'JS Journal', July/August 1982

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 1-3
  News
  Page 4, 5, 17
  Business News—first of a new regular section
  Page 6, 7, 17
  How it is made—Frozen Black Forest Gateaux
  Page 8
  New products
  Page 9-16
  Family Day '82—photographs and a report on JS's family event of...

• Wimbledon opens
  02

  Wimbledon opens
  A BRANCH OPENING with a difference
  was welcomed by south-west London on
  Monday July 5.
  Wimbledon's famous fortnight of tennis
  had just finished as a new era was
  beginning for JS's local branch—with...

• Annual General Meeting
  03

  Annual General Meeting
  SAINSBURY'S Annual General Meeting
  for shareholders was held on June 30.
  During the course of his address the
  chairman, Sir John Sainsbury, said that
  the company has started the year well
  and has...

• Prize guy
  03

  Prize guy
  SAINSBURY's comes top of the class
  again! JS's prize Aberdeen Angus bull,
  Nightingale General Challenger, has
  gained another top spot in the
  limelight—this time at the Royal Highland
  Show on June 22. He was...

• County comes to the city
  04

  County comes to the city
  JS SUPPLIER, G Ruddle & Co, has recently
  placed some of its shares on the Unlisted
  Securities Market (USM). This is a junior
  version of the proper Stock Market, and is
  intended as a lower cost...

• JS growth record
  04

  JS growth record
  A SURVEY recently published in Management
  Today acknowledges JS's growth
  record since 1972. Out of the top 200
  public companies in the UK, Sainsbury's
  rank number 18 in terms of growth. The
  survey did not...

• Tesco's results
  04

  Tesco's results
  TESCO recently announced their results.
  They were well received by the Stock
  Market—profits before tax were up 22 per
  cent on 1980/81 to £42.7 million, some £5
  million more than was expected. The
  shares...

• An attack of the generics
  05

  An attack of the generics
  NOT, what you might think, a debilitating
  disease, generics are in fact no-name
  products promoted by large retailers on the
  basis of a very low price. The goods are
  usually presented in 'no-frills'...

• EEC prices up
  05

  EEC prices up
  THE EEC recently decided on the 1982
  round of farm price increases. An increase
  of 10.4 per cent has been imposed on the
  UK against our wishes. After currency
  adjustments this works out at 13 per cent.
  There...

• How it is made—Frozen Black Forest Gateaux
  06

  Black Forest Gateaux
  continued from page 6
  is employed full time to inspect the
  general housekeeping by regular and
  spot checks at every point of production.
  Each machine used during the process is
  numbered (and the sample...

• Crisp'n' crunchy
  08

  Crisp'n' crunchy
  POTATO, cheese, celery and onion salad
  is one of the latest additions to the
  delicatessen range at JS following its success
  as a 'salad of the month'. It is a fresh
  salad recommended for eating on its own
  or...

• Dressing for dinner
  08

  Dressing for dinner
  SNAP UP the new tastes from JS's
  'dressings' range quickly because, if you
  don't someone else will!
  Thousand Island, a piquant dressing
  permeated with gherkins, onions and
  peppers, promises to be the...

• Featured flavours
  08

  Featured flavours
  REGULAR YOGGERS will not have
  failed to notice that every month for the
  past two years JS has introduced a new
  flavour into its range of own-label yogurts.
  The last six months has seen the
  following...

• July delight
  08

  July delight
  WHO NEEDS A HOLIDAY in
  France when for £2.35 you can
  conjure up all the sun and sea
  you want with the help of a glass
  of JS's own-label Cotes de
  Provence Rose.
  The wines of Cotes de
  Provence come from...

• Neapolitan taste
  08

  Neapolitan taste
  BIG isn't always beautiful looking at
  the ever increasing sales of litre packs of
  JS own-label ice cream.
  Larger tubs (4 ltr) are slowly being outrun
  by the conveniently shaped 1 litre pack
  of ice cream, and...

• Piefect
  08

  Piefect
  FRESH PUFF and Shortcrust pastrywhich
  tastes 'just like mama used to
  make'! —have been launched this
  month by the dairy buying department.
  These smart new packs, contain
  perhaps the most manageable readymade
  fresh...

• Family Day '82
  09

  THIRTEEN might traditionally be unlucky for some, but Sunday June 13 was a
  happy and extremely lucky 'fun day' for the many thousands of Sainsbury's
  staff, families and friends who converged on Dulwich for Family Day '82.
  After...

• Co-op Congress
  17

  Co-op Congress
  THE CO-OP CHIEFS recently enjoyed
  marvellous weather at their annual
  Congress in Brighton. But are there clouds
  on the horizon? Of the 160 individual retail
  societies 72 are now making losses. Twenty
  have had...

• Gulliver's travels
  17

  Gulliver's travels
  THEY WONT EVEN have to change the
  number plate on the Chairman's car!' —
  that was the verdict when James Gulliver
  announced that his Argyll Foods company
  was going to purchase Allied Suppliers
  from his...

• The story of Truelove
  18

  The story of Truelove
  THE STRONG CONNECTION between
  Sainsbury's and Trueloves School for the
  physically handicapped has lasted many
  years but, sadly, its days may be numbered
  now.
  The 'tradition' of giving aid to...

• A successful year
  19

  A successful year
  THE JS HOME ECONOMISTS have a
  two-fold celebration on their plates!
  Firstly, the Association of Home
  Economists has recently been granted
  institute status and now becomes the
  Institute of Home Economics...

• Chairman Spence
  19

  Chairman Spence
  WENDY SPENCE, JS's senior hygiene
  officer, was recently appointed chairman
  of the Society of Food Hygiene Technology
  (SFHT).
  She was one of the principal founders
  of the society and voted vice-chairman...

• ABC of fruit and veg
  20

  ABC of fruit and veg
  WHAT DO you do to a library to brighten
  it up and give it extra purpose? 'Fill it with
  tropical fruit and vegetables' was the
  answer given by Chris Avery, the librarian
  in Rennie House at Blackfriars.
  So...

• No trouble at mill
  20

  No trouble at mill
  IN THE FOOTSTEPS of last year's
  Business Enterprise Award, presented to
  JS for having been the company making
  the most significant contribution to job
  creation that year, it's nice to know that
  the company...

• Run for it
  20

  Run for it
  A SPECIAL AWARD of £100 was
  recently presented to John Perry, a 19-
  year-old tradesman at Luton Central
  branch.
  John was hailed a hero and given the
  award as a token of the public's appreciation
  after he chased...

• Victory at Calne
  20

  Victory at Calne
  THE ANNUAL CRICKET match
  between JS and Harris of Calne, played
  on June 5 at Calne, resulted in a win for JS.
  This match, one of the highlights of the
  JS cricketing season, celebrated its 35th
  birthday this...

• A crash course
  21

  A crash course
  DESPITE A DOWNPOUR on May 23,
  Lexden staff went out in force to
  Colchester army barracks and took part
  in an assault course in aid of the National
  Grocers' Benevolent Fund.
  The course was a difficult...

• Cancer round-up
  21

  Cancer round-up
  DETERMINATION is what its all about
  when it comes to raising money for
  Cancer Research, and this month has
  been no exception!
  Southend decided not to hide their
  light under a bushel and set out on...

• I wish...
  21

  I wish...
  TO BE OR NOT to be, a wishing well,
  was the question, facing Terry Nicholson,
  manager of Homebase at Leeds (now
  manager at Nottingham).
  The problem arose when a small pool
  was built in the store, near...

• Luton walk
  21

  Luton walk
  FROM LUTON Central a few of the
  more intrepid members of staff collected
  300 for Luton and Dunstable maternity
  special care unit for premature babies.
  The money was raised by a ten mile
  sponsored walk organised by...

• Wining and dining ideas
  21

  Wining and dining ideas
  NEW ZEALAND LAMB is featured in
  one of the latest full colour leaflets available
  in Sainsbury's stores.
  These 'mini food guides' are displayed
  adjacent to the products that they are
  promoting and...

• Feedback
  22

  FEEDBACK
  Letters are welcome
  and should "be
  addressed to the editor Bike park?
  From: Tony Gayfer, distribution division,
  Blackfriars.
  While waiting for my medical examination
  recently, I picked up the Health
  Education...

• Photographic Competition
  22

  TWO £75 PRIZES are waiting for the lucky winners of the 1982
  IS Joumal/SS A Photographic Competition.
  This year there are two themes open to your interpretation
  —Summertime Blues and Nostalgia—so get your
  imagination into...

• LONG SERVICE
  23

  LONG SERVICE
  Alfred Hubbard, warehouse/reception
  manager at Reading, has completed 40
  years' service with JS.
  He joined the company at Barking
  branch and moved to his present position
  in 1965.
  Colin 'Col' Hunt, meat manager...

• OBITUARY
  23

  OBITUARY
  Nora Denyer, canteen supervisor at
  Dunstable, died on May 16, aged 58.
  She began working for the company in
  1968 and had worked at Dunstable since
  1972.
  Helen Nicholson, skilled supermarket
  assistant at Corby, died...

• RETIREMENTS
  23

  RETIREMENTS
  Robert Bourner, meat manager at
  Chatham, has retired after 43 years with
  JS.
  He began his career with the company
  as a butchers' learner, at Tonbridge. A
  year later he moved to Leatherhead as a
  cutter/shopman...

• Margarine memories
  24

  Margarine memories
  BEFORE THE DAYS of machine
  packaging, the shop assistant's job demanded
  a number of skills now obsolete.
  A 'rule book' for JS branches, recently
  donated to the archives by Derek Harker,
  branch operations,...