'JS Journal', January/February 1986

Table of content

40-Year Luncheon

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40-Year Luncheon
A GRAND TOTAL of 320 years
service was totted up and celebrated
by eight members of staff
who attended the 40 year
luncheon held in Stamford House
on January 6.
Shortly after arriving a prelunch
drink was...
Contents Page

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Page 2-3
News
Page 4
Honorary degree for Sir John Sainsbury
Page 5
Report on success story of the YTS scheme
Page 6-10
Openings
—Ilford
—Altrincham
—Chichester
—Islington
-Colchester Homebase
Page 11
JS receives award for...
FRONTLINE

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FRONTLINE
1986 is Energy Efficiency Year,
Industry Year and also the year
in which JS staff will be working
for the National Society for
Cancer Relief. All three are
already making their mark.
Monergy 86 becomes the...
Appointments at Haverhill

03
Appointments at Haverhill
DAN PILLAR, general manager
of HMP for the past 14 years,
reaches retirement ages in April
and the following changes at
executive director level took
effect on January 1 in order to
Bill Fowler...
Christmas trading report

03
Christmas trading report
Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury,
made the following announcements
to all members of the
company at new year.
'Christmas 1985 must have
brought great satisfaction to all in
JS. Customers found the...
Institute of Grocery Distribution Ball

03
At the Institute of Grocery Distribution Ball, Peter Davis,
assistant managing director,
presented a JS prize to raffle
winner, Mrs Qoodfellow — wife
of Tesco's fresh foods
director!
Property

03
PROPERTY
JS HAS RECEIVED detailed
planning consent for a new store
at Walters Yard, Bromley. The
supermarket will employ 317 staff.
Sales area will be 28,500 sq ft and
there will be parking for 229 cars.
Application for...
Degree ceremony

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Degree ceremony
THE CEREMONY at which an honorary doctorate of the University of London was conferred on chairman,
Sir John Sainsbury, took place only shortly before publication of the Christmas edition of the Journal.
With the...
Duke of Edinburgh Awards

05
Duke of Edinburgh Awards
AN EXAMPLE of imagination
in action can be found at King's
Lynn and Bretton branch, whose
YTS students chose to take part
in the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze
award as part of their...
From YTS to training manager in one move

05
From YTS to training manager in one move
Karen Blenkinsop
PERHAPS THE single most outstanding
achievement of the YTS
scheme is to have launched the
first ever student into the JS
trainee management scheme.
Karen Blenkinsop,...
YTS Area winners

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YTS Area winners
ONCE AGAIN during 1985 YTS
students in all five trading areas
competed for the much sought
after position of YTS area
winner. Put forward by their
respective managers all presented
a portfolio of work and...
Branch opening—Ilford

06
A trip to the llford branch on
opening morning was a trip down
memory lane for many customers
who remembered the eleven
previous llford stores.
They voted the twelfth a winner! ILFORD
1. Management lines up.
2. Come on...
Branch opening—Altrincham

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ALTRINCHAM
ALTRINCHAM
Opening date: 12 November 1985
Address: Lloyd Street, Altrincham
Opened by: Joe Barnes, retail
director
Manager: Michael Hobday
Staff: 232(161 new jobs)
Sales area: 23,724 sq ft
Car park: 300...
Branch opening—Chichester

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CHICHESTER
ALL CHANGE for Chichester. A brand
new store to replace the old
supermarket on North Street opened in
Chichester on a snowy November
morning.
CHICHESTER
Opening date: 19 November 1985
Address: Westhampnett...
Branch opening—Islington

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ISLINGTON
Opening dale: 3 December, 1985
Address: 33-41 Liverpool Road,
Islington, London N1
Opened by: Chairman, Sir John
Sainsbury
Manager Raymond Hayne
Staff: 297 (194 new jobs)
Sales area: 25,000 sq ft
Car park: 240...
Homebase opening—Colchester

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COLCHESTER
Opening date: 26 December 1985
Address: St Andrew's Avenue,
Colchester, Essex
Opened by: Dino Adriano, general
manager
Manager: Bernadette Guler
Staff: 61
Sales area: 43,640 sq ft
Car park: 194 spaces.
Kiki1...
SAINSBURY'S RETAIL BUSINESS CHALLENGE

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Sainsbury's has issued a challenge
to school and college
students between the ages of
15 and 18. They're looking for
bright sparks with business
brains and retailing talent to
enter a competition to come
up with the best...
Something to sing about

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Something to sing about
IN THE 1985 Awards for Business Sponsors
of the Arts organised by ABSA and the Daily
Telegraph, Sainsbury's has won an award for
the Best Single Event — The Sainsbury's Choir
of the Year...
School Aid... letting them know it was Christmas time

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School Aid... letting them know it was Christmas time
FEED THE WORLD. It's a tall order but the
Band Aid Organisation has achieved many
minor miracles in the pursuit of meeting the
desperate needs of the starving in...
The Cancer Care Campaign is underway...

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The Cancer Care Cam paign is underway... WITH THE CLOSE of another successful
charity campaign, namely the JS campaign
for the children's charities, comes the launch
of the charity campaign for 1986 in aid of the
National...
Richard Briars

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Richard Briars recently accepted the money raised by you for Action Research
for the Crippled Child. Bromley area director, David Clapham presented the
cheque for more than £48,000 at Lewlsham branch.
Energy management conference

14
Energy management conference
THE NINTH National Energy Management
Conference was held in Birmingham in
November and there Peter Walker launched
Monergy 86 with the touch of a button. At
this moment electronic displays at...
GET MORE FOR YOUR MONERGY

14
CUT THE JUICE BRUCE and you'll get
more for your monergy.
The government's Energy Efficiency Office
has launched Monergy 86 — a campaign
designed to save energy in what has been
designated Energy Efficiency Year.
Homebase...
New pensions committee to represent members

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New pensions committee to represent members
WHAT DOES YOUR PENSION mean to
you? is it a subject you've put aside under L
for later? But later in life is only the time when
your pension matures. All through your
working life...
Crumbs — it's pure cod

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Crumbs — it's pure cod
A NOW ALMOST traditional
item on the British dinner table is
the fish finger. And almost as
traditional, although they were
never an advertising feature, are
the artificial additives which used
to...
Dee profits soar while Argyll takes to drink

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Dee profits soar while Argyll takes to drink
DEE CORPORATION and the
Argyll Group have both seen out
1985 with impressive results for
the half year to the end of
September. Dee (Gateway foodmarkets
and Carrefour...
Feminine touch returns to Tesco

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Feminine touch returns to Tesco
THREE YEARS after the retirement
of its last woman director,
Daisy Hyams, Tesco has announced
that Detta O'Cathain has
accepted an invitation to join the
board of directors in a...
JS enters Eurobond market

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JS enters Eurobond market
ON DECEMBER 3 JS entered the international
capital markets for the first time and borrowed
£60 million on the Eurobond market, with the
option to borrow another £40 million as the
need arises. A...
Surveying the mountain scene

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Surveying the mountain scene
EUROPE'S food mountains and
wine lakes are once again dragging
the EEC into a financial
crisis. Under the rules of the
Common Agricultural Policy
(CAP) EEC farmers are guaranteed
a minimum, or...
City speak or how to talk in takeover terms

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City speak or how to talk in takeover terms
1985 was the year of the takeover. This City occupation is fraught with Jargon and JSJ readers may
find the following glossary helpful In deciphering the coded messages In the...
Retailing by rail

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Retailing by rail
HAVE YOU ever wondered how to
pass away those hours spent on
railway stations 'listening to
announcements' about the latest
cancellations? British Rail has
come up with an answer. No, they
are not going to...
'Fit for work' award for BPM

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'Fit for work' award for BPM
JANET GOMM, BPM at Great
Yarmouth (centre right) recently
received a 'Fit for Work' award
on behalf of the branch.
The 'Fit for Work' scheme was
introduced in 1979 by the Manpower
Services...
Free wheeling

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Free wheeling
TWO JS STAFF had a great
Christmas when they grabbed
goods to the value of £245.
Chadwell Heath held their
'grub grab' on October 29. It was
the winning prize in a draw
organised by the Lions Club of
Barking...
Mitcham branch

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Mitcham branch at Waterdown in Croydon, enjoying a good night out. Seventy members of staff
attended the dance late last year.
Throwing for gold

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Throwing for gold
TWO LADIES of Norwich St
Stephens are the latest JS champs.
Supermarket assistant Susan
HalUday proved herself a double
winner recently. Firstly, she won a
gold medal in the Judo Championships
against...
CHRISTMAS AT Coldhams Lane

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CHRISTMAS AT Coldhams
Lane came along with a sting in
its tail.
During a special shopping
evening for disabled people,
customers could not believe
their eyes when a two-legged bee
turned up.
It was, however, just...
Cycle-a-thon for guide dogs

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Cycle-a-thon for guide dogs
A RIDE ON two wheels has given
help to some friends on four legs.
Staff from Edmonton recently
cycled from the branch to
Rayleigh Weir to raise £682 for the Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Included in...
Special gift

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Special gift
VERY FEW OF US will ever
have the chance of helping to save
anther human being's life, but
Val Leach, assistant meat
manager at Bedminster has been
chosen for such a task.
Val has always been a regular
blood...
How did you put up with them?

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How did you put up with them?
CHILDREN ARE not the only
ones who are impressed by
Sainsbury's when their school
visits, it would seem.
Following a trip to Kingsbury
branch by a class from Sinai
School in Kenton, the...
Jolly hockey sticks

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Jolly hockey sticks
GOING FOR GOALS and glory
on December 8 were two hockey
teams from JS.
At Ongar, Essex, the Romford
(area office) Routers took on the
Blackfriars Bullies.
Players old and new to the game
fought out a...
Miss JS for Uxbridge area

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Miss JS for Uxbridge area is Louise Connechie, of Corby branch
(right). Runners up were Samantha Gallagher of Dunstable (left)
and Helen Lazenby of Bletchley. Jimmy Tarbuck entertained
members of staff at the dance held at...
Stepping out for MENCAP

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Stepping out for MENCAP
IN AID OF MENCAP, staff
from Christchurch recently
stepped out to raise £254.
The money, which was raised
in a sponsored walk organised by
price controller Elaine Thompson, will purchase a
specially...
Weighty cheque for babies

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Weighty cheque for babies
A 12-MILE sponsored walk by
staff from Woodhall Farm has
raised £500.
In November the cheque was
presented to Hemel Hempstead Hospital by provisions manager,
Duncan Kay. The money will be
used to...
Kidderminster cares

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Kidderminster cares
CARING STAFF from Kidderminster
have helped improve the
quality of care for young patients
at the town's general hospital.
They raised £325 by a number of
activities.
Meat manager Bill Grew ran...
LOCK YOUR DOORS

21
'LOCK YOUR DOORS, windows too, the next statistic could
be you.' That was the winning slogan in a crime watch
competition, written by Alyson Moss, store instructor at York
Homebase (right of picture).
Alyson beat 134 other...
Mayday receives help

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Mayday receives help
AN SOS from Mayday Hospital
has fired the local 68 Croydon
branch into collecting money for
a much needed scanning machine.
A car boot sale, parachute
jump, bike ride and a fishing trip
were only a few...
APOLOGIES

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APOLOGIES to Ron Browning
of Basingstoke depot. In the
December issue of the Journal it
was reported under retirements,
that he had completed 25 years
with the company. In fact, it was
40 years'service — and should
have...
Appointments

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Appointments
Lawrence Griffin, formerjy
manager at Golders Green, has
been appointed manager of
Muswell Hill.
John Hardeley, formerly
deputy manager at Bracknell, has
been appointed manager of
Walton-on-Thames.
Granville...
Dag Bumstead

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Dag Bumstead retired as departmental director, traditional nonfoods,
after 28 years and he sent the following farewell from his
cartoon namesake:
Forty four years on

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Forty four years on
A GOLDEN RETIREMENT
and a pearl wedding anniversary
both appear in 1986 for George
Howard, manager at Kingston.
He began his career with JS at
Tolworth and two years later was
called up into the army....
Long service

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Long service
Bill Evans, systems supervisor at
Charlton depot, has completed 25
years with the company.
He joined JS as a contact clerk
in the Blackfriars sales office and
in 1966 moved to Union Street as a bacon clerk. Four...
Retirements

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Retirements
Peggy Davies, office manager at
Bitterne, has retired after 31 years
with the company.
She joined JS at Winchester
manual shop and in 1963 moved
to Shirley as office manager.
Peggy returned to Winchester...
Feedback

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FEEDBACK
Marketing
methods
From: Royston Morris, senior
trades assistant, Taunton
As an employee of JS, I feel
compelled to write to you concerning
the prices of some of our
festive lines this year (namely
Christmas...
Marriage

23
Melanle Smith, supermarket assistant, married Michael
Ferguson, baker, both of Huddersfleld store, recently at
Salendlne Nook Baptist Church. They've both worked at the
store since It's opening.
Obituary

23
Fred Bailey, non-perishable
warehouseman at Basingstoke
depot, died suddenly on October
21, aged 55.
He had been with the company
since 1975.
Arthur Biggs, store service
assistant at Bitterne, died after a
short illness on...
Market memories

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ARCHIVES
Chapel Street, Islington c.1895. Sainsbury's shop at No. 48 is in the foreground Below: Sainsbury's third
branch in Chapel Street
which opened at No. 76 in
1889. These early branches
often had a stall outside
from...