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  • A message from the chairman 02

    A message from the chairman
    Best wishes to you all for a
    very happy Christmas
    and my warmest thanks
    for the contribution you have
    made to the company during
    this difficult year.
    I hope you and your family
    have a...

  • Contents Page 02

    CONTENTS
    HEADLINES 2-5
    DELI 2 0 0 0 I
    TRAINING IN NORTHERN
    IRELAND
    COMPUTING FOR THE
    MILLENNIUM
    SCANNERS FOR
    CUSTOMERS
    50TH BIRTHDAY
    COMPETITION RESULTS
    WRITELINES 10-11
    STORE OPENINGS 12-13
    ONE STORE'S RESPONSE
    TO...

  • Prime Minister drops in for tea at Clapham 02

    Prime Minister drops in for tea at Clapham
    Clapham's new JS received a
    flying visit from Prime Minister
    John Major the day after opening.
    After being met by chairman
    David Sainsbury, Mr Major
    inspected the new video wall...

  • Sainsbury's Choir of the Year gets peak BBC screening 02

    Sainsbury's Choir of the Year gets peak BBC screening
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    Sainsbury's Choir of the Year, the largest amateur choral event in the
    UK, is to be shown on BBC Television on Christmas Day! The first of
    four programmes will be...

  • Chairman helps plan for prosperity 03

    Chairman helps plan for prosperity
    Chairman David Sainsbury
    was a keynote speaker at a
    conference about property
    and development entitled
    'Planning for Prosperity'
    which was organised by
    Keith Vaz MP, Shadow
    Environment...

  • Getting together on H Day 03

    Getting together on H Day
    On 2 Dec, 161 former
    Texas stores were rebadged
    as Homebase, completing
    a major step in the
    integration of the two
    companies (from now on
    we will only refer to the
    Homebase brand). This
    brings...

  • JS helps keep alive memory of young trainee 03

    JS helps keep alive memory of young trainee
    The son of two
    Sainsbury's staff, who
    was murdered while at
    work as a trainee store
    manager, has had the
    new wing of a church
    dedicated to his name.
    A packed church...

  • Linking the chain 03

    Linking the chain
    Sainsbury's has been talking
    grand scale!
    to its suppliers on a grand scale! Over 300 suppliers of
    perishable products turned
    up at London's Merchant
    Centre to hear presentations
    by JS directors...

  • Sainsbury's on show 03

    Sainsbury's on show
    Bottle openers: Exhibitions co-ordinator Prisciila Playford
    of Group internal Communications and Orleans Kendal-
    Jones of Dulwich store iceep up with customer demands. Sainsbury's classic range
    of wines,...

  • Highland fling! 04

    Highland fling!
    Gone fishing! Richard Bain, Doreen Bain, Claire Tucker
    and Gary Rowls get away from It all. Two staff from Enfield
    store, Richard Bain and
    Claire Tucker, were recently
    treated to three days
    in Scotland after...

  • JS labels are a work of art 04

    JS labels are a work of art
    This fabulous collage of
    Sainsbury's labels is the
    work of Kent textiles artist
    Renate Keeping, who was
    inspired by shopping at her
    local JS store in Bromley. Renate, who gives art
    lessons to...

  • The shop window of the 21st century 04

    The shop window of the 21st century
    At the outset, the architects were faced with a problem. In order to reduce noise,
    and for the sake of convenience, the service yard for the new JS store at Clapham
    South had to be located...

  • Trainee managers' growing success 04

    Trainee managers' growing success
    Eleven successful Homebase candidates who achieved NVQ level 4 in Management
    were presented with their awards by managing director Ross McLaren at a
    presentation evening at Hadlow Horticultural...

  • JS and Gingerbread help parents back to work 05

    JS and Gingerbread help parents back to work
    Thanks to £64,000 sponsorship
    from the Sainsbury's
    Charitable Fund, Free to
    work, a comprehensive
    guide to childcare, has been
    produced by Gingerbread,
    the charity for lone...

  • JS meets the man from the Ministry 05

    JS meets the man from the Ministry
    it's good to tail( - Stephen Pugh (l«ft) meets company
    nutritionist Gill Fine and Keith Bashford from legal services. Stephen Pugh from
    MAFF's Consumers and
    Nutrition Policy Division
    spent...

  • Ode to Sainsbury's 05

    Ode to Sainsbury's
    It's the WWF Commandos! Six school girls from
    Reading High School toolc to London's streets on
    National Poetry Day recently to deliver environmental
    messages in verse for the World Wide Fund for Nature....

  • Richard counts on success 05

    Richard counts on success
    Richard (right) collects his
    prize.
    Homebase's Richard
    Warriner won £500 when
    he came second in the
    PASS/Harrison Willis
    Trainee Accountant of
    the Year final. To reach
    the final, all six...

  • Share the care - and double the money 05

    Share the care - and double the money
    Sainsbury's has joined forces with Sharing the Caring,
    a Give as You Earn fundraising company, which is
    owned by four charities. This partnership is the first
    between a UK company
    and...

  • The pie's the limit 05

    The pie's the limit
    Bakeries in Savacentres
    all over the country are
    turning out mince pies in
    their thousands - in an
    attempt to beat their last
    Christmas targets.
    Savacentre holds a friendly
    seasonal competition
    for...

  • 21st century food 06

    21st century food
    Burphatn store's new deli is the best thing since sliced salami and reckons it can rival Harrods for quality and range.
    The Journal sampled sushi at the launch. > ^ , inating from a simple mission statement,
    ,...

  • Training in a different aisle 07

    Opening a new JS store requires
    enormous planning at the best of times,
    but what happens when many of the
    new recruits have barely heard of, let
    alone stepped Inside of, one of our
    stores? The Journal went to...

  • Countdown to the millennium 08

    Computers can do the most amazing feats. But only until the millennium.
    Countdown to the millennium
    For most of us, the year 2000 brings to mind a huge celebration into the millennium. However, for those
    working on the IT Year...

  • Scanning the future? 08

    Scanning the future?
    An exciting project on trial at Watchmoor Park, Camberley, could be the first step
    towards making queues a thing of the past. Express Shop, launched last
    month, allows customers to scan
    and pack their own...

  • 50TH BIRTHDAY COMPETITION RESULTS 09

    Debbie wins top prize down under
    Freddy asked chairman
    David Sainsbury to pick
    out the name of the lucky
    JS Journal reader who'll
    be flying out to Australia
    next year. Debbie
    Freebury, from systems at
    Savacentre head...

  • Writelines 10

    STAFF COUNCIL
    RAISES TIMELY
    I D E A
    Christine Williams,
    manager's secretary,
    Thanet:
    After holding the first staff
    council meeting in our
    branch, the question was
    raised as to whether we
    would consider fitting a...

  • Branch opening—Newton Abbot 12

    NEWTON ABBOT
    Newton Abbot as a Plymco
    store.
    Spot the difference - Newton
    Abbot on opening day.
    Newton Abbot deli staff Sue
    Johnson, Catherine Urwin and
    Tina Brandt, who have
    transferred to JS from Plymco.
    Opening date: 4...

  • Branch opening—Paignton 12

    PAIGNTON
    Donna Alger (Marsh Mills),
    Caroline Preston (Surbiton) and
    Doreen Best (Plymouth) form
    part of the massive army of
    relief staff.
    Provisions assistant Peter
    Baker, formerly of Plymouth's
    Pinhoe store.
    Darren Tozer...

  • Homebase opening—Altrincham, Cannock, Warrington and Sevenoaks 13

    Not to be outdone by JS, Homebase opened no less than four new
    stores last month! At Altrincham, 46 new jobs have been created.
    Cannock's new store (33,000sq ft) opened on 13 November, whilst
    Warrington and Sevenoaks are also...

  • TalkBack 13

    TalkBack
    Following TalkBack, meetings have been- held at grass roots level to discuss how we can improve the
    business. Here we look at the action taken by one store, Springfield in Chelmsford, which may provide
    inspiration for...

  • PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION RESULTS 14

    Linda picks a picture
    TV's Birds of a
    Feather and Jobs for
    the Girls star Linda
    Robson took a break
    from her hectic filming
    schedule to judge our
    annual photographic
    competition.
    Having studied
    photography with...

  • GARDENING VIDEO OFFER 16

    Get your garden up to scratch
    While winter's here and it's too cold to get out in the garden, why not curl up with a hot drink and watch Gardening from scratchl
    Presented by Helen Yemm and written by celebrity gardener Gay...

  • SSA SPORTS DAY 16

    1996 has beon a good yoar for sport - wo'vo had Euro '96,
    the Olympics, Wimbledon and, of course, the 50th SSA sports day! Teams from all over the country took
    part, from JS stores in Taunton and
    Truro, to a team from...

  • LONG SERVICE 17

    LONG SERVICE
    Employees who have completed
    40 years' sen/Ice
    CHARLES GALWAY, senior store
    manager, Stanway.
    DAVID IVIORTON, reception
    manager, Hull.
    Employees who have completed
    25 years' service
    MICHAEL BULL,...

  • OBITUARY 17

    OBITUARY
    Length of service is in bracl^ets.
    HOWARD FYNN, 36, branch
    manager at Worksop (formerly at
    Ripley) died on 12 September
    after a long illness (13yrs). DENNIS BUNCE, 67, a packer
    at Hayford Hill died suddenly on
    the...

  • RETIREMENTS 17

    RETIREMENTS
    Length of service is in brackets
    DOREEN BEDDON, staff
    restaurant assistant, Wolverhampton,
    (14yrs). ELIZABETH
    BROOME, coffee shop assistant,
    Lincoln, (5yrs). EDDIE PARRIES, warehousekeeper, Basingstoke,
    (22yrs)....

  • SOUND AND VISION 17

    SAINSBURY'S
    review
    Spice up your life with Sound & Vision!
    Spend Christmas with the Spice Girls, or if
    your tastes are more leisurely, relax with
    Sense and Sensibility.
    We asked Rebecca Devison from public
    relations to...

  • WEDDINGS 17

    WEDDINGS
    Above; Marie and Tony
    Left: Rebecca and James Love is in the air at Newcastle - James Buckley and Rebecca Groome
    married and had their honeymoon in Italy. Marie Yorke and Tony
    Proud (Hanley JS) promptly flew to the...

  • Chocolate treats 18

    Chocolate treats
    JS has some great chocolate stocking fillers on offer. Here are just five
    samples to whet your appetite:
    Christmas games won't be the same
    again after you've tried Sainsbury's
    edible offering. Win to Eat! is...

  • Disney crackers 18

    Disney crackers
    IVIake Christmas go with a bang with
    this pack of six Character Crackers. All
    your favourite Disney characters are
    featured on each cracker including
    Donald Duck and the world's most
    famous rodent - Mickey...

  • Say it with flowers 18

    Add a touch of colour to winter with a Christmas Rose Bouquet. At
    £9.99 these would make an ideal present that will brighten up any
    room for the rest of the holiday season. AVAIUBLE IN MOST STORES.

  • Are you sitting comfortably? 19

    Are you sitting comfortably?
    Four new children's Christmas books are
    sure to make popular stocking fillers.
    Ruby the Christmas Donkey, Teddy
    Meets Father Christmas, Christmas
    Kitten and The Night Before
    Christmas will keep...

  • Candles in the wind 19

    Candles in the wind
    These
    Decorative Ball
    Candles will
    add to the
    atmosphere
    and brighten up
    the Christmas
    table. They
    cost £2.99
    each and
    are also
    available in
    cream.
    At £6.99
    this Twist Brass
    Candlestick
    makes...

  • Chill out 19

    It might be cold outside, but JS
    frozen food buyers have come up with some special winter treats that
    are guaranteed to make the temperature rise this Christmas. Here
    are just a few samples:
    Sainsbury's luxury range of...

  • Dig it 19

    This Christmas Homebase has some ideal gifts for gardening
    enthusiasts. Here are four Items they'll find simply irresistible:
    A Homebase Hand Trowel or Fork (£4.29 each) Is just the thing for
    intricate work in borders, beds...

  • Goodwill to all - or humbug? 20

    Christmas is getting
    relentlessly closer. Some of
    us love it, some of us hate it
    and some of us, of course,
    don't celebrate it at all. We
    asked a cross-section of staff
    what they liked most about
    Christmas and what...

  • Bowled over 22

    Bowled over
    Maria Pascals, Side-by-
    Side co-ordinator at
    Leicester, organised a
    superbowl competition to
    raise funds for Millgate
    Centre, the local special
    needs schools. Maria
    decided that all six ||
    schools taking part...

  • Homebase staff show alternative ways with paint 22

    Homebase staff show alternative ways with paint
    Gale force winds and
    pouring rain did not stop
    the 89 members of staff
    at Homebase head office
    from braving the elements
    and enjoying a Sainsbury's
    Homebase Staff
    Association...

  • Little celebs help ring in the news 22

    Little celebs help ring in the news
    Children who were
    featured in a recent
    company advertising
    campaign officially opened
    the customer restaurant at
    Kidderminster recently.
    The budding celebrities
    were accompanied by...

  • Revamp at St Albans 22

    Revamp at St Albans
    There were big festivities when the St Albans store reopened recently after three
    months of refurbishments. The town crier, David Baker, welcomed customers to the
    revamped store, which sports new products...

  • Scouting for business 22

    Scouting for business
    Locksbottom recently
    received an order for
    £24,000 to feed scouts
    from across the world who
    were enjoying a jamboree
    in the area. Staff put in
    extra hours so that they
    could get the huge order
    out...

  • Help for Jimmy's 23

    Help for Jimmy's
    Leeds presented the neurology
    department at St James's
    University Hospital with a
    healthy cheque of £4,000 from
    its Penny Back scheme. The
    cheque was presented by the
    personnel manager, Alison
    Killoran...

  • Lewisham and Lee Green join forces 23

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  • Look after the pennies... 23

    Look after the pennies...
    Fareham has
    provided invaluable
    financial support to
    the neo-natal unit at
    St IVIary's Hospital in
    Portsmouth with its
    Penny Back scheme.
    The store has been
    donating its pennies
    to the unit...

  • Vouchers pay for high tech equipment 23

    Vouchers pay for high tech equipment
    sin's CE Primary
    ichool in Moordown
    collected enough school
    bag vouchers to purchase
    both a television and a
    •"""luterto improve
    «ng methods at the
    ;hool. Talbot Heath
    ^"Tgers...

  • Wendy provides a ray of sunshine 23

    Wendy provides a ray of sunshine
    Wendy Richard of
    Eastenders fame, provided
    the celebrity touch to the
    launch of a fundraising
    raffle in aid of Sunshine
    Coaches. Stores from
    Whitechapel to King's
    Lynn, Luton to...

  • A whirlwind week of fundraising 24

    A whirlwind week of fundraising
    staff at Homebase, Norwich
    Milecross, went all out during a
    week of intensive fundraising for
    charity. There were sponsored
    running and cycle races between
    Homebase stores, and on the
    Friday...

  • Burton in bloom 24

    Burton on Trent is actively
    Involved in making the
    community more attractive
    for those who live, work
    and shop In the area.
    Together with donations
    from head office, the
    store was recently able to
    donate £2,250 to...

  • Experience in the outside world 24

    On Monday momings
    13-year-old Andrew
    Mallowan heads off not
    to school, but to
    Sainsbury's in Archer
    Road, Sheffield, where
    he is the store's
    youngest candidate for
    work experience.
    Andrew is a pupil at
    King Ecgbert...

  • Extensive celebrations 24

    Extensive celebrations
    Queens Road store celebrated the store's reopening In
    grand style recently after extensive refurblshments. The
    local town crier lent his support and a band entertained
    the crowd while customers were able...

  • Mass production 24

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  • Around Ireland in three days 25

    Around Ireland in three days
    (L-r) Friends Ian and Christa, Chris Brockway, senior grocery assistant,
    Winton, Terry Campion, senior warehouse assistant, Winton, and Charlie
    Chant, assistant manager, produce, Talbot Heath store....

  • Ousting our rivals 25

    Ousting our rivals
    Sainsbury's and Homebase beat
    stiff competition recently when they
    won first prizes in the Horsham
    and Camberley over 25 category in
    the finals of the inter-store TRACChallenge,
    a retail...

  • Some like it hot 25

    Sibling rivalry in the Steinberg
    family took on a new dimension
    when Natalie Steinberg, trainee
    manager at Solihuil branch in
    Birmingham, entered BBC TV's
    Ready Steady Cook competition
    to compete against her brother.
    "The...

  • The height of success 25

    Pauline stockill, trainee manager currently at Hamilton, w^nt to tremendous heights to overcome
    her phobia when
    she decided to go
    abseiling in aid of
    charity. She
    talked two of her
    colleagues from
    Blackhali...

  • Pantomimes and prizes 26

    Pantomimes and prizes
    Hook behind you! It's panto time and the
    Archiveshaveresurrectedaproductionfrom
    the past. It's Jack and the Beanstalk with a
    difference. Reproduced below, for the first time
    since before the First World...

  • SSA OFFERS 28

    With 1997 fast approaching, dark
    nights and British winter weather all
    around us it is time to think and plan
    for your summer 91 sunshine holiday
    break. So we have put together the best
    possible discounts from the country...