'JS Journal', January/February 1990

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• Award says JS care for environment is 'outstanding'
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  Award says JS care for environment is 'outstanding'
  JS HAS WON a major award for 'outstanding
  achievement in environmental care.' The award was given by
  Business and Industry
  Commitment to the Environment
  and was presented...

• Contents Page
  02

  Contents
  Headlines
  New lines
  Branch openings —
  Sunderland
  Bolton
  Cobham
  Edgware
  JS health
  education — win a
  weekend for two
  Customer service
  awards
  Community service
  awards
  More
  photographic
  winners
  Lifelines...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  THE TIMES THEY ARE achanging,
  and, in 1990 there will
  be changes in the Journal following
  extensive market research
  which was carried out in 1989.
  We'll be telling you more about
  that in the near future.
  One...

• JS buys out HMP shareholders
  02

  JS buys out HMP shareholders
  JS IS BUYING out Canada
  Packers' share of Haverhill Meat
  Products which is currently
  owned 50/50 by the two companies.
  Canada Packers had
  required JS to do this in exercise
  of its rights under...

• Another commendation for energy efficiency
  03

  Another commendation for energy efficiency
  JS HAS BEEN HIGHLY
  commended in the regional
  rounds of this year's Beta
  awards for buildings which have
  saved energy by using it
  efficiently.
  The Bromley, Walters Yard,
  store was...

• Feed the workers at Christmas time
  03

  Feed the workers at Christmas time
  ON NOVEMBER 30 a well
  laden 32 tonnes transporter left
  Charlton depot with a giant
  Christmas box to deliver to
  Leninaken in Armenia.
  The £7,000 food gift was sent from JS to help 50...

• Mum's appeal for donors
  03

  Mum's appeal for donors
  A FOUR WEEK campaign has been mounted in
  Newcastle-under-Lyme store to appeal for kidney
  donors. This unique event took place
  when supermarket assistant,
  Maureen Moores, whose son,
  Darren, has...

• The art of winning awards
  03

  The art of winning awards
  The NYT in Moscow. HRH THE PRINCESS of
  Wales presented J S with the
  1989 ABSAjDaily Telegraph
  Award for Best Spons
  o r s h i p of British Art
  Overseas, at the Royal
  National Theatre in London,
  on...

• APPOINTMENTS
  04

  APPOINTMENTS
  Steve Biddlecombe
  Colin Moffat
  Nigel Broome
  Brian Doonar
  Carolyn Gray Joe Marsh DISTRIBUTION AND
  DATA PROCESSING
  THE FOLLOWING
  changes are effective from
  March 19:
  Derek Graham will
  become...

• Could you be Checkout Assistant of the Year?
  05

  Could you be Checkout Assistant of the Year?
  THE SEARCH IS ON for Supermarketing magazine's
  Checkout Assistant of the Year 1990.
  The title carries £1,500 prize money with a further
  £2,500 to be shared by eight runners up....

• Hand of welcome to Hungarian visitor
  05

  Hand of welcome to Hungarian visitor
  THE DRAMATIC EVENTS
  taking place in Eastern Europe
  may seem far removed from
  Nine Elms, but on December 13
  district manager, Colin
  Etheridge, and store manager,
  Peter King, became...

• Happy with houseplants
  05

  Happy with houseplants
  HOMEBASE'S HOUSEPLANTS
  have been given the
  seal of approval for their good
  quality and low prices in Which
  magazine's Gardening report. In a survey of superstores and
  high street stores. Which...

• Prize butcher
  05

  Prize butcher
  QUEEN'S ROAD butcher,
  Warren Kerry, has won a prize
  for producing the best project at
  the Associateship level of the
  Institute of Meat.

• Helping hand for the hanging garden
  06

  Helping hand for the hanging garden
  A compost for hanging baskets and containers,
  specially formulated for easy watering, has
  been introduced into Homebase stores. The 15
  litre bag is £2.59 and the 40 litre is £5.49....

• LONG SERVERS CELEBRATE AT THE SAVOY
  06

  LONG SERVERS CELEBRATE AT THE SAVOY
  THE 22 GUESTS who gathered with their partners at the
  Savoy Hotel to meet the chairman and fellow hosts for a
  celebratory luncheon on January 8, boasted between them a
  total of 880 years of...

• New soups with vision
  06

  New soups with vision
  A new range of soups in a
  jar — Tomato & Herb,
  L o b s t e r B i s q u e ,
  Watercress and Creamed
  Curry — has been introduced
  at 85p. Also new
  are two reduced calorie
  soups. Tomato and...

• Branch opening—Sunderland
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• Branch opening—Bolton
  08

  BOLTON Famous in days gone by for
  its cotton industry, Bolton
  is now better i of the busiest shopping
  centres in the North-West.
  Adding to this reputation is
  the new JS supermarket
  situated in the heart of...

• Branch opening—Cobham
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  COBHAM
  Situated in an area of low unemployment,
  Cobham opened with staff recruited from as
  far away as Middlesbrough.
  1. The
  management
  team,
  with
  manager,
  David
  Mellows-
  Facer,
  seated
  third from
  left.
  2....

• Branch opening—Edgware
  10

  EDGWARE The new supermarket in Edgware's Broadwalk
  Centre opened in plenty of time for Cliristmas
  although building work on the new centre will take
  until spring to complete. While most other stores in
  the centre lacked a roof...

• QUIT SMOKING
  11

  QUIT SMOKING
  DID YOU quit smoking as a
  New Year's resolution? Have you
  been able to stay off cigarettes
  since then? To encourage those of
  you who have given up smoking,
  or would like to do so, the
  Journal is running a...

• SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FOR HEALTHY LIVING
  11

  SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FOR HEALTHY LIVING
  VIDEO AND AUDIO-CASSETTES on a range of subjects covered by the JS
  Health Programme since its launch eighteen months ago, are now available
  for loan t o groups of staff or individual...

• Customer service awards awards
  12

  Veronica Connor, supermarket
  assistant, Prestwich:
  'Mrs Connor's approach to all
  aspects of her work Is
  excellent.' David Ware
  Pam Harrison, supermarlcet
  assistant, Crayford:
  'She Is quick to notice when
  special services...

• Community service awards
  13

  WE'RE ALWAYS hearing about members of
  staff who devote time, energy and enthusiasm to
  serving their community through a wide variety
  of organisations.
  Now the company is rewarding that caring
  commitment with the JS Community...

• SSA/JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 1989 ^-i
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  IN THE DECEMBER ISSUE WE SHOWED YOU THE WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE SSA//5
  JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION. NOW IT'S TIME TO VIEW SOME OF THE RUNNERS UP. THE COMPETITION WAS JUDGED BY DAILY EXPRESS PICTURE EDITOR,...

• ALISON'S STICKING TO WHAT SHE DOES BEST
  17

  ALISON'S STICKING TO WHAT SHE DOES BEST
  VERY FEW PEOPLE have the
  sporting talent to represent their
  country, as anyone who's ever
  kicked, thrown or batted a ball in
  the school playground or local park
  will appreciate.
  One...

• JOHN'S WORK AND DANCE ROUTINE
  17

  JOHN'S WORK AND DANCE ROUTINE
  L IFE ON THE SHOP floor can be
  tough on your feet at the best of times,
  but think how you'd feel by 8.30pm if
  you'd been dancing all day.
  John Abraham is a first year
  student at the Ballet...

• Cardiff managers name guide dogs
  18

  Cardiff managers name guide dogs
  TO THANK STAFF at the Homebase and JS at Colchester Avenue,
  Cardiff, for permitting a collection to be taken outside the stores, the
  Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDA) presented the...

• Gloucester gets puddled
  18

  Gloucester gets puddled
  WHAT'S GOT A hundred legs,
  is very, very wet, and is worth
  £1,000 to Gloucestershire Royal
  Hospital?
  Answer: the group of 50 staff
  from Gloucester who got up
  early one rainy Sunday to trudge
  ten...

• Men go mad in Homebase!
  18

  Men go mad in Homebase!
  A MAN IN HOMEBASE is a man possessed, according to
  Woman's World magazine.
  In a feature entitled '50 Facts About Men', fact 29 reads:
  'Men can't stand food shopping with their girlfriends. Men
  like...

• Watford says fund raising is for the birds
  18

  Watford says fund raising is for the birds
  STAFF AT WATFORD
  handed over £3,000 to the Royal
  Society for the Protection of
  Birds (RSPB) during the branch
  Christmas dinner on December
  14.
  With the current emphasis...

• A recipe for happy children
  19

  A recipe for happy children
  IF YOU'RE NOT doing
  anything on Sunday,
  March 18, you might like
  to try this special recipe:
  RECIPE FOR MAKING
  HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
  HAPPY
  Ingrediente
  You and two friends
  Pair of running...

• Christmas card campaign helps Save The Children
  19

  Christmas card campaign
  helps Save The Children
  BEDFORD'S HAZEL HODGE and Ian French found a novel way to
  raise £100 for Children in Need and the Save The Children Fund.
  They asked staff to donate the money they saved by...

• Lucky lady won't be leaving
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  Lucky lady won't be leaving
  A BINGO WIN of £43,000
  won't change life for Anthoinette
  Ajeon, cashier at Peckham.
  Apart from planning a holiday
  to Mauritius and getting the
  chance to put her arm around
  the store manager...

• Kid's Stuff at Coventry
  20

  Kid's Stuff at Coventry
  THE FREEHOLD STREET
  nursery in Coventry is £250
  better off after a cheque was
  presented to them by Coventry
  store under the Good Neighbour
  Scheme. They were
  among 40 groups who applied for the...

• Lost ring returns for Christmas
  20

  Lost ring returns for Christmas
  AN APPEAL in the December issue of the Journalto trace the
  owner of a wedding ring prompted a grateful phone call from
  Diana Bell, grocery section manager at Kidderminster.
  The 18ct gold band...

• Meet the Kryptonites
  20

  Meet the Kryptonites
  WAKEFIELD AND HUDDERSFIELD
  staff managed
  to complete the gruelling
  Krypton Factor assault course
  on Holcombe Moor near
  Ramsbottom. In the process
  they raised over £800 for the
  MacMillan Fund for...

• Sylvia in wonderland
  20

  Sylvia in wonderland
  HAVE JS CARRIER bag, will
  travel! Sylvia Knevett, skilled
  supermarket assistant at
  BcMcombe, went on a 'holiday
  of a lifetime' to Disneyworld
  and Florida and brought back
  this snap. She is pictured...

• Old people will play on
  21

  Old people will play on
  COOKING UP fundraising
  ideas to buy a new music
  centre for a local^ old people's
  home was no problem for
  Buntingford depot's canteen
  staff. It took them just one
  week to raise £430 through
  raffles,...

• Romford old, Romford new
  21

  Romford old, Romford new
  WHEN THE OLD Romford superstore
  closed recently, staff held
  a party to celebrate their move
  to the new store in December. Pictured at the party are superstore
  market assistants, Marjorie
  Handley,...

• That's not half bad John!
  21

  That's not half bad John!
  THE STROUD half-marathon presented
  no problems for Tewkesbury
  Road grocery manager,
  John Umpleby. He raced past the
  finishing line and raised £265 for
  Guide Dogs for the Blind. John is
  pictured...

• Dunstable is thanked by the book
  22

  Dunstable is thanked by the book
  FOLLOWING THEIR school
  visit to Dunstable, a class of
  five year olds from Ardley Hill
  School compiled a 'workbook'
  as a thank you to staff at the
  store for their tour. As you can see, BPM...

• How green is my marsh
  22

  How green is my marsh
  ONE OF THE greenest projects
  undertaken as part of
  environment week must surely
  be the reafforestation of Hackney
  Marshes. JS provided the
  trees and the supervisory skills,
  in the form of Kingsland...

• Hull hams it up
  22

  Hull hams it up
  HULL'S SSA COMMITTEE
  and friends, dressed in all their
  finery, managed to get themselves
  captured on film before
  97 three to eight year olds
  descended for the stafi" children's
  Christmas party.

• News
  22

  THE THIRD ANNUAL
  charity cricket match, played
  between store managers from
  Stuart Carter and Ken Barden's
  districts, raised £1,777 for the
  Marie Curie Memorial
  Foundation.
  The Foundation was chosen
  in memory of Tony...

• Staff answer appeal from Children in Need
  23

  Staff answer appeal from Children in Need
  The BBC Children in Need Appeal is an annual
  fundraising event in which the whole country participates
  to raise money for various children's charities.
  Here are just a few of the...

• Winchester raises treasure for baby care unit
  23

  Winchester raises treasure for baby care unit
  WINCHESTER WAS BUSY
  with its fundraising efforts in
  1989 for Winchester Hospital
  Special Baby Care Unit.
  It all started in March with
  Steve Fryer, deputy manager,
  services^...

• Long Service
  24

  Long Service
  Employees who have completed
  40 years' service are:
  Dave Cope, meat manager,
  Basingstoke Central.
  John Such, non perishables
  warehouseman, Basingstoke
  depot.
  Stan Williams, leading
  trades assistant. Wood...

• Obituary
  24

  Obituary
  (Length of service in brackets):
  Geoff Beech, aged 52, customer
  service assistant at Wolverhampton,
  died on October 17
  after a short illness (two years).
  Ruth Key, aged 39, a supermarket
  assistant at High
  Wycombe,...

• Retirements
  24

  Retirements
  (Length of service in brackets):
  Walter Ramsey, store service
  assistant, Chadwell Heath (39
  years).
  John Hobby, quality controller,
  Basingstoke depot (38
  years).
  Claude Battrick, senior
  butcher, Worthing (34...

• Tours and tournaments ahead
  24

  Tours and tournaments ahead
  Colin Downey
  WORCESTER CENTRAL
  meat manager, Colin Downey,
  has retired after 40 years'
  service with the company.
  He began his career at
  Winchmore Hill before spending
  time at Windmill...

• Writelines
  25

  WRITELINES
  Kettering's
  kindness
  From: Hilda Chapman, supermarket
  assistant, Kettering.
  I should like to take this
  opportunity of thanking all the
  staff at the Kettering branch
  where I work for their...

• LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE EIGHTIES
  26

  LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE EIGHTIES
  LOOKING BACK OVER THE
  1980s I T ' S HARD TO
  BELIEVE HOW FAR WE'VE
  COME.
  In 1979-80 the 15 new JS stores had an
  average sales area of just 16,889 sq ft,
  among them were Surbiton,...