'JS Journal', July 1985

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  News
  Page 6-7
  Behind the wheel — the Journal joins a JS driver
  Page 8-9
  Business news
  Page 10
  You're never too long in the tooth to learn about toothpaste
  Page 11
  New products
  Page 12-16
  Families have fun — scenes...

• Moves at the top
  02

  Moves at the top
  ON MAY 20, Chairman, Sir
  John Sainsbury, announced a
  number of new appointments and
  changes in the retail division on
  the occasion of Dennis Males,
  director branch operations,
  reaching retirement...

• News from the home front
  02

  News from the home front
  THE FIFTEENTH annual
  general meeting for JS Home
  Economists took place on June 11
  at Stamford House.
  Merchandising and branch
  operations were the two main
  themes under discussion. A visit...

• Award for helping the environment
  03

  Award for helping the environment
  NEWPORT BRANCH has been
  awarded the Newport Civic
  Society's Environmental Award for
  1984.
  The award recognises the store's
  architectural design, layout and
  general treatment which has, in...

• Birthday honours
  03

  Birthday honours
  Roy Griffiths, deputy chairman
  and managing director (above)
  was knighted in the Queen's
  Birthday Honours List in
  recognition of his service to the
  National Health Service.
  Recently Sir Roy was...

• Property
  03

  PROPERTY
  PLANS TO BUILD a new Sava-
  Centre and Homebase in the
  Grand Union Park, Greenford,
  were unveiled on June 11.
  The proposals for a SavaCentre
  with a gross ground floor area of
  approximately 180,000 sq ft, and
  a...

• Miss JS money goes to hospital
  04

  Miss JS money goes to hospital
  WHEN STAN CARTER, SSA
  manager, spent some time in
  Lewisham Hospital he was very
  impressed with the work of the
  hospital and the excellent
  attention and treatment he
  received. Whilst there, he...

• Money count begins
  04

  Money count begins
  PICTURED ABOVE is assistant
  managing director, Peter Davis
  (right) receiving a cheque from
  Uxbridge area director, Eddie
  Ricketts, for £47,364, money raised by Uxbridge area branches for the
  children's...

• New slide service
  04

  New slide service
  AND NOW it's time for a slide
  show. Presenting the slides is the
  library and information section
  (LIS). This department, headed by
  Loraine Boddington, technical
  information scientist, is situated
  on the...

• Sainsbury's Good Neighbour Scheme
  04

  MORE DONATIONS under the
  Sainsbury's Good Neighbour
  Scheme have been made. The
  Tandridge Handicapped Children
  recently received money for toys
  and musical instruments for the
  children's library. Presenting the
  cheque to the...

• High flyers in the business game
  05

  High flyers in the business game
  BUDDING JRs toasted their new
  companies on June 13 at head
  office. Never before have so many
  chief executives and board
  directors gathered in the staff
  restaurant in Stamford House. But
  like...

• Paul Case
  05

  Pictured left is a
  delighted Paul
  Case, chef at
  Basingstoke
  depot, who won
  the £1,000 prize
  in the Griffin
  Club Tote
  Jackpot.
  The winner of
  the SAA
  quarterly £1,000
  draw was
  Maureen
  Gardner, store
  instructor...

• The driving force behind JS
  06

  The lorry driver — an open
  road before h im and a full
  load behind. He's
  romanticised as a lonely
  character w i t h a carefree
  existence in a hundred
  country songs. But of
  course the reality is that the
  road brings...

• All set for Sunday trading
  08

  All set
  for Sunday
  trading
  IT NOW SEEMS fairly certain that
  the tangle of laws restricting shop
  opening hours will be removed
  from the statute book fairly soon.
  The government recently received
  a 120 vote majority in a...

• GIVE YOUNGSTERS THE STROKE
  08

  GIVE YOUNGSTERS THE STROKE
  HAVE YOU HUGGED your haricots today? Research
  scientists have discovered that seedlings and young
  plants respond well to being stroked.
  This touching idea has emerged from the National
  Vegetable...

• Results retrospective
  08

  Results retrospective
  JS ANNUAL RESULTS were again very
  well received in business circles. However,
  the City has got so used to receiving good
  news from Sainsbury's that this was
  already built into the share price....

• That's ASDA own label
  08

  That's ASDA own label
  THE ASDA STORES chain seems
  to be changing its image. It intends
  to take a leaf out of JS' book and
  move more heavily into selling own
  label products. Own label currently
  accounts for less than ten per...

• Boots betters expectations
  09

  Boots betters expectations
  BOOTS THE CHEMIST surprised
  the City pundits by producing
  results for the year to March 31,
  1985 well up on expectations.
  Sales excluding VAT exceeded £2
  billion for the first time (11...

• Debenhams dealing
  09

  Debenhams dealing
  THE LONG AWAITED bid for
  Debenhams, the department store
  group, has finally materialised (see
  last month's business news). The
  Burton menswear group, aided and
  abetted by Habitat/Mothercare,
  emerged from...

• TAKE SWEET NOTHING
  09

  TAKE SWEET NOTHING
  BOTH MARKS & SPENCER and British Home
  Stores have recently complained publicly of
  increased pilferage in their stores. They will be
  pleased to hear that the Americans are introducing
  a cunning new scheme to...

• What's in a name?
  09

  What's in a name?
  A ROSE BY ANY other name
  would smell as sweet. But would
  sherry by any other name taste as
  sweet or dry? Britain is about to
  find out as, with the signing of
  documents for entry into the EEC,
  Spain plans...

• Taking the cap off toothpaste
  10

  BRUSH IN HAND we stumble
  blindly towards it every morning.
  Like a faithful friend it launches us into
  a bright new day. We rely on it, are unapproachable
  without it and yet we
  rarely spare a moment to think of its
  origins...

• Barbecue with the in set
  11

  Barbecue with the in set
  FOR BRILLIANT barbecuing,
  JS now has a comprehensive
  selection of accessories to help
  make outdoor cooking a success.
  Sainsbury's Charcoal
  Briquettes (3kg for £1.99) will
  ignite within five minutes...

• Bright ideas
  11

  Bright ideas
  TO LIGHT UP dark corners,
  Sainsbury's has introduced a
  variety of Reflector and Decorative
  Light Bulbs (from 150
  branches) in smart new orange and
  grey packaging, together with
  some new additions.
  Sainsbury's...

• Cool it
  11

  Cool it
  WHEN THINGS appear to be
  hotting up, JS can cool it down
  with new Body Sprays. The
  lightly fragranced sprays have an
  effective, gentle deodorant which
  will leave the user feeling fresh
  and confident.
  Named after...

• Dry and fruity for July
  11

  Dry and fruity for July
  THE TWO WINES of the month
  for July are both from France.
  Chateau Ferrande, Appellation
  Graves Controlee is a dry, white
  wine from the Vintage Selection.
  It is made from Sauvignon and
  Semillion...

• Feeling high
  11

  Feeling high
  JUST RIGHT for a long, hot
  afternoon, is a long cool drink.
  JS has two new lines which are
  ideal for sunny days.
  Sainsbury's High juice Squash
  is in two flavours — Orange and
  Lemon. They each contain...

• Greater selection
  11

  Greater selection
  JOINING THE Vintage Selection
  are two wines from France.
  Domaine Meste Duran is a
  crisp, dry white wine from
  Gascony made from a blend of
  Ugni Blanc and Colombard
  grapes. It is best enjoyed young.
  Domaine...

• Family Day
  12

  FAMILY DAY
  JUNE had been getting away with a fairly good impersonation
  of April until the JS Family Day came along,
  then much to everyone's relief, on Sunday 16, the Griffin
  Ground in Dulwich bathed in a full, fine...

• Basingstoke looks after the babies
  17

  Basingstoke looks after the babies
  THE GENEROSITY of Basingstoke
  branch staff enabled a
  cheque for £1060 to be presented
  to the Basingstoke District
  Hospital on June 6.
  Over a period of five weeks, 290
  staff encouraged...

• Best men stay sharp
  17

  Best men stay sharp
  JUNE 1 WILL certainly be
  remembered by the Sharpe family
  (customers at Leeds branch) with
  mixed feelings — panic and
  gratitude.
  All was well during the wedding
  between Mrs Sharpe's only
  daughter and...

• Cheesman's challenge
  17

  Cheesman's challenge
  ALLAN CHEESMAN, departmental
  director, beers, wines and
  spirits, really puts his foot in it but
  proves he's no cowardy custard.
  This soft shoe shuffle took
  place during a fun run for an
  Islington...

• Produce is fresh on delivery
  17

  Produce is fresh on delivery
  THE PATTER of not-so-tiny
  feet up and down the country, has
  enabled several charities to
  benefit from the efforts of others.
  On May 5, three colleagues
  from Coventry area office were
  all dressed...

• Action for Bradford's disaster fund
  18

  Action for Bradford's disaster fund
  THE BRADFORD fire disaster
  aroused sympathy the length and
  breadth of the country and
  sympathy turned to action as
  thousands of people raised money
  to swell the Bradford...

• Bob's full house
  18

  Bob's full house
  EYES DOWN for a full house at
  Burton-on-Trent. Bob Mears,
  customer service assistant, has
  spent the last two years of his spare
  time in the 'legs eleven' game.
  Twice-weekly bingo nights run by
  Bob have...

• Courting success
  18

  Courting success
  RECORD ENTRIES for this
  year's JS badminton tournament
  at the Michael Sobell Centre
  meant that the final stages for
  three of the events had to be
  completed at a later date at the
  Colombo Street Sports...

• Tackling the Tesco team
  18

  Tackling the Tesco team
  SAINSBURY'S ARE top of the
  supermarkets!
  On May 6, a team of soccer
  superstars from Aylesbury branch
  took on a team from the local
  Tesco superstore. Even with a huge
  pool of staff to draw on,...

• Thanks for caring
  18

  Thanks for caring
  WHEN CYNTHIA SMITH of
  Crawley branch died of cancer
  after a two year fight against the
  disease, her colleagues paid tribute
  to her in the most positive way
  they knew.
  Members of staff contributed to
  a...

• Bramingham Park adopts children
  19

  Bramingham Park adopts children
  ALTHOUGH a relatively new
  branch, Bramingham Park is
  certainly making its mark in the
  neighbourhood. Staff decided to
  'adopt' the local Lady Zia
  photographer of the legendary
  Picture Post,...

• May Day market
  19

  May Day market
  A LARGE CROWD turned out to
  enjoy the annual May Day market
  at Market Hill, Buntingford.
  Over 50 stalls 'set up shop' to
  help raise funds for various local
  charities.
  Buntingford depot also did their
  bit —...

• SSA/JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION '85
  19

  SSA/JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION '85
  Win big money with your camera.
  Enter the SSA/JS Journal
  photographic competition 1985. THE JOURNAL is pleased to
  announce that this year's SSA/JS
  Journal Photographic...

• Veterans unite for African hunger appeal
  19

  Veterans unite for African hunger appeal
  AT THE recent veterans'
  reunions, (April 15 and 22),
  collections were held to raise
  funds for a worthy cause. A total
  of £238 was collected and will be
  given to the Save the...

• Coventry Homebase
  20

  Coventry Homebase has recently appeared in a stylish
  publication. When the store gave a stack of old computer
  paper to the local Baginton Field School for use in art
  classes the school gave thanks creatively by making...

• Gwen's got wheels
  20

  Gwen's got wheels
  When Uxbridge area organised a raffle in
  aid of the children's charities,
  Gwendoline Hilder from Northampton
  found herself the happy owner of a brand
  new Ford Fiesta. The keys were handed
  over to her on May...

• Hazel dives into European pool
  20

  Hazel dives into European pool
  HAZEL DABROWSKI, senior
  supermarket assistant at Oxford,
  seems to have made a habit of
  pocketing silverware, wherever she
  goes.
  Recent months have seen Hazel
  become South of England...

• Pillow power
  20

  Pillow power
  Two brave teams from Burnley knocked
  the stuffing out of some tough opposition
  in a bid to become world champions.
  The championship in question was that
  of the little known sport of pillow
  sparring. Burnley...

• Four YTS students from Derby branch
  21

  Four YTS students from Derby branch recently set off on skates and on foot to compete in a half-marathon. David Hanzseros,
  Peter Holman, Mick Hart and Jeremy Fry left from the Derby Eagle Centre to head for Castle Donington, 13...

• Sun spotting
  21

  HOLIDAYS OF A LIFETIME at
  unbeatable prices are being offered
  by the SSA for the 1985 autumn
  season. Amsterdam, Germany,
  Luxembourg and Paris are a
  tempting foursome well worth
  inquiring about.
  To get into that holiday...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  Paul Ainger, formerly deputy
  manager at Worle, has been
  appointed manager of Swansea
  for the opening.
  Alan Bonner, formerly
  manager at Bradford, has been
  appointed manager of Ipswich
  for the opening.
  David...

• Long service
  22

  Long service
  Mary Cain, senior supermarket
  assistant at New Barnet, has
  completed 25 years with JS.
  She began her career with the
  company at Whetstone branch
  and on its closure in 1978,
  transferred to High Barnet....

• Obituary
  22

  William Adams, battery changer,
  works engineers at Charlton
  depot, died suddenly on May 12,
  aged 55.
  He had been with the company
  for 11 years.
  Harry Angell, returns warehouseman
  at Basingstoke depot,
  died suddenly on...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  Michael Flannery, engineer in the
  central design department at
  Blackfriars, has retired after 38
  years with JS.
  Rosina Coe, part time supermarket
  assistant at Stevenage, has
  retired after 32 years' service...

• Store's first retirement
  22

  Store's first retirement
  STAFF AT Worle branch were
  recently celebrating the retirement
  of skilled supermarket
  assistant Irene Walters. It's not
  that they were glad to see the
  back of her, but Irene is the
  first person to...

• Feedback
  23

  FEEDBACK
  Carrying on
  From: Doris Perry, customer
  from Barking, Essex.
  I thought you might be interested
  to know that my pink Sainsbury's
  shopping bag has just had a roaring
  success in China and Hong
  Kong. At the last...

• Looking back on depot days
  23

  Looking back on depot days
  VIC FEAVER, clerk in central
  stores at Charlton depot, has
  retired after 46 years' service
  with the company.
  He joined JS as a 'messenger
  boy' at the bacon warehouse in
  Union Street. Shortly after...

• Room with a view
  24

  Room with a view
  Sainsbury's archives have a new home!
  After a long period of occupying
  several locations the new centralised
  archives at Wakefield House provide
  facilities to match those of many larger
  collections.
  The new...