'JS Journal', October 1997

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• Contents Page
  02

  We've been out and about this month visiting our nightowl staff
  at Streatham Common (page 21), meeting two STATUS-supported
  colleagues at North Cheam (page 14) and finding out how our
  21 distribution centres deliver a...

• Diana PRINCESS OF WALES 1961-1997
  02

  Diana PRINCESS OF WALES 1961-1997
  The tragic death of Diana,
  Princess of Wales on 31
  August 1997 shocked the
  entire world. The Sainsbury
  Group decided to show its
  respects to Diana and follow
  the wishes of staff and...

• BBC Children in Need 1997 appeal
  03

  BBC Children in Need 1997 appeal
  Yes, it's that time of year again wlien thoughts turn to
  the BBC Children in Need appeal. This year's theme
  is 'A Party for Pudsey' which should inspire
  all kinds of fundraising ideas
  across...

• Southport birthday bash
  03

  Southport birthday bash
  Southport store is 15 this year and to celebrate, staff are holding a reunion for current and
  previous staff. It's taking place on 11 November at the store (starting 7pm). The staff would
  particularly...

• They've voted and we've taken stock!
  03

  They've voted and we've
  taken stock! An incredible 250,000 customers and staff voted in the
  recent 'More Choice because it's your Choice' campaign. Many took advantage of the
  fact that this was the first time
  a food retailer...

• Two minute silence in support of the Royal British Legion
  03

  Two minute silence in support of the Royal British Legion
  The Sainsbury Group will
  again be supporting the
  Royal British Legion during
  November. The two minute
  silence will be observed at
  1 lam on Sunday 9 November
  and...

• Clean air award
  04

  Clean air award
  Sainsbury's received the first prize in a new sciieme
  run by the Westminster City Council. It's an award which commends
  fleet operators and
  drivers who take action to
  beat the city's air pollution
  problem.
  A...

• New recruitment package is just the job
  04

  New recruitment package is just the job
  The supermarket recruitment process has been given a fresh Image - and equal opportunities a boost.
  Just what students need. More Charles Dickens.
  Part-time Supermarket Assistants A new...

• Surf to (nutritional food) safety
  04

  Surf to (nutritional food) safety
  The Internet has a reputation
  for attracting pizza-eating,
  coia guzzling geeks, but this
  myth could be shattered by a
  healthy new addition to the
  Sainsbury's website.
  The nutrition and food...

• End looms for drooping blooms
  05

  End looms for drooping blooms
  Now there's an easy way
  to tell just how long the
  flowers you've bought
  will last thanks to the
  new vase life indicator,
  now in use instore.
  As well as the 'display until'
  date, there's now a...

• Homebase crew
  05

  Pictured above are some
  of the Homebase crew
  from Bromborough store
  who took part in a sponsored
  walk along the
  Wirral Way to raise funds
  for our ChildLine Charity.
  Despite many blisters
  and several stops for
  liquid...

• Pindar Road depot scoops accuracy award
  05

  Pindar Road depot scoops accuracy award
  To help ensure that stores maintain good availability, the Distribution Division has come up w/ith a new incentive to
  reward depot accuracy when preparing goods for despatch Each depot is...

• Students are now certifiably safe
  05

  Students are now certifiably safe
  A group of students from
  local schools in Lancashire
  recently spent three days at
  Wigan store at the invitation
  of the store manager Gordon
  Davy as part of a public relations
  exercise.
  The...

• Are you sitting comfortably?
  06

  Are you sitting comfortably?
  Sainsbury's is supporting the
  Globe Theatre's opening
  season by sponsoring cushions
  for the wooden benches,
  bringing a bit of 20th century
  comfort to an authentic
  S h a k e s p e a r e a...

• Better labelling
  06

  The new customer leaflet explains how the new labels will look and
  what the nutritional information means.
  JS is currently introducing a new labelling system
  designed to simplify and highlight key nutrition
  information on...

• JS gives Stuart better Prospects
  06

  JS gives Stuart better Prospects
  Stuart King, a data input
  clerk in Blackfriars' Retail
  Security department, is enjoying
  a steady job for the first
  time despite suffering from
  Asperger syndrome (a form
  of autism).
  The...

• Lisa takes the wheel!
  06

  Lisa takes the wheel!
  Lisa Robertson, Sabre controller at Stevenage, was the envy of her colleagues
  when she was handed the keys to a brand new Renault Laguna courtesy of
  Sainsbury's Bank. She was chosen at random
  from almost...

• Aylesbury awarded
  07

  Aylesbury awarded
  Aylesbury store has been
  awarded a silver trophy in
  the town's district council
  Clean Food Awards for
  businesses that have
  achieved consistently high standards of food hygiene. As
  well as the silver award...

• Group-wide
  07

  Group-wide
  Here's our regular round-up of what's been going on across the Group.. Qub
  SAINSBURY'S
  SUPERMARKETS
  THE BIG BREAKFAST
  Two of our Flying Circus 'fruit'
  balloons were part of the publicity
  drive for the recent...

• Pet's progress
  07

  Pet's progress
  The Sainsbury's Pet Club has now recruited 100,000 members
  with more staff and customers signing up every day. In order to increase these
  figures, we are encouraging
  all stores to keep up the good
  work by...

• Is there a Hippo in the house?
  08

  Is there a Hippo in the house?
  Sainsbury's and Honriebase have been helping Thames Water customers save
  water by giving away one million water saving Hippos. The blue plastic devices fit
  into toilet cisterns and if the
  million...

• Sainsbury's reunion in Colchester
  08

  Sainsbury's reunion in Colchester
  It took nearly 60 years, and
  the intervention of the
  Colchester County Standard,
  former colleagues from the
  old Sainsbury's store at 41
  High Street, Colchester, met
  up recently at a...

• Steve and Vicki - where are you?
  08

  Steve and Vicki - where are you?
  Somewhei^ outtheiv is Steve and Vicki, seen liei*e liaving a good time on lioiiday in Majorca. Their holiday was a perfect
  one, until one day, tragicsJly,
  their camera broke. Luckily,
  a couple...

• Well driven!
  08

  Well driven!
  Travis (left) and Dave show off their trophies. Congratulations to Buntingford
  drivers, Travis Ward and
  Dave Lyne who came first
  and second in the regional
  heats of the Good Lorry and
  Van Driver of the Year...

• A Ouestion of... Fish?
  09

  A Ouestion of... Fish?
  Six regional winners of the Fish Counter of the Year
  Competition 1997 each sent their two top fishmongers to
  Blackfriars to take part in the final. Their tasks included
  preparing and displaying
  fish,...

• Give As You Earn
  09

  Give As You Earn
  Give As You Earn is the
  facility offered by Sainsbury's
  that enables staff to donate
  on a regular basis to charity
  through their salary. At the
  moment Sainsbury's staff give
  over £250,000 each year...

• How does the recent budget affect our pensions?
  09

  How does the recent budget affect our pensions?
  Group human resources
  director, John Adshead,
  writes: There are three main
  types of pension scheme that
  our employees participate in.
  First, pay-as-you-go arrangements,
  such...

• Say hello to JS Hare
  09

  Say hello to JS Hare
  Meet JS Hare, the new character
  chosen to brand the Sainsbury's
  Savings-Related Share Option
  Scheme.
  Selected from ideas put
  forward by our Sharesave
  partners, the Halifax and
  Royal Bank of Scotland,...

• Call PGS for a quick fix!
  10

  Call PCS for a quick fix!
  If any equipment stops working instore, it needs to be
  fixed fast. A new system is now in place that does just
  that. Jon Carpenter finds out how it works.
  Keeping aJS store running smoothly isn't just...

• Gone fishing
  10

  Gone fishing
  The hot and humid weather experienced throughout August finally broke on
  Bank Holiday Sunday with heavy rain for most of the day. But this did not deter
  over 100 anglers from all parts of JS participating in the...

• Energy Saving Competition
  11

  Saving energy is not just about saving money and boosting
  profit sharing, it's also about conserving the earth's
  natural resources.
  Design a poster which gets across the energy saving
  message and you could win a video camera...

• The shocking price of electricity
  11

  In the coming months
  there will be days when
  the price JS pays for a
  unitof electricity will leap
  from around 4p to over
  £1. Cutting electricity
  consumption for a twohour
  period on these days
  could save the JS...

• Writelines
  12

  Have your say
  Mistaken
  Identity
  Jacqui Sainsbury,
  code checker, Hamilton
  Ihad to laugh when I read
  'wrong dialling?. Tone's poem
  clears the line' in the July issue
  of the JS Journal as I can
  certainly sympathise with...

• Jobs with status
  14

  According to STATUS chairman Neil Holloway: "There
  are more than 250,000 people in this country with learning
  difficulties, which means, simply, that they take a little longer than
  average to absorb things.
  "These people have...

• Branch opening—Burton-on-Trent
  15

  Burton-on-Trent
  Four staff with over a
  century's service between
  them heipetj chief executive
  Dino Adriano open
  Burton-on-Trent's thir(j
  JS store (the first
  opened in 1970).
  Sheila Dove, Joan
  Heaps, Jackie Calvey
  and Pat...

• Correction
  15

  CORRECTION
  Due to a production gremlin,
  the incorrect store facts were
  printed alongside the
  Blacldieath store opening. The
  correct details are as follows:
  Pro]ect manager: John Keating
  SUff: 415 (375 new jobs)
  Sales area:...

• Delivering the goods
  16

  Delivering the goods
  The 21 distribulion centres in JS's centralised distribution
  system shift around 13.5 million cases of products a week in
  order to keep JS's supermarkets stocked up. During the
  busiest week at Christmas,...

• Coming in from the cold
  18

  Frozen foods have had a bit of an image problem in recent years. Unfortunately, frozen beans or chicken legs don't have quite the same appeal as, say, ripe mangos or
  succulent, farm-fresh pork. Many still think the frozen section...

• JUNE COMPETITION WINNERS
  20

  JUNE COMPETITION WINNERS
  Winning our £25 crossword prize is
  WENDY SNEDDON at Blacl Our £10 Wordsearch prize goes to JUDITH
  BAARDAofHull.
  Aaah! Fifty lucl Pooh soft toy and video gift set...

• YOUR STARS FOR OCTOBER
  20

  YOUR STARS FOR OCTOBER
  ave you ever wondered what the future hokis for you?
  'ell, wonder no inprie - starting this month, JS's very own
  Mystic Meg, recruitment administrator Julie Leacock
  looks to the skije&for clues about the...

• Open all hours
  21

  Twenty four hour shopping is here. And judging by its popularity it's here
  to stay. The Journal docks on for the night shift to learn all about it. Deputy retail director Bill Williams told the Journal that
  customers have been...

• Brighton Bikers
  24

  Brighton Bikers
  Approximately 30,000 people take
  j ^ y i ^ ' " ,^^ part in the London to Brighton
  A jfii n 1^^ ^ ^ > , i ^ bike ride each year to raise
  money for the British Heart
  Foundation. This year, Mark
  Stringer, a team...

• Doctor recommends JS for healthy eating
  24

  Doctor recommends JS for healthy eating
  When Dr Hama from Nottingham
  decided that the people residing
  in his area needed to be introduced
  to healthier foods, he
  approached our Kimberly store
  for help. Proud that the...

• Gearing up for a good start
  24

  Gearing up for a good start
  Four staff from Homebase Farlington braved stormy weather to
  complete a 110 mile sponsored cycle ride for their chosen charity,
  ChildLine. Phil Orchard, a seasoned cyclist, rallied support...

• Homing in on Horticulture
  24

  Homing in on Horticulture
  On 28 June, Homebase
  managing director, Ross
  McLaren, presented 22
  Homebase garden centre
  staff from around tiie
  country with awards in
  recognition oftlieir
  success in courses held
  at the...

• Northern Lights
  24

  Northern Lights
  Durham and Whitley Bay are celebrating success. Durham's
  Marie Osbourne, Sarah Richardson and Muriel
  fc Jack (right, l-r) were awarded NVQ Level
  certificates while Whitley Bay's Linda
  Bottoms and Dorothy Hill...

• Parties in the park
  24

  Parties in the park
  Hempstead Valley
  Savacentre recently
  provided three cakes for
  Gillingham Borough
  Council's 'Parties in the
  Park' celebrations.
  The parties, which
  were held in various
  locations in the area,
  catered...

• Hendon supports a winning team
  25

  Hendon supports a winning team
  The Garston Boys' football club has had a winning streak this year with the help of
  their manager, Kevin Clarke, also meat manager at Hendon. Kevin not only arranged
  financial support from his...

• Pooling resources in the Lake District
  25

  Pooling resources in the Lake District
  The logistics staff council at head office in Blackfriars participated in a two
  day team building course In Brathay, an Idyllic spot In the Lake District.
  Their aim - to look at how the...

• Walk like an Egyptian...
  25

  Walk like an Egyptian...
  The effort that went into arranging a Fun Day in Ian Elkins' district.
  In the south west, was rewarded on the day with the fun and
  enthusiasm with which staff and management participated in the
  events....

• Watered down!
  25

  Watered down!
  staff at Crystal Palace in south
  east London will never forget 8
  July. It was the day the ceiling
  above their checkouts caved in
  and drains popped as the store
  fought one of the worst storms
  they had ever...

• By the seashore
  26

  By the seashore
  Samphire, better known as Sea
  Asparagus, is a real sea vegetable
  which grows in French marshy
  shallows and salty mudflats along the
  shoreline. Exclusive to Sainsbury's,
  Samphire can be eaten as a...

• Don't get left on the shelf
  26

  Homebase is launching a complete
  range of own brand Shelving, Storage
  and Furniture for all areas of the
  home. The size of the range means that
  the products will be rolled out on a
  phased basis. Pre-Christmas lines such
  as...

• Spreading it about
  26

  Spreading it about
  Fed up with lumps of butter on your
  bread? Well, now you can buy Sainsbury's
  Spreadable Butter which spreads straight
  from the fridge. Not only is this the first
  own-label spreadable butter on the
  market...

• Tall, dark and handsome!
  26

  Tall, dark and handsome!
  Cavolo Nero (Black Cabbage) is exclusive to Sainsbury's
  and is being grown in the UK commercially for the first time.
  This tall vegetable (originally from Italy) keeps its texture when
  cooked but turns...

• Yummy yogurts
  26

  Yummy yogurts
  Two new yogurts have hit the
  shelves. Straight from Greece
  comes our Authentic Greek
  Yogurt (84p). It is suitable for
  vegetarians and is an
  authentic natural yogurt.
  For a tangier taste why not...

• Chicken licking good
  27

  Chicken licking good
  Sainsbury's Ready to Cook Chargrilled Chicken Fillets offer a warming Mediterranean-style
  choice as we head towards the winter months. Two new additions to the Chicken Fillet
  range are: Olive Oil, Sun-Dried...

• Fruits from the orchard
  27

  Fruits from the orchard
  Combine your favourite
  fruit drinks by buying
  Sainsbury's new Orchard
  Fruits Juice Drink. This
  one litre thirst-quencher
  is made with pear, apple,
  black cherry and plum
  juice, and costs only...

• Partial to Pavlova?
  27

  Partial to Pavlova?
  Searching for a new
  and refreshing
  dessert? Sainsbury's
  Frozen Pavlovas
  should satisfy your
  taste buds. They come
  in two flavours - Lemon
  and Raspberry (£1.49
  each) and each
  contains two small...

• Pizza Uno is numero uno
  27

  Pizza Uno is numero uno
  An incredible 98% of the UK population eat pizzas! Now JS staff and
  customers can try something new and different because we've teamed
  up with the American pizza restaurant chain called Uno's to produce...

• Seriously strong
  27

  JS Vintage Reserve
  Cheddar is the
  strongest cheese in
  the JS range (scoring
  6 on our cheese
  strength scale). This
  cheese has a slightly
  sweet flavour
  character and shows
  signs of brittling due
  to its level of...

• Something fishy
  27

  Something fishy
  If you're fishing around for something new and up-to-date, look no further than our range
  of Frozen Fish meals. You can try the Cod in Salsa Sauce, or if that's too spicy, the Cod in
  Orange Sauce should suit...

• Pit your wits
  28

  Autumn crossword
  ACROSS
  1. Holder for Autumn leaves (11)
  8. Clear, savoury jelly (5)
  9. Main body of a church (4)
  10. Very calm (6)
  12. Where French points towards river! (4)
  13. Emergency hit for Abba! (1.1.1)
  14. It'...

• Competition time!
  29

  Get MILES ahead with your Reward Card
  Brush up! IVin a holiday to
  Vileda, the leaders In household
  cleaning, has launched the Superbroom,
  an Innovative Indoor broom
  that's Ideal for all hard floor
  surfaces.
  It's different...

• SSA OFFERS
  30

  SAINSBURY'S STAFF ASSOCIATION Tel: 0171 695 7227
  SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL OFFER 35% DISCOUNT
  ON ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA PRODUCTS FOR SSA MEMBERS
  Getting your children tlie answers
  they need is chiid's piay...

• Long service
  31

  Long service
  The following employee has completed 40 years' service:
  MARY CONWAY, assistant manager, administration, Muswell Hill.
  Employees who have completed 25 years'service:
  ROGER HAINES, senior deputy manager, Weedon...

• Obituary
  31

  Obituary
  Length of service appears in brackets
  MANUEL lEE ACORD, 47, senior security officer at Charlton depot died suddenly on 22
  August (22yrs). DOLLY SULLIVAN, 6S, checkout/replenishment assistant at Stratford
  passed away...

• Retirements
  31

  Retirements
  Length of service is in brackets
  IRENE ANDREWS, cook, Queens Road, (Syrs). ELSIE BANKS, dry goods code controller,
  Crayford, (lOyrs). MAVIS BARTON, kiosk assistant, Sittingbourne (14yrs). JOHN BARTON,
  deli counter...

• Sound and Vision
  31

  SAINSBURY'S
  Under doctor's orders
  The English Patient, winner of an astounding 9 Academy Awards * including
  best picture, best director and best supporting actress, is now out on video.
  Starring Ralph Fiennes as a badly burned...

• Frozen assets
  32

  Frozen assets This month we take a look at the
  introduction of frozen foods to the stores,
  and the challenges they presented. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ hen Mr Vemon Sainsbury, a grandson of
  • I 1 ' J 'h^ founders, approached the pre-war...