'JS Journal', December 1987

Table of content

• Appointments
  02

  HAVERHILL MEAT Prod
  u c t s a n n o u n c e d the
  appointment of Graham Salmonese,
  currently production
  manager, to production director
  and an executive director of
  HMP from 1 January 1988.
  New to the JS home...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  Headlines
  Page 6-8
  Openings —
  Stratton St Margaret
  Kingsway
  Hanley
  Page 9
  Buyers' conference
  Page 9
  JS goes to Oxford
  Page 10
  New style pensions
  Page 11
  Up the apples and pears
  Page 11
  Looks good on paper — a...

• Depot appointments
  02

  Depot appointments
  Roy Pagden
  Bernard Clancy
  Andrew Nash AS A RESULT of the
  retirement of Peter Speight,
  contract manager, north and
  midlands, in June 1988, the
  following changes in senior
  management of distribution
  have...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  IT'S A COMPETITIVE Christmas this
  year with the Journal featuring a BBB
  Christmas challenge pullout, and the
  results of three major competitions —
  BBB posters, photographic and Christmas
  cards. It all means we're...

• A message from the Chairman
  03

  A message from the Chairman
  May I offer all staff, past and present, my sincere
  best wishes for a happy Christmas. May you and
  your families enjoy the Christmas holiday. I wish
  you good health and happiness in 1988.

• Board moves look to the future
  03

  Board moves look to the future
  CHAIRMAN, Sir John Sainsbury,
  announced on November
  11 a number of changes in
  responsibility affecting the
  board of directors.
  The changes have been made
  as a result of Sir Roy...

• Camberley could see 350 new jobs
  04

  Camberley could see 350 new jobs
  JS AND LONDON and Metropolitan
  Estates Ltd, have
  submitted an outline application
  for a development on part of L
  and M's Watchmoor Park site in
  Camberley.
  The proposal is for a...

• High speed results of high technology
  04

  High speed results of high technology
  GOOD NEWS TRAVELS FAST and when JS
  announced its interim results on November 10 exciting
  new technology was used to link up head office with the
  City and stores for the company's own...

• JS celebrates ten years of publishing
  04

  JS celebrates ten years of publishing
  A DECADE ago, JS published
  its first cookery book —
  'Cooking for Christmas' by
  Josceline Dimbleby. Now, in
  1987, with the publication of
  the newest book — 'The Josceline...

• Drivers achieve safety record
  05

  Drivers achieve safety record
  TWENTY YEARS of accident
  free driving. That's a record
  achieved by three Buntingford
  drivers.
  RoSPA (Royal Society for
  the Prevention of Accidents)
  certificates and silver medals
  were...

• School solves industrial problems
  05

  School solves industrial problems
  A GROUP of schoolchildren
  from Haverhill have been
  working closely with local
  industry, thanks to JS.
  One of the Sainsbury Family
  Charitable Trusts has supported
  a series of projects...

• Branch opening—Stratton St Margaret
  06

  The Vale of the White Horse has a new
  landmark which is proving to be a very
  popular attraction. A queue of hundreds
  waited patiently in the freezing rain and
  was rewarded with a shopping trip around
  Swindon's biggest...

• Branch opening—Kingsway
  07

  1. With both stores open the
  car park is well patronised.
  2. Serving up A1 grapefruits
  in time for breakfast.
  3. Mixing it in Homebase.
  4. One of Supermarketing
  magazine's Supermanagers of
  the Year 1986, Don Hayward,
  is...

• Branch opening—Hanley
  08

  The residents of Hanley will certainly
  feel at home in Sainsbury's — the new
  building is clad externally with local
  smooth-faced brickwork — a familiar
  appearance but a brand new face in
  town!
  HANLEY
  Opening date: 24...

• BUYERS ARE SOLD ON CONFERENCE
  09

  BUYERS ARE SOLD ON CONFERENCE
  A CONFERENCE for all
  members of the buying departments
  took place on November
  2. During the day 250 buyers
  met in the Queen Elizabeth II
  Conference Centre to hear
  presentations by trading...

• Enterprise 87
  09

  JS RECRUITMENT headed
  off towards the spires of
  academe at the end of October
  and met over 600 students at
  Oxford University.
  The occasion was Enterprise
  87 — a pilot event which aims
  to promote careers in...

• Graduate Industrial Society
  09

  JS ONCE again supported
  the Graduate Industrial
  Society by sponsoring its
  second conference.
  The society is the most
  recent development within
  the Industrial Society, concerned
  with promoting
  good management...

• 1988-YOUR PENSION
  10

  1988-YOUR PENSION
  Next year many JS employees will
  have the option to choose a new
  type of pension known as a 'personal
  pension'. At the same time
  membership of employers' pension
  schemes, such as that operated
  by JS, will...

• READ ALL ABOUT IT!
  11

  ARE WE ALL TO become
  newsagents? It looks likely
  with the success of a current
  trial at Chadwell Heath store.
  An extensive range of newspapers
  and magazines has gone
  on sale there and it is hoped
  that trials will be...

• The Show goes on — and fruit is tops at Tonbridge
  11

  The Show goes on — and fruit is tops at Tonbridge
  JS was delighted to become
  involved in October's Marden
  Fruit Show on two counts.
  The annual event which is of
  national importance to growers
  of top fruit (apples...

• RESULTS OF THE BUILDING BETTER BUSINESS POSTER COMPETITION
  12

  RESULTS OF THE BUILDING BETTER BUSINESS POSTER COMPETITION
  WHEN THE
  B U I L D I N G
  B E T T E R
  B U S I N E S S
  poster compet
  i t i o n was
  launched (see JSJ July 87),
  Steve Palmer, special projects
  manager, retail...

• So here it is - Merry Christmas!
  14

  So here it is - Merry Christmas!
  'CHRISTMAS IS the
  most important holiday of the
  year: it should also be the most
  enjoyable. Anyone who has
  ever had to organise the
  Christmas feasting and festivities
  for a household...

• The Building Better Business Christmas Challenge
  15

  The Building Better Business Christmas Challenge
  Improve your customer and commodity
  awareness
  BBB Christmas Mug or Christmas Pen
  for everyone — while stocks last
  BBB Slimline Diaries for the first 50
  completed entry forms...

• There's a cracking Christmas in store
  22

  Christmas is traditionally
  a time
  when the spirit of
  sharing asserts
  itself bringing
  families, friends
  and colleagues
  closer together.
  At JS the
  tradition is no
  different with
  people at branches, head office
  and...

• PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 1987 RESULTS
  25

  OVERALL WINNER
  Geoff Frake
  Deputy meat manager,
  Beeston.
  'A WA Y FROM THE CONVENTIONAL'
  (This picture was entered under 'Contrasts')
  i WINNER -PARTY PARTY
  Andy Goddard
  Productivity officer,
  South Eastern area...

• Better homes begin at Homebase
  27

  Better homes begin at Homebase
  HOMEBASE HAS won the
  'Make Yours a Better Home'
  award from the National
  Home Improvement Council
  for best advertising and promotion.
  The prize was awarded for
  'initiative and ingenuity...

• How to enjoy a sensible party season
  27

  How to enjoy a sensible party season
  IN TIME FOR the festive
  season comes the fifth in the
  series of 'Living Today' magazines
  providing a comprehensive
  summary of facts on
  alcohol and health.
  Of'Sensible Drinking'...

• DEPOT'S HIGH DIVERS RAISE A FORTUNE
  28

  DEPOT'S HIGH DIVERS RAISE A FORTUNE
  MEET JS's own Red Devils.
  This team of fliers from Buntingford
  depot recently made a
  parachute jump and raised
  £700 for Cancer Research. The
  jumpers that fell to glory are: Back row —...

• NAME THAT BOAT
  28

  NAME THAT BOAT
  AHOY THERE competition
  fans! The staff at Catford
  Homebase have a problem — if
  you can help you could win a
  mystery DIY prize.
  All you have to do is think
  up a suitable name for the
  company's only...

• SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
  28

  SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
  ELAINE CLARK, Wendy
  Howard, Anne Foulds, Les
  McGrae, Helen Williams,
  Helen De Sykes and Carole
  Abbott from Burnley are pictured pictured
  above at the town's
  Chamber of Trade Shopping
  Preview....

• A LOVE THAT FLOWERED LATE DOWN THE AISLE
  29

  A LOVE THAT FLOWERED LATE DOWN THE AISLE
  Dick and Elsie on their wedding day. WHILST QUEUEING at the
  checkout in Northampton
  store, 84 year old Elsie Barber
  started chatting to the man
  behind her.
  After a little while, both...

• BUNN THE BAKER'S HARVEST FESTIVAL
  29

  BUNN THE BAKER'S HARVEST FESTIVAL
  DURING SEPTEMBER, a
  special Harvest Festival
  Service was held in Norwich
  Cathedral.
  JS was invited to send a
  representative to take part in a
  procession to show the connection
  between the...

• LOUGHBOROUGH'S BROTHERLY LOVE
  29

  LOUGHBOROUGH'S BROTHERLY LOVE
  FOLLOWING WEEKS of a
  'hard sell' Loughborough was
  able to donate almost £1,000
  to the Leicestershire Association
  for Spina Bifida and
  Hydrocephalus (LASBAH).
  The idea of raising funds...

• . . . AND WHO'S GOT BOTTLE!
  30

  . . . AND WHO'S GOT BOTTLE!
  EXEBRIDGE BRANCH has
  'gotta lotta bottle' or rather
  lots of bottles, and broken
  ones at that.
  'During National Recycling
  Week in October, a new bottle bank was opened in the store's
  car park.
  On...

• SLIM-IN FOR SPECIAL SCHOOL
  30

  SLIM-IN FOR SPECIAL SCHOOL
  VIGOROUS EXERCISE and
  running have given Brian Hill,
  skilled tradesman at Bexhill, new sylph-like figure.
  Brian weighed in at a hefty
  16st 31b and was the butt of
  many jokes at the store....

• WE'RE ONLY TAKING FLANS FOR NIGEL!
  30

  WE'RE ONLY TAKING FLANS FOR NIGEL!
  WHEN NIGEL HARRIS won
  top prize — a grub grab — in a
  raffle, he let his wife do all the
  hard work.
  Freda Harris and neighbour,
  Eileen Fleet, charged around
  Northwich store while...

• WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRASH . . .
  30

  WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRASH . . .
  WHEN SHOPPERS go along
  to Selly Oak branch they are
  invited to take their rubbish
  and dump it in the car park.
  This doesn't mean that cars
  will be vying for spaces with
  piles of...

• 45 West Drayton pensioners
  31

  This happy bunch recently had a fun trip to Brighton. A donation from JS helped send 45 West
  Drayton pensioners off for a day of sun, sea and sand.

• BOB RECEIVES ROYAL THANKS IN PERSON
  31

  BOB RECEIVES ROYAL THANKS IN PERSON
  AS A REWARD for his fundraising
  endeavours, Bob
  Mears, customer service assistant
  at Burton on Trent, was
  recently presented to HRH the
  Princess Royal.
  Bob raised £500 from...

• SEVEN STONE WEAKLINGS TAKE NOTE!
  31

  SEVEN STONE WEAKLINGS TAKE NOTE!
  PEOPLE COLLECT all manner
  of things these days —
  stamps, train numbers, badges
  or even girlfriends!
  Kevin Kerridge, student at
  Chase Lane is a bit different
  from most — he...

• EARLY START AGAINST CANCER
  32

  EARLY START AGAINST CANCER
  THREE MEN and their bikes
  recently took a trip to Skegness
  in a bid to raise funds for
  Cancer Research.
  The team from Belgrave
  Road — Luigi De Marco
  (systems clerk), Tony De
  Marco (student) and...

• HOMEBASE IS HIGH ON HYGIENE
  32

  HOMEBASE IS HIGH ON HYGIENE
  READING HOMEBASE has
  been presented with a clean
  food award from the local
  environmental health officer.
  On October 12, canteen
  assistant, Pat Irving and PAO, Judy Kirby received their
  award at a...

• PARIS PRIZE MAKES A ROMANTIC GIFT
  32

  PARIS PRIZE MAKES A ROMANTIC GIFT
  DOROTHY OLIVER recently
  won a trip to Paris and then
  decided not to go.
  No, she doesn't suffer from
  Francophobia, but very generously gave the prize to
  her son and daughter in law
  who were...

• CHRISTMAS NUTCRACKERS
  33

  CHRISTMAS NUTCRACKERS The initial brain teaser THE WAITING IS over —
  the Journal's ever popular
  initials quiz is back.
  You'll have hours of frustration
  agonising over the questions,
  but great rewards await
  the...

• In the bleak midwinter - Christmas on the ration
  34

  In the bleak midwinter - Christmas on the ration To conclude this 40th
  anniversary year of the
  JS Journal the archives
  take a look at how JS
  celebrated the festive
  season in the bleak days
  of the post war years.
  'Children...

• AND A VERY ARTISTIC CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL
  35

  AND A VERY ARTISTIC CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL THE FESTIVE season began
  early for some this year. In
  fact, way back in March when
  the JS Journal Christmas Card
  Competition was launched.
  Entries poured in from children
  and...