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  • Contents Page 02

    CONTENTS
    HEADLINES
    50TH BIRTHDAY
    COMPETITION
    WRITELINES
    STORE OPENINGS
    THE ROLE OF THE
    OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
    ADVISER
    PHARMACIES IN STORE
    LIFESTYLE CLOTHING
    VOUCHER
    STORES AT LARGE
    TOMMY'S CAMPAIGN
    CHECK THIS OUT
    NEW...

  • Customers choose beef after prices drop 02

    Customers choose beef after prices drop
    In the light of current concern regarding Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
    (BSE), director of scientific services Geoff Spriegel explains JS's position. 'Our start point must...

  • What's on your mind? 02

    What's on your mind?
    Do you have a burning question about the business you'd like to ask the chairman or a
    board director? Whatever the issue, whether it be a new customer service initiative or
    business objectives, write to us...

  • Happy to help 03

    The second stage in JS's
    national customer service
    programme was
    announced on 4th April,
    with a further range of
    services designed to take
    the stress out of shopping.
    The new services
    comprise:
    A free AA...

  • JS TV to go live 03

    JS TV to go live
    Following a successful
    trial in ten stores last
    November, the company
    has committed to live
    business television and
    will launch JS TV
    company-wide in the
    coming months.
    Sainsbury's is the first
    food...

  • Making a song and dance 03

    Making a song and dance
    Sainsbury's has developed a new programme of
    regional arts sponsorships and will now be sponsoring
    Wingfield Arts in East Anglia and the Phoenix Dance
    Company in Yorkshire. The aim of the...

  • Parents vote JS friendliest supermarket 03

    Parents vote JS friendliest supermarket
    JS has won the award for
    Best Supermarket in the
    1996 Parent Friendly
    Awards organised by the
    national baby charity
    Tommy's Campaign and
    Huggies Nappies.
    Some 35,000 parents...

  • The big cover up 03

    The big cover up
    Popular pin-up Samantha Fox covered up for charity
    last month with the launch of the Cancer Research
    Campaign's new sun lotion at London's Cromwell
    Road store. Experts predict this year
    over 40,000 new cases...

  • Charter for the road ahead 04

    Charter for the road ahead
    A new charter outlining the services for road users provided by the Highways
    Agency was launched at Nine Elms by Railways and Roads Minister John Watts (left)
    and Sainsbury's public affairs manager...

  • Did you hear? 04

    Did you hear?
    Instore communication
    has taken on a new
    meaning at Durham and
    Whitley Bay, where
    branch staff are sharing
    and solving business
    problems - by talking to
    each other.
    David Milburn, store
    manager at...

  • Sizzling success for sausages 04

    Sizzling success for sausages
    John Eaton and the Cajun Sausage supplier's marketing director,
    Bernard Hoggarth (centre), collect the Best Supermarket Sausage
    award from Ulrika Jonsson.
    Sainsbury's picked up two prizes at the...

  • Slipping through the net 04

    Slipping through the net
    For all you internet buffs who tried to contact our
    home page using the address we gave you last month,
    we're sorry to have led you astray!
    The correct address is http://www.jsainsbury.
    co.uk. We...

  • Veterans reunite 04

    Veterans reunite
    A total 3,200 Sainsbury
    Group Veterans came to
    the Royal Lancaster Hotel
    in London's West End for
    three reunions held on
    Mondays, March 18 and
    25 and April 1.
    Chairman David Sainsbury,
    with his wife...

  • David does it again 05

    David does it again
    ARC director Kevin
    Hawes and senior deputy!
    manager at Selby Road .1
    Adrian Roebucic present i
    the certificate to David, i
    Tireless David Paterson has received a special certificate of thanlcs for liis...

  • David Quarmby resigns 05

    David Quarmby resigns
    Chairman David
    Sainsbury announced on
    March 8 that joint
    managing director David
    Quarmby would be
    leaving the company at
    the end of April.
    'It is with great regret' he
    said 'that we have
    accepted...

  • GIVE AS YOU EARN 05

    GIVE AS YOU EARN
    The Give As You Earn
    scheme, which helps those
    who wish to give regularly
    to charity, entitles donors
    to take advantage of an
    income tax concession.
    The Chancellor's autumn
    statement in November
    1995...

  • SAINSBURY'S CHOIR of the YEAR 05

    SAINSBURY'S CHOIR of the YEAR
    The twelfth Sainsbury's Choir of the Year, the largest
    amateur choral event in the UK, has been launched.
    Over 10,000 voices from 256 choirs will participate in
    the audition rounds. Choirs compete...

  • Take in a show 05

    Bob Hilborn, chief
    technologist, said 'This
    year's theme was Partnership
    in Produce and at the
    show we launched three
    major new partnerships.
    Our Integrated Crop
    Management System was
    taken further by the launch
    of a...

  • DEVELOPMENTS 06

    The first two Texas stores
    to convert to the Homebase
    format are at
    Longwell Green in Bristol
    and Wellington Retail
    Park in Telford.
    The conversions
    signal the start of a
    national reformatting
    programme which aims...

  • Macclesfield outwits everyone again 06

    Macclesfield outwits everyone again
    We all belong to the same Group, but once a year the competition between the
    subsidiaries reaches a peak at the annual Grand Final of the Company Quiz. Teams from all over the
    company came to...

  • 50TH BIRTHDAY COMPETITION 07

    Since the Journal's 50th anniversary celebrations got underway in January, Freddy Fifty has
    offered readers the chance to win personal CD players and a choice of Tyrone Crystal, as well
    as giving all competition entrants the...

  • Look who's Talking Back 07

    Look who's Talking Back
    JS staff demonstrated their
    enthusiasm for Talking
    Back with a superb
    response to phase 2's
    questionnaire. 'Thank you
    very much, it was
    tremendous' say the
    TalkBack team, with every
    division...

  • Never too late to learn 07

    Never too late to learn
    Displays giving information
    on learning opportunities
    for people past
    school age are to be set up
    in a number of stores and
    Savacentres from May 13
    as part of the Adult
    Learners' Week...

  • We know a man who will 07

    We know a man who will
    JS has teamed up with
    the AA to provide an
    exclusive customer
    service ofTering a free
    vehicle breakdown
    service.
    Customers whose cars
    break down while shopping
    at JS can call the AA,
    who will...

  • Writelines 08

    From all staff at East Ham
    We would like to wish our recently retired colleague
    We miss you very much and we all hope you enjoy
    deserve it.
    Enid Brown all the best,
    your retirement - you GIVE US A CAREER
    BREAK
    Robert...

  • Branch opening—New Cross 10

    NEW CROSS
    New Cross Gate opened
    its doors in late February
    and, despite the bitterly
    cold day, the store
    exceeded its target
    sales.
    The store has a playcentre
    which is run by
    the Nationwide Childcare
    company....

  • Branch opening—Street 10

    STREET
    While the rest of the country was digging itself out from the snow, people at Street,
    Somerset, were happily shopping at their new JS store.
    One of the the company's smallest stores, but quite likely the largest village...

  • Branch opening—Hamilton 11

    HAMILTON
    Seven-year-old Hamilton
    resident Monika Burns was
    the VIP guest at the opening
    of the new Hamilton store in
    late February.
    She visited the store after
    her aunt Lucille Barkley wrote
    to JS about her kindness...

  • Branch opening—Straiton 11

    STRAITON
    Chairman David Sainsbury had assistance opening the new
    store in Straiten as ten-year-old Anna Ballantyne from
    Bonnyrigg helped to cut the ribbon. Anna won the
    honour after entering a competition run by the...

  • Working on good health 12

    Working on good health
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    Doreen was 55. She had worked in the store for many years and had
    been reliable and productive. But for the past few months she had
    been off sick every few days. Her manager could not...

  • HEALTHY FUTURE IN STORE FOR PHARMACIES 14

    HEALTHY FUTURE IN STORE FOR PHARMACIES
    Until last September there was no such thing as a JS pharmacy. Now there are eight.
    The Journal spoke to the pharmacy special business unit team, based at Blackfriars,
    to see if JS...

  • LIFESTYLE CLOTHING VOUCHER 14

    Spring is already here and the new season's collection of Lifestyle clothing in Savacentre hypermarkets brings the
    summer sun that little bit closer. So now is the time to make sure your wardrobe is ready for when the heat is...

  • A question of consuming passion 16

    A question of consuming passion
    Did you know? That if you
    win the lottery on Saturday
    you have 180 days to
    claim your prize. That you
    can contact the Telephone
    Preference Service if you
    wish to stop double glazing
    sales...

  • Awards winning fundraising, by George! 16

    Dartford store manager
    George Smart last year
    appeared in the JS
    Journal with his
    namesake George the
    horse, bought for the
    local Arrow Riding School
    for people with
    disabilities after £1,000
    was raised by the...

  • Hereford's heartfelt support 16

    Hereford staff went
    beyond the call of duty In
    their kindness to 73 year
    old customer Margaret
    Davles. In January,
    Margaret was attacked
    and robbed of £120 In
    the store's parking area.
    She sustained various
    Injuries...

  • Life saving pennies 16

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  • Sponsorship for food studies 16

    Sponsorship for food studies
    students at the Latymer School will be taking a very close
    look at food with the help of a cheque for £125 from Enfield
    store. The store's Link school had submitted a bid for
    support towards an A...

  • More than our share of nappiness 17

    Rock on for Tommy's
    Together, Sainsbury's and EMI are making healthy
    babies! ElVII Records are backing Tommy's
    Campaign with a unique compilation album
    dedicated to happy, healthy babies.
    Baby Love features tracks from 19...

  • Austrian buyers eye up UK potatoes 18

    Austrian buyers eye up UK potatoes
    With Austria now a member of tlie
    EC, and UK farmers lioping to
    increase exports, the Department
    of Trade and Industry supported a
    visit by nine of Austria's most
    important potato buyers...

  • Coffee and couplets 18

    Coffee and couplets
    Staff at Upton store so loved
    their newly refurbished coffee
    shop they decided to promote its
    sales with a Valentine's Day
    poem competition. Winner was
    Robin Jackson from Irby, a regular
    customer....

  • Hear ye, hear ye, watch out for these two 18

    Hear ye, hear ye, watch out for these two
    When Audrey Burgess and Joyce
    Farrell retired from Winchester
    they received the store's
    equivalent to the freedom of the
    city - they were given 'the right to
    become cantankerous...

  • Jimmy takes the high road to Winchmore Hill 18

    Jimmy takes the high road to Winchmore Hill
    Forget Mel Gibson. What female
    customers at Winchmore Hill
    wanted to see in a kilt on January
    25 was Jimmy Morrow, fresh
    foods replenishment assistant.
    Jimmy was born in...

  • Countdown to fame 19

    Countdown to fame
    Fulham staff had long been aware
    of the mathematical skills of
    colleague Philip
    Treioggan. The
    baker could, they
    boasted, add up a
    long receipt in his
    head. So it came
    as no surprise when he made it on...

  • International deal for JS soccer star 19

    International deal for JS soccer star
    Some of the best players in the world of football have conie to ply their
    trade in Newcastle in recent years. Asprilla from Columbia. Ginola from
    France and Philippe Albert from Belgium....

  • Leaping for joy 19

    Leaping for joy
    On Leap Year Day this year, staff
    at Marshall Lake witnessed their
    colleague Tim Smedley, fresh
    foods deputy manager, receive
    an unexpected proposal of
    marriage. According to their
    store manager Neil...

  • RTS group says cheese 19

    RTS group says cheese
    Retail Trainees from Taunton
    visited Lubborn Cheese in
    Crewkerne, Somerset, as part of
    their studies for their NVQ2 in
    Retailing. The group observed
    the production of cheese, from
    the arrival of the...

  • They've been together now for 70 years! 19

    They've been together now for 70 years!
    Henry and Nellie Arnold shop at
    Puriey Way JS every Wednesday.
    When the store discovered the
    couple were celebrating 70 years
    of married life, they couldn't let it
    pass without...

  • Causing a stir 20

    Causing a stir
    Three new stir fry sauces look set
    to stir up a treat for customers.
    The three varieties are Sweet and
    Sour, Black Bean, and Satay. The
    Sweet and Sour is made from red
    wine vinegar, pineapple juice and
    tomato...

  • Face it, we've got the lot 20

    Face it, we've got the lot
    Two new skincare ranges have
    been introduced. The JS
    Vitamin E Facial
    Skincare range of
    products was
    formulated to help protect
    against
    premature skin
    ageing.
    The Fragrance
    Free...

  • Into the blue 20

    Into the blue
    The new line of
    Blue Goats Cheese,
    made for JS by Long
    Clawson, is certain to be a hit
    with people who like Stilton. It is described as 'like Stilton, but
    with a sharper, cleaner taste' and is produced from...

  • Life is sweet 20

    Life is sweet
    A treat for all those with a sweet tooth are Sainsbury's Midget Gems
    and Sainsbury's Jelly Beans. Both are available in 250g packets and
    cost 89p. The sweets are not suitable for vegetarians as they...

  • Premium pates do the rounds 20

    Premium pates do the rounds
    Duck and Cherry with
    Kirsh pate is the first
    Chef's Choice pate to
    be featured at the deli
    counters. It's a
    premium variety and
    sells at 79p for lOOg.
    As part of a rotational
    programme, this...

  • The Journal's great New Lines giveaway 20

    The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
    Sainsbury's Roast and Ground Coffee range has changed
    its packaging and formulation and is now a better buy! And
    we've got a case to give away! If you would like to sample
    some coffee...

  • SOUND AND VISION 21

    We asked Kevin Walker from the retail
    service desk to review Tina Turner's new
    album, Wildest Dreams, now in store:
    'I've played the CD
    several times and
    * still can't quite
    picture this being the
    Tina Turner of old....

  • WIN AN ADVENTURE 21

    Fancy youiseK as a btt of a speed freak? Like to feel
    the adrenalin pumping through your body? Ever
    fancied driving on a speedway course? Weil now you
    have the chance. Tlie pork products department has
    two one day adventures...

  • SSA OFFERS 22

    A weekend spoilt
    ig? Now, who doesn't iMefve a little pampering? Most of us
    fancy the idea of checking into a health farm, but isn'
    just for the L a d ^ i s and Joan Collins of this world? Well,
    "^ink again. The SSA has a...

  • Colin Rye: THE ACCIDENTAL AUTHOR 23

    Colin Rye: THE ACCIDENTAL AUTHOR
    When Colin Rye embarked upon
    the Sainsbury's management
    course at the City University
    Business School he was hoping to come out with an MBA.
    The fact that he also came out as a published...

  • LONG SERVICE 23

    LONG SERVICE
    Employees who have
    completed 25 years' service:
    MICHAEL ANDREW, warehouse
    assistant, Croydon. JOAN
    BAYLIS, night display assistant,
    Romford. ANNE BEETON,
    deli counter assistant,
    Romford. CHRIS CARTER,...

  • MESSAGES 23

    MESSAGES
    Congratulations and happy
    birthday to Eileen Newbury
    who turned 80 on March 19.
    From all the staff at Uxbridge.

  • OBITUARY 23

    OBITUARY
    Length of service appears in
    brackets.
    JANE FISHER, 49, a
    checkout/replenishment
    assistant at St Clares died on
    February 29 after a long
    illness. (16yrs).
    BETTY SMITH, 6 1 , a
    checkout/replenishment
    assistant at...

  • RETIREMENTS 23

    RETIREMENTS
    Length of service appears in
    brackets.
    AGNES ARCHIBALD, kiosk
    assistant, Ellesmere Port
    (5yrs). BERYL ARNOLD, meat
    preparation assistant,
    Walton-on-Thames (15yrs).
    BEATRICE BABE, meat
    assistant, Chislehurst...

  • NO PLACE LIKE HISTORY 24

    NO PLACE LIKE HISTORY
    It was the year of the Royal
    Wedding, inner city riots and
    Shakin Stevens' 'Green Door'.
    This month, in honour of the
    15th anniversary of the first
    Homebase opening, at Parley
    Way, the Archives looks...