'JS Journal', March 1989

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-6
  Headlines
  Page 7
  Part-time or fulltime, there's a JS pension for you
  Page 8
  Haverhill Meat Products is growing into the 90s
  Page 9
  Branch opening — East Filton
  Page 10-11
  Report on senior management conference
  Page...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  AS THE JOURNAL went to
  press the company was in the
  middle of two recordbreaking
  weeks, with six
  stores and one Savacentre
  (appearing as a taster on the
  cover of this issue) due to
  open by March 14....

• 'Green' products given clear sign
  02

  'Green' products given clear sign
  A NEW SYMBOL has been
  introduced in stores to help customers
  identify 'green' products
  more clearly.
  All environmentally friendly
  products sold are labelled by
  special shelf-edge tickets...

• Supermarkets unite to clear up food safety confusion
  02

  Supermarkets unite to clear up food safety confusion
  JS HAS JOINED five other leading food retailers —
  ASDA, Gateway, Morrisons, Safeway and Tesco — to
  sponsor a new Food Safety Advisory Centre.
  The Centre which was...

• JS wins top award for saving energy
  03

  JS wins top award for saving energy
  BURPHAM STORE has been
  hailed as the most energyefficient
  large building in the
  UK.
  The store, on the outskirts of
  Guildford, was entered for the
  Beta awards as being typical,
  in its...

• New personnel structure
  03

  New personnel structure
  JOHN ADSHEAD joined the
  JS board on February 27 and
  assumed responsibility for personnel.
  He came to JS from Bankers
  Trust where he was director,
  human resources. Prior to that
  he was senior vice...

• New Baron Sainsbury enters the house
  04

  New Baron Sainsbury enters the house
  ON JANUARY 31 the chairman
  was introduced to the
  Lords as Baron Sainsbury of
  Preston Candover. He was supported
  by his father Lord Sainsbury
  (Mr Alan) and non
  executive director of JS,...

• Newspaper helps JS find 'Wine Taster of the Year'
  04

  Newspaper helps JS find 'Wine Taster of the Year'
  IS THE CABERNET Sauvignon
  grape chalky, stalky or
  fruity? JS and The Daily Telegraph
  are looking for a crop of
  amateur wine tasters who would
  know.
  The Wine Taster of the...

• JS helps to fill 'gap' in bakery training
  05

  JS helps to fill 'gap' in bakery training
  A BRAND NEW City &
  Guilds course in Instore
  Bakery has been introduced
  thanks to JS.
  Following criticism from
  some national grocery chains
  that bakers' training was out
  of step...

• News
  05

  • SUPERMARKETING
  MAGAZINE launched its
  competition for cashiers —
  'Checkout Assistant of the Year
  1989' — in January.
  All JS cashiers have been
  encouraged to enter and nomination
  procedures have been set
  up by BPIMs...

• Soviets see for themselves
  05

  Soviets see for themselves
  WHEN A TOP level delegation
  of Russian economic
  policy-makers came to Britain
  for a week of trade talks with
  British government ministers,
  they made a special request to
  visit a Sainsbury's depot...

• Brenda tells everyone about easy giving
  06

  Brenda tells everyone about easy giving
  SUPERMARKET ASSISTANT
  at Archer Road, Sheffield,
  Brenda Savage, is helping
  BACUP to encourage workers
  everywhere to donate money to
  them through the payroll giving
  schemes.
  BACUP...

• Contract engineers now train in-house
  06

  Contract engineers now train in-house
  DUE TO INCREASED use of
  outside contractors to service
  and maintain the branch
  computing and scanning system
  (BCAS) a specially designed
  course for area engineers and
  c o n t r a c t o...

• Enter the 'healthy' competition
  06

  Enter the 'healthy' competition
  HOLIDAYS ARE good for
  your health. But don't forget
  there is danger in the sun's
  strong rays. Skin cancer in
  Britain is becoming more
  common, perhaps because
  more people are going to...

• Proposed store at Poole gets go ahead
  06

  Proposed store at Poole gets go ahead
  PICTURED LEFT is the visual
  of a new store for a former
  brickworks site at Talbot Heath,
  Poole. The proposal has been
  given planning consent.
  The proposed supermarket
  will employ over...

• PENSIONS FOR ALL
  07

  PENSIONS FOR ALL
  THE COMPANY has been aware for
  some time that many part-time
  employees would welcome the opportunity
  to secure the benefits of joining
  the JS Pension Scheme. It was decided,
  however, to defer a decision on...

• HMP EXPANDS FOR THE 90s
  08

  HMP EXPANDS FOR THE 90s
  THE NEWLY BUILT cooked cuts plant at Haverhill Meat Products
  (HMP) has recently completed production trials and is set to meet
  production demands in the 90s.The new 30,140 sq ft plant cost £4...

• Branch opening—East Filton
  09

  EAST FILTON
  The first JS store to open in 1989 was a fourth Sainsbury's for
  Bristol and the queue almost reached the M4. New features
  included trolley lockers for coffee shop customers. Opening date: 24 January 1989 Address:...

• A QUALITY CONFERENCE
  10

  SENIOR MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE EASTBOURNE A RECORD 200 DELEGATES gathered for the biannual senior management
  conference held on January 29 and 30 at the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne.
  The chairman and directors of JS, departmental...

• Pull out guide to senior management
  12

  SENIOR MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE EASTBOURNE 1989 KEY
  1 Brian Fell, district
  manager, Northern area
  2 Bob Gibson,
  manager, fresh food
  specialists
  3 Graham Naylor,
  district manager. South
  Western area
  4 Bill...

• IT'S CLEAN, IT'S FRESH, IT'S SCIENTIFIC
  15

  CONTAMINATED FOOD is the most frightening
  'phrase in the grocery business. Words like 'salmonella'
  and 'listeria' don't exactly do much for the
  appetite either. But, unless you've been locked in a
  castle dungeon for the past...

• FANCY WAYS TO RAISE FUNDS
  17

  FANCY WAYS TO RAISE FUNDS
  AFTER A YEAR of much hard fund raising in aid of
  the British Heart Foundation, there has been a last
  minute push to boost the final total, which will be
  announced at a later date.
  Here is just a...

• HOW TO GIVE UP WITHOUT GIVING IN
  18

  HOW TO GIVE UP WITHOUT GIVING IN
  March 8th was National No Smoking Day for 1989 its message
  was helping people who want to stop smoking, break out of the
  habit, not just for the day, but for good.
  Here are some useful tips to...

• Two hobbies which are not done by halves
  19

  ADRIAN TAKES TO THE KAYAK TRAIL
  IT'S STRANGE that the com-
  pany's deputy transport manager,
  Adrian Coombs, prefers a canoe
  to any other form of transport.
  He's not suggesting that
  deliveries be made by canoe (after all,...

• Cheque for children's cancer fund
  20

  Cheque for children's cancer fund
  AFTER MANY fiand raising
  events in 1988 Kingswood
  handed over a cheque for £550
  to the Cancer and Leukaemia
  in Childhood Trust (CLIC).
  CLIC is a Bristol based
  charity which assists...

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY
  20

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY to
  Worle'. Staff who were at the
  branch on opening day and are
  still there, celebrated ten years
  of trading recently with a trip
  to a cabaret club in London.
  Staff are pictured before setting
  off on their...

• How the toy fair went soft on Geoff
  20

  How the toy fair went soft on Geoff
  BELIEVE IT or not, Geoff
  Capes, one of the world's
  strongest men, is hidden under
  this pile of big softies. He was
  at the British International
  Toy and Hobby Fair at Earls
  Court in London...

• New season's rainwear
  20

  NINE MONTH OLD

• Stand up ten pin bowlers
  20

  Stand up ten pin bowlers
  TEN PIN bowling is a very popular activity and the ten pin
  bowling league at Homebase provides the company with its
  largest social activity.
  Over 750 people from 12 stores have attended the matches
  in...

• Customer comes back to say thanks for caring
  21

  Customer comes back to say thanks for caring
  ARNOLD CUSTOMER
  Doreen Sidebotham left the
  store with a frown, but came
  back with a smile of thanks for
  staff the following day.
  Checkout supervisor, Marie
  Walton, and reception...

• Dagenham does it for the dogs
  21

  Dagenham does it for the dogs
  PICTURED HERE are staff
  and management at Dagenham
  presenting £418.23 to Janet
  Bedford with guide dog Bess and Ron Baker, President of
  the Havering branch of Guide
  Dogs for the Blind, which...

• Lancaster's treat for local children
  21

  Lancaster's treat for local children
  SIX MEMBERS of staflf from
  Lancaster took part in a
  gruelling 24 hour pool
  marathon and raised £130 to
  spend on children from two
  local children's homes. The
  company added a further...

• Calling all saucepan lids
  22

  Calling all saucepan lids
  LAST MONTH the Journal announced its competition
  for children of JS employees — The Young JS Cook of
  the Year. Personnel managers in all locations have entry
  forms and a set of rules. But just to...

• THE SAINSBURY'S School of Learning!
  22

  THE SAINSBURY'S School
  of Learning! That's what
  Maidenhead became for a day
  when 16 children from Braywood
  School paid a visit. The children were learning
  about food through various
  activities, in and out of the
  classroom....

• Appointments
  23

  Appointments
  Frederick Barrett, from manager,
  Newcastle underLyme to
  manager, Northwich.
  Robert Bradford, from manager.
  Putney to manager,
  Belgrave Road, Leicester.
  David Buddin, from manager,
  Fulham to...

• Long service
  23

  Long service
  Employees who have completed
  40 years' service are:
  Stanley Gunster, meat manager,
  Aylesbury.
  Employees who have completed
  25 years' service are:
  Jim Doherty, chargehand,
  Charlton depot.
  Gertrude Hoskins,...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  (Length of service in brackets)
  George Bone, aged 56, section
  manager — fish at Kingsway,
  died on January 14 after a long
  illness (one year).
  Jim Fullbrook, aged 51, foreman,
  drivers' report centre,
  Charlton...

• Retirements
  23

  Retirements
  (Length of service in brackets)
  Doug Cousins, quality controller,
  Buntingford depot (38
  years).
  Lawrence Blackmore, warehouse
  manager, Buntingford
  depot (36 years).
  Aleksander Jasinski,...

• Writelines
  23

  Fair share
  From: R J Hall, employee
  services administrator, Buntingford
  depot.
  As a company, we appear to
  take great pride in producing
  figures for employees, such as
  where each percentage of our
  profit is spent, what...

• When JS rode the Milky Way
  24

  IT IS EASY TO FORGET
  when running for the
  7.44am from Amersham to
  Marylebone, that the
  impact of the railways upon JS has been
  rather more than getting Blackfriars
  commuters to their desks each morning.
  When John James...

• BUYERS ARE BUSY BEES
  25

  BUYERS ARE BUSY BEES
  Buyers have looked far and wide to find the new pure
  set honeys — one from Australia, one front Mexico. At
  79p, they come in handy, square plastic (PET) jars and
  are available in approximately 100...

• NEW COTTAGE INDUSTRY
  25

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• RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB
  25

  RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB
  A new range of own label
  kitchen utensils has been
  launched. The handy gadgets
  like melon bailers and apple corers have a smart black
  handle. Priced between £1.25
  and £2.50, they are available...

• SQUIRREL'S HORDE
  25

  SQUIRREL'S HORDE
  We tested the natural roasted
  cashew nuts on Sammy the
  Squirrel, who ventured out of
  his tree to nibble a few. He liked
  them so much, he did his party
  trick and balanced the cashews
  on his tail. And as soon...

• VEGETARIAN VARIETY
  25

  Two new Vegetarian dishes
  are the new vegetable chilli
  flan and vegetable roll. The
  flan (£1.29) has a crisp
  pastry case filled with
  vegetables in a chilli sauce and the roll (96p) contains
  tomatoes, lentils,...