'JS Journal', December 1980

Table of content

• Contents Page
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  Page 2-3
  General news - Financial fireworks (interim results) Minister thinks JS is tops. The luck of the draw for Boscombe. Christmas hols. Guess who
  came to lunch?
  Page 4-5, 9-10, 10-11
  Three new stores open: Macclesfield,...

• Interim results—Explosive news
  02

  Interim results—Explosive news
  REMEMBER REMEMBER the fifth
  of November. But it was not the
  explosive attempts of one Mr Guy
  Fawkes that caught the imagination of
  the media, but JS's announcement of
  this year's half year...

• Canadian Minister praises Victoria
  03

  Canadian Minister praises Victoria
  Ontario's Minister of Agriculture and Food, the Hon Lome Henderson with JS district
  manager Rodney Brooksby. THERE'S NOTHING as good as
  Sainsbury's in Ontario, Canada,
  according to Ontario's...

• Final shareout
  03

  Final shareout
  NICELY TIMED for a Christmas
  shopping spree was the payment of the
  final third of this year's profit sharing
  scheme to staff who opted for cash and
  not shares. Monthly paid staff received
  the money as part of...

• Holiday time
  03

  Holiday time
  CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST upon us
  again (already?) and is undoubtedly one
  of the busiest times for all JS staff. So it
  is very important that everyone gets the
  holiday arrangements clear.
  JS branches will be closed to...

• Job satisfaction
  03

  Job satisfaction
  SEASON'S GREETINGS have been
  given to all Tesco staff in an unusual
  form this year.
  Breaking with a 20 year tradition of
  giving a monetary Christmas bonus, the
  group has instead given current employees
  a...

• Royal visitor
  03

  Royal visitor
  PRINCE CHARLES was once again the guest of Sir John Sainsbury at a working
  lunch held at Stamford House on October 29. This is the third time His Highness has
  visited JS, in his capacity as president of The...

• Three cheers
  03

  Three cheers
  BOSCOMBE BRANCH are the lucky
  winners of the gallon of whisky offered
  in the SSA's company wide raffle
  organised to raise money for the
  Virginia McKenna Leukaemia Appeal
  Fund.
  The draw was made by...

• A touch of the Orient
  04

  A touch of the Orient
  CURRIES AND ORIENTAL COOKER Y
  is the latest addition to the range of
  Sainsbury's good value cook books.
  This spicy book is the fourth written
  by Josceline Dimbleby specifically for
  JS. Curries and...

• Macclesfield makes its mark
  04

  Macclesfield makes its mark
  JS'S MOVE NORTH gained strength
  on November 4 with the opening of a
  supermarket in Macclesfield, the
  company's third store in Cheshire. (The
  others are at Northwich and Wilmslow.)
  Even though this...

• Dried and tested to our own recipe
  06

  Dried and tested to our own recipe
  JS'S NEW sugar rolled chopped dates
  are a bake-day bargain at 27p for 250
  grams and all large branches now have
  dried fruit salad at 48p for 250 grams
  which compares favourably with...

• Seven ways of keeping your temper
  06

  Seven ways of keeping your temper
  THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN are a
  new range of own-label kitchen gadgets,
  that between them solve quite a few of
  the fiddly jobs connected with eating
  and drinking.
  All of them could even prevent...

• There's an awful lot of coffee in . . .
  06

  There's an awful lot of coffee in . .
  GOLD CHOICE is now JS's top choice
  in freeze-dried instant coffee—and
  selecting a superior beverage will not
  now set you back a fortune. Gold Choice
  is the company's first entry into...

• What a sauce
  06

  What a sauce
  A SAUCY MOOD might affect your
  day-to-day mealtimes in the future with
  the speedy help of two new own-label JS
  sauces for cooking.
  The two varieties, curry, and sweet
  and sour, are on sale at all large...

• Christmas cheers . . .
  07

  Christmas cheers . . .
  CHRISTMAS QUAFFING, that ever
  popular pastime, will be enhanced this
  year by some of the latest additions to
  JS's own-label wines and beers.
  Two new traditional beers have appeared
  on the shelves in...

• Once upon a vine . . .
  07

  Once upon a vine . . .
  SAINSBURY'S SEVENTH food
  guide appeared on the shelves recently
  and should prove a must for most of us
  as in its pages it unravels many of the
  mysteries of the vine.
  Understanding wine is a fully...

• A touch of class in a glass
  08

  A touch of class in a glass
  THOSE CONNOISSEURS with a taste
  for the occasional tipple of cognac will
  greatly appreciate the latest addition to
  JS's own-label spirits range, Grande
  Fine Cognac VSOP - XO.
  Imbibers will be...

• Quark, quark what's there
  08

  Quark, quark what's there
  QUARK is not the sound made by an
  upper class duck, but what the Germans
  call a type of skimmed milk soft cheese
  that is extremely popular all over the
  Continent, but almost unheard of in the
  UK....

• Wakey, Wakey!
  09

  Chislehurst by night
  the attractive store
  front. Right: The
  chairman and store
  manager Doug Carey
  welcome early
  customers. THE SLEEPY HIGH STREET in
  Chislehurst woke up with a start on
  Tuesday November 18 for the...

• A dream comes true
  11

  A DEPARTURE from tradition was
  appreciated by local residents on the
  opening day of JS's new branch at
  Wigston in Leicestershire on November
  25. Sainsbury's (rather than Jimmy
  Saville) 'fixed-it' for local house-wife
  Audrey...

• SUCCESS STORY
  12

  "We have never had
  such good press in
  the City pages as we
  had when we re-
  ported our first half
  year results just a
  few weeks ago. And
  frankly "I think it is
  fair to say that we
  have never deserved
  a better press! It...

• A tricycle made for you
  14

  A tricycle made for you
  CUNNING STUNTS is an eightwoman
  theatre group that is about to
  burst on to the stage of the Tricycle
  Theatre in Kilburn High Road.
  The Theatre is just down the road
  from JS's Kilburn branch, and it is...

• Competition pays dividends
  14

  Competition pays dividends
  IMPRESSIVE MILEAGE can be
  acheived through car park ideas! Mike
  Dunkley, JS company architect and a
  member of the JS arts panel, was
  chosen as a judge for the recent car
  park design competition....

• Fact finding tour of JS
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  Fact finding tour of JS
  A GROUP OF JAPANESE busimen
  on a fact finding whistlestop
  tour of Great Britain and Germany recently
  paid a visit to JS's offices at
  Blackfriars.
  They were treated to a general presentation
  about the...

• JS and the art of sponsorship
  14

  JS and the art of sponsorship
  BUSINESS SPONSORSHIP of the arts
  is an area that has been developing over
  the years and one in which JS is
  involved.
  This year, for the third time, awards
  to sponsors have been presented by...

• New overalls for all next year
  14

  New overalls for all next year
  A FINAL DECISION has been reached
  on the new look for all branch staff.
  The new overalls are closely based on
  the styles that have been on trial at
  Putney branch over the last few months.
  A...

• Green Park projects steams ahead
  15

  Green Park projects steams ahead
  THE NEW YEAR should see the start
  of restoration work on the old engine
  shed at Bath's Green Park station which
  will become a car park. This alone will
  cost in the region of £1 million and
  a...

• 'Slow movers' quicken pace at Hoddesdon
  15

  'Slow movers' quicken pace at Hoddesdon
  A NEW WAREHOUSE on a 12-month
  rental, has opened up 20,000 square feet
  of extra room at Hoddesdon depot for
  'slow moving' and some non-perishable
  and non-food lines.
  The slow moving...

• Travelling scholarship for Paul
  15

  Travelling scholarship for Paul
  TRAINEE MANAGER Paul Sharp,
  from Welwyn Garden City branch is
  an example of the kind of young
  talent that is being attracted to JS these
  days. For last month Paul was the
  recipient of a £50...

• YOUR LETTERS
  16

  JS Polished off
  From: Mrs E Dudley, hygiene
  department, Buntingford depot
  I would be interested to know if other
  hygiene departments have as much
  trouble getting supplies as we seem to at
  Buntingford. Here, anything we need...

• Ann is bowled over
  17

  Ann is bowled over
  Ann looks thoroughly at home with the idea with the news oj her win (right) and over
  the moon at the official presentation (above). A STAR has been found at Leamington
  Spa! Ann Bowell, butcher at...

• The new Executive Club
  17

  The new Executive Club
  THE BIRTH of a new Sainsbury's club
  was celebrated at the wake of its predecessor
  on November 3. The ever popular
  JS Traders' Club has been re-born as the
  even more ambitious Executive Club,
  which has...

• ANDY RECAPTURES THE GOLDEN DAYS OF THE SILVER SCREEN
  18

  Andy relives some of the golden
  days when he visits the Astoria
  at Brixton (right) or such relics
  of a different age like the
  Granada Tooting organ (centre)
  which is now buried under a
  Bingo callers' rostrum! ANDY GARNER,...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  D Critcher, formerly meat manager at
  Dunstable, has been appointed area
  meat specialist at Uxbridge.
  R MacMillan, formerly an assistant
  buyer in the dairy buying department,
  has been appointed a buyer in the...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Len Brice, meat manager at Stratford,
  recently completed 25 years' service with
  JS.
  He joined the company at Seven
  Kings and worked at many branches
  before being promoted to head butcher
  in 1970. Len...

• Obituaries
  20

  Obituaries
  Brian Cole, provisions manager at
  Bishops Stortford branch, died on
  November 8 aged 43.
  Brian joined JS in 1962 and was
  appointed provisions manager in 1974,
  but due to ill health had worked in the
  office for the...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Bill King,-a driver at Basingstoke depot,
  retired last month after 33 years with JS.
  He joined the company at Blackfriars,
  became a driver in 1948 and moved to
  the depot in 1964.
  Alf Holden, a returns inspector...

• Texas Xmas!
  20

  Texas Xmas!
  CHRISTMAS wouldn't be Christmas
  without a JS Christmas pudding on the
  table, according to an English family
  now living in Dallas, Texas. Not having
  a JS pudding to tuck into was so unthinkable
  they asked some...

• A new face for JS cosmetics
  21

  A new face for JS cosmetics
  NEWCOMER to the company,
  Madeline Wicks, this year became JS's
  first ever toiletries and cosmetics
  development manager.
  Maddie began her career as a graduate
  trainee in industry before she...

• High flying accountant
  21

  High flying accountant
  IN HER SPARE TIME Katherine
  Howard likes nothing better than to be
  behind the controls of a light aircraft
  with her head in the clouds. But as JS's
  new assistant chief accountant she has
  her feet...

• New head of food technology
  21

  New head of food technology
  MALCOLM KANE is the new head of
  JS's food technology department at
  Blackfriars. He has been involved with
  the technical side of food manufacturing
  for the past 16 years, and he joins the
  company...

• Press office newsflash
  21

  Press office newsflash
  A NEW JOB and a new home for
  Glynis Mcintosh, who joined JS's public
  relations department on November 3, as
  a press officer. Glynis, who is 26, and her
  husband Andrew, a quantity surveyor,
  are both...

• A problem halved
  22

  A problem halved
  MANY CHARITIES are supported by
  JS but one in particular freely offers help
  and advice to staff in return for the aid
  that the Sainsbury's Charitable Fund
  has devoted to it. This advisory service
  is offered...

• Debbie is the tops
  22

  Debbie is the tops
  NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Debbie
  Knight, a skilled supermarket assistant
  at Guildford, has set her sights on joining
  the ever growing ranks of women in
  JS management and has certainly set off
  on the right...

• Variety with security
  22

  Variety with security
  Geoff Burley (2nd left) answers questions, backed up by produce manager at Hayes
  Alison Basford and Doreen Collins (right). AS WELL AS PRODUCING an
  increased profit at a time when so many
  other companies...

• Gerry's going to take things easy
  23

  Gerry's going to take things easy
  'IF YOU COULD PICK your
  time' said Gerry Smith, formerly area
  meat specialist at Uxbridge, 'I think I
  would have chosen April with the warm
  weather ahead to retire rather than
  October....

• What do you know ?
  24

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