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  • Contents Page 02

    Page 2, 3, 5
    News
    Page 4
    Warwick opens
    Page 6-7
    New Products
    Page 8-9
    Money for arts sake
    Page 10
    Homebase store managers' conference
    Page 11-18
    Celebrating 40 years of the Journal
    Page 19
    Macmillan events
    Page 20-21
    News in...

  • FRONTLINE 02

    FRONTLINE
    Christmas is coming, the JournaPs
    getting fat.
    Happy birthday to us! Life
    begins at 40 and on this, the
    JournaPs 40th birthday, we hope
    you think we're looking good.
    For the centre eight pages we go
    back in time...

  • New appointments for the New Year 02

    New appointments
    for the New
    TWO NEW faces to appear not
    only in the Journal but also
    before consumer groups and
    schools are the latest additions
    to the JS home economist
    speaker service.
    Rosemary Hubbard is based
    in...

  • Win a partridge or a pear tree 02

    Win a partridge or a pear tree
    IN THE WEEKS before Christmas,
    Homebase are running a
    free prize draw for their customers.
    Sixty winners will
    receive a luxury hamper, valued
    at over £100, from Partridge's of
    Sloane Street....

  • 'Industry in schools' award 03

    'Industry in schools' award
    A 'Learning from Industry'
    project has enabled many
    teachers to work with
    industrialists to produce new
    classroom materials.
    In October, Satro (Science
    and Technology Regional
    Organisation)...

  • Interim results delight the City 03

    Interim results delight the City
    ON NOVEMBER 11 JS surprised its City followers by
    announcing profits for the 28 weeks to October 4, 1986 up
    by a full third on the same period last year. This exceeded
    City forecasts, even...

  • Message from the chairman 03

    Message from the chairman
    / welcome the opportunity of sending all staff',
    all veterans, and their families, my best wishes
    for a very happy Christmas and good health and
    happiness in the New Year.

  • Branch opening—Warwick 04

    Opening date: 25 November 1986
    Address: Salt is ford, Warwick
    Opened by: Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury
    Manager: Gary Bradbury
    Staff: 177 (162 new jobs)
    Sales area: 27,000 sq ft
    Car park: 397 spaces
    WARWICK
    The historic town...

  • Apple of the judges' eye 05

    Apple of the judges' eye
    JS dessert and cooking apples at
    Tonbridge have been judged the
    best on sale in the area's supermarkets.
    The annual Marden Fruit
    Show is Europe's premier event
    of its kind. One aspect of the
    show...

  • Full power to the JS computer 05

    Full power to the JS computer
    Top: An early breakfast in Stamford House restaurant.
    Above: The battery store. THERE'LL BE NO 'big bang'
    at JS thanks to the installation
    in Rennie House basement of a
    500 KVA Uninterrupted...

  • Miss World's flying visits to stores 05

    Miss World's flying visits to stores
    MISS WORLD was busy
    completing her public appearances
    before handing over her
    crown to the new Miss World
    when she popped into three
    SavaCentres to promote Icelandic
    Spring Water.
    Hofi...

  • Prince among potatoes 05

    Prince among potatoes
    THE OBSERVER RECENTLY
    ran a small article on the Pink
    Fir Apple Potato which has
    recently appeared on JS shelves
    and cannot be found in any
    other supermarket. The
    Observer heard about the 'JS
    Potato...

  • Christmas presents no problem 06

    TO FILL CHRISTMAS stockings
    to the brim, JS has a sackful
    of goodies for all the family.
    Get scrubbed up with the new
    bathtime accessories. There are
    many novelty soaps including:
    Snowman, Teddy, Hippo,
    Honey and Shell. Put...

  • GOOD ART COSTS LESS 08

    GOOD ART COSTS LESS
    WHEN THE Polka Children's
    Theatre performs The Snow
    Queen this Christmas children
    will be jumping up and down in
    seats which are cheaper thanks
    to JS.
    Polka is just one of the many
    arts groups supported...

  • THE WAY AHEAD 10

    HOW TO MOVE forward. How
    to get ahead. The theme of the
    first residential Homebase
    branch managers' conference was
    'the way ahead'.
    General manager, Dennis Males, said in
    welcoming delegates to Fanhams Hall: 'We
    shall seek...

  • Celebrating 40 years of the Journal 11

    JS JOURNAL
    Vol. I December 1946 No. I The Sainsbury House Magazine
    Vol. I December 1946 No. I By Way of Introduction WE are pleased to be able to offer
    for your approval the first number of
    The J. S. JOURNAL the...

  • Macmillan events 19

    Cancer Relief
    MacmiUan fund
    As Christmas approaches the enthusiasm for Macmillan
    fundraising efforts is higher than ever. We just
    haven't got room to squeeze everyone's events into the
    Journal. But here are the edited...

  • Big cheque for a little girl 20

    Big cheque for a little girl
    BACK IN AUGUST, staff from
    Colchester Avenue raised over
    £800 from a sponsored walk, in
    aid of the Ceri Hughes Laser
    Fund. Ceri is an eight year old local
    girl who suffers from...

  • Centipede spotted in Camberley 20

    Centipede spotted in Camberley
    JS HAS HELPED keep a
    centipede on its feet.
    On October 4, more than 120
    people took part in the fifth
    annual centipede walk in Camberley.
    Teams, with their legs tied
    together, attempted to...

  • Children's fund 20

    Children's fund
    FOLLOWING THE DONATION
    of a £200 cheque from
    South Eastern area services manager,
    David Dahms, Forest Hill
    was able to make possible the
    purchase of an oximeter for
    Sydenham Children's Hospital.
    An...

  • Edmonton buys a dog 20

    Edmonton buys a dog
    AN ENERGETIC Edmonton
    has been busy raising funds to
    help the Guide Dogs for the
    Blind Association.
    Events included swims, bike
    rides, auctions and raffles.
    Staff collected £1,000 which
    enabled them to...

  • A fairytale farewell for Yvonne 21

    A fairytale farewell for Yvonne
    'SEND FOR MY carriage' is the last thing that Yvonne Brooker thought she would ever say on the
    day she retired from West Wickham.
    It had always been Yvonne's dream to ride in a pony and trap and...

  • Fast reaction 21

    Fast reaction
    ANOTHER JS first aider has
    helped to save a life.
    Carolyn Allerton from Hampton
    came to the rescue when a
    customer collapsed with a heart
    attack and stopped breathing.
    Aided by colleague Doreen
    Reddings,...

  • Leeds staff on safari in Blackpool 21

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  • The boys from Bournemouth 21

    The boys from Bournemouth
    Pictured below: The champion
    soccer stars from
    Bournemouth. They are the
    recent winners of their local
    Supermarket Cup.

  • Toys help tots 21

    Toys help tots
    KINGSWOOD BRANCH has
    recently donated £275 to Bristol
    Children's Hospital.
    The money was raised
    through the raffle of home made
    toys. The toys were mostly made
    by Olive Gammon, off licence
    assistant. The...

  • Veterans' bowls — a report on last season 21

    WOODS have been running fast
    and accurately in a bid to find
    some of the company's bowls
    champions.
    The Veterans's Tuesday Club held the annual bowls competition
    back in September.
    After intense, but friendly,
    battles on...

  • PHOTO COMPETITION RESULTS 86 22

    PHOTO COMPETITION RESULTS 86
    OVERALL WINNER
    OVERALL WINNER
    Howard Cook, Norbury 'I MUST SAY the pictures show a lot
    more sparkle and enterprise than
    I've noticed in previous years of the
    competition.'
    Christopher...

  • Good wines that travel well 23

    Bill Foster, JS wine speaker, recounts his experiences of life on the wine
    speaking circuit. ^ ^ y IN THE 25
    f £ YEARS since
    m M\ the first wines
    1 MJ went into the
    _ ^^f n r s t selected
    W ^w b r a n c h e s.
    ^—^ ^...

  • Posers to puzzle over 24

    Posers to puzzle over
    . . . or puzzles to pose over! Here's a perfect opportunity
    to impress colleagues with your knowledge of Cinderella's
    footwear or just what it is that begins with R and of
    which there are five on the OF!...

  • Christmas Repast goes Futuristic 25

    Christmas Repast goes Futuristic
    A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS dinner can now be cooked the modern way, saving
    both time and energy. The home economics department has created this 'microwave'
    Christmas dinner especially for Journal...

  • Bordering on the ornate 26

    ARCHIVES
    Bordering on the ornate THE BLUE AND WHITE
    angel tile (right) forms the
    design for this year's company
    Christmas card. It certainly
    has a seasonal look
    about it but shoppers at the
    old counter-service branch at...