'JS Journal', October 1987

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-4
  Headlines
  Page 5
  Branch opening
  —Nuneaton
  Page 6-8
  A look behind the scenes of the National Youth Theatre
  Page 9
  JS goes back to the classroom - two new school books
  Page 10-11
  Environmental issues - JS and landscape...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  AS EVERYONE returns from
  their holidays, and memories of
  three days at Gatwick airport
  begin to fade, so unmistakable
  signs of autumn are apparent.
  Autumn at JS means the opening
  season begins again, and...

• Homebase appointment
  02

  Homebase appointment
  DAVID BREMNER, deputy
  depot manager at Buntingford.
  has been appointed Homebase
  distribution manager, effective
  from October 12.

• JS branch that bears the best fruit
  02

  L to r: Elizabeth Browning, Colin Lythe and John Ramsden.
  JS branch that
  bears the best fruit
  ASHFORD BRANCH has been awarded first prize
  in a national competition to find the retailer with the
  most consistently high...

• Peerage for James Prior
  02

  Peerage for James Prior
  JAMES PRIOR, non executive
  director, was created a life peer in
  the Prime Minister's dissolution
  honours list.
  The announcement was made
  on July 30.
  He became non executive
  director in 1985.
  James...

• Freezer centres to close
  03

  Freezer centres to close
  ON AUGUST 19 JS announced
  the sale of its independent freezer
  centres to Bejam.
  Staff at all the freezer centres
  concerned, which are located at
  Burnt Oak, East Dulwich,
  Hayes End, Hornchurch,...

• JS joins the world of children
  03

  JS joins the world of children
  JS AND Children's World have
  proposed the joint development
  of a ten acre site at Oldham
  Street, Denton in Greater Manchester.
  Children's World, created by
  Boots, is a new retail...

• Runaway lorry smash at Hastings
  03

  Runaway lorry smash at Hastings
  Hastings staff and customers
  watched in horror as a runaway
  lorry smashed into the front of
  the store on August 20.
  Fortunately, a low canopy
  prevented the vehicle ploughing
  straight through...

• Time to opt for your share
  03

  Time to opt for your share
  ONCE AGAIN in October you will have the opportunity to join
  the many thousands of employees already saving to buy shares
  in J Sainsbury, as a further offer is to be made under the
  Savings Related...

• A student's winning ways
  04

  A student's winning ways
  LATEST WINNER of the J
  Sainsbury prize for best student
  on the retailing course at the
  University of Manchester Institute
  of Science and Technology
  (UMIST) is Deborah Ann
  Smith.
  She is pictured...

• Drivers pick up points
  04

  Drivers pick up points
  up points
  CHARLTON DEPOT flew the
  JS flag recently when five of its
  drivers entered the national
  Driver of the Year competition.
  Steven Haley, John Clark and
  Colin Pillen were at the controls
  of...

• Opera stars shop for red rovers
  04

  Opera stars shop for red rovers
  A GROUP OF Russian visitors
  to Cromwell Road on August 3
  threatened the old image of
  Britons as the world's greatest
  pet lovers.
  Four-legged friends back
  home were obviously much in
  their...

• The message from disabled is getting through
  04

  The message from disabled is getting through
  HOLLOWAY MANAGER,
  Richard Stankiewicz, and
  deputy, Steve Barnes, recently
  received an Islington Disablement
  Association's Accessible
  Building Award on behalf of...

• Branch opening—Nuneaton
  05

  NUNEA TON
  Opening date: 8 September 1987
  Address: Vicarage Street, Nuneaton
  Opened by: Assistant managing director,
  retail, Joe Barnes
  Manager: David Wilson
  Staff: 181 (77 new jobs)
  Sales area: 28,000 sq ft
  Car park: 299...

• DO PUT YOUR DAUGHTER ON THE STAGE...
  06

  DO PUT YOUR DAUGHTER ON THE STAGE... WHEN JS ANNOUNCED in January its
  intention to sponsor the National Youth
  Theatre of Great Britain in 1987, the theatre
  group breathed a sigh of relief.
  The group, founded by Michael Croft...

• JS goes back to the classroom - two new school books
  09

  THE FACE OF school text books is
  changing. Books no longer contain problems
  of the 'number of men digging a hole'
  variety - studies are now geared to the
  'real' world and involve aspects of pupils'
  everyday lives. JS is very...

• TAKING CARE OF THE LAND
  10

  TAKING CARE OF THE LAND
  EACH NEW DEVELOPMENT is
  unique. It poses its own set of
  constraints at the same time as
  providing particular opportunities
  to the landscape architect.
  Often the 'critics' judge a
  store's merits by...

• LANCASTER is the place for campus capers
  12

  HUNDREDS OF
  STAFF from 11
  northern branches
  got together on
  August 14 in the
  grounds of
  Lancaster
  University.
  The occasion
  was a fun day
  including sport
  and It's A
  Knockout
  competitions,
  pony rides, a magic show and...

• The maiden flight of the carrier jump jet!
  14

  The maiden flight of the carrier jump jet!
  IS IT A BIRD? Is it a plane? No, it's Chris
  Hemsley, manager of Red Bank Road,
  launching himself from Blackpool's
  North Pier in a vain bid for the Birdman
  of Blackpool title.
  Chris,...

• Emergency sausage
  15

  Emergency sausage
  DURING A Capital
  Hadio programme item
  concerning the history of
  the 999 service, it was said
  that a woman once rang
  ;he number asking thai
  Sainsbury's re-open as she
  needed to buy some
  sausages!

• Homebase drives girls wild
  15

  Homebase drives girls wild
  THE E N T H U S I A S T IC
  RESPONSE from cheerleaders
  f o l l o w i n g N o r t h a m p t on
  Homebase's football match
  against a local manufacturer was
  overwhelming. A bit too overwhelming
  for one...

• Manchester still in peril
  15

  Manchester still in peril
  ANOTHER TWO JS teams
  have succumbed to the challenge
  of 'Now get out of that' (see JSJ
  May 87).
  Eight members of the BCAS
  service desk recently trooped off
  to the Lake District with a
  mission to...

• Royal presentation to young divers
  15

  Royal presentation to young divers
  LORRAINE WYATT, skilled supermarket assistant at Watney Street, has made a bit of a splash
  in life outside JS.
  On July 15, Lorraine was presented with an award from HRH the Prince of Wales for...

• Simone swims for scanner
  15

  Simone swims for scanner
  SIMONE WILSON, office clerk
  at Halifax, swam 100 lengths of
  Brighouse baths recently to raise
  money for cancer research.
  Along with friend, Sarah Smith,
  she completed the distance without
  feeling...

• Going underground
  16

  THIS WORM'S EYE view
  could prove a glimpse into the
  past for the citizens of Derby in
  the 25th century.
  Children from a local school
  buried a time capsule, containing
  coins, letters, newspapers
  and other contemporary...

• Oldbury funds Olympics
  16

  A DISABLED athlete's
  ambition of competing at the
  International Special Olympics
  has been achieved with help
  from Oldbury SavaCentre. George Smith thought he
  would miss out on the event
  since he did not have the funds
  for...

• The peak of their careers
  16

  The peak of their careers
  AT THE END of the first year
  of their course, ten YTS trainees
  from Burton on Trent and Derby
  took a trip to the Peak District.
  The expedition was led by
  YTS tutor Sue McGIynn.
  The trainees were...

• Puzzle it out
  17

  AS THREATENED the JournaFs puzzler has returned, to make
  your tea break one of brain-teasing frustration, with a crossword
  which he hopes will enable him to keep the £5 JS voucher. Yes,
  that's the prize on offer for the first...

• Veteran grabs prize
  17

  George Smith thought he
  would miss out on the event
  since he did not have the funds
  for his fares to join the other
  mentally handicapped squad
  members in Indiana. USA.
  Store director, Alan Birbeck
  (above left), read of...

• Caroline gets lift from the depot
  18

  Caroline gets lift from the depot
  CAROLINE BONNER, microbiologist
  at Basingstoke depot, is
  the current British powerlifting
  champion in the women's 82.5kg
  category.
  Not content with being the
  best in the land, Caroline...

• Retail detail
  18

  Retail detail
  JUST HOW MUCH do you
  know about retailing?
  This word search is one of the
  exercises included in 'Finding
  Out About Retailing'.
  The senders of the first five
  entries which score ten out often
  will be rewarded...

• No smoke signals in BCAS
  19

  CHRIS BRAND, senior programming
  team leader, and
  Graham Field, programmer,
  never say yes to a cigarette - not
  in office hours anyway.
  This display of willpower was
  due to problems with seating
  arrangements in the...

• PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 1987
  19

  WE'VE GIVEN you a few extra
  weeks, but time is now running
  out. All entries for the SSA//S
  Journal photographic competition
  1987 must be received by the
  Journal before the end of Friday,
  October 23. Winning entries will...

• Feedback
  20

  FEEDBACK
  From: Tony Gayfer, distribution
  division, Blackfriars.
  I presume that myco-protein
  pies are aimed first and foremost
  at the vegetarian market, even
  though they may prove acceptable,
  and even attractive to
  others....

• The new boy from the valleys
  20

  The new boy from
  —the valleys—
  Ivor Barnett was a young lad living in mid Wales with his parents when he
  answered an ad calling for 'tall, well educated youths'. It was 1934 and this
  was the start of his career with JS and...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  IAN ATHERTON, formerly
  manager at Crosby, has been
  a p p o i n t e d m a n a g e r of
  Altrincham.
  Terry Brown, formerly manager
  at Lords Hill, has been
  appointed district manager,
  South Western area.
  Edward...

• Poultry ties the knot
  22

  Poultry ties the knot
  CONFETTI was flying in the poultry department on June 30
  when three of its members followed the path of true love to the
  altar.
  At St. Lawrence's Church, Sidcup, buyer Mike Attwood
  married Jane Percival,...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  REG STIMSON, leading trades
  assistant at Stevenage, has
  retired after 38 years with the
  company.
  He joined JS as a warehouseman
  at Rye Lane and in
  1968 transferred to Stevenage.
  Prior to his retirement,...

• CHICKEN LOOKIN' GOOD
  23

  CHICKEN LOOKIN' GOOD
  A taste of the East has arrived -
  the new Indian chicken range.
  The range comprises two
  delicious additive free natural
  recipes, Chicken Tikka at £3.68
  per lb (1 70 branches) and
  Tandoori Chicken...

• Long service
  23

  Long service
  BOB MITCHELL, produce
  manager at Borehamwood, has
  completed 40 years with the
  company.
  He joined JS at Thornton
  Heath and has since worked in a
  number of branches including
  Golders Green, Hendon, Mill
  Hill...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  BRENDA BARBER, part time
  supermarket assistant at Salisbury,
  died suddenly on August
  7, aged 47.
  She had been with the company
  for 18 months.
  Alexia Blizzard, senior supermarket
  assistant at Beckenham,
  died...

• Tom Haynes retires
  23

  Tom Haynes retires
  TOM HAYNES, Northern area
  director, has retired after 39
  years with JS.
  He began his career with the
  company as a salesman and in
  1952 became assistant manager.
  Eight years later, Tom Haynes
  was...

• WASH AND WEAR
  24

  WASH AND WEAR
  Q. What does the well
  dressed man wear for an
  evening at the laundrette?
  A. Boxer shorts; the new line
  of boxer shorts, in blue or red
  stripes, is now available in 36
  branches at £3.25 a pair
  (medium and...