'JS Journal', March 1980

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• A family occasion
  02

  A family occasion
  A PROUD MOMENT for chairman John Sainsbury after receiving his knighthood
  from the Queen at Buckingham Palace, on March 4.
  The investiture was a family occasion, and Sir John is pictured here with his wife Any...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7 and 17
  General news
  Pages 8-10
  Women in Management
  Page 11
  Property
  Page 12/13
  Miss JS finals
  Pages 14/15
  Olympic Swimmer
  Page 16
  Letters
  Pages 18-23
  People
  Page 24
  Archives

• JS man is new SavaCentre chief
  02

  JS man is new SavaCentre chief
  JS CHIEF ENGINEER George Lloyd
  has now been appointed chief engineer
  of SavaCentre, the jointly owned
  hypermarket venture of JS and British
  Home Stores.
  George will be responsible...

• No roasting for JS
  02

  No roasting for JS
  THE HOT POTATO issue raised by
  JS's advert which stated why we do not
  sell the most widely grown variety of
  potato in Britain, the Pentland Crown,
  has been examined by the Advertising
  Standards...

• Them and US
  02

  Them and US
  MOVING STATESIDE is understood
  to be the latest plan of the Tesco group
  of supermarkets.
  They are thought to be looking for a
  US grocery retailer with up to 100
  outlets of 50,000 square feet each and
  close to...

• JS takes the stage at Sadler's Wells
  03

  JS takes the stage at Sadler's Wells
  TOP JOURNALISTS and broadcasters
  were the guests of JS at a number of
  'press nights', held at the Sadler's Wells
  theatre during the recent London season
  of the Sadler's Wells Royal...

• NZ deputy PM pays a visit
  03

  NZ deputy PM pays a visit
  DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER of New
  Zealand Brian Tallboys stopped off at
  JS during his recent flying visit to
  Britain. Mr Tallboys was on his way to
  important talks in Brussels, but he
  found time to visit...

• Veterans outgrow venue
  03

  Veterans outgrow venue
  JS VETERANS have outgrown all the
  possible venues for their annual get together
  so this year the event is being held
  on two days. All those coming by coach
  who live north of the river Thames and
  all...

• Get up and at 'em!
  04

  Get up and at 'em!
  IF YOU CAN'T FACE BREAKFAST
  here are a couple of new JS own-label
  cereals that could make you change your
  mind.
  Crunchy Oat Cereal is a must for
  those who wave the wholefood banner.
  It's made from natural...

• 'I'm just mad about Saffron'
  05

  'I'm just mad about Saffron'
  A MEDITERRANEAN FLAVOUR
  has been added to the range of JS ownlabel
  savoury rices. Savoury Saffron
  Rice is now in store in a distinctive new
  packaging design which will shortly also
  be adopted by...

• Trip go through the tulips
  05

  Trip go through
  the tulips
  'FANTASTIC VALUE' was the common
  remark made by over 100 happy
  SSA weekend trippers to Amsterdam
  earlier this month.
  Pleasant spring weather, a lovely interesting
  city and a centrally located...

• Life or death donation
  06

  Life or death donation
  SOME 3,600 PEOPLE DIE every year
  in the British Isles from terminal renal
  failure, and they die, not because
  treatment is unknown, but because no
  treatment is available.
  When the cheese department...

• Tied to the job
  06

  Tied to the job
  DURING THE COURSE of his daily
  shredding duties an unfortunate
  accident befell Graham Bonsey, PA to
  departmental director Dennis Males.
  His tie got shredded!
  'Someone told me that the bag on the
  machine was...

• Match of the day
  07

  Match of the day
  ROYSTON UNDER TWELVES met
  first division Crystal Palace recently,
  thanks to the efforts of Ray Hall who
  works at Buntingford depot.
  Ray is employee services administrator
  at the depot but in his spare...

• Metric tea at no extra cost
  07

  Metric tea at no extra cost
  DON'T PANIC over the news that this
  year will see the end of another imperial
  era — that of tea being sold in imperial
  measures.
  The benefit falls to the consumer, for
  although going metric will...

• School outing goes behind the scenes
  07

  School outing goes behind the scenes
  A PARTY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN so enjoyed their look behind
  the scenes at Purley branch they all wrote the most
  delightfully illustrated thanks notes.

• Women at the top
  08

  The role of women in the business world has
  changed dramatically in recent years. Now as we
  enter the Eighties—a new decade when we can
  confidently expect to encounter many more
  changes in every way—are women taking up...

• . . . and the rest
  11

  . . . and the rest
  INTERESTING PROPERTY moves
  have recently been made by some of JS's
  high street competitors.
  The Associated British Foods supermarket
  chain, Fine Fare, have purchased 52 small Pricerite shops...

• Plymouth ho!
  11

  Plymouth ho!
  A MULTI-MILLION pound hotel and
  shop development is to be built in the
  centre of Plymouth. It will feature a
  large- JS supermarket and other unit
  shops, topped by a Hilton hotel and a
  car park for 600...

• Property page
  11

  AS PRESS DAY LOOMED for the
  Journal this month the birth of a new
  SavaCentre took place.
  On March 18, Basildon in Essex became
  the proud location of this important
  development which almost doubles
  the size of the existing...

• Saint and dinner!
  11

  Saint and dinner!
  SAINT JOHN made way for Sir John at
  Walthamstow a few weeks ago. The former
  Saint John Ambulance Brigade
  headquarters in Linden Road was demolished
  in order to clear the site ready
  for work to start on a...

• Stronger link
  11

  Stronger link
  A LONG ASSOCIATION with
  Surbiton is being strengthened by JS this
  month. On March 25 a new supermarket
  opens to replace its smaller predecessor
  also in Victoria Road.
  JS first opened a counter service
  branch...

• An evening of wine, women and song at West Centre
  12

  BATH OVERFLOWED with victorious
  cheers when 16-year-old Dawn Harper
  was voted Miss Sainsbury 1980, at the
  SSA's annual dinner dance, held on
  February 23 at the West Centre Hotel in
  London.
  Dawn is a weekend student at...

• Olympic Swimmer
  14

  OLYMPIC swimmer Tony Stickjitndfe
  no ordinary swimrher and'"'t, the
  Olympics he is competingiin are no
  (Ordinary 0 jyrnpics.
  Tjony, who is a Jjutcbet at Poote
  branch, has bnlf CMie led and he 8
  representing Great Srifain...

• 'Funny Money' raises £10,000
  16

  'Funny Money'
  raises £10,000
  ENOUGH MONEY to buy 200
  medibikes was raised by the joint
  JS/ Woman's Own 'Funny Money'
  appeal which ran at the branches for five
  weeks last autumn, in aid of 'Together
  for Children'.
  A...

• Jarring note
  16

  Jarring note
  LIGHT FINGERS have been
  interfering with the efforts of members
  of the retail personnel department and
  SSA office at Stamford House.
  For some time now they have been
  regularly filling a jar with coppers...

• Your letters
  16

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Out-store bakeries
  From: D Parker, Blackfriars
  In the light of the company's growing
  success with in-store bakeries, has
  anyone ever considered opening...

• Texas rangers
  17

  Texas rangers
  The Thomas More team with their manager Mack Farquhar ST THOMAS MORE FC under 13's
  team is playing an away game that will
  see Charlton driver John Woods and his
  son Sean spending Easter in Dallas,
  Texas.
  Sean...

• Family Day going according to plan
  18

• JS completes perfection
  18

• Houseperson!
  19

  Houseperson!
  RETIREMENT is the subject of much
  discussion — and of yet another letter
  to the Journal. The letter was from Mick
  Kernaghan in the motor engineers'
  department at Buntungford depot and
  recommended an ode to...

• Starting afresh
  19

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  G W Skipper, formerly senior merchandiser,
  branch merchandising department,
  has been appointed deputy
  manager, branch planning services.
  A M Branson, formerly financial analyst
  distribution, has been...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Jeff Saunders, assistant meat manager at
  Kempston, this month celebrates 40
  years with JS.
  He began his career at 13/15 Stamford
  Street as a tradesman and transferred to
  Bedford in 1940. He went into the...

• Obituary
  20

  Obituary
  Gordon Maxwell died on February 24
  after several months' illness. He joined
  the company 19 years ago, initially to
  sell advertising space in Sainsbury's
  Family Magazine. More recently he was
  a well-known figure...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Grace Goodley, security officer in the
  Romford area, has retired after 24 years
  with the company.
  Grace joined Collier Row until the
  Harold Hill branch opened. There she
  worked in various departments until
  1964...

• 'Digging at dawn!'
  21

  'Digging at dawn!'
  A COMPLETE CIRCLE was made by
  Jim Gower, meat manager at Rye Lane
  Peckham, when he retired on January 7.
  During his 43 years at JS Jim moved
  around to various branches in south east
  London. His very first...

• Family man at home
  22

  Family man at home
  'I LIKE PEOPLE and I've met some
  lovely people during my 42 years with
  the firm' says George Bradburn, who
  retired on March 8, as reception manager
  at Dunstable branch.
  He met some 'lovely people'...

• Retirement bowls Phil over
  23

  Retirement bowls Phil over
  'I'LL NEVER FORGET the opening
  day of Hayward's Heath branch because
  that was my first day at JS' remembers
  Owen 'Phil' Phillips, ex-manager of
  Oxted. 'With my 45 years' service
  completed before I...

• All that glitters...
  24

  Archives
  All that glitters... GOLDEN GUINEAS, minted between
  1787 and 1800 during the reign of
  George III, were the model for one of
  the items most frequently sent to the
  archives for identification—a trade
  token....