'JS Journal', November 1984

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 4-9
  Openings —Canterbury, Luton, Catford Homebase, Edinburgh SavaCentre
  Page 10
  25 club annual dinner
  Page 11
  Update on laser scanning and branch computers
  Page 12-14
  Spicy topic—a look at JS herbs and...

• New SavaCentre plans announced
  02

  New SavaCentre plans announced
  PLANS TO build a new SavaCentre
  at Merton in South West
  London were unveiled by Sainsbury's
  and British Home Stores
  on October 11. The proposed
  store would create 2,000 jobs.
  The scheme...

• Wine press
  02

  Wine press
  SAINSBURY'S VINTAGE selection
  wines came under close
  scrutiny by leading wine critics
  on Friday October 5 at Stamford
  House.
  A total of 28 wines out of the
  range of 49 were sampled and
  comments regarding...

• Senior appointments
  03

  Senior appointments
  ON OCTOBER 8, the Chairman, Sir John
  Sainsbury announced the following senior
  management appointments:
  Colin Smith meat buying manager,
  Trevor Baker area estates manager,
  Simon Charlick retail budget...

• VISIT OF A PRINCESS
  03

  VISIT OF A PRINCESS
  Princess Square, Bracknell welcomed its own princess on
  September 19 when the official opening ceremony was
  performed by Princess Anne.
  Bracknell's brand new multi-million pound shopping square
  includes a...

• Branch opening—Canterbury
  04

  CANTERBURY'S new Sainsbury's store
  was a winner before it even opened. The
  design of the supermarket was the winning
  entry in Sainsbury's 1982 Architectural
  Competition.
  Flat roofs are supported on slender steel
  beams which...

• Branch opening—Bramingham Park
  05

  AN OASIS in the retailing desert of
  Bramingham Park', is how customers
  described the new Sainsbury's store and
  adjacent off licence/freezer centre which
  opened on September 25 in Luton.
  Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury, greeted...

• Homebase openings—Catford
  06

  PETER PAN'S POOL came to life on
  September 28 when Catford Homebase,
  Beckenham Hill Road, opened its doors on
  the banks of the well known local landmark.
  The 20th Homebase to open, Catford has a
  total sales area of 52,135 sq...

• SavaCentre openings—Edinburgh
  08

  SAINSBURY'S goods are on sale in Scotland
  for the first time. The sixth SavaCentre
  opened in Edinburgh on October 2.
  The latest joint enterprise between
  Sainsbury's and British Home Stores (BHS)
  has a sales area of 68,000 sq...

• Welcome to the club
  10

  Welcome to the club
  ALMOST 900 guests attended this year's 25
  Club dinner on October 8.
  The annual event which was held at the
  Royal Lancaster Hotel, celebrated the 14th
  anniversary of the founding of the 25 Club for
  all...

• Together in electric dreams
  11

  Together in electric dreams
  MAKING A QUICK s c a n of develop-
  ments with scanning and branch
  computers reveals that the two
  strands of this futuristic story have
  been moving on determinedly, each
  at its own pace but side by...

• HERBS ARE THE SPICE OF LIFE
  12

  HERBS ARE THE SPICE OF LIFE
  BISON OR mammoth cooked in ground
  black pepper and rosemary over an open fire
  must have been a much sought after delicacy
  in the year 50,000 BC, for it was around this
  time that cavemen and women...

• The winning streak
  15

  What is the winning streak? It's a question Walter
  Goldsmith and David Clutterbuck applied
  themselves to in order to write their book of this
  name. Their objective was to reveal top British
  companies' formulas for success. JS...

• Good looking glass
  16

  Good looking glass
  DRINK A toast to a new range of
  wine glasses from JS.
  Sleek and sophisticated are the
  pink stemmed Champagne
  Glasses (£2.25 for three) to be
  topped up with bubbly.
  The White Wine Glasses (£2.25
  for...

• Know your writes
  16

  Know your writes
  GET WRITE with it and treat
  friends and family with Christmas
  gifts from the beautiful new range
  of Sainsbury's stationery.
  Pretty pink and good looking
  grey have been joined together to
  form this...

• Pink bubbly
  16

  Pink bubbly
  PERFECTION IN pink is Sainsbury's
  Champagne Rose, the wine
  of the month for November.
  This pink champagne comes
  from a family company in
  Epernay, in the centre of the
  Champagne region. Light and
  dry with a...

• Sweet new things
  16

  Sweet new things
  IN TIME for Christmas are
  several new confectionery ranges
  which would make ideal gifts.
  Chocolate Nut Clusters (from
  85 branches) will be gratefully
  received and very delicious they
  are too! In three...

• Current connections
  17

  Current connections
  CALLING ALL bright sparks-
  Sainsbury's have come up with
  an extension to the successful
  range of electrical accessories
  which are all really switched on
  to today's needs.
  The 13 amp Trailing...

• Fruit and nuts
  17

  Fruit and
  nuts
  A TASTY nibble for every party
  guest list is Sainsbury's Peanuts
  and Raisins.
  In a big 400g pack, these will
  certainly go a long way, no matter
  how big the gathering.
  Peanuts and Raisins cost 79p
  and are...

• Lady Di legs
  17

  Lady Di legs
  SOPHISTICATION for legs this
  Christmas comes from the hosiery
  department.
  'Bows and Seams' a la Lady Di,
  in black, silver grey and navy
  feature a tiny bow on the ankle
  of the tantalizing back seam. These are...

• Quality cookies
  17

  Quality cookies
  A NEW RANGE of biscuits has
  been launched by JS—'Traditional
  Bake Cookies.'
  In five varieties—Chocolate
  Orange Chip, Coconut, Ginger,
  Peanut Butter and Walnut—
  the recipes were formulated in
  our own...

• Time to trim a tree
  17

  Time to trim a tree
  CHRISTMAS IS coming and the
  shelves are being filled with all
  kinds of yule-tide accessories.
  Hot on the heels of last year's
  successful range are a number of
  new lines.
  Sainsbury's Super De Luxe...

• Chaos overnight
  18

  Chaos overnight
  THE GLC'S proposals to ban night
  time heavy lorries in London has
  created much controversy.
  The council plans to introduce
  traffic orders which will ban the
  presence of vehicles of 16.5
  ton nes and over from...

• Mixed biscuits
  18

  Mixed biscuits
  UNITED BISCUITS has recently
  reported rather mixed results for
  its half year to July 14. The group,
  the largest biscuit producer
  outside the US, pushed its turnover
  up by £129 million to £847
  million over...

• Morrison keep control
  18

  Morrison keep control
  WILLIAM MORRISON, the Bradford
  based supermarket group,
  has just announced half year
  figures that are more or less what
  everyone expected. Sales increased
  by 30 per cent to £163
  million but very...

• The hit squad is out
  18

  The hit squad is out
  THE CITY PUNDITS are at
  present feverishly predicting the
  end of regional supermarket
  chains. The source of all the fuss
  is, of course, that acquisitive duo
  Argyll Group and Dee Corporation.
  In...

• Who loves laverbread?
  18

  Who loves laverbread?
  IT IS BECOMING quite the thing
  these days for local delicacies to
  suddenly come to the attention of
  a wider market. Such an event
  may be about to happen to the
  Welsh dish of laverbread. To...

• Carnival time in Colchester
  19

  Carnival time in Colchester
  LATE SUMMER MADNESS
  struck Colchester branch
  when, on July 28, they took
  part in the town's carnival, to
  raise money for local charities.
  The theme of the branch's
  float was MS—Britain's...

• Feet are his fortune
  19

  Feet are his fortune
  MOVE OVER John Travolta!
  Here comes Roger!
  Staff at Chester will be glued to
  their television screens on
  November 7, when student Roger
  Small takes to the floor in the
  finals of the 1984 UK Disco...

• Lady in pool
  19

  Lady in pool
  POTTING OF perfection has
  earned Hazel Dabrowski, senior
  supermarket assistant at Oxford,
  the title of South of England pool
  champion.
  Hazel learned to play pool in
  the Oxford branch canteen and
  was selected...

• Money drop
  19

  Money drop
  A FALL FROM the sky by
  Martin Peachey, trades assistant
  at Brentwood, raised £120 for a
  very worthy cause.
  The Hanbury Association for
  Renal Patients (HARP) benefited
  when Martin was sponsored by
  friends and...

• Coventry area sports day
  20

  PEEPING FROM behind the
  clouds, the sun lit up Coventry
  area's second ever sports day on
  September 23 at the Aldersley
  stadium, Wolverhampton. Budding
  sportsmen and women gathered together
  to form a procession behind the...

• SPOT THE BALL
  21

  SPOT THE BALL
  * & e f "
  crosses nearest
  | NAME to the point
  I FULL JOB TITLE will win. Prizes
  LOCATION "MJ* % f j f I bottle of JS
  wine each.

• Boys and girls come out to play
  22

  Boys and
  girls come
  out to play
  CHILDREN'S FAVOURITE
  nursery rhyme characters came
  to life when 11 Winton staff gave
  a concerted push to the children's
  charities fund on September 9.
  Handing out balloons and
  badges to...

• Collecting in their curlers
  22

  Collecting in their curlers
  WHEN OFF duty, staff at
  Stevenage branch get up to all
  sorts of tricks, such as donning
  their nighties and going to bed.
  Pat Cox, assistant checkout
  manager persuaded them to
  adopt this...

• Ford Fiesta
  22

  MORE THAN £2,000 for the children's
  charities was raised in only five days by hard
  working Southport branch.
  A raffle for a Ford Fiesta meant that
  members of staff had to give up much of their free time in order to sell...

• Straight down the line
  22

  Straight down the line
  AUGUST 19 WILL be remembered
  by Braintree staff as
  not only a hot, balmy Sunday, but
  as a day of very hard work.
  Twenty intrepid explorers set
  out in the early morning to
  discover the disused railway...

• Feedback
  23

  FEEDBACK
  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to the
  editor
  Friends in need
  From: Mrs A Arnell, customer at
  Hull.
  May I take this opportunity to
  thank three of your staff at Hull
  branch for the speed...

• Hoppy Hopkins retires after 43 years
  23

  Hoppy Hopkins retires after 43 years
  'FROM BACON machines and
  egg candle lamps to Plessey
  machines and laser beams.'
  That's how Peter 'Hoppy'
  Hopkins, reception manager
  at Letchworth sums up his 43
  years with the...

• Long service
  23

  Long service
  Fred Ferebee, senior store
  service assistant at Balham, has
  completed 25 years' service with
  the company.
  He began his career with the
  company as a porter at Streatham
  High Road and on its closure
  transferred...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  Mary Crisp, typist at Streatham
  office, died suddenly on September
  6 aged 57.
  She had been with the
  company for ten years.
  Barbara Else, cheese packer at
  Buntingford depot, died suddenly
  on August 29 aged 43.
  She...

• Retirements
  23

  Retirements
  lock Bell, welder works engineer
  at Charlton depot, has retired
  after 31 years' service with JS.
  Charles Loake, maintenance
  supervisor at Basingstoke depot,
  has retired after 30 years' service
  with the...

• Top ten driver
  23

  Top ten driver
  "IVuckie extraordinaire,
  Chris
  Preston, driver at
  Basingstoke
  depot (757 Aug
  84), is one of the
  country's top ten
  drivers—and
  thaf s official. His
  success came in
  the national
  'Driver of the
  Year'...

• Progress of a pool
  24

  Progress of a pool
  'A touch of glass': that was how the South London
  Press heralded the opening of the new Catford
  Homebase on September 29. Others likened the
  building to the Crystal Palace, originally home of the
  1851 Great...