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  • Board changes 02

    Board changes
    On January 10, chairman David Sainsbury announced that the
    following management changes will take effect from the start of our
    new financial year. 'As the Group expands and
    develops there is a need...

  • Contents Page 02

    CONTENTS
    HEADLINES
    JS JOURNAL IS
    SO YEARS OLD 6/7
    STORE OPENINGS
    AINTREE HOMEBASE
    FALKIRK HOMEBASE
    WIGAN HOMEBASE
    WIGAN JS
    KENTON JS 10
    GREEN SCENE 10
    SIDE BY SIDE - a record of
    the pilot scheme 11-18
    MEET THE...

  • Frontline 02

    We're talking telephone numbers
    If you want to talk to the Journal about your news, views or
    something of interest happening in your neck of the woods, there's a
    new telephone number to call: 0171 921 8181.
    This number will be...

  • It's a record 02

    It's a record
    The success of the 'Best of the
    Best' promotion and the worl(
    done by staff on the new Sound
    and Vision departments was
    acknowledged when Virgin
    Records recently presented
    Sainsbury's with a
    commemorative...

  • Gift for children comes from tub 03

    Gift for children comes from tub
    The 20 pence donation
    made by JS and Ben &
    Jerry's for every tub of
    this famous Vermont
    duo's ice cream sold
    during the special promotion,
    which took place in
    selected stores at the end
    of...

  • Mountain of help for homeless 03

    Mountain of help for homeless
    The most recent effort of Bramingham Park's store
    manager James Kellett to help the homeless has moved
    the people of Luton to donate a mountain of food. James raised £250 for
    local homeless...

  • Roger will return 03

    Roger will return
    The challenge is still on to
    cross the Antarctic alone
    and unsupported.
    Roger Mear announced his
    intention to make a second
    attempt next autumn at the
    'last great land journey'
    after rival,...

  • So, what do you think? 03

    What's blue, orange and keen to know your views? Ninety thousand JS staff
    should by now have
    received questionnaires
    giving them the chance to
    express their opinions
    about the company. Says
    Jan Cameron, personnel
    policy and...

  • DEVELOPMENTS 04

    Applications for permission
    to build new stores
    recently made to planners
    at councils around the UK
    include Winnersh, Pimlico,
    Shaftesbury, Melksham,
    March, Stirling, Newcastle,
    Tring, Chapel en le
    Frith, Ashbourne...

  • January sales 04

    January sales
    Staff will already have
    noticed and taken advantage
    of the exceptional
    January price offers
    available in store. The
    'January Savers' promotion
    offers excellent value
    for money on essentials
    like potatoes,...

  • Pupils win computer by design 04

    Pupils win computer by design
    Brendan Glynn, manager of the New Cross Gate store due to open in south east London on February 27,
    presented a computer to Monson School following the first and second place success of two of its...

  • Stores get festive with fantasy managers 04

    Stores get festive with fantasy managers
    Midland regional office
    came up with a novel idea
    to increase sales over
    Christmas - by introducing
    a sales-based competition
    for departmental managers.
    They were given two
    weeks to...

  • Crystal Palace is a shining example 05

    Crystal Palace is a shining example
    Crystal Palace
    management were invited
    into the Mayor's parlour
    at Croydon Town Hall
    recently to receive a Good
    Hygiene Award for the
    second year running.
    Competition was stiff,
    with...

  • News in brief 05

    News in brief
    JS tops popularity
    poll
    According to research
    carried out by Harris
    International Marketing,
    JS is the UK's most
    popular grocer in terms of
    not only the number of
    households it serves but
    also the total of...

  • Schools register for scheme in thousands 05

    Schools register for scheme in thousands
    Sainsbury's Schoolbags
    project is proving to be a
    huge success. Nearly
    12,000 schools have so
    far signed up for the
    promotion.
    Sainsbury's cashiers are
    now giving away...

  • Wrexham's cake is a cut above 05

    Wrexham's cake is a cut above
    Judged by TV cook Jane
    Asher, the winners of the
    competition to design the
    best Christmas cake
    display are the bakery staff
    at Wrexham.
    Stevenage, Stanway,
    Marsh Mills, Portsmouth and Crystal...

  • JS JOURNAL IS 50 YEARS OLD 06

    The JS Journal is 50 years old this year and In honour of our golden anniversary
    we're giving our readers the chance to win a golden trip for two to the sunshine
    and surf down under In Australia.
    To give yourself the best...

  • WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG 07

    ARCHIVES
    Fifty years ago, before word processors,
    laser scanners or design software were
    even a twinkle in the eye of the electronics
    wizards that invented them, the very first
    JS Journal was published.
    WHEN WE WERE
    VERY...

  • Homebase opening—Aintree 08

    AINTREE
    Aintree, perhaps best known
    for its racecourse and for
    being the last resting place
    of three times Grand National
    winner, Red Rum, is now
    home to Homebase number
    90.
    Despite strong competition
    in the area,...

  • Homebase opening—Falkirk 08

    FALKIRK
    Frost, wind, sleet and even a drop of snow
    were not enough to deter the hardy souls north
    of the border in Falkirk who queued outside
    their new Homebase on opening morning to take
    advantage of the first day bargains....

  • Branch opening—Wigan 09

    The hard men of Wigan's all-conquering rugby league club might
    like nothing better than running around in shorts, covered in mud,
    on a chilly afternoon, but for the folk of Wigan who showed up on
    the frosty opening morning of...

  • Homebase opening—Wigan 09

    WIGAN
    Three days after the opening of the supermarket on the other side of the car park,
    Wigan's new Homebase store opened its doors to its first customers.
    Having received their free gifts of Homebase mugs, balloons and pot...

  • A modern treatment for the vapours 10

    A modern treatment for the vapours
    Petrol fumes can be
    dangerous but new
    nozzle technology In JS
    filling stations is clearing
    tiie air.
    Before fuel is even
    burnt it gives off what
    scientists call volatile...

  • Branch opening—Kenton 10

    KENTON
    Despite a fall of snow in the
    morning, the services of the snowplough
    on stand by for opening day
    at the new Kenton store were not
    needed by the hundreds of
    customers who decided to beat a
    path to its doors. Among...

  • Side by Side at SAINSBURY'S 11

    Side by Side at SAINSBURY'S
    to
    siae side
    at the heart of your community The 'Side by Side' local volunteering f e « i B
    launched on a pilot basis in 1995 and the first projects
    are now nearing completion.
    This special...

  • Meet: KEVIN McCARTEN 19

    Meet: KEVIN McCARTEN
    He's been described by those in the know as 'a marlteter of unqualified
    experience' and a 'hotshot'. JS's new marlteting director is 38-year-old
    Kevin McCarten. Kevin joined JS in December
    from the...

  • Writelines 20

    Charlie, customer, West Sussex
    I am a West Highland Scots terrier belonging to J
    Dunn, a West Sussex customer, who has at last
    found dog food that's nourishing and also
    enjoyable - and it's not for sharing! S H O W...

  • CHILDREN IN NEED FUN 22

    Tamworth had a novel idea to
    raise funds - they encouraged
    customers to Adopt a Jelly Baby.
    Jelly babies were arranged in
    dolls houses by Veterans of the
    store Joyce Mcllree and Greta
    Nunn and personnel clerk
    Pauline Davey....

  • Badge for good brooming 24

    Badge for good brooming
    £!>Hiil|R|
    Stockport Homebase gave a
    helping hand to the Blue Peter
    paper appeal by donating 12
    brooms for filming of the show in
    the Manchester area.
    Jean Crossfield, office
    manager at Stockport,...

  • Farlington curries favour 24

    Farlington curries favour
    Year ten pupils of Glenwood
    School in Waterlooville had JS to
    thank for some help with their
    food studies course recently.
    The students were asked to
    devise main dishes and
    Farlington store was...

  • Lambing time 24

    Chairman David Sainsbury presented a case of JS champagne to Low Hall
    meat counter assistants during a Christmas visit to the store. Meat counter staff across the
    company have taken part in the
    Welsh lamb promotion...

  • Santa poses for a price 24

    Santa poses for a price
    Thanks to an enterprising
    Truro store, Santa's
    Christmas visit will pay
    dividends for war veterans
    who served in the Far
    East.
    Parents of the children
    who posed for a portrait
    with the portly...

  • Scout packing 24

    Customers and staff at
    Leatherhead had extra help over
    Christmas when the 7th
    Leatherhead Scouts came in to
    pack and carry customers'
    groceries.
    The scouts spent four hours
    per day from December 21 until
    Christmas helping...

  • Baby's bath time 25

    Baby's bath time
    Now reformulated and dermatologically tested, the 30 products which make up the Sainsbury's Baby Care
    toiletries range are all lanolin free and feature the new Snuggly Ted logo on their packaging.
    Brand new to...

  • Guildford's giveaway 25

    Guildford's giveaway
    Store manager Santa Jim Fairman with lielpers, Gary Boxhall (left) and Steve
    Holloway. Guildford staff and customers took
    the saying a 'penny saved is a penny
    earned' to heart when they collected
    £1,000...

  • Liquid laundering 25

    Liquid laundering
    After the successful launch of Novon
    2000 powders last year, four new
    improved concentrated liquids are
    now on sale: non-biological, biological
    colour, biological with fabric
    conditioner and...

  • Pet performance 25

    Pet performance
    The 21 varieties of pet food in Select Diet
    provide balanced nourishment for dogs
    and puppies, and for cats and kittens too.
    The range will be In 150 stores from
    January 21 with special introductory offer
    on...

  • Spirit of trade marks past 25

    Spirit of trade marks past
    Blackfrlars Gin Is a
    recent newcomer to 44
    stores, but there's
    nothing new about the
    elegant 'Sains-berry'
    trademark embossed on
    the bottle - that dates
    back to cl905.
    The gin is 43% proof
    and...

  • That's entertainment 25

    That's entertainment
    New Sound and Vision releases for January/February
    are: X-Files - The Unopened Files; Reservoir Dogs, Only
    You, Shallow Grave, Disclosure and IQ.
    New music on the scene includes Michael Ball's...

  • LIFELINES 26

    LIFELINES
    Spend a little
    time with Joanie
    t tEikes something a bit special to
    get Michael Bartymore excited when
    he's out and about watching
    shopping mall performers for his TV
    show, My Kind Of People. That's
    why the...

  • WINNERS WINNERS WINNERS 26

    WINNERS
    WINNERS
    PARTY TIME
    Gillian Edmundson, a
    meat assistant at
    Dewsbury, didn't
    believe us wlien we
    * called to say she was
    # the winner in the
    • Occasions party
    range/ JS Journal competition.
    Gillian won £500 to...

  • LONG SERVICE 27

    LONG SERVICE
    Employees who have
    completed 25 years' service:
    MAJORIE ANDREWS, grocery
    replenishment assistant,
    London Road. DAVE ASHWOOD,
    warehouse supervisor,
    Hoddesdon depot. MARY
    BERRY, cash office clerk,
    Harpenden....

  • OBITUARY 27

    OBITUARY
    Length of service appears In
    brackets.
    CARMEN ASHER, a senior deli assistant at Ladbroke Grove,
    died after a long illness on
    December 22. She was 53
    years old. (21yrs).
    MARY HEALY, 23, a senior
    cashier at...

  • RETIREMENTS 27

    RETIREMENTS
    BETTY ARCHARD, checkout/
    replenishment assistant,
    Chippenham (18yrs).
    BRIAN BARKER, warehouse
    assistant, Hoddesdon depot (24yrs). GWENDOLINE BARRON,
    bakery counter assistant,
    Tonbridge (16yrs). BRIDGETTE
    BLACK,...

  • SSA OFFERS 27

    VALENTINE'S CABARET WEEKEND & CORONATION STREET TOUR
    Saturday-Sunday, February 17-18
    The SSA has never offered anything quite like this
    novel weekend break which Includes a bumper
    cabaret Saturday evening.
    Depart on Saturday...