'JS Journal', March 1986

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 4-5
  Managers meet — Retail Division Conference 1986
  Page 6-7
  Plymouth store opens
  Page 8-9
  Charity cheques galore — The JS Good Neighbour Scheme
  Page 8-9
  Study in style — the new training centre in...

• Departments to close at Basingstoke depot
  02

  Departments to close at Basingstoke depot
  PRODUCTION STAFF in
  the New Zealand Lamb and
  Beef departments at Basingstoke
  depot have been told by
  management that the two
  departments will close — New
  Zealand Lamb on April...

• FRONTLINE
  02

  FRONTLINE
  FOR YEARS PLYMOUTH has
  been asking for its own
  Sainsbury's — the customer
  relations department has countless
  'letters of invitation' from
  would-be customers — so it was
  a particularly happy atmosphere
  on...

• New role in the community
  02

  New role in the community
  PETER SMITH, formerly data
  processing manager, has been
  appointed community investment
  manager. Commented Sir Roy
  Griffiths, deputy chairman and
  managing director:
  '1986 is Industry Year.
  We...

• Architect chosen for National Gallery building
  03

  Architect chosen for National Gallery building
  THE HAMPTON SITE
  building which will extend the
  National Gallery in Trafalgar
  Square, London (JSJ May
  1985), is to be designed by Mr
  Robert Venturi of Venturi,
  Rauch and Scott...

• Customers prefer JS
  03

  Customers prefer JS
  CONSUMERS SAY Sainsbury's
  is Britain's number one retailer.
  A survey was carried out for
  Super Marketing magazine by
  Trade and Retail Surveys (TRS).
  It shows two things — firstly that
  JS attracts the...

• Healthy Advertising
  03

  Healthy Advertising
  JOHN HEGARTY, creative
  director of advertising agency
  Bartle Bogle Hegarty, reviewed
  recently the new wave of ads on
  the theme of fitness and healthy
  eating. Of Sainsbury's campaign,
  featuring the new...

• New senior buyer for Homebase
  03

  New senior buyer for Homebase
  ANDREW MOLLE has
  been appointed senior buyer
  for Homebase with effect
  from February 3. He will be
  responsible for the buying,
  pricing, packaging and distribution
  methods and,
  profiles of...

• Property
  03

  PROPERTY
  OPENINGS for the month of
  March are: Salisbury supermarket,
  The Makings shopping
  centre. Salisbury, Wiltshire on
  Tuesday March 11 at 9.30 am.
  Newbury Park supermarket,
  Barkingside, Essex on Tuesday
  March 18 at...

• A LOOK TO THE FUTURE
  04

  A LOOK TO THE FUTURE
  IT W A S T O B E A C O N F E R E N C E about: t h e f u t u r e . S o
  in a positive s p i r i t , 8 7 4 b r a n c h managers g a t h e r e d a t
  t h e M e t r o p o l e H o t e l , Birmingham, f o r t h e t...

• Branch opening—Plymouth
  06

  PL YMOUTH
  Opening date: February 18, 1986
  Address: 23 Armada Way, Plymouth
  Opened by: Retail director, Joe Barnes
  Manager: Michael Booth
  Staff: 252 (246 new jobs)
  Sales area: 29,400 sq ft
  Car park: 465 spaces
  No-one was...

• Sainsbury's seat of learning
  08

  Sainsbury's seat of learning
  Deep in the heart of Hertfordshire lies Fanhams Hall, originally a farmhouse
  dating as far back as 1412, but now Sainsbury's very own
  residential training centre. Although Fanhams Hall started life...

• The young ones
  08

  The young ones
  The IS Good Neighbour Scheme helps the under-!ives COMMUNITY GROUPS with responsibility for the underfives
  age group will be able to do more for children thanks to
  Sainsbury's community project, the JS Good...

• ASDA and MFI make a flat pack
  10

  ASDA and MFI make a flat pack
  WHEN ASDA joined forces with MFI, the flat pack
  furniture group, early in 1985 eyebrows were raised
  in the City. Opinion was that the enlarged group had
  nothing special to offer which Asda and MFI...

• Homebase is a bowl of roses on Valentine's Day
  10

  Homebase is a bowl of roses on Valentine's Day
  HOMEBASE had the true spirit
  of romance on Valentine's Day.
  To celebrate this festival of
  love, all the stores featured a
  special display — 'For Valentine's
  Day'.
  This was a...

• Mixing drinks
  10

  Mixing drinks
  TWO PIECES of information to
  hand could spell out a quite hefty
  realignment of forces in the UK
  soft drinks industry.
  Strength in unity
  A merger is proposed — it is
  still to be blessed by the Office of
  Fair...

• Retail news in brief
  10

  Retail news in brief
  • Asda-MFI chairman, Noel
  Stockdale, announced his retirement
  after 17 years in charge of
  Asda. In a board room reshuffle
  Derek Hunt became chief executive
  (a post he previously held at
  MFI). Derek...

• James Boswell artist for all seasons
  11

  James Boswell artist for all seasons
  A man of many talents, James Boswell had a
  20 year association with JS. His work can now be
  seen on exhibition in London. James Boswell at Shoreham in 1960.
  ILLUSTRATOR, publicist, art...

• Working at Retirement
  12

  Working at Retirement
  MONDAY MORNING. The alarm goes off. You get up out of habit —
  but it's not to get ready for work. Today is different — it's the first
  day of your retirement. The first day of perhaps another 20 or...

• What a butcher
  14

  What a butcher There's more than one way to carve a joint. Have a Sunday roast with
  a difference — just try one of these artistic creations. MICHELANGELO DEFINITELY has a
  rival in Geoffrey Whillock, a butcher at North
  Cheam,...

• How the Journal got tied up with the locals
  15

  How the Journal got tied up with the locals
  THE BLACKFRIARS SETTLEMENT is a
  community group based very close to head
  office.
  For one hundred years the group's special
  concern has been for the people of North
  Southwark and...

• All's fair in football and charity
  16

  All's fair in football and charity
  PLAYING FOOTSIE, staff from
  Kimberley branch have recently
  raised £360 in aid of Action
  Research for the Crippled Child.
  The heated charity football
  match played between the lads
  and...

• Parisian jaunt
  16

  Parisian jaunt
  THE EIFFEL TOWER offered
  no salute of welcome with its
  head stuck firmly in heavy cloud
  for the Romford computer installation
  team's weekend in Paris
  late last year. Abandoning then,
  ideas of a heady trip for...

• School gets help in preparation
  16

  School gets help in preparation
  Headmaster, Wilfred Rhodes (far right) and manager,
  Keith Fitzpatrick (second from right) with teachers from
  the school. AN APPEAL FOR help by
  George Abbot School, Burpham,
  has resulted in...

• What a fag
  16

  What a fag
  IT COMES TO something when
  'fag ends' are instrumental in
  raising money for charity!
  Tracey Nesbitt, a YTS trainee
  at Hull raised £80 in aid of the
  North Humberside Hospice
  Project by kicking the habit.
  'As...

• Eve's off on holiday
  17

  WOULD YOU Adam and Eve it!
  Supermarket assistant at East
  Ham, Eve White was recently
  rained on by pennies from heaven
  — she was chosen the lucky
  winner of the SSA £1,000
  quarterly draw.
  Eve plans to splash out and
  treat...

• Forest's merry band of fund-raisers
  17

  Forest's merry band of fund-raisers
  SCANNING THE SPECTRUM
  of fund-raising activities, Forest
  Hill had many inventive ideas to
  help boost the Sydenham
  Children's Hospital scanner
  appeal.
  The push for pennies began in
  June...

• In-step
  17

  In-step
  WHO SAYS that JS doesn't
  provide a touch of glitter and
  glamour with the groceries?
  Pictured here, in the new
  staff uniform is Elaine Bray,
  a student at Woking branch.
  Elaine is one of the celebrated
  Blue Bell...

• Sarah's TV date
  17

  Sarah's TV date
  SARAH ROGERS, supervisor
  Bath was recently seen on
  television putting herself up as an
  escort for some lucky young man.
  However, it was just in fun
  Sarah was one of the first contestants
  on Cilia Black's...

• Family Day starts here
  18

  Family Day starts here
  PUT THIS DATE in your diary.
  A day of fun and entertainment
  is planned for all ages and some,
  brand new events and attractions
  are planned.
  Anybody interested in running
  a stall on the day should...

• Joining the Variety Club
  18

  Joining the Variety Club
  The Variety Club's work is very varied. Here handicapped
  children enjoy a special showing of the film Santa Claus. BILL ALLEN, SSA functions
  organiser at Blackfriars, has
  recently been appointed to...

• Local friends in Southend
  18

  Local friends in Southend
  CHARITY BEGAN at home for
  the 156 staff at Southend branch
  during 1985.
  Sponsored walks, bazaars,
  raffles and the proceeds from the
  sale of bedding plants grown by
  Viv Odell, supermarket...

• Tenth anniversaries
  18

  TWO BRANCHES have recently
  been celebrating their tenth
  anniversaries.
  Almost 300 staff from
  Fareham attended a birthday
  dinner and dance on November
  30. Past and present members
  celebrated the occasion in style.
  Pictured...

• Fish and crisps
  19

  Fish and crisps
  THERE'S SOMETHING fishy
  going on in the angling world.
  Madge Wheat, an eagle eyed
  cashier at Poole, recently spotted
  an interesting story in the
  Angler's Mail.
  Fisherman, Dave Kennedy
  landed a hefty catch...

• Helping hand
  19

  Helping hand
  THANKS TO the generosity and
  swimming powers of staff at
  Homebase head office, Anthony
  Rees, marketing director, was
  able to present a cheque to the
  Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
  for £500.
  On February...

• Marathon men
  19

  Marathon men
  TWO CHARIOTS of fire
  from JS will be competing in
  the London Marathon on
  April 20.
  Bill Hailstone (PA to
  Jeremy Grindle) at Blackf riars
  and Robert Sloan, deputy
  manager at Debden will be
  running their socks...

• Salute to US music
  19

  Salute to US music
  EAST WENT WEST on January
  18 when Pitsea held a country and
  western dance at the Festival Hall
  in Basildon.
  Around 800 people attended
  the function, which was
  organised by Mick Brodigan and
  Emrys...

• What a lot of rubbish!
  19

  What a lot of rubbish!
  CLASS 1 and Class 3 from East
  Tiverton Infants School were very
  impressed at how Bath branch
  dispose of all their rubbish, when
  they came to visit recently.
  A comprehensive tour took all
  60 children...

• Tease and tell
  20

  The Journal's puzzles are a
  real crowd puller. To put you
  out of your misery here are
  the solutions to the Christmas
  puzzles — and to put you into
  more misery — two new puzzles.
  ORD
  THE EVER POPULAR crossword has...

• Finalists are on form
  21

  Finalists are on form
  The race is hotting up for the finals of Miss JS
  Personality Girl 1986. Here are just a few of the
  finalists who will be appearing on the big night. Miss HO
  MISS HEAD OFFICE for
  1986 is Christine...

• Appointments
  22

  Robert Bradford, formerly
  manager at New Maiden, has
  been appointed manager of
  Kingston.
  Neil Brassington, formerly
  manager at Potters Bar, has been
  appointed manager of Newbury
  Park for the opening.
  Fred Cowey, fomerly...

• Long service
  22

  Bert Hagger, district manager,
  Coventry area, has completed 40
  years with JS.
  He began his career with the
  company as a porter at Hampstead
  branch and one year later
  became a salesman at 98 Kentish
  Town. In 1948 he was...

• Obituary
  22

  Obituary
  Margery Delamare, supermarket
  assistant at Birkenhead, died after
  a long illness on January 24, aged
  46.
  She had been with the company
  for four years.

• Retirements
  22

  Edith Mountain, display assistant
  at Bedford, has retired after 25
  years' service with the company.
  Syd Barker, skilled butcher at
  Maidstone, has retired after 24
  years with JS.
  Marje Anderson, part-time
  skilled supermarket...

• Feedback
  23

  FEEDBACK
  Cheers Charlton
  From: George Marshall, veteran
  Bromley, Kent.
  On January 11, over 140 veterans
  and guests attended Charlton
  depot to enjoy an excellent meal
  and cabaret.
  The meal so ably prepared and
  presented by...

• SSA breaks
  23

  SSA breaks
  NEED A BREAK? Feel the urge
  to get out of the rat race and into
  life's slower lane? Then the SSA
  have just the tonic to boost
  flagging winter spirits.
  Once again, this year, a
  number of tour operators...

• In my father's day
  24

  ARCHIVES
  In my father's day
  Sainsbury's opening at High Road, llford, brought back
  happy memories for Gladys Harrison whose father, William,
  worked as first provisions hand at the 14 Cranbrook Road
  branch for many years. She...