'JS Journal', July 1988

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-4
  News
  Page 5
  Worle Homebase opening
  Page 6
  Castle Boulevard opening
  Page 7
  Buying in bulk — introducing Multibuys
  Page 8
  District cashiers of the year
  Page 9
  Hygiene Poster Competition
  Page 10-11
  Annual General...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  PART-TIMERS account for
  60 per cent of the JS
  workforce. In recognition of
  the importance of their contribution,
  the board is extending
  eligibility for membership of
  the pension scheme to parttime
  permanent...

• Senior appointments
  02

  Senior appointments
  RALPH FILBY in data processing
  has been promoted to
  senior manager, and transferred
  to Homebase as manager,
  systems on July 4.
  Kevin Casey, management
  services manager at Homebase,
  returns to JS to work...

• Women keep an eye on potatoes
  02

  Women keep an eye on potatoes
  CLIFTON DOWN was
  recently one of the top three
  winners in the Women's
  Farming Union's Potato
  Surveillance Awards for 1987/
  88.
  The award is given for consistent
  quality and...

• Charm of the little China girls
  03

  Charm of the little China girls
  THE TRICK OF EATING
  Tagliatelle with a fork and
  spoon as if they were
  chopsticks proved an insoluble
  Chinese puzzle for Jennifer Lo.
  Five year old Jennifer, right,
  and seven year old...

• Now CFCs are out in the cold
  03

  Now CFCs are out in the cold
  JS HAS TAKEN further steps
  to eradicate its use of the
  ozone-damaging gases —
  chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
  — by beginning to phase out
  their use in refrigeration and
  chilling systems.
  In...

• School leavers will train on full pay
  03

  School leavers will train on full pay
  JS IS OFFERING jobs to at
  least 200 school leavers in a
  totally new training initiative
  believed to be the first of its
  type in the country.
  The Retail Trainee Scheme
  is designed to...

• A taste of the good life
  04

  A taste of the good life
  Wine writers gathered at Blackfriars recently to taste 38
  different wines which included 12 additions to the JS range.
  Excellent reports followed in many publications.

• Family wins with Homebase
  04

  Family wins with Homebase
  WHEN THE NEW Homebase
  in Rochester opened just before
  Christmas, the store ran a
  competition to celebrate.
  Pictured here are the
  winning family, Ron Curley,
  wife Barbara and daughter Fiona of...

• Homebase is host to Euro DIY conference
  04

  Homebase is host to Euro DIY conference
  HOMEBASE PLAYED
  HOST to the 6th successful
  Euro DIY conference, held
  recently at the Royal
  Horseguards Hotel in London.
  Managing directors of DIY
  chains attended the...

• Trust JS to help out in a crisis
  04

  Trust JS to help out in a crisis
  A JOINT JS and Nabisco promotion
  raised £10,000 for the
  National Trust.
  In a rapid response to last
  October's ferocious storm
  which wreaked such havoc in
  the South East, a 'plant-atree-
  o'...

• Homebase openings—Worle
  05

  After ten years' trading, Worle supermarket
  has a new next door neighbour. The 42nd
  Homebase opened its doors to bright
  sunshine and crowds intent on beating the
  Bank Holiday rush. 1. Homebase gives 'good
  neighbour scheme' a...

• Homebase openings—Castle Boulevard
  06

  CASTLE BOULEVARD
  A new supermarket and a coffee shop have opened in Nottingham, joining Homebase
  which opened on the site in 1982. The store, constructed in traditional Nottingham red
  brick, and skirted by a landscaped canal,...

• Good food costs even less at Sainsbury's • ! •
  07

  JS NOW HAS nearly 200
  stores with scanning
  and as time goes by
  more of its advantages
  are l>eing developed.
  The latest service to be introduced is
  called Multibuys — the name for a style of
  product prorriotion which gives...

• THREE CHEERS FOR CASHIERS OF THE YEAR
  08

  THREE CHEERS FOR CASHIERS OF THE YEAR
  ALL JS CASHIERS are speciaL And now, there's an own-label brand of super cashiers —
  just one in each district. The cashier of the year competition has finally come to an end
  with 22...

• WINNERS CLEAN UP POSTER PRIZES
  09

  WINNERS CLEAN UP POSTER PRIZES
  WHEN WE ASKED YOU to come clean with ideas for the hygiene
  poster competition the response was tremendous. The competition,
  launched in the March issue of the Journal, invited entries illustrating...

• AGM IS QUESTION TIME IN PARLIAMENT SQUARE
  10

  THE CONFERENCE
  CENTRE stands on a site
  steeped in history. It has been
  home to kings and queens in
  addition to figures as famous as
  Chaucer, Caxton, Pepys and
  John Milton.
  One of the site's earliest
  buildings was a Roman...

• Building Better Business Newflash
  12

  Building Better Business
  How many disabled
  customers visit your
  store?
  Would you know how to
  spot them . . . and what do
  you do?
  Find out by using the
  it all starts later in 1988
  when we let the cat out of
  the bag.
  BBB...

• JS DANCEATHON
  12

  JS DANCEATHON survivors have energy
  left only in their thumbs after a one hour
  sponsored aerobics session.
  One thousand three hundred staff and
  friends from London stores, danced for an hour each (fifty at a time for 26 hours)...

• JS HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME - HEALTHY EATING
  13

  JS HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME - HEALTHY EATING
  THIS MONTH the JOURNAL looks at ways in which our diet can help to improve our health. Cut down on fat by cooking your food
  differently:
  FAT
  •Casseroling or stewing is an...

• PUTTING THE FAMILY BACK INTO FAMILY DAY
  14

  PUTTING THE FAMILY BACK INTO FAMILY DAY
  Slimmer, slicker, younger,
  I and a lot more fun for everyone.
  This year's Family Day,
  held at the Griffin Ground, Dulwich on June
  26, really got it right. The beer tents were
  banned...

• JS CHAIN WINS THE WAR AGAINST THAW
  18

  JS CHAIN WINS THE WAR AGAINST THAW
  THE BRITISH SUMMER
  doesn't usually bring worries
  of overheating. But,
  overheating is a problem
  for some people even in deepest winter.
  Who are these cold blooded types?
  They're the people...

• Doreen has help in helping the children
  20

  Doreen has help in helping the children
  DOREEN TOOZE, canteen
  assistant at Sutton. Coldfield,
  has raised £1,000 for Birmingham
  Children's Hospice Trust.
  Long-time fund-raiser
  Doreen collected the money
  through a series of...

• Store shows pupils how to set up shop
  20

  Store shows pupils how to set up shop
  HEYFORD HILL store has
  donated a cash till and shelving
  to assist pupils at Peers School,
  Littlemore.
  A shop has been set up at
  the school by twelve pupils
  taking the Certificate of...

• Students make a robot that works
  20

  Students make a robot that works
  STUDENTS AT Beaumont School, St Albans,
  took part in a Sainsbury Family Trust Engineering
  Project recently.
  The students, pictured here, designed a
  soil profilometer and a robot gripping arm....

• Football pools win
  21

  TWELVE STAFF at Stevenage branch, some of whom

• Fulham walks out twice for RSPCA
  21

  Fulham walks out twice for RSPCA
  THE RSPCA walked away
  £800 better off thanks to the
  efforts of staff at Fuiham
  recently.
  The money was raised
  through two sponsored walks,
  from Fulham to Hampton
  Court and Fulham to...

• Is there drama after work?
  21

  Is there drama after work?
  WHAT A PERFORMANCE
  Homebase advertising clerk,
  Colin Symmonds (in check
  trousers), gave in the American
  musical 'Is There Life After
  High School'.
  The show, staged by members of Croydon...

• Branch lays down a pool challenge
  22

  Branch lays down a pool challenge
  SIX MEMBERS of Stamford
  Hill branch came away with
  the trophy from the district
  pool competition after playing
  for three hours each.
  Players pictured (left) from
  left to right are:...

• Buntingford collected as it delivered
  22

  Buntingford collected as it delivered
  JUST FOR A CHANGE St John
  Ambulance was on the receiving end
  of some care and attention on IMav
  15.
  JS gave £1,000 to begin building
  the new St John HQ in Royston. A
  further £1,500...

• Student scrap in car park
  22

  Student scrap in car park
  NO, IT'S NOT the Trojan invasion relived. The horse, made from scrap wood, was
  displayed at Kingsway store recently as part of Derby's Environmental Week. It was the
  creation of Henry Cavendish School...

• Hoddesdon plays the professional
  23

  Hoddesdon plays the professional
  HERTFORD HOSPITAL'S
  Gamma Camera Appeal
  benefited when darts professional
  Tony Brown spent an
  evening at Hoddesdon depot's
  Social Club.
  Tony played 12 members of
  the club, who were all...

• Royal county walkers deserved the red carpet
  23

  Royal county walkers deserved the red carpet
  FIFTY WALKERS from
  Brighton Hill raised £1,200
  recently with an 11 mile sponsored
  walk. The money will go towards a kidney dialysis unit
  at the Royal Berkshire...

• Behind the lines
  24

  • INTERESTING FACTS
  CORNER: Alan Noakes, part
  time customer service assistant
  at Chichester, received a
  pedometer from his wife for
  Christmas. What's so interesting
  about that, we hear you
  cry? Well, while out...

• Company doubles Dolly's contribution
  24

  A £1,000 CHEQUE was presented
  to Iris Gouider of Sydenham
  C h i l d r e n ' s Hospital
  recently by Dolly Bates, senior
  supermarket assistant at Lewisham
  (right of pic).
  Staff raised £500 through
  bring-and-buys and...

• Headmaster learns about manager's job
  24

  Headmaster learns about manager's job
  KETTERING HEADMASTER John
  Howard found himself dealing with customers
  rather than pupils in a unique job
  swap.
  John Howard, head of Henry Gotch
  School, and Kettering store manager...

• YTS trainee had all the answers
  24

  YTS trainee had all the answers
  A YTS SUCCESS STORY has emerged from
  Great Yarmouth.
  Nicola Spencer, YTS trainee at Great Yarmouth,
  has won top prize in a competition
  organised by her college, to compile a project
  about the...

• Redbank Road raises funds for scanner
  25

  Redbank Road raises funds for scanner
  STAFF FROM Redbank
  Road, Bispham, raised £700
  recently for Victoria Hospital
  Scanner Fund. The cheque was presented to
  Dr Peter Isaacs during a barbecue
  in Pouiton. Pictured from
  left,...

• 'Scramble net' is no obstacle to trainees
  25

  'Scramble net' is no obstacle to trainees
  YTS TRAINEES FROM Burton, Derby and Sutton Coldfield
  raised £400 for Children in Need by tackling an assault course. They spent an hour and a half on the course and rated the
  scramble...

• Wembley pays for heart equipment
  25

  Wembley pays for heart equipment
  THE BRITISH HEART
  FOUNDATION has taken
  heart from the efforts of Doris
  CarroH and staff at Wembley.
  Together they raised £1050
  by holding jumble sales, raffles
  and making and selling...

• Appointments
  26

  Appointments
  DAVID BRIDGER, from
  deputy manager, Thorley, to
  manager, Haverhill.
  Alisdair Currie, from manager,
  Bedminster, to manager,
  Clifton Down.
  Stephen Dadson, from manager.
  Forest Hill, to...

• Long Service
  26

  Long Service
  JS employees who have completed
  40 years' service are:
  BILL MACQUILLAN, manager
  of motor engineers, Buntingford
  depot.
  Percy Brearey, produce manager,
  Southgate.
  Norman 'Stan' Payne, meat
  manager. New...

• Obituary
  26

  Obituary
  (Length of service in brackets):
  JACK DYSON, leading store
  service assistant at Broadfield,
  died suddenly on June 8, aged 64
  (9 years).
  Ann McDermott, part time
  senior supermarket assistant at
  Birkenhead, died on...

• Retirements
  26

  Retirements
  (Length of service in brackets)
  HAROLD TYLEY, deputy
  meat manager, Kingsbury (39
  years).
  Kenneth Woolnough, manager,
  Streatham (39 years).
  Ted Ashton, driver, Charlton
  depot (36 years),
  John Bardrick, meat...

• Cashiers of former years
  27

  Cashiers of former years
  THIS MONTH the Journal announced the
  results of the company's district Cashier of
  the Year Competition.
  Cashiers at JS have a long and distinguished
  history, as these two photographs
  show. The...

• Writelines
  27

  WRITELINES
  It's in
  the bag
  From: Esther Wrigley, supermarket
  assistant, Christchurch
  branch.
  Oh Mr Sainsbury whatever
  shall we do
  The customers think we're
  'orrible
  (and they don't think much of
  you!)
  Please can I have...

• FLANTASTIC MUSHROOMS
  28

  FLANTASTIC MUSHROOMS
  When you think of
  mushrooms, do you think of
  bacon, egg and mushrooms,
  or chicken and mushroom
  pie?
  Well, think again. These
  new mushroom flans are a
  delicious variation on this
  humble fungus.
  Using...

• GREAT KEBABS 'UN IT
  28

  GREAT KEBABS 'UN IT
  A perfect accompaniment t o
  those sausages and
  beefburgers sizzling on the
  barbecue, are these new
  English pork kebabs.
  They comprise tender pieces of English pork w i t h
  red and green peppers and
  are...

• OOH LA LAGER
  28

  OOH LA LAGER
  Bi^re D'Alsace is a new
  premium French lager,
  brewed using traditional
  methods by a family
  brewery on the outskirts of
  Strasbourg, Alsace. A light
  refreshing lager, i t is a
  perfect accompaniment t o
  any...

• WHO SAYS NO JACKET REQUIRED?
  28

  WHO SAYS NO JACKET REQUIRED?
  . . . And here w e have
  Penelope Potato introducing
  the new malt vinegar
  flavoured Jacket Potato
  Crisps. A welcome change
  from salt and vinegar crisps, they are available in 152
  stores priced at...