'JS Journal', November 1995

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• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
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  CHEADLE JS S ' l ^ ^ ^ f
  OPENING
  WRITELINES
  GREEN SCENE
  COMPETITIONS
  FIRST GENETICALLY
  MODIFIED PRODUCT
  OUR MAN IN
  ANTARCTICA
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  8/9
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  12/13
  TEN YEARS OF CHILDREN'S
  BOOKS 14/15
  CHECK...

• Formidable success on the cards
  02

  Formidable success on the cards
  Texas Spend and Save card proved itself a marketing star when the millionth Texas customer registered
  for membership. Spend and Save manager Cliff
  Hudson told the Journal, 'The
  huge popularity...

• Frontline
  02

  Christmas is coming
  Yes, we're hurtling towards that time of the year again.
  When double trolley loads become the norm and gaggles of
  turkeys trot through checkouts, we know it's time to build up
  our energy levels. We're going...

• Tu Tu much fun
  02

  Tu Tu much fun
  Children, JS staff and their families in London and
  Hampshire are getting first hand experience of ballet
  through the recently launched Passport to Ballet
  sponsorship.
  Over two years the English National Ballet...

• Get ready to pin on your puddings
  03

  Get ready to pin on your puddings
  From December 1, staff
  and customers will be
  able to sport a Christmas
  Pudding Pin Badge to
  help raise money for the
  Cancer Relief Macmillan
  Fund.
  Available from all Sainsbury's
  stores...

• Half year results
  03

  Sainsbury's half year results, published on
  Wednesday, November 1, showed an increase in
  frofit of '/.5% to £450.9 million. JS's and other
  food retailers' share prices fell over the next two
  days as investors recognised that...

• Introducing the magic box
  04

  Introducing the magic box
  Customers are packing their shopping into special
  boxes instead of plastic bags in a trial at Watchmoor
  Park. The Smartbox system uses
  recycled plastic boxes
  purchased by customers and
  held in a new...

• JS cash machine network expands
  04

  JS cash machine network expands
  Locksbottom, Apsley Mills
  and East Grinstead are the
  first stores to receive nevy
  cash machines in a
  programme to fit automatic
  teller machines (ATMs)
  into another 150 stores by
  mid-1997....

• Paul has designs on RMIS
  04

  Paul has designs on RMIS
  Ideas based on Paul
  Taylor's winning design
  for the Retail Management
  Information System
  (RMIS) logo will be seen
  across terminals throughout
  the company next year.
  On October 31, director...

• Royal silver anniversary
  04

  Royal silver anniversary
  For the first time, staff celebrating achieving their silver
  anniversary of service with JS numbered more than 200
  at the Royal Lancaster Hotel at the 25 Club dinner. There were more women
  than men...

• JS helps tackle underachievement
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  JS helps tackle underachievement
  This year, three quarters of a million young people will celebrate their 16th birthday.
  In certain areas one third of them will simply join the ranks of the unemployed. Sainsbury's attended...

• News in brief
  05

  News in brief
  Price limit on
  petrol
  All unleaded petrol on JS
  forecourts will now be
  sold at less than 50p per
  litre. Petrol prices are
  notorious for their
  variation across the
  country and JS is the first
  petrol retailer...

• Staff watchdogs
  05

  Staff watchdogs
  In our July issue we
  introduced a new quarterly
  feature comparing JS
  prices across the grocery
  retail industry.
  This month we look at a
  basket of goods chosen by
  staff at Alperton. Our
  undercover...

• EVANSVILLE'S NOT SO BAD
  06

  EVANSVILLE'S NOT SO BAD
  Salnsburys recent ad for
  Indiana Gold seems to have
  caused a few ripples of
  discontent on the other
  side of the Atlantic.
  .7;
  The tongue-in-cheek
  black and white
  commercial portrays
  Evansville -...

• Final chapter for net book agreement
  06

  Final chapter for net book agreement
  The Net Book Agreement (NBA) brought together publishers and
  retailers in the 1960s to ensure that books were sold at a set price for the
  six months after launch. This has ensured...

• SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY
  06

  SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY
  Remember you have until November 23 to
  join this year's Sainsbury's Savings-Related
  Share Option Scheme.
  nk of Scotland or the
  ty. After five years, all
  ^jutions will be refunded plus
  -free bonus of...

• Branch opening—Cheadle
  07

  CHEADLE
  Over 200 Mancunians got up early to see TV celebrity Ulrika Jonsson
  open the new joint JS and John Lewis development in Cheadle. The
  Scandinavian screen star may be accustomed to the rough and
  tumble of the Gladiators...

• Writelines
  08

  Stand aside, Scout! Looks like you migiit have
  some c o m p e t i t i o n f r om Guy, a w i r e haired
  dachshund belonging t o a Mosborough store
  customer. Guy likes t o relax after a hard day's
  play with a can of Gio. IS...

• COMPETITIONS
  10

  SAY IT WITH FLOWERS AND WIN A
  BOUQUET
  The Sainsbury's/Interflora Fresh Flowers Delivery
  Service was launched to
  all JS stores in October.
  Sainsbury's customers
  can choose from
  specially selected
  flower...

• Crate expectations
  10

  Crate expectations
  store staff will be winners witli the new universal crate, since tliere will be less
  cardboard to bale for recycling. In fact, tliese crates will eventually save 20,000
  tonnes of cardboard per year. I hat...

• IT'S ALL IN THE GENES
  11

  IT'S ALL IN THE GENES
  Early next year Sainsbury's will become one of the first UK supermarkets
  to stock a food product made using genetic modification. The
  humble Caiifomian Tomato Puree Double Concenteate has caused quite
  a...

• POLE POSITION
  12

  SAINSBURY'S IS HELPING AN EXPLORER WITH A RECORD-BREAKING ANTARCTIC TREK
  POLE POSITION
  IF YOU ARE DREADING THE IMPENDING WINTER COLD,
  SPARE A THOUGHT FOR ROGER M E A R . A T THIS VERY
  MOMENT HE IS PROBABLY MUNCHING ON...

• Ten Years of Sainsbury Brand Books
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  A Feast for the Imagination -
  Ten Years of Sainsbury Brand Books Once upon a time, In Saet ten years ago,
  tiie idea tiiat a supennarket •woulA sell high quality children's books ivas so outrageous that Salnsbury's caused
  o£...

• Advertisers love Sainsbury's
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  Advertisers love Sainsbury's
  Local advertising on till receipts
  is reaping rewards according to
  Archer Road store in Sheffield.
  The manager of a local hotel who
  uses this advertising wants to
  promote Sainsbury's in his...

• Play safe
  16

  It's not every day that children ask
  to go shopping, but that's exactly
  what they did over the school
  holidays in Hertfordshire. Haverhill
  store offered a free play area to
  keep children occupied while
  parents got on with...

• Shirley shows her class
  16

  Shirley shows her class
  Shirley Smith from Bury St.
  Edmunds store recently won the
  Suffolk Ladles 2 Wood Singles.
  Competing successfully is nothing
  new for Shirley, who has been
  lawn bowling for about eight years,
  and is...

• Sign up for the league
  16

  Sign up for the league
  East Ham are setting up a football
  team and are looking for skillful,
  dedicated and committed players for
  all positions. They've already secured
  sponsorship and will be playing in the
  Corinthian Sunday...

• That's entertainment
  16

  That's entertainment
  The retail park at Colton held a
  bonanza of events over the
  August Bank Holiday in an effort
  to increase trade and really put it
  on the map. Entertainment at the
  Selby Road store located in the
  park...

• Lion's share of fun
  17

  Lion's share of fun
  Ashford store invited the Lion King over to
  boost sales for tine launcli of the Lion King
  video. Children were able to watch the video
  while parents shopped, and everyone enjoyed
  the Lion Bar handouts from...

• South East regional office
  17

  Staff at the South East regional office had
  a nasty shock on September 8 when a
  rotting tree crashed down and damaged
  cars in the car park of the Bromley offices.
  Four cars, all owned by Sainsbury's staff,
  were damaged in the...

• THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS
  17

  SAINSBURY'S review
  THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS
  Christmas is the busiest time of year for audio
  and video, and the home entertainments departments
  are gearing up for the rush. Last month we looked at the latest...

• Victory ahoy!
  17

  Victory ahoy!
  It's been a knockout season for
  Fosse Park, who won the district
  It's A Knockout competition in
  August. Not satisfied, they
  entered the Grocers Benevolent
  Competition on September 10,
  and despite rain and new...

• Answering a desperate need
  18

  Answering a desperate need
  Julie Meacham (second left) and Becky Vernon (second
  right) getting a send off for their Croatian adventure from
  (l-r) Julie Pike, David Bridger and Jackie Ward.
  'Very scary, but really worthwhile,'...

• Awareness grows
  18

  Awareness grows
  Sainsbury's Disability
  Awareness programmes
  are not only forging ahead
  at many stores, they are
  also attracting attention
  from the disabled
  community. Some
  profoundly deaf children from Heathlands School...

• Bright and busy
  18

  Bright and busy
  To coincide with the
  launch of the Schoolbags
  scheme, Middlesbrough
  store held a Fun Quiz for
  children. They were
  asked to complete an
  entry form by answering
  15 questions about
  products in the...

• Screaming for the children
  18

  Screaming for the children
  Green faces were the order of the day when staff at
  Bletchley store went rollercoaster crazy in an attempt
  raise funds for the 1995 Children in Need Appeal.
  They set a British record for the largest...

• SSA OFFERS
  19

  SSA members can take advantage of the following fun-filled
  offers that are available over the next few months.
  Treat yourself and your family to a relaxing holiday in one of five
  Forte Posthouses In the New Forest area. The...

• Lemonade with bite
  20

  Lemonade with bite
  Just when you thought it was
  safe to go back to the
  supermarket. Piranha bites
  back! Sainsbury's is first into
  the water with an own brand
  alcoholic lemonade. The drink
  was originally developed...

• Tops for teeth
  20

  Tops for teeth
  Smiles are for everyone, and so is
  the new range of dental care
  products just launched. The Total
  Oral Protection System, or TOPS as
  it is known, is the most exciting and
  comprehensive dental range on...

• Treat yourself on Occasions
  20

  Treat yourself on Occasions
  Getting the nibbles and snacks together for a party is always a chore. But the
  new Occasions range makes entertaining much simpler. The prepared party
  foods range contains old favourites and more...

• All wrapped up for Christmas
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  All wrapped up for Christmas
  Ah, Christmas. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost n
  your nose, tree decorations, friends and relations, and the
  work in the kitchen just grows and grows
  Yes, Christmas is fun,...

• Everything on, and hold the fat
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  Everything on, and hold the fat
  Counting calories is out, but
  counting fat grams for health
  and fitness is in, and
  Sainsbury's makes it easy with
  new Reduced Fat Sandwiches.
  Just out in selected stores,
  Sainsbury's Reduced...

• Pasta packing mama
  21

  Pasta packing mama
  As all Italian chefs know, traditional pasta is never
  refrigerated. In the days before ice boxes and freezers,
  pasta had to be dried and then boiled back to life, but now
  fresh pasta can be yours without...

• Snacks you can't eat... ...without ruining your appetite
  21

  Snacks you can't eat...
  without ruining your appetite
  Searching for a snack sensation, but don't
  have time to whip up a new food fantasy?
  Never fear, new Sainsbury's Fillers are here!
  Fromage frais and cottage cheese...

• To long life
  21

  To long life
  Cold brewed beer, ice filtered vodka,
  frozen schnapps; seems like there is a
  fashion for all things cold. And now
  Sainsbury's is first off the mark to
  lower the temperature on nonalcoholic
  products. First in a...

• Look into my eyes
  22

  LIFELINES
  Look into my eyes
  'When I count to three, you will open your eyes,
  and be a health inspector...one...two...three.' he girl opens her eyes and
  leaves the stage, heading out into the
  audience. Reaching the first row,...

• A REMINDER:
  23

  A REMINDER: The
  retirements 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
  wedding (both partners must
  work for JS), an...

• LONG SERVICE
  23

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 25 years' service:
  ANTHONY BAKER, driver,
  Buntingford depot. JOE BEVIS,
  returns, Basingstoke depot.
  VAL BUTCHER, checkout
  assistant, Tonbridge. JOHN
  CHANDLER, warehouse
  assistant,...

• MESSAGES
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  MESSAGES
  Happy lOOth birthday to
  MARGARET HADEN from STEVE
  NuTE, LEATHERHEAD store
  manager. Margaret has been
  shopping at LEATHERHEAD
  since it opened and has been
  loyal to JS for half a century.
  Margaret's...

• OBITUARY
  23

  OBITUARY
  Length of service appears in
  brackets.
  DEL GARRAGHAN, bakery
  assistant at Warren Heath,
  aged 23, died as a result of
  a car accident on August 29.
  (7yrs).
  PAM MCKEEVER, health and
  beauty assistant at
  Altrincham,...

• RETIREMENTS
  23

  RETIREMENTS
  ROBIN ANDERSON, warehouse
  operative, Buntingford depot
  26yrs). SUE BWMPIEL, battery
  charger, Basingstoke depot
  ISyrs). PAT BOLTON, works
  engineer, Buntingford depot
  19yrs). DENNISTOUN BURNEY,
  trolley collector....

• WEDDINGS
  23

  WEDDINGS
  PHILLIP RAMSEY, customer
  services assistant, and JACKIE
  NEWTON, produce assistant, of
  Streatham Common tied the
  l placennent employees, Phillip
  and Jackie met about three
  years ago...

• CEREAL STORY
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  ARCHIVES
  CEREAL STORY
  The recent acquisition of a pack of
  Sainsbury's Broadacres Breakfast Food
  encouraged the Archives to look at the early
  days of breakfast cereals.
  1930s own brand cereal
  ^ • ^ ^ ^ 1 reakfast cereals...