JS campaign for cancer relief is launched JSJOURNAL FRONTLINE is published every month 1986 is Energy Efficiency Year, news next month. for employees of Industry Year and also the year Our cover is devoted to this J Sainsbury pic in which JS staff will be working Stamford House year's JS charity — cancer relief. Stamford Street for the National Society for The picture shows a cancer London SE1 9LL Cancer Relief. All three are patient being cared for in Cancer Telephone: 01-921 6660 already making their mark. Relief's Sir Michael Sobell Monergy 86 becomes the by­ House, Oxford. Associate editor Yvonne Burke word for energy efficiency on The charity is, this year, cele­ Assistant editor page 14 as the company aims to brating its 75th anniversary. Turn Ann Grain save more than the £700,000 of to page 12 and read about the Editorial assistant energy it saved last year. work it does. Then decide what Jane Heeney The Sainsbury's Retail Chal­ you can do to help. Typesetting and Printing lenge on page 11 is just one of the On the same page you can In-Step Ltd events organised as part of JS's discover how Bof Geldof's Band contribution to Industry Year — Aid organisation become in­ Contents look out for more Industry Year volved with JS. News 2/3 Honorary degree for Sir John Sainsbury Macmillan Cancer Relief fund. Report on success story of the YTS scheme Openings —Ilford —Altrincham —Chichester 40-Year Luncheon —Islington -Colchester HomebaselO A GRAND TOTAL of 320 years service was totted up and cele­ JS receives award for brated by eight members of staff arts sponsorship 11 who attended the 40 year A challenge to luncheon held in Stamford House schoolchildren 11 on January 6. Fundraising campaign for Shortly after arriving a pre- Macmillan Cancer Relief lunch drink was served and the fund is launched 12/13 hosts of the event — chairman Sir Band Aid — helping to John Sainsbury and retail division get the show on director, Joe Barnes, with their the road 12/13 wives took the opportunity to Energy Efficiency reminisce with their guests over Year 14/15 the last few years. An exhibition of 1945 JS memorabilia and a New pensions committee 14/15 miniature shop helped refresh a few memories. New products 16/17 News in brief 18-21 1. Lady Sainsbury, centre, with Stanley Sandford, People 22/23 Manager or Tunbridge Wells, Feedback and wife, Rosemary. Your letters 23 2. Retail director, Joe Archives 24 Barnes, left, with Tony Purchase, merchandising, and wire. 3. The Chairman with John Schofield, architects and engineers, and wife, Audrey. NEWS Christmas trading report Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury, technology of retail operation, made the following announce­ ranging from the central computer ments to all members of the to the many stores on scanning, company at new year. operated with commendable 'Christmas 1985 must have efficiency. brought great satisfaction to all in 'Trade, after a slow start, was JS. Customers found the stores well up to our expectations. well supplied, the displays good 'Such achievement and and generally the service better efficiency are the result of good than ever. Staff will have been well planning, hard work and pleased that all aspects of tremendous commitment. May I At the Institute of Grocery Distribution Ball, Peter Davis, company operations worked so conclude by thanking everyone in assistant managing director, smoothly. Service to the branches JS for what has been achieved in presented a JS prize to raffle winner, Mrs Qoodfellow — wife was out-standing and the whole this critical trading period.' of Tesco's fresh foods director! Appointments at Haverhill DAN PILLAR, general manager has left the company. of HMP for the past 14 years, Norman Roberts has been reaches retirement ages in April appointed deputy chairman of and the following changes at HMP and will assist Sir Roy executive director level took Griffiths as chairman of the effect on January 1 in order to company.

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allow a smooth transition. engineer, has been appointed Paul Collins, formerly produc­ production director, as an tion director, has been appointed executive director. general manager designate, Ian Johnson has been assuming full responsibilities as appointed personnel controller general manager on February 24. and executive director in Bill Fowler Bill Fowler, formerly works succession to Alan Lightley who Ian Johnson PROPERTY JS HAS RECEIVED detailed St Albans' District Council has planning consent for a new store granted JS and Eastern Gas out­ at Walters Yard, Bromley. The line planning consent for a comp­ supermarket will employ 317 staff. rehensive re-development of the Sales area will be 28,500 sq ft and former gasworks at Holywell Hill. there will be parking for 229 cars. The proposal is for a 27,000 sq Application for planning ft supermarket and parking for permission for the first JS store in 518 cars plus offices, a retail Hereford has been made to the warehouse and further parking. local council. The proposed supermarket which would employ OPENING in February is Ply­ 328 people, would have 25,000 sq mouth supermarket, 23 Armada ft of sales area and parking for 429 Way, Plymouth, Devon, on Tues­ cars. day, February 18 at 9.30 am. A model of the supermarket to be built in Bromley Degree ceremony THE CEREMONY at which an honorary doctorate of the University of London was conferred on chairman, Sir John Sainsbury, took place only shortly before publication of the Christmas edition of the Journal. With the holiday season behind us we can now tell the full story of this unusual and very traditional ceremony.

Standing — the graduands, left to right: Professor Laurence Gower; Iris Murdoch; Professor Sir Michael Atiyah; Professor Reginald Winnington-lngram; Professor Sir William Paton; Dr Kingman Brewster; Sir John Sainsbury; Howard Hodgkin; Professor Frank Hahn. Seated — the University, left to right: Peter Holwell, principal; the Rt Hon Lord Flowers FRS, vice chancellor; HRH the Princess Anne, chancellor; Professor JPL Quilliam, chairman of convocation and the Rt Hon Lord Scarman QBE, chairman of the court. THE HONORARY doctorate is quality and value, established States Food Marketing Institute. man is formidable. the highest recognition in the when it was a small family 'Sainsbury's has pioneered 'We honour him today for his power of the University to give. business.' share ownership amongst seminal role in the creation of Although the graduands come '. . . when he joined JS sales employees and 16,000 are share­ wealth and jobs, for his brilliant from all walks of life, including were under £20 million. They now holders. Real growth in earnings leadership, for his generous pat­ as the University says, Kings and top £3000 million. The company per share over the last five years ronage of the arts and for his Queens, Princes and Princesses, accounts for about nine per cent is, at more than 17 per cent, unstinting public service.' Archbishops, lawyers, writers, of Britain's food trade and is the amongst the highest for large At its Foundation Day Cere­ scientists, singers, poets, painters country's biggest wine merchant. British companies. They create mony each year the University of and musicians, in practice it is not It has become the 12th largest more than 5,000 new jobs per London confers honorary often that a businessman is public company in the UK.' annum and almost all in the doctorates on five or six honoured in this way and the '. . . Sir John does not believe Youth Training Scheme are distinguished people. But 1985 public orator had this to in size for its own sake. To be the offered permanent employment. must have been a vintage year say when presenting Sir John best, rather than the biggest, has 'Sir John's service to our with no less than nine honorary to HRH the Princess Anne, been his aim . . .' cultural life is legendary. Com­ graduands. Chancellor of the University. 'This is an immensely compe­ mittees at the Royal Opera When a graduand is not an 'Your Royal Highness and tent man who is simply deter­ House, the National Gallery, the academic the degree selected will Chancellor, I present to you Sir mined to be the best grocer in the Contemporary Arts Society, the be the one which most closely John Sainsbury, grocer and world. In 1984 he received global European Movement, Electoral reflects the individual's career, so fourth generation head of recognition with "The Most Out­ Reform, and The Westminster in the case of a businessman a J Sainsbury, a gigantic success standing International Food Abbey Trust bear his indelible doctor of science economics (D Sc story, built on the principles of Retailer Award" from the United mark. His reputation as a chair­ Econ) will be awarded.

; •':'• Class of '85 In the following list the Sir Michael Atiyah (D Sc) — Ambassador to Britain the Tate and National Honorary Degrees are: Mathematician, Royal Society 1977-1981. Master Elect of Gallery. D Lit — Doctor of Literature Research Professor at the University College, Oxford. Sir John Sainsbury LL D — Doctor of Law Mathematical Institute Professor Laurence Gower (D Sc Econ) D Sc (Econ) — Doctor of Oxford. (LL D) — Fellow of the Miss Iris Murdoch (D Lit) — Science — Economics Professor Sir William Paton British Academy. Professor philosopher and best selling D Sc — Doctor of Science (D Sc) — Fellow of the of Commercial Law at the author of 22 published novels. Professor Frank Hahn Royal Society, Professor of London School of Professor Reginald (D Sc (Econ) — Fellow of Pharmacology at Oxford Economics. Winnington-lngram (D Lit) the British Academy, University. Mr Howard Hodgkin (D Lit) — Fellow of the British Professor of Economics at Doctor Kingman Brewster — painter, represented at the Academy, an authority on Cambridge University. (LL D) — United States Venice Biennale, trustee of Greek drama and music. YTS at JS is a successful scheme and through the scheme many young people are proving their worth. A number of these deserve special mention . . .

Duke ol YTS Area winners Edinburgh ONCE AGAIN during 1985 YTS Awards students in all five trading areas AN EXAMPLE of imagination competed for the much sought in action can be found at King's after position of YTS area Lynn and Bretton branch, whose winner. Put forward by their YTS students chose to take part respective managers all presented in the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze a portfolio of work and were award as part of their 'off-the- interviewed by their district job' training. managers and area directors. The This award scheme has been creme de la creme from each area running for some 27 years and is was chosen. designed for people between the The five people finally chosen ages of 14 and 27. Its purpose is from the 350 trainees were to broaden young people's out­ Michael Antali (Worthing), look on life and knowledge of the Steven Witt (Waltham Cross), world around them whilst Janice Pither (Farnborough), enjoying themselves at the same Carolyn Bowsher (Maidenhead time. — featured in the October All six YTS students are now Journal) and Miriam Trinder in full time employment with JS (Rugby). All finalists were found and were presented with their to be of an exceptionally high Bronze award by Peter Marsden, standard and a credit to them­ district manager, in October selves and their branches. 1985. The famous five will spend a Top, left to right: Andrew Swift, Preston; Miriam Trinder; Pictured here from left to right holiday together this spring as the Tom Haynes, Coventry area director; and Tracey Sabb, on the back row are: Emma prize for their hard work and Crosby. Left, above: Steven Witt and right: Michael Antali Register; Julie Shaw; Debbie determination. with Bromley area director, David Clapham. Hale (all from King's Lynn) and Debbie Broughton from Bretton. Kneeling, left, is Mark Green­ From YTS to training manager in one move wood and right, is Andrew returned for another interview Edwards both from Bretton. two weeks later and it was then that I was told "if you work hard there's a job at the end of the scheme". I couldn't believe it. In applying for jobs I had not come across any prospective employer who gave me so much incentive.' Karen joined Nuneaton in September 1984 working her way through the various departments and of her year Karen says: 'I enjoyed it so much. Not only was I working but I had a very definite goal and I was learning all the time. 'The staff at Nuneaton were helpful, friendly and encouraging. At the end of the year my manager told me about only for a year and it's made up the management training scheme. for later on — a full time job at I knew no-one had made such a the end of it.' move from YTS to management Karen moved to Loughborough trainee so the challenge was very for management training. 'At pre­ tempting. A dream come true! I sent I'm training on documenta­ naturally applied, had aptitude tion and am moving round the tests and was finally accepted. I different departments to see how think it is a great achievement for to handle specific paper work. On me and the company.' the back door, for instance, I was Karen Blenkinsop In the light of her own checking off debits.' experience Karen had this to say Karen is constantly being mon­ PERHAPS THE single most out­ wrote to several local Nuneaton to present YTS students: 'Keep at itored and assessed and as she standing achievement of the YTS businesses. Sainsbury's were the it, even if there are a few things advances she is given more scheme is to have launched the first to invite me along for an you don't enjoy or like in the responsibility. 'I'm working first ever student into the JS interview. I hoped they would training. The secret is to be towards deputy office manager at trainee management scheme. offer me a job, but as it turned determined. the moment and my aim is to be Karen Blenkinsop, who is at out I got training too. The YTS 'The other important thing is to office manager. Eventually I'd present trainee office manager at scheme was explained to me in listen to people's advice and keep like to train office managers, but Loughborough joined JS straight great detail by Nuneaton manager your work book up to date. I use I realise that that is a long term from school. Andrew Greaves, and there was my book even now, it's like a prospect. It's fantastic to be able 'I always wanted to work in an no way I wasn't going to apply. reference manual. The YTS to have the possibility of a future office, so with this in mind I After filling in several forms I salary allowance is low, but it's in a job you enjoy.' BRANCH OPENINGS

A trip to the llford branch on opening morning was a trip down memory lane for many customers who remembered the eleven previous llford stores. They voted the twelfth a winner! ILFORD

1. Management lines up. 2. Come on down, 3. Gladys Harrison brought a photograph of her father who worked at the Cranbrook Road shop in the early 1900s. She also showed Sir John Sainsbury an 'antique' box of JS crayons. 4. Bakery's debut. 5. Attractive looks for the latest llford store.

ILFORD Opening date: 12 November, 1985 Address: High Road, llford, Essex Opened by: Sir John Sainsbury, chairman Manager: Kevin Jenner Staff: 311 Sales area: 26,545 sq ft Car park: 412 spaces ALTRINCHAM ALTRINCHAM Opening date: 12 November 1985 Address: Lloyd Street, Altrincham Opened by: Joe Barnes, retail director Manager: Michael Hobday Staff: 232(161 new jobs) Sales area: 23,724 sq ft Car park: 300 spaces

1. Michael Hobday, second from right with the Altrincham management team. 2. Before the queues began, trollies were lined up and ready to be taken on a test run. 3. A day for celebrations of more than one kind. Elsie Forshawe, part-time supermarket assistant (centre) is presented with a bouquet of flowers by Michael Hobday and BPM, Chris Swerling. Opening day was Elsie's 25th wedding anniversary. 4. Service with a smile. BRANCH OPENINGS

1. Ronald Cunningham (left) who retired as manager of Crawley in 1981 chats with Frank Smith, area display manager for Woking. 2. A ringing success. 3. This decorative mural at the entrance to the store puts Chichester and other local Sainsbury's on the map. 4. Staff take a break on a busy opening morning. 5. The management team. CHICHESTER ALL CHANGE for Chichester. A brand new store to replace the old CHICHESTER supermarket on North Street opened in Opening date: 19 November 1985 Address: Westhampnett Road, Chichester on a snowy November Chichester Opened by: Chairman, Sir John morning. Sainsbury Manager: David Webb Staff: 257 (160 new jobs) Sales area: 24,000 sq ft Car park: 300 spaces ISLINGTON Opening dale: 3 December, 1985 Address: 33-41 Liverpool Road, Islington, London N1 Opened by: Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury Manager Raymond Hayne Staff: 297 (194 new jobs) Sales area: 25,000 sq ft Car park: 240 spaces

Turn to the back page to read about the history of JS trading in Islington. ISLINGTON Over a century of trading in Islington has seen 'yesterdays' shop selling dairy produce transformed into the spanking new scanning branch opened on December 3.

1. Underneath the arches. 2. BPM Joanna Jenkins with assistant Diane Powell. 3. Locals knew what to expect. 4. Sir John Sainsbury with a long-time customer. 5. Manager, Raymond Hayne with deputy, Simon Patton. 6. Beaujolais Nouveau arrived and left. No sooner had the store opened than the wine had sold out. COLCHESTER

Opening date: 26 December 1985 Address: St Andrew's Avenue, Colchester, Essex Opened by: Dino Adriano, general manager 1. It's a family affair! Manager: Bernadette Guler Not only balloons but Christmas Staff: 61 crackers were given Sales area: 43,640 sq ft out in Homebase's own Boxing Day Car park: 194 spaces. ceremony. 2. Power to the people. An in-store demonstration of power tools. 3. Store manager, Bernadette Guler, centre, says it with flowers — or rather flowering plants, as the first customers are welcomed with a 1 gift. Kiki .11 4. It was a wet, not a white, Christmas for Colchester. COLCHESTER BOXING DAY in Colchester for DIY and gardening devotees was not a day to sit glued to the goggle box but rather a day to open a box of treats down at the new Homebase. Crackers were pulled and pantomime characters cavorted as the company's first female store manager, Bernadette Guler, welcomed the hundreds of customers. Something to sing about

IN THE 1985 Awards for Business Sponsors be capable of reproduction by lithography in All travel and accommodation expenses of the Arts organised by ABSA and the Daily four colours. This year, JS was chosen for its were met through Sainsbury's sponsorship Telegraph, Sainsbury's has won an award for sponsorship of the Choir of the Year bringing together choirs who would otherwise the Best Single Event — The Sainsbury's Choir competition. have been unlikely ever to share a platform. of the Year Competition. Sainsbury's sponsorship of choral singing This wide geographical reach was matched began in 1982 with the Sainsbury's Festival of by the wide range of musical styles presented Choirs at the Royal Albert Hall and continued and the prospect of performing on BBC with a further festival in 1983. network television and being assessed by The first national choral competition, distinguished musicians ensured that the entitled the 'Sainsbury's Choir of the Year highest standards were achieved throughout. competition', took place between September Sainsbury's Arts Sponsorship committee and December 1984 and was broadcast by was responsible for organising not only all the BBC and regional television. The organisation above but also for providing 38 adjudicators behind the competition was vast. Two hundred drawn from throughout the music world, the and sixty choirs consisting of 11,500 printing of 5,000 promotional leaflets, performers were invited to take part in the programmes and the prize presentation for the auditions. Choirs had to be amateur and finals. consist of not less than 20 and not more than The panel of judges for the 1985 awards 100 singers. Seventeen auditioning centres were competition was chaired by Lord Birkett of The award was presented at the Savoy organized ranging from Londonderry to Ulverston and consisted of Tim Bell, John Hotel, London on November 20 to Bob Norwich, Plymouth to Aberdeen, and five Drummond, Gerald Elliot, Philip Hughes, Ingham, buying director, by His Royal weekends were set aside to select 48 choirs to Verity Lambert and the Duke of Westmister. Highness, the Duke of Gloucester pictured take part in the competition proper. Each category winner was presented with an above. Qualifying choirs then took part in their Indian rosewood and amboyna box specially Now in their eighth year, the ten Business stage one regional round, moving further crafted for the occasion. Awards are designed to highlight the support afield for stage two, and ultimately to Buxton The competition is to be held again this year given by the business community to the arts for the finals weekend. and choirs are already in preparation. in the United Kingdom. The awards are made to business under four categories: best coporate sponsorship programme, best 'first time' sponsor, sponsorships giving most encouragement to young performers and audiences and best single event. Sainsbury's has been nominated twice in the past to receive ABSA awards, the first was in 1981 when JS was chosen as the best 'first time' sponsor for the three year programme which was to embrace both the performing and the visual arts. In 1983 JS won an award for the Best Single Event for its sponsorship of the Images for Today project. This was created by Sainsbury's to encourage interest in, and support for, contemporary art. Artists and illustrators were invited to submit work based The Sheffield Girls' Choir — winners of the junior section of the competition. on the theme 'images for today' which had to

Sainsbury's has issued a chal­ Schools and colleges are lenge to school and college SAINSBURY'S being encouraged by means students between the ages of of a brochure to send for free 15 and 18. They're looking for I ICC I copies of 'Retail Business bright sparks with business Challenge', a 20 page resource brains and retailing talent to „J I I f Ik* mJ mJ book illustrated in full colour. enter a competition to come The book contains model up with the best planned CHALLENGE examples of retailing ideas for retailing business idea. contact between schools, and industry — for example inspiration; a step by step guide The competition, run by colleges and industry at a Industry Year, the Under­ to setting up working groups; Hobson's Careers Research local level. standing British Industry background and support and Advisory Council (CRAC), The Sainsbury's Retail Scheme (UBI), the Young material including advice on is to be sponsored by JS as Business Challenge has been Enterprise programme and market research, consultation part of the company's contri­ launched at a time of tremen­ groups promoting work and writing the proposal and an bution to Industry Year 1986. dous interest in educational experience such as Project entry form. The challenge is of interest links with industry. The Tech­ Trident. For sixth formers The winning teams will be to students of all disciplines as nical and Vocational Educa­ there is the insight into announced in December follow­ there is the opportunity for tion Initiative (TVEI), the management programmes run ing the final selection by a panel visual and dramatic expres­ Youth Training Scheme by CRAC. of judges to include chairman, sion and presentation, finan­ (YTS), the Certificate of Pre- The Sainsbury's challenge Sir John Sainsbury. The first cial accounting and design. vocational Education (CPVE) requires students to submit a prize will be £1,000, the second The competition aims to en­ and the Secondary Science business proposal written for £500 and the third £250. This courage: an interest in retail­ Curriculum Review (SSCR) all a potential financial backer money will be given to the ing; group work amongst have an explicit and important together with a piece of sup­ school or college to spend on students; cross-curricular industrial component. There porting material in the medium equipment and a small prize will activities to help students are also many agencies which of their choice — slides, be given to the individual appreciate the importance of are actively promoting links video, computer software or members of the winning teams combining skills and direct between schools, colleges cassette. and to the 50 runner-up teams. The Cancer Care Cam WITH THE CLOSE of another successful charity campaign, namely the JS campaign for the children's charities, comes the launch of the charity campaign for 1986 in aid of the National Society for Cancer Relief. The cause chosen is one that has inspired JS staff before but this time aid will be given from a new angle. As the charity itself says: 'Cancer Relief means helping people with cancer — now.' Previously JS raised £190,000 for research into the causes of, and possible cures for, cancer. This amount formed a large contri­ bution to the building of the new cancer research campaign laboratories. This time funds will help the work of the McMillan nurses who were named after the society's founder. Their work and the aims of the charity are described here by Susan Childs of the society.

THE NATIONAL Society for Cancer Relief Above: educating nurses in the special was founded in 1911 by Douglas Macmillan, skills of terminal care at Countess who had been profoundly affected by the Mountbatten House in Southampton. experience of watching his father die a painful Right: Home care nursing. death from cancer and being powerless to 'to prevent the needless pain and suffering' help him. which so affected Douglas Macmillan. 'When the end came I was more affected In July 1986 Cancer Relief enters its 75th than by anything else in my experience before anniversary year with a great deal achieved or since. and much still to be done towards making 'Could nothing be done to prevent such skilled and compassionate care of cancer needless pain and suffering?' patients more widely available. Last year £5 His answer was to found the National million was raised to support Cancer Relief's Society for Cancer Relief and he listed its work in helping cancer patients through home aims: care nursing, in-patient care, patient grants 'I want even the poorest people to be and education for doctors and nurses. provided with the latest and best advice both In 1979 Cancer Relief introduced Mac­ for avoiding cancer and for recognising and millan nurses, who are specially trained to team and themselves have several years' dealing with it when it exists. advise on pain and symptom control and to experience as district nurses or health visitors 'I want to see homes for cancer patients give emotional support and comfort to cancer before doing a special training in terminal throughout the land, where attention will be patients and their families in their own homes. care, which includes counselling of the provided freely or at low cost, as circum­ They are taking the skills and experience of bereaved. Because they specialise they are able stances dictate. I want to see panels of hospice care into the home, making it possible to devote time, as well as skill, to the care of voluntary nurses who can be detailed off to for people with advanced cancer to remain patients. If necessary, the Macmillan team attend to patients in their own homes.' at home for longer and to enjoy a better can be called on at any time, 24 hours a day. Since that time medical advances and the quality of life. One of the many people who have been spread of the hospice concept of care have Macmillan nursing teams work with GPs helped in this way was 18-year-old Nicky. meant that a great deal more can now be done and district nurses as part of the health-care After he died his mother wrote down what School Aid... letting them FEED THE WORLD. It's a tall order but the Thousands upon thousands of sacks arrived Band Aid Organisation has achieved many in London but this was where School Aid ran minor miracles in the pursuit of meeting the into trouble and Salisbury's was able to help. desperate needs of the starving in Africa. The response from the schools over­ Scores of separate fund-raising projects whelmed the warehouse operation and a jam have been launched under the Band Aid was blocking up the Red Star facilities at main banner. Recently completed is School Aid — London stations and those in the provinces. an exercise in which schoolchildren through­ Provincial stations were forced to delay out the UK were invited to collect bags of acceptance of more sacks. JS was approached flour, sugar, lentils and split peas which were to help solve this desperate problem. Through to be packed into hessian sacks and trans­ its contacts, the distribution division was able ported free of charge by British Rail Red Star to obtain a suitable warehouse free of charge service to London. in Tottenham. This released the jam and paign is underway... to ease his distress during the last three days NHS, and has part-funded six other homes and Nicky died at home, peacefully asleep, which are run by independent charities. with his family around him.' Caring for cancer patients at home can create There are now 275 nurses working in over serious financial problems, particularly if the 110 Macmillan teams throughout the country. patient is the main provider, and in such cir­ Cancer Relief funds the nurses for their cumstances Cancer Relief can make grants to first three years of service, after which they alleviate the problems. are taken over by the Health Service or a local In 1985 the Society will have paid out almost charity. £1.5 million in grants. Since 1979 Cancer Relief has invested over Cancer Relief sees more education for £5 million in funding these services, and much doctors and nurses as vital for the future. Most more money is now needed both for ex­ young doctors and nurses still end their panding existing services and for setting up training without knowledge of the special skills new ones. of terminal care and to help change this Cancer As well as funding Macmillan nurses, Relief has planned an ambitious education and Cancer Relief builds Macmillan continuing training programme, establishing medical care homes, such as Countess Mountbatten teaching posts in university medical schools House at Moorgreen Hospital, Southampton, and nurse tutor posts in colleges of nursing and which provide vital in-patient back-up to the hospices. home care service. Cancer Relief has invested millions of In these homes the hospice approach of pounds in extending the principles of hospice skilled and sympathetic care is re-inforced and care and a great deal has been achieved. staff aim to create a relaxed atmosphere However, there are still only sufficient where patients can feel at home whilst specialist services to meet 30 per cent of the receiving treatment, and relatives are need. welcomed. To help make this special kind of care avail­ A patient is nursed in the Nightingale To date the Society has funded the building able to more people, throughout the country, Macmillan Continuing Care Unit, Derby. of 13 Macmillan homes and given them to the Cancer Relief must raise more money.

it had meant to her to have the help of a Macmillan nurse: 'Eight months ago it was discovered that Nicky had cancer of the knee. We were told he had about six months to live. This is where the Macmillan nurse became vital to the quality of life that Nicky could live, to control his pain, help him come to terms with the fact that he was dying, give support to the family and eventually enable him to die at home, not in an impersonal hospital bed. 'She worked closely with a cancer specialist' and our own doctor. She kept his pain under control so that, in spite of the fact that he needed crutches and a wheelchair, he lived his last few months to the full. 'Three days before he died, weak and breathless as he had become, he sat by the fire completely free of pain, roasting chestnuts and watching a video. She did all she could Richard Briers recently accepted the money raised by you for Action Research for the Crippled Child. Bromley area director, David Clapham presented the cheque for more than £48,000 at Lewisham branch. know it was Christmas time during November 26,000 individual sacks were received, sorted into one ton sacks and sent to Tilbury for shipping. It was a massive operation involving around 30 per cent of schools in the UK. A Band Aid spokesman reported that approximately 15,000 tonnes of food were shipped to the hungry. 'This saved us £l'/2 million which would have been the cost of the food on the open market. Three Band Aid ships were loaded with the sacks and both Sudan and Ethiopia received much of the food in time for Christmas.' CUT THE JUICE BRUCE and you'll get more for your monergy. The government's Energy Efficiency Office has launched Monergy 86 — a campaign designed to save energy in what has been designated Energy Efficiency Year. Homebase launched its own campaign to coincide with Monergy 86 using the slogan Get More for your Monergy with Homebase. The Rt Hon Mr Peter Walker, MP, Secretary of State for Energy, launched the Homebase campaign at the Catford store on November 27. There he joined Sir John Sainsbury to inspect a display of 50 energy saving products suitable for use in the home by the DIY enthusiast. Every Homebase store has a special display of these products accompanied by the strikingly designed Homebase posters and show cards displaying the Monergy logo. The energy saving products and materials carry a special Monergy sticker provided by the Department of Energy. The products range from letterbox seals to pipe lagging tape. Energy management conference

THE NINTH National Energy Management Conference was held in Birmingham in November and there Peter Walker launched Monergy 86 with the touch of a button. At this moment electronic displays at eight supersites throughout the UK -started clocking up the massive loss of energy in this country. By the end of 1986 some £7 billion will have been lost through inefficiency. Said the Secretary of State for Energy: 'Over 500 events are already organised to take our campaign all over Britain. The message of the year is "Get More for your Monergy". The single word monergy brings home to everyone the fact that saving energy means saving money. 'When we succeed we can look back on 1986 as the year the waste problem was beaten, to the benefit of Britain.' The Rt. Hon. Mr. Peter Walker MP, Secretary of State for energy (right) with Sir John Sir John Sainsbury spoke at the conference Sainsbury pictured beside a display of energy saving products on the sales floor on the subject of 'Energy Efficiency — of Catford Homebase at the launch of Monergy '86. supermarket savings'.

New pensions committee to represent members WHAT DOES YOUR PENSION mean to will be in a position to comment constructively on the proportional representation of different you? is it a subject you've put aside under L both to trustees and membership. The company interest groups within the company. This for later? But later in life is only the time when will train members in pension matters to equip breaks down as shown: your pension matures. All through your them for this role and it has already organised Senior and store managers working life it's developing, changing, growing. a successful introductory course over two days Retail departmental managers (G6-13) Now there's a scheme at JS whereby members this month. Central departments managers (G6-13) of the pension scheme will have more The committee will then exist as an advisory Depot management (G6-13) involvement with their future financial security. board for the trustees who have, and will still Retail employees below G6 A consultative committee has been set up to have, a duty to communicate to members. Central departments employees below G6 represent the interests of pension scheme This responsibility will not be delegated. Depot employees below G6 members to the trustees of the pension fund. Committee members must be members of the Meetings have been held in central depart­ It is hoped that this liaison will improve scheme and they must have served a minimum ments and elsewhere to inform staff of the understanding of the company's policies and of five years with the company and have a setting up of the committee and to involve as plans concerning the scheme. The committee minimum of five years left to serve. many fund members as was practicable in the will meet at least twice a year. Membership shall be for a minimum of three selection of its membership. As a result, the The 14 members will have a responsibility to years and a maximum of six years. following members of the Pension Scheme will 14 be informed on pensions matters and therefore The composition of the committee is based comprise the consultative committee. This Is the year of monergy and a co-ordinated effort Is being made to save energy across the company and across the country.

JSainsburypfc: ISAINSBURY Energy Effective Design ii?< Index of ELECTRICITY Energy 80 The charge to the firm is based upon the Consumption maximum consumption at any one time as persqft $o registered by an indicator. It is therefore imperative that NjO electrical appliances 11975=100) other than lamps be connected to lighting pendants or to the plug sockets normally provided for radio sets. The connection of unauthorised equip­ ment, even for a few minutes, may cost several pounds, apart from the risk of over­ heating of the installation, with the possi­ bility of a fire outbreak. 1975 MARCH, 1949 Design Year

Even back in 1949 energy efficiency was important This bar chart shows how energy consumption at JS has dropped in the at JS, as can be seen from this notice to staff. last ten years. 'After wages, energy remains the largest single controllable cost of a supermarket, and Energy Management Campaign 1986 represents a significant proportion of turn­ 'The performance of organisations in over and profit. With over 300 retail outlets the wise use of their energy is a good When you and a large delivery fleet, Sainsbury's has measure of their competence in overall been active in the energy management field management practice.' for over 30 years. Dr RGJ Telfer, director, 'Today's new stores are 40 per cent more Manchester Business School & Vr, energy efficient than their 1975 counterparts. This is the result of a comprehensive pro­ fessional approach that involves financial, management and technical control. 'In the last ten years there have been some remarkable advances in supermarket design. In all of its new stores Sainsbury's employs £700,000 'The TUC is strongly in favour of a heat recovery techniques to provide space and You can do even better in vigorous energy efficiency programme, water heating from refrigration; the most up- Energy Efficiency Year 1986 for energy policy, economic and social to-date lighting methods which consume half reasons.' the electricity of the stores built ten years ago; Norman Willis, TUC general secretary and a comprehensive digital building Look out management system for control of the refrig­ eration equipment and the environment. for his tips during the 'At store level utilities costs are monitored 'An effective energy management pro­ against a budget. Consumption is also gramme requires top management commit­ coming months monitored monthly and compared against a ment, clear allocation of responsibilities computer model so that technical resources throughout the organisation, and a regular can be deployed effectively and management monitoring and targeting system identifying The 'Cut The Juice Bruce' slogan puts alerted to problem areas. action.' across the message in JS stores.

Committee members CHAIRMAN: Pat Lawrence Chief display asst, Central department managers grade 6-13 Angus Clark Director Surbiton branch Gordon Follows Fresh Pork Trading, MEMBERS: v Woking area Blackfriars offices Depot employees below grade 6 Terry Freeborn Store service asst, Laurie Wilkinson Information Processing David Coppock Maint. engineer, West Ealing branch Blackfriars offices Basingstoke depot Uxbridge area Retail departmental managers grades 6-13 James Maint. engineer, Sandra Fox Senior supermarket asst, John Berry Meat manager, Fitzsimmons Charlton depot Derby branch, Walthamstow branch Central departments employee below grade 6 Coventry area Sheila Matthews Grocery manager, Derek Underwood Non-distribution stocks Fred Allison Leading dept asst, Arnold branch Streatham office Stratford branch Senior and store managers Retail employees below grade 6 Romford area Peter Marsden District manager June Hawthorne Leading dept asst, Depot management grades 6-13 Romford area Bromley branch Fred MacQuillan Circuit supervisor SECRETARY: Assistant company sec Bromley area Buntingford depot Martin Gant Pensions and insurance 15 NEW PRODUCTS

Crumbs — it's pure

A NOW ALMOST traditional ingredients — Cod Fillet Fish In terms of the invisible towards 'artificial additive'-free item on the British dinner table is Fingers (77p for ten), made from changes: foods. It is also thought that there the fish finger. And almost as 100 per cent cod fillet in a natural 'They have no artificial may be a link between certain of traditional, although they were crumb. colouring or additives. Those these additives and some health never an advertising feature, are There are some more obvious taken out are polyphosphates worries. the artificial additives which used changes. Frozen fish buyer, Tony (stabiliser and emulsifier), mono- So, in response to these find­ to be found in the said piscean Chuck explains: 'The new fish sodium glutamate (MSG, flavour ings and demands, JS has remo­ digit! finger is much "whiter" and enhancer) and tartrazine and ved the artificial additives. But But now JS, in line with its "flakier" than before. Overall, sunset yellow (colourings).' what takes their place? Tony policy of providing the best in there is much improvement in the These ingredients have been explains the difference between healthy eating, has developed a texture and appearance of the removed for several reasons: the old and the new fish fingers. product containing only 'natural' product.' There is a general trend 'The colouring for the bread- BUSINESS NEWS

Leyland and Unigate. Together with Sir John Sainsbury she was an advisor to Peter Walker when JS enters Eurobond market he was Agriculture Minister.

ON DECEMBER 3 JS entered the international borrowing by (also known as 'debt issued by') capital markets for the first time and borrowed major companies from international investors. £60 million on the Eurobond market, with the They are normally repayable after five to seven option to borrow another £40 million as the years and currently represent low cost finance need arises. A look at the latest JS accounts (ie interest and fees are low relative to bank shows that at March 1985, JS already had borrowing costs). Interest is payable gross (no bank borrowings of £109 million. The tax is deducted at source) which makes Eurobond proceeds will replace some of that Eurobonds popular with overseas investors, borrowing. who do not want the complication of This means that JS now has some borrow­ reclaiming the tax deducted. ing at a fixed rate of interest (the Eurobond Because many of the international invest­ borrowings) and the rest at variable, or ment community had not encountered JS 'floating' rates (bank borrowings). If interest before, it was considered important to give rates rise JS will not pay as much as if all them a guideline on our credit worthiness. borrowing was at floating rates. If interest The US credit rating agency, Standard & Poors rates fall JS still has enough flexibility to take Inc, was engaged for this purpose and after advantage of this and pay low interest on its extensive investigation and meetings with floating rate funds. members of the JS board of directors, S&P The Leader of Westminster The Eurobond market has developed gave JS an AA rating, which is the best for any Council, Lady Porter — wife of rapidly over the last 20 years. Eurobonds are food retailer in the world. retired Tesco Chairman, Sir Leslie Porter — was strongly tipped for the job. A new finance director has also been appointed and the joint Dee £10 million compared with And there is always the cash, of managing director has resigned. Dee profits last year. course. The Argyll paper offer (see soar while Argyll, led by Scot James Gulli­ opposite) represents a mixture of ver, made much bigger news at shares and cash valuing the Dis­ Surveying the Argyll takes the beginning of December with tillers' shares at £5.13 each. As an its £1.8 billion bid for Scotch alternative cash of £4.85 per share mountain scene to drink whisky group, Distillers, which can be taken. Before rumours of produces Johnny Walker Red the Argyll approach Distillers EUROPE'S food mountains and Label, White Horse and Haig. At shares stood at around £3 each. wine lakes are once again drag­ DEE CORPORATION and the the time this was the largest bid ging the EEC into a financial Argyll Group have both seen out for a UK company ever seen. crisis. Under the rules of the 1985 with impressive results for Gulliver based his attack on Feminine Common Agricultural Policy the half year to the end of Distillers' disastrous performance (CAP) EEC farmers are guaranteed September. Dee (Gateway food- in the UK whisky market over the touch returns a minimum, or 'intervention', price markets and Carrefour hyper­ past 10 years, during which time for their products. If they cannot markets) increased its profit it is claimed by Argyll that its to Tesco sell all of their output on the before tax by 49 per cent to £41 volume share fell from 54 percent market their national govern­ million over the same period last to 15 per cent of the market. In ments must buy it off them. This year on sales up 17 per cent to fairness part of this fall came THREE YEARS after the retire­ is then held in the Intervention £1,449 million (excluding VAT). through Distillers decision to ment of its last woman director, Stores (the official term for food Argyll, which owns Presto and Lo- concentrate on its world market Daisy Hyams, Tesco has announ­ mountains) until it can be dis­ Cost Stores, was less startling, share which has stood up better ced that Detta O'Cathain has posed of. with increases in profits of 26 per during a period of declining world accepted an invitation to join the The problem is that the EEC cent to £30 million and sales of 14 competition. board of directors in a non­ prices are currently higher than per cent to £876 million (excluding Distillers countered that executive capacity. O'Cathain world market prices. So to sell on VAT). Dee was able to improve its Argyll's drinks division has hardly joins Tesco with formidable the world market would involve a profits so much because of the been a glowing success either. credentials. She is managing loss and probably drive world integration of International Stores Shareholders must weigh this director for milk marketing at the prices down further. Alternatively, and the decision to close its against Argyll's record for making Milk Marketing Board, and has the Intervention Stores can be Bracknell head office, which its previous acquisitions perform previously been a planning held for future sale in the EEC. 16 when complete will have saved much better. executive with both British But while this happens the Com- crumbs is entirely natural and is their shape. extracted from paprika. As for 'We are now looking to im­ MSG, we believe that cod has prove our other frozen products enough of its own flavour, and in the same way.' therefore no enhancer is needed. And this is happening right 'Polyphosphate is used to across the whole product range at ensure that the fish fingers JS. In the last two years consumer maintain their shape when demand has resulted in two major cooked. When this was first developments: The company removed, the result was mis­ introduced nutritional labelling shapen fish fingers. However, and a number of lines without together with our suppliers, we artificial additives have been developed a new way of cutting developed. These include the blocks of fillet or minced fish. products like Sainsbury's High This helped the fish fingers keep Juice Squash JSJ July 1985.

mission must pay for its storage tion price have been vetoed by and other holding costs. This West Germany, fearful of the costs the equivalent of E7 for each backlash from powerful German Retailing by rail of the 270 million people of the farming interests, whose income community every year. would fall. HAVE YOU ever wondered how to To this end it has set up a Because farmers know that Even a quota system which pass away those hours spent on Station Trading Division with they can sell all that they can sets a top limit on production can railway stations 'listening to plans to create between five and produce at the intervention price have unfortunate consequences. announcements' about the latest seven major shopping centres on there is no incentive for them to Last year the quota on milk pro­ cancellations? British Rail has main stations over the next five reduce production and so the duction resulted in increased come up with an answer. No, they years. The first stations earmar­ mountains keep getting higher. slaughter of cattle and a build-up are not going to eliminate the ked for the special treatment are There are currently over one of an extra 1.3 million head of beef. problem by making their trains run Paddington London, and million tonnes of butter; 800,000 A financial crisis seems inevit­ on time. Instead they are planning Glasgow. tonnes of beef and 15 million able on present trends. The CAP to turn packed stations into shop­ They will get 'plaza' style shop­ tonnes of grain in the Intervention may be saved at the eleventh hour ping centres. ping centres, possibly on two Stores. The holding costs take up by, for example, a poor Russian As you are probably aware levels at a cost of £2 million each. 15 per cent of the total EEC farm harvest giving the EEC a chance many of the larger stations BR expects to recoup its budget and action is required to offload some of its stocks. If already have shopping areas. investment in rents of £500,000 a before they get out of hand. not, an increase in the rate of VAT Indeed the 2,000 retail units year on each scheme. As with most attempts to con­ may be needed to raise enough trading on station concourses The Glasgow centre will in­ trol markets artificially the main revenue to fund the farm over­ already contribute more than £10 clude a convenience food retailer problem preventing an effective spending. As the laws necessary million of rent each year to BR. and the Paddington centre a solution is the political accept­ for this will have to be passed in But these developments have supermarket. This obviously ability of the necessary action. each member country. National been haphazard and the manage­ makes good sense with some Thus attempts to control the governments may well insist on a ment has decided a concerted major stations, such as London build-up of grain in Intervention thorough reform of the CAP as the approach is needed to realise the Waterloo, being used by around Stores by dropping the interven- price for their co-operation. full potential of these sites. 200,000 people each day.

City speak or how to talk in takeover terms 1985 was the year of the takeover. This City occupation is fraught with Jargon and JSJ readers may find the following glossary helpful In deciphering the coded messages In the financial press.

THE DEAL go public without all of the cost If the proposed takeover sell off some of the assets of the Takeover bid (or bid) — one of acquiring its own Stock creates a new group capable of acquired company to pay back company makes an offer to buy Exchange listing. Management dominating its market the bid may this borrowing. In extreme cases another. If the bid is accepted by buyouts, where the management be referred to the Monopolies where the value of the company's the shareholders of the bid-for buy the company from its share­ Commission which has the power shares are less than the market company, the offering company holders, allow managers to to prevent the bid going further. value of its assets a bidder can will buy their shares, and it will become owners as well. The Commission may also rule make a profit by buying the become a subsidiary. If the Board against deals which are not in the company and selling all of its of Directors of the bid-for com­ THE TERMS national interest. assets. This is known as asset pany agrees to the terms the bid The terms of the bid are set out stripping, and was common in the is agreed or friendly. If not, it is in an offer document to the bid- HOW TO PAY 1960's. contested or hostile. for company's shareholders. The The simplest way is for the bidder There are some variations on management of the victim will set to pay cash. But increasingly the WHY? the takeover theme. Mergers, as out its reasons for rejecting the bidder is offering its own shares There are many reasons for take­ the name implies, are a pooling of offer in a defence document. in return for the shares of the overs. Badly managed companies the resources of two companies. victim — a paper offer. A cash can be stirred into life by a new Reverse takeovers (sometimes THE REGULATIONS deal may involve the bidder hav­ management team. The acquired called 'reversing into') occur The City Panel on Takeovers and ing to borrow some of the cash company may provide expertise where the company making the Mergers (The Takeover Panel') from banks to pay for the victim's or regional coverage which the bid is effectively going to be sets the rules in the City Code, shares. This type of deal is called bidder did not have previously. managed by the company it is contained in the Stock Ex­ leveraged (leverage being the Generally, if the new combined buying. If the bid-for company is change's rule book (the Yellow proportion of debt raised com­ group is more formidable than the not a public company (shares Book). There are, in addition, legal pared with the bidder's own cash). old companies added together traded on a stock exchange) and requirements contained in the The new group may, therefore, then the deal is said to have the bidder is, then reversing can Companies Acts, the main law have large borrowings after the synergy: it offers greater growth allow the bid-for company to governing companies in the UK. deal has gone through. It may well prospects. NEWS IN BRIEF 1

Tit for work' award for BPM Free w JANET GOMM, BPM at Great Yarmouth (centre right) recently TWO JS STAFF had a great received a 'Fit for Work' award Christmas when they grabbed on behalf of the branch. goods to the value of £245. The 'Fit for Work' scheme was Chadwell Heath held their introduced in 1979 by the Man­ 'grub grab' on October 29. It was power Services Commission with the winning prize in a draw the aim of 'encouraging employ­ organised by the Lions Club of ers to look afresh at ways of Barking in conjunction with providing equal opportunities for branch manager Bob Austin. disabled people.' Proceeds from the draw went Janet has been at Great Yar­ towards funds for a community mouth for seven years and in that ambulance (below). time has maintained close contact The prize was won by Maureen with the registered disabled Morris, service assistant at officer at the local job centre. She Romford area office. In regularly places disabled people at just two minutes she filled her the branch with a view to fully trolley with over £160 worth of integrating them into life in-store goods. and giving them a chance to prove Meanwhile at Burton, domestic themselves. assistant Margaret Ashmole She is also active in providing (right) was being grabbed by the resettlement for those newly winning streak. disabled. Her husband Tom won the The assessment for the award grab as a prize in his firm's is based on the evaluation of competition. Along with Mar­ record and performance with garet, Tom grabbed food to the regard to a number of guidelines, value of over £80. including: retention of the newly disabled after rehabilitation or Great Yarmouth employs a Yarmouth job centre manager, training; equal opportunities for number of disabled staff, Bernard Embry, presented the the disabled and, where neces­ including some who are partially- award and said: 'Sainsbury's has sary, job restructuring. sighted. One is completely mute, certainly done that little bit extra. Said Janet: 'I have done what being deaf and dumb. I think they gain satisfaction from I thought is right, if I can take But it poses no problems for having these disabled people and them on here I do. If it isn't Janet, who said: 'I have learnt to putting them into a work possible, I help them along the use deaf and dumb language. situation. road to employment by develop­ There is nothing different about 'Everyone treats them as part ing their interview techniques.' these people.' of the team.'

Throwing for gold TWO LADIES of Norwich St Stephens are the latest JS champs. Supermarket assistant Susan Halliday proved herself a double winner recently. Firstly, she won a gold medal in the Judo Champion­ ships against France. Susan followed this up with another gold medal, this time in the British Judo Championships. Also flying the colours of success is Jeanette Rose (left of picture), meat trades assistant. She throws for the Norfolk Ladies Darts Team who recently won the ladies singles championships for the second time. To date, Jeanette Mitcham branch at Waterdown in Croydon, enjoying a good night out. Seventy members of staff has won 30 trophies and three 18 attended the dance late last year. 180-point medals. seling

Cycle-a-thon for guide dogs A RIDE ON two wheels has given the Guide Dogs for the Blind. Edmonton is hoping to raise help to some friends on four legs. Included in the mammoth over £1,000. Further activities Staff from Edmonton recently cycle-a-thon were manager Terry included a second parachute cycled from the branch to Wright and cashier instructor jump by Terry Wright. His first Rayleigh Weir to raise £682 for Carol Kent who went in tandem. jump was in aid of MENCAP.

Special gift

VERY FEW OF US will ever have the chance of helping to save anther human being's life, but Val Leach, assistant meat manager at Bedminster has been chosen for such a task. Val has always been a regular blood doner but it was not until last January that she was made aware of how important her blood actually was. 'They discovered in the hospital' Val explains 'that my plasma was exactly the type they were looking for to help a leukaemia victim. So I have, up to now, given 20 pints of plasma on top of ten pints of blood for the normal donor session. For me it's a privilege to be able to help another person live'.

CHRISTMAS AT Coldhams Christmas shopping in comfort Lane came along with a sting in without the usual crowds. its tail. Deputy manager, Paul Long- During a special shopping son, said: 'Janet decided to put evening for disabled people, on the bee costume just to make customers could not believe things more cheerful. their eyes when a two-legged bee 'We were very pleased with turned up. the turn-out and everyone It was, however, just store seemed to enjoy themselves.' instructor Janet Nichols' way of Shoppers were given refresh­ making the evening buzz along ments and were entertained by as staff ensured the disabled and carols sung by staff during the elderly were able to do their evening.

19 NEWS IN BRIEF Stepping out for MENCAP IN AID OF MENCAP, staff Thompson, will purchase a from Christchurch recently specially adapted wheelchair for stepped out to raise £254. three year old Kelly Downham The money, which was raised who is severely handicapped. In in a sponsored walk organised by addition, some equipment will be price controller Elaine bought for her special school.

by Nigel West gained a glorious 4-0 Jolly hockey victory. Jim Ecclestone's Bullies, however, were not disgraced and a sticks re-match has been arranged. GOING FOR GOALS and glory Back 1 to r: James McKechnie; on December 8 were two hockey Steve Humphries; Nigel West; teams from JS. Steve Palmer; Peter Foster; Mark At Ongar, Essex, the Romford Railton. (area office) Routers took on the Front 1 to r: Mark Tidy; Louise Blackfriars Bullies. Roberts; Debbie Simmonds; Ann Players old and new to the game Gambles; Dave Simmonds; Caro­ fought out a near-epic battle on the line Bidwell. pitch. Eventually the Routers, led Lying down: Steve Murrels.

wu Weighty cheque for babies A 12-MILE sponsored walk by Hospital by provisions manager, staff from Woodhall Farm has Duncan Kay. The money will be raised £500. used to buy some electronic scales In November the cheque was to replace the outmoded ones in presented to Hemel Hempstead the babies' ward.

How did you put up with them? CHILDREN ARE not the only Cooper , who showed my class ones who are impressed by around the supermarket today. Sainsbury's when their school We found the visit most informa­ visits, it would seem. tive and very useful for our Following a trip to Kingsbury project. As an adult, shopping branch by a class from Sinai for me will never be the same School in Kenton, the store again! I feel so much more aware received this letter from teacher, of all the hard work — as do all Susan Needle: the children. 'May I take this opportunity to 'The patience shown by your express my gratitude to you and staff to the children's never Miss JS for Uxbridge area is Louise Connechie, of Corby branch your two 'super staff (in-store ending stream of questions was (right). Runners up were Samantha Gallagher of Dunstable (left) instructor Marion McSkimming amazing. Even I get fed up with and Helen Lazenby of Bletchley. Jimmy Tarbuck entertained 20 and chief display assistant Doris them sometimes!' members of staff at the dance held at Blazers night club. Mayday receives help AN SOS from Mayday Hospital games, 'and we knew it would be has fired the local 68 Croydon hard work but we also knew it branch into collecting money for would be fun and it has been. A a much needed scanning machine. handful of staff has stopped at A car boot sale, parachute nothing to collect as much money jump, bike ride and a fishing trip as possible.' were only a few madcap activities A total of £1045.54 was raised staff took part in to raise money. and on November 28, branch 'We are only a small branch' manager, John Newbury pre­ commented Elsie Sandford senior sented Mr Goodey (scanner supermarket assistant, and the appeal's organizer) with a very chief organizer of all the fun and welcome cheque.

'LOCK YOUR DOORS, windows too, the next statistic could be you.' That was the winning slogan in a crime watch competition, written by Alyson Moss, store instructor at York Kidderminster cares Homebase (right of picture). CARING STAFF from Kidder­ There was a sponsored walk of Alyson beat 134 other contestants in the competition organised minster have helped improve the ten miles by other staff which by the York Evening Press and the North Yorkshire police. Her quality of care for young patients raised £110. slogan will be included in posters issued by the York and District at the town's general hospital. Crime Prevention Panel and distributed around John Smith's pubs They raised £325 by a number of Several raffles boosted the and other outlets in North Yorkshire. activities. fund to £325. Her prizes included a complete home security alarm system and Meat manager Bill Grew ran a The money will be used to buy two first class British Rail tickets to any destination in the country. 53-mile super marathon, from children's ward equipment Alyson thought of her winning slogan as she lay awake in bed London to Brighton — at the age including an electric blood one night — listening for burglars? of 45! pressure machine. 21 PEOPLE

years, he became departmental Blackfriars, has retired after 11 a bacon clerk. Four years later, Appointments director of non-foods, hardware, years with the company. Bill transferred to Charlton depot new departments and petrol, and He joined JS as a job architect as operations planning clerk and Lawrence Griffin, formerjy two years later also took respon­ and in 1976 was promoted to in 1982 became stock administra­ manager at Golders Green, has sibility for the grocery division. group architect to deal with Sava- tor. He moved to his present posi­ been appointed manager of Since that time there have been Centre jobs. Four years later, tion in 1985. Muswell Hill. several changes in the structure of John was made senior manager Dave Mayes, acting manager at John Hardeley, formerly the division and since September with responsibility for a multi- Magdalen Street, Norwich, has deputy manager at Bracknell, has 1984, Dag Bumstead has been disciplinary group of architects completed 25 years' service with been appointed manager of departmental director of tra­ and engineers. the company. Walton-on-Thames. ditional non-foods. He began his career with the Granville Kember, formerly Stan Matuszczyk, leading company as a bacon hand and senior departmental manager at trades assistant at Ballards Lane, one year later moved to Romford Lords Hill Homebase, has been has retired after 23 years' service Forty four manual shop as tradesman. In appointed manager of Lords Hill with JS. years on 1964 he joined Basildon and after Homebase. He began his career with the three years became assistant James Rutledge, formerly company as a warehouseman at A GOLDEN RETIREMENT manager at Upminster. At the manager at Kilburn, has been Ealing. He transferred to South- and a pearl wedding anniversary opening of Kings Lynn, Dave was appointed manager of Maiden­ gate as a butcher and then worked both appear in 1986 for George made grocery manager and in head. in several other branches in the Howard, manager at Kingston. 1978 became deputy manager at Geoffrey Shade, formerly London area. Stan moved to He began his career with JS at Magdalen Street, before being manager of Islington, has been Ballards Lane ten years ago. Tolworth and two years later was made acting manager. appointed manager of Kilburn. Constance Hall, office called up into the army. He Jack Mayes, works engineer at manager at Hastings, has retired returned to Tolworth in 1946 and Charlton depot, has completed 25 after 20 years with the company. then transferred to Epsom and years with the company. Retirements Kenneth Kendrick, non- spent time on relief duties. Dennis Otway, store service perishables warehouseman at In 1964, George was promoted assistant at Leatherhead, has Peggy Davies, office manager at Basingstoke depot, has retired to assistant manager at 97 completed 25 years' service with Bitterne, has retired after 31 years after 18 years' service with JS. Kingston where he met his wife. the company. with the company. Peggy Willett, senior clerk at They were married in 1956. He He began his career with the She joined JS at Winchester Luton Central, has retired after then moved to Putney and was company as a porter at Sutton manual shop and in 1963 moved 18 years with the company. made a manager on the spare list, and in 1967 joined old Leather- to Shirley as office manager. Georgina Clark, supermarket three years later, George became head as a warehouseman. Dennis Peggy returned to Winchester in assistant at Kilburn, has retired manager at Gloucester Road, moved to the new store, on its 1972 and two years later joined after 17 years' service with JS. Kensington and followed this opening, in 1981. Bitterne. Doris Howe, senior super­ with periods of management at Ken Roberts, clerk in the beef Reginald Hollingshead, pallet market assistant at Waltham- Surbiton, Kingston, New Mai­ department at Basingstoke depot, truck retriever at Charlton depot, stow, has retired after 17 years den, Kentish town, Wimbledon has completed 25 years with the has retired after 29 years' service with the company. and finally back to Kingston. company. with JS. Lil Yeomans, senior Said George: 'I have very fond He joined JS in the meat sales Graeme Nichols, departmental supermarket assistant at Dun­ memories of Kingston. I've met department and in 1963 transfer­ director, grocery administration, stable, has retired after 15 years' some super people and gained red to depot stock (meat) at has retired after 28 years with the service with JS. some good friends.' Streatham. One year later he company. Kath Roach, senior He sees a busy retirement moved to Basingstoke depot. He joined JS as systems analyst supermarket assistant at Dorking, ahead — 'Our new bungalow has David 'Tom' Thomas, car park and computer manager and four has retired after 14 years with the a large garden which has plenty attendant at Wimbledon, has years later moved to the sales company. of things that need doing. I shall completed 25 years' service. office as senior manager. In 1964 Leonard Staines, works take up bowls in the summer and Charlie Turner, manager at he joined the grocery buying engineer at Buntingford depot, in the winter there are plenty of Bridgwater, has completed 25 department and after three years has retired after 13 years' service bridge drives. years with the company. was made supply controller. In with JS. 'My wife and I enjoy walking He joined as senior tradesman 1971, Graeme Nichols became Daphne Chaplin, supermarket so we shall be out a lot taking in at Wembley Park and in 1967 departmental director. Three assistant at Harpenden, has the fresh air — the only thing became assistant manager at years later he was made distribu­ retired after 12 years with the that's free!' Wembley. Two years later he tion controller and in 1979 moved company. joined Bracknell as grocery to his present position. Irene Chesters, senior super­ manager and soon after, was Dag Bumstead, departmental market assistant at Burton-on- The following members of staff made deputy manager. Charlie director, traditional non-foods Trent, has retired after 12 years' have also retired. Length of became manager of Newbury in buying, has retired after 26 years' service with JS. service is shown in brackets. 1975 and then managed Reading service with JS. Peggy Lovatt, skilled super­ Joan Post, Maidstone (8 years). before moving to Bridgwater. He joined the company as a market assistant at Telford, has Frank Elston, Bury Park (7 David Wary, leading depart­ buyer and worked in several retired after 12 years with the years). mental assistant at Hastings, has departments, including con­ company. Christopher Flynn, Lewisham (7 completed 25 years' service. fectionery and proprietary goods, Vi Dowdell, part time super­ years). He began his career with the biscuits, canned goods and non- market assistant at West Wick- Ada George, Haywards Heath (7 company at Muswell Hill and foods. In 1971, Dag Bumstead ham, has retired after 11 years' years). joined Hastings in 1966. was made senior manager of non- service with JS. Avis Knights, Brentwood (6 foods including toiletries, hosiery John Kerss, senior manager in years). and hardware trials. After six architects and engineers at Margaret Chowney, Woking APOLOGIES to Ron Browning branch (4 years). of Basingstoke depot. In the Freda Cocks, Haverhill (4 years). December issue of the Journal it was reported under retirements, Dag Bumstead retired as departmental director, traditional non- Francis McPhail, New Barnet (4 years). that he had completed 25 years foods, after 28 years and he sent the following farewell from his with the company. In fact, it was cartoon namesake: 40 years'service — and should have been under long service! DAGWOOD &U/WSTEAD! BUT I HAvfc Long service I'M VERY SURPRISED TODAV Also apologies to the following A.TVOU np^SI 25-year servers, who appeared in Bill Evans, systems supervisor at the wrong column — Bob Frost Charlton depot, has completed 25 (Basingstoke depot), Kenneth years with the company. Proctor (Dagenham), Bernie He joined JS as a contact clerk Young and Maurice Parker (both in the Blackfriars sales office and Buntingford depot). in 1966 moved to Union Street as FEEDBACK

rear gave on to the lift, which Marketing linked the store with the Council methods owned multi-storey car park behind. Secondly, the rebuilding Fred Bailey, non-perishable From: Royston Morris, senior was the first in which the con­ warehouseman at Basingstoke trades assistant, Taunton version to self-service took place depot, died suddenly on October He had been with the company As an employee of JS, I feel after the first stage, rather than 21, aged 55. for five years. compelled to write to you con­ waiting for all the work to be He had been with the company George Merson, shipping clerk cerning the prices of some of our finished. The first stage building since 1975. in the distribution division at festive lines this year (namely completed, the then counter ser­ Arthur Biggs, store service Blackfriars, died after a short Christmas Crackers). vice branch provided about 5,000 assistant at Bitterne, died after a illness on December 25, aged 63. The first was Sainsbury's sq ft of space, which was felt to short illness on December 31, He had been with the company Luxury Crackers — contents: a be large enough to operate a self aged 60. since 1969. party hat, a gift, a snap and a service store, with what was then He had been with the company Kathy Moran, staff restaurant motto, retailing at £5.99 for six. the full range of departments. since 1978. supervisor at Swiss Cottage, died The second was Sainsbury's This gave rise to the third in­ Don Bradley, cleaner at suddenly on November 4, aged Super De Luxe Crackers — novation, the 'Corridor Basingstoke depot, died after a 41. contents: a party hat, a gift, a Entrance'. While the front of the short illness, on September 24, She had been with the company snap and a motto, retailing at old store was rebuilt access to the aged 42. for two years. £9.99 for six. self-service store, operating to the He had been with the company Tim Pattison, beef cutter at I think that the prices for these rear, was via a corridor about for two months. Basingstoke depot, died suddenly items were absolutely ludicrous, 15ft wide and 60ft long. This Ken Bryant, technical manager on October 24, aged 32. considering that once they had arrangement worked so well that at the company car centre, Black- He had been with the company been used there was no more left some later stores, for which the friars, died after a long illness on since 1982. of them. As a shareholder I feel High Street, or precinct frontage, December 26, aged 64. Sarah Penny, stock control that in my opinion, the money was limited, or very expensive, He had been with the company clerk in the distribution division that was wasted on these things relied solely on a 'corridor for 48 years. at Blackfriars, died after a short could have been spent or invested entrance'. Examples being stores Joyce Carmody, senior super­ illness on December 29, aged 57. on something that would have such as Central Croydon, Lewis- market assistant at Shirley, died She had been with the company been more beneficial to the ham and Wellingborough. after a long illness on January 2, for seven years. company and everyone within it. One final anecdote about aged 55. Ann Print, part time super­ Guildford is that when architect She had been with the company market assistant at Debden, died David Queen, manager, nonfoods iii buying replies: for the new store, Newman since 1973. after a long illness on November Turner of Scott Brownrigg and Brian Corn well, driver at 18, aged 51. All JS product ranges attempt, where possible, to cover the full Turner, was discussing our pro­ Basingstoke depot, died suddenly She had been with the company posals with the local authority on September 24, aged 52. for four years. span of customer requirement. The JS Cracker range comprised they expressed horror that such a He had been with the company Brian Taplin, serviceman at fine Tudor building should be for 20 years. Basingstoke depot, died after a items selling at £1.99, £2.99, £3.99, £4.99, £5.99 and £9.99. demolished, Mr Turner was able Roy Gudge, driver at Basing­ long illness on September 27, to point out that the 'Tudor' stoke depot, died after a short aged 48. Obviously the more expensive items are directed towards the building had been designed by his illness on October 6, aged 48. He had been with the company father. He had been with the company since 1973. upper end of the market place since 1967. Marcus Willday, baker at and fulfil a specific requirement. Expedition Philip McCann, perishable Walsall, died suddenly on Octo­ Those customers who wish to warehouse clerk at Basingstoke ber 26, aged 23. make more modest purchases are to Redhill depot, died suddenly on Decem­ He had been with the company catered for at the lower end of the From: Mrs M Howland, ber 2, aged 21. for one year. price scale. customer of Reigate, Surrey It is true that a great deal of I would like to tell you about a time and energy was put into visit to your new store at Redhill. these and other Christmas ranges, My father (Mr G Mills of Reigate) although I cannot see that this in who is a veteran of Sainsbury's at any way constitutes waste. The Reigate, was very interested in the sales volume of the more ex­ opening at Redhill. Father is 90 pensive lines is obviously much in February and of course cannot less than the inexpensive, get about on his own or without although I would point out that transport, so my husband prom­ any profit accruing from this sale ised him he would take him to see goes directly into the profit and the new branch. loss account of the company and My mother who is also 90 thereby benefits both share­ dearly wanted to see the branch. holders and employees. She had not been out to a shop The costing of each individual for years and is confined to a item within the range accurately wheelchair when she goes out. reflects its constituent parts and So off we all went to Sains­ its contents, and at every stage in bury's in Redhill. the price range, the retail price The look on their faces was a represents quite clearly a differing pleasure to see, they both value of constituent part and thoroughly enjoyed looking content. round and mother sat like a queen as she was pushed round in her Innovative chair. I want to say that the staff on Guildford the entrance and car park etc were From: Timothy Sainsbury, MP so helpful with the wheelchair. I was interested to read the article It may not sound like a big in the November Journal on thing to people rushing about Guildford, as the rebuilding of doing their shopping, but it the counter service branch also certainly was an event for both Melanle Smith, supermarket assistant, married Michael produced a number of firsts. my parents who do not see much Ferguson, baker, both of Huddersfleld store, recently at The new store was the first for of modern-day shopping. Salendlne Nook Baptist Church. They've both worked at the which the layout was planned to And as for my opinion, your store since It's opening. suit the availability of car store is the best thing to have parking. Checkouts sited at the come to this area. WBMBBmBmRBBMmmmBBSmm ••n ARCHIVES

Below: Sainsbury's third branch in Chapel Street &- which opened at No. 76 in li^lr- - 1889. These early branches a%ftrfecrL often had a stall outside from which a busy trade in eggs and other goods was carried out. Bottom of page shows the four Sainsbury shops listed in Kelly's Post Office Directory'. •warn f- mmnmm,! l%i*»J$ 2f * *?& J fF^« 3

Chapel Street, Islington c.1895. Sainsbury's shop at No. 48 is in the foreground Market memories I 'J SAINSBURY'S pure shilling butter is the spring and early summer was two dozen a to the older 48 Chapel Street branch. I best in the world. Bacon and hams: quality shilling (5p). In the meantime, trade had continued to I perfect, prices lower'. The success of 48 Chapel Street had already grow at the specialist game branch at 51 The message is plain: in Islington in the mid encouraged John James Sainsbury to expand Chapel Street. In 1898 its trade was trans­ I 1890s good food cost less at Sainsbury's! It his business there. Three doors away, at 51 ferred to another new branch, this time at 43 I wasn't just at No. 48 Chapel Street (shown Chapel Street (under the second canopy on High Street Islington close by. I in the foreground of the picture) that John the left-hand side of the photograph) he After the First World War, trade continued I James Sainsbury's served the discerning opened in 1887 the first Sainsbury branch to to flourish, and in 1932, major rebuilding I palates and pockets of Islington: by 1895 he specialise in game. Two years later a further work allowed 43 High Street to provide an I had three shops in Chapel Street (now known provisions shop opened at 76 Chapel Street, even better service to customers. The I as Chapel Market), each purveying that perhaps to help cope with the prodigious trade manager, John Hedges, was reported in a special brand of Sainsbury quality. recalled by Mr John. contemporary advertisement to be 'pleased to Number 48 opened in 1882, and developed It might be thought that with three shops welcome old friends again, and many new I a prodigious trade. John Benjamin Sainsbury in such close proximity there would have been customers who appreciate a bargain' to 'the I (known in JS as 'Mr John') later recalled how enough room to cope with all of Islington most up-to-date food store in Islington'. Mr I one Friday it achieved record sales for a day's demands, but not a bit of it. In 1894 he took Hedges undoubtedly had many old friends to I takings of any small JS market shop — £400: over the shop of George Jackson, listed in the welcome; he had worked in Sainsbury Isling­ I 'It was an achievement of exceptional merit street directory as a 'butterman'. This made ton branches since the turn of the century and I for all those engaged of which I was one four branches in his Chapel Street chain. remained Manager at No 43 until 1937. I (excuse me). The occasion stands out clearly Today it seems odd that a single retailer A year later 48 Chapel Market closed I in my mind. W Elderton was manager, Hardy should have so many branches in one street briefly for alterations and both branches were I the cheese hand and Seal the first butterman. but the practice was not uncommon in the given the distinctive character of Sainsbury I We did a great deal of the business from the days when shops tended to be specialised and shops of the day — a long, narrow interior, I open windows and the stalls, cheese in the left often very small. In some places it was with marble topped counters, green and I window, bacon the right, eggs on the left stall appropriate to expand the size of a single cream wall tiles designed specially for I and Ostend rabbits and pickled pork on the branch by buying neighbouring shops. This Sainsbury's by Minton Hollins of Stoke-on- I right.' He recalls that the price of eggs during happened in the case of William Henry Trent, mosaic floors and polished teak Horden, the neighbouring draper who by woodwork. 1898 traded at 49, 52, 53 and 54 Chapel For over 30 years this remained the pattern Street. of Sainsbury's trade in Islington — two shops i 46 Kcnnctt Henry, g For a busy food retailer, however, separate in Chapel Market, at numbers 48 and 76 and utchcT branches each with a market stall outside, one around the corner in Islington High might well attract more business, and even Street. In 1962, the first shop at 48 Chapel avoid some of the lengthy queues which in­ Market was replaced by a temporary shop just evitably developed wherever Sainsbury's set five doors away at number 53 which helped WlU a no HUler l rSn game dealer up shop. It is also significant that in several 43 High Street and 76 Chapel Market keep instances, the additions to the chain were up the standard of Sainsbury service until a shops previously occupied by competitors like new self service shop opened next door in George Jackson, the butterman at No 44. March, 1965. The new Islington branch A This shop became a Sainsbury dairy but un­ replaces this 1960s supermarket and the style I r,:i, •>» *'• ±ll. —•— fortunately it struggled to keep up its takings. of trading is a far cry from the bustle of the In 1916 it closed and the trade was transferred original market street shops. The Cancer Care Cam paign is underway... to ease his distress during the last three days NHS, and has part-funded six other homes WITH THE CLOSE of another successful and Nicky died at home, peacefully asleep, which are run by independent charities. charity campaign, namely the JS campaign with his family around him.' Caring for cancer patients at home can create for the children's charities, comes the launch There are now 275 nurses working in over serious financial problems, particularly if the of the charity campaign for 1986 in aid of the 110 Macmillan teams throughout the country. patient is the main provider, and in such cir­ National Society for Cancer ReUef. Cancer Relief funds the nurses for their cumstances Cancer Relief can make grants to The cause chosen is one that has inspired first three years of service, after which they alleviate the problems. JS staff before but this time aid will be given are taken over by the Health Service or a local In 1985 die Society will have paid out almost from a new angle. As the charity itself says: charity. £1.5 million in grants. 'Cancer Relief means helping people with Since 1979 Cancer Relief has invested over Cancer Relief sees more education for cancer — now.' £5 million in funding these services, and much doctors and nurses as vital for the future. Most Previously JS raised £190,000 for research more money is now needed both for ex­ young doctors and nurses still end their into the causes of, and possible cures for, panding existing services and for setting up training without knowledge of the special skills cancer. This amount formed a large contri­ new ones. of terminal care and to help change this Cancer bution to the building of the new cancer As well as funding Macmillan nurses, Relief has planned an ambitious education and research campaign laboratories. Cancer Relief builds Macmillan continuing training programme, establishing medical This time funds will help the work of the care homes, such as Countess Mountbatten teaching posts in university medical schools McMillan nurses who were named after the House at Moorgreen Hospital, Southampton, and nurse tutor posts in colleges of nursing and society's founder. Their work and the aims which provide vital in-patient back-up to the hospices. of the charity are described here by Susan home care service. Cancer Relief has invested millions of Childs of the society.. In these homes the hospice approach of pounds in extending the principles of hospice skilled and sympathetic care is re-inforced and care and a great deal has been achieved. THE NATIONAL Society for Cancer Relief Above: educating nurses in the special staff aim to create a relaxed atmosphere However, there are still only sufficient was founded in 1911 by Douglas Macmillan, skills of terminal care at Countess where patients can feel at home whilst specialist services to meet 30 per cent of the who had been profoundly affected by the Mountbatten House in Southampton. Right: Home care nursing. receiving treatment, and relatives are need. experience of watching his father die a painful welcomed. To help make this special kind of care avail­ death from cancer and being powerless to 'to prevent the needless pain and suffering' A patient is nursed in the Nightingale To date the Society has funded the building able to more people, throughout the country, help him. which so affected Douglas Macmillan. Macmillan Continuing Care Unit, Derby. of 13 Macmillan homes and given them to the Cancer Relief must raise more money. 'When the end came I was more affected In July 1986 Cancer Relief enters its 75th than by anything else in my experience before anniversary year with a great deal achieved it had meant to her to have the help of a or since. and much still to be done towards making Macmillan nurse: 'Could nothing be done to prevent such skilled and compassionate care of cancer 'Eight months ago it was discovered that needless pain and suffering?' patients more widely available. Last year £5 Nicky had cancer of the knee. We were told His answer was to found the National million was raised to support Cancer Relief's he had about six months to live. This is where Society for Cancer Relief and he listed its work in helping cancer patients through home the Macmillan nurse became vital to the aims: care nursing, in-patient care, patient grants quality of life that Nicky could live, to control 'I want even the poorest people to be and education for doctors and nurses. his pain, help him come to terms with the fact provided with the latest and best advice both In 1979 Cancer Relief introduced Mac­ that he was dying, give support to the family for avoiding cancer and for recognising and millan nurses, who are specially trained to team and themselves have several years' and eventually enable him to die at home, not dealing with it when it exists. advise on pain and symptom control and to experience as district nurses or health visitors in an impersonal hospital bed. 'I want to see homes for cancer patients give emotional support and comfort to cancer before doing a special training in terminal 'She worked closely with a cancer specialist throughout the land, where attention will be patients and their families in their own homes. care, which includes counselling of the and our own doctor. She kept his pain under provided freely or at low cost, as circum­ They are taking the skills and experience of bereaved. Because they specialise they are able control so that, in spite of the fact that he stances dictate. I want to see panels of hospice care into the home, making it possible to devote time, as well as skill, to the care of needed crutches and a wheelchair, he lived his voluntary nurses who can be detailed off to for people with advanced cancer to remain patients. If necessary, the Macmillan team last few months to the full. attend to patients in their own homes.' at home for longer and to enjoy a better can be called on at any time, 24 hours a day. 'Three days before he died, weak and Since that time medical advances and the quality of life. One of the many people who have been breathless as he had become, he sat by the fire spread of the hospice concept of care have Macmillan nursing teams work with GPs helped in this way was 18-year-old Nicky. completely free of pain, roasting chestnuts meant that a great deal more can now be done and district nurses as part of the health-care After he died his mother wrote down what and watching a video. She did all she could Richard Briars recently accepted the money raised by you for Action Research for the Crippled Child. Bromley area director, David Clapham presented the cheque for more than £48,000 at Lewlsham branch. School Aid... letting them know it was Christmas time FEED THE WORLD. It's a tall order but the Thousands upon thousands of sacks arrived during November 26,000 individual sacks were Band Aid Organisation has achieved many in London but this was where School Aid ran received, sorted into one ton sacks and sent minor miracles in the pursuit of meeting the into trouble and Sainsbury's was able to help. to Tilbury for shipping. desperate needs of the starving in Africa. The response from the schools over­ It was a massive operation involving around Scores of separate fund-raising projects whelmed the warehouse operation and a jam 30 per cent of schools in the UK. A Band Aid have been launched under the Band Aid was blocking up the Red Star facilities at main spokesman reported that approximately V banner. Recently completed is School Aid — London stations and those in the provinces. 15,000 tonnes of food were shipped to the an exercise in which schoolchildren through­ Provincial stations were forced to delay hungry. 'This saved us £1 Vi million which out the UK were invited to collect bags of acceptance of more sacks. JS was approached would have been the cost of the food on the Far left: Containers filled with sacks are flour, sugar, lentils and split peas which were to help solve this desperate problem. Through open market. Three Band Aid ships were transported from the warehouse. to be packed into hessian sacks and trans­ its contacts, the distribution division was able loaded with the sacks and both Sudan and Left: The food awaits it's journey — with love from Band Aid. ported free of charge by British Rail Red Star to obtain a suitable warehouse free of charge Ethiopia received much of the food in time Above: Band Aid's Bob Geldof pictured service to London. in Tottenham. This released the jam and for Christmas.' here with his daughter. 13 Tit for work' award for BPM Free wheeling JANET GOMM, BPM at Great TWO JS STAFF had a great Yarmouth (centre right) recently Christmas when they grabbed received a 'Fit for Work' award goods to the value of £245. on behalf of the branch. Chadwell Heath held their The 'Fit for Work' scheme was 'grub grab' on October 29. It was introduced in 1979 by the Man­ the winning prize in a draw power Services Commission with organised by the Lions Club of the aim of 'encouraging employ­ Barking in conjunction with ers to look afresh at ways of branch manager Bob Austin. providing equal opportunities for Proceeds from the draw went disabled people.' towards funds for a community Janet has been at Great Yar­ ambulance (below). mouth for seven years and in that time has maintained close contact The prize was won by Maureen with the registered disabled Morris, service assistant at officer at the local job centre. She Romford area office. In regularly places disabled people at just two minutes she filled her the branch with a view to fully trolley with over £160 worth of integrating them into life in-store goods. and giving them a chance to prove Meanwhile at Burton, domestic themselves. assistant Margaret Ashmole (right) was being grabbed by the She is also active in providing winning streak. resettlement for those newly Her husband Tom won the disabled. grab as a prize in his firm's The assessment for the award competition. Along with Mar­ Cycle-a-thon for guide dogs is based on the evaluation of garet, Tom grabbed food to the A RIDE ON two wheels has given the Guide Dogs for the Blind. Edmonton is hoping to raise record and performance with value of over £80. regard to a number of guidelines, help to some friends on four legs. Included in the mammoth over £1,000. Further activities including: retention of the newly Staff from Edmonton recently cycle-a-thon were manager Terry included a second parachute disabled after rehabilitation or Great Yarmouth employs a Yarmouth job centre manager, cycled from the branch to Wright and cashier instructor jump by Terry Wright. His first training; equal opportunities for number of disabled staff, Bernard Embry, presented the Rayleigh Weir to raise £682 for Carol Kent who went in tandem. jump was in aid of MENCAP. the disabled and, where neces­ including some who are partially- award and said: 'Sainsbury's has sary, job restructuring. sighted. One is completely mute, certainly done that little bit extra. Said Janet: 'I have done what being deaf and dumb. I think they gain satisfaction from I thought is right, if I can take But it poses no problems for having these disabled people and Special gift them on here I do. If it isn't Janet, who said: 'I have learnt to putting them into a work possible, I help them along the use deaf and dumb language. situation. VERY FEW OF US will ever road to employment by develop­ There is nothing different about 'Everyone treats them as part have the chance of helping to save ing their interview techniques.' these people.' of the team.' anther human being's life, but Val Leach, assistant meat manager at Bedminster has been chosen for such a task. Val has always been a regular blood doner but it was not until last January that she was made aware of how important her blood actually was. 'They discovered in the hospital' Val explains 'that my plasma was exactly the type they were looking for to help a leukaemia victim. So I have, up to now, given 20 pints of plasma on top of ten pints of blood for the normal donor session. For me it's a privilege to be able to help another person live'.

Throwing for gold TWO LADIES of Norwich St Stephens are the latest JS champs. Supermarket assistant Susan HalUday proved herself a double winner recently. Firstly, she won a CHRISTMAS AT Coldhams Christmas shopping in comfort gold medal in the Judo Champion­ Lane came along with a sting in without the usual crowds. ships against France. Susan its tail. Deputy manager, Paul Long- followed this up with another gold During a special shopping son, said: 'Janet decided to put medal, this time in the British Judo evening for disabled people, on the bee costume just to make Championships. customers could not believe things more cheerful. Also flying the colours of their eyes when a two-legged bee 'We were very pleased with success is Jeanette Rose (left of turned up. the turn-out and everyone picture), meat trades assistant. She It was, however, just store seemed to enjoy themselves.' throws for the Norfolk Ladies instructor Janet Nichols' way of Shoppers were given refresh­ Darts Team who recently won the making the evening buzz along ments and were entertained by ladies singles championships for as staff ensured the disabled and carols sung by staff during the the second time. To date, Jeanette elderly were able to do their evening. Mitcham branch at Waterdown in Croydon, enjoying a good night out. Seventy members of staff has won 30 trophies and three 18 attended the dance late last year. 180-point medals. 19 Stepping out for MENCAP IN AID OF MENCAP, staff Thompson, will purchase a from Christchurch recently specially adapted wheelchair for stepped out to raise £254. three year old Kelly Downham The money, which was raised who is severely handicapped. In in a sponsored walk organised by addition, some equipment will be price controller Elaine bought for her special school.

Mayday receives help AN SOS from Mayday Hospital games, 'and we knew it would be has fired the local 68 Croydon hard work but we also knew it branch into collecting money for would be fun and it has been. A a much needed scanning machine. handful of staff has stopped at A car boot sale, parachute nothing to collect as much money jump, bike ride and a fishing trip as possible.' by Nigel West gained a glorious 4-0 were only a few madcap activities A total of £1045.54 was raised Jolly hockey victory. Jim Ecclestone's Bullies, staff took part in to raise money. and on November 28, branch however, were not disgraced and a 'We are only a small branch' manager, John Newbury pre­ sticks re-match has been arranged. commented Elsie Sandford senior sented Mr Goodey (scanner GOING FOR GOALS and glory Back 1 to r: James McKechnie; supermarket assistant, and the appeal's organizer) with a very on December 8 were two hockey Steve Humphries; Nigel West; chief organizer of all the fun and welcome cheque. teams from JS. Steve Palmer; Peter Foster; Mark At Ongar, Essex, the Romford Railton. (area office) Routers took on the Front 1 to r: Mark Tidy; Louise Blackfriars Bullies. Roberts; Debbie Simmonds; Ann Players old and new to the game Gambles; Dave Simmonds; Caro­ fought out a near-epic battle on the line Bid well. pitch. Eventually the Routers, led Lying down: Steve Murrels.

Weighty cheque for babies A 12-MILE sponsored walk by Hospital by provisions manager, staff from Woodhall Farm has Duncan Kay. The money will be raised £500. used to buy some electronic scales In November the cheque was to replace the outmoded ones in presented to Hemel Hempstead the babies' ward.

How did you put up with them? CHILDREN ARE not the only Cooper , who showed my class 'LOCK YOUR DOORS, windows too, the next statistic could ones who are impressed by around the supermarket today. be you.' That was the winning slogan in a crime watch Sainsbury's when their school We found the visit most informa­ Kidderminster cares competition, written by Alyson Moss, store instructor at York visits, it would seem. tive and very useful for our Homebase (right of picture). Following a trip to Kingsbury project. As an adult, shopping CARING STAFF from Kidder­ There was a sponsored walk of Alyson beat 134 other contestants in the competition organised branch by a class from Sinai for me will never be the same minster have helped improve the ten miles by other staff which by the York Evening Press and the North Yorkshire police. Her School in Kenton, the store again! I feel so much more aware quality of care for young patients raised £110. slogan will be included in posters issued by the York and District received this letter from teacher, of all the hard work — as do all at the town's general hospital. Crime Prevention Panel and distributed around John Smith's pubs the children. They raised £325 by a number of Several raffles boosted the and other outlets in North Yorkshire. Susan Needle: fund to £325. 'May I take this opportunity to 'The patience shown by your activities. Her prizes included a complete home security alarm system and express my gratitude to you and staff to the children's never Miss JS for Uxbridge area is Louise Connechie, of Corby branch Meat manager Bill Grew ran a The money will be used to buy two first class British Rail tickets to any destination in the country. your two 'super staff (in-store ending stream of questions was (right). Runners up were Samantha Gallagher of Dunstable (left) 53-mile super marathon, from children's ward equipment Alyson thought of her winning slogan as she lay awake in bed instructor Marion McSkimming amazing. Even I get fed up with and Helen Lazenby of Bletchley. Jimmy Tarbtick entertained London to Brighton — at the age including an electric blood one night — listening for burglars? 20 and chief display assistant Doris them sometimes!' members of staff at the dance held at Blazers night club. of 45! pressure machine. 21