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  • Contents Page 02

    Page 2-3
    News
    Page 3
    Property
    PAge 4-9
    Branch openings—Kidderminster, Braintree, Birkenhead
    Page 10-13
    New products—a Spring line up
    Page 14
    Pioneering with PET— a packaging development
    Page 15
    Cancer campaign—company wide...

  • Executive Club 02

    Executive
    Club
    DR DAVID OWEN MP was the special
    guest speaker at the JS Executive Club
    meeting on March 15 in Stamford House.
    In his capacity as a founder member of
    the Social Democratic Party he briefly
    outlined how the...

  • Happy birthday 02

    Happy birthday
    ONE YEAR AGO a significant event took
    place for JS and the world of DIY—the
    opening of the first Homebase, house and
    garden centre, in Purley Way Croydon.
    It had been announced in October 1979
    that JS was to...

  • Nine Elms 02

    Nine Elms
    MICHAEL HESELTINE, secretary of
    state for the Department of the
    Environment, recently paid an informal
    visit to JS's Nine Elms store accompanied
    by the chairman, Sir John Sainsbury and
    Timothy Sainsbury, a...

  • Festival of choirs 03

    Festival of choirs
    TWENTY FIVE of the country's leading
    youth and adult choirs have been selected
    for the recently announced Sainsbury's
    Festival of Choirs, which will take place
    at the Royal Albert Hall on Bank...

  • Pension changes 03

    Pension changes
    TO IMPROVE benefits for members of
    the JS Pension and Death Benefit
    Scheme, which is supported by a totally
    independent fund unrelated to the performance
    of the company, additional
    contributions are...

  • Property 03

    NEWPORT (Gwent) borough council
    has given the go-ahead to JS for the
    construction of a 46,000 sq ft store. .
    A new store is to open in the Hampshire
    Shopping Centre in Bournemouth. The
    store will have a sales area of 23,000...

  • Branch opening—Kidderminster 04

    THE POTENTIAL that Sainsbury's has
    long recognised in the town of
    Kidderminster was finally realised on
    February 23 when a new supermarket
    opened there.
    JS's long search for a suitable site has
    been well rewarded. The branch...

  • Branch opening—Braintree 06

    JS'S NEW STORE in Braintree opened at
    1, Tofts Walk, on Tuesday March 9.
    In spite of the morning being cold and
    overcast, a queue of about 150 people
    formed, eager to sample the delights of
    this attractive new supermarket....

  • Branch opening—Birkenhead 08

    THE "FLAGSHIP" of Sainsbury's in the
    North West' was how manager David Cox
    happily described Birkenhead branch,
    which opened on March 16.
    It is the first Sainsbury's store on
    Merseyside and yet the good name of the
    company...

  • New Products 10

    The buyers have been busy this Spring and man
    new products have bloomed on the JS shelves!
    Here is a selection—see pages 12-13 for full
    details. Butterflies
    i TREATS FOR TEATIME, in the form
    J- of crafty cakes, are easy to...

  • Brightest and best 14

    Brightest and best
    THE PIONEERING SPIRIT at JS is in
    evidence again this spring. In the
    packaging field one development in
    particular has been heralded by the
    retail industry as a significant move to
    ensure a successful...

  • Cancer campaigns 15

    Cancer campaigns
    WHAT DO PRAM and bed pushing,
    sponsored walks and diets, car washing
    and fancy dress pub crawls all have in
    common? Well, apart from a great deal of
    imagination . . . they are all events set up,
    company...

  • Keeping busy 16

    Keeping busy
    FROM MESSENGER at Blackfriars to
    area personnel manager at Bromley area
    office, was the career progression of Ron
    Sewell, who retires after 43 years' service
    with JS.
    'I joined the company shortly after the
    war...

  • Spreading his wings 17

    Spreading his wings
    Below: Ron with friends at Boscombe! RON EVELEIGH, trades assistant in the
    meat department at Boscombe branch,
    retires this month after more than 42
    years with JS.
    Ron was initially attracted to...

  • Bullseye 18

    Bullseye
    EQUALITY has taken another stride
    forward and, 'the last six weeks have
    been great fun!'
    Doncaster branch has been the scene
    of a lengthy darts competition played
    among female staff, which ended last
    week in...

  • Butter or margarine? 18

    Butter or margarine?
    ASK ANYBODY whether they can tell
    the difference between butter and
    margarine and they will insist they can!
    With this in mind the JS Sensory panel
    at head office conducted a test using JS
    Gold Margarine...

  • 'Owzat' 18

    'Owzat' A FULL SEASON of fixtures has been
    arranged by the Griffin cricket section of
    the SSA for two Saturday, three Sunday
    and one Wednesday evening eleven.
    Membership is free to all SSA members
    and the section is eager to...

  • Star struck 18

    Star struck
    A MAMMOTH shopping spree and a
    night with the stars was the reward for
    Rachel Hurlock for winning a Good
    Housekeeping magazine competition
    sponsored by JS.
    Rachel, from Woodbridge in Suffolk,
    had correctly put...

  • Feedback 19

    FEEDBACK
    Letters are welcome
    and should "be
    addressed to the editor
    Many thanks
    From: Eric Webster, formerly of poultry
    distribution, poultry buying office
    I would like to thank Malcolm Hughes,
    departmental director...

  • LONG SERVICE 19

    LONG SERVICE
    Charles 'Chas' Roberts, assistant chief
    cashier at Streatham office, has completed
    40 years' service with the company.
    He joined JS at Blackfriars in 1942, as
    part of the staff department (now known
    as...

  • OBITUARY 19

    OBITUARY
    WJ 'Charles' Parker, a senior systems
    analyst at Streatham, died after a long illness
    during a heart operation on Friday,
    February 12. He had completed 44 years'
    service with JS having been recruited in
    the retail...

  • RETIREMENTS 19

    RETIREMENTS
    Gordon Faulkner, manager of Teddington
    Freezer Centre, has retired after
    37 years with the company.
    He joined JS at High Street Kensington
    in 1939 and after six years National Service
    moved to Gloucester...

  • Archives 20

    IN 1982, the Year of the Sausage, it is
    interesting to note that JS have been
    producing high quality sausages for over
    80 years.
    The advertisement (below) appeared
    in the Midland Daily Telegraph in
    1939—exhorting customers...