'JS Journal', October 1988

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• A man with designs on JS packaging
  02

  A man with designs on JS packaging
  STEVEN GRAVELLE has
  been appointed design manager,
  to succeed Peter Dixon who
  retires at the end of this month.
  He will report to Mike Conolly,
  director of marketing.
  Steven Gravelle...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-7
  News
  Page 8
  How to buy a better environment — following the green code
  Page 9-12
  Openings
  — Wimbledon Homebase
  — Bromley
  — Croydon
  — Hatfield Homebase
  Page 13
  A sculpture for Swansea
  Page 14-15
  Tim-ber! It's...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  NEVER MIND THE OLYMPICS,
  Homebase has featured
  its own track and field stars
  this month. Wimbledon footballers
  visited the new store
  there to pick the winners of the
  opening competition to win a
  season ticket to...

• Savacentre searches for staff of 1,000
  02

  Savacentre searches for staff of 1,000
  WITH 1,000 VACANCIES to
  fill at its new store due to open
  in Merton next February,
  Savacentre launched a huge
  recruitment drive in August.
  Personnel and training and
  recruitment staff...

• Scanning now in 200 stores
  02

  Scanning now in 200 stores
  A NEW MILESTONE in the introduction of electronic point
  of sale (EPoS) technology has been passed with the 200th
  supermarket commencing scanning at its checkouts, enhancing
  the company's huge lead in...

• Directors in top level changes
  03

  Directors in top level changes
  THE CHAIRMAN
  announced a number
  of important new
  a p p o i n t m e n t s at
  director level on
  October 6.
  COLIN HARVEY will be
  appointed to the JS board in
  the late summer of 1989,...

• Couple cruises off with prize
  04

  Couple cruises off with prize
  A PRIZE OF a holiday cruise on t l ie Norway fjords was
  presented to Owen and Eileen Measures by Branksome
  Homebase manager. Bob Wingell. They were the winners
  of the longest day prize draw which...

• Fast reaction from first aiders saves life
  04

  Fast reaction from first aiders saves life
  HOW WOULD YOU COPE in
  an emergency? Staff at Christchurch
  recently proved themselves
  miraculously quick
  thinking.
  When an 84 year old customer,
  Miss Champion, collapsed
  in the...

• New boards grab attention
  04

  New boards grab attention
  KEEP AN EYE on the walls of
  staff areas in branches over the
  next few weeks. Plans are underway
  for a faceUft that will not
  only improve the look of things
  but will also make...

• New structure is an award winner
  05

  New structure is an award winner
  Left to right: J im Muttram, Super Marketing editor; David Clapham, and Tony Garvey of Dairy
  Crest. THE NEW MANAGEMENT
  STRUCTURE
  has won Super Marketing
  magazine's Grocery
  Trade Award for...

• Store rises like a phoenix from the ashes
  05

  Store rises like a phoenix from the ashes
  JUST THREE WEEKS after Tewkesbury Road was ravaged
  by a fire, which caused around £1V2 million worth of damage,
  the store re-opened in pristine condition. Staff worked with...

• Drivers keep up safety record for 400 years
  06

  Drivers keep up safety record for 400 years
  'I'VE NEVER SEEN so many
  safe miles clocked up by so
  few,' said the Royal Society for
  the Prevention of Accidents
  (ROSPA) national manager,
  Dennis Rawlings.
  Nineteen drivers...

• Your choice of shares
  06

  Your choice of shares
  THIS MONTH you will have
  the opportunity to join the
  m a n y t h o u s a n d s of
  employees already saving to
  buy shares in JS, as a further
  offer is to be made under the
  Savings Related Share...

• Flashy sponsors
  07

  Flashy sponsors
  IN ADDITION TO sponsoring
  the National Youth
  Theatre JS gives sponsorship
  to the National Theatre Studio
  — the NT's experimental wing
  — where performers, directors
  and writers work together to
  develop...

• Geoff topples his own caber tossing record
  07

  Geoff topples his own caber tossing record
  LAUNCHING HOMEBASE'S
  new range of quality timber
  turned out to be a record
  breaking event for the world's
  strongest man, Geoff Capes.
  Geoff, who is the World
  Highland Games Caber...

• Staff back US coast to coast run
  07

  Staff back US coast to coast run
  THANKS TO JS STAFF 15 marathon runners will be pounding 3,000 miles of road, desert
  tracks and mountain paths between New York and Los Angeles to raise £250,000 for the British
  Heart...

• JS MAKES IT GREEN FOR GO
  08

  JS PRODUCTS DON'T
  COST THE EARTH is
  not just another way of
  saying Good Food Costs
  Less at Sainsbury's. It
  also means tlie company
  is taking a lead in
  environmental issues.
  And recently the JS approach to what...

• Homebase opening—Wimbledon
  09

  WIMBLEDON Wimbledon can now
  be proud of a brand
  new Homebase store
  as well a's an FA Cup
  winning football
  team. And the
  management team at
  the store is homegrown
  talent. Each
  member began his or
  her career on...

• Branch opening—Bromley
  10

  Bromley, which is home to the South Eastern
  area office, now has a new store with three times
  the space of its old branch. Crowds of customers
  turned up to view the new store which features
  wall panels depicting local...

• Branch opening—Croydon
  11

  CROYDON
  The new store in Croydon (Purley Way) has
  everything from newspapers and flowers to a
  coffee shop and petrol station. It keeps up the
  tradition of excellence established during JS's
  historic association with Croydon....

• Homebase opening—Hatfield
  12

  HATFIELD Hatfield is the 45th Homebase store, and the
  seventh to open this year. As part of the opening
  day promotion the store offered a number of items
  at a reduction of 25 per cent. 1. Stylish store.
  2. Smart service.
  3....

• SCULPTURE WILL MAKE A SPLASH IN SWANSEA
  13

  SCULPTURE WILL MAKE A SPLASH IN SWANSEA
  'FLYING FIGUREHEAD', by David Backhouse, is tiie
  winning entry in the Swansea Maritime Sculpture Competition.
  The competition was created by JS and Swansea City
  Council as the ideal...

• A TALE OF GOOD WOOD THAT STARTS WITH THE FINNISH
  14

  ONCE UPON A TIME
  in the far-oiT, frozen
  forests of Karelia there
  lived beautiful spruce
  and pine trees that grew
  so slowly they became
  famous in countries
  1,500 miles away.
  It may sound like a
  fairy story but the new...

• THEY HAD A TICKET TO RIDE
  16

  THEY HAD A TICKET TO RIDE
  The sun rose over Alton Towers at the beginning
  of a gloriously sunny day and SSA coaches
  appeared on the horizon.
  Armed with packed lunches and an iron will,
  the 6,707 JS day trippers faced white...

• THE BEAT GOES ON
  17

  THE BEAT GOES ON
  STAFF FROM all over the company have thrown
  themselves heart and soul into fundraising for the company's adopted charity, the British Heart
  Foundation. Here are the colourful highlights. AMONGST THE...

• JS HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME - STRESS
  18

  JS HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME
  STRESS
  Most people look on stress as an important cause of heart disease, and it can certainly
  have a dramatic effect on our lives. Inability to cope with stress can sap our confidence
  and drain...

• Cambridge Children's Hospice
  20

  AS THE RESULT of a collection outside Coldhams Lane, staff
  were able to hand over
  £500 to the Cambridge
  Children's Hospice. The
  presentation was made
  to a representative of the
  Hospice by Richard
  Cowers, store manager.

• Cat-astrophic
  20

  THIS CUSTOMER knows it
  would be cat-astrophic if he
  shopped anywhere else but
  Homebase. Or is he a new
  brand of pest controller?

• Dwarfs are not short of funds
  20

  Dwarfs are not short of funds
  'HI-HO, HI-HO, it's off to
  Crystal Palace we go ...' Doc,
  Happy and Bashful (alias
  Sonia Cole, Vikki Coad and
  Susan Fallon, who are
  members of staff) collected
  £310 for the British...

• Simple bear necessities
  20

  Simple bear necessities
  STAFF ALWAYS 'panda' to
  customers' needs, and at
  Keighley this is certainly the
  case.
  A recent World Wildlife
  Fund collection outside the
  store inspired one of the collectors
  to dress up as the...

• Hats off to knockout team
  21

  Hats off to knockout team
  IT'S A KNOCKOUT may not
  be on our screens any longer,
  but it's certainly thriving in
  Leamington.
  This JS team entered the^
  local competition to help raise
  funds for the British Olympic
  Appeal, to...

• LEIGH MARVEN
  21

  LEIGH MARVEN, an 18 year
  old skilled supermarket assistant
  at Braintree, celebrated
  the anniversary of his lifesaving
  heart and lung operation
  recently.
  He waited 16 months on the
  shortlist for the operation at
  Papworth...

• Relay runners cover 60 miles
  21

  Relay runners cover 60 miles
  SIX DRIVERS FROM
  Basingstoke depot raised £350
  when they ran a 60 mile relay
  race, in aid of Guide Dogs for
  the Blind Association.
  Thirty four teams entered the gruelling cross country
  event,...

• Depot sets a project for local school
  22

  Depot sets a project for local school
  'OUR SCHOOL IN 25 years'
  time' was the theme for a local
  JS art and essay competition
  run by the Richard Aldworth
  School in Basingstoke as part
  of their silver jubilee...

• Runners are well insured
  22

  Runners are well insured
  LYNNE MOORE, who works
  on the evening shift at
  Sonthport, organised a fun run
  recently to raise cash for
  Cancer Research.
  Lynne who had never
  embarked upon such a task
  before, said:
  'Everything...

• Stephen gives thanks for lucky baby Laura
  22

  Stephen gives thanks for lucky baby Laura
  CAST YOUR MINDS BACK
  to the January/February issue
  of the Journal and an item
  about Stephen Ford, grocery
  manager at London Road, who
  was trying to raise £1,0()0 for
  his local baby...

• YTS fund raising reaches a peak
  22

  YTS fund raising reaches
  a peak
  EIGHT YTS TRAINEES from various stores in the West
  Midlands scaled the heights of Snowdon and raised £4000 for
  leukaemia research. The teenagers' tutor, Corinna Proffitt, said:
  'They all did...

• Bowthorpe's best effort yet
  23

  Bowthorpe's best effort yet
  BOWTHORPE STAFF raised
  £1,747 through various events
  recently. Staff are seen here
  presenting £747 to Green
  Deserts, which raises money to plant trees in the Sudan. The
  remaining £1,000 went to...

• News
  23

  BRIAN LOWER, manager at
  Haywards Heath, lost a night's
  sleep during the ITV Telethon
  and helped raise £182.50. Staff
  sponsored him to 'man' a telephone
  at TVS in Southampton
  and a Telethon t-shirt was
  raffled to boost the...

• St David's Hospice
  23

  ROD GWYNLLYW, customer
  service manager at Newport,
  presented a cheque for
  £250 to the St David's Hospice
  for the care of cancer patients.
  He raised the money through
  sponsorship when he ran the
  London Marathon.

• They're the biggest shoppers in town
  23

  They're the biggest shoppers in town
  KING'S LYNN MANAGER, Peter Longstaff, is seen here helping
  Gill Starling and Gill Thompson with their shopping. But this
  enterprising pair aren't ordinary customers.
  For a small fee, they...

• Croydon - the perfect place for pioneering
  24

  Croydon - the perfect place for pioneering
  CROYDON HAS A
  special place in JS's
  history. The very first
  store outside London
  opened in Croydon in
  1882; the first JS self-
  service store opened
  there in 1950, and in
  1969...

• Appointments
  26

  Appointments
  PETER CARR, from manager,
  Kingswood, to manager,
  Colchester Avenue.
  Peter Feenan, from manager,
  68 Croydon, to manager,
  Haywards Heath.
  Paul Gaylor, from deputy
  manager, Stratton, to...

• Long service
  26

  Long service
  Employees who have completed
  40 years' service are:
  ROBERT HAYDAY, area
  engineer, central & western
  area.
  Mick Kernaghan, motor
  engineer, Buntingford depot. Ron Plyer, maintenance
  engineer, Buntingford...

• Love match in South London
  26

  Love match in South London
  MARK DESMOND, deputy manager, Streatham and Sarah
  Brooke, office section manager at Purley, were married recently
  at St John's Church in Old Coulsdon.

• Obituaries
  26

  Obituaries
  (Length of service in brackets):
  BILL ALLARD, aged 62, despatch
  and returns supervisor at
  Charlton depot, died suddenly
  on September 20 (31 years).
  Yvonne Balchin, aged 35,
  senior supermarket assistant...

• Retirements
  26

  Retirements
  (Length of service in brackets J.­CHARLES
  HEWITT, meat
  manager, West Bromwich (35
  years).
  Harold Atter, leading meat
  trades assistant, Bexhill (34
  years).
  Derek Hopkins, leading meat
  trades assistant, Pitsea...

• The force is with us
  27

  The force is with us
  IF THE JOKE about the size
  of a policeman's shoes is true,
  it's going to be a tough job for
  Alan Young to get his feet
  under the desk in his new role
  as company security advisor.
  Alan joined JS last...

• Writelines
  27

  WRITELINES
  Unfair to
  veterans?
  From: John Hebberd, manager,
  Hemel Hempstead
  The company takes great pride
  in the fact that it has many
  long serving employees and
  one only has to attend the 25
  Club to appreciate...

• GATEAU HAS A GRATE FINISH
  28

  GATEAU HAS A GRATE FINISH
  Sheer indulgence is this new nut meringue
  gateau, priced at £1.85. Layers of meringue
  and dairy fresh cream with a sprinkling of
  grated chocolate on top make up this
  mouth-watering delight....

• OWN BRAND BRANDIES
  28

  OWN BRAND BRANDIES
  Two new brandies have
  been introduced into 120
  stores.
  Calvados is an apple
  brandy, matured for over
  five years. It has an intense
  aroma of ripe apples. Cost is £9.95 for 70cl.
  Spanish Brandy is the...

• SALAD DAYS FOR ALL SEASONS
  28

  SALAD DAYS FOR ALL SEASONS
  Although summer has been
  and gone (without
  anybody noticing it!) those
  salad days are not yet past.
  Chicken and water
  chestnut salad, along with
  prawn and pasta salad and
  broccoli, courgette...

• TEACHING TODDLERS IS FUN
  28

  TEACHING TODDLERS IS FUN
  This autumn sees the
  introduction of a new range
  of children's books into the
  JS range.
  They vary from story
  books to educational books. teaching children to
  recognise different sorts of
  animals...