'JS Journal', February 1984

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-4
  News
  Page 5
  A deaf girl's story
  Page 6-7
  Business news
  Page 8-12
  JS architecture—past, present and future
  Page 13
  New products
  Page 14
  Apes in danger
  Page 7, 15, 16
  News in brief
  Page 17
  Hobbies—two powerful...

• Director retires
  02

  Director retires
  HENRY GALAZKA, departmental
  director, pig supply and
  pork products, has retired after
  27 years with JS.
  Born in Cracow, Poland, he
  joined Sainsbury's in 1956 in the
  statistical department and 11
  years...

• Images final stop
  02

  All set up.
  Images final stop
  THE IMAGES for Today exhibition
  tour, organised and sponsored
  by Sainsbury's opened on
  home ground at Rennie House
  Conference Centre on January 17
  and 18.
  During those two days, it was
  open...

• Property
  02

  PROPERTY
  Plans
  in store
  PLANNING consent is being
  sought for a 58,500 sq ft store with
  parking for 515 cars in Lee
  Green, Lewisham.
  Work is due to begin on the
  47,600 sq ft Chichester store in
  the spring of this year....

• Craftsman Bob
  03

  Craftsman Bob
  FOLLOWING his success in gaining
  the SELETA award (JSJ
  1984), Bob Jones, applant
  maintenance en-
  Charlton depot, is
  here receiving the
  Engineering Industrial Training
  Board (EITB) certificate of...

• Introducing...
  03

  Introducing...
  THERE'S a new face on the
  Journal team. Jane Heeney
  joined as writer/secretary in
  December 1983.
  Jane, 22, has a science
  degree from Goldsmiths'
  College, London University
  and a Post Graduate Certificate
  of...

• Retailer of the Year
  03

  Retailer of the Year
  SAINSBURY'S HAS been voted
  retailer of the year for 1983.
  This award was made by Super
  Marketing magazine as part of a
  scheme sponsored by Lang's
  Supreme.
  Peter Davis, assistant managing
  director,...

• Forty year luncheon
  04

  Forty year luncheon
  THE SEVENTH forty year luncheon was held
  on January 9 and for the first time it was an
  'at home' event taking place in Stamford House. Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury,
  managing director, Roy Griffiths,
  retail...

• SONG OF SILENCE
  05

  The following is an extract from 'Sing a Song
  of Silence', written by Jessica Rees, the first
  totally deaf undergraduate at Oxford, who
  spent six weeks working at the Rugby branch
  in 1982.
  SONG OF
  SILENCE JESSICA Rees went...

• Booker moves on Bishop
  06

  Booker moves
  on Bishop
  AFTER months of speculation it
  was announced in mid-December
  that Booker McConnell was to
  acquire Bishop's Group. Booker
  have offered £13 million in cash for
  the Home Counties supermarket
  chain...

• Down to earth
  06

  Down to earth
  NOT SO exotic are fruit and
  vegetables featured in the Fresh
  Produce Desk Book' just out.
  It states that the average Briton
  eats 233lb of potatoes a year,
  254lb of apples [that should keep
  the doctor away) and...

• Fruits of fancy
  06

  Fruits of fancy
  BRITAIN is more exotic than ever
  before, claims the Fresh Fruit and
  Vegetable Information Bureau.
  They have published figures
  which show that consumption in
  Britain of exotic fruit and vegetables
  has risen...

• News from Northern
  06

  News from Northern
  MAJOR JS supplier Northern
  Foods clocked up pre-tax profits of
  £50.1 million for the year to September
  30, 1983 against £41.2
  million for the previous year. Turnover
  was 30 per cent higher at
  £1.31...

• The painting on the wall
  06

  The painting on die wall
  WHAT A rainbow you could paint
  with 38 million litres of gloss, silk
  and vinyl. That much paint was
  applied by householders in 1983
  and the figure is expected to be
  stepped up in 1984.
  More houses...

• Whither the one pound note
  06

  Whither the one pound note
  THERE has been a war of wills in
  the House of Commons over the
  one pound note. Marcus Fox, Tory
  MP for Shipley in Yorkshire, rather
  exaggerated his case when he said
  that the one pound note was...

• ASDA gets the cream
  07

  ASDA gets the cream
  ASSOCIATED DAIRIES GROUP
  turned in some very handsome
  results for their first half-year which
  ended in mid-November. Sales
  were up 15 per cent to £876.4
  million but pre-tax profits soared by
  a mighty 50...

• Christmas shopping
  07

  Christmas shopping
  ALEC MONK, chairman of Dee
  Corporation, had two very expensive
  presents on his Christmas
  shopping list. Two days before
  Christmas he bought the Northern
  Irish supermarket company F A
  Wellworth & Co, and...

• Far from Homebase
  07

  Far from Homebase
  HOW FAR would you travel to
  find a Homebase? Piero Zamra
  came all the way from Malta to
  shop at Nottingham's DIY and
  garden centre.
  On the customer comment
  card Piero Zamra wrote 'it is an
  excellent...

• Fat wrap for Freda
  07

  Fat wrap for Freda
  A GIFTWRAPPED parcel of
  lard made 77 year-old Freda
  Bryce's Christmas perfect, last
  year.
  In search of lard, Freda from
  Dover naturally went into
  Sainsbury's only to be told by an
  apologetic manager that...

• You need a sturdy trolley
  07

  You need a sturdy trolley
  ENTERING into the spirit of
  things. Trinity Street, Coventry,
  organised a Christmas raffle on
  December 19 and the prize was a
  timely two minute grub-grab.
  The winning ticket, drawn by
  Tom Haynes,...

• JS architecture—past, present and future
  08

  WHEN an architect sits down to a drawing board to
  design a building there are many areas of knowledge
  to draw upon other than the purely technical. It is a
  profession in which art lies with science, design...

• A new idea filters through
  13

  A new idea
  filters through
  IN THE wintry months ahead,
  the only sure way to keep your
  bones frost-free is to have
  coffee-on-call. New coffee filter
  sets from JS are just the job.
  For those who can't tell their
  full roast...

• Baby bubbly
  13

  Baby bubbly
  AFTER THE pocket calculator
  and the pocket handkerchief,
  comes the pocket champers, or
  more precisely the new halfbottle
  of Sainsbury's Champagne
  (extra dry).
  To be drunk on special
  occasions and especially...

• Drink me
  13

  Drink me
  WINE OF the Month for February
  is JS's Wehlener Munzlay.
  From the Mosel region, this is a
  'Qualitatswein' that cries out lo
  be savoured at every possible
  occasion. Crisp, fruity and friendly, this medium white...

• Have a JS bean feast
  13

  Have a JS bean feast
  WHAT IS high in fibre and
  protein and comes in tins? The
  answer is the new range of
  canned beans and pulses from
  Sainsbury's.
  Hot off the production line are
  Chilli Beans in Chilli Sauce. Very
  spicy,...

• Prune your figure
  13

  Prune your figure
  KEEP ON running with Sainsbury's
  Unsweetened Prunes in
  Fruit Juice.
  A bowl of these for breakfast,
  as part of your fibre plan diet,
  will give you the energy for that
  early morning jog. Later in the
  day...

• Fighting for the gorillas
  14

  Fighting for the gorillas
  THE WORLD'S largest primate,
  the gorilla, is becoming extinct
  and Woking area want to do
  something about it.
  'Our aim in the next five
  months,' says Woking AGM,
  Colin Harvey, 'is to collect a...

• Louse Pretty!
  15

  THIS IS Louse Pretty! She is the
  first Miss Homebase and will be
  entering the Miss JS contest on
  February 18 at the London West
  Hotel. Results in the JSJ March.

• Sainsbury's visit to St Mary's
  15

  Sainsbury's visit to St Mary's
  A LONG-STANDING custom at
  Portsmouth branch raised sufficient
  money to give 80 elderly
  patients at St Mary's Hospital a
  very happy Christmas last year.
  Over the years a few organisations
  have...

• Starring supermen
  15

  Starring supermen
  HEAD OFFICE superstars
  received celebrity status on
  December 23 following four
  months of hard cycling, skipping
  and other such gruelling activities.
  Divided into two age groups,
  the under and over 36s,...

• Terrific Taunton
  15

  Terrific Taunton
  L to R: Terry Gibbs, Tony Quick, Richard Fairhurst, David Laing and
  Andy Collins. Taunton won the annual Woking
  area Darts Competition on
  November 27, 1983.
  The final was played on a
  league basis between...

• Diary of a lucky lady
  16

  Diary of a lucky lady
  LAST MONTH the Journal
  announced the good fortune of
  Marselene Galliviin. daughter of
  Stella, evening display assistant
  at Wood Green.
  She won a Capital Radio trip to
  find Santa in Lapland and...

• Sid is at the top again
  16

  Sid is at the top again
  HOW TO breed Basenjis' is a
  book Syd Smith would find easy to write. For the second year
  running, Syd (director's chauftwo
  feur) has been chosen Our
  Dogs/ Pedigree Chum Top
  Breeder of the Year...

• Jane has more muscles than Tarzan
  17

  Jane has more muscles than Tarzan
  CHISELLING away al her figure and
  rebuilding it with daily workouts in the gym is
  how Jane Jones, petrol assistant at Bowthorpe,
  prepared herself for the International
  Women's Bodybuilding...

• Walsall Wado-ru
  17

  Walsall Wado-ru
  A BROKEN toe, two broken arms, two
  broken legs and numerous cracked ribs are
  the price that Steve Taylor, senior trades assistant,
  Walsall, has paid on his way to the top.
  Steve is the current British Black...

• Crossword solution
  18

  Crossword solution
  THE CHRISTMAS crossword
  competition received a huge
  response and the first three
  correct entries pulled from the
  hat were sent in by: Carol
  Stevens, financial appraisal, head
  office; Jennifer Davies,...

• Spot the difference
  18

  Spot the difference
  PRESS claims that Sainsbury's is
  a sure contender for the title
  'society supermarket of the year'
  (see JSJ December 1983) inspired
  one artist to visualise a 'typical'
  customer.
  If you can spot the...

• SSA/JS Journal Children's Competition
  18

  ENTRIES are arriving on our
  desks for the SSA/JS Journal
  Children's Competition.
  Don't let your children, nieces,
  nephews, grandchildren or
  godchildren miss the chance to
  win a PADDINGTON BEAR, an
  ELECTRONIC GAME or...

• Cyril has seen some changes
  19

  Cyril has seen some changes
  CYRIL RAYNER, grocery administration
  at Blackfriars, has
  retired from JS after 46 years'
  service with the company.
  He joined JS in the stock
  office, Blackfriars, and two years
  later left to serve...

• Long service
  19

  Long service
  Alan Burrage, manager at
  Worthing, has completed 25
  years' service with JS.
  He began his career with the
  company as a bacon boy in a
  number of manual shops. Alan
  moved to self-service, firstly at Kingston and...

• Obituary
  19

  Obituary
  Oldest JS
  veteran dies
  IT IS WITH sadness that the
  Journal reports the death of
  Emily Bailey, JS's oldest veteran.
  Emily died on January 11, aged
  101.
  During her time with JS she
  worked as a housekeeper in...

• Retirements
  19

  Retirements
  Gladys Salisbury, office manager
  at Bexleyheath, has retired after
  26 years with JS.
  She began her career with the
  company at Beckenham. After
  the war she set out on a family
  career and re-joined JS in 1966...

• The mystery still Isn't tied up
  20

  ARCHIVES
  The mystery
  still Isn't
  tied up A 32-YEAR OLD mystery was recently reawakened
  when Emily 'Ownie' Mole of St
  Albans sent a headscarf to the archives. The
  neat nylonette triangle was the latest JS
  head-wear in 1952...