'JS Journal', May 1986

Table of content

Contents Page

02
Page 2-5
News
Page 6-9
Openings
— Chase Lane
— Exebridge
Page 10-11
Glad to see you! Veterans' Reunion 1986
Page 12
Let those cameras roll — the making of JS training videos
Page 13
New products
Page 13
High Wycombe a...
FRONTLINE

02
FRONTLINE
PICTURED ON the cover this
month is Doug Cox, who
together with six other
Buntingford drivers received
awards from the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Accidents
(RoSPA). See page three. Staff who a few years...
Management moves

02
Management moves
A NUMBER OF new
senior management
appointments was
announced on April 2
by deputy chairman,
Sir Roy Griffiths. The
appointments, which
are already effective,
are as follows:
Barry Blackmore,...
Junior minister visits Charlton

03
Junior minister visits Charlton
Peter Bottomley (right) with John
Callaghan, despatch and returns
foreman.
On March 2 1 ,
Peter Bottomley,
recently
appointed
Junior Minister
at the
Department of
Transport,
visited...
New non executive director

03
New non executive director
DIANA ECCLES has joined the
Board as a non executive director
following the retirement of Dame
Jennifer Jenkins on March 22.
Dame Jennifer joined the
board in 1981 having previously
been chairman...
RoSPA awards for Buntingford drivers

03
RoSPA awards for Buntingford drivers
A TOTAL of 163 years of safe
and courteous driving has been
rewarded by the Royal Society for
the Prevention of Accidents
(RoSPA).
Seven Buntingford depot
drivers, each with a minimum...
Enterprising project

04
Enterprising project
SAINSBURY'S TOGETHER
with the London Enterprise
Agency (LEntA) is to form a joint
non-profit-making company to
convert and operate the old
branch at Bruce Grove, Tottenham
High Road into an
Enterprise...
JS aids famine

04
JS aids famine
SAINSBURY'S HAS recently
sponsored one page in the 'The
Food Aid Cookery Book' — the
brainchild of television cookery
presenter Delia Smith — in aid
famine relief in Africa.
With help from Terry...
Never on a Sunday

04
Never on a Sunday
ON APRIL 15, the Government
suffered a surprising defeat of the
Shops Bill. Following a noisy debate,
the Bill was defeated by 296
votes to 282 - a majority of just 14.
The Bill dealt with not only
Sunday...
Obituary — Arthur Trask

04
Obituary — Arthur Trask
ARTHUR TRASK, former
board director who retired in
1974, died on April 3.
His long and successful career
with JS had begun in 1942 when
he was invalided out of the RAF.
He was a master butcher...
Access award for Burpham

05
Access award for Burpham
BURPHAM BRANCH has
recently won the Mayor's Award
for Access for the Disabled, an
award presented annually to
those premises where particular
care has been taken to ensure
good accessibility for...
Property

05
PROPERTY
OPENINGS for the month of
May are:
Chiswick supermarket, Acton
Lane, Chiswick, London W4 at 9.30am on Tuesday, May 13.
Bath Homebase, Green Park
Station, Green Park Road, Bath
at 9.00 am on Wednesday, May
14.
Successful advertising

05
Successful advertising
JS PRESS ADVERTISING
received no less than five
commendations in the recent
press awards organised by
Campaign magazine.
Commendations were given to
two ads in the Best Alcoholic
Drinks Advertisement...
Talking Docklands

05
Talking Docklands
'THE RE-DEVELOPMENT of
the Docklands is the biggest programme
of its kind that London
has had to face, possibly since the
Great Fire,' said Reg Ward, chief
executive of the Docklands
Development...
Branch opening—Chase Lane

06
Strategically situated just off the A12, Chase Lane enticed
customers fromfar and wide to sample its delights. Amongst
the many attractions, six automatic teller machines enabled
customers to draw cash and new lower gondolas...
Branch opening—Exebridge

08
EXEBRIDGE
Opening date: 25 March 1986
Address: Cowick Street, Exebridge, Exeter
Opened by: Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury
Manager: Michael Gentry
Staff: 232 (189 new jobs)
Sales area: 26,900 sq ft
Car park: 353 spaces
RIDGE...
Veterans Rally

10
From far and wide veterans came together
on April 14 and 21 at the Royal Lancaster
Hotel, making this year's annual reunion
turnout the largest ever — just under 1800
veterans met for an afternoons' stroll down
memory...
WHO'S WHO 1986

11
A GUIDE TO SAINSBURY'S TOP MANAGEMENT
Published by JS Journal,
J Sainsbury pic,
Stamford House,
Stamford Street,
London SE1 9LL.
May 1986
Board
Directors
Non Executive
Directors
Sir James Spooner
Sir John...
Spotlight on Training

12
Spotlight on Training
What could be nicer than to gather round the box and watch a really good video! Keeping a weather eye on the camera during filming. Staff at all branches congregate periodically
round the box to watch a...
FRESH CHICKEN

13
FRESH CHICKEN with a
difference, comes in the guise
of three new lines from the
poultry department (73
branches).
Chicken Goujons (£2.69 per
lb) are succulent pieces of
boneless breast coated in a crisp breadcrumb.
All...
Rising from the ashes

13
Rising from the ashes
JERRY CORAM, a customer of
High Wycombe, has been
watching with interest the
development of the new Sainsbury's
supermarket at Dovecot
Road, High Wycombe.
He was around in April 1984
when the...
The slim ones

13
The slim ones
TRADITIONALLY, yogurts
have been a prominent feature in
slimming diets. Here's a new line
that will make them even more
prominent — Sainsbury's 'very
low fat' Diet Yogurts.
These yogurts contain just
50/55...
Word perfect

13
Word perfect
CATERING FOR ALL tastes in
the cookery world, Sainsbury's is
soon to launch two new exclusive
series of cookbooks.
The first six books of the
'Recipe Library' collection (99p
each) are by renowned...
Dial S for shares

14
Dial S for shares
FANS of the 'phone-in', a
method made famous by
radio veteran Jimmy
Young, would have felt a
familiar glow on flipping
through the pages of the
Financial Times on April 3.
For lo! The chairman...
Dixons make a bid for Woolworth

14
Dixons make a bid for Woolworth
AT A TIME when almost any
company, however large,
must look over its shoulder
for possible hostile takeover
bids, it should have come as
no surprise that a go-ahead
group like Dixons should...
The chancellor balances the books

14
The chancellor balances the books
CHANCELLOR Nigel Lawson had a problem with
his Budget this year. The government's scope to give
away large amounts in tax cuts was restricted by the
fall in oil prices from January onwards....
Explosive training

15
IF YOU GO DOWN to the
woods today you're in for a
big surprise. For Safeway, the
supermarket chain, has
extended its senior management
training to the gentle art
of guerrilla warfare in the
jungles (whoops! woods) of
South...
Italian wine scandal

15
Italian wine scandal
1986 WILL be remembered in
the European wine trade for
its Italian tragedy. In 1985 the
less important Austrian wine
trade was hammered when diethylene
glycol (a constituent of some up-market...
Reporting on reports

15
Reporting on reports
With the publication of JS's
annual report and accounts
imminent, it is worthwhile
considering how other
companies use their accounts
to get their message across. A
light hearted review of the
best and...
Results

15
Results
Wm MORRISON SUPERMARKETS,
which has 34
stores in the North of
England, has announced
impressive results for 1985/6.
Profits advanced 36 per cent
to £15.7 million on sales up by
12 per cent to £368 million.
Store...
Retail news in brief

15
In a long awaited move Dee
Corporation — owner of
Gateway and Carrefour —
has acquired a US sports
chain, Hermans Sporting
Goods, for £278 million.
Hermans is the largest US
speciality sports goods retailer
with 131...
Crawling for charity

16
Crawling for charity
STAFF FROM BROADFIELD
recently raised £650 for charity
and enjoyed themselves in the
process.
A sponsored three-legged pub
crawl was the highlight of their
fund raising drive, which also
included a...
Daylight spectacular

16
Daylight spectacular
EVER HEARD of a firework
display in broad daylight?
Apparently, it's not a joke at all
but a spectacularly different show
which the crowds on Family Day
will love.
To find out what it's all about
make...
Portrait of a branch

16
Portrait of a branch
TWENTY CHILDREN at a
village school near Rugby branch
thought their local Sainsbury's
would be the ideal place to
research their food project. So the
teacher made a request and the pupils, each armed...
Funds raised in memory

17
Funds raised in memory
Proud staff see their hard-earned money handed over. BY SLIMMING and swimming,
staff at Northfield branch raised
£500 for St Mary's Hospice in
Birmingham. Staff were sponsored
by family, friends...
Gifts of Love

17
Gifts of Love
THE TRAGIC DEATH of a
member of staff at Buntingford,
has led to over £2,500 being
raised for two worthy causes. Members of the cheese
department decided at first, to
make a donation to Cancer
Research at...
Toss-up for hospital

17
Toss-up for hospital
Photo-call in store before braving the cold. IT WAS a toss-up as to whether
Braintree's pancake race would
take place in February.
However, an abundant supply
of thermals and Thermos's
ensured that the...
Willesden lucky dip

17
Willesden lucky dip
THE POUND rose to an all time
high for Suba Dayanandarajah,
cash office supervisor at
Willesden Homebase, following
her good fortune in the SSA quarterly £1,000 draw.
Suba received the weighty
cheque on...
TOUCH DOWN AT KINGSTON

18
TOUCH DOWN AT KINGSTON
IN THE KINGSTON area,
there's a whole new game going
on in the ball park. Shoulder
pads, pom-poms and popcorn are
a must. Yes, American Football
has touched down, with Sainsbury's
staff lining out...
Weighting for success

18
Weighting for success
IN JUST THREE YEARS, Caroline Bonner
has become a real force to be reckoned with
in the weightlifting world.
Caroline, who works in the bacon
department at Basingstoke depot, is riding
high since her...
Feedback

19
FEEDBACK
Look back
at Fanhams
From: William Smith, returns
department, Buntingford depot.
It is with delight that I read of the
company acquiring Fanhams
Hall, which is a mile from where
I live in Ware.
My memory of...
Homebase appointments

19
Homebase appointments
Roger Hickman, formerly senior
departmental manager at
Gloucester, has been appointed
manager of Gloucester.
David Taylor, formerly
manager at Gloucester, has been
appointed manager of Bath for
the...
Long service

19
Long service
Fred Pratt, spare meat manager
at Purley, has completed 40 years
with JS.
He began his career with the
company as a trainee butcher and
joined Purley in 1952. Two years
later Fred became head butcher at
68...
Obituary

19
Obituary
Mac Haar, meat manager at
Uxbridge branch, died suddenly
on March 17, aged 53.
He had been with the company
since 1956.
Constance Robins, supermarket
assistant at Langney, died
after a short illness on March...
Retirements

19
Retirements
Chris Charteris, manager at Eastbourne,
has retired after 36 years
with JS.
He joined JS in 1950 and
worked in several manual shops
before joining Portsmouth for
the opening ten years later. Chris
was first...
Token Gesture

20
SHOPPERS AT THE new Sainsbury
branch at 18/20 Seven Sisters Road,
Holloway in November 1895 could
spend a few coppers and take away a
gleaming guinea. Not a real guinea,
however, but a brass token which
reminded them to tell...