'JS Journal', May 1994

Table of content

• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  CALAIS BWS OPENING
  WRITELINES
  BRANCH OPENINGS:
  KILN LANE, EPSOM
  BEACONSFIELD
  ENFIELD HOMEBASE
  FOOD SAFETY WEEK
  WITH COMPETITION
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  3-7
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  8/9
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  FINANCIAL RESULTS
  SPECIAL 13-22
  SPORTS...

• DJ talks himself into trouble
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  DJ talks himself into trouble
  Greater Manchester Radio presenter Allan Beswick
  had to eat his words when Pam James from
  Prestwich set him a challenge.
  Allan said live on the radio that stacking shelves
  was easy and any Tom,...

• Frontline
  02

  'It has been an extrenriely tough year,' says
  chairman David Sainsbury in the Year End
  Video for Staff. 'But we have come out leaner
  and fitter and more able to deal with the
  future.' And the future? The 'doubting
  Thomases'...

• Donation helps build 'dream centre' for disabled
  03

  Donation helps build 'dream centre' for disabled Thanks to Sainsbury's,
  people with disabilities
  around Kensington are
  now £50,000 closer to the
  £800,000 needed to
  complete their dream
  recreation and...

• Get the news
  03

  Get the news
  Jessie Simmon, cleric at
  Hadlow, checks out the
  Weekly News poster.
  The branch bulletin is to be
  replaced in June by three
  new types of communication
  to staff, following
  trials in four districts.
  The 'Action...

• Retail review announced
  03

  Retail review announced
  As part of the company-wide review of structure and operations, management and staff in the retail division were
  briefed on April 26 about a programme which focuses on improving customer service and...

• Fertile training grounds
  04

  Fertile training grounds
  The first Homebase trainees receive their certificates of
  Horticulture at Hadlow College. At the end of this month,
  the first Homebase
  trainees will have 'passed
  out' on the Management
  Certificate in...

• House style ad
  04

  House style ad The final celebrity recipe
  ad of the spring batch
  features Louise
  Lombard, star of BBC's
  The House of Elliott,
  making Mascarpone and
  Lime Dessert.
  The advert, which is the
  15th recipe commercial to
  date,...

• In good company
  04

  In good company
  Good food, good company and good news was the
  formula for enjoyable afternoons when the Sainsbury
  pensioners got together at the Royal Lancaster Hotel
  for the three 1994 Veterans Reunions, held on March
  21,...

• Tesco pumps up turnover at price of profits
  04

  Tesco pumps up turnover at price of profits
  Tesco announced last
  month in its full year
  results (52 weeks to
  February 26) a 10%
  increase in UK sales to
  £8.98bn, with a 22% drop
  in pre-tax profits to
  £435.5m. This profit...

• JS doubles checkout chances
  05

  JS doubles checkout chances
  Two JS women have made it through to the final eight
  of the 1994 Checkout Assistant of the Year
  competition. Muriel Stubbs of Bridgend and Beatrice
  Eigenmann of Ladbroke Grove were selected...

• News in brief
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  News in brief
  Sainsbury's has taken over
  sponsorship for three
  annual awards made by the
  Institute of Logistics. They
  are: Excellence in Logistics
  Management, Best Paper at
  Annual Conference and
  Best Article in...

• Taking 3,000 daughters to work
  05

  Taking 3,000 daughters to work
  There were 3,000 extra
  pairs of hands helping
  out at Sainsbury's on
  April 25 as part of the
  national Take Our
  Daughters to Work
  initiative.
  They were being given a
  chance to see what...

• All aboard for Sainsbury's Central
  06

  All aboard for Sainsbury's Central
  ' '^AKtriES
  A artist's impression of part of the new style store. Sainsbury's will open a
  new style of shop on
  June 14.
  Chelmsford will have the
  first Sainsbury's Central
  store when the...

• Best tastes from near and far
  06

  Best tastes from near and far
  • JS was showing off a
  wine from the opposite
  side of the world in the
  Taste of the West show
  held in Exeter. Somerset's
  Wooton Trinity wine joined
  other traditional West
  Country produce...

• Hot stuff in the bakery
  06

  Hot stuff in the bakery
  The heat was on in bakeries
  over Easter as stores raced
  to keep up with the demand
  for hot cross buns.
  West Midlands customers
  love their buns more
  than most and at Oldbury
  Savacentre, staff had a...

• APPOINTMENTS
  07

  APPOINTMENTS
  Peter ibbotson
  PETER IBBOTSON lias been
  appointed to a new
  departmental director
  position of store format
  director, reporting to Colin
  Harvey.
  He will l>e responsible
  on belialf of tlie retail
  division for...

• Chateau Sainsbury
  07

  Chateau Sainsbury
  Everything from Lambrusco Rosso to entente cordiale.
  The shop just before opening. Like a small corner of
  Britain in Calais, the J
  Sainsbury Bieres, Vins et
  Spiritueux (BWS) shop at
  the Mammouth...

• Sunday Trading Bill amendment
  07

  Sunday Trading Bill amendment
  The latest amendment to
  the Sunday Trading Bill
  provides Homebase with an
  exemption from the six
  hour opening restriction
  that applies to other large
  stores. The exemption
  applies to a number...

• Writelines
  08

  CLASSIC TASTE
  Ethel Funnell, kiosk
  assistant.Tunbridge Wells
  Although it is very good to
  see our new Classic Cola
  doing so well, what now
  happens to people like
  myself (I'm sure there
  must be many others) who
  purchased...

• Trolley types
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  Trolley types In April's Journal, Gaynor Evans,
  checkout/replenishment assistant at Newport,
  presented her own portrait of a typical student
  customer by listing ten items most likely to be found
  in their shopping trolley. In...

• Branch opening—Beaconsfield
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  BEACONSFIELD
  Opening date: 19 April 1994
  Address: Maxwell Road,
  Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
  Opened by: Chairman David
  Sainsbury
  Branch manager: Jennie Harrison
  Project manager: Paul Chandler
  Staff: 359 (332 new...

• Branch opening—Kiln Lane, Epsom
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  KILN LANE, EPSOM
  Opening date: 22 March 1994
  Address: Kiln Lane, Epsom,
  Surrey
  Opened by: Chairman
  David Sainsbury
  Branch manager: Paul Davis
  Project manager: Alan Hodgson
  Staff: 481 (331 new staff)
  Sales area: 36,050 sq...

• Homebase opening—Enfield
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  ENFIELD
  Opening date: 30 March 1994
  Address: 4 Crown Road, Enfield,
  Middlesex
  Opened by: Homebase chairman
  Dino Adriano
  Branch manager: Richard Frost
  Project manager: Mike Gould
  Staff: 72 (62 new staff)
  Sales area: 43,508...

• GERM SEARCH COMPETITION
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  GERM SEARCH
  COMPETITION
  Our wordsquare highlights 12 words which are relevant to
  food hygiene. The words appear vertically, horizontally and
  diagonally, and may be reversed.
  H 0 T D J S
  Y N H X T K
  G N 0 I T A
  I F P E U...

• Safety First
  12

  Look at the full stop at the end of this sentence.
  That area on your food can contain a garrison of one hundred million bacteria.
  The battle against these bacteria goes to the streets during National Food Safety
  Week between...

• SAINSBURY'S Report of the Financial Year 1993-94
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• Quiz night
  23

  Can't touch those smart Macc lads Macclesfield's 'Untouchables'
  romped to victory in the final of
  the new Sainsbury Group Quiz,
  held at Manchester's Piccadilly
  Hotel on March 26.
  The 150 competitors were
  drawn from all six...

• Sports day
  23

  There was a triple bill of sporting drama at Hemel Hempstead's
  Dacorum Sports Centre on Sunday April 24 when JS staff ioclied
  horns in the squash, badminton and darts events. Bretton's darts players celebrate It was a long day...

• Annual area fun day
  24

  Northern Area is holding its annual
  area fun day at Ripley Castle in
  Harrogate on June 26.
  The main event of the day is
  the area It's a Knockout
  competition when the four districts
  and staff from the area office...

• Bunny money
  24

  Bunny money
  Karen on a fundraising mission as
  the Easter bunny.
  Staff at Crayford Homebase
  caught spring fever at Easter.
  General assistant Karen Gordon
  dressed up as the Easter bunny
  to sell raffle tickets to
  customers...

• FUN to come
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  The Central and Western area
  is holding its family fun day on June 12 at
  Stoke Place near Slough.
  All JS staff and their families are welcome.
  Admission and rides are free. Features include
  It's A Knockout, inter-branch...

• Good hearty meals
  24

  Good hearty meals
  The staff restaurant at Monks Cross gave
  heartfelt thanks to its local council when it
  was given a Heartbeat Award.
  Ryedale District Council nominated Sainsbury's for the award after
  regular checks on the...

• Women get motoring under the bonnet
  24

  Women get motoring under the bonnet
  Riding along in my automobile,
  now I know how to change the
  wheel!
  Since the female staff at
  Chaddesden went on a basic car
  maintenance and road safety
  course they no longer worry
  about...

• Caring donation
  25

  Caring donation
  Sutton Coldfield has helped a
  hospital that gives hope to parents
  of babies needing special care.
  The Penny Back scheme in
  the store raised £900 for the
  Good Hope Hospital. They will use
  the money for the...

• Championship that sticks
  25

  Championship that sticks
  staff at West Park Farm hit
  their target when they played
  in a paintball competition -
  they were crowned
  champions for the second
  year running.
  Other teams competing
  on the Surrey battlefield...

• Daisy's special day
  25

  When sprightly Daisy Coleman, a
  regular Wednesday shopper at
  Bridgemead, reached her 100th
  birthday in March, staff laid on a
  special tea in the staff restaurant
  and wheeled out a cake
  decorated with daisies, made by
  Erica...

• Five come down to earth
  25

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• Shaw's packer was split second from fame
  25

  Steve packs 'em in.
  Shaw's employee Steve Conley
  narrowly missed his dream of
  appearing on US TV's highest
  rated chat show. The Late Show
  with David Letterman, when he
  was runner up in the national
  bagging contest.
  Judges...

• COMPETITION WINNERS
  26

  Joyce Salter.
  Two lucky JS Journal readers
  will soon be spending a luxury
  weekend in the Jarvis Hotel of
  their choice.
  Joyce Salter, assistant
  office manager at Norwich
  House, Streatham and Penny
  Hack, food and store...

• HELLO CELLO
  26

  LIFELINES
  So you think classical music is boring?
  Wait till you hear how playing the cello has
  been Angela Males's ticket to travelling the
  world and hob-knobbing with the rich and
  famous. ngela, who works
  on the retail...

• Rob returns to Croatia
  26

  Rob returns to Croatia
  Rob's son James cooks breakfast en
  route.
  Anyone who would like a
  penfriend in Croatia should call
  Rob on 0763 261138, A Buntingford depot driver has
  just returned from Croatia after
  delivering 8.5...

• The streets of London
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  Lewis Humphries,
  retail trainee, Eltham
  (4 liours 30 mins),
  chatted about his
  achievement live on
  London's Capital Radio
  For Nigel Thoma, home and leisure general
  assistant at London Colney Savacentre, the
  cold dull...

• DON'T DESSERT THE DIET
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  DON'T DESSERT THE DIET
  The new Sainsbury's Diet Fromage
  Frais with Fruit on the Bottom is
  perfect for breakfast, or makes a
  great low calorie dessert at less
  than 50 calories per pot.
  It comes in a pack of four
  flavours:...

• DOUGHNUTS WITH A DIFFERENCE
  28

  DOUGHNUTS WITH A DIFFERENCE
  JS currently sells over two million
  doughnuts a week, and this looks
  like increasing as new Lemon
  Doughnuts are launched.
  For a change from jam. Lemon
  Doughnuts are filled with lemon curd
  made...

• ROLL OUT THE EASY OPTION
  28

  ROLL OUT THE EASY OPTION
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  Throw away the rolling
  pin. JS has launched
  an easy option in the
  pastry range.
  Ready Rolled Puff
  Pastry is convenient
  to use, and is ideal
  for pie toppings, vol
  au vents and...

• SPIKE THEIR FOOD
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  SPIKE THEIR FOOD
  Homebase knows it is not only
  humans who enjoy a regular
  supply of fine food. They have
  launched Houseplant Food Spikes
  for discerning plants everywhere.
  Plant lovers simply pop a fertilizer
  spike into the...

• THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
  28

  THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
  Two new drinks launched into stores are the first own label
  varieties of their kind on the nnarket.
  JS Cafe Noir is a rich, full flavoured coffee liqueur which
  can be served over ice or enjoyed as an...

• CANTONESE CUISINE
  29

  CANTONESE CUISINE
  A new range of Chinese ready
  meals provides a quicl<, easy and
  cheap alternative to takeaways.
  Chicken and Cashew Nuts
  with Rice; Mini Spare Ribs; Sweet
  and Sour Chicken; Chicken Chow
  Mein, and Chicken...

• ENTER THE HAIR CARE ZONE
  29

  ENTER THE HAIR CARE ZONE
  A new Sainsbury's hair care
  range named Zone has been
  launched.
  The range offers eight high
  performance products which
  help to create a personal
  style. Curl Booster adds
  volume, tames frizz...

• FINGER DIPPIN' GOOD
  29

  FINGER DIPPIN' GOOD
  A new Sainsbury's chicken
  product makes a perfect 'finger
  food'.
  Chicken Goujons with Garlic
  are strips of chicken breast
  fillet cut into finger length
  pieces and covered in garlic
  crispy crumb. They...

• THE INCREDIBLE CRINKLE BISCUITS
  29

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• LONG SERVICE
  30

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 40 years'
  service are:
  PETER MULLINS, store
  manager, Leamington.
  COLIN PALMER, section
  manager, meat, Romford.
  Employees who have
  completed 25 years'
  service are:
  MICHAEL...

• TILLS THAT RING THE CHANGES
  30

  ARCHIVES
  TILLS THAT RING
  THE CHANGES
  The modern scanning checkout has
  its origins in an Ohio saloon bar
  in the days of the American Wild West
  over 100 years ago. Checkout, early
  1950s. Customers mostly
  brought their own...

• WEDDINGS
  30

  WEDDINGS
  Congratulations to MIKE
  HARDY, section manager
  meat, and GILL THOMPSON,
  night shift assistant, both
  from West Hove. They were
  married on March 27.
  Theirs was the first branch
  wedding since the store
  opened in...

• OBITUARY
  31

  OBITUARY
  PATRICIA LAWS, night display
  assistant, Beckenham, died
  suddenly on April 6, aged 38
  (3 years' service).

• RETIREMENTS
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  RETIREMENTS
  Length of service in brackets
  BRIAN MINE, meat manager,
  Bridgwater (38 years). ROY
  BAREFORD, section manager,
  petrol station, Letchworth
  (37 years). DAVE NORTH,
  section manager, provisions,
  Bournemouth (37...

• SSA
  32

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