small boat across the oceans of
    the world, risking life, limb and every penny you possess
    on the way? The Journal got the chance to find out when
    Sainsbury's gave £50 of grocery...

  • Bavarian bonanza 10

    Bavarian bonanza
    FROM WURST TO LAST JS's
    German fortnight was the biggest sales
    promotion of food from another country
    the company has ever staged. The
    campaign, which ran from August 13 to
    25, was organised in collaboration...

  • JS sharpens the focus on traditional image 10

    JS sharpens the focus on traditional image
    THH CLASSIC SAINSBl'RY image
    has been emphasised during the filming
    of the new TV commercials' explains
    Mike Connolh. manager of ihe' advertising
    department at JS. After the...

  • Shining example' 11

    Shining 'example'
    THE GRAND SUM of £969.61p has
    been raised by members of Coldhams
    Lane branch's SSA group, as their donation
    to a local hospital's cancer scanning
    appeal fund.
    Most of the money was raised by a
    sponsored...

  • Not so easy rider 12

    Not so easy rider
    THERE ARE THREE DEATHS every
    day as the result of motorbike accidents
    in this country. And two of those three
    people killed will be under 21. 'It's a
    shocking waste' says Dave Bowen—an
    experienced...

  • The 'little people' dance a winning jig! 14

    The 'little people' dance a winning jig!
    JIGGING THEIR WAY TO
    STARDOM are some young people
    who are being taught Irish dancing by
    an energetic lady named Sheila Mitchell.
    Sheila is chief cashier at JS's Balham
    branch, and...

  • A matter of taste 15

    A matter of taste
    EVEN PETS' OPINIONS are being
    sought by the home economics department
    at head office. A test marketing
    panel of some 300 staff (and their cats
    and dogs!) was recruited from
    Blackfriars nearly 18 months ago...

  • Your letters 16

    Your letters
    Letters are welcome and should be
    addressed to the editor. Finders no keepers
    From: R Stimson, Stevenage branch
    For some time now I have tried without
    success to obtain a firm answer on JS
    policy concerning...

  • Miss Dawes opens up 17

    Archives
    Miss Dawes opens up
    The redoubtable Miss Dawes was Mr Alan's (now Lord
    Sainsbury) first private secretary, back in the Thirties.
    Recently JS archivist Honor Godfrey invited Margaret
    Dawes (now Mrs Brown) to come and...

  • JS goes to school 18

    JS goes to school
    A PACKAGE DEAL for schools is
    being launched by JS. By next month
    glossy folders holding new booklets for
    'A' level students and prospective retail
    management trainees and other literature
    to encourage all...

  • Looking back towards the year 2000 19

    Looking back
    towards the year 2000
    Simon Sainsbury recently retired as deputy chairman.
    Here he looks back on his 23 years with JS and reflects on what
    the stores of the future could be like. • • RETIREMENT IS AN
    L L O C...

  • Appointments 20

    Appointments
    R Parkinson, formerly in-store bakery
    co-ordinator, has been appointed instore
    bakery manager.
    R Pearl, who was formerly audit
    manager, internal audit, Streatham,
    has now been appointed manager stock
    and...

  • Long service 20

    Long service
    Charles Baker, a driver at Charlton
    depot, celebrated 40 years with the
    company in August.
    Ron Eveleigh, trades assistant in the
    meat department at Boscombe branch,
    has celebrated 40 years with JS.
    Ron joined...

  • Retirements 20

    Retirements
    Doug Brazear, senior store serviceman
    at Romford, has retired after 14 years
    with JS. He retired early due to ill
    health.
    Doug came to the company in 1965 as
    a porter at Collier Row. He became
    senior store...

  • Beautiful buy 21

    Beautiful buy
    ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN when
    your mother shops at Sainsbury's—as
    five-year-old Christine Cashman discovered
    when she was recently crowned
    Miss Pears 1979.
    Christine's mother, Hanna Cashman,
    bought the bar of...

  • Centre of attention 21

    Centre of attention
    ANOTHER ACCOLADE for the
    Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the
    University of East Anglia in Norwich. A
    special plaque has been awarded to
    the Centre by the British Tourist
    Authority.
    Since the Centre...

  • Deposit scheme spreads 21

    Deposit scheme spreads
    THE LATEST STORES to get trolley
    deposit schemes are Basingstoke and
    Luton. The £1 deposit scheme was in- troltroduced
    at Basingstoke on July 30 and
    at Luton on August 14.
    This brings the number of JS...

  • New line is roaring success! 21

    New line is roaring success!
    MIDDLE NECK OF GIRAFFE could
    well be the next taste sensation JS will be
    offering customers. Already selected JS
    stores are receiving consignments of
    boneless lion.
    Well, that's what the label on...

  • THREE KITCHEN STAFF 21

    THREE KITCHEN STAFF at Shirley
    branch have clocked up half a century of
    working at JS between them. 'Is this a
    record' asks BPO Madge Michell.
    The longest innings goes to housekeeper
    Elsie Strong, who joined the
    company 21...

  • Jack likes it when the carpentry gets tough 22

    Jack likes it when the carpentry gets tough
    'YOU NAME IT, it has happened to
    me' says Jack Graves as he looks back
    on his 43 years at JS, and recalls some of
    the 'adventures' he has had during his
    career. Jack officially...

  • Chas is a front runner on the golf course 23

    Chas is a front runner on the golf course
    'THE RACEHORSE' is going to be a
    common sight on golf courses around
    Reigate in the coming years—if Chas
    Puplett has anything to do with it. Chas,
    the meat manager at Oxted branch,...

  • Kids on camera 24

    Kids on camera
    IS EVERYBODY HAPPY? Well this
    chap certainly is. So much so in fact that
    he earns Barbara Munns, a cashier at
    Purley branch, a £2 JS voucher in this
    year's Journal photo competition. Each
    month we'll be...