'JS Journal', January/February 1995

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• Group set to buy Texas Homecare
  02

  Group set to buy
  Texas Homecare
  Sainsbury's has agreed with the Ladbroke Group to
  buy the Texas Homecare chain for £290 million. The announcement that a
  contract had been signed
  on January 23 came as
  the Journal was due...

• HRH The Prince of Wales
  02

  HRH The Prince of Wales visited Sheffield Savacentre on
  December 12 to see at first hand the success of The Prince's
  Trust Volunteers part-time programme at the store.

• We're having a party
  02

  We're having a party
  From Sunday, February
  12, JS will be hosting a
  four-week party to
  celebrate the end of the
  125th anniversary. Among
  the host of activities instore
  will be a free draw
  each week for customers
  and...

• Best selling butter
  03

  Best selling butter
  The Best Butter in the
  World, JS's 125th anniversary
  history, written by
  Bridget Williams, achieved
  the distinction just before
  Christmas of appearing in the London Evening
  Standard'f, best seller list....

• Classic Cola happening
  03

  Classic Cola happening
  As part of the development
  of its image, Sainsbury's
  Classic Cola sponsored the
  BBC Clothes Show in
  Birmingham in December.
  The audience was
  treated to free samples of the
  drink in a special area...

• Pride of the Clyde
  03

  Pride of the Clyde
  Work began on Savacentre's
  border on December 20 with
  at Braehead, Clydeside. Braehead Park Ltd is a joint
  venture between JS and
  Marks & Spencer who have
  just appointed Capital Shopping
  Centres Pic (CSC)...

• We want to prove we're parents' choice
  03

  We want to prove we're parents' choice
  Television personality and celebrity mum Ulrika Jonsson
  launched the 1995 Parent Friendly Awards on January 13. back its 1993 crown of
  'most parent-friendly
  supermarket' from last
  year's...

• Introducing THOMAS the tanker
  04

  New JS liveried tankers are now being used to deliver petrol
  to stores in the south. Nicknamed THOMAS (Tank Having
  Optimum Mass And Stability), the tanker trailer, built in
  Australia, has a special low slung tank and was...

• Major players
  04

  Major players
  The Savoy was host to 14
  long serving Sainsbury's
  employees on January 9.
  Between them they had
  over 560 years' service,
  each having reached their
  40 year milestone last year.
  They and their...

• Senior managers' development moves on
  04

  Senior managers' development moves on
  Pictured in celebratory
  mood are recent graduates
  of the Senior Management
  Development Programme
  for senior managers
  throughout JS, Savacentre
  and Homebase.
  The course will...

• Songs on screen
  04

  Songs on screen
  Watch out for Sainsbury's Choir of the Year Competition, to be televised through
  January, February and March. From January 22, BBC2 is
  showing the finals on
  seven successive Sunday
  afternoons until...

• BREEAM dream comes true for Homebase
  05

  BREEAM dream comes true for Homebase
  Harrow Homebase lias become the first building to be
  awarded a 'very good' rating in its class of the
  BREEAM environmental awards.
  Building services engineering manager Ian...

• News in brief
  05

  News in brief
  Sainsbury's is the
  company most admired by
  senior management in the
  food retail sector, according
  to a survey of
  corporate reputation by
  Management Today
  magazine. The survey
  involved directors of ten...

• Smoking rooms for stores
  05

  Smoking rooms for stores
  Following staff feedback
  on the non-smoking
  policy in stores, separate
  smoking rooms are to be
  installed into all JS
  stores.
  Staff were formerly
  allowed to smoke in the
  staff restaurant. But,...

• SYSTEM 25 earns its pension
  05

  SYSTEM 25 earns its pension
  After 13 years of sterling
  service, tlie last System
  25 brancli computer was
  retired from Horsliam
  store in December.
  The System 25 hardware
  was the first major
  computer fitted into stores
  when...

• Writelines
  06

  CHECKING OUT CHILDCARE
  Nigel Gowes, frozen food
  replenishment,
  Bexhill
  What is the company's
  view on incorporating
  work place and/or local
  community nurseries or
  creches as part of our
  service to staff, customers
  and...

• Branch opening—Banbury
  08

  BANBURY
  Opening date: November 22, 1994
  Address: Oxford Road, Banbury,
  Oxen
  Opened by: Chairman
  David Sainsbury
  Store manager: Trevor Trudgill
  Project manager: Paul Chandler
  Staff: 427 (192 new staff)
  Sales area: 32,000...

• Branch opening—Selby Road, Leeds
  08

  SELBY ROAD, LEEDS
  Opening date: November 22, 1994
  Address: Colton Retail Parl<, Selby
  Road, Colton, Leeds
  Opened by: Deputy chairman
  Tom Vyner
  Store manager: Paul Robinson
  Project manager: Richard
  O'Callaghan
  Staff: 335...

• Homebase opening—Lincoln
  08

  LINCOLN
  Opening date: December 8, 1994
  Address: The Sidings,
  off Rope Walk, Lincoln
  Opened by: Regional manager
  Paul Shoemaker
  Store manager: Peter Edmonds
  Project manager: Mike Gould
  Staff: 47 (43 new staff)
  Sales area:...

• HELP!
  10

  After operating for 18 months company-wide, the Freephone Helpline is expanding.
  Three more call handlers are joining the current compliment of four. But if you think all
  they handle are questions on opening hours and prices,...

• Homebase opening—Northampton
  10

  NORTHAMPTON
  Opening date: 16 December 1994
  Address: New Riverside Business
  Park, off the A45/A43, Northampton
  Opened by: Regional manager
  David Taylor
  Store manager: Martin Leonard
  Project manager: Neil Hotston
  Staff: 56...

• Love is in the air
  12

  VOXPOP
  Will it be a single red rose, a meal at your favourite
  restaurant, a weekend in Paris or a coded message in the
  local paper? If you haven t yet planned your Valentine's Day,
  here are a few ideas from romantic staff...

• EASY GOING
  13

  EASY GOING
  Early recognition can prevent ttie pain of damaged roll pallets
  Hoiw m a n y t i m e s h a v e y o u
  c u r s e d a n d s t r a i n e d t o move
  a d a m a g e d roil p a i i e t ? But
  h o w m a n y t i m e s h a v e...

• GREEN SCENE
  14

  Posting bottles and newspapers into the bins
  provided is only the beginning.
  In order to 'close
  the loop' which turns
  yesterday's newspapers
  into the packaging for
  tomorrow's lunch, it's
  essential to create a
  market for...

• Master class
  15

  Master class
  Putting primary school children in the picture has proved
  a hugely successful exercise for Sainsbury's Arts
  Education Programme.
  Sainsbury's Pictures for Schools, established in 1993
  for secondary schools and...

• . . .and pictures
  16

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• Your words
  16

  Your words
  In the December Issue we published winning entries to the
  Journal's photographic and poetry competitions.
  We promised then we would squeeze in just a few more. On the death of my father and
  return to England of my...

• Following the bear-a follow on
  17

  Following the bear-a follow on
  Bakery section manager at Walthai
  stow Mark Livert showed great brave
  in the face of fund-raising. No^
  did he voiunteer for M
  eadshave, but he aliow
  ; store manager John Prie
  to carry it out!...

• PRESENTING FFYONA
  18

  LIFELINES
  PRESENTING FFYONA
  For most people, appearing on
  television is Just a dream. For part
  time assistant at Pitsea, Ffyona
  Gregory, it's a dream come true.
  Twenty year old Ffyona has
  enjoyed more than her 15
  minutes...

• COMPETITIONS PAGE
  19

  COMPETITION COMPETITION COMPETITION
  COMPETITION RESULTS
  CARDWATCH
  We were deluged with entries for our Cardwatch
  competition in the November issue. Was the spirit
  of the National Lottery sweeping the country or did
  entrants...

• Fairytale fund-raising at Homebase
  20

  Fairytale fund-raising at Homebase
  Staff at Crayford Homebase
  spent three days rattling
  buckets in order to raise
  funds for the corporate
  charity, Leukaemia Research.
  Karen Gordon dressed up
  as Miss Christmas and...

• Just a little more understanding
  20

  Just a little more understanding
  We all like to think we can be
  of help to people with
  disabilities. But staff at
  Worcester decided they could
  go further in understanding the
  difficulties some people face
  during a shopping...

• Scout packs
  20

  Scout packs
  Scouts from packs across the
  Tonbridge district raised over
  £1,700 by packing the shopping
  of Sainsbury customers.
  In the frantically busy period
  from December 21 until
  Christmas Eve about 60 Scouts
  helped...

• Dog gone
  21

  Dog gone
  DIY assistant Matt Hewlett (left)
  and DIY manager Mike Hopkins
  with Stewart and puppy.
  It's a dog's life when the charity
  event you're planning goes wrong.
  Sometimes the only course of
  action is to disguise...

• Oh yes they did!
  21

  Oh yes they did!
  Shopping is always chaotic just
  before Christmas and when you're
  in a wheelchair it can be even
  more of a challenge.
  An Action Team at Cannock
  decided to help out their regular
  disabled customers by...

• Oldbury wins lottery award
  21

  Oldbury wins lottery award
  Oidbury Savacentre has been selected by
  Camelot as one of the top 100 retailers in the
  grocery sector for the highest launch day sales.
  The store has been awarded £200 which
  they will use to start...

• Pudding on our top hats
  21

  Painters Ash pupils recently
  visited ttie Pepper Hill brancti
  as part of tlieir study of bread
  and baking. |
  When the trip was
  requested, store manager Elliot
  Pilcher was concerned that it
  would be difficult to provide...

• Jumping for Joy
  22

  Martin Fletcher and Susan Appleton show off their trophies. They have the smiles of
  champions, and champions they
  are!
  Burpham packers IVIartin
  Fletcher and Susan Appleton
  raise aloft the gymnastic trophies
  they won at the...

• Prime of life is sweet
  22

  Prime of life is sweet
  Store manager at Tewkesbury
  Road Paul Abbott was not
  allowed to forget his 35th
  birthday. His staff put a happy
  birthday rhyme in the Gloucestershire Echo and
  presented him with this
  wonderfully...

• Six join the Mickey club
  22

  Six join tlie
  Micl^ey club
  Six members of the
  Beckenham store enjoyed a
  fantasy trip to Disneyland in
  sunny California last summer.
  Showing the usual
  Sainsbury pride they had
  T-shirts specially printed for the
  trip with...

• TELL US ABOUT IT
  22

  TELL US ABOUT IT
  Does your store have
  a story to tell?
  Write to the Journal at tiie
  address on page two, telephone
  or ask your nearest E-mail user to
  contact us on alias JSJO.

• Want to be Sutton of cleanliness? Check out the guide
  22

  Want to be Sutton of cleanliness? Check out the guide
  It's official - North Cheam
  store is the best large retailer
  in the borough of Sutton and is
  a Cleaner Food Award winner.
  North Cheam's manager
  Nigel Wade was presented...

• SSA OFFERS
  23

  SAINSBURY'S STAFF ASSOCIATION
  Tel: 01719217227
  Who's looking for sun, sea, sand and fun? Let
  your fingers do the searching by calling the
  International Travel Club. They are offering a
  10-15% discount for all SSA members on...

• JAMMING IN PREMIUM FRUIT
  24

  JAMMING IN PREMIUM
  FRUIT Continental style Blueberry Jam
  has extended the existing range
  of premium jams. It has bigger
  chunks of fruit than regular jams
  and a fuller fruit flavour.
  Made in France with only
  premium fruits,...

• POTS OF INSPIRATION
  24

  In a blaze of colour, Homebase
  proudly presents its new paint
  card detailing the full colour
  range of paints for 1995.
  The card also offers details
  of some paint techniques to
  inspire new and exciting results.
  A new range...

• PUFF PASTRY PIES FOR UNDER A POUND
  24

  Two new-comers to the already
  popular 99p Frozen Ready Meal
  line, are family-sized Frozen
  Chicken and Vegetable Pie and
  Frozen Minced Beef and Onion
  Pie.
  Frozen Chicken and Vegetable
  Pie is packed with chunks of
  chicken...

• TOP SCOTCH
  24

  TOP SCOTCH
  Three new luxury slices, handmade
  in Scotland, are special in
  texture and flavour.
  Sainsbury's Caramel
  Shortcake Slices are biscuit
  based, covered in sticky caramel
  and topped with plain chocolate.
  Carrot and...

• CHICKENS GONE SOUTH
  25

  CHICKENS GONE SOUTH
  Newly launched is Frozen
  Southern Fried Chicken,
  packaged in the traditional red,
  white and blue of America's
  deep south.
  Coated in the American style
  southern style fried coating, the
  chicken is...

• SMELL THOSE CHEESY FEET!
  25

  SMELL THOSE CHEESY FEET!
  It could be said that Sainsbury's is one step ahead of the competition
  with a new line for February, Cheesy Feet.
  Putting our best foot forward into the up-and-coming children's
  market, these cheese...

• WINTER WARMERS
  25

  Just in time for those long winter
  evenings are three Chunky
  Recipe soups in a can.
  Described as a 'hearty meal
  of a soup', Sainsbury's new
  Chicken and Vegetable, Beef
  and Vegetable, and Chilli Beef
  and Bean Soups, are...

• 40 YEAR RETIREMENTS
  26

  40 YEAR RETIREMENTS
  BRIAN FELL began his
  retirement by helping his
  son to decorate!
  A familiar face in the
  northern stores, Brian
  retired on January 10 as
  store manager at Harrogate.
  He began his career at
  London's East...

• LONG SERVICE
  26

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 25 years' service
  are:
  PAT ADDIS, senior section
  manager, customer services,
  Wolverhampton. PETER
  ANNELLS, driver, Basingstoke
  depot. JEAN BAKER, grocery
  replenishment...

• OBITUARY
  26

  OBITUARY
  Length of service appears in
  brackets.
  LINDA LODGE, cash office clerk,
  South Ruislip, died suddenly
  on 17 October 1994 aged 45
  (6 years). FRANK PARTRIDGE,
  frozen foods assistant, died,
  suddenly on 12...

• RETIREMENTS
  26

  RETIREMENTS
  MARY MORTIMORE, kiosk
  assistant, Barnstaple (4yrs)
  DONALD CHATTEN, commissionaire,
  Great Yarmouth (14yrs)
  JOYCE NEVILLE, senior section
  manager. Maidenhead,
  25yrs) ALAN PALLETT,
  butcher. Bishop's Stortford
  39...

• WEDDING
  26

  WEDDING
  It was all fireworks and
  crackers at the wedding of
  head office cheese buyer
  ALISON COMBEY and her
  husband LESLIE ATKIN when
  they tied the knot on
  November 5 1994.
  The couple met during a
  holiday in Crete, when...

• I WAS THAT CUSTOMER
  28

  ARCHIVES
  Mary Cullen demonstrates self-service shopping at
  Grange Hill, 1954.
  I WAS
  THAT CUSTOMER
  The publication of the company's history
  The Best Butter in the World - has inspired
  a number of people to donate to...