'JS Journal', October 1982

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2
  Property
  Page 3
  The milk market
  Page 4, 5, 7
  Laser scanning and computers
  Page 6-7
  Business news
  Page 8-10
  New products
  Page 11
  Graduate trainees
  Page 12-14
  General news
  Page 14
  Photographic competition
  Page 15
  Cancer...

• Property
  02

  PLANS by Sainsbury's for more than
  40,800 sq ft of offices at Blackfriars have
  been rejected by Southwark council.
  JS wanted to build an estimated 22,500
  sq ft of offices at 41-42 Blackfriars Road
  and Running Horses Yard.
  A...

• It's got the lot!
  03

  It's got the lot!
  Liquid milk has been an area of quite outstanding
  growth in recent years at JS CONCERN ABOUT the future of
  Britain's dairy products—milk in
  particular—has long been a topic for
  serious discussion in the...

• Tomorrow's World...Here Today
  04

  1982 SHOULD PROVE a turning point
  for article numbering and laser scanning
  in the United Kingdom—for soon a
  sufficient percentage of goods handled
  by retailers will be bar coded to make the
  system cost effective for all...

• A kilo of carats
  06

  A kilo of carats
  A JAPANESE supermarket chain called
  Ito-Yokado has recently announced that it is
  going to start selling gold.
  The company hopes to sell at least ten
  kilos a month (worth about £70,000) at
  each of 15 stores....

• Apple drink blossoms
  06

  Apple drink blossoms
  THE CIDER market is looking particularly
  sunny at the moment. Britain's leading
  producer, H P Bulmer, recently reported a
  67 per cent increase in pre-tax profits.
  Excise
  doty
  Apart from good...

• Linfood produces the goods
  06

  Linfood produces the goods
  LINFOOD lifted pre-tax profits by 34 per
  cent from £8.9 million to £11.9 million for the year ending April 24. This was slightly
  higher than the £11.6 million forecast by the
  group last October...

• On target in Yorkshire
  06

  On target in Yorkshire
  HILLARDS have had a good year in
  Yorkshire. The supermarket chain which
  claims 11 per cent of the market there has
  increased its profits by 24.5 per cent to
  £4.78 million. This good result means...

• Key markets
  07

  Key markets
  FITCH LOVELL has recently reported good
  results for the year to April 24, 1982. Whilst
  Fitch Lovell is not itself a well-known name;
  its supermarket subsidiary, Key Markets, is
  more easily recognised.
  Unlike...

• American Sampler
  08

  American Sampler
  DISCOVER a great variety of American
  cooking with Sainsbury's latest cookbook,
  American Sampler (priced 75p) written
  by Patricia Lousada, herself American
  born.
  Illustrated in colour the book contains
  a...

• Bread and Flour
  08

  Bread and
  Flour
  THE SMELL OF BAKING bread is one
  of the most appetising and memorable of
  all aromas. To get more out of bread
  baking and to help identify the
  bewildering variety of breads available,
  JS have published a new...

• Cheese please
  08

  Cheese please
  CHEESE, is the latest in JS's popular
  range of full-colour, hard back cookbooks.
  By Rhona Newman, it is now
  available at all stores, price 99p. With a
  total of around 130 cheeses, JS offer
  something for all...

• Day and night
  09

  Day and night
  FOR AUTUMN, JS's beauty experts are
  recommending two new, elegant looks,
  Autumn Days and Frosty Nights, which
  can both be created with existing J
  Cosmetics and two new own-label
  items—Terracotta lipstick...

• Floral fragrance
  09

  Floral fragrance
  HONEYSUCKLE, ROSE and English
  Lavender are the traditional floral fragrances
  used in Sainsbury's new Occasion
  range of bath products—Pearl Bath,
  Luxury Soap, All Over Body Lotion and
  Eau de Toilette.
  The...

• Luxury bath
  09

  Luxury bath
  SAINSBURY'S are introducing a luxury
  bath range this month to complement the
  successful J range of skincare and cosmetics.
  The new delicately fragranced,
  luxurious bath products will pamper and
  care for the...

• Fruit & cheese
  10

  Fruit & cheese
  SUN, SEA and golden sands are all
  magically conjured up in JS's new exotic
  own-label Fruit Cocktail Drink, now
  available at 49p (a litre carton).
  Pineapples, apricots, oranges, passion
  fruit, apples, lemons,...

• New German
  10

  New German
  A MEDIUM DRY and spicy wine,Morio-
  Muskat, Qualitatswein Rheinpfalz, is the
  latest German own-label wine from JS
  now available at £2.85 (litre).
  It is produced in the largest wine
  district in Germany, the...

• No batter bother
  10

  No batter bother
  DON'T WAIT for pancake day to try JS's
  latest line in own-label Pancake Mix,
  American Style.
  Cooking instructions are straightforward.
  First of all place V2 pint of cold
  water in a bowl and gradually whisk...

• October wine
  10

  October wine
  OCTOBER'S WINE of the month is a
  dry, full-bodied white wine—Gewurztraminer,
  Vin d'Alsace Controllee,
  priced at £3.35.
  From the strictly defined Alsace wine
  growing region, situated between the
  Vosges...

• Play your cards right
  10

  Play your cards right
  CHARITY CHRISTMAS CARDS
  produced exclusively for JS will be on
  sale in over 100 branches from early
  this month. Once again the company will
  be supporting Oxfam and NSPCC by
  giving lOp from the sale of...

• Wessex bitter
  10

  Wessex bitter
  BITTER FANS will now be spoilt for
  choice with the recent introduction of
  JS's own-label Wessex Bitter.
  It joins the popular Sainsbury's Bitter
  and Yorkshire Bitter.
  Brewed in the West Country it has...

• Graduate trainees
  11

  SAINSBURY'S is one of the top 20
  employers of university graduates in the
  UK. They are recruited to take up places
  within the company's management
  trainee programmes and a high proportion
  enter the retail field.
  At the...

• Great job
  12

  Great job
  IN AN ATTEMPT to collect £230 for the
  respiratory unit of the William Harvey
  Hospital, Ashford branch raised a grand
  total of £333 after a strenuous and
  exciting sponsored walk on June 7.
  William Harvey is one of...

• Love at JS
  12

  Love at JS
  TRUE LOVE at Sainsbury's has become
  the subject of a catchy new record by a
  professional 'all girl' band named 'Proper
  Little Madams'.
  Scouts for a BBC2 magazine programme
  were so impressed with the
  'Love at...

• Successful Sainsbury launch
  12

  Successful Sainsbury launch
  SS SAINSBURY, a paddle steamer
  constructed at Worle branch, was
  successfully 'launched' on July 17 at the
  Weston-Super-Mare summer carnival
  despite torrential rain and storms.
  Complete with...

• Energy idea
  13

  Energy idea
  GOOD IDEAS and masses of enthusiasm
  have developed from the appointment
  of an energy conservation officer at
  each JS branch (see September JSJ).
  Seminars were held recently to
  introduce each officer to their...

• Have a break . . .
  13

  Have a break . . .
  UNBEATABLE VALUE is the only term
  that can be applied to some of the latest
  holiday offers from the SSA.
  Whilst many employees have just
  returned from their summer holidays, the
  SSA have been busy planning...

• Rallying round at Basingstoke
  13

  Rallying round at Basingstoke
  WEEKENDS haven't been the same
  since a group of Basingstoke depot
  drivers got together and started the
  Camping and Caravan Club . . . they've
  been even better!
  Although the club has only been...

• Saving with shares
  13

  Saving with shares
  ONCE AGAIN full-time and part-time
  employees who have worked at JS for
  three consecutive years are being offered
  the opportunity to save towards JS shares
  under the company's saving-related share
  option...

• Fun days at SavaCentre
  14

  Fun days at SavaCentre
  A FAMILY DAY of fun was organised
  recently by Oldbury SavaCentre. An
  open invitation was sent to all SavaCentre
  staff companywide to join the West
  Midlands store in its first ever...

• Photographic Competition
  14

  AS A RESULT of many comments that
  this year's JS Journal/SSA photographic
  competition coincided with summer
  holidays, the good news is that the closing
  date has been extended to Friday
  November 12.
  The winners will now be...

• Continuing cancer capers
  15

  Continuing cancer capers
  A SPONSORED bed push, static displays
  by the army and emergency services, a
  snow by the Shirlettes majorette group and
  appearances by a cadet band, were only a
  few of the superb attractions...

• Record success for Terry
  16

  Record success for Terry
  BLACK GOLD was a term originally
  applied to oil, but these days it might
  equally well be used when referring to
  records. A fact well-known to Terry
  Pratt, from the egg buying department...

• Feedback
  17

  FEEDBACK
  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to the editor Cheque-ered?
  From: Tom Delaney, office managers,
  Streatham
  For sometime now I have noticed that
  the number of people paying by cheque
  in JS branches has...

• APPOINTMENTS
  18

  APPOINTMENTS
  I Atherton, formerly manager of Stafford,
  has been appointed manager of
  Southport for the opening.
  D Bignell, formerly deputy manager of
  Bletchley, has been appointed manager
  of Preston for the opening.
  M Hall,...

• MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS
  18

  MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS
  Stuart Carter, currently manager of
  Harlow, is appointed district manager,
  Romford area.
  Jack Cornwall, currently manager of
  branch administration, Blackfriars, is
  appointed district manager...

• RETIREMENTS
  18

  RETIREMENTS
  Walter 'Wally' Butler, deputy meat
  manager at Sidney Street, Cambridge has
  retired after 48 years at JS.
  He joined the company as a poultryman
  at Cambridge and three years later
  moved to Woodford Green. In 1939...

• 43 years on!
  19

  THE LAST 43 years have flown by
  according to Doris 'Wardie' Laws, office
  manager at Potters Bar, who retired on
  August 13.
  'I joined the company at the age of 16
  and I wasn't very keen at the time
  because I didn't want to be...

• LONG SERVICE
  19

  LONG SERVICE
  Richard Ackrill, meat manager at
  Victoria, has completed 40 years' service
  with JS.
  He began his career with the company
  at Catford only to be called up a few years
  later into the services. He rejoined JS...

• OBITUARY
  19

  OBITUARY
  Rose Lewis, part-time supermarket
  assistant at North Cheam, died suddenly
  on August 2, aged 48.
  She began working for the company in
  1973. Rose had always been very active in
  the branch as treasurer of the...

• TWO ERRORS
  19

  TWO ERRORS appeared in last month's
  People columns, for which every apology
  is made.
  Doug Carey, now manager of Crawley
  was formerly manager of Locksbottom
  and not deputy manager.
  Alec Frank King, who has retired after
  30...

• A mark of distinction
  20

  A mark of distinction
  THIS MONTH, with an improved version
  of the archives logo at the head of the
  back page, it seems appropriate to look
  into the history of the trade mark upon
  which it is based.
  The original punning trade...