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  • A chance to get on 02

    A chance to get on
    If you're hoping to further your career in Sainsbury's, the
    company is bringing in new skills training (see page 6),
    and is also on the look-out for trainee store managers
    (see page 15).
    Meanwhile, keep...

  • Birthday honours for JS people 02

    Birthday honours for JS people
    Non-executive director Clive
    Thompson has received a
    knighthood in the Queen's
    Birthday Honours List. Sir Clive
    is group chief executive of
    Rentokil Group pic. Under his
    leadership over the...

  • Contents Page 02

    CONTENTS
    HEADLINES
    CASTLE COURT CLUB
    STORE OPENS
    HOMEBASE'S lOOTH
    STORE OPENING
    2-4
    5
    5
    OPERATIONAL SKILLS:
    A NEW TRAINING SCHEME 6/7
    SOTH BIRTHDAY
    COMPETITION 8
    HOW SHAW'S COPES WHEN
    THE FREEZE SETS IN...

  • JS chills out with environment award 02

    JS chills out with environment award
    Sainsbury's has received a major
    commendation in the 1995-96
    Business Commitment to the
    Environment Awards, held
    recently at English Heritage.
    The award was for the application
    of a...

  • JS wins Employer of the Year award 02

    JS wins Employer of the Year award
    Andy Benzie receives the Employer of the
    Year award on behalf of Sainsbury's.
    Sainsbury's was recently
    awarded the Employer of the
    Year award by the National
    Mentoring Consortium (NMC)
    for...

  • Bags of value 03

    Bags of value
    Collecting Schoolbag Vouchers has proved very profitable for many schools across
    the country, with over 11,500,000 vouchers being cashed in to date with a total value
    of over £468,000.00. The scheme, which ends...

  • Guildford memories 03

    Guildford memories
    Do you have memories
    of Guildford High Street
    store? If so, the
    Archives would like to
    hear from you. Please
    ring Bridget Williams on
    0171 921 8200, or
    write to her at
    Sainsbury's Archives,
    Stamford...

  • Hold on to your hat! 03

    Hold on to your hat!
    "This isn't as easy as it iooics..." a Triangle Scliooi pupil
    sets to woric on a pile of bricks. A group of budding
    young brickies donned
    their hard hats and ear
    plugs to check out the JS
    Clapham High...

  • Roadster carries the can 03

    Roadster carries the can
    The Steel Can Recycling
    Information Bureau's
    Recycling Roadster visited
    23 JS stores from Craigleith
    to Croydon between
    April and June. Tiie
    educational double decker
    bus teaches children...

  • Andrew picks prize-winning name 04

    Andrew picks prize-winning name
    Ten-year-old Andrew Mclntyre has chosen a name for Sainsbury's new shopping
    centre in Newtownbreda, Northern Ireland, which has earned his school £2,000 worth
    of computer equipment and himself...

  • Gearing up for a greener environment 04

    Gearing up for a greener environment
    Nearly one in five of the 230 motorists who put their cars through Sainsbury's
    vehicles emissions testing in the Dunstable store car park recently discovered they
    had failed to meet MOT...

  • Sainsbury's ice cream scoops major award 04

    Sainsbury's ice cream scoops major award
    Sainsbury's Merry
    Christmas Pudding ice
    cream has won Retail
    Product of the Year in
    the 1996 British Frozen
    Food Federation Awards.
    The ice cream, one of JS's
    premium...

  • Success in a can 04

    Success in a can
    JS Canned Baked Beans,
    Spaghetti and Peaches
    recently came out tops
    in a comparison taste
    test with other leading
    brands.
    Christine Mason, who
    organised the research,
    was delighted with the
    findings: "We...

  • Taxing times 04

    Taxing times
    Self-assessment is a new
    method of collecting tax
    introduced by the Inland
    Revenue for the 1996/97
    tax year, which may affect
    you if you have to fill in an
    income tax return or if you
    have income from...

  • Branch opening—Castle Court 05

    Thousands go clubbing at Sainsbury's
    Sainsbury's members-only discount store has opened in Bristol
    A new style of shopping came to Bristol on 18 June when Sainsbury's opened its unique Club Store at Castle Court,...

  • Homebase celebrates 100th opening 05

    Homebase celebrates 100th opening
    Homebase celebrated the opening of its 100th store
    on 27 June on the site of the former Texas in
    Alvechurch Highway, Redditch.
    The first 500 customers received balloons, mugs
    and pot plants,...

  • Knowing your onions - and your bread, meat and wine... 06

    JS staff want to be the best trained in the business - now*s your chance to learn extra skills with the new
    Operational Skills programme.
    Staff in JS stores are
    well aware that
    customers know
    exactly what they wa
    ' or,...

  • 50TH BIRTHDAY COMPETITION 08

    Freddy Fifty has just returned from Shaw's where he helped our American
    colleagues celebrate American Independence Day on 4 July. He's brought back
    some Americana, including official Red Sox/Shaw's baseball mitts and some...

  • Snow on the way? Jim'll fix it! 09

    Snow on the way? Jim'll fix it!
    It might be pleasantly warm now, but stores need to be alert for any extremes o1
    temperature. Last year, Shaw's had to deal with New England's worst winter on record. Here's how it coped.
    You can...

  • Writelines 10

    VETS HAVE A GALE OF A TIME!
    A group of JS veterans who had all worked at the
    Southborne store between 1956 and I960 recently
    met at the Courtlands Hotel in Bournemouth.
    Former manager of the store, 92-year-old Mr
    Cameron,...

  • Reward Card day takes off! 12

    Reward Card day takes off!
    7am: A bright Monday morning: early commuters
    make their wav along Cromwell Road in central London,
    here and there a dog is being taken for its first walk of the
    dav, and occasionally a passer-by...

  • Hook, line and sinking... 14

    Hook, line and sinking...
    Three hapless anglers had to withdraw early from
    the SSA's second national angling competition at
    Gold Valley Lakes in Aldershot when carp 'stole'
    their rods... Fishing was very slow, with most of the...

  • Careering ahead 15

    If you thought a career in retail management was stuffy, think again!
    This year Sainsbury's will need to
    fill more than 600 management
    vacancies. It's a tall order finding
    that many top class applicants, so
    how do we go about...

  • Eat and grow 16

    Eat and grow
    Following the
    success of last
    year's 'Pick your
    own Strawberries',
    initiative, Sainsbury's
    decided to take the
    concept one step further
    this year by selling whole
    strawberry plants. The...

  • Go on... indulge yourself 16

    Go on... indulge yourself
    Three new flavours in
    Sainsbury's award-winning
    Indulgence range of ice
    creams go on sale this
    month. They are Chocoholic
    Cherry Ecstasy; Mesmerising
    Marmalade and Peanut Pzazz.
    If the names are...

  • Home alone 16

    Home alone
    Cooking for One is the
    latest offering from
    Sainsbury's popular Quick
    and Easy series of
    cookbooks. It's aimed at
    those people living on
    their own who want to get
    more adventurous with
    their cooking. Author...

  • Saucy but nice! 16

    Saucy but nice!
    Four Hot and Cold Sauces
    are launched this month.
    Each comes in a 250ml
    bottle and there are four
    varieties: Hollandaise,
    Bearnaise, Mustard and
    Green Peppercorn. They
    are priced at £1.19
    each, but...

  • The 'X' factor 16

    The 'X' factor
    Following the successful launch
    of the Classic Cola range,
    Sainsbury's is launching
    Classic X, a cola which has
    no added sugar. The trial size can costs
    19p and the 330ml cans are priced at
    27p each. The 4 x...

  • Thirsty work 16

    Thirsty work
    'Energise your body... quench
    your thirst' is the slogan being
    used to promote Sainsbury's
    new energy and sports drink,
    energize. This passion fruit and
    grapefruit juice sparkling drink
    is made with glucose...

  • Mr. Men Magic 17

    Mr. Men Magic
    Kids will love Sainsbury's latest range of
    children's yogurts which feature three of the
    Mr Men characters. They come in three
    flavours (all fortified with vitamins C and E and
    calcium) - Mr Tickle's Toffee, Mr...

  • Quite an occasion 17

    Quite an occasion
    Following the
    successful launch
    of the Occasions
    range last year,
    Sainsbury's is
    introducing 22 new
    lines this summer.
    The latest additions
    are summer oriented
    and ideal for parties
    or picnics. Some of...

  • Roll up... roll up 17

    Roll up... roll up
    Having a barbecue can be a very messy
    business, which is why you always need a
    good supply of extra strong kitchen towels
    close to hand. JS has relaunched a range
    of Extra Thick Kitchen Towels. They...

  • Satisfying sorbets 17

    Satisfying sorbets
    ;
    i
    If you need cooling down this
    summer, Sainsbury's
    refreshing range of
    Sorbets should do
    the trick. They come
    in three flavours;
    Lemon, Mango and
    Blackcurrant. The
    new Sorbets are
    suitable...

  • Spring into health 17

    Spring into health
    Sainsbury's is launching a new range
    of Sparkling Spring Waters. They
    make a refreshing alternative to
    mineral water or conventional soft
    drinks, and have fewer than 25
    calories per bottle. The one...

  • Steak out 17

    Steak out
    New in the freezer
    cabinets come two
    varieties of JS frozen
    Chicken Breast Steaks:
    Shoppers have the
    choice of two flavours:
    Garlic & Herbs or Lemon
    & Pepper. The chicken
    pieces are coated in a
    delicious, light...

  • The Journal's great New Lines giveaway 17

    The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
    If you would like to sample some of our new products simply cross the box
    next to your first choice and send the coupon to the JS Journal July
    Giveaway, 9th floor, Drury House, Stamford...

  • All in the space of five days! 18

    All in the space of five days!
    The Hope Lodge School
    for autistic children
    received a £1,000 prize
    in a cake and biscuit
    incentive at Hedge End
    store. The branch was also able to present a
    cheque for £2,500 to...

  • Kids take a slice of the action! 18

    Kids take a slice of the action!
    A giant 'pizza' proved a
    prize winner for children at
    Nuthall's Horsendale
    Primary School when the
    JS Kimberley store
    launched a competition in
    five local schools as part of a...

  • Leatherhead provides food for fun day 18

    Leatherhead provides food for fun day
    The Lady Taverners, a fundraising
    and charity
    organisation, recently
    asked the Leatherhead
    store to provide packed
    lunches for about 1,000
    children for a fun day at
    Chessington World...

  • Presentation hits the street 18

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  • Sunderland helps disabled children 18

    The Barbera Priestman
    School for disabled
    children was recently
    presented with 9,000
    School Bag Vouchers from
    customers and staff at
    Sunderland. Says Angela Middlewood, personnel
    assistant at Sunderland:
    "The school relies...

  • Heaton lends helping hands 19

    Heaton lends helping hands
    Heaton Park recent!
    held an open evening for
    its disabled customer:
    with the aim of imprc
    awareness of the help "
    available at the store for
    the disabled, which
    includes 28 fully...

  • In the swim 19

    In the swim
    Olympic swimmers,
    Joanne Deakin and Alex
    Clapper recently launched
    a swimming development
    programme, sponsored by
    Sainsbury's, for children
    from Coventry. The
    programme will give
    children from 12...

  • Kent Air Ambulance gets off to a flying start 19

    Kent Air Ambulance gets off to a flying start
    Kent Air Ambulance (KAA)
    made a dramatic
    entrance when it arrived
    by helicopter to collect a
    cheque for £4,200. The
    money was raised
    through the Penny Back
    Scheme at the...

  • Recycling helps rehabilitation 19

    Recycling helps rehabilitation
    Over a period of 30 months
    a total of 63 stores in
    Cambridgeshire, Herts,
    Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk
    collected 2,800,000 cans
    for recycling. These cans,
    which were collected from
    those thrown...

  • Star achievers of the month 19

    star achievers of the month
    "fSPONS
    Fiona Wilson, deiicatessen
    manager, WKiitley Bay.
    Durham and Whitley Bay
    stores have introduced a
    Star Achiever of the month
    award presented to the
    person who embodies the
    chairman's...

  • Cameron defies the odds 20

    Cameron defies the odds
    Cameron Jones, who is
    paralysed, defied the odds and
    achieved a qualification with
    Beneast Training and got a job
    at the Red Bank Road store.
    Cameron had been unemployed
    for a long time and,...

  • Catch of the day 20

    Catch of the day
    On 16 June, Glen Knox, deputy
    manager of fresh foods, Blackhall,
    decided to bring together staff and
    management from all over
    Scotland for a weekend of fishing
    at Dunbar. A few of the staff, like
    Gary...

  • Glen's a hit at BBC 20

    Glen's a hit at BBC
    Glen Francis, who works
    nightshifts at Sevenoaks, has
    recently made his live debut on
    BBC! On 6 June he appeared on
    the Ian McGregor Late Show, BBC
    Radio Kent, along with a friend,
    David Kirrage, who...

  • Spanish surprise 20

    Spanish surprise
    Produce assistant Pat Brady was
    surprised and deliglited to
    accompany her daugliter wlio told
    lier sine had won a weel two in Spain. She was even more
    surprised to find that TV's
    Surprise, Surprise...

  • Staff go the extra mile 20

    Staff go the extra mile
    Mrs Jean Mailey was not only the
    lucky winner of a promotional
    sugar competition at West
    Wickham, but staff also decided
    to deliver her prize personally.
    Says Karen Sutcliffe, personnel
    manager:...

  • Bowthorpe and Great Yarmouth pool their resources 21

    Bowthorpe and Great Yarmouth pool their resources
    Paul Gibbs, produce assistant at
    Bowthorpe, and eight of his
    friends, from his store and Great
    Yarmouth, completed a 24-hour
    sponsored pool marathon on
    19 May to raise funds...

  • Could this T-shirt be the furthest travelled so far...? 21

    Could this T-shirt be the
    furthest travelled so far...?
    This favourite ingredient T-shirt was
    worn by Maureen Butt, checl replenishment assistant, Ipswich, on
    a holiday with her husband to Malibu
    Beach in Perth, Western...

  • winners !!! 21

    winners !!!
    Congratulations to everyone who entered our 50th
    Birthday Competition no.4 in the May issue.
    Contestants were asked to guess what Gazza was
    w r i t i n g - we had some wonderful and very
    imaginative entries, but...

  • SSA OFFERS 22

    Horse of the Year Show
    featuring the world famous Cadre Noir de Saumur
    2 - 6 Octolier ±996 at Wembley
    We are able to offer reduced price tickets to SSA
    members. The main attraction tliis year is the world
    famous French...

  • APOLOGY 23

    APOLOGY
    It was incorrectly stated in
    the June issue that EVELYN
    BELGER had been a director's
    secretary for 1 1 years. In
    fact, Evelyn worked in that
    position for 29 years. Our
    sincere apologies.

  • LONG SERVICE 23

    LONG SERVICE
    Employees who have
    completed 40 years' service:
    RAYMOND MEADOWS, trolley
    collector, Brentwood.
    Employees who have
    completed 25 years' service:
    DAVID AFFECTION, senior
    systems operator, ISD
    operations,...

  • OBITUARY 23

    OBITUARY
    Length of service appears in
    brackets.
    MARY APLIN, 40, a bakery assistant
    at Stratton, died after a
    long illness on June 13 (8yrs).
    JOYCE BRIGHT, 69, a part time
    checkout assistant at Streatham Common, died
    after...

  • RETIREMENTS 23

    RETIREMENTS
    Length of service appears in
    brackets.
    GLORIA ANDERSON, checkout/
    replenishment assistant. Fifth
    Avenue Harlow (16yrs). LILIAN
    BATT, fresh food replenishment
    assistant, Orpington (5yrs). MARGARET BELSHAM,
    cash...

  • SOUND AND VISION 23

    Two smash hits on video -
    Casper and Waterworld - will
    soon be landing in your store
    Casper, although essentially a children's movie, is
    worth watching simply for the special effects. All the
    ghostly characters are computer...

  • WEDDINGS 23

    WEDDINGS
    LARKFIELD store had a double
    celebration when its checkout
    operator CINDY EDWARDS
    married nightshift man PAUL
    BALDWIN in early May.
    The couple met at the
    store four and a half years ago
    while they were working...

  • A WELCOME TO DISTANT SHAW'S 24

    A WELCOME TO DISTANT SHAW'S
    This month, in our series
    highlighting events during the
    JS Journal's 50 year history,
    the Archives salutes Shaw's,
    which became a fully-fledged
    JS subsidiary on 1 July 1987. D
    n 1983 JS had...