'JS Journal', December 1993

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  WRITELINES
  BRANCH OPENINGS:
  6/7 & 35
  MARKET HARBOROUGH
  HAMPDEN PARK EASTBOURNE
  HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
  HOMEBASE
  CANLEY
  REOPENING:
  LOCKSBOTTOM
  NEWS IN BRIEF
  8/9
  10
  10
  11
  TONY SHIRET ON
  SAINSBURY'S...

• Cranberry with your ostrich?
  02

  Cranberry with your ostrich?
  Here's an alternative to the traditional Christmas
  turkey - roast ostrich. Sure, it has a few
  drawbacks, such as getting
  a six foot bird into the
  oven, and counting cooking
  time in days; and...

• Frontline
  02

  What a bumper issue is this Christmas Journal.
  Frontline has been squeezed into these few lines
  and there is only room to say:
  Christmas is coming
  the Journal's getting fat
  put your Hong Kong competition entry
  in the...

• Julie lights up the small screen
  02

  Julie lights up the small screen
  Julie Walters is the star of
  this Christmas's celebrity
  TV ad. 'We thought Julie
  would be a fun person to
  have presenting this
  year's Christmas ad and
  we wanted a woman after
  Ernie Wise and...

• Successful choices
  02

  Successful choices
  Ann Widdecombe
  presents the plaque to
  chairman David
  Sainsbury with (I to r)
  Judith Passmore,
  Maureen Wareham,
  Carol Slimm, Richard
  Willetts and Sheila
  Bingham, all from
  Merry Hill JS. Just over a year...

• Christmas message from the chairman
  03

  I would like to offer everyone in the
  Sainsbury's Group, as well as
  all veterans, my best wishes for a
  happy Christmas. I hope also that
  you and your families enjoy good health
  and happiness in 1994.
  David Sainsbury

• GOSH thanks Sainsbury's
  03

  GOSH thanks Sainsbury's
  Marion, Bill and Pauline outside the Great Ormond Street
  Hospital for Sick Children. Sainsbury's has raised
  over £65,000 for the Great
  Ormond Street Hospital
  for Children (GOSH) in
  the last three...

• MPs decide on Sunday trading
  03

  MPs decide on Sunday trading
  On December 8, the House
  of Commons debated the
  Sunday Trading bill to
  reform the 1950 Shops
  Act, and voted for the six
  hour option sponsored by
  the Shopping Hours
  Reform Council and
  supported...

• Staff offer pre-Christmas cheer
  03

  Staff offer pre-Christmas cheer
  JS staff swapped their
  branches for the
  Sainsbury's stands at the
  BBC Good Food Cooking
  and Kitchen Show at
  Birmingham's NEC
  between November 25
  and 28. The 90,000 visitors to the
  show were...

• Gateway gets underway
  04

  Gateway gets underway
  Sir Francis IMcWilliams, former Lord Mayor of London, and
  Baroness Brigstock, chair of the Gateway Project
  Fundraising Appeal, accept the cheque from chairman
  David Sainsbury. When Sainsbury's helped
  set...

• Geldof and Tinker sold on art market
  04

  Geldof and Tinker sold on art market
  The tenth Contemporary
  Art Society Market
  attracted some famous
  faces to see and buy works
  by well-known and
  emerging artists alike.
  Tinker is bewildered by the choice.
  Bob Geldof...

• Planting trees at the heart of the country
  04

  Planting trees at the heart of the country
  The traditional countryside
  is returning to two areas of
  the Midlands thanks to
  Sainsbury's.
  Sir David Attenborough
  has thanked the
  company for its part in
  developing the ten...

• APPOINTMENTS
  05

  APPOINTMENTS
  Board moves
  Ivor Hunt
  IVOR HUNT, departmental
  director of marketing
  services, Is being appointed
  to tlie board of
  J Salnsbury pic with
  responsibility for marketing
  from iVIarch 1994.
  iVIarketing...

• Chairman addresses Women's Farming Union
  05

  Chairman addresses Women's Farming Union
  David Salnsbury makes his
  speech. Chairman David Sainsbury
  confirmed the
  importance of bringing
  consumers closer to
  British farmers and
  growers in his keynote
  speech at the...

• Mr Blobby bounces in
  05

  Mr Blobby bounces in The most manic of superstars
  dropped in at
  Beckton and Basildon
  Savacentres at the end of
  November. Mr Blobby, the king of
  chaos from Noel Edmond's
  House Party, dropped in to
  both stores to say a...

• Personnel decides its purpose
  05

  Personnel decides its purpose
  Personnel staff came
  together from branches,
  area offices, JS head
  office, Savacentre and
  Homebase on November
  29 and 30 for personnel
  conferences held at
  Fanhams Hall.
  They were seizing...

• Writelines
  06

  SABRE IS THE TIME SAVER
  Barbara Sanchez, clerk,
  Bournemouth
  I have been curious as to
  why all AIP sheets are not
  available on computer
  screen. I'm sure it would
  save time if quantities and
  amount of decrease or
  increase...

• Branch opening—Hampden Park, Eastbourne
  08

  HAMPDEN PARK, EASTBOURNE
  Opening date: October 26,1993
  Address: Broadwater Way,
  Eastbourne, East Sussex
  Opened by: Chairman
  David Sainsbury
  Brancli manager: Peter Haward
  Project manager: Steve Newell
  Staff: 368 (236 new...

• Branch opening—Market Harborough
  08

  MARKET HARBOROUGH
  Opening date: October 19, 1993
  Address: St Mary's Place, Market
  Harborough, Leicestershire
  Opened by: Joint managing director
  David Quarmby
  Branch manager: Jim Lavin
  Project manager: Mil Staff:...

• Homebase opening—Hemel Hempstead
  08

  HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
  Opening date: November 5, 1993
  Address: Apsley Mills Retail Park,
  London Road, Hemel Hempstead
  Opened by: Chairman and
  managing director, Dino Adriano
  Branch manager: Gwynne Lewis
  Project manager: Neil...

• Branch opening—Canley
  10

  Address: 330 Fletchamstead
  Highway, Canley, Coventry, West
  Midlands
  Opened by: Ciiairman David
  Sainsbury
  Branch manager: David Ciarl Project manager: Ken Sinclair
  Staff: 364 (145 new jobs)
  Sales area: 31,905 sq ft
  Car...

• LOCKSBOTTOM
  10

  SUPERMARKET extension
  Locksbottom originally opened in 1981 and has undergone a
  comprehensive re-build over the last nine months. The new
  store welcomed its regular customers on October 21, having
  had more than a facelift....

• News in brief
  11

  All Sainsbury's petrol
  stations now offer petrol
  with added detergents.
  These additives comply
  with the recent recommendations
  of major motor
  manufacturers to help the
  running of increasingly
  complex modern engines.
  On...

• Why are my shares Shrinking?
  11

  Why are my shares Shrinking?
  W i t h more than 35,000 staff holding shares either directly or through the
  profit sharing scheme, it is not surprising there has been a great deal of
  interest in the way the JS share price has...

• How to build your own SUPERMARKET
  12

  How to build your own SUPERMARKET
  Every month, the Journal tells you all about the latest store
  openings, but have you ever wondered how the stores get
  there in t h e first place?
  The supermarket represents one of the success...

• SPECIAL FEATURE ON SAVACENTRE
  15

  In this Christmas issue, we present our second special feature on the Group's
  subsidiaries. With apologies to Charles Dickens, we conjure up the spirit of
  his Christmas Carol to travel backwards and forwards in time at...

• GREEN SCENE
  21

  GREEN SCENE
  CLEARLY GREENER BOTTLE Sainsbury's is the first supermarket to introduce a
  clear wine bottle to increase the amount of glass
  recycling. Wine drinkers are such conscientious
  recyclers of glass that they are causing...

• PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
  22

  PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
  SAY HELLO! TO OUR WINrJING Pfe 3"
  The decisions iiave all been made in tlie 1993 Photograpliic Competition.
  Some of you have a practical Journal pen keyring and others
  have a pretty floating...

• PUZZLES PAGE - WIN A HOLIDAY IN HONG KONG
  24

  We know it is frantically busy out there on the shop
  floor, but that makes it more important than
  ever to take time out and have a really relaxing
  break. What better way of relaxing than
  tackling our Christmas puzzles....

• Your bear-raising antics
  26

  Stores throughout the Sainsbury's
  Group have been busy pulling in
  the £sfor Pudsey and it looks as
  though the final figure could be
  almost a quarter ofamilUon
  pounds.
  One zealous meat manager
  even got himself arrested....

• All life is here at Larkfield
  27

  All life is here at Larkfield
  staff at Larkfield have had
  plenty of occasions to celebrate
  throughout the year, not least
  of all eight weddings.
  Eight staff, representing
  almost every department of the
  store, tied the knot,...

• Children in their own little world
  27

  Children in their own little world
  Children at Collingwood Church
  Playgroup In Lexden have built
  their own little estate, Including a
  workshop, a laundry and a
  restaurant, all with toys which
  were bought with the...

• District busts its target for Leonora
  27

  District busts its target for Leonora
  Mike Goodman proudly hands over the fundraising efforts of his district to Lord
  and Lady Romsey. Six months ago, Mike Goodman,
  district manager on South
  Western area, set himself and
  his...

• Happy One Hundredth
  27

  Happy One Hundredth
  Next to her telegram from the
  Queen was Annie Slater's
  bouquet of flowers from
  Sainsbury's.
  Annie, a regular customer
  at Leeds since its opening in
  1982, visited the store on her
  100th birthday and...

• Tae Kwon Do That
  27

  Tae Kwon Do That
  Jennie gets a kick out of her hobby.
  Jennie Cathcart has been given
  the belt for kicking out at people.
  No, this is not some form of
  corporal punishment but a black
  belt for her abilities in Tae...

• A bear necessity
  28

  A bear necessity
  Barbara Beaies and Rosemary
  Haines from Midlands area office
  could 'bear' it no longer - cruelty
  to bears that is.
  Together they organised a car
  boot sale and collection in aid of
  Libearty, a campaign run...

• Bath grows a pumpkin as large as a coach
  28

  Bath grows a pumpkin as large as a coach
  The powerful sorcerers from
  Bath Homebase cast a magic
  spell on a pumpkin seed but,
  instead of turning it into an
  elaborate stage coach, they
  transformed it into 700 gold
  coins.
  The...

• Crayford
  28

  Crayford tells us their staff
  are getting younger by the
  minute as an Early Training
  Centre has been introduced!

• Fish for breakfast
  28

  Fish for breakfast
  Max Thickett, a baker from
  Grimsby store, swapped bread
  rolls for cod's roe when he was
  asked to auction fish outside his
  house.
  Max had answered an early
  morning knock on his door to be
  greeted by Keith...

• Reading joins the thirty somethings
  28

  Reading joins the thirty somethings
  On October 30, Reading
  celebrated its 30th birthday.
  Staff donned fancy dress
  costumes and handed out sweets and balloons to children
  while their parents took part in a
  raffle. The 30th...

• Tall stories
  28

  Tall stories
  It was a bit of a stretch but the
  Journal has managed to catch up
  with Sainsbury's tallest
  employee.
  Matthew Langmaid from
  Colchester Avenue, Cardiff, who
  measures up to a skyscraping
  seven feet two inches,...

• CORRECTION
  29

  CORRECTION to November Journal
  Kay Douglas is personnel officer at
  South Eastern area office. Colin
  Moffat is area personnel manager.

• Esme spills the beans about area director
  29

  Esme spills the beans about area director
  Esme with Colin Etheridge and his
  beloved balced beans. September 24 saw the end of the
  Esme era at South Eastern area
  office.
  Esme Biick retired from her
  position as secretary to...

• Following the grocery trends
  29

  Following the grocery trends
  Congratulations to Stephen
  Griffiths who is completing an
  industrial placement at Durham
  branch as part of his Retail
  Marketing Degree, at Manchester
  Metropolitan University.
  He has been awarded...

• Jean made her colleagues jump
  29

  Jean made her colleagues jump
  Ali Aras, a buyer at Wokingham,
  joins in with the exercising fun. Jean Painter, a receptionist at
  Savacentre head office in
  Wokingham, exercised her brain
  and raised £2,000 as a result.
  Four...

• Join the Ginger TV crew
  29

  Join the Ginger TV crew
  From January, Chris Evans of the
  Big Breakfast, will be hosting a
  new Saturday night live
  entertainment show. As it is a
  show with a difference, he is
  looking for an audience with a
  difference, so...

• Tracy takes charge
  29

  Tracy takes charge
  In a situation of life and death,
  Brentwood's Tracy Higgins
  did the right thing.
  Newly qualified as a first
  aider, senior checkout
  assistant Tracy, at just 20,
  courageously put her theory
  into...

• A walk on the wild side
  30

  A walk on the wild side
  Clare Barlow of employee services (left) and VIda Narlnesingh bear their load
  along a muddy truck, while Catherine O'lHahoney keeps a lookout behind. Six JS women from Blackfriars
  braved the wilds of...

• Brett lords it over his estate
  30

  Brett lords it over his estate
  Brett Barfieid, grocery manager at Warwick, was put in the spotlight
  when he moved into his first home.
  Brett bought his house on a new estate built by Lovell, and was
  the first resident to move...

• John is a front runner in the hardest marathon
  30

  John is a front runner in the hardest marathon
  Jolin Stewart from Buntingford
  depot covered 950 miles as part
  of a marathon charity run - and
  that was only his training. He ran
  the Snowdonia Marathon in aid of
  the...

• Running from Blackfriars to the Big Apple
  30

  Running from Blackfriars to the Big Apple
  Joe Childs, Gillian Dunwoody and
  Sue Jackson. Three runners from Blackfriars:
  Joe Childs, Gillian Dunwoody
  and. Sue Jacltson entered the
  Chemical Bank Corporate
  Challenge for a bit...

• SSA
  31

  ROMANTIC PARIS WEEKEND
  country which has led
  the way for generations in
  history, culture and '^
  fashion; the inspiration of T
  poets, novelists and especially
  artists the world over; the 'City of Light'.
  Whether it's the...

• CLARET FOR A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS
  32

  CLARET FOR A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS
  Chateau Beaumont, 1990,
  Haut Medoc, Cm Bourgeois is
  the latest addition to the
  range of Sainsbury's
  wines.
  This Bordeaux
  claret is the
  classic accompaniment
  to the
  Christmas
  turi It...

• SOAP STARS
  32

  SOAP STARS
  Following the successful launches of Pick and Mix cheeses
  and trial size toiletries, JS is trialling a JS Soap Selection
  range. Six paper wrapped guest soaps are available in floral
  fragrances. Their size mal

• WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR CHRISTMAS?
  32

  Homebase launched two new
  colours to their extensive
  range of Christmas
  decorations.
  Blue and Mulberry
  (available in selected stores
  only) have been added to the
  range, which also includes red,
  gold, copper, silver/white...

• CREATE EXCITEMENT IN THE CHRISTMAS DRINKS CABINET
  33

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• DRINK YOUR TOFFEE APPLE
  33

  DRINK YOUR TOFFEE APPLE
  A range of crazy new drinks has been launched by JS, and the name
  says It all.
  Sparklers come In three fanciful flavours: Toffee Apple; Lemon
  Meringue, and Pear Drops. The taste sensations are...

• FOR RECIPES YOU WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF
  33

  FOR RECIPES YOU WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF
  JS has launched a new
  cookery book which
  contains 1000 recipes.
  The recipes are
  taken from the succ-essful 50 Recipe Series. They all have
  step by step instructions and colour...

• THE CHICKENS ARE COMING IN ONE BY ONE
  33

  THE CHICKENS ARE COMING IN ONE BY ONE
  JS has Introduced a unique new
  range of individual chicken
  portions called Chick 'n' Mix.
  These filled chicken portions
  are frozen, and come in four
  varieties: Creamy Cheese
  and Garlic...

• WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?
  33

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• WRAPS ARE OFF JANE'S CHRISTMAS CAKES
  33

  Here are two of the five new Jane
  Asher cakes launched by JS for
  Christmas.
  The Christmas Parcel Cake is
  certainly worth unwrapping.
  Underneath the soft fondant icing
  is a delicious sponge Christmas
  cake with a raspberry...

• CROSSWORD ANSWERS
  34

  CROSSWORD ANSWERS
  Across: 1. Scrooge 6. Militancy 7. Roses 9. Peg 12. Betfiiehem 17. Gnome 18. Tee
  19. Edge 20. Asli 21. Red Nose 22. Trend 23. Nelson 25. Noel 28. God Rest You
  30. Earn 31. Dates
  Down: 2. Colts 3. Oaths 4....

• SPORTY WITH CHARACTER
  34

  LIFELINES SPORTY WITH CHARACTER
  The Journal went to see community
  investment manager Eric Nicholls,
  owner of a unique collection of
  Limited Edition MG sports cars and
  chairman for five years of his local
  MG club. It is a...

• LONG SERVICE
  35

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 40 years'
  service are:
  DENNIS BURLEIGH, section
  manager reception, Epsom.
  BRIAN DYE, section manager
  meat, Waltham Cross.
  Employees who have
  completed 25 years'
  service...

• OBITUARY
  35

  OBITUARY
  Length of sen/Ice in brackets
  MARK DAVIS, student at
  Dagenham, died on October
  28 after a long illness, aged
  21 (5 years). ANGEU EWER,
  checkout/ replenishment
  assistant. Kings Heath, died
  suddenly on November...

• RETIREMENTS
  35

  RETIREMENTS
  Length of sen/Ice In brackets
  VIC SHEPHERD, supervisor,
  perishables warehouse,
  Basingstoke depot (37
  years). LEN STRONER,
  supen/isor, produce
  warehouse, Basingstoke
  depot (36 years). FRANK
  JENNINGS, senior...

• WEDDINGS
  35

  WEDDINGS
  ANNE PONTING, supermarket
  assistant, and ALAN
  MORRIS, warehouse
  assistant, both from
  Stafford, were married on
  September 4.
  ANN WALSH, customer
  services department, and
  PAT FOX, post room, both at
  Blackfriars,...

• WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?
  35

  WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?
  From London Colney Savacentre's textiles
  department (left to right), TERESA PUGH:
  'A black BMW driven by Marti Pellow';
  GINA DOYLE: 'Mel Gibson in a brand new
  Jacuzzi'; ANN SCALES: 'I'd like to...

• A PLUCKY TEAM
  36

  ARCHIVES
  A PLUCKY TEAM
  Christmas has always been a
  time ofimense activity in the branches.
  S s Christmas approached, finishing
  time for most staff became
  progressively later. There were always windows to
  be dressed with...