'JS Journal', December 1985

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• A message from the Chairman
  02

  At the recent opening of Chichester branch the chairman talks with
  manager, David Webb; cashier, Susan Pay (seated) and customer
  service assistant, Betty Parker.
  A message
  from the Chairman
  I should like to wish all JS staff...

• Appointments
  02

  PETER DAVIS, assistant managing
  director, buying and
  marketing and director of
  Homebase (below) has been
  appointed deputy chairman of
  Homebase and chairman of a
  new sub-committee of the board
  to be known as the...

• Foundation Day ceremony
  02

  AT ITS recent
  Foundation Day
  ceremony, the
  University of
  London
  conferred the
  degree of DSc
  (Econ) on Sir
  John Sainsbury.
  The ceremony
  was conducted
  by HRH The
  Princess Anne,
  as Chancellor of
  the University...

• FRONTLINE
  02

  FRONTLINE
  YES, THAT'S OUR OWN MISS
  JS — Carole Jones of Halifax,
  gracing the cover, and this is still
  the JS Journal — Christmas has
  put a touch more colour in our
  cheeks.
  And why shouldn't we put on
  the ritz? After...

• Commercial art
  03

  Commercial art
  WORKS OF ART were selling
  like hot cakes at a supermarket
  style art gallery run by the
  Contemporary Art Society (CAS)
  and sponsored by Sainsbury's.
  Held at Smith Galleries in
  Co vent Garden, from October...

• Contents Page
  03

  Page 2, 3, 10
  News
  Page 4-7
  Openings —Warren Heath, Stockport, Redhill
  Page 8-9
  Children's charities cheque in
  Page 11-13
  Results of photographic competition
  Page 14-15
  Make-over magic Miss JS gets the J treatment
  Page...

• Homebase wins award for TV ad
  03

  Homebase wins award for TV ad
  THE FIRST EVER Homebase
  advertisement (JSJ April '85) has
  received first prize in the first ever
  Do-It-Yourself advertising Awards.
  A first all round! Organised by the
  Hardware Trade Journal...

• How to preserve east-west relations
  03

  How to preserve east-west relations
  DID YOU KNOW that JS has
  been successfully selling
  Hungarian jam for the past 25
  years? This was just one of the
  fascinating facts to emerge in the
  preparations for an extra special
  visit...

• Branch opening—Warren Heath
  04

  WARREN HEATH
  Opening date:
  Supermarket — 22 October 1985
  Homebase — 17 October 1985
  Address: Felixstowe Road,
  Ipswich, Suffolk.
  Managers:
  Supermarket — Allan Bonner
  Homebase — Derek Kilgariff
  Staff:
  Supermarket...

• Branch opening—Redhill
  06

  REDHILL
  1. Such a stylish way to
  travel. The travelator takes
  customers from the
  underground car park right
  to the front door.
  2. A toast from the Mayors
  at the special reception
  held the day before
  opening.
  3. Manager,...

• Branch opening—Stockport
  06

  STOCKPORT
  STOCKPORT
  Opening date: — 29 October 1985
  Address: Warren Street, Stockport,
  Greater Manchester.
  Manager: David Milburn
  Staff: 213 (184 new jobs)
  Sales area: — 24,380 sq ft
  Car park: 430 spaces
  This is...

• £163,445.54 for the children
  08

  £163,445.54 for the children
  That's how much was raised by you for the NSPCC and
  Action Research for the Crippled Child. Fund-raising began in
  mid 1984 and the five areas competed, using wild
  imagination, to see which could...

• Duke accepts your money
  08

  Duke accepts your money
  The Duke of Westminster, chairman of the
  NSPCC's Centenary Appeal, accepted your
  money on behalf of the NSPCC. The £107,500
  was presented by Uxbridge area director,
  Eddie Ricketts, as his area raised...

• Fund raising flashbacks
  08

  Fund raising flashbacks
  Southport staff sing for their supper. Last
  Christmas carol singers from Southport
  branch raised money from passers-by.

• Available to view
  10

  Available to view
  IN THE LAST year many JS staff have made use of the free passes to Dulwich
  picture gallery. The passes were given to thank the company for donating £1,000
  from the Sainsbury Charitable Fund to boost the...

• Club talk
  10

  Club talk
  THE EXECUTIVE CLUB
  winter programme began on
  October 28 with Michael
  Montague, chairman of the
  Consumer Council addressing a
  packed house on the vices and
  virtues of the Consumer
  Association speaking above.
  He...

• Egon Ronay comes in with fresh opinion
  10

  Egon Ronay comes in with fresh opinion
  EGON RONAY this year took time out from
  dining in Britain's restaurants to go shopping.
  The latest Egon Ronay guide covers not only
  the traditional hotels, restaurants and inns but
  also...

• JIM WOODS
  10

  WATERCOLOURS
  JIM WOODS, JS veteran of
  public relations and advertising,
  is a talented artist living in
  Banstead, Surrey. From now
  until January 7 a collection of
  his watercolours will be on
  exhibition at St...

• Results of photographic competition
  11

  RESULTS
  ASK BERT HARDY the secret
  of his immense photographic
  achievement and he hasn't a
  clue! 'Just a moment in time' he
  says.
  But there was moment after
  moment after moment. Star
  photographer on the legendary
  Picture...

• Winter looks wonderful
  14

  NOT EXACTLY A new
  product — just the relaunch
  of an existing
  one, Carole Jones of
  Halifax branch is Miss
  JS 1985 and the
  Journal's Christmas
  cover girl.
  When Carole was
  crowned Miss JS she
  didn't appear on the
  cover...

• Design and the art of persuasion
  16

  Design can be seen everywhere
  on the high street
  these days and retailers are,
  more than ever, displaying
  a sense of individual style.
  'Direct', 'simple' and
  'honest' are some of the
  words used by Peter Dixon,
  chief...

• New products for Christmas present
  18

  New products for Christmas present
  Christmas
  should be a
  time of plenty
  and there are
  certainly plenty
  of good ideas
  from JS
  buyers. We
  have room for
  only a handful
  but the stores
  are bursting
  with...

• Away in a depot
  20

  Away in a depot
  The festive season is upon us and no-one knows it more than
  the thousands of JS staff up and down the country. BUNTINGFORD DEPOT is no exception
  where the pressures of Christmas packing and
  despatching have...

• LETTER WRITER
  21

  LETTER WRITER, Alan Turner,
  student at Bletchley, has just written
  his own ticket to ride. Alan, left of
  picture, and two other 'A' Level
  students at Sir Frank Markham school
  in Woughton, wrote to the European
  Parliament and...

• Slim rewards
  21

  Slim rewards
  THERE ARE some slimmer figures
  and some trimmer waistlines
  at head office. And the reason?
  A number of staff are rapidly
  shedding those extra pounds,
  thanks to help from the new
  'weight watchers' class.
  What...

• SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
  21

  THE CAT belonging to this unfortunate family certainly spotted the
  turkey! However, should you be fortunate enough to spot the changes
  in the two pictures, then you could win a boxed pen set. Ring the ten
  changes and send your...

• Top pots
  21

  Top pots
  LEAMINGTON SPA were right
  on cue when they recently
  pocketed the pool tournament
  held for Rod Brooksby's district.
  The battle of the baize was held
  on October 20 at The Bluebell in
  Ashbv-de-la-Zouch. Arnold
  branch...

• Habitat goes shopping
  22

  Habitat goes shopping
  After some weeks of speculation
  about a possible take-over of
  British Homes Stores has surprised
  the City by announcing a
  proposed merger with Habitat-
  Mothercare. The new group will
  have combined...

• JS INTERIM RESULTS
  22

  JS INTERIM RESULTS
  JS interim results, unveiled on November 5,
  were at £92.4 million profit (up 23.2 per cent
  on the first half of 1984/1985) over the top of
  most City expectations. Sales at £1,832.6
  million were 14.6 per...

• Red wine
  22

  Red wine
  The latest copy of the World Atlas
  of Wine contains a number of
  interesting facts, most notably
  the Soviet Union's rapid advance
  in wine production and consumption.
  Russia is now third in the
  league of wine...

• Results round up
  22

  Results round up
  half year results. THE HIGH STREET heavyweights have been weighing In w i t h their halt t
  JS is above, but there have been some notable highlights amongst other groups: Marks & Spencer
  MARKS has thrown off its...

• EFTPOS
  23

  EFTPOS
  IT'S HARD to teach an old dog
  new tricks, or so the saying goes.
  Researchers in Norway, though,
  have found that this just is not
  true in the case of EFTPOS (the
  electronic system of paying for
  goods direct from your...

• Heavy changes
  23

  Heavy changes
  1985 has been another year of debate about the size of our
  coinage (the Royal Mint is toying with the idea of reducing 50p
  and 10p pieces in size to lighten the burden in our pockets)
  so the Journal has searched...

• Joseph heads out of town
  23

  Joseph heads out of town
  'You got any hay, love?' 'No, dear,
  try produce.' Produce? What's
  that? thought Joseph. In his day
  it had always been fruit and veg and hay. Things were getting
  desperate. The donkey was giving
  him...

• With my extra leg
  23

  With my extra leg
  EIGHTY 'JAKE-THE-PEGS'
  from Rugby were recently joined
  for a sponsored three-legged race.
  The 40 couples ran, walked and
  crawled for three miles to raise
  funds for a local hospital. £161
  was collected...

• Four Kings in a Christmas pageant
  24

  Four Kings in a Christmas pageant
  THIS CHRISTMAS poem was
  sent in by Veronica Lloyd-
  Roberts, front end service
  assistant, Tun bridge Wells.
  We were late in starting.
  The donkey had lost his face.
  And one sheep and...

• Miss personality
  24

  Miss personality
  THE RACE IS ON to find Miss
  JS Personality Girl 1986.
  Clair Botlan of New Barnet
  was the first district final winner. In front of 400 people she was
  chosen as the winner to represent
  Stuart Carter's district...

• Wheels on JS
  24

  Wheels on JS
  JS WAS recently asked to help
  out with meals on wheels.
  The Ipswich district of the
  WRVS (Women's Royal Voluntary
  Service) deliver meals on
  wheels to multiple flats. But all
  the to-ing and fro-ing from the van...

• Where have I seen that facia before?
  24

  Where have I seen that facia before?
  WHICH BRANCH? No, it's not a new
  Which? magazine on offer to Journal
  readers. It's a competition! We want you
  to 'come on down' and guess which branch
  is which.
  Below are six photographs...

• Appointments
  25

  Appointments
  Nigel Bacon, formerly spare
  manager, has been appointed
  manager of Richmond.
  Maurice Bishop, formerly
  manager at Chislehurst, has been
  appointed manager of Surbiton.
  Derek Broughton, formerly
  deputy manager at...

• Long service
  25

  Long service
  Jim Baker, non-perishables
  warehouseman at Buntingford
  depot, has completed 25 years
  with JS.
  He joined the company at the
  old Buntingford depot and was
  warehouse instructor from 1978
  until 1982.
  Mick Church,...

• Obituary
  25

  Obituary
  Muriel Elwell, skilled
  supermarket assistant at Halesowen,
  died suddenly on October
  8, aged 53.
  She had been with the company
  since 1973.
  Joseph Hickman, leading store
  service assistant at Northampton,
  died...

• PORTSMOUTH BRANCH
  25

  PORTSMOUTH BRANCH
  recently celebrated their silver
  jubilee in the best possible way.
  On Saturday, October 12, past
  and present members of staff
  joined together for a buffet disco
  and a small cabaret starring
  I various...

• Retirements
  25

  Retirements
  Doreen Higgs, grocery clerk at
  Oxford, has retired after 30 years'
  service with JS.
  She joined the company as
  sales assistant at the High Street
  branch and was soon made senior
  sales assistant. In 1973,...

• Bravery for Bradford
  26

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• Feedback
  26

  FEEDBACK
  Appraising
  the system
  From: Roy White, meat manager
  at Pitsea.
  Having watched a recent programme
  on the Open University,
  upon the subject of appraisals, it
  struck me there was room for
  improvement to our own...

• What colourful lives we lead!..
  27

  What colourful lives we lead!..
  'LIKE TALKING to a brick wall,' above. Kirn Dalton, YTS trainee at Dover, gets the army treatment
  at Chaucer Barracks, Canterbury. Kim and five other Canterbury area trainees, completed the...

• Christmas Quiz
  28

  ARCHIVES
  Christmas Quiz
  1. 1969 was the year of Sainsbury's
  centenary. Which of the following
  events did not take place that year?
  a) First Moon landing
  b) Introduction of the 50p piece
  c) Voting age lowered from 21 to
  18...