'JS Journal', May 1998

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Contents
  Company news including stories on:
  3 The New Deal for getting unemployed young people into work
  3 The Queen's visit to Portsmouth
  3 An update on the Stockwise campaign
  4 Homebase's World of Colour promotion
  4 A...

• From the editor
  02

  From the editor
  As I am to accountancy what Kylie Minogue is to jazz, it's no surprise
  that my calculations of the company's profits ended up in a figure of
  three rupees, one pfennig. Fortunately, the whizz-kids in...

• Bun-derful gift for Queen
  03

  Bun-derful gift for Queen
  During the visit to Portsmouth by Her Majesty Queen
  Elizabeth II on Maundy Thursday, 9 April, Portsmouth
  JS's bakery manager Steve Kelly presented her with a
  basket full of hot cross buns in Guildhall...

• JS raises cash for kids
  03

  JS raises cash for kids
  Sainsbury's staff and customers have now raised over £28,000 for the National Society
  for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), through the sale of the charity's Happy
  Kids badges in stores. A...

• New Deal
  03

  New Deal Sainsbury's and
  Savacentre have signed
  up to the government's
  New Deal policy to get
  long-term unemployed
  young people off welfare
  and into work. You may
  have noticed the
  national TV advertising
  campaign...

• Stockwise update
  03

  Stockwise update
  Since the launch of the Stockwise campaign in
  March, the campaign's soap-style video, entitled
  Jenny's Choice, has been screening in all stores as
  well as being sent to the homes of 2,000 colleagues. The video...

• It's a colourful world at Homebase
  04

  It's a colourful world at Homebase
  Customers keen to add a bit
  of colour to their lives were
  given a helping hand by
  leading colour consultant
  Carolyn Warrender, as part
  ofHomebase's World of
  Colour campaign. Carolyn, who...

• News in brief
  04

  New departmental director role
  Formerly property services manager in Sainsbury's development division,
  Charles Johnston has been appointed to the new position of departmental
  director, construction and facilities...

• No grey hairs over new working method
  04

  No grey hairs over new working method
  Members of JS's category management team for personal care paid a
  visit to the Kensington studios of L'Oreal recently to get a first-hand
  understanding of hair colourants. The team is one...

• Depot distributes itself to schools
  05

  Depot distributes itself to schools
  To help schoolchildren understand more about the work of a supermarket distribution
  centre, Buntingford depot recently presented a 'depot in a box' to four local schools. Eric Preen (back row,...

• JS hosts Euro conference
  05

  JS hosts Euro conference
  Emma Bonino, the European Commissioner for fisheries,
  consumer policy and health protection, was a key
  speaker at a recent meeting of the European Movement
  (a pro-European organization that discusses...

• News in brief
  05

  Footy fever breaks out
  As The Official England Supermarket
  throughout the 1998 World Cup,
  Sainsbury's has kicked off its Feast of
  Football with a range of official
  England merchandise launched in
  stores on 20 April.
  Over...

• Vets get together
  05

  Vets get together
  During spring the Veterans
  Association celebrated its 50th
  anniversary with five veterans
  reunion lunches held in London,
  Weston-super-Mare and
  Birmingham.
  In all, 2,164 veterans attended
  the five...

• Group-wide
  06

  Group-wide
  Here's our regular round-up of what's been going on across the Group...
  CHANGE AT THE TOP
  Chairman David Sainsbury announced on 6 May that he is to retire from the
  company in September. Details are contained in the...

• Let's dance
  06

  Let's dance Shoppers at Woking JS
  able-bodied dancers as
  were treated to a stunning display of dancing by both disabled and
  part of the Woking Dance festival.
  The arcade area outside the
  town-centre store was...

• Win a new hairstyle
  06

  Win a new hairstyle
  Thanks to the successful sales
  of the Michaeljohn range of
  haircare products developed
  exclusively for JS, Michaeljohn's
  Mayfair salon is offering two
  Sainsbury's employees the
  chance to win a restyle by...

• Have you got what it takes to be a staff council rep?
  07

  Have you got what it takes to be a staff council rep?
  Are you a born listener, good at getting things done and working in a team? if so,
  you could be just the sort of person your local staff council is looking for. With...

• JS: The biggest takeaway in the country!
  08

  Imagine a takeaway with nearly 400 outlets, selling over 300 meals from around the world. Even better, imagine if
  some branches were open right around the clock. Sounds impossible? Well Sainsbury's range of convenience...

• Writelines
  10

  Have your say
  Safety's a
  hands-on
  business
  Joanna Fyson, RF envoy
  team, SLD, Blackfriars:
  On Easter Monday, I was
  rather ashamed to see a JS
  petrol tanker driver using a
  radio or mobile phone as he
  manoeuvred his vehicle...

• Branch opening—Leven
  12

  Leven
  JS opened its first Country
  Town store in Scotland on
  Sunday 5 April. The store's
  site was previously a
  timber yard and was acquired
  on the condition that
  the owners had a 5,000 sq
  ft sublet unit built next to
  the...

• A pension worth picking up
  13

  A pension worth picking up
  Noticeboards everywhere
  are carrying posters this
  month announcing the
  launch of a pension
  scheme open to new
  employees and
  colleagues who are not
  already members of the
  J Sainsbury Pension...

• SWIFT way to sharpen the sharp end
  14

  SWIFT way to sharpen the sharp end
  The goals for SWIFT
  To improve speed to market for new functionality
  To improve customer availability through resilience
  and reliability at the front end
  To improve customer service,...

• Getting the point across
  16

  You could almost be forgiven for thinking that the futuristic Bank Information Points (BIPs) now
  being rolled out company-wide have been beamed straight off the set of Dr Who. Well, maybe
  not, but they're certainly striking. The...

• Spring into the garden
  18

  Spring into the garden
  Take a patch of land attached to your house,
  liberally sprinkle with weeds and sorry looking
  brambles, and leave to stand for several years.
  That's the recipe for a disaster garden. Only one
  ingredient...

• The verdict so far on the CFM trial
  19

  The verdict so far on the CFM trial
  On 20 April, seven JS stores
  began trialling the Customer
  First Management (CFM)
  structure - as per the cover story
  on last month's Journal (right).
  The trial is due to last 12 weeks
  and...

• Footy fever breaks out
  20

  Footy fever breaks out
  In celebration of Sainsbury's being The Official England Supermarket throughout the
  1998 World Cup, the following exclusive lines are now available: England Facial Tissues
  (£1.19), England Kitchen Towels...

• Keeping a-breast
  20

  Keeping a-breast
  Three Filled Chicken Breasts
  meals are new on the shelves.
  Each contains two pieces of partboned
  chicken breast and costs
  £2.99. The chicken breasts are
  filled with Mushrooms & Garlic
  Butter; Bacon, Leek &...

• No more sticky fingers
  20

  No more sticky fingers
  To meet the needs of hectic
  lives and to revive the
  popularity of the orange,
  Sainsbury's is trialling a whole
  ready-peeled orange. As part of
  the Fresh 'n' Ready range,
  Sainsbury's Whole Orange...

• Say cheese
  20

  Say cheese
  A new Virtually Fat Free Cottage
  Cheese range is available in
  three flavours - Natural, with
  Onion & Chive, and with Pineapple.
  Carrying the healthy balance logo,
  they contain skimmed milk and soft
  cheese. All...

• The Taste test
  20

  The Taste test
  The Journals Taste Test took itself off to Archer Road,
  Sheffield to try out Mr Men and Little Miss Pasta Shapes
  in Tomato Sauce. Cuisine experts from the staff
  restaurant, Rita Furness (right), Barbara Miller...

• Barbie right on cue
  21

  Barbie right on cue
  With summer fast
  approaching,
  Sainsbury's Mint Lamb
  Leg Chops (£2.99) are
  right on cue to get you
  into a barbie frame of mind. The two chops are part of the Summer Barbecue Meats range,
  which now has a...

• Need noodles?
  21

  Need noodles?
  ainsbury's adds four new lines to its noodle sector with
  picy Chop Suey Noodles - which is suitable for
  egetarians - Hot & Spicy Singapore Noodles, Chicken
  how Mein Noodles and Thai Chicken Noodles. The
  oncept...

• Slice up your life
  21

  Slice up your life
  A new 800g Organic Bread has been launched into all Sainsbury's in-store bakeries. White and wholemeal loaves are
  part-baked by a Soil Association-approved bakery and then finished off in in-store bakery...

• Triple treat
  21

  Triple treat
  Three new desserts are sure to get your mouth watering. They are Blackcurrant Cheesecake, Raspberry
  Pavlova and the sinfully-named Death By Chocolate. Each contains three separate pots, including a pot of
  Creme...

• Back to school
  22

  Back to school
  Karen Charlton, training coordinator
  at Barnwood,
  recently went back to school
  to tell children at Twigworth
  Church of England Prim;
  School about thejobs pe
  do at Sainsbury's. The
  children also tried on...

• Kostanai comes to Kirklees
  22

  Kostanai comes to Kirklees
  A delegation from Kostanai, Kirklees' twin
  town in Kazakhstan, visited Huddersfield store
  in March to see how shops are organized in
  Huddersfield, who owns them and how they
  work. Pictured right...

• Mini bakery hits target
  22

  Mini bakery hits target
  Aylesbury's store manager Rob
  Wells was a happy man
  recently, even though he had
  10 COHgh up for a bottle of
  champagne. The champagne
  was the mini baker)
  department's reward for
  achieving the weekly...

• Rugby triumph in Ballymena
  22

  Rugby triumph in Ballymena
  Sainsbury's Rugby Club recently went on their first tour and conquered a representative side from
  the JS-sponsored, top Northern Irish rugby club, Ballymena. The Sainsbury's squad of 20 was boosted
  by...

• TV celebrity helps in Birmingham appeal
  22

  TV celebrity helps in Birmingham appeal
  Nick Owen visited Kings
  Heath to help with the store's
  fund-raising efforts on behalf
  of Birmingham Children's
  Hospital. Staff dressed up for
  the day and have now raised
  over £1,500...

• Wedding bells at Canley
  22

  Wedding bells at Canley
  When customer Martin
  Hodgson asked Canley store
  for the use of their (annoy to
  propose to his girlfriend,
  Emma Ferguson, they were
  more than happy to help out.
  Emma accepted to the ringing
  applause...

• Bowling along
  23

  Bowling along
  The first bowling competition
  on Don Hayward's district was
  held during March. Eleven
  teams took part, with Burtonon-
  Trent emerging victorious.
  Pictured above are three
  members of the winning team:
  (from I...

• Cannock's a good egg
  23

  Cannock's a good egg
  Cannock store ran a
  competition for children over
  Easter, and asked them to
  decorate an Easter egg.
  Cannock received many
  cracking good entries and
  hosted a little party for all the
  entrants. Prizes...

• Sarah on the piste
  23

  Sarah Miles, winner of an
  eight-day skiing holiday for two
  courtesy of the Equity Total Ski
  offer in the October issue of the
  Journal, wrote to tell us what a
  good time she had in Folgarida
  in the Italian Dolomites....

• Savacentre lends a hand
  23

  Savacentre lends a hand
  Savacentre Washington
  operates a franchise
  partnership with Prince's
  Trust volunteers, offering
  young people - both employed
  and unemployed - a personal
  development programme for
  a period of 20...

• Tough guy
  23

  Tough guy
  Dennis Glasspool from
  Charlton depot's transport
  department, recently
  competed in the annual
  Tough Guy run, held in
  Wolverhampton. The event is
  described as one of the
  hardest races in Britain and
  consists of a...

• The £25 crossword and £10 wordsearch
  24

  Food and drink crossword
  CLUES
  ACROSS
  1. Food cooked in oven-proof, glass
  dish (9)
  7. Utensil for lifting ice cream (S)
  10. Wine from Bordeaux (6)
  11. Rolled sponge (7)
  12. Basis for macaroni and spaghetti (5)
  13. Dough...

• Tricky trivia
  25

  Tricky trivia
  Let's see how you do in this
  month's Tricky
  Trivia quiz
  rivia
  ^TTfe Which is the largesl inhabited castle in the world?
  Who was the first woman to take her seat in the House of
  Commons?
  Who plays Hyacinth...

• Win a Brita filter
  25

  Win a Brita filter
  The water filter market is worth over £44 million a year, and Brita is now JS's sole water filter supplier.
  If you're wondering what a water filter does exactly, the Brita jug removes the temporary hardness...

• Win a washer
  25

  Win a washer
  A Kew Power Washer is the perfect tool for all types of cleaning jobs around
  the home and garden. Alto Cleaning Systems Ltd is proud
  to have been supplying Homebase stores with a wide
  range of Pressure Washers and...

• SSA OFFERS
  26

  Win a weekend for two at Fife's oldest inn
  The Inn at Lathones, four miles
  from St. Andrews, is offering a
  special experience to the
  winners of the SSA Weekend
  Away competition, below.
  Simply answer the questions
  and you...

• Long service
  27

  Long service
  Employees who have completed 25years' service:
  MARGARET AMY, customer services assistant, Basingstoke KIM BUSH, reception
  manager, Rayleigh Weir ANDY CHAPMAN, category manager, Blackfriars,
  SALAVATORE CIABURRI,...

• Obituary
  27

  Obituary
  ANN ANDREWS, 60, a checkout/replenishment assistant at Guildford, died on 9
  March after a short illness (I9yrs) BERNARD DE FRIES, 50, a trolley collector at
  Camden, died suddenly on 14 March Oyrsl ROY SHIPPAM, 60, a...

• Retirements
  27

  Retirements
  length of service Is In brackets
  MARGARET APLIN, restaurant assistant, Ferndown (2yrs). EILEEN BACH, senior
  checkout assistant, Hoddesdon (IRyrs) JOHN BENTLEY, fresh foods
  replenishment assistant, Shrewsbury (5yrs)...

• Sound and Vision
  27

  Massively into the blues
  A blast from the past kicks off our video review this month. The Blues
  Brothers, starring Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi, has been
  re-released. Featuring performances from some of blues'...

• Weddings
  27

  Weddings
  AMANDA BAILEY, provisions assistant at Bitterne, and
  DARREN GRANSDEN, senior produce assistant, also at
  Bitterne: married on 6 December and honeymooned
  in Florida. They met at the store

• Communicating to order
  28

  Communicating to order
  Thanks to a suggestion from Martin Beckett, payroll clerk at Alton JS, the archives looks this month at the history of
  communication between the branches and Blackfriars. Qoday we take for granted the...