'JS Journal', May 1981

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 4-5
  Year end results
  Page 6, 7, 10
  New products
  Page 8-9
  The changing role of the BPO
  Page 11
  Calcot SavaCentre logo unveiled
  Page 12-14
  Palethorpes - history and development
  Page 15-17
  General news
  Page...

• New non-executive director
  02

  New non-executive director
  JENNIFER JENKINS, wife of the former
  President of the EEC Roy Jenkins,
  has been appointed JS's first woman nonexecutive
  director.
  Commenting on the appointment the
  chairman, Sir John Sainsbury...

• After the milk round
  03

  After the milk round
  ALMOST 4,000 graduates applied for
  just 135 vacancies this year.
  Despite the fact that only 25 were to be
  offered jobs at head office all those store
  management candidates who were chosen
  for a second...

• Extended hours
  03

  Extended
  hours
  A FURTHER EXTENSION of JS trading
  hours will be effected from Monday
  May 18 - branches will open on Monday
  mornings and stay open later on
  Saturdays.
  With the new extended hours most
  branches will now open...

• Property
  03

  PROPERTY
  PLANNING CONSENT for a new
  Sainsbury store in Huddersfield town
  centre has been given, subject to certain
  detailed conditions, by Kirklees council.
  Opened on May 19 - J S ' s new store at
  2 Station Mall,...

• Outstanding value leads to record progress
  04

  Outstanding value leads to record progress
  'I BELIEVE AN IMPORTANT reason
  for our success has been the consistency
  with which we have followed our
  traditional policies of commitment to
  food specialisation and of seeking to...

• Fashion for the family
  06

  Fashion for the family
  ITS BEEN A SHORT CUT to summer
  this year for those customers who have
  visited our largest JS textile departments.
  These 16 grade one branches stock a
  bright and budget conscious array of
  styles and...

• Bouncing budgies
  07

  Bouncing budgies
  EVEN BOUNCING BUDGIES can
  economise by shopping at Sainsbury's!
  The latest addition to the own-label
  petcare range is Budgerigar Food which
  costs 29p for a 300 gram pack - a large
  saving on the popular...

• Passion and melon
  07

  Passion and melon
  PASSIONATE SHOPPERS are likely to
  be on the increase this summer! When
  Passion Fruit and Melon was the featured
  yogurt flavour of the month it proved so
  popular that the dairy buying department
  introduced...

• Wine of the month
  07

  Wine of the month
  WINE OF THE MONTH for May is
  Piesporter Michelsberg 1979, price £2.17,
  available in 144 branches.
  JS introduced the wine in August of
  last year and it has already become
  established as one of the most...

• Vive la difference
  08

  This month the Journal takes a look
  at the changing role of the
  branch personnel officer (B.P.O.) The responsibilities of a BPO have grown
  and the function changed almost out of
  all recognition over the years. When
  personnel...

• Here comes the crunch
  10

  Here comes the crunch
  ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH, the
  salad of the month for May is Potato,
  Celery and Cheese. Priced at 33p for 8oz
  it comes in a handy re-usable tub and is
  also available in bulk from branches with
  delicatessen...

• SavaCentre logo unveiled
  11

  SavaCentre logo unveiled
  CALCOT'S SAVACENTRE, near
  Reading, moved a step near to completion
  on May 1 when the SavaCentre logo
  at the main entrance was unveiled.
  Councillor Reg Stubberfield, chairman of
  Newbury District...

• Palethorpes—history and development
  12

  The Journal takes a look at the history
  and development of this well-known company
  recently acquired by HMP.
  This interesting selection of historical
  photographs were kindly provided by
  Palethorpes archives. JS EXPANSION...

• Football crazy
  15

  Football crazy
  THEY'RE FOOTBALL CRAZY at Basingstoke
  depot! Management v union or
  women v men - provide any excuse and
  they'll be out in all weathers on the pitch
  raising money for their chosen local
  charity, the Saxon Wood...

• Photo call
  15

  Photo call
  £100 PRIZE is waiting for the lucky winf
  ner of the 1981 JS Jouraal/SSA Photographic
  Competition - so get those
  shutters clicking!
  The theme this year is 'street life' —
  anything at all that you think...

• Gold awards
  16

  Gold awards
  TWO WEEKEND students at Walsall
  branch are off to Buckingham Palace
  soon to collect Duke of Edinburgh Gold
  Awards.
  After 18 months of hard work, Mavis
  Williams and Beverley James, both aged
  18, struck gold after...

• The house that Brian built
  16

  The house that Brian built
  BRIAN PRESTON, a motor mechanic
  at the company car centre in Clapham,
  and his wife Linda, last month received a
  £1,000 prize and became 'Homesteaders
  of the Year'.
  Linda and Brian initially queued...

• Basingstoke arts festival support
  17

  Basingstoke arts festival support
  THE BASINGSTOKE ARTS Festival,
  an ambitious project for the town, has
  attracted many sponsors - including JS.
  Roy Pagden, Basingstoke depot's
  manager, presented a £500 cheque on
  behalf of...

• Football mad
  17

  Football mad
  A FANCY DRESS charity football
  match was played last month between
  management and female staff at Tonbridge,
  raising about £40 for the International
  Year of the Disabled.
  The match, played on the...

• Halesowen's last stand
  17

  Halesowen's last stand
  ROWDY YOUTHS were controlled by
  members of JS management team at
  Halesowen.
  Last month the three youths who were
  actually arrested, out of a gang of more
  than 20, were taken to the local...

• A future in the great outdoors!
  18

  A future in the great outdoors!
  MANY MEMORIES return to 'Mac'
  Macdonald as he looks back over his
  career that spanned 43 years at JS.
  Mac retired from his post as warehouse
  reception manager at Kilburn
  branch on April 11 but...

• This is your life
  19

  This is your life
  THE RETIREMENT party arranged for
  Ron 'Guv' Cunningham took an
  unexpected form. Colleagues past and
  present had secretly gleaned enough
  personal facts to present his career
  history like a 'This is your...

• Pioneering times
  20

  Pioneering times
  KEN HEBBERD, area produce
  specialist at Woking, retired this month
  after 42 years with JS.
  He joined the company as a poulterer
  at 96 Kilburn in August 1938. 'It was an
  old-fashioned, narrow, manual...

• Crafty retirement
  21

  Crafty retirement
  A CAREER spanning 46 years began
  and finished in the Ilford area for Len
  Finch.
  Len concluded those years on April 18
  as manager of Hornchurch freezer centre
  which was within easy cycling distance of
  home!...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  H Collins, formerly manager of Letchworth,
  has been appointed manager of
  Hitchin.
  K Fitzpatrick, formerly manager of
  Woking, has been appointed manager of
  New Basingstoke.
  J Fulcher, formerly manager of...

• Long service
  22

  Long service
  Gail Dudman, telephone supervisor at
  head office, celebrated 25 years' service
  last month.
  Gail was promoted to telephonist in
  charge in 1960 and then to assistant
  supervisor seven years later. In March
  1969...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  Bob Stain ton, a plant engineer at Basingstoke
  depot, retires after 43 years with JS.
  He joined the company in 1938 and
  was mobilised with the Territorial Army
  in 1939. After war service Bob returned
  to JS and...

• Feedback
  23

  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to the editor Sainsbury Soldiers
  From: Selwyn Morgan, public relations
  officer, SavaCentre
  As the public relations officer for
  SavaCentre Limited, I would like to offer
  comment...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  Daisy Butcher, part-time supermarket
  assistant at Dagenham branch, died
  suddenly on April 21 aged 52 years. Daisy joined the company at Aveley
  branch and moved to Dagenham for the
  opening last September.
  John...

• Fishy story
  24

  Fishy
  story
  BROWSING AROUND street markets
  or junk shops you may spot a piece of
  decorative Sainsburyana. These white
  ceramic jars once contained Sainsbury's
  Home Made Bloater Paste... a 'tasty
  tea-time treat on...