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  • Campaign commendations 02

    Campaign commendations
    ONCE AGAIN THE JS press
    advertising campaign has had a
    most persuasive effect upon the
    judges in Campaign magazine's
    press advertising awards. JS ads
    picked up commendations in
    three sections—best...

  • Contents Page 02

    Page 2-5
    News
    Page 6-7
    Branch opening —Chadwell Heath
    Page 8-9
    Healthy trends—a look at developments responding to customers' search for a healthier diet
    Page 10-11
    Veterans' reunion report
    Page 12-13
    Looking into books—...

  • Senior management appointments 02

    Senior management appointments
    John O'Sullivan Bill Williams Herbert Dow Two new senior store managers have been
    appointed. They are John O'Sullivan, manager
    of Cromwell Road and Bill Williams, manager
    of Nine Elms. The...

  • Homebase is best 03

    Homebase is best
    Catford Homebase—singled out as an imaginative structure. Homebase has won the 1985 Retailer of the Year Award.
    Presented by the Hardware Trade Journal magazine on
    March 28 the award was sponsored by the...

  • 'OWN LABEL' LORRIES 03

    'OWN LABEL' LORRIES
    What has wheels, is green and has the Homebase logo inscribed
    on it? Yes, Homebase's first ever 'own label' lorry.
    Spotted at Catford branch for the first time, the new lorry is
    one of four to be used for...

  • Restoration award 03

    Restoration award
    When JS began working on the
    railroad it set the wheels in
    motion for a load of accolades
    to come steaming in.
    By restoring the old Midland
    Railway station at Bath Green
    Park as part of the development
    of...

  • Degree of honour 04

    Degree of honour
    CHAIRMAN, Sir John Sainsbury,
    is to receive an honorary degree
    of DSc (Econ) from the University
    of London.
    The University will confer the
    degree on Sir John at the Foundation
    Day Ceremony on November
    13.

  • JS talks to Townswomen 04

    JS talks to Townswomen
    JS WAS WELL represented at
    the Essex Federation Townswomen's
    Conference in February
    when Cynthia Gilett, home
    economist, spoke to 200 delegates
    from guilds around Essex. Not only did they enjoy...

  • Play away 04

    Play away
    SAINSBURY'S HAS donated a
    much needed £500 to the Yate
    Town Council Play-scheme. JS
    has recently opened a new contract
    depot in the town.
    During the past years of
    expansion, the population in Yate
    has increased...

  • Property 04

    PROPERTY
    OUTLINE planning permission
    is being sought from Enfield
    Council for a 32,000 sq ft supermarket
    in Waltham Cross. The
    development would include a
    520 space car park.
    Work is due to begin on the
    40,000 sq ft...

  • Royal report 04

    Royal report
    THE VISIT by Queen Elizabeth,
    the Queen Mother to Cromwell
    Road on March 5 received press
    coverage in the United States on
    March 7.
    A photograph accompanied
    by a short caption appeared in
    'USA Today' one of...

  • Students step forward 04

    Students step forward
    IT WAS open house after
    shutting up shop at Bretton
    branch on March 19.
    For the second year in succession
    students from local schools
    and colleges were invited with
    their parents to a careers...

  • Conference calls in 05

    Conference calls in
    THERE WAS an international
    gathering at Nine Elms on March
    20 when 44 delegates of the CIES
    1985 London conference visited
    the store. The CIES is an
    international organisation of
    multiple retailers whose...

  • National Gallery donation 05

    National Gallery donation
    This cartoon by JAK appeared in The Standard on April 4. A PRIVATE DONATION from
    Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury
    and his brothers, Mr Simon and
    Mr Timothy, will now make it
    possible for the long...

  • Tax man on wine 05

    Tax man on wine
    ROY EKINS is Sainsbury's new
    wine speaker. He joins William
    Foster who has been performing
    this service since June 1984.
    A tax inspector from Formby
    in Liverpool, Roy Ekins has
    travelled extensively round...

  • Branch opening—Chadwell Heath 06

    As a flurry of late snow fell in Essex the
    wraps were taken off the new Chadwell
    Heath store. Chairman , Sir John Sainsbury
    opened the doors to customers who poured
    in to find that the store is as impressive on
    the inside as...

  • Satisfying a healthy appetite for knowledge 08

    Satisfying a healthy appetite for knowledge
    There's a w e a l t h of health around these days as
    Britons become increasingly a w a r e of t h e c o n t e n t
    of f o o d being served up t o t h em by f o o d retailers.
    Doctors,...

  • Friends are found once again 10

    Friends are found once again
    New recruits to the ever growing veterans
    family were overwhelmed at the warm
    reception they received at the 37th annual
    reception held once again at the Royal
    Lancaster Hotel on April 15 and...

  • New look cookery books 12

    New look cookery books
    Over the years Sainsbury's has sold over ten
    million cookery books encouraging customers to
    experiment with a wide range of national and
    international recipe ingredients. Recently the whole
    range has...

  • Appliance of science 14

    Appliance of science
    if sci
    SAINSBURY'S IS ALL set to
    become hair's best friend with
    the launch of two new hair-care
    ranges—the 'herbal' system and
    the 'scientific' system.
    The herbal hair formulas, for
    all hair types,...

  • Great outdoors 14

    Great outdoors
    COOL AND COLOURFULthat's
    the best way to describe.
    Sainsbury's new range of Picnicware
    now ready for summer
    outings.
    To keep wine chilled and
    sandwiches fresh, JS has introduced
    three sizes of...

  • Souped up for the cup 14

    Souped up
    for the cup
    THAT SUPER range of Sainsbury's
    Soup-in-a-Cup Specials has
    recently been extended to
    include three new varieties.
    Barbecue Bacon and Tomato
    with Croutons (88g), Chicken
    and Mushroom with...

  • Chocs away 15

    THERE WILL be chocs around
    the clock with Hand-Made
    Chocolates from Sainsbury's, on
    sale from two selected in-store
    bakeries.
    There are ten varieties including
    Truffles (in five flavours
    —Grand Marnier, Rum,...

  • French collection 15

    THE TOAST of the summer
    season is almost certain to be one
    of Sainsbury's new wines.
    Burgundy is one of France's
    most prestigious vineyard areas,
    producing fine wines that enjoy a
    worldwide reputation. JS has two
    new wines...

  • Tear off a stripe 15

    Tear off a stripe
    SAINSBURY'S HAS a new
    dynamic duo ready to attack
    domestic spillages.
    'Stripes' is the name of the
    latest range of JS Kitchen Towels.
    In two unique colourways—red
    or green stripe on a white
    background...

  • The reds are coming 15

    The reds are coming
    A NEW FRUITY foursome is
    ready to be picked from the
    yogurt ranks at JS.
    Strawberry, Raspberry and
    Redcurrant, Champagne Rhubarb
    and Fruits of the Forest,
    make up this quartet. Its introduction
    extends...

  • Tropical tipple 15

    Tropical tipple
    BRITISH SUMMER TIME has
    begun in the best possible way
    with the introduction of a new
    fruit drink especially geared to
    the warmer months ahead.
    Sainsbury's Island Sun Drink is
    an exciting blend of...

  • Art ad 16

    Art ad
    AVID ITALIAN film buffs have long
    had their suspicions on the
    methods used by their most
    famous director Federico Fellini.
    His films always include at least
    one character so stupendously
    large that one feels...

  • Big freeze 16

    Big freeze
    BEJAM, the food and freezer
    retailer, has again shown good
    results for the six months ended
    December 31, 1984. On sales of
    £175 million an increase of 12 per
    cent on the same period last
    year— Bejam's pre-tax...

  • Brief budget 16

    Brief budget
    IN TERMS of advance speculation
    over its contents this year's
    Budget must be worth a place in
    the Guinness Book of Records.
    Last year the Chancellor of the
    Exchequer made fundamental
    changes to the system for...

  • Eat your vegetables 16

    Eat your vegetables
    The battle for hearts and stomachs is warming up with salvoes
    being fired by the Vegetarian Society and the nation's butchers.
    The Society has recently appointed a new chief executive, Peter
    Cox, who has...

  • Milk moves 16

    Milk moves
    MARCH witnessed a significant
    realignment within the UK dairy
    industry. Northern Foods of Hull
    paid Grand Metropolitan £51
    million for the north of England
    division of Express Dairies. This
    moved Northern into...

  • Woolworth results 16

    Woolworth results
    WOOLWORTH HOLDINGS has surprised nearly
    everyone by announcing better results than
    anticipated for the 53 weeks to February 2,1985.
    On increased sales of £1.66 billion (1983/84
    £1.27 billion) trading...

  • Cooking up an idea for the children 17

    Cooking up an idea for the children
    SELLING OF a different kind by
    staff from Bracknell resulted in
    over £400 being raised for the
    children's charities.
    SSA committee members
    Mary Bax, Ann Evans, Sheila
    Cook and Pam...

  • Customer's centenary 17

    Customer's centenary
    HOW'S THIS for customer
    loyalty? Millie Binns a customer
    at New Maiden has been
    shopping at Sainsbury's for fifty
    years! But Millie was already fifty
    herself when she first walked into
    J Sainsbury's in...

  • Help for the hospital 17

    Help for the hospital
    THE PRESENTATION of a
    cheque for £441 to Farnborough
    Hospital on April 2 was the
    culmination of three months hard
    fundraising undertaken by West
    Wickham.
    Since Christmas last year each
    department in...

  • Moroccan markets 17

    Moroccan markets are highly competitive places and it
    seems traders are not averse to a little plagiarism.
    This advertising slogan—'Quality better than Sainsbury's
    Prices cheaper than Tesco'—now appears to be promoting
    the...

  • Bill Allen 18

    Bill Allen, SSA functions organiser (second from left) presents a cheque for £1000, money raised
    by the Miss JS raffle, to Variety Club's chief barker, John Ratcliff (left). Also in the picture is
    John's wife Marsha and actor,...

  • He's a scholar of science 18

    He's a scholar of science
    REPAIRING COMPLICATED
    electronic equipment has earned
    Saturday student at Bedminster,
    David Whitrow a scholarship to
    Bangor University, North Wales.
    Mr Fix-it, as he is known to his
    chums at...

  • High fliers are dropped 18

    High fliers are dropped
    SKY-HIGH AMBITIONS prompted
    three members of staff from
    Wellingborough to throw themselves
    from a plane recently.
    Firmly strapped into their
    parachutes, Jane Wildman,
    cashier instructor,...

  • Knitters band to aid 18

    Knitters band to aid
    ENGAGED IN furious activity,
    staff from Lexden branch
    recently knitted a total of 70
    jumpers for the famine victims of
    Ethiopia.
    The Women's Royal Voluntary
    Service has been collecting the
    jumpers from...

  • Where's the fire then? 18

    Where's the fire then?
    THERE MAY be no smoke
    without fire but it certainly isn't
    the case that there are no firemen
    without fire as Maggie Hussey,
    BPO at Crosby, discovered
    recently.
    She was chatting to a friend
    who is...

  • Have a nice Family Day 19

    Have a nice Family Day
    FOOTBALLERS, netballers,
    athletes and superstars are all
    busy training for Family Day,
    coming soon on June 16.
    The committee is still coordinating
    the vast job of
    organisation, and spectacles...

  • The finals frontier 19

    The finals frontier
    PERISHABLES proved indestructible on
    Sunday, March 23 when the finals of the
    Griffin football cup 1984-85 were played
    out at the Griffin Ground in Dulwich.
    The head office team was well matched
    against...

  • Basingstoke bowls promoted 20

    Basingstoke bowls promoted
    BOWLS HAVE BEEN successfully
    rolling for a year at the
    Griffin Bowls Club, Basingstoke
    depot and now it's time for a few
    rounds of applause.
    It's the 'A team who are in the
    limelight at the...

  • Flipping well lost it 20

    Flipping well lost it
    THE CARELESS toss of a
    pancake cost four ladies of
    Horsham branch a winning place
    in the local pancake relay race,
    held on February 19.
    Jayne Riley, Julie Taylor, Lyn
    Weller and Melody...

  • Making it on the market 20

    Making it on the market
    MARKET STALL OPERATORS
    must be a hardy breed with a
    plentiful supply of thermal
    underwear according to a handful
    of Cambridge and Haverhill YTS
    trainees.
    During the two coldest days in
    February,...

  • Stars of stage and screen 20

    Stars of stage and screen
    ALL THE world's a stage or at
    least it is up in Leeds!
    For the second year running a
    few 'amateur dramatic' staff
    decided to 'do it again' for charity
    and take part in the pantomime
    called...

  • Treading the boards in 'Anger' 20

    Treading the boards in 'Anger'
    FOLARIN HASSAN, student at
    Putney, was once again the
    leading light in his school's annual
    drama production (see JSJ May
    1984). This year, the play was
    John Osborne's 'Look Back in
    Anger' a...

  • Cassie shows her class at Crafts 21

    Cassie shows her class at Crafts

  • Dance for his life 21

    Dance for his life
    AFTER FIGHTING and winning
    his battle against cancer, Michael
    Zwager, provisions manager at
    Stevenage, recently organised a
    charity disco in aid of cancer
    research.
    In gratitude to all his...

  • Pedal pushers 21

    Pedal pushers
    THAT EXERCISE cycle has
    been at it again! Those roving
    wheels found themselves recently
    at North Cheam where 20
    members of staff saddled up to
    raise £700 for the NSPCC.
    Two outstanding pedal-pushers
    were...

  • Shelton Lower School 21

    When Shelton Lower School, Bedford,
    asked for fish heads for its five to nine year
    olds to examine, Kempston Sainsbury's
    presented them with a haul.
    After intensive scientific research, the
    children wrote to the branch to...

  • Winning with words 21

    Winning with words
    Winners of the
    crossword
    competition which
    appeared in the
    February Journal
    are:
    Janet Greenyer,
    accounts VDU
    clerk, directs
    department,
    Streatham.
    Graham
    Stoggles, leading
    store...

  • Appointments 22

    Appointments
    Philip Myers, formerly senior
    departmental manager at York
    Homebase, has been appointed
    manager at Bradford Homebase.

  • Long service 22

    Long service
    Tony Purchase, senior merchandiser,
    branch merchandising at
    Blackfriars, has completed 40
    years with the company.
    He joined JS as a clerk in the
    accounts department at Ewell
    and two years later transferred...

  • Retirements 22

    Retirements
    Bill Hanlon, assistant meat
    manager at Stamford Hill, has
    retired after 38 years with JS.
    He began his career with the
    company at Stamford Hill manual
    branch as a butcher. Bill worked
    in several north and east...

  • Wedding belles and boys 22

    Wedding belles and boys
    BOTH FROM North Cheam
    branch, Cheryl Morgan (office
    manager) and leading departmental
    assistant Gary Francis,
    were married at St Paul's Methodist
    Church, Crawley on February
    2. The lucky couple...

  • Feedback 23

    FEEDBACK
    Football facts From: Dave Davis, veteran,
    London N19.
    I was interested to read in the
    Journal Gary Crowe's letter
    regarding a JS football league as
    it reminds me of what there used
    to be in the past.
    When branches...

  • Obituary 23

    Obituary
    Denys Masters, manager, productivity
    services department at
    Charlton depot, died suddenly
    on March 4, aged 42.
    He had been with the company
    since 1968.
    Raymond Pettifer, driver at
    Basingstoke depot died...

  • Shop local 24

    ARCHIVES
    Shop local FEW CAN resist the
    m J charms of an old photograph
    and new additions
    J*. to the Archives photo
    library are particularly valued for
    the way in which they evoke a
    detailed image of days gone by.
    Two...