'JS Journal', July 1997

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Summer's officially here (although at the time of writing you'd
  be hard pushed to believe it) and this month's edition features
  a number of sporting events to inspire you to get fit. TV's
  Gladiators turned out to help the...

• Good news from the bank manager
  02

  Good news from the bank manager
  Sainsbury's Bank is currently offering
  one of the most competitive savings
  rates in the market. From Friday 20 June it
  increased rates on its Instant
  Access Savings Account to
  6.15' per cent...

• Tom Vyner is awarded CBE
  02

  Tom Vyner is awarded CBE
  Group deputy chairman Tom
  Vyner has been awarded a CBE
  ill the Queen's Birthday
  Honours List.
  Mr Vyner, who has worked in
  the food industry for more
  than 40 years, and until recently
  was president...

• Eileen in the Big Apple
  03

  Eileen in the Big Apple
  A special Stroud pensioner
  spent an adventurous 80th
  birthday floating in the skies
  as a special treat from
  Sainsbury's.
  Eileen Halliday, the new
  Stroud store's nearest neighbour,
  lives in a cottage...

• JS restaurants are top choice!
  03

  JS restaurants are top choice!
  Cherie Prince (centre), restaurant manager at Nine Eims, wil
  two undercover testers from Family Circle.
  JS coffee shops and restaurants
  are basking in success
  after receiving glowing
  praise...

• Open all hours
  03

  Open all hours
  Twenty-five major JS stores will now remain open from
  Sam on Friday to 10pm on Saturday in response to
  customer demand for more flexible shopping hours. Before the launch on 27
  June, Sainsbury's...

• Picnic partygoers pack the park
  03

  Picnic partygoers pack the park
  Partygoers enjoy the fun at the Sainsbury-sponsored picnic. More than 10,000 people
  converged on London's
  Battersea Park on 7 June to
  join in the first attempt to
  hold the world's...

• Sainsbury's wins an 'Oscar'
  03

  Sainsbury's wins an 'Oscar'
  Sainsbury's commitment to
  reducing pesticides on our
  produce has earned the
  company a coveted international
  environment award.
  Bob Hilborn, Sainsbury's
  head of primary agriculture,
  flew to the...

• A learning experience
  04

  A learning experience
  Fourteen year old Malcolm
  Cranmer was one of four
  pupils from Forest Hill
  School in London who spent
  two weeks learning about life
  at Sainsbury's head office.
  Malcolm worked in the
  Scientific Services...

• Countdown to new Blackfriars phone number change
  04

  Countdown to new Blackfriars phone number change
  (but extension numbers remain the same)
  From 23 August, head office will have a new three-digit
  prefix - 695. The main number will be 0171 695 6000.
  Anyone dialling the old 0171...

• Guys go for greens
  04

  Guys go for greens
  Sainsbury's took part in National Vegetarian Week at
  tlie beginning of June amid news tliat more and
  more men are shunning steak and kidney pud for
  salads and soya. Whether for ethical or health
  reasons,...

• Produce partners come together
  04

  Produce partners come together
  Around 140 of Sainsbury's
  produce suppliers gathered at
  Blackfriars in June for the
  Partnership in Produce conference
  to get up-to-date information
  about our technical
  and commercial...

• Radical winners
  04

  Radical winners
  Jenny Garden and Richard
  Adams from head office
  business improvement are
  joint winners in a competition
  run by a distribution
  planning software company
  called Radical. The pair won the User of the Year...

• Watch your garden grow - not go!
  04

  Watch your garden grow - not go!
  Crime in gardens is on the
  increase, with plants, shrubs,
  barbecues, garden furniture
  and even newly laid lawns
  disappearing overnight.
  Police statistics show that
  nearly 60 per cent of...

• Suppliers in demand
  05

  Suppliers in demand
  Sainsbury's move into Northern Ireland has been a
  big boon for its economy - not just in terms of jobs at
  the stores, but for local suppliers, too Shop at theJS store in Ballymena, Country Antrim,...

• Brand new ideas
  06

  Brand new ideas
  Our Fresh Food, Fresh Ideas campaign has been greeted with great acclaim. Chris Boffey quizzes marketing director Kevin McCarten on what's new in Sainsbury's Q; What, in a nutshell, is the JS
  marketing...

• Simulated shopping
  08

  Concept House in London is Sainsbury's latest store - but we're not
  expecting any customers. Jon Carpenter finds out why
  Simulated
  shopping An anonymous looking building, about a mile from Blackfriars, hides Sainsbury's...

• Branch opening—Kenilworth
  09

  KeniIworth
  There was a carnival atmosphere at the opening of
  Kenilworth, our third Country Town store, where
  freshly made croissants and orange juice awaited
  early shoppers, who were entertained by the musical
  trio Jazz...

• Dani Behr introduces the purrfect club for pets
  09

  Calling all pet owners - the latest news from Sainsbury's
  is no shaggy dog story
  Dani Behr introduces the
  purrfect club for pets
  TV star and animal lover, Dani Behr, helped to launch our new club for pet
  owners - Sainsbury's...

• Writelines
  10

  CHECKOUT
  ASSISTANTS'
  REWARD?
  Linda Nagle, checkout
  replenishment assistant,
  Aiton:
  As a newly-fledged checkout
  assistant at our Alton branch,
  I have a suggestion to make
  regarding Reward Vouchers
  which would help save...

• Camping - the Sainsbury way
  12

  Camping - the Sainsbury way
  While on holiday in Cromer,
  Norfolk, Jill Taylor, a veteran,
  stumbled across these
  gentlemen doing the washing
  up on a campsite - and finding
  a novel way of carrying the
  dishes!

• JS puts Aberdeen kids on-line
  12

  JS puts Aberdeen kids on-line
  Children from schools in
  Aberdeen will soon sport
  brand new personal computers,
  thanks to the Equipment
  for Schools scheme. The store
  was encouraged by deaf staff
  at the store who were...

• Out and about
  12

  Out and about
  When staff at New Barnet store
  in Hertfordshire discovered
  that kids at the local Foulds
  Primary School were having
  their own make-shift
  Sainsbury's shopping day
  (coincidentally also called 'Out
  and About')...

• Partners in crime
  12

  Partners in crime
  Matthew Jackson, trainee
  manager at Watford Dome
  Roundabout store in Hertfordshire,
  had the novel experience
  of breaking out of jail when,
  together with members of the
  Prince's Trust Volunteers, he
  staged...

• Rainbow reading
  12

  Rainbow reading
  JS stores throughout the country have been helping Rainbow Guides - the youngest
  section of the Guide Association, aged between five and seven -to launch a new
  magazine to celebrate 10 years of...

• Team building, muscle building
  12

  Team building, muscle building
  Retail trainee managers from
  . Mike Fountain's and Dave
  Reynold's districts in the
  South Western region learned
  to bond the hard way when
  they tried their hand at
  adventure sports recently...

• Vouching for those in need
  12

  Vouching for those in need
  Six-year old Terry Dunn
  should find life a litde easier
  thanks to the generosity of
  staff at London's Lee Green
  store.
  Terry, the son of a customer,
  suffers from a range of
  debilitating...

• Deli well done!
  13

  Deli well done!
  The deli counter at London's
  Ladbroke Grove store has won
  Woman magazine's Consumer
  Special competition.
  The store beat some of our
  leading competitors and was
  judged on a variety of factors
  including...

• Join in the scrum!
  13

  Join in the scrum!
  Don't be deceived... these suave, smiling gentlemen,
  dressed to the nines on a fifth anniversary dinner
  dance at London's Richmond Hill Hotel, each have a
  hidden ruthless streak!
  When they're not enjoying...

• Reward for healthy eating
  13

  Reward for healthy eating
  staff tucking into tlieir scrumptious lunch-time meals at the Sevenoaks store in Kent may not
  appreciate just how healthy their food is. But staff restaurant supervisor Ann King, and the cook,...

• Side by Side and Outward Bound
  13

  Side by Side and Outward Bound
  Selby Road staff present their cheque to residents at the Homefarm Trust.
  Staff at Selby Road, Leeds, have raised over £1,800 for the
  Homefarm Trust for the physically and mentally disabled as...

• Wrong dialling? Tone's poem clears the line
  13

  Wrong dialling? Tone's poem clears the line
  It wasn't the fault of
  Sainsbury's store at
  Winnersh, but they could see
  the problem. Since the new
  store opened Mr and Mrs J E
  Sainsbury, who live just up
  the road, have been...

• Pit your wits
  14

  Summer crossword
  ACROSS
  6. This led to water rationing in summer 1995 (7)
  7. Country of tlie 1964 Summer Olympics (5)
  9. One has to be stuck on a postcard (5)
  10. Venue for 1996 Olympics (7)
  12. One of the Canary islands, a...

• A cracking good idea!
  16

  A cracking good idea!
  Sainsbury's new Fresh Organic Free Range
  Eggs come in two six-pack sizes - medium (£1.15) and
  large (£1.35). The eggs are high in protein and rich in
  vitamins B12 and D. The chickens are reared on...

• A perfect match
  16

  A perfect match
  Have a Wimbledon-style treat with Sainsbury's Fresh
  Strawberries & Cream Dessert (99p). In the bottom half are washed and ready-toeat
  English
  strawberries,
  while the top
  contains a
  separate
  helping...

• Birds of a feather
  16

  Birds of a feather
  Since last summer Sainsbury's has been
  introducing other types of meat such as
  Ostrich. Ostrich burgers (£2.99) taste like
  prime fillet steak and venison. They're healthy,
  too - ostrich meat contains less...

• Healthy eating
  16

  Healthy eating
  Wendy Veale's Low Calorie Cooking proves
  that fewer calories don't mean less flavour.
  All 50 recipes are quick and easy to
  prepare, give the number of calories per
  serving, and include dishes such as...

• Marvellous milk
  16

  Marvellous milk
  Sainsbury's is now selling two new one-litre Organic Milk cartons -
  semi skimmed and whole. Both retail at 72p. The cows graze on
  pasture during the summer and eat grass, wild herbs, flowers and
  sweet clover....

• Doubly delicious
  17

  Doubly delicious
  Ideal for picnics Is Sainsbury's Apple and Mango drink £1.69). Made from 100 percent pressed English apple
  and mango puree, the juice is a refreshing blend. The juice is lightly pasteurised to maintain the...

• Fizz in five flavours
  17

  Fizz in five flavours
  The new range of JS carbonated Fizz
  drinks has a distinctive holiday theme.
  The 250ml bottles come in five flavours:
  Candy Floss; Bubblegum; Toffee Apple;
  Banana & Custard and Seaside Rock.
  There is no...

• Juice that packs a punch
  17

  Juice that packs a punch
  Caribbean Punch Juice
  Drink (95p) is non
  alcoholic and is made
  with orange, banana
  and lime with a hint of
  coconut. So now you
  don't have to get on a
  plane to enjoy an authentic
  Caribbean...

• Pie-eyed?
  17

  Pie-eyed?
  Thanks to Sainsbury's, you no longer need to go down to your local to enjoy traditional
  pub grub. The new JS Pub Style Pie comes in two
  varieties - Pork Apple & Cider and Steak
  Mushroom & Red Wine. Each are...

• Quilted luxury
  17

  Quilted luxury
  Sainsbury's Supersoft quilted toilet rolls
  have been specially designed to give
  quilted softness, strength and extra
  absorbency. The two-roll (white) pack
  costs 97p and the
  four-roll (white
  or pink)...

• The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
  17

  The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
  I Low calorie cooking book
  I Everyday meals for diabetes book
  I Fizz drinks
  I Supersoft toilet rolls
  NAME
  If you would like to sample some
  of our new products simply
  cross the box...

• Special Olympics on track for success
  18

  Special Olympics on track for success
  Sainsbury's appeal launch adds fuel to the
  Special Olympics flame
  Kevin Smiley meets David Salnsbury
  The countdown to the 1997JS sponsored Special Olympics
  began in earnest when chairman...

• Staff councils
  18

  The second meeting of the Group Staff
  Council, chaired by David Sainsbury, was held
  on 3 June at Blacltfriars
  staff councils have provided an official channel for questions on all aspects of the
  business to be put to...

• A recipe for supermarketing success
  19

  A recipe for supermarketing success
  Sainsbury's network of instore food advisors come into contact with more than six miUion customers a year.
  Carol Hurd talks to Kate McBain who works in our Cobham and Leatherhead stores...

• APRIL COMPETITION WINNERS
  20

  APRIL COMPETITION WINNERS
  Thanks to all of you who entered our April
  fish caption competion - your humorous
  captions made opening the JS Journata
  mountainous postbag a bit more entertaining!
  After much deliberation, here are...

• Gladiators roar at Target Tadworth's success
  20

  Gladiators roar at Target Tadworth's success
  A 10-mile sponsored ramble was the climax of the Target Tadworth campaign, which has raised a
  record-breaking £100,000 for the Children's Trust FACTS ABOUT THE
  CHILDREN'S TRUST
  1)...

• Life on the ocean wave
  21

  Life on the ocean wave
  Steve McCarthy, a full-time
  engineering student at Stafford
  University and part-time provisions
  assistant at the Cannock store in
  Staffordshire, will be representing
  Britain at the World...

• SSA OFFERS
  22

  SAINSBURY'S STAFF ASSOCIATION Tel: 0171 921 7227
  Walt Disney's World on ice returns
  Once again Walt Disney's World On Ice returns with an all new
  show, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and once again SSA
  members can enjoy...

• Long service
  23

  Long service
  Employees who have completed 40years' service
  SHEILA HARRIS, print room operator, Blackfriars.
  JACKIE MAYAR, computer operations, Blackfriars.
  Employees who have completed 25years' service.
  STEWART ADAMS, driver,...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  Length of service appears in brackets
  CHRIS ARNOLD, 46, senior legal officer, Blackfriars, died after
  a long illness on 3 June. ROSEMARY WOOD, 58, a packer at
  Letchworth, died after a short illness on 23 May (2yrs).

• Retirements
  23

  Retirements
  Length of service is in brackets
  GORDON BEHANY, car park attendant, Hanley Oyrs). SHIRLEY
  BETTS, checkout/replenishment assistant. Bury St Edmunds
  (Syrs). RITA BROWN, dry goods reduction controller,...

• Sound and Vision
  23

  Flip or twist
  Flipper, (released in August) the heart-warming
  tale of a boy who befriends an orphaned
  dolphin, is out on video this month. Starring
  Elijah Wood as Sandy and Paul Hogan (of
  Crocodile Dundee) as Uncle Porter,...

• Wedding
  23

  Wedding
  JULIE FERREH, frozen food
  replenishment assistant and
  ANDREW SOUTHCOn,
  warehouse assistant, both at
  East Filton, were married at
  Yate register office and
  honeymooned in Florida and
  the Bahamas.

• A touch of glass
  24

  Nightingales may no longer sing in Berkeley Square,
  but wrens, pheasants and moorhens are happily roosting again
  in Sainsbury's Archives!
  A touch of glass
  Dhese specacular glass panels, which were
  rescued from the Brondesbury...