'JS Journal', March 1993

Table of content

• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES 3-5
  WRITELINES 6/7&2S
  BRANCH OPENINGS:
  HARROGATE
  STEVENAGE
  SENIOR MANAGEMENT
  CONFERENCE 10/11&22
  EVERYTHING YOU WANTED
  TO KNOW ABOUT MARCH 12/13
  LEADERSHIP THROUGH
  TEAMWORK 14-16
  HEALTH & SAFETY...

• Frontline
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  What we want to know is - who is sticking it out for Comic Relief? We
  need a big push to sell all those tomato door knockers currently
  gracing our foyers on special promotional stands. Individual stores are
  rising to the 'Stick...

• CLOTHES SHOW POPS IN TO BORROW LIPSTICK
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  FOOD SAFETY TRAINING WINS MAJOR AWARD
  The JS Food Safety Training
  programme has been chosen
  from among 1600 entries for a
  National Training Award.
  At the award ceremony held
  at the Queen Elizabeth II
  Conference Centre on...

• DAVID SAINSBURY MAKES HUGE DONATION TO CHARITY
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  CLOTHES SHOW POPS IN TO BORROW LIPSTICK
  Tina Parker, office
  clerk at East Filton
  JS, got her fifteen
  minutes of fame
  when the BBC's
  Clothes Show programme
  filmed in the
  store in January.
  Charlie Green, makeup
  artist to...

• EMPLOYERS DISCUSS THE MODERN APPROACH TO DISABILITY
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  EMPLOYERS DISCUSS THE MODERN APPROACH TO DISABILITY
  On February 3, JS played host to delegates from 23
  organisations who are leading the way in creating modern
  approaches to employing people with disabilities. At a
  briefing...

• FOOD SAFETY TRAINING WINS MAJOR AWARD
  03

  DAVID SAINSBURY MAKES HUGE DONATION TO CHARITY
  Chairman David Sainsbury has given shares in the
  company worth £200 million to the Gatsby Charitable
  Foundation, a gr^nt-making trust which he set. up and has
  funded since...

• NEWS IN BRIEF
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  NEWS IN BRIEF
  Hundreds of regional and
  head office staff at our
  North American supermarket
  subsidiary, Shaw's,
  have raised over £4000 for
  a regional children's
  charity by helping out in
  the stores during the...

• STAFF RALLY MPS IN SUPPORT OF SUNDAY SHOPPING
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  STAFF RALLY MPS IN SUPPORT OF SUNDAY SHOPPING
  Staff from JS, Savacentre and Homebase joined hundreds
  of fellow shopworkers for a rally to defend their Sunday
  shop jobs at the House of Commons on January 20. They
  were urging...

• APPOINTMENTS
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  APPOINTMENTS
  Chairman DAVID SAINSBURY has
  announced that a new position
  of general manager of JS
  coffee shops is being created
  'in order to improve the sales
  and profit performance of the
  growing number of JS coffee
  shops,...

• SABRE GETS NEW TEETH
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  SABRE GETS NEW TEETH
  Weekends may never be the same again as Phase Two of
  the Sabre project puts an end to much of the ritual of the
  weekly BOS 2 and price change stock counting over the
  coming months. This is the Inventory...

• Writelines
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  SUNDAY IS OUR CHOICE
  Carole Sutherland,
  checkout assistant,
  Talbot Heath
  Following your article in the
  January /February issue,
  regarding the 'Sunday
  Shopping Campaign', may I
  speak on behalf of all of us
  at this branch...

• Branch opening—Harrogate
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  HARROGATE
  Harrogate
  London
  Opening date: February 4, 1993
  Address: Wetherby Road,
  Harrogate, North Yorkshire
  Opened by: Retail director
  Colin Harvey
  Branch manager: Brian Fell
  Project manager: Paul Chandler
  Staff: 323...

• Branch opening—Coreys Mill - Stevenage
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  COREYS MILL - STEVENAGE
  The day before the new Stevenage Sainsbury's opened, 60 local residents were given
  a tour of the store which they helped to develop. Since a number of houses bordered
  the site of Coreys Mill, these...

• Senior Management Conference 1993
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  Senior Management Conference 1993
  Chairman David Sainsbury, in welcoming delegates, explained that the
  conference would look ahead at the strategic issues facing JS, and involve all
  delegates in generating new ideas to help the...

• The Joys of Spring
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  The Joys of Spring
  IVs March and that means spring is
  just around the corner] The cold,
  gloomy winter nights are giving way
  to longer days and the countryside is
  coming hack to life. March is a month
  of seasonal change and...

• WHEN DID THEY LAST ASK YOU?
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  WHEN DID THEY LAST ASK YOU?
  *I could tell them a thing or two if they'd care to listen.' It's a sentiment
  expressed in staff restaurants and cloakrooms the length and breadth of the
  country.
  Any self'respecting organisation...

• Health & Safety Regulations
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  New Health & Safety Regulations
  When the doors swung open to the single European
  market on January 1 it meant more than easier links with
  our continental suppliers, it also heralded six new EC
  IHealth and Safety Regulations....

• GREEN SCENE
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  GREEN SCENE
  RECYCLERS C A R R Y T H E
  C A N
  Belgrave Road recently received a visit
  from one of the Neighbours but staff were
  not surprised to find the cameras arrive as
  well. Not just any old neighbour, Kristian
  Schmid -...

• GREAT EXPECTATIONS
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  There are 38,000 staff holding
  shares in the company and they
  may wonder why the share
  price seems to leap around
  regardless of our performance.
  Here is a rough guide.
  GREAT EXPECTATIONS Over the last ten years,
  Sainsbury's...

• JS PERSONAL EQUITY PLAN
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  JS PERSONAL EQUITY PLAN
  Staff who are currently
  exercising options and taking
  shares through the SAYE
  scheme should be aware of the
  potential tax advantages offered
  by the Sainsbury's PEP. The
  plan is managed...

• BAGSHOT ROAD RISES TO THE OCCASION
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  BAGSHOT ROAD RISES TO THE OCCASION
  Louise King, a young customer at Bagshot Road,
  had tried making bread with her mum several times,
  but it never seemed to rise.
  In desperation, she wrote to the branch asking if it
  would be...

• FUNDRAISING AT BYBROOK GOES SKY HIGH
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  FUNDRAISING AT BYBROOK GOES SKY HIGH
  Shoppers at Bybrook were in for a
  surprise as a rather unusual form of
  transport arrived and took up half the car
  park.
  The Kent Air Ambulance helicopter
  landed in the car park as part of...

• THE MAKING OF A MAGICAL CHILDREN'S TOUR
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  THE MAKING OF A MAGICAL CHILDREN'S TOUR
  Each year, staff at Horsham take part in the
  sponsored swim for the Golden Lion's Children's
  Trust.
  In December, the Trust sent six children from the
  Queen Elizabeth II School for the...

• CHILDREN ALREADY IN THE CHRISTMAS MOOD
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  CHILDREN ALREADY IN THE CHRISTMAS MOOD
  Children at Macclesfield's local school,
  Marlborough County Primary School, have
  been busy putting crayon to paper as part of a
  school project to design a Christmas...

• KEIGHLEY RETURNS THE FAVOUR
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  KEIGHLEY RETURNS THE FAVOUR
  When a member of management from Keighley had
  to spend some time in the local hospital, the store
  responded with a £700 thank you. Keighley chose
  the Airedale General Hospital as the recipient of...

• SAVE THE PENNIES, AND THE POUNDS SOON GROW
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  SAVE THE PENNIES, AND THE POUNDS SOON GROW
  As customers donated their pennies at Stanway, the
  pounds grew and grew, until £3000 was raised.
  This was donated to St Helena Hospice, Colchester.
  Over the last year, the branch has...

• SWEET CHARITY COMES TO LINCOLN
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  SWEET CHARITY COMES TO LINCOLN
  Dave Walker, section manager frozen foods at
  Lincoln, is kept busy day and night with his two
  different careers.
  By day he works in Sainsbury's, by
  night he's an actor.
  Dave is a member of
  an...

• A BRANCH OF THE FAMILY
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  A BRANCH OF THE FAMILY
  In the December Journal we asked if any branch
  could beat the number of family relationships
  boasted by Newbury.
  Walthamstow wrote to the Journal saying
  they had beaten this, but could provide us with...

• EDGWARE'S FOOTBALL CHALLENGE
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  EDGWARE'S FOOTBALL CHALLENGE
  Edgware has recently formed a football team
  and would be interested in playing any other
  stores in the region.
  They are prepared to travel as long as a pitch
  has been arranged. If not, they can...

• UPTON HELPS TO PAY FOR HEALING EQUIPMENT
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  UPTON HELPS TO PAY FOR HEALING EQUIPMENT
  Staff at Upton raised £315 on
  December 6 for a very unusual
  charity.
  Raffle tickets were sold to
  customers and staff in aid of The
  Diving Diseases Research Centre. The Centre aims...

• COMPETITIONS PAGE
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  COMPETITIONS PAGE
  How can you get your hands
  on the best seats for the
  latest award winning West
  End show? What colour are
  COz fire extinguishers; and
  what was the solution to two
  down in our Christmas
  crossword? These...

• ANIMAL MAGIC
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  ANIMAL MAGIC
  Children will love the new
  range of milk chocolate
  animals available in stores for
  Easter.
  These frogs, tortoises,
  ladybirds, bunnies and chicks
  make much cleaner
  household pets than the real
  thing, but they...

• BRUNO JOINS THE BREAKFAST CLUB
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  BRUNO JOINS THE BREAKFAST CLUB
  A new addition to the Breakfast
  Club range of children's cereals has
  been launched by JS.
  Exclusive to the UK market,
  Chocohoops are chocolate
  flavoured cereal rings filled with
  rolled oats...

• JS LAYS ON A SPREAD FOR VEGETARIANS
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  JS LAYS ON A SPREAD FOR VEGETARIANS
  JS has launched a
  Mushroom Pate suitable
  for vegetarians. It is made with mushrooms, onions, full fat
  soft cheese, mayonnaise and garlic, with a butter topping.
  It is ideal for spreading on...

• UPPER CRUST PIES
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  UPPER CRUST PIES
  A new range of Rich Pastry Pies are now available in
  selected JS stores.
  These pies come in three varieties: Chicken and
  Vegetable, Steak, and Steak and Potato, and they retail at
  £1.99, £2.09 and £1.69...

• MARINADES MAKE MORE OF MEAT
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  MARINADES MAKE MORE OF MEAT
  A new range of marinades has been introduced into
  stores.
  The three varieties: Red Wine; Tomato, Garlic and
  Herb, and Tikl dishes.
  Simply add the marinade to...

• APPOINTMENTS
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  APPOINTMENTS
  NICHOLAS BARKER, from store
  manager, Preston, to store
  manager, Darnley. JULIE
  BATEMAN, from senior deputy
  manager, Cobham, to store
  manager, Guildford. CHRISTOPHER
  CADE, from senior deputy
  manager, Lordshill,...

• LONG SERVICE AWARDS
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  LONG SERVICE
  AWARDS
  Keith Worrall.
  KEITH WORRALL, trading board
  director, celebrated 40 years'
  service with JS on January 19.
  Keith joined the company in
  1953 but left one year later to complete his National Service.
  He...

• RETIRING DIRECTORS
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  RETIRING
  DIRECTORS
  Cecil Roberts.
  CECIL ROBERTS, trading director,
  retired from JS on February 19
  after 35 years' service.
  Cecil joined in 1958 as a
  statistician, and subsequently
  managed the statistical
  department.
  In...

• WEDDINGS
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  WEDDINGS
  Matthew and Gina.
  Congratulations to MATTHEW
  GREENWOOD, BWS assistant, and
  GINA LODGE, general office clerk,
  from Leeds, who got married on
  January 9. They spent their
  honeymoon In the Caribbean.

• CORRECTION
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  CORRECTION
  Apologies to Lil Home, cook
  at Bitterne. She was
  incorrectly described as a
  checkout/replenishment
  assistant in the last Journal.

• OBITUARY
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  OBITUARY
  FRANK BISHOP, manager, Alperton,
  died suddenly on February 6,
  aged 45 (28 years). JEAN FOLEY,
  checkout/replenishment, Bitterne,
  died after a long illness on
  February 12, aged 46 (20 years).
  KEVIN HATCHETT,...

• RETIREMENTS
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  RETIREMENTS
  RON CUTTS, reception manager,
  Dewsbury (38 years). HARRY
  DOWN, senior section manager,
  meat, Locksbottom (38 years).
  JOHN WILSON, meat manager.
  Kings Lynn (37 years). HAROLD
  JORDAN, meat manager, Fareham
  (36...

• HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE
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  Bill Smith has been at head office longer than
  ^ • ^ ^ ^ B anyone bar the presidents Lord Sainsbury of
  Drury Lane and Sir Robert Sainsbury.
  When Bill retired as SLC projects leader on January 29
  after 50 years' service he...