'JS Journal', June 1986

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  News
  Page 6-9
  Openings
  —Chiswick
  —Bath Homebase
  Page 10
  New products
  Page 11
  Snap it up! The 1986 SSA/JS Journal photographic competition is launched
  Page 12-14
  Rave up at Great Yarmouth-Romford area family...

• District manager
  02

  District manager
  NINE ELMS' senior store
  manager, Bill Williams, has been
  appointed district manager to
  take over the Birmingham area
  from Bert Hagger upon his retirement
  on July 19.

• FRONTLINE
  02

  FRONTLINE
  JUNE'S JOURNAL is an issue
  laden with photographs —
  appropriate for a month which
  launches the SSA//S Journal
  Photographic Competition 1986.
  We've been out to the West
  Country, up to Great Yarmouth
  and round...

• New appointments
  02

  New appointments
  THE CHAIRMAN, Sir John
  Sainsbury, has announced that
  following the retirement of
  Richard Hill in October a number
  of changes will take place at
  senior management level.
  Gary Green, currently manager
  of...

• What a card!
  02

  What a card!
  HOMEBASE introduces the
  Homebase Trade Card.
  A new addition to the range of
  customer services, the Trade Card
  will be of particular interest to
  local builders and tradesmen,
  although applications from...

• Bargain insurance
  03

  Bargain insurance
  CHEAPER INSURANCE. As a
  JS member of staff or a veteran
  you can obtain discounts off
  insurance premiums through
  two schemes operated by JS.
  The company's motor insurers,
  Paladin Motor Policies at...

• Excellent award
  03

  Excellent award
  JS HAS recently received a 'Campaign of excellence' award from
  IPC Big 5 Women's Magazines for a series of six colour advertisements
  from 1985 to 1986.
  IPC Big 5 advertisement director, Gordon Brown, said: 'We...

• OPENINGS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
  03

  OPENINGS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE:
  Selly Oak supermarket, The Selly
  Oak Triangle, Selly Oak,
  Birmingham at 9.30 am on
  Tuesday, June 3. High Wycombe supermarket,
  Dovecot Road, High Wycombe,
  Buckinghamshire at 9.30 am...

• Property
  03

  PROPERTY
  SAINSBURY'S has recently
  submitted plans for a store to be
  built at Green Lane, Winchmore
  Hill. Aiming to provide a modern
  food supermarket of high architectural
  merit, the proposal is for
  a 32,500 sq ft store and...

• Teaming up with Sainsbury's
  03

  Teaming
  Sainsbury's
  TWO NEW home economists
  have joined the existing team
  of 12.
  Virginia Brooke has been
  appointed the first home
  economist for the East Anglian
  region. In her newly created post
  she will be responsible...

• Royal thanksgiving for Industry Year
  04

  Royal thanksgiving for Industry Year
  IN THE PRESEN E of Her
  Majesty the Quee; ind HRH,
  The Duke of Edinb . h, a service
  of Thanksgiving ai .ntercession
  for Industry and Cummerce took
  place on May 7 at St...

• Stained glass window donation
  04

  THE PURPOSE of the South
  London Industrial Mission is to
  bring Christianity into the world
  of work. At the same time the
  mission brings the world of work
  into church. That explains why
  there can be found, filtering rays
  of...

• BAIE Awards
  05

  BAIE Awards
  ANOTHER DOUBLE triumph
  has been achieved by the
  Journal in the British Association
  of Industrial Editors (BAIE)
  Editing for Industry' competition
  for company publications.
  The Journal received a certificate
  of...

• JS Results
  05

  JS Results
  £ million 1986
  3,575.2
  1985
  3,135.3
  %
  Increase
  14.0
  SALES (including VAT)
  RETAIL PROFIT 194.9 158.8 22.8
  RETAIL MARGIN 5.45% 5.06%
  ASSOCIATES 13.6 9.7 40.8
  PROFIT BEFORE TAX AND
  PROFIT SHARING 208.5 168.5...

• Branch opening—Chiswick
  06

  CHISWICK Opening date: 13 May 1986
  Address: 31 Essex Place, off Acton
  Lane, Chiswick, London W4
  Opened by: Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury
  Manager: Ray Clark
  Staff: 362 (339 new jobs)
  Sales area: 29,462 sq ft
  Car park: 343...

• Homebase opening—Bath
  08

  BATH HOMEBASE
  Opening date: May 14, 1986
  Address: Pines Way, Green Park Station,
  Bath, Avon
  Opened by: Homebase chairman,
  Gurth Hoyer Millar
  Manager: David Taylor
  Staff: 93
  Sales area: 43,510 sq ft
  Car park: 380 spaces
  S...

• An excuse for a party
  10

  An excuse for a party
  MAKE EVERY DAY a celebration
  day with Sainsbury's
  'Party, Cards and Giftwrap'
  range. With the introduction of
  these new lines, JS becomes the
  first major supermarket chain to
  offer a comprehensive,...

• JS Massage System
  10

  AT THIS TIME of year everybody
  deserves a pick-me-up in
  preparation for the summer
  season. Sainsbury's new massage
  system is a real tonic for every
  body.
  The system offers a range of
  stylish friction products, which
  will...

• Go ahead - shoot!
  11

  SSA/JS JOURNAL
  WHETHER YOU like to
  take pictures in colour or
  black and white, we're
  sure you'll have something
  to offer the 1986
  SSA/JS Journal photographic
  competition.
  PHOTOGRAPHIC
  COMPETITION 1986
  Go ahead
  shoot!...

• ROMFORD'S HI DE HI DAYS
  12

  ROMFORD'S HI DE HI DAYS
  MORE THAN a thousand members of staff and their
  families from Romford area headed for the coast in
  early May for a bank holiday extravaganza at Seashore
  Holiday Centre in Great Yarmouth.
  The weekend...

• Cancer Relief Campaign — A progress report
  15

  Cancer Relief Campaign — A progress report
  WITH THE anniversary
  of Live Aid almost
  upon us, many people are
  turning their thoughts to
  charity and for JS in 1986
  that means the MacMillan
  Nurses.
  Branch activity is hotting...

• RUNNING FOR RELIEF
  15

  BOURNEMOUTH branch is
  proud of Dot Lee, part time
  supermarket assistant who completed
  the marathon in four hours
  and 12 minutes. Dot raised
  money not only for the MacMillan
  nurses but also for a charity of
  her own.
  Vikki...

• Hempstead revisited
  16

  'A STAR IS BORN' proclaimed the
  Journal back in 1978 when the
  ..opening of Hempstead SavaCentre
  was celebrated.
  Eight years on, the store has proved itself
  to be more than just a passing twinkle.
  In this, the first of an...

• 1,000 miles for baby scanner
  18

  1,000 miles for baby scanner
  BRANCHES FROM the
  Coventry area have had a very
  busy fund-raising time lately.
  Sixty stores adopted a local
  charity — St Mary's Hospital
  Baby Scanner Appeal.
  Just two highlights to date:
  A...

• Irene Saunders
  18

  Irene Saunders of
  Northampton was voted
  cashier of the district
  by Mecca when they
  held a contest for local
  supermarkets at
  Cinderella Rockerfellas.
  She is pictured, trophy
  in hand, with her
  manager, Trevor
  Trudgill.

• Kevin Stirzaker
  18

  Kevin Stirzaker makes Rambo look sissy! Heather
  Homes, senior supermarket assistant at Colchester,
  was swept off her feet by Kevin before her wedding
  on April 19. But Kevin, customer service assistant,
  was just delivering...

• Plain abseiling
  18

  Plain abseiling
  JS YTS trainees climb the
  highest. That's the verdict after a
  day's rock climbing and abseiling
  at Swanage. Deputy manager at
  Basingstoke Central, John
  Pratley, took a group of YTS
  trainees from the Woking...

• Youth and experience triumph
  18

  Youth and experience triumph
  SUPER FIT VETERAN Jean
  Torr is a real fiend when it comes
  to table tennis!
  Recently the 66 year old sports
  lady joined forces with Simon
  Fisher (whose father works at JS)
  and made mincemeat of...

• Five a side
  19

  Five a side
  ON APRIL 13, Guildford sports
  centre was invaded by 65
  footballers from Burpham store.
  Thirteen five-a-side teams,
  from various departments, were
  there to discover the best kickers
  from the branch, in a...

• Nostalgia time for a Tiller Girl
  19

  Nostalgia time for a Tiller Girl
  A HIGH KICK down memory
  lane and a message from the
  Queen Mother are two of the
  latest highlights in the glittering
  career of Kathy Denby, part time
  supermarket assistant at...

• Teeing off a winner
  19

  Teeing off a winner
  STEP ASIDE JACK
  NICKLAUS, here comes
  Paula Robinson!
  In swinging form, Paula,
  deputy provisions manager
  at Islington, birdied her way
  around Frilford Heath Golf
  Club, during the Uxbridge
  Area Golf...

• Burnley donation
  20

  Burnley donation
  THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR
  SCHEME continues to help out
  local under-fives community
  groups: Pictured below are the
  young beneficiaries at Brunlea
  Special School with equipment
  purchased with the donation
  from...

• Countdown to Family Day
  20

  Countdown to Family Day
  'ALL THAT REMAINS now is
  for everyone to turn up and enjoy
  themselves.' Thus speaks the
  Family Day committee which has
  everything else in hand!
  The committee, which has a
  massive task, is confident...

• Preaching in the aisles
  20

  Preaching in the aisles
  RABBI LIONEL BLUE, he of
  Radio four fame, confessed in
  The Standard recently: T have
  never been able to think up a
  sermon at my desk, or among a
  lot of messy nature and foliage.
  My most spiritual...

• Restaurant fund raisers
  20

  Restaurant fund raisers
  A WEEKLY raffle in the staff
  restaurant was the simple but
  effective way to raise £295 at
  Stamford Hill branch.
  Staff raised the money for St
  Joseph's Hospice.
  Pictured left to right are...

• Sty-lish weather vane
  20

  Sty-lish weather vane
  THE WINDS of change were
  blowing for Dan Pillar on April
  10 when he retired as general
  manager of Haverhill Meat
  Products. He was presented with
  this pig weather vane, fashioned
  by the company's...

• A king is crowned queen
  21

  A king is crowned queen
  ALISON KING, senior clerk at
  Hemel Hempstead, has a busy
  twelve months ahead. She was
  recently picked as Miss Herald
  Valentine 1986 by her local paper
  and part of her prize is a year of
  modelling...

• Fishing for dishes
  21

  Fishing for dishes
  HOW TO TELL YOUR codsteak
  from your haddock fillet and
  much more! Burpham has held a
  number of fish evenings starring
  fish manager Mae MacBurnie.
  The audiences were made up of
  members of local women's...

• Leggedless support
  21

  Leggedless support
  PRESENTING A CHEQUE for £500 to Peter Hudson, director of
  the Blackfriars Settlement, is Eustelle St Aimee. Eustelle, director's
  secretary, was chosen to make the presentation because she was the
  winner of...

• Me and my Teddy Bear
  21

  Me and my Teddy Bear
  THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
  ANNOUNCEMENT. The
  Journal needs you and your
  Teddy Bears!
  Over the next month the JS
  Journal is collecting Teddy Bears
  for a very good cause — The
  Church of England...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  Michael Botwright, formerly
  manager at Romford branch, has
  been appointed manager of
  Barkingside.
  Terry Day, formerly manager
  at Dorking, has been appointed
  manager of Newbury.
  Ian Evans formerly...

• Glory days at the Griffin
  22

  Glory days at the Griffin
  'SOME OF MY BEST ever days
  were spent down at the Griffin
  playing darts or cricket with my
  friends from JS,' says John Pratt,
  retiring from Streatham Hill as
  meat manager after 45...

• Long service
  22

  Long service
  Francis Desborough, perishable
  warehouse foreman at Basingstoke
  depot, has completed 25
  years with the company.
  Charlie Lardner, non-perishable
  warehouse supervisor at
  Charlton depot, has completed 25
  years'...

• Obituary
  22

  Obituary
  Peter Flaherty, leading store
  service assistant at Ruislip, died
  suddenly on April 2, aged 44.
  He had been with the company
  for 12 years.
  Gwen Martin, cashier at
  Central Croydon, died suddenly
  on May 1, aged...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  Jack Farrow, motor vehicle
  technician at Buntingford depot,
  has retired after 19 years with the
  company.
  Mirry Howard, cashier at
  Bognor, has retired after 15 years
  with the company.
  Nancy Reeves, cashier...

• Feedback
  23

  Discount for veterans
  From: Rose Berwick, veteran
  from Kingsbury.
  Regarding the staff discounts:
  In view of the high wages
  earned by those in work (plus
  profit sharing) might it not have
  been more appropriate to give...

• Down our street
  24

  ARCHIVES
  F YOU ARE one of the 1700
  staff who work at Blackfriars,
  it might have escaped your
  notice that Stamford Street
  has a history as interesting as
  many more fashionable parts
  of London. The heavy traffic,
  building...