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    If there's one word that you'll be hearing plenty about in the near
    future it's "fresh". Our new Fresh Food, Fresh Ideas campaign is
    more than a one-off idea, more a commitment to the way the
    company works.
    In addition to our...

  • JS provides fair shares for the homeless 02

    JS provides fair shares for the homeless
    Three inner London Sainsbury's supermarkets - Clapham, Fulham
    and Islington - are donating food to the capital's homeless people. The food, which cannot be
    sold instore because it...

  • Pharmacy first 02

    Pharmacy first
    (Left to right): Karen Foden, pharmacy assistant, Karen Halsall, pharmacy
    manager, Clare Leonelll, store personnel manager, Pam Adams, pharmacy
    assistant, John McFerran, store manager, Lynsey Wilding, pharmacy...

  • Getting to grips with the WEB 03

    Getting to grips with the WEB
    Sainsbury's Supermarkets'
    chief executive, Dino Adriano,
    explains what progress
    has been made since the
    launch of the WEB strategy:
    Our strategy
    "The implementation of
    the supermarkets...

  • JS and M&S join forces to promote staff training 03

    JS and M&S join forces to promote staff training
    NVQ
    Based on .skill
    Sainsbury's chairman David Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer's chairman Sir Richard Greenbury
    joined forces recently to support a major scheme to boost take up...

  • JS keeps it cool - by trucking in the sun! 03

    JS keeps it cool - by trucking in the sun!
    JS has joined forces with
    other businesses and the
    Sustainable Energy Research
    group at Southampton
    University to produce a solar
    powered refrigerated trailer,
    currently in use at...

  • Recognising good service 03

    Recognising good service
    staff at ona of the last Recognition
    Days celebrate witli certiflcates and
    calws.
    Good work doesn't go
    unnoticed at Savacentre.
    Recognition Day was
    introduced last year in order
    for board directors...

  • JS and the arts 04

    JS and the arts
    Scottish success
    Sainsbury's has just won a
    commendation at the Association
    for Business Sponsorship
    of the Arts (ABSA) Scottish
    Awards, for Best Sponsorship
    of a Single Project for our
    sponsorship of TAG...

  • Mortgages and personal loans at Sainsbury's Bank 04

    Mortgages and personal loans at Sainsbury's Bank
    This month sees the launch of
    two new Sainsbury's Bank
    products - personal loans
    from 9 June and mortgages
    from the end of the month.
    Personal loans
    Eligible customers will...

  • News in brief 04

    New chairman for veterans committee
    Eric NichoUs has succeeded
    Alan Gorham as chairman
    of the veterans committee.
    The new chairman is
    pictured above being welcomed
    by veteran committee
    president Joe Barnes
    (left) and...

  • A very rewarding year 05

    It's been a pretty eventful year in the life of the Reward Card, which celebrates its first anniversary this month.
    The Journal casts an eye over the last 12 months and takes a sneak preview at what lies ahead
    A very rewarding...

  • Ready, get fresh, go! 06

    Ready, get fresh, go!
    Sainsbury's £5 million
    advertising campaign aims to communicate the company's commitment to offering customers good quality food and innovative
    ideas. The JS Journal looks at the reasons
    behind the new...

  • Growing for gold! 07

    Growing for gold!
    Sainsbury's exhibited for the first time at the Chelsea Flower
    Show this year - and came away with a coveted gold medal
    Hot on the heels of the
    launch of our new Fresh
    Food Fresh Ideas campaign,
    the company...

  • Miracle Microban 07

    A fresh idea that attracted plenty of media
    interest was Sainsbury's recent announcement
    about the launch of Microban
    Miracle Microban
    Microban represents a breakthrough in food
    safety because its anti-bacterial...

  • JS celebrates a Shaw's investment 08

    JS celebrates a Shaw's investment
    This month is a special anniversary - on both sides of the
    Atlantic. Shaw's our retailing arm in the States has been
    trading under Sainsbury's ownership for 10 years.
    Ai ilu" linn' Sainsbury's...

  • Stores sprint ahead with special ideas 08

    Stores sprint ahead with special ideas
    On your marks, get set, fundraise!
    In just over a month's time - on 12 July - the Special
    Olympics Summer Games in Portsmouth, backed by
    Sainsbury's, will get off to a bright start...

  • Eat your greens! 09

    Eat your greens!
    A new campaign is informing staff and customers about the benefits of taking folic acid Folic acid is a vitamin essential for everyone but is especially
    important for women who are planning to start a family....

  • Writelines 10

    PROMOTING BETTER PROMOTIONS
    Trish Guillespie and Janet
    Soran, price controllers,
    Dewsbury:
    Could someone please tell us If
    there Is a central department
    that deals with the activities
    within branches such as...

  • Keeping up appearances 12

    Keeping up appearances
    Keeping 110,000 staff dressed in the company uniform is no mean feat. Jon Carpenter dons his best suit to
    find out how we do it From left to right: Sidath WettJmuny visits Blackfriars where he inspects...

  • Pit your wits 14

    Entertainment
    ACROSS
    I . John Noakes'old show (4,5)
    6. 'Lonely This ', a
    No.1 single for Mud (9)
    I I . Jeff Lynne formed this
    group (3)
    12. Cartoon character from
    Gaul (7)
    13. Billy Connolly hit...

  • Cool down this summer 16

    Cool down this summer
    Two new flavours have been introduced to the prize-winning Indulgence luxury ice cream
    range - Luscious Lemon Meringue with tangy lemon sauce and melting meringue pieces,
    and Blueberry Cream Pie, rich with...

  • Enjoy a longer life 16

    Enjoy a longer life
    /
    Fresh milk tastes great, but it does need to be drunk within a
    few days of purchase. If you can't predict how much milk you
    may need from day to day, a popular alternative Is UHT or longlife
    milk. This...

  • Spring into life 16

    Spring into life
    Bottled water is becoming
    more and more popular.
    To meet customer
    demands, JS is
    introducing three new
    flavoured spring
    waters. They come in
    three one litre
    varieties: Tangerine,
    Peach and
    Raspberry,...

  • Tempting cheesecakes 16

    Tempting cheesecakes
    Sainsbury's new Frozen Cheesecakes make a simple but delicious ending to any summer
    meal. There are three to choose from: Orange, Lemon & Lime (£2.49) has a zesters biscuit
    base, lemon cheesecake and lime...

  • General custards 17

    General custards
    Sainsbury's new Ready To Serve Custards go with just
    about everything - or can be enjoyed on their own! They
    come in two varieties - Standard and Low Fat (which
    contains 50 per cent less fat than the Standard...

  • Puds of the world 17

    Puds of the world
    If you want to try exotic puddings from around the world without leaving
    your own kitchen, why not try out our new range of JS international
    dessert mixes? The five varieties are: Tiramisu (£1.39),...

  • Sound bites 17

    Sound bites
    For those of you who like 'doorstep' sandwiches with plenty of filling, look no further than our new
    range of Deep Fill Sandwiches. Have a hefty meal with one ofthe following: Chicken Salad (£1.59),
    Cheese & Tomato...

  • Sun safe 17

    Sun safe
    Luckily, people are more and more aware ofthe risks associated with the sun's harmful ultra
    violet rays. Sainsbury's is adding three new products to its extensive suncare range.
    If you're going on holiday and you need...

  • The Journal's great New Lines giveaway 17

    The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
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    WOM LOCATION
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    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...

  • A very special gift 18

    A very special gift
    Dr Sinha is out for blood
    from senior store
    manager Peter Shaw,
    watched by JS and
    nursing staff. St Clares recently delved into its Side by Side funds to set up its
    own donor clinic in support of the...

  • Charlton to the rescue 18

    Charlton to the rescue
    Sixty cadets and instructors who had geared up for a 55-mile charity cycle ride nearly
    had months of planning scuppered when, shortly before the event, their support
    vehicle failed to materialise.
    But,...

  • In the swim 18

    In the swim
    Volunteers at Tonbridge entered a charity swimathon to raise
    funds for their chosen charities, The Tonbridge Lions Club and
    Children in Need. The three teams, consisting of a cross-section of
    staff from the store,...

  • Peddling along in the midnight sun? 18

    Peddling along in the midnight sun?
    At the end of May, Nicole
    Cross, an analyst programmer
    at Blackfriars' Serving The
    Customer department, left for
    Iceland, in aid of the national
    cancer care charity Cancer
    Relief...

  • Room for reminiscing 18

    Room for reminiscing
    I Basingstoke and Kempshott
    I stores pooled their
    resources to provide
    nity) volunteers to
    decorate a
    reminiscence room for the
    elderly patients at the North
    Hampshire hospital as a Side
    by Side...

  • Say cheese 18

    Say cheese
    Great Yarmouth is proud to
    announce that five of its staff
    have received their Cheese
    Guild Diploma and, says their
    Operational Skills co-ordinator,
    Jean Watts, they are the
    first in the district to do...

  • Wembley winners 18

    Wembley winners
    Staff from East Mayne
    Basildon and Middleton in
    Manchester are off to
    Wembley to see the Charity
    Shield football match after
    coming top in an internal
    Coca-Cola competition run by
    &aig Leach, trainee buyer...

  • Women at work 18

    Women at work
    IVevor Horlock of Hedge End shows Carly Horrocks
    and Gemma Murray round the photo lab.
    This year staff across the country celebrated Take Your Daughters
    to Work again by providing youngsters in their area with...

  • Alex gives charity the thumbs up 19

    Alex gives charity the thumbs up
    Alex Pigney, warehouse manager at Homebase Botley
    in Oxford (pictured in blue), looks as though he had great fun falling through the sky
    to raise nearly £100 for Homebase's 1997 charity,...

  • Birthday greetings 19

    Birthday greetings
    In the five years
    that Jim Dowds has
    spent at Swiss
    Cottage as a
    greeter he has won
    a place in the
    hearts of his
    colleagues, so they planned a special party to celebrate his 90th
    birthday.
    "He really...

  • Drummer boy 19

    Drummer boy
    At Lewes Homebase, Carol Gordon, a personnel administrator,
    roped in her husband to help the store raise funds for ChildLine.
    Husband Steve, a local drummer and teacher, decided on a 'Stop
    the Drummer' challenge,...

  • Racing ahead with Sainsbury's 19

    Racing ahead with Sainsbury's
    staff in Rodney Brooksby's district enjoyed a
    'go-karting extravaganza' at Silverstone race
    track recently.
    Some 80 people took
    part and, after more than
    100 races and 600 laps,
    the winners...

  • Setting a firm foundation 19

    Setting a firm foundation
    Rayleigh Weir staff are real bricks!
    staff at Rayleigh Weir, Essex, raised £1,000 for the Little Haven
    Hospice through a raffle and fancy dress, encouraging both
    customers and staff to...

  • Surprising Cilia makes Bill a high flyer 19

    Surprising Cilia makes Bill a high flyer
    Anna Churcher, chief display assistant at Bexhill on
    Sea in east Sussex, is extremely proud of her dad.
    Bill's, commitment to fundraising for charities and
    decided he needed some...

  • It's new, it's cranberry coloured, it's jam packed with fresh ideas 20

    It's new, it's cranberry coloured, it's jam packed with fresh ideas
    Sainsbury 's has been listening to its customers, who thought
    our bakeries could do with brightening up. As a result
    customers - and staff, of course - can...

  • SSA birthday party is a Towering success! 20

    SSA birthday party is a Towering success!
    It was all the fun of the fair when more than 2,700 JS staff descended on Alton
    Towers to celebrate Sainsbury's Staff Association's 50th birthday celebrations
    Two FlfHTg fflnnVliallaans...

  • Heard it on the grapevine 21

    Heard it on the grapevine
    Every time Anne Spare swipes through some South African
    grapes at the checliout in Coldham's Lane store in
    Cambridge, her mind goes back to a sun-drenched farm in
    Cape Town...
    Hein« and Anne with...

  • SSA OFFERS 22

    SAINSBURY'S STAFF ASSOCIATION Tel: 0171 921 7227
    SSA National Angling
    Championship 1997
    A day's individual fishing will take place to find the 1997 Angling Champions in the
    categories of Individuals, Ladies, Veterans, and...

  • Long service 23

    Long servine
    Employees who have completed 25 years' service
    DOUGLAS BOWEN, driver, Buntlngford depot. MICHAEL EDWARDS,
    returns, Basingstoke depot. KATHLEEN FENSOME, meat assistant,
    Northfield. RICHARD LUFF, assistant manager,...

  • MARCH COMPETITION WINNERS 23

    MARCH COMPETITION WINNERS
    Winner of our C25 Romance crossword prize was J SHORTLE, a veteran from
    Vlfokingham KEITH BLYTH, from Buntingford depot, picked up £10 from our
    Fruit & Veg wordsearch.
    These five lucky winners won a...

  • Obituary 23

    Obituary
    Length of service appears in bracl DOT DOGGET, 46, canteen assistant at Edgware died suddenly on 15 April
    Syrs). ANN MERRY, 58, a checkout assistant at Waltham Cross died on
    19 May after a long illness (16yrs).

  • Retirements 23

    Retirements
    Length of service is in brackets
    GEORGINA CHISOLM, fish assistant. Hedge End (11yrs). DOREEN DAY,
    floral assistant, Belgrave Road (19yrs).T0MAS FERNANDES,
    warehousekeeper, Basingstoke depot (19yrs). PAM FOXWELL...

  • Sound and Vision 23

    SAINSBURY'S
    Vision
    revievir
    Courting fear
    when high-powered Chicago attorney Martin Vail (Richard
    Gere) hears that a penniless altar boy (Edward Norton) is
    accused of murdering the local archbishop, he snaps up the...

  • Fresh food, fresh ideas -1939 style 24

    Fresh food, fresh ideas -1939 style
    The only thing that
    doesn't change at
    Sainsbury's is our
    commitment to
    excellence, as this
    pre-war advertisement
    testifies
    S ainsbury's Jubilee
    Campaign in 1939 used
    the occasion of...