'JS Journal', October 1986

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  News
  Page 6-7
  Burpham — star of the screen
  Page 8-9
  Sports mad —Northern area sports day
  Page 10, 11, 14, 15
  Champagne bubbles — the inside story
  Page 12-13
  New look 'J'
  Page 14-15
  Slaving over a hot stove —...

• First prize for UMIST student
  02

  First prize for UMIST student
  JANE CALDER, winner of the
  1986 J Sainsbury prize at the
  University of Manchester Institute
  of Science and Technology
  (UMIST) began her university
  life as a psychology and sociology
  student in...

• FRONTLINE
  02

  FRONTLINE
  DOES JS HAVE the fittest
  workforce in the country? It
  would certainly seem so. On
  September 14, hundreds of staff
  and their families gathered for
  the annual Northern area sports
  day. This year, it was...

• New appointments
  02

  New appointments
  ON SEPTEMBER 16, Sir John
  Sainsbury announced the following
  two appointments.
  Mike Samuel (above), head of
  advertising and marketing, is to
  join the board of SavaCentre as
  marketing director....

• Announcing new speakers
  03

  Announcing new speakers
  A NEW SEASON of the head
  office Executive Club opens on
  October 13 and details have
  been announced for the first
  half of the programme.
  First speaker is The Rt Hon
  James Prior MP, a...

• Beta award for energy efficiency
  03

  Beta award for energy efficiency
  JS EXPERTISE at energy management
  is a skill rewarded not
  only by savings in money and an
  improved environment but also
  by recognition from outside.
  The Electricity Council has
  just awarded...

• Invitation to the Council
  03

  Invitation to the Council
  OWEN THOMAS, director of
  personnel services has been
  invited by the Secretary of
  State for Employment to
  become a member of the new-
  National Council for Vocational
  Qualifications.
  The intention...

• Ordre du Merite Agricole
  03

  Ordre du Merite Agricole
  ALLAN CHEESMAN, director,
  off licence and delicatessen
  buying, has been presented
  with one of France's most
  prestigious awards, the Ordre
  du Merite Agricole.
  The order was established by
  the French...

• JS buys more of Shaw's
  04

  JS buys more of Shaw's
  JS HAS INCREASED its
  investment in Shaw's Supermarkets,
  a US food retailer. It
  now owns nearly 30 per cent of
  Shaw's. The extra Shaw's shares
  cost $14.75 million, which JS
  settled with a new issue of...

• Share option scheme
  04

  Share option scheme
  THOSE EMPLOYEES who
  have worked for JS for three
  consecutive years will again.be
  given an opportunity to save for
  JS shares under the Savings-
  Related Share Option Scheme.
  From October 10, 1986...

• Back to the drawing board
  05

  Back to the drawing
  ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS
  and students across the country,
  arc going back to the drawing
  board. The motivation is
  £10,000 of prize money in the
  International Ideas Competition:
  the design of a...

• Dramatic course
  05

  Dramatic course
  IN MERSEYSIDE this year
  young actors were given the
  opportunity to develop their
  theatre skills through Act Now!,
  a free seven week training course
  which was sponsored by JS and
  other companies.
  Some 50...

• Helping hand at the Abbey
  05

  Helping hand at the Abbey
  JS HAS HELPED ease the
  traffic congestion in central
  London.
  A Community Programme
  Scheme known as 'Helping
  Hands', was developed earlier
  this year following the Department
  of Transport's review...

• How BURPHAM STORE Became A Talking Point
  06

  How BURPHAM STORE Became A Talking Point of plans for a new store in any town often triggers off
  noisy flights of imagination with the conjuring up of
  impending horrors. Now there's a film which acts as a
  voice of reason. TAKE...

• READY, STEADY, GO . . .
  08

  THE NORTH and Midlands have produced
  more than their share of outstanding
  sportsmen and women. There's Steve Cram
  from the North East, Seb Coe from Yorkshire;
  and as far as footballers go, all the UK
  European Cup winning...

• La methode magnifique
  10

  NO WINE in the world is quite like it! It makes eyes light up in
  eager anticipation and even the act of opening a bottle has a certain
  excitement. What is it? It is the wine 'par excellence' for
  celebration:...

• J improves on its looks
  12

  J improves on its looks
  IN 1981, JS
  launched a major
  new product range
  — 'J' cosmetics. Five years on, the whole
  collection and its presentation have been
  given a major facelift, to keep in tune with
  current...

• Cookery Writers Competition
  14

  CALLING ALL COOKS! The
  JS Journal has lined up Delia
  Smith, cookery writer extraordinaire
  to judge our new
  cookery competition.
  So, if you're a budding gourmet
  cuisinere or you simply
  enjoy pottering about in the
  kitchen...

• Pots of fruit
  16

  Pots of fruit
  THE CREAM of the dessert
  crops has recently been picked
  by JS.
  There are three flavours in the
  Thick and Creamy Yogurt range
  (22p) — Apricot and Mango,
  Raspberry and Blackberry and Strawberry. These...

• Apres pour vous
  17

  Apres pour vous
  APRES SPORT is the new
  range of toiletries from JS for
  those who take life at a brisk
  pace. However, the less energetic
  may also benefit from an invigorating invigorating
  work out with the range.
  In smart,...

• Fired with elegance
  17

  Fired with elegance
  THE LAST WORD in practical
  styling must surely go to the new
  range of JS tableware (available
  from 40 branches).
  The six items in the range arc
  Egg Cups (two, £1.75), Preserve
  Jar (£2.95), Cheese Dish...

• Tools of the trade
  17

  Tools of the trade
  CRACK A FEW nuts, open a
  jar or two, sit back and relax. JS
  has a new range of handy gadgets
  designed to make many
  kitchen' tasks that much easier.
  These 15 smart accessories for
  any modern kitchen, come...

• Waistline cuisine
  17

  Waistline cuisine
  GOURMET COOKING need
  no longer cost pounds in sterling
  or weight gain!
  JS has recently launched the
  first three in a series of high
  q u a l i t y Calorie Counted
  Recipes.
  Cod and Prawn Casserole
  (£1.49)...

• Macmillan report—the latest fundraising events for Cancer Relief
  18

  Cancer Relief
  MacmiUan fund
  THE POUNDS ARE still pouring in for the Macmillan
  Fund. Latest figures show that around
  £100,000 has been raised. Keep it coming! • Wellingborough fun day was
  all about cricket, rounders,...

• Crashing success for charity
  20

  Crashing success for charity
  Brian Crocker at the start of a long, lonely trail. MISSION NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE!
  That's what Brian
  Crocker set himself in a bid to
  raise money for a few chosen
  charities.
  You've heard of the Tour...

• Get framed — your last chance
  20

  Get framed — your last chance
  The Market Place. Entry from Fay Edwards of Sittingbourne. ENTRY FORM
  Please carefully attach an entry form to the back of every photograph
  entered for the competition. Entries should be sent to:...

• Cameras shoot mole in store
  21

  Cameras shoot mole in store
  JS HAS got a mole!
  It's not hairy and it doesn't
  burrow, but this mole is in the
  guise of Gian Sanmarco who
  plays Adrian Mole in the
  successful television series.
  On August 28, Gian and...

• Family day out
  21

  Family day out
  Children get the sack at Lancaster.
  BEAUTIFUL WEATHER greeted Lancaster branch Family Day
  on August 10.
  Staff from branches dotted all round the north west of England
  (including Liverpool, Warrington, Blackpool...

• Golfers on course
  21

  Golfers on course
  BATTLING AGAINST the
  elements, 41 JS golfers holed
  their way round the Royal
  Blackheath Golf Course on
  Wednesday, September 3.
  Founded in 1608, the
  Royal Blackheath is the
  oldest golf club in the...

• Homemade bride
  21

  Homemade bride
  IN THE RUN UP to the wedding
  day. brides arc usually kept
  extremely busy.
  But even with organising
  seating arrangements, flowers,
  pressie lists and invitations,
  Wendy Open decided that she
  still had some...

• Pounds for pounds
  21

  Pounds for pounds
  LYN PHIPPEN OF Bath did
  not take her slimming lightheartedly:
  'This was not simply a
  case of wanting to get into a
  pretty frock. I'm doing it for
  Dad.'
  Lynn's father died in December
  last year at the age...

• Vale of cheers for Welsh walkers
  21

  Vale of cheers for Welsh walkers
  STAFF FROM Colchester Avenue headed for the low life recently, but it was all for a good cause.
  On August 17, a team of 17 walked along the Usk Vale from Abergavenny to Caerleon, a distance...

• A goodbye gateau
  22

  A goodbye gateau
  KEN SAUNDERS, manager of
  Wellingborough, went west following
  his recent retirement. To be
  more precise, after 44 years' service
  with the company, he is moving to
  Cornwall.
  To mark his departure he...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  Robert Bradford, formerly manager
  at Kingston, has been
  appointed manager of Putney.
  David Buddin, formerly
  deputy manager at North
  Cheam, has been appointed
  manager of Kingston.
  Alan Curtis, formerly...

• Long service
  22

  Long service
  Doreen Barker, administration
  manager, meat buying department
  at Blackfriars, has completed
  40 years with JS.
  She began her career with the
  company as a trainee and then
  joined the private office and
  assistant...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  Dickie Bradford, driver at
  Basingstoke depot, has retired
  after 37 years with the company.
  He joined JS as a warehouseman
  at Stamford House and one
  year later transferred to the
  transport division. After...

• Feedback
  23

  FEEDBACK
  Tobacco
  trade
  From B Scrase, distribution control,
  Stamford House.
  Following up the question posed
  by Tony Gayfer in the July JSJ,
  if the profit from the sale of
  tobacco products is significant
  to the financial...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  Norman Douglas, maintenance
  technician, engineers' department
  at Woking area office, died
  suddenly on July 15, aged 57.
  He had been with the company
  since 1970.
  Lil Driver, part time clerk at
  Poole, died on August...

• Carrying a piece of history
  24

  ARCHIVES
  glass panel from the Museum of
  London's small collection of JS
  „-' artifacts, reproduced in the JS
  ^S(§)/ Archives, provided the inspiration
  for the latest JS PVC shopping bag.
  The original panel was rescued from...