'JS Journal', October 1995

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• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
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• Essentials move aside for Economy
  02

  Essentials move aside for Economy
  The JS Economy range was
  expanded to around 50 products
  last month as the Essential for
  Essentials badging was phased
  out.
  SAINSBURVS
  ECONOMY
  CORN
  FLAKES
  with Vitamins and Iron
  Explains...

• Frontline
  02

  You choose
  A free gift with every JS Journal is your very own guide to
  tine top management. It helps to put faces to names and
  you may wish to keep this poster in a handy place for
  reference.
  What is your choice for Product...

• JS is favourite
  02

  JS is favourite
  For the second year running, JS
  has won the coveted title of
  Supermarket Wine Merchant of
  the year in the Wine Magazine
  International Challenge. JS beat
  off competition by winning over
  150 medals and...

• JS supports polar explorer
  02

  JS supports polar explorer
  In a unique form of
  sponsorship, JS is
  providing food and
  nutritional advice to a
  British polar explorer to
  make a world record
  crossing of the Antarctic.
  Roger Mear plans to
  make the first...

• Multibuys multiply
  02

  Multibuys multiply
  Two hundred stores will soon notice
  offers available to customers.
  new, more complex Multibuy Previously, offers were limited
  along the lines of buy two cans of
  beans, get one free. New
  computer software...

• How to beat domestic violence
  03

  A free helpline for victims
  June 26.
  of domestic violence was launched at Farlington store on
  How to beat domestic violence The 24-hour helpline is a
  joint initiative by Portsmouth
  City Council and
  local support...

• Partnership bears fruit
  03

  Partnership bears fruit
  The start of the English apple season was marked by
  more than just mists and mellow fruitfulness when
  chairman David Sainsbury launched the company's
  Partnership in Produce initiative. The scheme...

• Unplugged on the dance floor
  03

  Unplugged on the dance floor
  It was the end of August, A Level results had just been announced and bright
  young things were converging on one of London's top night spots, courtesy of
  Sainsbury's. The prospective...

• Delivering the goods to midwives
  04

  Delivering the goods to midwives
  JS received a warm welcome from 600 midwives from
  throughout the UK when the company attended the
  Royal College of Midwives' Annual Conference in
  Belfast recently. Senior buyer Avril
  Grover...

• Feedback from Talkback
  04

  Feedback from
  Talkback
  Staff are being asked in a
  wide-ranging questionnaire
  for opinions on topics such
  as their feelings about their
  job, and thoughts about the
  company and the service
  we provide to customers.
  Talkback...

• Hot result for Bridgend baker
  04

  Hot result for Bridgend baker
  Michael Maher with his wife receives the runners-up
  certificate from category sponsor Cryovac's Jeff Deighton.
  Bridgend bakery manager Mike Maher swapped his
  whites and boater hat for black tie on...

• Pictures for schools launched
  04

  Pictures for schools launched
  Bernard Perlin, one of the artists featured in the 1995 Pictures for Schools selection, made an emotional visit to the
  launch of the scheme
  on September 21. Bernard (above) had flown
  over from...

• APPOINTMENTS
  05

  APPOINTMENTS
  Two new directors were
  announced on September 26:
  IAN BALDWIN is appointed
  director of trading at
  Homebase; EDWARD BONNER is
  appointed director of finance
  and systems at Savacentre.
  A number of board...

• Great ideas brought together by Helping Hands
  05

  Great ideas brought together by Helping Hands
  Eighteen months of hard work by store staff
  culminated earlier last month with the press launch of
  the customer initiative Helping Hands. Work by staff focused
  strongly on...

• News in brief
  05

  News in brief
  Safety first prize
  JS staff from Maidstone
  store and Blackfriars
  worked in conjunction
  with Maidstone Borough
  Council to promote food
  safety at the Kent County
  Show in July. Below,
  Maidstone store...

• DEVELOPMENT NEWS
  06

  This is the first of a new occasional
  feature to keep
  you posted on
  property
  developments
  around the Group,
  in addition to all
  the UK Group
  openings we
  include. The new SPS hoarding outside East
  Grinstead.
  J...

• Homebase opening—Winchester
  06

  WINCHESTER
  Opening date: 18 August 1995
  Address: Winnal Industrial Estate,
  Winchester, Hampshire
  Opened by: David Boverhoff,
  head of retailing
  Store manager: Kevin Prince
  Project manager: Eric Hodges
  Staff: 65 (35 new...

• Branch opening—Dome Roundabout, Watford
  07

  DOME ROUNDABOUT, WATFORD
  The new Watford store incorporates the first JS Pharmacy, located beside the health, beauty
  and baby products. Watches, jewellery, cameras, electrical personal care products and a
  whole range of...

• Writelines
  08

  Patricia Green, personnel manager, Stanway
  This is how some of our more regular customers dress while shopping at
  Stanway. Carol Hughes' husband suffers from multiple sclerosis and recently she
  asked her friends to pledge money...

• Virtual Reality in store
  10

  Is this some sort of futuristic vision? Yes,
  but it's here today in the form of the
  computer model of Salford being used to
  help design the store of tomorrow.
  Salford store has been painstakingly recreated
  on a computer in...

• You vote for your FAVOURITE INGREDIENT
  11

  You vote for your FAVOURITE INGREDIENT Which do you think is the best
  of the hundreds of product hnes
  launched into stores in the last
  year? This is your chance to pick your product of the
  year and win £100. You, the staff,...

• Long, hot summer
  12

  It was a sweltering summer and as temperatures rose
  so did the sales of many of our products. At the same
  time, some products languished in warehouses. The
  Journal looks back on a long, hot summer.
  . England and Wales...

• Side by Side we can work wonders
  13

  Side by Side we can work wonders
  From creating a
  reminiscence room for
  elderly patients at
  Basingstoke to fun days out
  for children with disabilities
  In Plymouth, staff at 24 JS
  branches have already
  discovered what it...

• SOUND, VISION, ACTION!
  14

  SOUND, VISION, ACTION!
  The new audio and video entertainment department at Banbury Is something to sing and dance about, as Michelle Gayle,
  former Eastender and rising pop star, found out. Singer Michelle Gayle with a young fan...

• Videos and albums to win
  14

  Videos and albums to win
  If you would like to take home some of the top forty videos and
  albums then this competition Is for you. We have five videos and
  albums (tape or CD) for the first prize winner, three of each for...

• Personnel and Labour Management System
  15

  Personnel and Labour Management System
  Departmental managers are getting a helping hand with staff
  scheduling from a new system called PALMS. PALMS is helping to solve an age-old
  challenge - how to make sure we have the
  right...

• Fast response to fire
  16

  Fast response to fire
  Kingsbury and New
  Kenton branches gave a
  helping hand to a mother
  of four left homeless after
  fire swept through her
  home.
  All Denise Jackson's
  furniture was ruined in the
  blaze and, as she had...

• Pennies for them
  16

  Pennies for them
  Camden store donated
  £550 from Penny Back to
  the Camden Family Service
  Unit in order to set up a toy
  and equipment library.
  Bob Oliver, deputy services
  manager, and Fionnuala
  Mclntyre, district quality...

• Special delivery to Romania
  16

  Special delivery to Romania
  Wolverhampton store came
  to the help of the Royal Mail
  and the children of Siret in
  Romania when they donated
  £270 of stock to Anneka
  Rice's own charity, The
  Romanian Challenge
  Appeal.
  Drivers...

• We've got the power
  16

  We've got the power
  When colleagues of
  Charlton driver Shaun
  Fitzgerald heard his
  mother had suffered a
  stroke and needed an
  electric scooter, they
  decided to pull together.
  Seven weeks of
  fundraising included a...

• Meet the gang 'cos the depot's here
  17

  Meet the gang 'cos the depot's here
  Basingstoke depot and
  driver Steve Tossle are
  the Basingstoke Scout
  Gang Show's favourite
  ingredients. They came to
  the rescue with a service
  considerably beyond 'carry
  to car'.
  When...

• We're on a road to clean air
  17

  We're on a road to clean air
  It may not be aviation fuel but City Diesel has really taken off. By the end of
  October, it will have been extended to 75 JS petrol stations following the initial
  launch onto London
  forecourts in...

• Mad Manx
  18

  Mad Manx
  Russell receives the sponsorship cheque from Texas Installations regional
  sales manager Mike Romaines as Leighton Buzzard general store manager
  Steve Jones admires the machinery. Russell Waring rides at 150 mph
  on...

• Newton knocks 'em out
  18

  Newton knocks 'em out
  It was a definite knockout defeat for major retailers in
  Newhaven when the JS Newhaven team took top
  honours at the Somerfield It's a Knockout Challenge.
  Andy Reams, Carl Barbosa, Malcolm White,...

• Now we are one
  18

  Now we are one
  It was steak, chips and
  champagne for all when Harlow
  store celebrated its first birthday.
  Staff were treated to a three
  course lunch followed by a disco
  and birthday cake at tea time.
  Each paid £1.50 for...

• Portrait of the artist
  18

  Portrait of the artist
  Leonard Dayle is a supermarket
  worker by night but an artist by
  day. A member of the Crystal
  Palace night shift, Leonard has
  long subsidised his first love with
  work at JS. But he is gaining
  more...

• COMPETITIONS
  19

  ROMANCE STORIES:
  Touching tales have
  been pouring into our I
  offices since we asked
  staff last month for their
  love stories. It may be the
  prize of a luxury romantic
  weekend including Orient
  Express trip, top hotel stay...

• Fame but no fortune!
  19

  Fame but no fortune!
  Glna (left) and Chris with the show's host Dale Winton. You would have thought that when
  night shift display assistants Gina
  Weedon and Chris Burroughs
  from Beckenham entered the
  television show...

• NVQ qualifiers celebrate
  19

  NVQ qualifiers celebrate
  Durham and Whitley Bay staff with the Right Worshipfui iVIayor of Durham,
  Councillor Terry McDonnell, Maureen Ciaraldi, Mary Duncan, Sharon
  Ellison, Sarah Foreman, Pauline Hutton, Julie Hailes, Marie...

• Competition
  20

  COMPETITION
  You could be the proud
  owner of a brand new CD
  ROM Apple Macintosh
  Performs that comes with
  17 CD ROM packages
  worth well over £1,000.
  Not only good for the kids,
  but great for Mum and
  Dad too. Just answer...

• Get your paws on a new computer
  20

  Get your paws on a new computer
  Our four-legged friends now have
  their very own JS sub-brand with a
  new range of pet foods launched at
  the beginning of October.
  The Paws cat food range and Scout's
  dog food range are much...

• Give chocs away
  20

  Give chocs away
  The Christmas countdown has
  begun and festive chocolates are
  beginning to appear on the shelves.
  This year's confectionery range is
  expanded with chocoholics young
  and old finding something to tempt
  them....

• Cereal thrillers
  21

  Cereal thrillers
  The cereal department has three
  new lines in stores. Multi-Grain
  Puffed Cereal (160g) and Balance
  (500g), a breakfast cereal like
  Kellogg's Special K.
  Multi-Grain Puffed Cereal is a
  blend of barley, oats,...

• Chew this one over
  21

  Chew this one over
  Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost
  overnight? If so, chances are you're not chewing the new 66
  Chewing Gum. 66 comes in three varieties, sugarfree
  spearmint and
  peppermint flavours,
  as...

• Fancy finales
  21

  Fancy finales
  Complementing the existing range
  of Mini Fruit Tartlets, introduced
  last Christmas, are Pecan Nut
  and Mincemeat Mini Tartlets.
  Sold in boxes of 12, the
  tartlets retail at £2.95. They are
  ideal to serve as a...

• Quality housing for plants
  21

  Quality housing for plants
  Homebase has launched a new range of greenhouses, accessories and
  optional extras.
  The wide range includes shelving, staging, automatic ventilator
  openers and cold frames: everything you need to...

• Soft drinks go wobbly
  21

  Soft drinks go wobbly
  Taking the soft drink range into a
  new dimension is the introduction
  of Classic Cola, Cool Crush and
  Gio jellies.
  Made with the same
  concentrate as the soft drinks,
  the jellies are available in...

• SSA OFFER
  22

  The London Toy Model Museum 21-23 Craven Road, London W2
  The London Toy Museum was founded by a
  private collector and opened to the general
  public in 1982. It houses over 7,000
  amazing old and spectacular working
  models. A...

• A REMINDER:
  23

  A REMINDER: The
  retirennents and long
  service sections are
  compiled from information
  received centrally. You
  should notify the JS
  Journal direct if you would
  like us to feature a
  v»/edding (both partners
  must work for...

• LONG SERVICE
  23

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 25 years' service:
  TED ANDREWS, transport
  supervisor, Basingstoke
  depot. IAN BILHAM, warehouse
  assistant, Chichester. RITA
  BORRAS, frozen foods
  assistant, Bitterne. ROSE
  BRIMLEY,...

• OBITUARY
  23

  OBITUARY
  Length of service appears in
  brackets.
  IRENE BESAGNI, dry goods
  reductions controller at
  Muswell Hill, aged 63, died
  after a long illness on August
  4 (Syrs). PATRICIA DUNLOP,
  checkout assistant at High
  Wycombe,...

• RETIREMENTS
  23

  RETIREMENTS
  DOROTHY BENNY, restaurant
  assistant, Nuneaton (8yrs).
  PAUL BUTLER, Northwich
  (2yrs). CONSTANCE CALDER,
  checkout/replenishment
  assistant, Brentwood (12yrs).
  ALAN CHAMPION, kiosk
  assistant, Bournemouth
  (5yrs)....

• WEDDINGS
  23

  WEDDINGS
  Rustington senior baker
  PAUL LEE and photo lab
  assistant LOUISE DOWDALL
  were married at the
  Rustington Parish Churcli on
  August 19. Things went
  almost perfectly. Half way
  through the service, the
  page boy, Paul's...

• WONDERFUL WATFORD
  24

  ARCHIVES
  WONDERFUL
  WATFORD
  If all my branches gave me the same pleasure as Watford, my task would indeed be light. /
  These words of praise were received by Edward Tupman, manager of the Watford store, in a
  missive from George...