'JS Journal', April 1997
- Ref. No: SA/SC/JSJ/51/3
- Format: Publication
- Date: Apr 1997
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 volume
- Access: Open
Table of content
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Charity begins at Sainsbury's
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Charity begins at Sainsbury's
We now have proof that the
Great British Public don't
just look out for themselves
when it comes to getting
something for nothing. The
latest statistics on Sainsbury's
Reward Card show that... -
Contents Page
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CONTENTS
Dino Adriano is now installed as our new chief executive
for the supermarket business and the Journal reports on
his plans for the future. And there are changes in board
responsibilities, too (see opposite).
Our... -
New supermarket board responsibilities
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New supermarket board responsibilities
Chairman David Sainsbury and new chief executive Dino
Adriano have announced a number of changes in responsibility
in the supermarket business - the newly established Sainsbury's... -
Party cash helps hospital
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Party cash helps hospital
Blackfriars' meat department
has donated £1,000 to Great
Ormond Street children's
hospital. The money, raised
at the annual meat division
Christmas party (organised
by Martin Edwards,... -
A fair swap!
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A fair swap!
stores who exchange their old first aid boxes for new ones are set to
help children in Kenya. In this new scheme, which
follows a review of first aid
equipment, stores can order
new, larger first aid boxes... -
Huge interest in Sainsbury's Bank
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Huge interest in Sainsbury's Bank
Sainsbury's Bank, launched last month, got off to a flying
start, helped by very good press comment and extensive
television and radio coverage. Jeremy Toyne, senior
manager, Sainsbury's... -
Sorting the wheat from the chaff
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Sorting the wheat from the chaff
The first group of JS instore
bakery managers recently took
part in the company's first
four-day Bakery Manager
Focus Programme, as part
of the Bakery Operational
Skills training and a... -
Staff play the generation game
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Staff play the generation game
If customers notice a family
atmosphere at the new
Longwater store in Norwich,
it's hardly surprising - three
generations of the Asker
family from Bowthorpe work
together at the... -
What's new?
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What's new?
There's always something
new at Sainsbury's, says the
slogan on our store shelves,
and it's thanks to staff in
numerous different departments
constantly coming up
with schemes that improve
the business.
But... -
Art meets wine
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Art meets wine
Mary Louise Coulouris discusses her
worli with Dominic Fry.
Artist Mary Louise Coulouris
has had her work transformed
into labels for two new
Sainsbury's wines. Mary
Louise, who trained at the
prestigious... -
Cheers!
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Cheers!
The first off licence opened
in Northern Ireland recently
next to the new Ballymena
store. The law in Northern
Ireland requires that off licences are housed separately
from supermarkets. An
off licence will open... -
Homebase links up with ChildLine
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Homebase links up with ChildLine
ChildLine chairman Esther
Rantzen and Homebase
managing director Ross
McLaren recently got
together to launch
Homebase's 1997 Charity
of the Year.
ChildLine, which operates
the only free... -
Homebase living
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Homebase living
Homebase has
launched a new,
glossy magazine,
Homebase living,
which is free to
all Spend
and Save
cardholders. Spring is the time when
people summon the energy
to tackle those household
jobs neglected... -
Surprise score for soccer mad Barry
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Surprise score for soccer mad Barry
Barry Whale, chairman of
Charlton depot's SSA for 25
years, met Les Briley, ex
captain of Millwall football
team at a surprise party
organised by the SSA committee.
Barry (pictured... -
Multimedia means multi-talented staff
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Multimedia means multi-talented staff
Training at Sainsbury's will never be the same again after the arrival of JS Multimedia training packages The latest PC software literally brings subjects to
life on a PC screen by offering... -
Pension power
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Pension power
Gary Mountain, personnel manager for
Washington and Stockton Savacentres, and
George Christofides, assistant communications
manager in ISD at Blackfriars, have
become member nominated trustees on the
Sainsbury... -
The business of food - my abiding passion
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The business of food
- my abiding passion
After 30 years with the company, Dino Adriano has made it to the top - becoming chief
executive of the JS supermarket business. The JS Journal asked him what he's looking
forward to... -
Branch opening—Forestside
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Forestside
Sainsbury's has opened its flagship supermarket in
Northern Ireland, at Forestside, Newtownbreda, in
south Belfast. It is Northern Ireland's second store,
the first opening in Ballymena on 3 December.
The new... -
Branch opening—Stroud
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Stroud
The undisputed star of opening day was Eileen
Halliday, the spirited pensioner who refused to
leave her cottage to make way for the new store.
Touring the store before she officially opened it.
Miss Halliday was... -
Branch opening—Kirkcaldy
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Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy in Fife, traditionally renowned for its linoleum
industry, can now boast a new provider of jobs in the town, in
the shape of Sainsbury's, which opened on 7 March.
The new store - the first occupant of the... -
Branch opening—Longwater
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Long water
Local schoolkids helped chief executive Dino Adriano and store
manager Chris Pardee to open our fourth store in Norwich. The
children were winners in a Sainsbury's painting competition to
design advertisements... -
Branch opening—Winnersh
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Winnersh Winnersh may well hold the European record for the
fastest time for a store to be built - only 17 weeks
from start to finish! The Berkshire store was
opened by chairman David Sainsbury and store
manager Graham... -
Welcome to Sainsbury's!
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Welcome to Sainsbury's!
Confidant, adviser, psychologist, minder, collector -
or, as Sainsbury's calls you - greeter hen retired Royal
Air Force engineer
David Chandler
began his part-time
job as a greeter at
Water Lane... -
No bones about it - JS is music to their ears
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No bones about it - JS is music to their ears
Chris Buss, manager at
Horsham, was recently invited to
Christ's Hospital School to
witness the arrival of a variety of
educational equipment after
parents and friends... -
Chaddesden gets physical
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Chaddesden gets physical
— Chaddesden went fitness
crazy for Red Nose Day,
arranging a 24-hour sponsored
cycle ride with the bicycle
donated for the day by a local
health centre. "The customers
thought we were... -
Charities gain from Penny Back
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Charities gain from Penny Back
Staff at Eltham were rewarded
for their Penny Back efforts
when children from Clapham
Park School visited the store
to collect a cheque for The
Royal Society for the Blind.
The £1,300 cheque... -
Holy smoke!
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Holy smoke!
Red Nose Day got off to
a smoking start at
Wrexham when the exercise
bike intended for an all-day
marathon buckled under the
enthusiastic fund-raising
efforts of volunteers at the
store and issued billows... -
Sainsbury's in the sun
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Sainsbury's in the sun
Lisa Scully, graduate trainee manager at Bolton,
was greatly amused by these pictures taken by
her parents on a trip to the Gambia (take a good
look at the sign under the mural). They spotted
the store... -
Stores celebrate touching first base
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Stores celebrate touching first base
The first anniversary of the first Homebase
conversion store, at Longwell Green, Bristol, was
celebrated recently when store manager Bob
Adsley and staff hired a local club for the... -
Wow! Look at her now!
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Wow! Look at her now!
And she managed this while eating icecream
too! Kim Street, provisions code
checker at Rustington, recognised that
she needed to do something about her weight when she overheard a customer refer to her as... -
Chris hits the big time
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Chris hits the big time
At last Chris Burroughs, who
failed in her attempt at TV's
Supermarket Sweep game, has
found success. Chris, a
checkout assistant at
Beckenham, entered TV's
Family Fortunes show with her
four... -
Comic capers at Denton
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Comic capers at Denton
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Manchester's Denton store manager John
McFerran gave in to a soaking - not to mention a
bruised ego - when he agreed to let staff and customers
pelt him with sponges in 'Ye Olde Stocks'.... -
Eat your greens!
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Eat your greens!
Brainstorming staff at Selby Road in Leeds sprouted
an ingenious idea. The 'Ain't Sprouts Lovely'
committee agreed to eat no fewer than 1,000 sprouts
in total throughout the day.
"W/e managed to recruit nine... -
Jellies, pasta and pies set the comic scene at Low Hall
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Jellies, pasta and pies set the comic
scene at Low Hall
A Jolly Jelly Challenge, Baldie Blitz, and Blind Date competition
were among the silly antics which raised money at Low Hall In
Chlngford for Comic Relief. An... -
Writelines
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UNREWARDING NUMBERS
Neil Collins, checkout/
replenishment assistant,
East Prescot Road:
Please could something be
done to improve the numbering
on our Reward Cards? A
lot of the ones I see are very
difficult to read. It... -
Bloomin' heck!
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Bloomin' heck!
If you're one of those who likes a different
sandwich filling every day, Sainsbury's sandwich
buyers have five new bloomers just for you. Cheese
and Pickle (£1.49), Chicken and Bacon (£1.79),
Prawn and... -
Body spritzers
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Body spritzers
Keeping cool this summer will be
easier thanks to a new range of
JS Body Spritzing Mists. There are
four fragrances: Espirit de Vanile;
Espirit de Paradis; Espirit de
Jeunesse and Espirit de Nuage.
Each one... -
Crazy cakes
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Crazy cakes
Love 'em or hate 'em, mobile phones are
everywhere. Well, now you can buy one for
under a fiver and never have to pay a
single bill. Sainsbury's hand decorated
Mobile Phone cake has been
designed by Jane Asher... -
Simple - and sinful!
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Simple - and sinful!
According to John
Tovey, author of
Sainsbury's latest
cookery book. Perfect
Puddings "AW my
^ puds are simple to
make and sinful to
eat." Puddings are
notoriously hard
to resist and the
recipes from... -
The green, green grass of Homebase
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The green, green grass of Homebase
Homebase has launched a range
of Lawn Seed products to sow
and repair lawns ready for
summer. All the seeds have
been formulated with special
blends of rye grass and fine and
hard fescues... -
Fish favourites
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Fish favourites
Two new frozen fish dishes have arrived in the
freezer cabinets. Individual Smoked Haddock Pie
(200g) is a cheese pastry case containing smoked
haddock in a cheese and olive sauce topped with real
sliced... -
Sea what's on offer!
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There's plentytow(h)et your appetite on the fish counter this month. Try
a slice of Swordfish (£5.95 per lb). Swordfish on sale at Sainsbury's are
caught in the Seychelles and Sri Lanka. Firm with a sweet flavour,
there's... -
Something to shout about
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Something to shout about
Now the warmer weather is on its way, kids are
ikely to want a handy, thirst-quenching drink
(that's also non-breakablel).
Mr Noisy's Apple, Pear & Raspberry drink
costs 40p and comes in a... -
The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
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The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
NME
Josmu
Worn uiuTioN
If you would like to sample some of our new
products simply cross the box next to your
first clioice and send the coupon to the JS
i/ourna/April Giveaway, 9th... -
Veggie heavyweights
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Veggie heavyweights
The JS frozen "Green Cuisine" Quarter
Pounder range is being extended with two
new varieties. Four Jalfrezi Quarter
Pounders (£1.59) are made with tomato,
onions, cauliflower, red pepper and spices
and... -
Pit your wits
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Home & Garden
CROSSWORD CLUES
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Row of houses built in one biocli (7)
Floor-coverings (7)
It keeps the lawn trim... -
Question time
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Question time
Dressed in a variety of casual and fancy dress, tliey didn't immediately strike you as the brainy types. But the SSA annual quiz finalists
certainly knew a thing or two... The man going up in the hotel Hft looked... -
Life in the fast lane
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Life in the fast lane During the day 16-year-old Jody Sherratt puts on his school uniform
and studies for his GCSEs. A couple of nights a week he dons his
Sainsbury's uniform and does a few hours' stint as a produce... -
WINNERS! WINNERS! WINNERS!
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WINNERS! WINNERS! WINNERS!
The proud owners of a pine bookcase and set of children's books in the Archives December competition
are: P Cooper, Dunstable; Geoffrey Coleman, veteran; Jody McMonagle, Dunstable; Sue... -
SSA OFFERS
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SAINSBURY'S STAFF ASSOCIATION Tel: 0171 921 7227
SSA 50th birthday celebrations
with "presents" at Alton Towers
The SSA is enjoying its SOtli birtliday year, a
long time for an association to tlirive.
The SSA is a busy and... -
Long service
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Long service
Employees who have completed25years' service
JOAN BOYLE, checkout/replenishment assistant, Alperton. ROBERT CARTER,
stock control supervisor, Hoddesdon depot. JEAN EAMES, assistant manager,
administration,... -
Obituary
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Obituary
Length of service appears in bracl
February (6yrs). JOAN HOLDEN, 62. a wages clerk at Charlton depot died
after a short illness on 9 February... -
Retirements
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Retirements
Length of service is in bracl^ets
DAVID ASHTON, warehousekeeper, Hoddesdon depot (27yrs). PEARL
BATHARD, checkout/replenishment assistant, Bitterne (Uyrs). RON BOGGIS,
store greeter, Braintree (15yrs). MAUREEN... -
Sound and vision
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SAINSBURY'S
review
Bearing up!
Winnie the Pooh fans can take home over an hour
of his charming adventures this month, as Disney is
releasing The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
video. Featuring all the favourite... -
Wedding
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Wedding
CHARLOHE PIERCE, BPM Sevenoaks, and PAUL DENSHAM, dry goods deputy,
Tonbridge, married on 1 February, They spent their honeymoon in Barbados. -
Banking on a sound pound
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Banking on a sound pound
This month, the Bank of Scotland's
archivist, Alan Cameron, gives a
potted history ofSainsbury's new
business partners The Governor and Company of the Bank of
Scotland (to give the bank its full legal...
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