'JS Journal', January 1980

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• It's an honour for JS!
  01

  It's an honour for JS!
  A PROSPEROUS JS saw in the New
  Year in fine style and with a very special
  celebration. The New Year's Honours
  List included the name of the company's
  chairman and chief executive, John
  Sainsbury, who...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-9, 14-15
  General news
  Pages 10-13
  Features
  Page 16
  Letters
  Pages 17-23
  People
  Page 24
  Archives

• DISCOUNT '80
  02

  FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS
  of the successful Discount 78 and 79
  programmes, Sainsbury's have now
  launched Discount 80.
  'Clearly Discount 78 and Discount 79
  have been hugely successful,' said
  assistant managing director Peter...

• One into two
  02

  One into two PIG SUPPLY CONTROLLER, John
  Hill, retired during the last week in
  November, although he remains a director
  of Breckland Farms Ltd (our jointly
  owned pig production company) and JS
  Farms Ltd, as well as being...

• PR news
  02

  PR news
  JAN SHAWE has been appointed deputy
  head of public relations. She comes
  to JS from Burson-Marstella Ltd, an
  international public relations consultancy
  where she worked on accounts
  such as Blue Band and Krona...

• Sainsbury—GB
  02

  Sainsbury—GB
  SAINSBURY-GB (Home Improvements)
  Limited has been established
  as the registered name of our new
  home improvement/DIY joint venture
  with our Belgian partners GB Inno-BM.
  Gurth Hoyer Millar (property and...

• Stocks and shares
  02

  Stocks and shares
  ALTHOUGH STOCKS and shares
  have been slipping in recent months as
  investors bail out in the fear that
  industrial profits are in for a big beating
  over the next two years, JS shares are
  still being earmarked...

• TUMBLE DOWN TAMWORTH
  03

  FREE FLOW PRODUCE took on a
  new meaning at the opening of
  Tamworth branch. 9.07am and all was
  well. Then came a crash and all the
  carefully laid plans for the morning fell
  with the newly prepared lower produce
  display as it...

• Open and shut Stafford
  05

  Open and shut Stafford
  EAGER SHOPPERS jammed the aisles
  of JS's new £1 million Stafford store at
  the opening on December 4 and late
  comers were locked out for a short while
  until the early rush subsided. It was one
  of the...

• Department changes
  06

  Department changes
  THE JS POLICY to widen and develop
  the experience of senior managers in
  trading departments has led to the decision
  to make some changes in the produce
  department and the meat, pork and
  pork products...

• February openings
  06

  February openings
  TUESDAY FEBRUARY 5 heralds the
  opening of JS's new supermarket at the
  Clifton Down Shopping Centre,
  Whiteladies Road, Clifton Down,
  Bristol.
  About half the size again (14,424
  square feet) of the store it...

• Healthy expansion
  06

  Healthy expansion
  ANOTHER IMPORTANT first in the
  world of supermarketing made the
  headlines just before the Christmas holidays.
  Revlon decided to market their
  Natural Wonder brand of cosmetics through
  JS stores and those of...

• Huddersfield outlined
  06

  Huddersfield outlined
  OUTLINE PLANNING CONSENT
  and permission to demolish a 19th century
  listed warehouse has been granted
  in Huddersfield for a new JS store.
  After detailed planning approval and
  road closure orders we...

• A cracking success
  07

  A cracking success
  A SLUGGISH START to the
  Christmas spending spree disappointed
  many retailers in 1979. The Financial
  Times 'Fears that customer spending
  would not reach the level of recent
  years in real terms has prompted...

• Flaming roof
  07

  Flaming roof
  DURiNG REPAIRS to a leaking roof
  at Langiey branch, a tar boiler
  overheated and caught fire.
  Jt was 2.00 pm on November 16 when
  the fire broke out and it was qyickly
  extinguished by the fire brigade. In...

• Fun in the sun
  07

  Fun in the sun
  TORREMOLINOS in Spain was the
  site of a marvellous month's holiday for
  a large group of JS veterans at the end
  of last year.
  Their holiday home, the Pontinental
  Hotel, was full of fun and activity for
  them as...

• Slimming begins in the branch
  07

  Slimming begins in the branch
  WEIGHT LOSSES by members of the
  Bitterne branch slimming club,
  organised by Pamela Burton, resulted
  recently in two donations being made to
  charity. •
  The money was raised by the...

• With the Queen's approval
  07

  With the Queen's approval
  Basildon branch is due to close this year when the new SavaCentre opens there. During
  December the branch management team, some of whom had already transferred to
  other locations, met for an evening's...

• Bistro tumblers
  08

  Bistro tumblers
  A FUN ADDITION to the own-label
  houseware range of glasses has appeared
  in the form of Italian tumblers.
  Designed as a general use bistro type
  glass they come in packs of four instead
  of the usual three, and...

• Electric extras
  08

  Electric extras
  ALL BATTERY branches, about 115
  stores, have welcome new additions to
  JS's own-label range of electrical
  products.
  For repairing all those frayed leads
  there is a 5 metre reel of electrical
  insulation tape,...

• St Annes news
  08

  St Annes news
  FYLDE COUNCILLORS, whose views
  are of upmost importance to the future
  of JS plans for St Annes, recently went
  on a special behind the scenes visit to a
  similar Sainsbury development in
  Northwich.
  The majority...

• Hardback recipes
  09

  Hardback recipes
  APPETISING RECIPES give you food
  for thought \\hcn you buy the new good
  value cookbooks at JS.
  A hardback book at 99p, is value
  enough these da\s but the mouthw
  a t e r i n g full colour photographs w i l l...

• JS cookware does not stick
  09

  JS cookware does not stick
  A YET FURTHER extension has been
  made to the popular JS cookware
  range—this time non-stick and teak
  handled saucepans. A number of successful
  volume lines from previous
  ranges will now be...

• Laser poem PLUS
  09

  Laser poem PLUS
  THIS POEM, written by customer
  Karen Morris, was sent to deputy manager
  at Broadfield, Roy Watts, and
  aptly describes the PLUS system.
  Must you speak in numbers'.'
  Prices are just fine
  A carrot is a...

• More than a baker's dozen
  10

  More than a baker's dozen JS BAKERY EXPANSION continues
  this year. The latest in-store bakery
  opened on December 21 at Bishops
  Stortford. It was designed as part of an
  up-grading, extension and general
  alteration programme...

• Planning for Scanning
  10

  Planning for Scanning
  MARCHING Hf-AD-ON into the
  technological 80"s Sainsbury's tave
  changed tor the trials on
  Iaser3jjjjjj||sckout, operations.
  Initially it was planned to test two
  systems, made by IBM and NCR, at
  separate...

• Lively minds
  12

  IT WAS ANNOUNCED last year that
  chairman and chief executive John Sainsbury
  had accepted an invitation from Agriculture
  Minister Peter Walker to join a team of five
  lively minds, or ihefive marketeers as they have
  since...

• 40 years on
  14

  40 years on
  A VERY SUCCESSFUL third annual
  40 year luncheon was held at the
  Connaught Rooms on January 7 and a
  special accolade was paid to all the JS
  wives in attendance.
  'I'd particularly like to pay tribute not
  only to...

• JS Aberdeen to the Argentine
  15

  JS Aberdeen to the Argentine
  PRONAN OF KINERMONY was the
  JS bull that made history as the first
  Aberdeen-Angus bull to be exported to
  Argentina since 1974.
  Pronan was guided on the first leg of
  his journey by farm manager,...

• Lakeside attraction
  15

  Lakeside attraction
  EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY
  certainly sums up the tone of the SSA
  Christmas party night held at the
  impressive Lakeside Country Club on
  December 16.
  Revellers were treated to a seasonal
  three-course meal, a...

• Your letters
  16

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Energy targets
  From: Mike Williams, deputy manager,
  St Stephens branch Norwich
  By now everybody must realize the need
  for saving electricity and...

• Zeebrugge ahoy!
  16

  Zeebrugge ahoy!
  FOLLOWING THE ENORMOUS
  response and interest shown in the SSA
  'Sail and Save' trip from Southampton
  to Cherbourg, another voyage has been
  arranged for depots and branches in the
  Eastern counties.
  Again at...

• Who is Santa?
  17

  Who is Santa?
  SANTA CLAUS made his annual appearance
  at Stamford House to welcome
  young guests to their Christmas party
  on December 15.
  Conjurors, singers and musicians kept
  more children than ever before fully...

• One man's view of disability
  18

  One man's view of disability
  ONCE AGAIN Sainsbury's have
  proved that they don't forget their old
  friends in a hurry.
  Readers may remember an appeal last
  October by Marie Timmins, former
  Kingston BPO now at New Maiden,...

• A Birds Eye view of charity
  19

  A Birds Eye view of charity
  RADAR'S sponsored slimming contest
  last year proved to be very successful
  and raised nearly £36,000. Many
  individuals and groups of JS staff who
  seriously intended to lose weight, and
  wanted to...

• Competition winners
  19

  Competition winners
  AS PROMISED, here are the names of
  the lucky winners of the Journal
  Christmas competitions, who will soon
  receive their vouchers.
  Winning the £5 prize for the four-part
  puzzle was Nora Smith, a...

• Hear, hear!
  19

  Hear, hear!
  INFLATION was worrying Dr David
  Mendel at St Thomas' Hospital last
  year. He knew that JS's Stamford
  Group were busily raising as much money
  as they could for the special equipment
  he needed for hearing research...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  R Bourke previously manager of
  Haverhill. has been appointed manager
  of Kingsland Road.
  A Snow, formerly manager of
  Blackpole. has been appointed manager
  of Haverhill branch.
  B Fell, formerly manager of...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Peter Bruton, senior buyer in the purchasing
  department at Blackfriars, has
  celebrated 25 years with the company. Peter joined the engineering department
  and soon moved on to the equipment
  department before being...

• New Year Belles
  21

  GO WEST FOR MISS JS! Debbie
  Young from Aylesbury branch was
  chosen as Miss JS Western on December
  3 at Tiffany's at Dunstable.
  Among the 15 competitors were two
  of Debbie's work friends, but in the true
  festive spirit of the...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Lilly Wright, a cashier at Bracknell
  branch, died on November 3 at the age
  of 55. Lil had worked at that branch
  for five years.

• Retirements
  21

  Retirements
  George Bullen, a pallet truck receiver at
  Charlton depot retired on November 29
  after 25 years at JS.
  'Milly' Curtis, senior freezer centre assistant
  at East Grinstead retired on
  December 15 after more than 24...

• Local fisherman retires!
  22

  Local fisherman retires!
  'ITS LIKE A HOLIDAY still at the
  moment' admitted Geoff Hill on the day
  following his 60th birthday, after
  experiencing three weeks' of retirement.
  It was Sunday, January 13 when the
  management and...

• Len walks away to retirement
  23

  Len walks away to retirement
  ELDERBERRY AND DANDELION
  are going to be missed by staff at Harold
  Hill branch. Chief supplier of home
  made wine to suit all occasions, Len
  Barton meat manager, has retired after
  43 years at...

• Cool storage
  24

  Cool storage
  The Head Office staff restaurant has figured prominently in recent JS news. Our
  picture from the early 'sixties illustrates its former use—as a cheese store in the days
  when Stamford House was still a warehouse....

• What's in store?
  24

  Archives
  What's in store? NEW EYES have been turned onto an
  old subject at JS this month. Harriet
  Geddes succeeds Honor Godfrey, who
  was our first archivist. Honor came to
  Blackfriars in 1975 to put the company's
  archives in...