'JS Journal', May 1995

Table of content

• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  STAINES HOMEBASE
  OPENING
  WRITELINES
  GREEN SCENE
  ON THE ROAD WITH JS
  DRIVERS
  COMPETITIONS
  STORES AT LARGE
  VOX POP —
  HEALTHY EATING
  CHECK THIS OUT
  SSA OFFERS
  NEW LINES
  PEOPLE
  ARCHIVES
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• Frontline
  02

  Group effort
  Whichever part of the Group you
  work for, you can pat yourself on
  the back.
  Everyone's efforts throughout
  the 1994/95 year have led to
  Sainsbury's remaining the UK's most successful retailer.
  Turn to the centre...

• New diesel clears the air
  02

  New diesel clears the air
  On May 1, Sainsbury's launched a new fuel at Nine
  Elms in London that could substantially reduce
  vehicle pollution in cities. Sainsbury's City Diesel
  produces significantly
  fewer pollutant...

• Wild about the West Country
  02

  Wild about the West Country
  The Taste of the West
  exhibition, held at
  Exeter's Cattle Market in
  March, was attended by
  local JS staff as well as
  the public and buyers.
  Exeter store's Andy
  Toombs, Pinhoe Road's John...

• Awards pour in for Classic Cola
  03

  Awards
  pour in for
  Classic Cola
  Sainsbury's Classic Cola
  has not just achieved an
  impressive market share,
  it has also received two
  new major awards.
  It put the lid on the 'fast
  moving consumer goods'
  category as New...

• New award for 'revolutionary' magazine
  03

  New award for 'revolutionary' magazine
  Sainshury's The Magazine
  was declared Magazine of
  the Year in the 25th annual
  Glenfiddich Awards. Delia
  Smith received a special
  award for educating and
  influencing the...

• Small folk share in big plans
  03

  Small folk share in big plans
  Jane Batten shows pupils a scale
  model of the scheme. Public consultation took on a new dimension when Jane Batten of the property
  group west department visited Drayton Park School in north London....

• Zorba the chicken
  03

  Zorba the chicken
  For the first time, more
  than one person introduces
  the ad, and it is the first
  recipe created by a customer
  rather than by
  Sainsbury's home economists.
  Amanda Burton, star of
  TV's Peak Practice,...

• Correction
  04

  Correction:
  In the April issue we
  incorrectly captioned
  the picture to the story
  'Memories and Memorabilia
  at Veterans
  Reunions' on page 5.
  George Bennett should
  read George Barrett and
  Albert Teaver should
  read Vic...

• Jobs for the girls
  04

  Jobs for the girls
  Around 3,000 girls were
  given an insider's view of
  life at JS when they
  visited locations
  throughout the company
  on national Take Our
  Daughters to Work Day.
  Daughters aged 11-15
  experienced jobs in...

• JS buys contractor depot sites
  04

  JS buys contractor depot sites
  Sainsbury's has purchased
  two new depot sites. Shire
  Park in Worcester and
  Haydock in the Northwest
  as part of a continuing
  expansion process. The
  sites will provide strategic
  points to meet...

• Managers pave the way for improved town centres
  04

  Managers pave the way for improved town centres
  store managers are now
  able to improve the
  environment around
  their town centre stores
  thanks to the creation of
  a new role.
  Town centre management
  co-ordinator Nick...

• Brewing Up for Mencap
  05

  Brewing Up for Mencap
  Mencap are looking for
  volunteers to join
  Britain's biggest-ever tea
  party!
  The event, to be held on
  Friday, June 23, as part of
  Mencap week, will involve
  holding a tea party for
  friends, colleagues...

• Cubes that add flavour
  05

  Cubes that add flavour
  The dramatic new
  Harlow store, variously
  said to be inspired by
  Lego and the modernist
  painter Mondrian, has
  received a Civic Trust
  Award. The awards were presented
  last month by...

• News in brief
  05

  News in brief
  Accident prevention week
  at the end of April focused
  on reducing the number of
  accidents and improving
  accident reporting. Stores
  were asked to look at their
  most common accidents
  and create an action...

• Secret recipe to raise bread sales
  05

  Secret recipe to raise bread sales
  Sainsbury's is about to patent a processing method that
  will revolutionise bread-making. The 'pre-formed bread
  project' involves suppliers
  producing bread to the
  point where it only needs...

• Writelines
  06

  STICKING POINT
  Roy Hilliard, fresh food
  replenishment, West
  Hove.
  During the recent celebrations
  of Sainsbury's 125
  years of quality and service
  I was presented with a car
  sticker which stated 'I've
  been celebrating...

• GREEN SCENE
  07

  Don't have to be cruel to be kind to your skin
  In a new leaflet now available in stores, Sainsbury's is reassuring
  customers that it does not test own brand cosmetics and toiletries on
  animals. T he leaflet was a
  response to...

• Homebase opening—Staines
  07

  STAINES
  Staines Homebase opened to a snaking queue
  of eager customers, stocl garden goods for tlie Easter weekend. Ttie new
  store is just yards from its JS supermarket sister
  on The Causeway. Chairman David...

• A tale of two cities
  08

  Journal reporter Abbie Boulton made two very different journeys delivering products to JS stores. First through open country to Edinburgh, then through the busy streets of London. Distribution forms the main arteries of...

• COMPETITIONS
  10

  Phil's tuning in
  Congratulations to Phil Walker, warehouse assistant at
  Homebase New Southgate, who is at this moment
  deciding on which wall to bolt the dish of his £500 first
  prize of a complete satellite TV package. He is...

• SAINSBURY'S Report of the Financial Year 1995
  11

  SAINSBURY'S
  Report of the Financial Year 1995
  We've done extremely well, both in terms of sales and
  profitability. We have had a very strong year.
  DAVID SAINSBURY
  SALES £ millions
  J SAINSBURY 1995
  SAVACENTRE...

• A nose for fund-raising
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  A nose for fund-raising
  Recent 125th birthday
  celebrations saw staff
  dressed in Victorian
  costumes. Now Tewkesbury
  Road staff have gone back a
  few more centuries to raise
  money for Comic Relief.
  Trolley retrieval assistant...

• Lost items add up to treasure trove
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  Lost items add up to treasure trove
  Unwanted purses, spectacles and
  teddy bears in the Northern area
  have helped prevent cruelty to
  animals and raised thousands of
  pounds for a local hospice.
  Almost two years of...

• OWLS OF PAIN
  23

  'The Night Owls' I to r:
  Sadie Adderley, Zita Dooley,
  Val Simmons and Mark Crosfield.
  A Kidlington night shift quartet
  took on a challenge even
  greater than their nocturnal
  replenishment - an army
  assault course. The Night...

• Toys R Them
  23

  Toys R Them
  store representatives present the money and toys to Vanessa
  Cox from Rainbows Hospice.
  The rooms of Rainbows Hospice for children will soon be
  echoing to cries of 'Connect 4!' and 'Slide down the snake'
  thanks to...

• What is your diet like these days?
  24

  STUART WHITEHEAD,
  SENIOR PRODUCE
  ASSISTANT
  REDBANK RD,
  BLACKPOOL
  — ' I don't eat junk food and
  ^ ^ I don't like
  chocolate. I did change to
  skimmed milk, but I haven't
  gone the whole hog."
  STEVE KING,
  SENIOR DEPUTY,...

• Friends in need
  26

  Friends in need
  Mike Goy, formerly senior deputy at Bletchley says he is lucky. In
  April 1991, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and he will
  probably be in a wheelchair in a few years. Not the luckiest break but,
  as he...

• JS family picks up millions
  26

  JS family picks up millions
  What would you do if you won half a million pounds on the National
  Lottery? Would you leave work? Ann Henry wouldn't. Ann, part time PFS assistant at
  Sunderland JS, is now a half
  millionaire...

• Long and the shorts of it
  26

  Long and the shorts of it
  Ten of the head office runners pose in their matching t-shirts before the
  start. The London Marathon time came
  and went with many staff
  members donning their trainers to
  pound the route.
  Fresh foods...

• Central and Western FUN DAY
  27

  Central and Western FUN DAY
  The summer is on its way and so
  are the Fun Days. This year's
  Central and Western Family Fun
  Day coincides with Fathers' Day
  so children are being invited to
  send in pictures and prose
  praising...

• Mum's the word
  27

  Mum's the word
  The Saturday before Mothers' Day at Nantwich turned out to
  be a special day for customers and staff alike. The children
  and grandchildren of staff came to the store to let all the
  mums know how special they are....

• Top flight
  27

  Top flight
  Two sports halls, two sports and
  one mission - to win. The
  atmosphere was tense with the
  spirit of competition at the
  Dacorum Sports Centre on April
  23.
  Teams from across the
  company converged on...

• SSA OFFERS
  28

  Following the huge success of our fun weekend last
  year, we are pleased to offer an even better weekend
  for Sainsbury staff to enjoy. This year, you can relax,
  take the weight of your feet (if you haven't already
  done so on...

• ALL YOU NEED TO COOK STEAK AND HICKORY CHIPS
  30

  ALL YOU NEED TO COOK STEAK AND HICKORY CHIPS
  Homebase celebrates the coming of
  summer with a new range of
  barbecue tools and accessories.
  The range is comprehensive,
  from basic basting brushes
  and aluminium trays to...

• HOOKED ON HEALTH
  30

  HOOKED ON HEALTH
  MOST STORES
  Last issue's New Lines page featured Frozen Haddock and Cod. Now we have
  the 'healthy eating' version: Low Fat Skinless Breadcrumbed Haddock and Cod.
  The 500g boxes contain a minimum of four...

• INDULGENCE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST
  30

  INDULGENCE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST
  Filling a gap in the luxury ice cream market
  is a selection of Sainsbury's ice cream
  that's pure indulgence.
  Indulgence Ice cream comes to our
  shelves in seven flavours: Crunchy Nut
  Toffee...

• ROYALTY MAKES A BRIEF VISIT
  30

  ROYALTY MAKES A BRIEF VISIT
  The Alphonso Mango, which is regarded as the
  king of Indian mangoes, is set to make a fleeting
  visit to selected stores this month.
  Best eaten when the skin has turned bright
  orange, Alphonsoes are...

• STRIKING GOLD IN INDIANA
  30

  Yet another example of Sainsbury's sub-branding is a
  genuine American beer, Indiana Gold.
  Brewed and bottled in Evansville, Indiana, USA, the beer
  has a distinctive sweet taste and has a strength of 5%
  alcohol by volume.
  The...

• 40 YEAR RETIREMENT
  31

  40 YEAR RETIREMENT
  After 40 years of service,
  Oliver Randell, development
  manager STC, has
  decided to call it a day.
  The man behind the
  development and implementation
  of scanning, the introduction
  of Switch, Delta,
  credit...

• LONG SERVICE
  31

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 25 years' service:
  VALERIE BUTCHER, fresh food
  replenishment, Balham.
  BRUCE CHELTENHAM, shift
  manager ISD, Blackfriars.
  DAVID DAVIES, warehouse
  assistant, Buntingford...

• OBITUARY
  31

  OBITUARY
  Length of service appears In
  brackets.
  LESLIE COOK, a customer
  service assistant at
  Streatham Common, died
  after a short illness on April
  18. He was 79 (5yrs). GARY
  WILLIAMS, produce manager at
  Thornhill, died in...

• RETIREMENTS
  31

  RETIREMENTS
  PATRICIA ADDIS, section
  manager customer services,
  Wolverhampton (25yrs). BRIAN
  ANDREWS, driver, Basingstoke
  depot (35yrs). WIN BAKER,
  fresh food replenishment
  assistant, Bracknell (22yrs).
  JOE BATTING,...

• PEACE IN EUROPE
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  ARCHIVES
  PEACE IN EUROPE
  No announcement was ever more eagerly
  awaited than that of the cessation of
  hostilities in Europe on May 8, 1945.
  Sainsbury's was eager to be involved in the
  VE Day celebrations, but...