'JS Journal', November 1994

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• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  GIANT QUESTIONS
  ANSWERED
  2-5
  6/7
  WRITELINES 8/9 &27
  STORE OPENINGS:
  OAYBROOK
  FERNDOWN
  WARLINGHAM
  CHICHESTER RE-OPENS
  25 CLUB
  MAKING HISTORY BY
  'BEST BUTTER' AUTHOR
  GREEN SCENE
  FUTURECOOKS
  STORES...

• Frontline
  02

  Treasure trove
  The company celebrates 125 years of history with
  the publication of the bool< 'The Best Butter in the
  World'. To tell the company history, it draws heavily
  on the treasures of our unique archives.
  Author...

• Good Fortune tickets to be claimed
  02

  Good Fortune tickets
  to be claimed
  The BBC are looking for 'lively, bubbly' staff who
  would like to join the audience for Gloria Hunniford's
  new television programme. Good Fortune! seeks to
  locate the rightful owners
  of...

• Ice cream is good for children
  02

  Ice cream is good for children
  Walsall store manager Tracey Sherwood presents
  the lolly on October 5 but a young beneficiary is
  more interested in the ice cream.
  Well, one ice cream turned out to be very good for
  some...

• PROPOSALS UNLIMITED
  02

  PROPOSALS UNLIMITED
  Secretly planning to propose? Want to do it in a
  surprising way? Write in strict confidence to PC Box
  5509, London W8 7WG.

• Sainsbury's The Magazine... of the year
  02

  Sainsbury's The Magazine... of the year
  Sainsbury's The Magazine
  has been voted Magazine
  of the Year in the Media
  Week 1994 Consumer
  Press Awards. In its first 18 months the customer
  magazine has attracted
  over two million...

• Half year results
  03

  Half year results
  'We have strengthened our competitive position in UK food retailing by
  reducing prices and improving service.'
  Chairman David Sainsbury with Sharon Chillipscien at the Interims press call held...

• 125 years of service and still improving
  04

  125 years of service and still improving
  Sainsbury's is making a
  number of pledges to
  customer service to celebrate
  the 125th anniversary
  of the company. One million
  pounds per month extra has
  been made available to
  ensure...

• Meat the experts
  04

  Meat the experts
  Since September, 60 JS
  meat counter staff have
  been polishing up their
  customer service techniques
  and practical butchery
  skills with training at the
  Meat and Livestock
  Commission (MLC).
  The new three-day...

• Sainsbury's comes to the parties
  04

  Sainsbury's comes to the parties
  Having dipped our toe in the
  water last year on Sunday
  shopping, JS had a more
  direct involvement with the
  party conferences this year
  sponsoring receptions at all
  three conferences and...

• The option is yours
  04

  The option is yours
  Hurry and you could just still join the savings-related
  share option scheme, which closes on November 18. By putting away a minimum
  of £10 per month you can, in
  five years' time, buy shares
  in JS at 20%...

• All aboard for GNVQ scholarships ips
  05

  Left Tim Boswell, Minister for GNVQ's, and IMiice Heron,
  chairman of the Council for NVQ's and Post Office. JS is one of the founder
  members of the scheme
  which is aimed at encouraging
  current students of the
  scheme to attain...

• APPOINTMENTS
  05

  APPOINTMENTS
  Michael Morgan. MICHAEL MORGAN is replacing
  Michael Rosen, who has
  resigned, as head of the grocery
  division reporting to Robin
  Whitbread. Michael Morgan
  continues his responsibilities for
  international...

• CORRECTION
  05

  CORRECTION
  In the October issue of
  the Journal, Newbury
  store manager Mike
  Salmon was incorrectly
  referred to as Mark
  Salmon.

• Deputy chairman is new voice of the industry
  05

  Deputy chairman is new voice of the industry
  Vyner has taken over the
  presidency of grocery trade
  organisation, the IGD
  (Institute of Grocery
  Distribution), from Argyll
  chairman Sir Alastair Grant.
  The commitment is...

• News in brief
  05

  News in brief
  The brown uniforms became
  JS history on October 31
  when staff at Bristol's
  Kingswood store were the
  last to convert to the blue
  uniforms. Fifty tonnes of
  the old brown uniforms are
  not going to waste -...

• Tunnel debut
  05

  Tunnel debut
  The first JS deliveries to
  come through the Channel
  Tunnel are in stores now.
  Wine on containers that
  came up from Narbonne in
  France arrived in England
  last month. Business
  development manager
  Garry Marshall...

• Chairman answers Giant questions
  06

  Chairman answers Giant questions THE DAVID SAINSBURY INTERVIEW
  In the last Journal we reported that the company was to buy a 16% stake In the
  North American supermarket chain Giant for £205 million. We met David Salnsbury
  to...

• Writelines
  08

  SHOW UP FOR YOUR SHARE?
  Jane Barnett, STAR coordinator,
  Sheffield
  During a STAR meeting,
  the subject of absenteeism
  was discussed and a
  suggestion put forward
  which seemed to win quite
  a lot of approval.
  At present, the...

• Branch opening—Ferndown
  10

  FERNDOWN
  Opening date: 23 August 1994
  Address: Ringwood Road,
  Ferndown, Dorset
  Opened by: Deputy chairman
  Tom Vyner
  Store manager: Alan Barker
  Project manager: Henry Grala
  Staff: 385 (309 new staff)
  Sales area: 32,000 sq...

• Branch opening—Warlingham
  10

  WARLINGHAM
  Opening date: 13 August 1994
  Address: Limpsfield Road,
  Warlingiiam, Surrey
  Opened by: Chairman David
  Sainsbury
  Store manager: Kevin Plant
  Project manager: Keith Butler
  Staff: 274 (240 new staff)
  Sales area:...

• Homebase opening—Daybrook
  10

  DAYBROOK
  Opening date: 19 August 1994
  Address: Mansfield Road, Daybrool<,
  Nottingliam
  Opened by: Deputy managing
  director Ross IVIcLaren
  Store manager: Stepiien Lumb
  Project manager: Neil Hotston
  Staff: 49 (45 new...

• 25 years of the 25 Club
  12

  This year's 25 Club meeting for staff who have
  completed a quarter of a century service was a special
  one. The Club itself was celebrating its silver anniversary
  and employee services manager Paul Foulger, who for
  years has...

• Branch opening—Chichester
  12

  CHICHESTER store manager
  Chris Davis.
  S U P E R M A R K E T
  CHICHESTER
  Opening date: 16 August 1994
  Address: Westhampnett Road,
  Chichester, West Sussex
  Opened by: Chairman
  David Sainsbury
  Store manager: Chris...

• PAGES OF HISTORY
  13

  PAGES OF HISTORY
  A: When it's a JS History!
  rhc Best Butter in the World, by Bridget Williams, was launched on ^
  October 17 at ttie Cromwell Road branch, where chairman David ^.
  Sainsbury signed copies of the book for...

• GREEN SCENE
  17

  We've heard of Air Miles but what's this about Food
  IVIIIes? Environment affairs manager Alison Austin
  provides a route map to the subject:
  'There is increasing concern about the innpact of transporting
  food to the...

• Past, present and Futurecooks
  18

  What better venue for the Grand Final than the Savoy -
  the grandest of hotels on the north bank of the Thames?
  Past, present and Futurecooks I
  n surroundings of
  ornate elegance, an
  atmosphere of tense
  excitement was...

• Homes for Able Autistic Adults
  20

  Richard Davies' district put all their
  pennies together and made a
  presentation of £2,095 to local
  charity Homes for Able Autistic
  Adults (HAAA).
  Says the charity,' At present,
  specialist accommodation is only
  available...

• Lessons in how to get caked!
  20

  Lessons in how to get caked!
  i^l • r f
  When Gillibrand County Primary
  School in Chorley, Lancashire, asked
  parents to involve themselves in the
  classroom, Bolton store's baker Dave
  Mercer took in an oven.
  Dave's...

• Railway children
  20

  Railway children
  Heyford Hill's BPM Nikki Albert
  presents the framed prints to
  Rose Hill First School. Life imitated art for children from
  Rose Hill First School in Oxford.
  They are among the 1,500
  primary schools to receive...

• The fund-raising fleet's in
  20

  The fund-raising fleet's in
  Broadcut store welcomed aboard Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian
  Oswald GCB in September. He is patron of the Solent Multiple
  Sclerosis Therapies charity. Fund-raisers came to the store as part of...

• And so to bed
  21

  And so to bed
  When Purley War Memorial
  Hospital held a Victorian Fun Day
  on September 24, the local Purley
  store joined in and dressed up to
  the nines - or the 1869s. The
  historical flashback was in aid of
  the hospital's...

• Looking after the pennies
  21

  Looking after the pennies
  They counted them in and they
  counted them out. When
  Coldhams Lane Penny Back
  collection reached £2,000, the
  store divided the funds four ways.
  Chequeing out with local charities is store manager...

• WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT THERE'S CARD FRAUD ABOUT
  21

  WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT THERE'S CARD FRAUD ABOUT
  Little over a month until Cliristmas and the busiest shopping time
  of the year is already here. That means party time not only for kids
  but also for fraudsters.
  According to the...

• WORD SEARCH
  21

  WORD SEARCH
  Find the words listed right and put a line through
  them. They may appear back to front or...

• All the way here for the beer
  22

  All the way here for the beer
  Sumo wrestlers, musketeers
  and Flintstones characters from
  Peter King's district made a
  dash from Strangeways Prison
  in Manchester and headed for
  a mystery chateau across the
  Channel. Thirteen...

• Beeston's demolition derby
  22

  Beeston's demolition derby
  A full Sainsbury's car park is not
  the ideal place to lose control of
  your car. And when 60-year-old
  Wilf Howarth lost control of his
  car he did it in some style.
  Thirteen cars were...

• It's ok. Just flooded the engine
  22

  It's ok. Just flooded the engine
  Could this be the best excuse yet for being late for work? Dennis Rick, deputy manager,
  fresh foods, at Warrington
  (formerly of East Prescot Road)
  is the unfortunate owner of the
  car in the...

• Joyce's royal appointment
  22

  Joyce's royal appointment
  Joyce Boyle of BItterne has been
  to see the Queen. Joyce and her
  husband Bill were invited to
  Buckingham Palace when Bill was
  awarded an MBE for services to
  the defence industry.
  Bill has worked...

• Day tripping
  23

  Day tripping
  Nearly every store enjoyed an
  outing of one sort or another
  this summer and, from what we
  hear, a great time was had by
  all. Sheffield Homebase sent us
  this souvenir of their day out to
  Salisbury in September.

• NOT SIMPLY THE BEST
  23

  LIFELINES
  0teve Cobb is, in his field.
  Great Britain's number
  one 1500m runner, and
  fourth fastest in the
  world. But even the
  most avid of sports fans have
  probably not heard of him.
  This is because Steve competes
  against...

• Set fair for retirement
  23

  Set fair for retirement
  Ever since working with locai BBC
  weatherman Craig Rich on a fundraising
  project in 1989,
  Plymouth's BPIVI Jean Rampton
  kept a photograph of him in her
  office. So, on Jean's last day
  before retiring...

• Swansea's bananas reunite sisters
  23

  Swansea's bananas reunite sisters
  After almost 50 years of
  separation, Mary Thomas had
  virtually given up hope of finding
  her sister Phyllis...until a millionto-
  one chance meeting at
  Swansea store.
  IVIary, now 74, and...

• OOH BABY YOU'RE THE BEST
  24

  The recently launched First Menu
  range comprises balanced and
  specially formulated meals to cater
  for the new addition to the family
  from birth to seven months
  onwards. On-pack colour coding
  makes choosing from the...

• PRESERVING GOOD TASTE
  24

  PRESERVING GOOD TASTE
  Preserve the peace in the family
  by presenting a choosy aunt or
  gracious grandparent with a
  special Christmas preserve
  presentation. Breakfast Time
  pack or Lunch Time pack.
  The IVliniature Preserve...

• SOMETHING SPECIAL
  24

  SOMETHING SPECIAL
  Here is a sneak preview of one
  of the major product launches of
  the year. Of the 350 new lines
  in the new Special Selection
  range of the highest quality
  foods from Britain, Italy and the
  rest of the world,...

• CUSTOMERS CAN NOW PICK FAIRTRADE TEA
  25

  CUSTOMERS CAN NOW PICK FAIRTRADE TEA Customers have
  brewed the
  coffee and eaten
  chunks of the
  chocolate, now
  they can taste
  the tea: Sainsbury's is selling the first tea
  to be awarded the Fairtrade Mark.
  Nilgiri Blue...

• NOVON - THE SECOND CYCLE
  25

  NOVON - THE SECOND CYCLE
  Sainsbury's own-brand washing
  powders have been redesigned
  and reformulated and boast the
  new slogan "Safe on fabrics.
  Tough on stains." A new blend of
  enzymes (that break down the
  things that make...

• PICKED AND PACKED
  25

  PICKED AND PACKED
  No longer will cooks need to worry about fruit being out of season. A
  new range of dried fruits and berries are not only perfect for cooking but
  make a healthy and tasty sweet snack. The fruits include...

• SSA OFFERS
  26

  A WEEKEND IN THE NEW FOREST
  •" i'" i^yt(%
  soak up some
  ummer sun...
  on the beach
  Weekend breaks are very popul
  members, so we are constantly strivin;
  quality hotels at reasonable prices. This hotelj
  part of the Virgin...

• LONG SERVICE
  27

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 40 years' service
  are:
  TERRY JONES, store format
  group, Blackfriars. RICHARD
  STOVELL, butcher, East
  Grinstead.
  Employees who have
  completed 25years' service
  are:
  JOHN AYWARD,...

• RETIREMENTS
  27

  RETIREMENTS
  BETTY PEARCE, meat
  replenishment assistant,
  Romford (8 yrs). ILENE DAISLEY,
  price controller, Romford (23
  yrs). AGNES RATCLIFF, office
  clerk, Great Yarmouth (22
  yrs). THELMA BURNAGE, fresh
  food replenishment...

• WEDDINGS
  27

  PEOPLE
  WEDDINGS
  Labelled by friends as a
  'funky couple', theirs was
  definitely a wedding with a
  difference: with a card signed
  by Noel Edmonds and the
  wedding speeches to the
  tune of the Flintstones theme
  song!...

• THE BEST BUTTERMEN IN THE WORLD
  28

  ARCHIVES
  THE BEST
  BUTTERMEN IN THE
  WORLD
  Sainsbury 's reputation as the cream of
  dairy shops was established at the very
  start of its history. The important
  contribution butter made to that reputation
  is reflected in the...