'JS Journal', July 1984

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  News
  Page 6-7
  Branch openings —Hendon, Bracknell
  Page 8-9
  New products
  Page 9
  Developments in meat
  Page 10-11
  Business news
  Page 12-16
  Family day —come rain, come shine
  Page 17-20
  News in brief —A round up of...

• Foster on wine
  02

  Foster on wine
  CELEBRATED wine writer,
  William Foster, is Sainsbury's
  new wine speaker.
  The service has been introduced
  by JS for interested groups
  of 50 people or more.
  William Foster is a highly
  respected wine writer...

• Royal thank you for cancer money
  02

  The Duke of Gloucester (left) presents Joe Barnes with the gold award.
  Royal thank you for cancer money HIS ROYAL Highness the Duke
  of Gloucester, Patron of the
  Cancer Research Campaign, presented
  Sainsbury's with a...

• Award of excellence for the Journal
  03

  Award of excellence for the Journal
  CHAMPAGNE CORKS have
  been popping in the Journal
  office since the JS Journal
  received an award of excellence
  from the British Association of
  Industrial Editors.
  This professional body...

• The Chairman talks shop
  03

  The Chairman talks shop
  SHOPEX International 1984, the
  only exhibition in the world
  exclusively devoted to shopfittings
  and retail design, was
  opened by the Chairman, Sir
  John Sainsbury, on June 11.
  Addressing a group of...

• Business game winners
  04

  Business game winners
  FOLLOWING MONTHS of cutthroat
  deals and decision making,
  the Executive Club's Business
  Game came to an end on June 11.
  All 27 teams gathered in
  Stamford House staff restaurant
  for the presentation and...

• Cottage for the conservationists . . .
  04

  Cottage for the conservationists . . .
  A SPECIAL JS donation will
  enable thousands of people to see
  more of the South East's industrial
  heritage.
  Amberley Chalk Pit museum,
  in West Sussex, aims to show the
  development of...

• . . . and cottages for the community
  05

  . . . and cottages for the community
  BOWTHORPE Community Trust's appeal was recently given a £1,000
  boost by Sainsbury's Charitable Trust.
  Tom Parkins, manager of Bowthorpe branch, presented Rev Ray
  Simpson, Chairman of the...

• Holding a note
  05

  Holding a note
  MUSIC HATH charms to soothe
  the savage breast. Is this why,
  when the new telephones appeared
  at Blackfriars on June 18,
  they brought music to the ears.
  From now on callers can hum
  along to Strauss while...

• Property
  05

  PROPERTY
  REVISED plans have been presented
  to Trafford planning
  committee for a 45,000 sq ft JS
  supermarket in Altrincham town
  centre.
  Planning permission has been
  granted for a 53,000 sq ft
  superstore to be built at...

• School share
  05

  School share
  SAINSBURY'S recently sponsored
  a countrywide competition
  for schools organised by the
  Wider Share Ownership Council
  (WSOC).
  Since 1979 the numbers of staff
  share owners in public listed
  companies has increased...

• Homebase opening—Hendon
  06

  HENDON HOMEBASE in Rookery Lane,
  the 15th house and garden centre to date,
  opened in the nick of time on Thursday, May
  24 at 9.00 am.
  With the spring bank holiday only hours
  away, the new store was at the ready to cater
  for...

• Branch opening—Bracknell
  07

  REIGNING SUPREME in Princess Square,
  Bracknell branch opened its doors to loyal
  subjects at 9.30 am on May 15.
  Situated in a new shopping development,
  queuing customers were celebrating not only
  the introduction of a bigger...

• New Products
  08

  NEW PRODUCTS
  SUMMER HAS arrived
  at last and it's time to
  head for the great
  outdoors armed with
  goodies from
  Salisbury's.
  Picnics may be
  enjoyed anywhere—at
  the races, a cricket
  match or on the river
  bank—so grab a...

• JS meat as countries meet
  09

  JS meat as countries meet
  WHEN 3,000 journalists from all
  over the world sat down to lunch
  during the economic summit,
  June 7-9, they were served with
  steak from Sainsbury's.
  Food from Britain is a government
  sponsored...

• This is the year of the yogurt
  09

  This is the year of the yogurt
  YUMMY YOGURTS are delightful
  anytime of year, but JS have
  three new ranges, just in time for
  July jaunts.
  Dairy Thick Yogurts come in
  three fruity varieties—Raspberry and Passion Fruit,...

• Up market meat
  09

  THERE'S MORE to meat at
  Sainsbury's now. All fresh meat
  products are currently being
  looked at with a fresh eye and
  new developments are beginning
  to appear in the cabinets.
  There's a new package deal for
  English Veal. A...

• Ice lolly
  10

  Ice lolly
  THE LATEST craze to hit American
  shops is that humble commodity,
  ice. Bloomingdale's, one
  of the smartest New York department
  stores, is selling sachets
  containing just over 2 lbs of ice at
  $7 (or over £5) a...

• Monk's got the takeover habit
  10

  Monk's got the takeover habit
  DEE CORPORATION has entered
  the takeover arena with a bid worth
  £232 million for the Booker
  McConnell group. This is Dee's
  third big takeover move in less
  than a year and reflects...

• OFT gets monopoly board out again
  10

  OFT gets monopoly board out again
  THE OFFICE of Fair Trading (OFT)
  has announced that it will carry
  out a fact finding exercise to
  update some of the information
  contained in the 1981 Report:
  Discounts to Retailers'...

• Opposition
  10

  Opposition
  THE LOYALTY of customers to
  Sainsbury's is well known, however
  the allegiance of some
  individuals is truly eye opening.
  Neil Kinnock for instance, like
  most model husbands, often helps
  with the shopping at...

• A sign of shopping times to come
  11

  A sign of shopping times to come
  AN OUTCOME to the current
  government inquiry into trading
  hours is expected in the next
  few weeks and the Chairman in
  the annual report to shareholders
  urged greater freedom
  to trade later...

• EFTPOS approaches from the north
  11

  EFTPOS approaches from the north
  THAT FAMOUS technological
  beasty EFTPOS (Electronic
  Funds Transfer at Point of Sale)
  has apparently made its first nest
  in this country in the north of
  Scotland. Seasoned EFTPOS
  watchers...

• Greater than expectations
  11

  Greater than expectations
  JS EARNED applause from all
  quarters when the end of year
  results were announced on May
  22. The advance in profit to £130
  million was comfortably ahead of
  City expectations and this was
  quickly...

• Family day '84
  12

  IT WAS FATHERS' day on June 17 but at the
  Griffin Ground in Dulwich it was also mums'
  day and children's day.
  The tenth JS Family Day was a spectacular
  game of two halves. A blazing morning was
  followed by a 'thunderous'...

• Balancing a diet on the high seas
  17

  Balancing a diet on the high seas
  HOIST THE MAINSAIL me
  hearties. We're going below for a
  hearty meal. Now let's see what's
  cooking in the galley... Sainsbury's
  tinned meals... for one!
  Simon Wall is dining afloat at...

• This trout is no tiddler
  17

  This trout is no tiddler
  JOHN PEARN is a fisherman
  with quite a tale to tell. John, a
  buyer in the delicatessen department,
  Blackfriars recently caught
  one of the biggest trout in
  England.
  It weighed in at an amazing
  171b...

• Clare's award from the Duke
  18

  Clare's award from the Duke
  ROUGH NIGHTS on the moors,
  haute cuisine, campfire songs
  and pulling on the oars. These all
  have just one thing in common—
  they are the activities that stood
  between Clare Walther,...

• Next stop Maracana Stadium
  18

  Next stop Maracana Stadium
  BROMLEY AREA chose a big
  league venue for its dual cup
  finals on April 29. Crystal Palace
  Football Club's ground was the
  scene of the two exciting matches.
  Almost 500 spectators turned
  out to...

• Photographic Competition '84
  18

  SSA/JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION '84
  IF YOU take a pretty picture
  you could win £100. That's the
  first prize in this year's SSA/JS
  Journal photographic competition.
  Competition judge, Christopher
  Angeloglou, is...

• Signing for the Queen
  18

  Signing for the Queen
  A RIGHT ROYAL performance
  was what Tracy Selley, a printer
  at Blaekfriars, gave recently,
  when the St Bedes church choir
  performed in the presence of Her
  Majesty the Queen.
  The charity performance,...

• Bringing the house down
  19

  Bringing the house down
  OTHER LADIES from Wallington
  prefer to stretch their sinews
  and move their muscles to music.
  Every week, in an aerobics class,
  the ladies don footless tights and
  leotards to work out relentlessly
  in...

• Crowning glory for Angela
  19

  Crowning glory for Angela
  SOUTHPORT branch must be
  the source of all loveliness!
  Another title winner has emerged
  amongst the ladies. This time it's
  student Angela Seed.
  Angela was chosen as Southport's
  Charity Carnival...

• Let's get physical at Wallington
  19

  Let's get physical at Wallington
  'I WATCHED it last year and
  thought, right, I'll have a go at
  that!' Jane Nixon, a clerk at
  Wallington store, took a determined
  approach to this year's
  London Marathon which took
  place on...

• Marathon efforts for charity
  19

  Marathon efforts for charity
  COLCHESTER staff have definitely
  been hiding their light
  under a bushel over the last year,
  but thanks to marathon runner
  Rosemary Turner, canteen cook,
  the branches' charitable deeds
  have now...

• The girl who fell to earth
  20

  The girl who fell to earth
  'CUT, EXIT, GO!' These were the last three
  words Jackie Whitlow, supermarket assistant
  at Chester, heard on April 8, as she leapt from
  an aeroplane 2,000 feet up in the clouds.
  Only one day's...

• Caption competition
  21

  Caption competition
  IT WAS a difficult choice. Most
  of the entries fell into three
  categories—the Michael Foot
  scheming to get Tony Benn
  'involved' in some concrete
  construction type, the timid
  husband measuring his wife...

• TRAMPS
  21

  This paradisial view of our stores appeared recently in the Sunday Express. TRAMPS
  by lain Reid
  drawn by Fiddy

• WORD SEARCH
  21

  WORD SEARCH
  JOIN THE HUNT for the
  hidden words, associated with
  JS and supermarkets.
  The listed words have been
  written forwards, backwards,
  upwards and downwards, but
  always in a straight line. The
  letters in the grid can...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  Alan Barker, formerly manager
  at Guildford, has been appointed
  manager of Epsom.
  Dennis Barnes, formerly
  manager at Burton-on-Trent, has
  been appointed manager of
  Dunstable.
  George Bastone, formerly
  manager...

• Feedback
  22

  FEEDBACK
  Letters are welcome
  and should be
  addressed to the
  editor
  Sycophants or
  saints?
  From: Charles Lundy, veteran.
  The archives article in the April
  edition of the Journal is less than
  flattering to the JS staff of...

• Homebase appointments
  22

  Homebase appointments
  Peter Collard, formerly deputy
  manager at Seven Kings, has
  been appointed manager of
  Seven Kings.
  Brian Jones, formerly senior
  departmental manager at Pitlake
  warehouse, has been appointed
  manager of...

• Love is in the air at JS
  22

  Love is in the air at JS
  'SHALL I compare thee to a
  summer's day?' wrote Shakespeare
  and it was obviously his
  trip to Sainsbury's that inspired
  such romance for all around the
  company young couples are busily
  plighting...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  Charlie Keating, HGV driver at
  Basingstoke depot, has retired
  after 29 years' service with JS.
  He began his career with the
  company at Blackfriars as a
  warehouseman. He became a
  driver and in 1964, transferred...

• Long service
  23

  Long service
  Jill Canham, assistant checkout
  manager at Ipswich, has completed
  25 years with JS.
  Jill joined the company as a
  counter assistant at the old
  manual shop in Ipswich. In 1960,
  she was put in charge of...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  June Hardingham, night shift
  display assistant at Coldhams
  Lane, died following a long illness
  on May 18, aged 44.
  She had been with the
  company since 1979.
  Reginald Mills, meat manager
  at Chichester, died after a...

• Cheers for Weybridge
  24

  ARCHIVES
  Cheers for Weybridge
  JS is one of the biggest offlicences
  in the country. But
  probably few are aware of the
  humble beginnings of JS's success
  in this particular area.
  The exterior of the Weybridge
  branch in 1922...