'JS Journal', December 1988

Table of content

• Cartoon strip
  02

  This cartoon strip appeared in The Daily Mail recently.

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-7
  News
  Page 8
  Compact — a store manager is seconded to help school leavers find jobs
  Page 9
  YTS grows up — the development of the scheme at JS
  Page 10
  Hobbies — two powerful ladies
  Page 11-15
  Banch openings...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  You could say JS is at the
  action end of Christmas. By
  the time we've delivered,
  stacked, scanned and, finally,
  sold, enough Christmas cakes
  to stretch from London to
  Newcastle, or done whatever
  it is that forms...

• Nice Result at Half Time
  02

  Nice Result at Half Time
  JS SOLD £3 billion worth of goods in the first half of 1988/89, a 30 per cent increase
  on last year. The inclusion of Shaws for the first time, a splendid performance from
  Homebase and a strong...

• A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
  03

  A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
  My warmest greetings to you and your families
  for a very happy Christmas, and every good
  wish for the New Year. Thank you for your
  individual achievements and fine teamwork
  which have combined to...

• Appointments and promotions
  03

  Appointments and promotions
  DISTRIBUTION
  ANDREW NASH, deputy depot
  manager at Buntingford, will
  move to a new post — manager,
  distribution logistics — at
  Blackfriars, on February 6. He
  will report to Mike Powell.
  IAN...

• City and Guilds honours Sir Roy
  04

  City and Guilds honours Sir Roy
  SIR ROY GRIFFITHS, non executive deputy chairman,
  (above left) has been awarded the City and Guilds Insignia
  Award in Technology (Honoris Causa).
  The award was given in recognition of attainment...

• Fast forward cookery ideas
  04

  Fast forward cookery ideas
  JS HAS MOVED into the
  video market, with the recent
  launch of six cookery videos.
  Priced at £6.95. the VHSformat
  videos each lasts for 55
  minutes with famous cooks
  demonstrating their art....

• Homebase and Savacentre appointments
  04

  Homebase and Savacentre appointments HOMEBASE
  HARRY ROBERTS, formerly
  deputy manager, non foods i,
  has been promoted to senior
  manager in Homebase, as head
  of the decorative buying
  department.
  SAVACENTRE
  JOHN HAYTER,...

• New departments for Coldham's Lane
  05

  New departments for Coldham's Lane
  COLDHAMS LANE, CAMBRIDGE, first opened its
  doors to the public just before Christinas 14 years ago. Last month the doors were
  closed for nearly five days to
  integrate the sales area...

• Presenting the DIY Superstore Manager of 1988
  05

  Presenting the DIY Superstore Manager of 1988
  PAUL SHOEMAKER, manager
  of Romford Homebase, is
  the best store manager in
  Britain within the DIY and
  non foods sector, according to
  DfY Superstore Magazine and
  Loctite.
  In a...

• A gold medal to treasure
  06

  A gold medal to treasure
  RICHARD MALLETT, group
  financial analyst, has won a gold
  medal from the Association of
  Corporate Treasurers (ACT).
  Richard won his medal, plus a
  cheque for £500, for the best
  paper on corporate...

• Fine wines — fair words
  06

  Fine wines — fair words
  AUTHORESS, JOSCELINE
  DIM BLEB Y, and increasingly
  celebrated wine expert, Oz
  Clarke, visited eight stores last
  month to sign copies of their
  books and give customers a
  chance to sample, wines...

• Stern judges sit up
  06

  Stern judges sit up
  A PRESS LAUNCH was held
  recently at the London Toy
  and Model Museum, for the
  new range of children's books
  (featured in the November
  issue of the Journal), which are
  out in time for...

• WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
  06

  WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE between Buntingford and Charlton
  depots? About 50 miles Is the answer.
  This fact is only surprising when yog consider that having
  driven those 50 miles to take a photograph of Buntingford's
  ROSPA award...

• BOB INGHAM
  07

  BOB INGHAM has retired as
  board director after 36 years with
  JS.
  He joined the company as one of
  the first eight management trainees
  in 1952. In 1961 he became senior
  manager in charge of the dairy
  department.
  In 1970 Bob...

• Homebase has an away meeting
  07

  Homebase has an away meeting
  HOMEBASE IN THE 90s was
  the theme for the Homebase
  store managers' conference held
  at Eastbourne's Cavendish
  Hotel on October 31 and
  November 1.
  Homebase which began life in
  the 80s now has 46...

• A BUSINESSMAN IN THE CLASSROOM
  08

  A BUSINESSMAN IN THE CLASSROOM
  HAT'S THE POINT in
  I going to school? I may as
  well stay at home and watch
  TV. Why should I be in a
  1 rush to get there? I may as
  well get used to doing
  nothing. Then I'll be ready for life on...

• the YOUTHFUL HISTORY OF YTS
  09

  the YOUTHFUL HISTORY OF YTS
  THE YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME has
  been a hot potato ever since it was introduced
  in 1983. The object of much controversy,
  the scheme has altered in form
  over the years and varies greatly, within...

• Hobbies — two powerful ladies
  10

  IF YOU THOUGHT a mezzo-
  soprano was an Italian ready meal
  you may be surprised to find out
  that a senior member of public
  relations is one!
  When Prue Raper isn't charming the ears
  of media people, customers and staff with...

• Branch opening—Banbury
  11

  What a welcome Banbury's residents gave their
  new supermarket. Enthusiastic customers ignored
  the cold and arrived in their hundreds for the
  opening. The store, sited opposite a beautiful old
  church, is constructed from red...

• Branch opening—Portsmouth
  12

  Home of the Royal Navy,
  birthplace of Charles
  Dickens, Portsmouth is a
  historical city which
  boasts many attractions.
  Latest is a brand new JS
  store, four times the size
  of its old one. Customers
  who were welcomed
  aboard...

• Branch opening—Barnwood
  13

  1. A modern sight
  meets with approval
  from one of Britain's
  most beautiful towns.
  2. A colourful display
  fronts a fishy
  business!
  3. Checlcing out
  produce produces a
  smile.
  4. Manager, Keith
  Russ (front, centre,
  with...

• Branch opening—Kempshott
  14

  KEMPSHOTT
  Kempshott is a super store in every sense. It
  has everything the modern JS customer
  expects including the latest counter service
  selling loose cheese. Built from traditional
  brick and clay tiles the store is linked...

• Branch opening—Kettering
  15

  KETTERING
  So keen was one Kettering customer to be first
  in the new store that he camped outside in his
  car overnight. He was 81! 1. Dino Adriano presents a
  bottle of champagne to
  Walter Jeffcoat for his
  overnight stay in...

• A TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS MAGIC
  16

  A TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS MAGIC And now for a Christmas story... Once upon a time Santa landed on the rooftops of Leeds,
  Bradford and Halifax stores, and, from each store, he whisked away one lady who caught
  his watery but twinkling...

• ART FOR ART SALE
  19

  THE 1988 CONTEMPORARY Art Market, sponsored
  by JS, took place on November 9 to 12 at London's
  Smith's Galleries, Covent Garden.
  All the works on show were for immediate sale and
  this, combined with JS's sponsorship, has given...

• A BETTER CLASS OF BISCUIT
  20

  A BETTER CLASS OF BISCUIT
  This selection of biscuits would tempt anybody into
  squeezing iust another morsel in after Christmas Day
  lunch, before they fall asleep for the afternoon! Priced
  a.95to£2.45.

• CHOCS TO GIVEAWAY
  20

  CHOCS TO GIVE AWAY
  priced 42p to £4.95.

• NO BITTER REGRETS
  20

  NO BITTER REGRETS
  To help the driver allay
  those feelings of
  temptation at pa^ies
  (or if vou want to avoid
  a hangover-), this low
  alcohol bitter ( £ 1 ; « ; ° '
  four cans) should do
  the trick. For the
  serious...

• ICE COLD IN PLASTIC
  21

  ICE COLD IN PLASTIC
  Ice cube bags are the answer to
  the age-old problem of bulky ice
  trays in your freezer. A box of
  these handy little items, priced at
  49p, makes 240 cubes.

• NEW RECRUIT FOR NOSHER SQUAD
  21

  NEW RECRUIT FOR NOSHER SQUAD
  ^^^ ~ ° r a J a r o 1 . U t h e - « " ' ' ^ The latest addition « ^^^^
  S ^ ^ " * " A S t Bran crunch
  new are Apricot »'*• .gg ).
  (79p) and Baisin Wheats vw»P»

• PARTY PIECES
  21

  PARTY PIECES
  ftvailable just in time *or
  Cheese Sausage Rolls (Ciza).
  SrKtai. Turnovers (creamv
  Drawn filling — t^.^^). »•'»-
  5 ; U e s ( e » 0 ) E H e ^ „
  r X l f S p o r U S t a n d
  Chicken T'kka ^ • * J ° 3 f...

• SNAP DECISIONS
  22

  TIME FOR LEISURE
  First
  Bernard Scrase,
  Data audit manager.
  Corporate data control,
  Stamford House.
  Second
  Matthew Wright,
  Administration officer.
  Company secretary's
  department,
  Drury House. LEN GREENER sits in the...

• Children playing shop is a lesson in life
  24

  Children playing shop is a lesson in life
  YOUNGSTERS ARE usually
  fractious when out shopping
  with parents. But head teacher
  of Apsley House nursery
  school in Folkestone, Mary
  Alchurch, decided to turn the
  trolley on 17 of...

• WELLIE THE ELEPHANT
  24

  'WELLIE THE ELEPHANT packed
  his trunk and said goodbye to
  Lancaster . . . '
  The fire service safety campaign
  mascot, Weiliphant, visited Lancaster
  recently. He collected £286
  outside the store for the Fire
  Services...

• Buntingford's bounty for local hospital
  25

  Buntingford's bounty for local hospital
  BUNTINGFORD DEPOT'S
  CHEESE production department
  certainly knows how to produce
  the goods for charity.
  On October 19 the whole
  department turned out to help
  production manager, Ted...

• Matthew's blistering pace
  25

  Matthew's blistering pace
  BATH YTS TRAINEE
  Matthew Whittingham has
  pulled off a great feat. He
  jogged and walked the 220
  miles from Green Park store to
  London and back in aid of the
  Bath Cancer Unit Support
  Group.
  Matthew...

• One extra fairy light and it's all fall down
  25

  IT WAS 'GONE with the
  wind' all over again when a
  gale force blast hit this tree and
  sent it crashing to the ground
  outside Southport store. Mercifully,
  it narrowly missed
  passers-by in the busy lunchtime
  traffic.

• Bradford children will use their loaf
  26

  Bradford children will use their loaf
  TO THE STRAINS OF 'We
  plough the fields and scatter
  . . . ' , Bradford bakery manager
  John Lloyd presented Killinghall
  First School with a crusty contribution to their
  Harvest...

• Courtney pushed his way to musical fame
  26

  Courtney pushed his way to musical fame
  DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER
  the sounds of a saxophone
  coming from behind a
  row of trolleys, where a young
  boy would be practising his
  scales?
  Courtney Pine is now a
  renowned jazz musician...

• Praise for Holloway's hero
  26

  Praise for Holloway's hero
  PAUL McMAHON, trainee
  manager at Holloway, was
  praised in his local newspaper
  recently for bravery and quick
  thinking, when a hostel for
  homeless people in Oxford was
  engulfed in flames.
  Twenty...

• Customer service steams up
  27

  Customer service steams up
  NUNEATON MADE a lot of
  railway children happy when a
  mini railway was set up in the
  car park on a recent Sunday. It
  was part of a plan by the
  North Warwickshire Railway
  Society to raise money for...

• Fundraisers have polish
  27

  Fundraisers have polish
  E N T E R P R I S I N G YTS
  TRAINEES from the North
  West offered customers at Burn-
  ley a new service recently — a
  car wash.
  For a donation of £1, the
  customers' cars were given a thorough scrub....

• Most romantic man proposed in Sainsbury's
  27

  Most romantic man proposed in Sainsbury's
  DOMINIC BRADSHAW won the heart of his fair Juliet on
  their first date — when he turned up in a pony and trap!
  And that's not all. When romantic Dominic decided to
  propose, he went...

• Barbara has a high flying daughter
  28

  Barbara has a high flying daughter
  VICTORIA FENNA has her
  sights set on a high flying
  career. Seven year old Victoria,
  daughter of Barbara Fenna
  who is night supervisor at
  Watford, won first prize in a
  school fancy dress...

• Brentford's DIY boat
  28

  Brentford's DIY boat
  A TEAM FROM Brentford
  Homebase decided to show
  Oxford and Cambridge universities
  just what it takes to
  race on the River Thames.
  Their raft of oil drums and
  own-label timber managed to
  complete the...

• CHARLTON DEPOT
  28

  CHARLTON DEPOT presented
  a cheque for £1,275
  recently, to be split between
  Smerdon Adult Training
  Centre and Charlton Park
  School. Both organisations
  cater for the physically and
  mentally handicapped. Of the
  amount...

• Staff News
  28

  TWO GREEN-FINGERED
  ladies who work on the night
  shift at Dunstable — Kate Ison
  and Elaine Scott — swept the
  board at the recent Dunstable
  and District Society of Gardeners'
  annual flowers and vegetables
  show.
  Elaine's...

• Wicked Witch woriced at Bath
  28

  Wicked Witch woriced at Bath
  WATCH OUT FOR actress Barbara Kellerman in The Lion, The
  Witch and the Wardrobe at 5.40pm on Sundays until the end of
  December. She used to work at Bath store between acting roles
  and says she...

• PUZZLE PAGE
  29

  Crack these Christmas puzzles On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me
  A partridge in a pear tree...
  Alligator, Anchovy, Bartlett, Black, Prickly...
  All tiiese but one are forms of Pear. Which is the partridge?
  On...

• Feedback
  30

  FEEDBACK
  A not so sober 'tail' From: Mr and Mrs tforde, customers
  at Kempston.
  I thought you may be amused by our cat's apparent good
  night out! The photograph was
  taken at 8.00am! Elephant
  walkers will
  not forget
  From: D...

• A groovy kind of christmas
  31

  IF YOU REMEMBER Ser-
  geant Pepper, Sugar Sugar
  and Little Red Rooster, then
  Christmas eating a la 1960s
  will also bring back happy
  memories.
  Family Circle, that fount of
  all knowledge on how to
  cater for every eating...

• THAT'S CHRISTMAS WRAPPED UP
  32

  JS CHRISTMAS GIFTWRAP
  has been
  given the Blue Peter
  touch this year.
  This beautifully presented
  spread of Christmas paper
  appeared in a 36-page JS
  supplement to Good Housekeeping
  magazine's December issue.
  True to the...