'JS Journal', June 1995

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• Animal welfare is assured
  02

  Animal welfare Sainsbury's is the first
  major retailer to
  independently
  guarantee the welfare
  of livestoclc sold as meat
  in the stores.
  The Farm Assured
  British Beef and Lamb
  organisation will monitor
  all 12,000 farms...

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  PRESS GANG -
  COMMUNICATING
  THE RESULTS
  DISCOUNT ON THE CARDS
  WRITELINES
  HORSHAM OPENING
  GREEN SCENE
  DANGER IN THE AIR
  SAINSBURY'S SPEAKER
  SERVICE
  CLASSIC COLA NEWS
  CHECK THIS OUT lA
  SSA OFFERS...

• JS develops store photo labs
  02

  JS develops store photo labs
  Micro-labs for developing
  films have
  opened in Rustington
  and Letch worth stores,
  and more are planned.
  The new service
  makes available both
  one-hour and next-day
  developing and...

• Television star
  02

  Television star
  JS visual communications have
  placed themselves on the
  international stage by winning two
  awards. It Could Happen To
  Anyone and Supply Chain came
  joint third in the Corporate
  Communications -...

• Designed to help
  03

  Designed to help
  Head office staff found
  out on May 23 what it is
  like to have simultaneously
  impaired vision,
  arthritis and deafness.
  We featured Carol
  Pointon's disability
  awareness course for retail
  division staff in...

• Girls see careers in store
  03

  Girls see careers in store Angela Hodgetts,
  personnel clerk at
  Amblecote, lets daughter
  Louise shoulder the load.
  Take your Daughters to
  Work, the annual
  nationwide campaign
  which encourages girls to
  aspire to careers and...

• No more crying over spilt milk
  03

  No more crying over spilt milk
  Comedians will be looking
  for new material now that
  the traditional milk cartons
  are to be no more. Gone
  will be the days of pulling
  back the wings, squeezing
  the edges and pulling out
  the...

• APPOINTMENTS
  04

  APPOINTMENTS
  IVIiKE POWELL, formerly
  departmental director
  responsible for business
  innovation projects in
  JS, has been appointed
  to the Homebase board
  as director, information
  systems and logistics.
  ANTHONY REES...

• District celebrates bumper crop of NVQs
  04

  District celebrates bumper crop of NVQs
  Peter King's district conducted a special award presentation for staff achieving
  National Vocational Qualification certificates because they made up a staggering
  one third of all JS...

• Mini for major success
  04

  Mini for major success
  Our first story from Texas is a Mini event. That is the
  car Oxford store's senior design consultant Ken
  Jeffries has been awarded for his sales efforts. Ken helped to sell more
  fitted kitchens and...

• Texas closures announced but jobs will grow in long-term
  04

  Texas closures announced but jobs will grow in long-term
  Homebase has announced
  that fewer than
  expected Texas stores
  will be closing during the
  companies' integration.
  The accouncement
  comes after a thorough
  review of...

• It's cool to be HFC-clear
  05

  A revolutionary new
  refrigeration system on
  trial in JS has much
  reduced direct effects on
  the environment.
  Environmentalists have
  register-ed their approval
  of the development that
  does away with CFCs,
  HFCs and...

• News in brief
  05

  News in brief
  Homebase on the
  road
  Homebase is on the road
  again. The DIY and
  garden subsidiary took a
  stand at the Gardener's
  World Live Show at the
  Birmingham NEC from
  June 14 to 18. They will
  also be present at...

• On course for a new life
  05

  On course for a new life
  Retirement need not be the end of working life, it can be a new beginning.
  This is the message of the Sainsbury's pre-retirement courses. There are vacancies on
  forthcoming courses for
  staff retiring...

• Start the press
  06

  Start the press Chairman David Sainsbury poses for photographers outside Cromwell Road JS the day
  before the announcements. The photos they take will be developed overnight to
  accompany stories in editions over the next two...

• Count down to new staff discount card
  07

  A subject of intense interest to staff lias been the
  new staff discount card, to be issued in October. The
  card's systems and procedures are currently being
  developed. But w e can give you the facts to date.
  We have already...

• Writelines
  08

  TOP LETTER
  A ROUGH GUIDE TO THE
  EVENING SHIFT
  Neil Baxter, evening shift, Stafford: The evening shiftees have
  evolved and adapted to their
  environment making them
  easily distinguishable from
  ordinary Sainsbury's staff.
  The...

• Branch opening—Horsham
  10

  HORSHAM
  Opening date: 23 May 1995
  Address: Worthing Road,
  Horsham, Surrey
  Opened by:
  Chairman David Sainsbury
  Store manager: Simon Naish
  Project manager: Keith Butler
  Staff: 400 (317 new staff)
  Sales area: 35,000 sq ft...

• SAINSBURY'S at work in the community
  11

  SAINSBURY'S at work in the community
  Personal touch
  iGift of knowledge O
  I Staying power @
  I Sporting chance ©
  "~ t h e helpers ©
  es at large
  Sainsburj's store
  the communitj it serves, not only th ^
  quality shopping,...

• GREEN SCENE
  23

  Something in
  tlie air
  The quality of the air that we breathe is a matter of growing concern.
  Asthma, hay fever and other breathing problems are on the increase, and there
  is growing concern that air pollution, particuiariy...

• SPEAKING OF WHICH...
  24

  The Sainsbury's Speaker service celebrates its
  25th anniversary this month ^; ,• wenty five years ago, Sainsbury's
  i Speakers were typically asked'How do
  I make my bread rise?' Today, they are
  much more likely to be asked...

• Classic cola ON THE BALL
  25

  Classic cola ON THE BALL
  Classic Cola saves the lives other colas
  cannot reach, refreshes the thirst
  of people who are poorly and puts a
  spring in the step of youngsters. 3'V'3 IN FULL
  FLIGHT
  The weekend of May 27/28 saw...

• Britain's biggest breakfast
  26

  Britain's biggest breakfast
  On May 23, JS staff around the
  country started the day with a big
  breakfast, and raised money for
  cancer research at the same
  time.
  Breakfast events were held
  across Britain to celebrate...

• Family has the answers
  26

  Family has the answers
  When the Taylors and the
  Ashdowns applied to appear on
  Family Fortunes they never
  imagined they would come away
  with £15,000 in prizes.
  Shirley Taylor and her daughter
  Sharon Ashdown both work...

• Fishermen friends
  26

  Fishermen friends
  When there are fishermen
  around, there are always tales of
  the one that got away. But for
  Thorley's overs controller, Steve
  Smith, there is more to fishing
  than just talk.
  Spurred on by the enthusiasm
  of...

• Knockout day!
  26

  Knockout day!
  Thorpe Park went crazy on May 14 when the NGBF
  (National Grocers' Benevolent Fund) took over the
  Park for their Family Fun Day. The Fun Day featured the chaotic
  McVities It's A Knockout!
  competition. The...

• Challenge Horsham
  27

  Challenge Horsham
  The Child and Adolescent
  Psychiatric Centre in Horsham
  had a special welcome for the
  store after receiving a make-over
  thanks to its staff.
  Dr. Caroline.Brown wrote to
  store manager Simon Naish,
  asking...

• Roving 125 balloon misses Blackburn
  27

  Roving 125 balloon misses Blackburn
  Frederick King
  How far can a Sainsbury's
  helium balloon travel? When
  11-year-old Frederick King,
  whose family shops at Exeter
  Central, let go of his 125
  celebration balloon, he had
  every...

• SSA OFFERS
  28

  Last year, nearly 500 SSA members took up a minicruise
  offer witli Scandinavian Seaways. Following that
  success, the company has come back with exactly the
  same offer a year on, making no concession to
  inflation! If it was a...

• COMPETITIONS PAGE
  30

  Are you in the frame?
  PHOTOGRAPHS MAY BE
  BLACK AND WHITE OR COLOUR
  You could win £150 in the
  strong images, well taken and sharply printed,
  that's what our competition calls for. We have
  three categories: Friendship, My...

• Chicken Saucery
  31

  Chicken Saucery
  The first range of own label
  cook-in sauces,
  Chicken Saucery, is a
  premium product which
  is convenient and easy
  to use.
  There are four
  products in the range:
  Creamy White Wine and
  Garlic Sauce;...

• Food of the bloom
  31

  Food of the bloom
  This season, Sainsbury's is recommending that the
  most impressive flower arrangements are just tossed
  together - in a salad bowl. Edible flowers, on sale in 39
  of the larger stores, add colour
  and...

• Glossy and bright
  31

  Glossy and bright
  Homebase has extended its own brand weathercoat exterior
  paints to include a new range of exterior gloss colours
  including white.
  The whole colour spectrum is covered, from the richness of
  Burgundy, Lincoln...

• Hair dressing
  31

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• Oodles of noodles
  31

  Oodles of noodles
  A pleasant surprise lies in store for those who may have dismissed
  pot snacks, for Sainsbury's instant snacks are healthier and cheaper
  than the brand leaders.
  ' Sainsbury's Snack Noodles come in four...

• THE ART OF MASTERING SCIENCE
  32

  ARCHIVES
  Sausage making in the Rennie House factory 1936.
  The first laboratory monitored the quality of the
  products coming off the production lines.
  THE ART OF
  MASTERING SCIENCE
  Sainsbury's has always been a pioneer...