'JS Journal', August 1980

Table of content

• Contents Page
  01

  Page 2-3
  General News
  Page 4-5
  New on the shelves (Cover Picture)
  Page 6-7
  Report on AGM
  Page 8-9
  Two new stores
  Page 10-11
  Profit Sharing Scheme
  Page 12-13
  Parking prettily
  Page 14-15
  Energy Matters
  Page 16-19
  Where it's at
  Page...

• Looking North
  02

  Looking North
  JS EXPANSION PLANS NORTH
  have taken a further step forward, this
  time in the supply area.
  Palethorpes Limited, of Market
  Drayton, Shropshire, whose main
  activities are the production of meat
  pies, sausages and...

• Minister tours labs
  02

  Minister tours labs
  MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
  Peter Walker visited JS at Blackfriars on
  July 1. He was taken on a tour of the
  laboratories before having a working
  lunch with chairman Sir John Sainsbury
  and directors Cecil...

• Olympic triumph
  02

  Olympic triumph
  GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS were
  brought back to Poole branch by
  swimmer Tony Stickland from the
  Disabled Olympics despite the fact that
  he missed his best events.
  Readers may remember that Tony
  was featured in...

• Whisky galore!
  02

  Whisky galore!
  COMMUNICATION merged with
  intoxication recently when chairman Sir
  John Sainsbury was presented with a
  gallon of whisky by the Observer
  newspaper, for the excellence of JS
  annual report to shareholders and...

• An act of providence!
  03

  An act of providence!
  AN APT POSTAL ADDRESS augured
  well for a successful opening of a new
  branch at Providence Place,
  Maidenhead in Berkshire on July 1.
  Customers were so anxious to shop in
  the new store that it took a lot...

• A bit of all white
  04

  A bit of all white
  'IT'S THE WHITE that catches the eye'
  as the old saying goes and it's certainly
  appropriate in the case of JS's new and
  very adaptable range of ovenproof
  cookware.
  The high fired earthenware range has a...

• Pudding on the style!
  04

  Pudding on the style!
  'PUDDINGS AND DESSERTS' and
  Cooking for Two are the latest titles to
  be added to JS's series of hardback
  recipe books. They are still at an
  incredible 99p each and contain 100
  tested recipes.
  Just...

• Pan handlers strike gold
  05

  Pan handlers strike gold
  FREE PAN HOLDERS are giving a
  boost to the sale of JS*s already very
  successful bakeware range, This is the
  first time the company has done anything
  like this and the bakeware range
  has proved to be...

• Tins are what they used to be
  05

  Tins are what they used to be
  TO MISQUOTE a bit of current graffiti,
  nostalgia is what it used to be as far as
  JS's latest range of tinware is concerned.
  Based on advertising material in the
  twenties and thirties the tins are...

• Investment pays off
  06

  Investment pays off
  AN INCREASE OF THIRTY PER
  CENT to the present sales area by
  March 1983. This is one of the development
  plans chairman Sir John Sainsbury
  told shareholders about at the
  company's annual general meeting,...

• Centre of attraction
  08

  Centre of attraction
  Top: A view down the arched colonnade linking the Sainsbury Centre to the main
  shopping street, which will shortly be lined by a number oj sub-let shops. Above: A
  chill, drizzly morning didn 't keep the...

• Fair shares for all
  10

  Fair shares
  for all
  This month JS's profit
  sharing scheme pays out for
  the first time. Such schemes
  are complicated by
  government legislation, stock
  market regulations and by the
  individual company's own
  business...

• A cure for parking disease!
  12

  Concrete grass, snakes and ladders
  and striped awnings are just three of the prizewinning ideas
  to emerge from JS's search for...
  A cure for parking disease! BRIGHT GREEN with flashing lights is
  how Nick Bailey sees JS...

• ENERGY MATTERS 80
  14

  ENERGY
  MATTE
  In January this year the Journal reported
  on JS's energy conservation plans for the
  year—Energy Matters 80. At a press
  conference held on July 9 the most
  innovative and ambitious part of the
  company's...

• A £407 an hour splash out by Arnold
  16

  A £407 an hour splash out by Arnold
  IN JUST ONE HOUR the fantastic
  sum of £407 was raised during a sponsored
  swim organised by Arnold branch.
  The store holds a charity fund raising
  effort every year. Previously they...

• How does this grab you?
  16

  How does this grab you?
  A RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
  certainly paid off for a 'grub grabber' at
  Bexhill branch recently. As the winner
  of a competition run by his local
  newspaper and a regular JS customer,
  Leslie Stopp, was...

• One of those days
  16

  One of those days
  PASSION FRUIT—limited availability.
  Supply will improve by weekend.'
  This item, lifted from a recent
  produce bulletin, was sent
  annonymously to the Journal with the
  comment: 'Doesn't it always!'

• Tamworth hits the headlines
  16

  Tamworth hits the headlines
  T COULDN'T BELIEVE IT' says
  manager of Tamworth branch Graham
  Liniey, when the Queen stopped to talk
  to him, during her visit to the town to
  open the Ankerside Shopping Centre.
  Excited as he was...

• A right Royal collection
  17

  A right Royal collection
  Joan's childhood interest in the Royal Family has grown into an impressive collection
  of cuttings and photographs. (Right: The Queen Mum's letter to the branch.) A ROYAL BIRTHDAY is a special
  occasion...

• Gym 'll fix it at HQ
  17

  Gym 'll fix it
  atHQ
  FITNESS FANATICS have a dream
  come true, the decision has been made
  to go ahead with the Blackfriars
  gymnasium/sauna project.
  A fully equipped gymnasium is to be
  set up in the present billiard room...

• Smith, Smith and Smith at Worle
  17

  Smith, Smith and Smith at Worle
  ACTING NATURALLY was the order
  of the day at Worle branch when a
  Thames TV unit came to film a regular
  customer shopping.
  The filming will become a part of a
  documentary series comparing the...

• A welcome revival!
  18

  A welcome revival!
  RESUSCI ANNE was the guest of honour
  at a recent JS gathering. She didn't
  say a word, was 'revived' twice and had
  to be helped to her feet to have her
  picture taken!
  If you haven't guessed already,...

• Eileen's top dog
  19

  Eileen's top dog
  A SHAGGY DOG STORY ended recently
  when Forest Hill branch proudly
  donated £74.50 to Dr Barnardo's.
  Eileen Thomas, a part time supermarket
  assistant at JS for the past nine
  years, heard recently that Dr...

• Highest rung of the safety ladder
  19

  Highest rung of the safety ladder
  ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS
  safety qualifications in the world has
  been gained by deputy manager of
  branch engineering Dave Bowen.
  Dave and 25 other newly qualified
  safety professionals were...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  S Whyte, formerly manager of
  Chippenham, has been appointed
  manager of Cannon Park.
  J Hammond, formerly manager of
  Dorking, has been appointed manager
  of Chippenham.
  A James, formerly manager of
  Redhill, has...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Frank Shipp, assistant area personnel
  manager at Romford Area office,
  celebrated 40 years' service in July.
  Frank began his career as an office
  junior in the staff department at
  Blackfriars and remained at...

• Obituary
  20

  Obituary
  Derrick Brownhill, head of food
  technology, died on June 18, at the age
  of 57, after a long illness.
  Derrick joined the company in 1961
  as a confectionary technician in the
  laboratory at Blackfriars and then...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Gwen Brown, housekeeper at
  Cheltenham, retires this month after 12
  years service with JS.
  She joined the company as a daily domestic when the branch opened in
  1968.
  Ann Flack, a part-time supermarket
  assistant...

• A most happy fellow
  21

  A most happy fellow
  A LUCKY MAN is how Les 'Nobby'
  Bone considers himself both at home
  and at work. When he concluded 47
  years service in June and retired as customer
  serviceman at Farnham branch,
  he took with him many fond...

• Hands of time
  22

  Hands of time
  'I'M ENJOYING A LIFE of leisure
  now—or at least that's what they say'
  grins Henry 'Jamie' Jamieson. 'But I've
  got the house to keep clean, the
  decorating to do, the meals to cook and
  all that sort of...

• Straight down the middle
  22

  Straight down the middle
  'I HATED IT' says Ted Spriggs of his
  first few weeks at JS. 'But I got to like it
  in the end. I had been used to an outdoor
  life and a certain amount of freedom,
  so working behind a counter and
  the...

• Trike cyclists!
  24

  Archives
  Trike cyclists! WHEN SAINSBURY's went selfservice
  in the 1950's they stopped home
  deliveries, much to the regret of many
  customers. For over 50 years teams of
  delivery boys had pedalled around the
  suburbs on...