'JS Journal', July 1989

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  Headlines
  Page 6
  Free guide through the mortgage maze
  Page 7
  About skin cancer — the JS Health Programme
  Page 8-9
  Getting to know our American cousins — a closer look at Shaw's
  Page 10-14
  Family Day — a last look...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  IT HAS TO BE SAID that
  the JournaPs French flavour
  this month is entirely
  coincidental, and we cannot
  claim to making a neatly
  topical salute to the recent
  French celebrations.
  Nevertheless, it's as good
  a time...

• MP starts Drinkwise Day at JS
  02

  MP starts Drinkwise Day at JS
  ON THE MORNING of the
  first ever National Drinkwise
  day, John Wakeham MP, Lord
  president of the Council and
  leader of the House of
  Commons, visited Nine Elms
  branch as the guest of...

• SAINSBURY'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD SCHEME
  02

  SAINSBURY'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD SCHEME
  THE JOURNAL is regularly
  fiUed with pictures of staff
  dressed up in strange clothes,
  pushing beds through the
  streets, splasiiing around in
  swimming pools or pedalling
  nowhere on...

• Employee Report wins the cup
  03

  Employee Report wins the cup
  THE EMPLOYEE REPORT
  1989 has been awarded the
  Mobile Training Cup by the
  Industrial Society.
  The society runs the
  Simplified Reporting Awards
  every year and the Mobile
  Training Cup is given for...

• New board members for Homebase
  03

  New board members for Homebase
  CHAIRMAN, LORD SAINSBURY,
  sumounced on June 20
  that development director, Ian
  Coull, and departmental director,
  non foods buying, Michael Rosen,
  had been appointed to the
  Homebase board with...

• Oldham is better brick for brick
  03

  Oldham is better brick for brick
  OLDHAM store has been named as North West Regional Winner in the Quality
  Brickwork Awards 1989. The competition is run by The Brick Development Agency and
  Building Magazine. The judges...

• 'Plymouth — The Making Of A City'
  03

  WHEN JS got together with
  Plymouth City Museum they
  created a scene of devastation!
  Visitors to the museum are
  invited to step around smoke
  and rubble in the recreation of
  the 1941 Plymouth Blitz.
  The scene forms part...

• Dennis Males celebrates a 48 year career
  04

  Dennis Males celebrates a 48 year career
  DENNIS MALES DESERVED to enjoy every one
  of the many parties and dinners held to celebrate his
  retirement as managing director of Homebase. He began his long career in
  March 1941 as a...

• Heritage society honours JS in Eltham
  04

  Heritage society honours JS in Eltham
  L to r: Jim Sherwood, Kim Skidmore and Clifford Crate. ELTHAM BRANCH MANAGER,
  Jim Sherwood, and
  BPM, Kim Skidmore, were
  guests of honour at a packed
  meeting of the Eltham Society
  on May...

• Becker's girl bags a bargain
  05

  Becker's girl bags a bargain
  THE DAILY MAIL published
  this picture of Boris Beclier's
  girlfriend, Karen Scliuitz, at the
  start of Wimbledon fortnight, and
  suggested her smile was due to
  finding herself a bargain in...

• Express editor will judge competition
  05

  Express editor will judge competition
  YOU'VE WASTED no time
  this year. Lots of you snapped
  to it as soon as we launched this
  year's SSA//5 Journal Photographic
  Competition. And
  already the standard is high.
  Judging this...

• Record breakers get leadless
  05

  Record breakers get leadless
  A RECORD-BREAKING event took place in Wolverhampton's
  car park on a recent Sunday. A 'Let's Get Leadless' day
  was sponsored by the local Express and Star with 40 mechanics
  converting cars to run on...

• Wandsworth is a clean winner
  05

  Wandsworth is a clean winner
  WANDSWORTH store now
  has a squeaky clean reputation
  following the news that it had
  won a Food Hygiene Award
  from the Borough of
  Wandsworth.
  The award was given for the
  store's excellent...

• MORTGAGES MADE EASY
  06

  MORTGAGES MADE EASY
  WITH MORTGAGE repayments reaching a crippling high a new employee benefit is being
  welcomed with keen interest. It's the Sainsbury Employee Mortgage Desk. Details are
  appearing on all notice boards and...

• ARE YOU DYING TO GET A SUNTAN?
  07

  ARE YOU DYING TO GET A SUNTAN?
  How have you fared
  through the long
  sunny spell? Have
  you discovered that
  it takes less than
  thirty minutes for
  the sun to physically
  scorch your
  skin? Do you know that too
  much sun will...

• Flood causes chaos but Halifax keeps cool
  07

  Flood causes chaos but Halifax keeps cool
  A FLASH FLOOD which
  occurred in Halifax on Friday,
  May 19, caused chaos
  in David Durbin's store. But,
  as he's proud to report, the
  Dunkirk spirit was quickly
  roused and, with a...

• GETTING CLOSER TO FOREIGN SHAW'S
  08

  SINCE BECOMING- a wholly
  owned subsidiary in July 1987,
  there has been growing interest
  about Shaw's from JS staff. Not
  least from those enquiring about
  job transfers to New England!
  The process of bringing the...

• FAMILY DAY - THE FINAL FROLIC
  10

  FOR FIFTEEN
  YEARS Family
  Day has been a
  highlight of the
  JS social calendar,
  but the
  times they are
  a-changing, and
  1989 marked
  t h e end of
  Family Day as
  we know it. But
  i t c e r t a i n l y
  didn't go out
  w i t h...

• ON THE ROAD WITH OZ
  15

  1989 has been a vintage year
  for wine tastings at JS.
  Armed witii crates of
  wine, and crates of wine
  lioolis, a great clioice of
  clieeses and exotic
  nibbles, a glut of glasses, a stand and liglits,
  and stopping short only...

• CHEESE - A STUDY IN THE CLASSICS
  16

  CHEESEMAKING IS
  ONE of the most
  ancient arts known to
  man. Despite this,
  many of us remain
  mystified as to how
  some cheeses have
  veins while others are
  fuU of holes.
  These mysteries began, according to Greek
  mythology,...

• In which they served
  18

  WHEN ANN SWIFT,
  management trainee at
  Bournemouth, visited
  Blackfriars recently, she
  was following in her
  grandfather's footsteps.
  For he too would certainly
  have visited head
  office eighty years ago
  when he was...

• It's graduation time for YTS students
  19

  It's graduation time for YTS students
  YTS STUDENTS at Bath
  have received their City and
  Guilds certificates of Retail
  Distribution Skills. Pictured
  left to right are Nadine Wood, Louise Longford, Les Bundy
  (manager), Stephen...

• Lots of pool is good for the kidney unit
  19

  Lots of pool is good for the kidney unit
  A MARATHON POOL
  competition organised by three
  YTS trainees raised £101.40
  for the renal unit at Walsgrave
  Hospital in Coventry. The
  cheque was presented to Mr Prestidge,...

• 'Originals' form a club
  19

  'Originals' form a club
  TWENTY ONE STAFF at Lincoln have formed an 'Eight Year
  Club', in celebration of their time spent at the store. The club is
  pictured celebrating i ts anniversary. Of course,' next year they
  will become...

• Stanway scores goals for Hillsborough
  19

  Stanway scores goals for Hillsborough
  THROUGH SPONSORSHIP of an inter-departmental, five-a-side football competition,
  Stanway branch raised £203 for the Hillsborough Disaster Fund. Pictured is the winning
  student team, each...

• Charity cheque is well received
  20

  Charity cheque is well received
  JOHN HOLLOWAY, Midland Bank sales director is pictured receiving a cheque for £1,084
  from staff at Ipswich. The money is for the Wishing Well Appeal and was raised through
  various activities.

• Little Biddy has a Job to do
  20

  Little Biddy has a Job to do
  A GUIDE DOG called Biddy
  is in training thanks to the
  fundraising efforts by staff
  Ilford. Activities included sponsored walk, raffles and
  collection boxes, raising a total
  of £1,018.
  A...

• Crime fighter gets his man
  21

  Crime fighter gets his man
  A BURGLAR wielding a
  crowbar was no match for
  fearless Tim Hill, section manager,
  customer services at
  Welwyn Garden City.
  Tim spotted the man acting
  suspiciously in a neighbour's
  garden. Knowing...

• George is a driving force with ambulance service
  21

  George is a driving force with ambulance service
  GEORGE GIBSON, a driver at Buntingford depot, has been
  invested into the Order of St John (Ambulance) as a Serving
  Brother.
  The Order honours men and women for their services...

• Love a duck!
  21

  Love a duck!
  IF YOU SEE a duck snuggled
  between the plants at York
  Homebase, rest assured it isn't
  a new line. It's just nesting in
  the garden centre. Anybody
  who approaches clutching a
  price tag to attach round its
  neck...

• Money is placed in 'Safe Hands'
  21

  Money is placed in 'Safe Hands'
  A SPONSORED SLIM, cake
  stalls, a pool competition and
  cycle rides by staff at Surbiton,
  resulted in a £1,500 donation
  to a baby unit. Two nurses at
  the 'In Safe Hands' unit at
  Kingston...

• Trio runs up funds for baby charity
  21

  THREE RUNNERS from Wilmslow raised £170 fc
  Wythenshawe Hospital's Special Care Baby Unit. Warehouseman
  Charles Percival, acting branch manager Frank
  Almond and produce section manager Chris Rowak completed
  a sponsored half...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  Christopher Airey, from deputy
  manager, Birkenhead to manager,
  Wilmslow.
  Roger Austin, from manager,
  Chadwell Heath to manager.
  Chase Lane.
  Michael Barrett, from manager,
  Northwich to spare...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  (Length of service in brackets):
  James Tucker, engineer,
  Blackfriars (27 years).
  Mary Dyer, BPM, Famborough
  (18 years).
  Emily Nash, customer
  service manager. East Ham (17
  years).
  Beryl Watts,...

• Long service
  23

  Long service
  Employees who have completed
  40 years' service are:
  John Daubrey, BWS manager,
  Guildford.
  Colin Downey, meat manager,
  Worcester.
  Employees who have completed
  25 years' service are:
  Tony Bartlett, leading...

• Marriages
  23

  HOW'S THAT FOR
  SERVICE! When Richard Bilboe,
  deputy night shift manaager
  and Judy Russell, senior
  supermarket assistant, both at
  Weedon Road, Northampton,
  were having their wedding
  photographs taken, they had
  an...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  William Alcorn, aged 64, store
  service assistant at Putney,
  died on April 7 after a long
  illness (five years).
  Pat Bennett, aged 57, a
  painter at Basingstoke depot,
  died on April 8 after a short
  illness (24...

• Writelines
  23

  WRITELINES
  Heavy on
  the bottle!
  From: Mr F Thomas, veteran,
  London SW6.
  I wonder if you can explain
  'The Wobbly Bottom'.
  Each time I purchase a
  bottle of JS Gin, I find the base
  is not even, and that when I
  place it on...

• AT THE KABANOS!
  24

  Make that party go with a
  bang(er)! Kabanos, a Polish
  cocktail sausage, is available
  on its own or with added
  grated cheese. Also great for
  picnics or just as a snack.
  Priced 99p and available in
  175 stores.

• FOIL IN THAT FRESHNESS
  24

  FOIL IN THAT FRESHNESS
  Who says coffee's just
  coffee? This extensive range,
  with extra blends introduced
  and all packed in flavoursealing
  foil packs, enables the
  customer to be spoilt for
  choice. The packs carry a
  strength...

• PURI DELIGHT FROM INDIA
  24

  PURI DELIGHT FROM INDIA
  The taste of India
  has a r r i v e d !
  Pukka Puri is a
  chicken tikka
  flavoured snack,
  priced at 49p for
  a 100g bag and
  available in 181
  stores.
  has a r r i v e d !
  Pukka Puri is a
  chicken...