'JS Journal', August/September 1992

Table of content

• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  FOOD & DRINK WINNERS
  BRANCH OPENING:
  PEPPER HILL
  WRITELINES
  SUNDAY SHOPPING
  - INTERVIEW WITH
  DAVID qUARMBY ]
  COMMUNITY SERVICE
  AWARDS ]
  PETROL FILLING
  STATIONS 1
  FUN DAYS J
  THE SHORT BUT...

• Frontline
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  How grateful we all have been for
  recorded highlights. Of the 250 hours
  of Olympic sports screened over 16
  days, even we workers managed to
  take in a few leg-kicks from the
  synchronised swimming finals, back to
  back with the...

• STORE TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF PARENTS
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  STORE TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF PARENTS
  Paul Sweetman, manager of Burton-on-
  Trent, is pictured with 21-month-old Lee
  Forbister from the local Roundabout
  Playgroup for children with special needs.
  Paul's store chose the...

• A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
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  A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
  Lord Sainsbury of Drury Lane (Mr Alan), Joint
  President of Sainsbury's, celebrated his 90th
  birthday on August 13.
  Lord Sainsbury, a grandson of the founders,
  joined JS in 1921 and worked behind...

• HEYFORD HILL IS THE CREAM OF OXFORD'S EATING PLACES
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  HEYFORD HILL IS THE CREAM OF OXFORD'S EATING PLACES
  The Heyford Hill coffee shop has won a prestigious award
  from Oxford City Council for its high standards of safety
  and hygiene. Over 300 establishments were inspected but
  the...

• JS AWARDED FOR EDUCATION L I N K S
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  JS AWARDED FOR EDUCATION
  L I N K S
  JS has been praised for its work in bringing together
  education and industry with an 'Excellence in Partnership
  Practice' award. The award was in recognition for work
  with the North London...

• HOMEBASE TRAINS GREEN FINGERS
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  HOMEBASE TRAINS GREEN FINGERS
  A new addition to Homebase's management training
  schemes has had an excellent response from management
  trainee candidates. The BTEC Certificate in Management
  (Garden Retailing) has been organised...

• STAINES COFFEE SHOP OPENS IN CLASSIC STYLE
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  STAINES COFFEE SHOP OPENS IN CLASSIC STYLE
  Customers at Staines were greeted by the shining chrome
  and paintwork of six beautifully preserved Lagonda cars
  parked outside the store on July 27, as part of the opening
  of the...

• BEST INSURANCE UNDER THE SUN
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  BEST INSURANCE UNDER THE SUN
  Sun Alliance are helping Sainsbury's employees to keep the cost of
  their holidays down this summer by offering 17 7? per cent discount
  on premiums for holiday insurance.
  With Sun Alliance Travel...

• DIRECTOR JOINS PACKAGING WATCHDOG
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  Robin Whitbread.
  DIRECTOR JOINS PACKAGING WATCHDOG
  Marketing director Robin
  Whitbread has joined a new
  national council that will
  handle complaints and enquiries about packaging.
  The main role of The Packaging Council, which...

• JS MAKES A DASHING DISCOVERY
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  JS MAKES A DASHING DISCOVERY
  Roads around central London were clogged on August 4, not with cars but with 32 teams
  In fancy dress, including one from Sainsbury's, carting loads of apples past famous City
  landmarks.
  The whole...

• NEW STYLE BULLETIN GETS THUMBS UP
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  NEW STYLE BULLETIN GETS THUMBS UP
  Almost 500 questionnaires returned by staff at Homebase,
  Savacentre and JS reveal 95 per cent support for the new
  format of the Current Vacancies Bulletin.
  The new cover design and page layout...

• A TASTE OF SURGICAL PRECISION
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  A TASTE OF SURGICAL PRECISION
  The first and second place winners in this year's
  Sainsbury's/BBC Good Food Wine Taster of the Year
  Competition had plenty in common as, besides
  sharing a love of wine, they both have jobs in...

• GREG COOKS UP A CAREER
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  GREG COOKS UP A CAREER
  The organisers of the Sainsbury's
  FutureCooks competition cannot help
  but take some small pride in the
  achievements of their 'graduates'.
  Now one former finalist looks set for fame
  and fortune in the...

• Branch opening—Pepper Hill
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  PEPPER HILL
  Northfleet's new Sainsbury's has a distinctive bricl< sculpture, created by Rictiard
  Kindersley, on its south east wali. The sculpture depicts the historical development of
  the site, from its Roman occupation...

• Writelines
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  Katie Alexander with the German trolleys that came in from
  the rain. RAIN HAT FOR A
  TROLLEYS?
  Katie Alexander,
  kiosk assistant, Uxbridge.
  While on holiday in
  Germany, my husband took
  this photo. I thought it
  would be...

• Where do we stand on Sunday shopping?
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  Where do we stand on Sunday shopping? Sunday shopping ... a hot potato, or a
  subject that leaves you cold? It inspires
  heated passion in a few, while others
  wonder what the fuss is about. The
  only consistent feeling is a...

• A HELPING HAND FOR THE HELPING HANDS
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  A HELPING HAND FOR THE HELPING HANDS
  There are hundreds of unsung heroes throughout Sainsbury's who give up much of their
  spare time to work for worthy causes. Many of these are charities that urgently need
  funds to continue...

• PUMP UP THE VOLUME
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  Low prices have always been instrumental in the success of our petrol filling stations, while
  the forecourts have evolved to provide an increasingly high level of service. The first
  motorists paid from their cars at booths,...

• Buntingford goes sub-aqua
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  Buntingford goes sub-aqua
  Buntingford depot staff enjoyed a gala birthday on July 12
  when they invited family and friends along to celebrate the
  depot's 25th anniversary.
  The day was opened by the first depot manager,...

• Northern Nutters
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  Northern Nutters
  The new Northern area is in its infancy and July 5 saw the
  Fun day debut of David Robb's district.
  Staff at the Ryedale Stadium at Monks Cross congregated
  to take part in activities ranging from ten-pin...

• Area fun revs up at Brands Hatch
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  Area fun revs up at Brands Hatch
  Brands Hatch is host to many exciting events, but none quite lil Area fun day held on July 18. Formula One cars were swapped for a coach and
  horses among other novel modes of...

• How 23 juicy JS prawns starred in a national newspaper
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  How 23 juicy JS prawns starred in a national newspaper
  The following article, by TODAY journalist, Lucy Broadbent,
  originally appeared in TODAY newspaper on July 15. A third of people eat sandwiches every day -
  and 94 per cent...

• Vertigo is for wimps
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  Each of the three Lifelines stories in this issue represents a day
  of challenge. Below we hear how Andy Szebeni, assistant editor,
  rose to the challenge of joining Mick Jones of site assessment for
  a rock-climbing trip. Right...

• He row, row, rowed his boat
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  He row, row, rowed his boat
  When Michael Bennet-Smith, nightshift worker at
  Bagshot Road, decided to row single-handedly around the
  Isle of Wight in less than 24 hours his family knew what to
  do. 'Keep as far away as...

• We'll take the high road
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  We'll take the high road
  Walking to the top of a mountain would present a major
  challenge to most of us, but to eight people from the information
  services division, it was not challenging enough. They
  decided to test their...

• RIDE ON TIME
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  RIDE ON TIME
  At 3.50am on Sunday June 21, most sensible people
  were asleep in bed! Not Roy Rowe, fresh food replenishment
  assistant, Locksbottom. He was on his way
  to Clapham for the start of the London to Brighton
  bike ride...

• THE SMILERS CLUB
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  THE SMILERS CLUB
  Merry Hill branch brought a smile to the faces of all
  members of the local Smilers Club for the Handicapped
  by presenting them with a cheque for £250
  from the Sainsbury's Good Neighbour Scheme.
  The money was...

• WORKOUT WONDER
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  WORKOUT WONDER
  Staff at Hitchin had an active day on June 7, raising
  funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
  A sponsored aerobic session was held where staff
  used their excess energy to gain ££s by losing pounds.
  As the...

• FAMILY FUN FOR THE CHILDREN
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  FAMILY FUN FOR THE CHILDREN
  Branches in Michael Goodman's district held a cricket
  and family fun day on July 12, to help raise money
  for the Children's Society.
  All the branches entered a team into the cricket
  tournament,...

• SLIM SENSATIONS
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  SLIM SENSATIONS
  'One at a time please.' Have you ever had
  that response when you have stepped on
  the talking scales?
  Shirley Haines, petrol station manager,
  Cannock, and David Walker, reception
  manager, Lincoln, have both...

• THE EXTENDED LIFE OF A JS CARRIER BAG
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  THE EXTENDED LIFE OF A JS CARRIER BAG
  After 35 trips to Sainsbury's using the same carrier
  bag, Mrs Norton, a regular customer at Wolverhampton,
  felt it was surely a record and sent the bag to us.
  But do you know better?
  Mrs...

• CLEAN SCREEN TEAM
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  CLEAN SCREEN TEAM
  At Tonbridge on June 20 and 21 staff from the
  local hospital washed customers' car windscreens
  in the store's petrol station to raise
  funds for their hospital radio appeal.
  The Pembury Hospital raised nearly...

• GOING FOR GOAL
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  GOING FOR GOAL
  Alison Gann, evening shift, Welwyn Garden City,
  can certainly get round the opposition, as she proved
  in an inter-departmental five-a-side football competition
  organised by the branch.
  Alison finished the game...

• IN A FLAP ABOUT MURDER
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  IN A FLAP ABOUT MURDER
  Staff at Wellingborough stepped back into the 20s
  for a murder evening held in a local hall.
  Dressed as flappers, staff looked the part as they
  concentrated on solving the mystery of the golf...

• THE KEY TO INDEPENDENCE
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  THE KEY TO INDEPENDENCE
  Ad-watchers among us have grown accustomed to seeing
  Gareth Hunt shaking coffee beans in his hand. On
  a recent trip to Purley Way (Croydon) however, the
  coffee beans were replaced by the keys to a...

• CARRYING OFF THE PRIZE
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  CARRYING OFF THE PRIZE
  Many different uses for Sainsbury's
  carrier bags have been featured
  in the Journal but this one
  takes some beating.
  This customer of Preston won
  a local fancy dress competition in a
  selection of JS...

• SUNDERLAND PUSHES THE BED OUT FOR TELETHON
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  SUNDERLAND PUSHES THE BED OUT FOR TELETHON
  Staff from Sunderland did their bit for Telethon '92,
  by pushing a bed around the streets of Sunderland.
  They were sponsored for doing this, and along with
  money raised from an...

• THE SIGHT OF MUSIC
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  THE SIGHT OF MUSIC
  Senior pupils from Birkdale School for Hearing
  Impaired Children have participated in an unusual
  GCSE Art and Design project thanks to donations
  from Sainsbury's and North West Arts.
  JS donated £1,000...

• TOP MARKS FOR TRAINEE
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  TOP MARKS FOR TRAINEE
  Rebecca Worby had
  a successful year's
  work placement at
  Burpham store, but
  did not realise just
  how successful until she was awarded first place for
  her report.
  Rebecca spent her time as a trainee...

• Congratulations to Ava Atkinson
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  Congratulations to Ava Atkinson, night display
  assistant, South Ruislip,
  who is the winner of our
  crossword competition in
  the May JS Journal.
  The answers to the
  crossword are as follows: Across
  6. Drought 7. Of The 9....

• LONG SERVICE
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  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  40 years of service are:
  GRAHAME CARTER, manager.
  Central Croydon. JOHN IRWIN,
  manager, Hove. NEIL SHAKSPEARE,
  reception manager,
  Shirley. DAVID WEBB, district manager.
  South...

• OBITUARY
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  OBITUARY
  RITA FRAYNE, packer, Eastbourne,
  died suddenly on July 19 aged 60
  (6 years). EVA KONDRATOWICZ,
  bakery assistant, Swindon, died
  on June 5 following a long illness
  aged 42 (4 years).

• RETIREMENTS
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  RETIREMENTS
  JIM BYRNE, provisions manager,
  Kilburn (44 years). RITA
  SHIMMEN, bakery assistant,
  Dunstable (27 years). SHEILA
  TRIPTBEE, supermarket assistant,
  London Road (27 years).
  JOYCE BROWNETT, checkout/
  replenishment,...

• WEDDING
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  Liz with her faithful umbrella. WEDDING
  On June 6, KENTON LAWTON and
  LIZ LARKIN, both buyers at
  Blackfriars, tied the knot. Apart
  from the weather not being too
  kind, the wedding went without a
  hitch.
  They went to the...

• BATHROOM BASICS
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  BATHROOM BASICS
  Homebase has introduced a new range of coordinates to suit
  ainnost any style of batliroom.
  The solid wood accessories come in a deluxe range, with
  antique pine or mahogany finish, and a standard range,...

• NOT JUST (ANY OLD) DESSERTS
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  NOT JUST (ANY OLD) DESSERTS
  JS is the first retailer to introduce Diet Chocolate Mousse.
  It has a rich luxurious taste, but has less than half the fat
  and calories of standard chocolate mousse. Made with real
  chocolate and...

• SUMMER SLICES FOR VEGETARIANS
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  SUMMER SLICES FOR VEGETARIANS
  JS has introduced four new varieties of quiches and flans
  which are the perfect addition to any summer salad.
  The two new flans which, unlike the quiches, should be
  heated, are Seafood Gratin and...

• THE PURER PILSENER
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  THE PURER PILSENER
  JS is the first retailer to introduce an
  organic German lager. The new
  Organic Pilsener, recognised by the
  Soil Association in the UK, is
  brewed in the Bavarian town of
  Neumarkt. The water used to make
  it...

• 1921 - A VINTAGE YEAR
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  ARCHIVES
  New Maiden Interior 1921.
  Roundsman Reid,
  ReJgate c.1921, with
  his Ford delivery car.
  1921 - A VINTAGE YEAR Grocery price list, 1921. ^ ^ ^ ^ J s Mr Alan celebrates his
  90th birthday, the Archives
  looks back to the...