'JS Journal', April 1980

Table of content

Budget account

01
Budget account
THE BUDGET has passed yet again
and in certain areas had a direct effect
on JS and its employees.
With expectations that Chancellor Sir
Geoffrey Howe would slap an extra
pound on the price of spirits a...
Contents Page

01
Pages 1 -7 and 11
General news
Pages 8-10
Feature
Page 1 2
Letters
pages 1 3-15
People
Page 16
Archives
Mad hatters!

01
Mad hatters!
After much deliberation judges (I to rt) John Sharp, Frank Bull and Ken Jones, stand
behind Glenys Murphy, and winners Pat Baker (second), Sandra Reynolds (first) and
Susan Jordan (third). GOOD FRIDAY had...
We won!

01
We won!
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC just in
time to make our front page is the news
from Charlton driver John Woods that
St Thomas More FC under 13's team
has won the Dallas Cup and taken
Texas by storm.
In March we reported how...
A cut above the rest

02
A cut above the rest
AN ADVERTISEMENT for JS minibone
rib roast won a slice of the action
at this year's Campaign Press
Advertising Awards. (Campaign is the
leading media magazine in the UK.)
The ad, produced by Abbott...
Credit where credit's due

02
Credit where credit's due
APRIL 14 heralds the coming of the
credit card to JS. From this date both
Access and Barclaycard will be
acceptable, for a minimum six month
trial at six stores and two freezer centres.
After...
Engineers and architects on the move

02
Engineers and
architects
on the move
MORE MOVES have been made in the
architects and engineers department.
Roy Linfield at the beginning of the
financial year becomes departmental
director of that department.
John Kerss...
New appointments at Blackfriars

02
New appointments at Blackfriars
VARIOUS new appointments have been
made at head office recently.
In the estates department Peter Boam
has been appointed estates manager
responsible for the acquisition of sites
for JS/GB Home...
Super Surbiton!

03
Super Surbiton!
IT WAS HARD WORK getting the
new branch at Surbiton ready in time to
open on March 25, but the 160 or so
staff managed it, and when the first few
hundred customers came streaming
through the doors at 9.30 am,...
Bags of tea!

04
Bags of tea!
FOUR INTO ONE will go according to
an old age pensioner, who was delighted
to find that one Red Label tea bag made
four large cups of tea.
So pleased was she that she sat down
and wrote the following poem about...
Bran new taste

04
Bran new taste
IT TOOK TWO YEARS to develop
JS's Breakfast Bran which goes on sale
for the first time this month. JS is the
only supermarket chain so far to come
up with its own variety of this increasingly
popular...
Dinner date

04
Dinner date
THE 25 CLUB ANNUAL DINNER is
to be held on October 13 at the Royal
Lancaster Hotel in London. The club
now has about 800 members who will be
sent formal invitations sometime in
August. This annual get together is...
Hotel for sale

04
Hotel for sale
A MERE £15 MILLION could buy you
the still unfinished 770-bedroom King's
Reach Hotel next door to Stamford
House.
The shell was completed in 1976
before its developer went bust. And now
the American company,...
Icing on the profit cake

04
Icing on the profit cake
A GOOD FIRST half year has been
reported by the Bejam group whose
taxable profits have made a jump of 50
per cent to £4.1 million.
The improvement in profits came
almost entirely from the main...
Natural progression

04
Natural progression
REVLON is not only a hit in the three
JS stores who are selling Natural
Wonder cosmetics as a trial to test their
popularity. Revlon is the second largest
group in the US and last month
reported record...
Vive le litre

04
Vive le litre
BIG NEWS for brandy drinkers is the
introduction of a litre bottle of JS's
French Brandy. This follows the success
of the half litre size launched at the end
of 1978.
Buying your brandy in bulk is
cheaper, for...
Clock watchers look out!

05
Clock watchers look out!
LOOKING for a good time—then look
no further than the hardware
department's handsome new range of
battery operated wall clocks. There are
four designs in the range and they are all
priced at a...
UK retailers call for EEC farm price freeze

05
UK retailers call for EEC farm price freeze
THE RETAIL CONSORTIUM, which
represents most of the food shops in
Britain has called for a freeze on most
EEC farm prices.
In evidence sent to the Ministry of
Agriculture, the...
the big three

06
the big three
SIX HUNDRED well organised staff
successfully opened SavaCentre number
three to the public on March 18.
Miserable weather did not deter the
curious crowds—it merely emphasised
how bright and comfortable the...
A stitch in time down the production line

08
OVERALL LIAISON between JS and
Lawtex, a family firm based near
Manchester, has for over 15 years
ensured that branch and depot staff have
been safely and neatly clad in keeping
with their respective jobs.
At the retail...
An open and shut (nut) case

10
An open and shut (nut) case
A QUESTION OF COST was raised by
a letter written to HTV West. Mrs
Humphries, a customer at Worle branch
bought a coconut. She sent the coconut
which was wrapped in cling film to the
programme...
JS men of property

10
JS men of property
JS PROPERTIES LTD have announced
the election of Roy Linfield, Nigel
Franks and Geoffrey Haynes to the
board.
Prince Charles dines at HO

10
Prince Charles dines at HO
READERS of the Court Circular in The
Times will no doubt have noticed that
head office recently had the pleasure of a
visit from His Royal Highness Prince
Charles.
His Highness had a working lunch...
Soul food

10
Soul food
ACTOR ALEC McCOWEN stocked up
with food and drink from Folkestone
branch before settling down to the solitary
vigil of rehearsing his now famous
dramatic reading of St Mark's Gospel.
Writing in a recent issue of...
Overseas branch

12
Overseas branch
A CUSTOMER at Derby branch recently
had her cheque returned by the
passport office as she had made it payable
to, yes, you've guessed, 'J Sainsbury
Ltd'.
Our thanks to Mrs Hill the BPO at
Derby for passing...
Snaily Bulletin!

12
Snaily Bulletin!
FRESH MEAT BUYERS we know are
always on the look out for new products
but this time we think they have really
gone over the top, if an item in a recent
daily bulletin is to be believed.
The item informed...
Your letters

12
Your letters
Letters are welcome and should be
addressed to the editor. Un-ethnic-al?
From: D T Condon, fresh pork trading
Is the company's decision to incorporate
Ethnic Grouping on the Employee
Record in any way connected...
Appointments

13
Appointments
J Phillipson, formerly manager of
Kempston, has been appointed a district
manager, taking over the branches on E
Weeks' district when he takes up a
special appointment in Coventry area
office.
J Trendall,...
Long service

13
Long service
Eddie Herbert, meat manager at
Feltham, this month completes 40 years
with JS.
He began his career with the company
at St Helier and has served at many
branches including 218 Sutton, 67
Sutton, Cheam Village,...
Retirements

13
Retirements
Evelyn Cooch, part-time supermarket
assistant at Colchester, has retired after
10 years with the company.
Vi Ford, a fresh meat assistant at
Colchester has retired after 10 years
with the company.
Ivy Sharp, a...
The joy of queuing!

13
The joy of queuing!
QUEUING UP in Sainsbury's is one of
the things labour politician Shirley
Williams enjoys being able to do as a
result of losing her seat at the last
election.
Mrs Williams was the guest of
Michael...
Cyril calls it a night!

14
Cyril calls it a night!
FRIENDLY LEG PULLING is one of
the features of Cyril Laming's long
career that he is going to miss most!
Night manager at Basingstoke depot
and renowned for his anecdotes, Cyril
retired on April 11...
Pip and his birds

15
Pip and his birds
BIRDS ARE GOING to play an important
part in the retired life of George
'Pip' Piper—the feathered variety that is,
because he breeds them.
George, formerly grocery manager at
Tonbridge, has bred birds as...
The Home Guard at home

16
Archives
The Home Guard at home AT THE FIRST RUMBLINGS of war
in 1938, England prepared for attack—
and units of Local Defence Volunteers
were formed. Most of the JS staff who
had not enlisted, joinced 'C' Company
of the...