'JS Journal', January/February 1989

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• A LIFE PEERAGE FOR SIR JOHN
  02

  A LIFE PEERAGE FOR SIR JOHN
  Sir Roy Griffiths, non-executive deputy chairman,
  writes on the occasion of Sir John
  Sainsbury becoming a life peer. 'Some announcements are
  simply awaited. The only question
  relates to the timing....

• CHAIRMAN SPEAKS TO FOOD AND FARMING PRESS
  02

  AT DECEMBER'S Royal
  Smithfield Show, the chairman
  was invited by the Guild of
  Agricultural Journalism to give
  the Royal Smithfield Show
  Lecture. This prestigious
  lecture takes place as part of
  the show which covers...

• APOLOGIES
  04

  APOLOGIES TO Savacentre's
  Merton store director, John
  Hayler, and Basildon store
  director, Ray Hayne, whose
  names were incorrectly spelt in
  the December issue.

• Celebrating 40 years of service
  04

  Celebrating 40 years of service
  THIRTY THREE people
  gathered at the Howard Hotel,
  London, on January 9 to celebrate
  a total of 600 years' service
  with JS.
  The years had been put in by
  15 of those present. They and
  their...

• Contents Page
  04

  Page 2-3
  A peerage for the chairman
  Page 4-7
  Headlines
  Page 8-9
  The sweetest sounds around from the Sainsbury's Choir of the Year competition
  Page 10-12
  Openings
  — Weedon Road
  — Camden Town
  — Walsgrave Homebase
  Page...

• Frontline
  04

  FRONTLINE
  HAVING JUST got used
  to writing 1989 on our
  cheques, we are already
  looking forward to how
  the company will look in
  1990. As we went to press,
  the whole of JS's senior
  management was gathering
  at Eastbourne for...

• Homebase appointment
  04

  Homebase appointment
  PAUL SHOEMAKER, formerly
  store manager at Romford
  Homebase, has been
  appointed regional manager
  designate. He commences his
  new role early in the new
  financial year when the company's
  stores will be...

• Energy saving generates award
  05

  Energy saving generates award
  THE COMPANY HAS
  received a 1988 Gas Energy
  Management (GEM) award
  from British Gas Southern for
  an energy conservation project
  at Basingstoke depot.
  The project involved
  converting an oil...

• Health initiatives rewarded
  05

  Health initiatives rewarded
  JS HAS SCORED a double
  first in Keighley for taking
  health initiatives.
  The store is the first food
  business in Keighley to gain the
  Bradford Council's Heartbeat
  Award, and is the first in...

• JS funds bus for the disabled
  05

  JS funds bus for
  the disabled
  THE LONDON Borough of Camden is running a unique
  shopping bus service for the disabled thanks to a
  substantial donation from JS. The support covers five
  years' running costs and the purchase...

• Praise for staff efforts
  05

  Praise for staff efforts
  A STATEMENT on Christmas
  trading was made by the chairman.
  Lord Sainsbury on
  December 23. It appeared on all
  notice boards.
  The chairman thanked everyone,
  saying: 'I should like to
  congratulate all...

• Coming to the small screen
  06

  Coming to the small screen
  KEEP AN EYE on TV screens for two new Homebase commercials on
  the theme 'for good ideas, there's no place like Homebase.'
  One ad features a make believe gardening competition. The 'plot'
  revolves...

• Getting to know Grimsby
  06

  Getting to know Grimsby
  COMMUNITY LINKS with
  Grimsby were strengthened
  recently by joint managing
  director, David Quarmby,
  speaking at the annual prizegiving
  of local St James
  School.
  The town's new supermarket opened on...

• Helping the old beat cold
  06

  Helping the old beat cold
  THE BETA AWARD presented to JS by the Electricity Council for
  the most energy efficient large building in the South East (see JSJ
  November 88) is proving to be good news for sufferers of...

• Children's yogurt project to go live
  07

  Children's yogurt project to go live
  JS IS BACKING a new flavoured yogurt developed in the
  classroom by a group of Wokingham schoolchildren. The children, from Nine Mile
  Ride Primary School, created
  the marmalade yogurt...

• It's a family affair
  07

  It's a family affair
  WORKING FOR JS is a family
  tradition in the Wilson household.
  Three generations of the
  family have worked for the company.
  Left to right; Sharon, who
  works at Warwick; David junior
  who works at...

• Ministers drink to safe driving
  07

  Ministers drink to safe driving
  MINISTER FOR ROADS
  and traffic, Peter Bottomley
  and environment minister,
  Virginia Bottomley, paid a
  visit to Ladbroke Grove just
  before Christmas to promote
  low and non-alcoholic drinks.
  As...

• CHOIRS SING FOR THEIR SUPPER
  08

  CHOIRS SING FOR THEIR SUPPER
  NOW THE VOICES have faded away and we can announce that the
  Sainsbury's Choir of the Year 1988 is the Vasari Singers from
  Dulwich, London; the Sainsbury's Youth Choir of the Year is the
  Chamber...

• Branch opening—Camden Town
  10

  Opening date: 12 December 1988
  Aiirt-raggr 14 Kentish Town Road, Camden Town, London NWl
  Opened by: Joint managing director, Joe Barnes
  ' ISanager: Rodney WooUiscroft: Staff: 433 (390 new jobs)
  Sales area: 30,883 sqft Car...

• Branch opening—Weedon Road
  10

  WEEDON ROAD Northampton's 52 year
  association w i t h JS looks set to
  continue long into the future. The
  town's new 'high tech' store is
  equipped w i t h all the most
  modern JS technology including
  facilities for customers...

• Homebase opening—Walsgrave
  12

  WALSGRAVE
  Residents of Walsgrave were given a Christmas present far too
  big to fit into a stocicing — a brand new Homebase store.
  Cracicers containing mystery gifts popped everywhere as Santa
  dropped in to give away a...

• POSITIVE STEPS FOR INNER CITY TRAINING
  13

  AT PRE-RECRUITMENT
  training programme, set
  up during the twelve
  months before the opening
  of Ladbroke Grove,
  has won a National
  Training Award for JS.
  Local unemployment in
  'inner city' North Kensington
  was averaging 17...

• AFTER THE FIRE . . .
  14

  AFTER THE FIRE . . .
  AS THE SHUTTERS went down on 1988 and the Journal looked back over its
  year, one story demanded a closer look.
  Regular readers may remember the report In October 88's JS Journal of the
  fire at Tewkesbury...

• LOOK WHAT'S COOKING
  16

  THE SEARCH FOR Sainsbury's
  Young Cook of
  Britain has begun.
  The competition was
  launched before members of
  the press by deputy chairman,
  David Sainsbury, and
  television presenter, Sarah
  Kennedy.
  Four young hopeful...

• A SAUCE YOU CAN'T REFUSE
  18

  A SAUCE YOU CAN'T REFUSE
  JUST THE (Italian) job!
  Unlike many 'Italian' sauces
  on the market, the new
  Classic Italian Sauce range
  is actually made in Italy.
  There are three varieties:
  traditional; w i t h
  mushrooms, and w i...

• CURL UP WITH A TREAT
  18

  CURL UP WITH A TREAT
  NEW BITE-SIZED Curls are
  the answer to every sweettoothed
  nibblers' dream.
  Milk chocolate coated
  sponge with toffee or
  orange flavour filling.
  Available in 156 stores, they
  are priced at 69p for a...

• DRIVE CAREFULLY
  18

  DRIVE CAREFULLY
  THIS IS THE time of the year
  when motorists need to pay
  special attention to their
  jalopies, bangers, jam jars,
  tanks, and yes, even their
  cars! That's why Homebase
  has launched a car care
  range, including...

• ESCAPE THE DRAUGHT
  18

  DRAUGHTS can be excluded
  with the new domestic
  insulation products from
  Homebase. The range offers
  everything, from letterbox
  draught excluder (£2.49) and
  rolls of insulation for
  surrounding doors and
  windows, to door...

• JS HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME
  19

  JS HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME Left: These leaflets are available in confidence
  from personnel managers in all
  locations.
  Right: Danielle Douglas, programme coordinator
  (left) and Christine Jones,
  assistant area personnel...

• Hair today — gone tomorrow
  20

  Hair today — gone
  BUNTINGFORD DEPOT
  DRIVER, Gavin Little,
  sacrificed his good looks on New
  Year's Eve to give a brighter
  outlook for 1989 to some children
  close to the hearts of the
  transport department.
  Jubilee House, a...

• Woman chooses Liz as a model mum
  20

  Woman chooses Liz as a model mum
  LIZ BROWN, Epsom's customer
  service section manager, is
  a special woman.
  Liz was chosen by Woman
  magazine to appear in their
  'Woman of the Week' feature in
  November, where she was
  described...

• Blockbusters go for gold
  21

  Blockbusters go for gold
  TWO STUDENTS from
  Taunton branch had the Midas
  touch recently when they took
  part in the television quiz
  show. Blockbusters. Sara Goddard
  and Emma Jackson managed
  five gold runs and in
  addition to...

• CAT that got the cheque
  21

  CAT that got the cheque
  STANWAY RAISED £470
  recently for the CAT (Cancer
  Scan Appeal). Carol Fowler
  and Ann Trott, both store
  instructors, drew a large cat,
  divided it into squares, sold
  each one and the winning
  square...

• Driver wins award for bravery
  21

  Driver wins award for bravery
  AN HEROIC DEED by a
  driver from Charlton depot has
  won him the High Sheriff of
  London Award.
  Robert Cashin was returning
  to the depot when he noticed
  what appeared to be a scuffle
  between a...

• Look who's on the menu
  21

  Look who's on the menu
  CAMDEN TOWN'S management
  team has turned into a
  sweet bunch thanks to the
  creative skills of bakery section
  manager, Louise Roberts.
  Louise, who studied bakery
  for three years at Ashtonunder-
  Lyne...

• Cop a load of this!
  22

  Cop a load of this!
  THE FAIREST COP of them
  all turned up to apprehend a
  cheque for £1,449.50 as it proceeded
  in a southerly direction
  from Buntingford depot to the
  Wishing Well Appeal at Gt
  Ormond Street.
  TV's Glynis...

• When shopping is a drag
  22

  When shopping is a drag
  WHEN DAME Doris Trot went
  on a shopping trip to Redhill, the
  staff were more than a little
  perplexed. Especially as the
  Dame had taken the Princess, the
  King and Daisy the Cow with her!
  But there was...

• Blind date anyone?
  23

  Blind date anyone?
  DO YOU WANT a lorra,
  lorra laffs? Are you single and
  over 18? (What is this?) Are
  you lively, witty and enthusiastic
  with a great sense of fun?
  OK, who wants to go on Blind
  Date?
  Cilia is up to her old...

• Bradford bags them young
  23

  Bradford bags them young
  BRADFORD TAKES the
  prospect of the shortage of
  management in the 90's very
  seriously. So deputy manager,
  Joe Thurley, went on a 'catch
  'em young' recruitment drive,
  and gave a guided tour of...

• CRACK A JOKE COMPETITION
  23

  CALLING ALL COMEDIANS! Cast your minds back to Christmas
  day the turkey, the cranberry sauce the crackers. How many
  can honestly say the jokes in their crackers were worthy of a snigger or
  a smile, or anything other than an...

• Manager is an angel
  23

  Manager is an angel
  STAFF AT Newcastle-under-
  Lyme raised £77 for Children
  in Need by betting the newly
  appointed manager, Mark
  Smith, that he wouldn't dress
  up as an angel. Taking up the
  gauntlet (or should that be...

• A bright new baker
  24

  A bright new baker
  TRAINEE BAKER Simon
  McDonald has proved he's a
  'bloomin' success when it
  comes to baking.
  Simon joined the company
  as a YTS trainee three years
  ago at Hastings. He entered a
  competition at...

• Green fingers helped Wishing Well fund to grow
  24

  Green fingers helped Wishing Well fund to grow
  SOUTHEND'S STORE
  INSTRUCTOR, Vivienne Odell,
  gave the Wishing Well Appeal
  the fruits of her green fingers
  recently.
  By selling bedding plants
  raised in her...

• No break for 16 days
  24

  No break for 16 days
  HOME FOR Andy Scott, Bracknell BWS section
  manager, for 16 days, was a large shopping precinct
  auditorium. His aim was to break the existing
  snooker playing record of 366 hours 14 minutes, and
  to raise...

• Quick climb into record books
  24

  Quick climb into record books
  'CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN'
  was the song sung by
  three climbers, two of whom
  work for JS, after they had
  marched their way into the
  history books.
  David Evans (left), produce
  manager at Letchworth,...

• Long service
  25

  Long service
  Employees who have completed
  40 years' service are:
  Poppy Fox, BPM, Kettering.
  John 'Hawk-eye' Hayfleld,
  grocery manager, Perton.
  Employees who have completed
  25 years' service are:
  Roger Austin, service...

• Obituary
  25

  Obituary
  (Length of service in brackets)
  Irene Attoe, aged 54, supermarket
  assistant at Central
  Croydon, died on November 27
  after a long illness (18 years).
  Mandy Allum, aged 21,
  skilled supermarket assistant at
  Newbury,...

• Retirements
  25

  Retirements
  (Length of service in brackets):
  Desmond Butcher, perishables
  supervisor, Charlton depot (35
  years).
  Ralph Richardson, deputy
  meat manager, Wimbledon (35
  years).
  Pam Brown, senior trades
  assistant, Shirley (34...

• Writelines
  25

  New customer for Keighley
  From: June Williams, customer,
  Keighley.
  For many years now I have
  been a faithful Morrisons
  shopper and have spent a great
  deal of money in the Keighley
  store. However, about three
  months ago I...

• Basingstoke depots stiver jubilee
  26

  TWENTY FIVE years ago
  this month, the first JS
  lorry pulled out of the
  brand new Basingstoke
  depot at 8.22am precisely.
  The driver, F Brown, was
  saluted with champagne by the late N C
  Turner, company secretary, and...

• PHOTO FINISH
  28

  PHOTO FINISH
  THIS MONTH THE JOURNAL closes with a photographic flourish. These
  three entries in the colour 'Time for Leisure' section was each highly
  commended by the SSA//5 Journal photographic competition judge, Len
  Greener,...