Sainsbury's Business Television programme showing part one of board Q&A session, 1 February 2000

Recording of a special Sainsbury’s Business Television programme for Sainsbury's staff (mainly store management teams) showing the first part of "The Big One": "The entire Sainsbury's Supermarket Board taking part in a live question and answer session in front of a studio of around 70 colleagues". Staff could also call in with questions. The programme was broadcast on 1 February 2000 by satellite to Sainsbury's stores, depots and offices. The entire event could not be included in one programme so the last 30 minutes were broadcast in a separate programme on 8 February 2000. It was presented by John Howard.

Contents:
00:15: Introduction by presenter John Howard.
01:23: Footage of board members answering questions from staff. The board members present are (seated from left to right): commercial director Stuart Mitchell; stores director Kevin McCarten; marketing director Sara Weller; managing director David Bremner; finance director Hamish Elvidge; property director Ian Coull; resourcing & services director John Adshead; supply chain director Martin White. The questions cover a wide variety of subjects but the main themes include: departure of group chief executive Dino Adriano; Sainsbury's future direction and differentiation from competitors including Walmart (which had acquired Asda the previous year) and Tesco; SABRE (SAles Based REplenishment); seasonal displays; supplying branches in Northern Ireland; flexibility in local marketing; Customer First Management (CFM) structure; staff salary bands and structure; changes to the supply chain and depots; expansion and potential acquisitions; board members' visits to branches and "visit culture"; labour scheduling and systems; e-commerce (internet shopping) and home delivery; marketing strategy; the future of SavaCentre.
57:56: John Howard thanks participants and closes the programme.

Duration: 58 minutes 45 seconds.

There is one additional video of unedited footage ("rushes") for this video.