'JS Journal', July/August 1998

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Contents
  Company news including stories on:
  3 The annual general meeting
  3 Raising awareness on the millennium bug
  4 Homebase's Christmas products launch
  5 Fish Counter of the Year winners
  7 The bakery teams of the year
  7...

• From the editor
  02

  From the editor
  We've managed to capture summer on film.
  , For anyone who missed it, it happened on
  28 June in Bristol when Colin Treacher's
  central and western stores held their district
  It's a Knockout competition (page...

• Chairman thanks Group colleagues in AGM speech
  03

  Chairman thanks Group colleagues in AGM speech Chairman David Sainsbury thanked colleagues and gave an upbeat view of current
  trading, in a speech delivered to shareholders at the Group's Annual General Meeting. David Sainsbury...

• Customers' choices now in store
  03

  Customers' choices now in store The next phase of More
  Choice Because It's Your
  Choice, focusing on the improved range within five
  product categories, started on 12 July. The original scheme last
  August asked customers...

• The bug stops here
  03

  Actors get to grips with the
  millennium bug problem.
  Nearly 300 buyers from JS,
  Savacentre and Homebase
  attended a drama workshop
  aimed at raising awareness
  about how the millennium
  bug could affect the Group
  if suppliers...

• Pet Club judged top dog
  04

  Pet Club judged top dog
  Sainsbury's has won its first direct marketing awards for its work on the Pet Club launched
  in June last year. The award-winning Pet Club team - 1 to r: Clare Wilson,
  Tricia Ferris and Karen Penney. At a...

• PetCare insurance launched
  04

  PetCare insurance launched
  Sainsbury's Bank launched its
  highly competitive PetCare
  Insurance in-store on 13 July.
  Monthly premiums are priced
  at £8.99 for dogs and £6.99
  for cats, and offers include
  500 reward points for...

• Simply having a glittering Christmas time
  04

  Simply having a glittering Christmas time
  It was all glitter and glitterati at
  the Homebase Christmas product
  launch when a bevy of glossy
  magazine editors arrived to
  review the company's range of
  baubles, lights and tinsel....

• First plaice for Rhyl
  05

  First plaice for Rhyl
  Blackfriars' Food Centre saw fierce competition in July, as five
  regional winners of the Fish Counter of the Year competition for
  JS stores fought for the top prize of a trip to Norway. Overcoming their...

• Small but perfectly formed
  05

  The first Sainsbury's Local store has opened, in Hammersmith, west London.
  Small but perfectly formed
  The store is about a tenth of
  the size of the average JS and
  serves a wide range of
  essentials - with a focus...

• The merits of low-interest credit cards
  05

  The merits of low-interest credit cards
  In addition to the Classic and Gold Visa credit cards that Sainsbury's Bank already
  offers, the Merit Visa Card was launched in-store on 27 July. Especially designed for lowcost
  credit...

• Design gives bags of appeal to carriers
  06

  Design gives bags of appeal to carriers
  Reusable carrier bags are
  now in-store bearing the first
  of the four winning designs
  from the competition run
  earlier this year for art
  students at Glasgow,
  Winchester and the
  London...

• Sun always shines on Pitsea
  06

  Sun always shines on Pitsea
  Pitsea JS has won a company-wide sales competition for Sunny
  Delight, the Procter and Gamble chilled juice drink launched in
  stores in March. Sunny D shines at Pitsea:
  The provisions team (l-r):...

• Wheelie new way to travel
  06

  Wheelie new way to travel Sainsbury's has launched the UK's first supermarket
  pedicab service through a trial taking place at
  Islington store. Pedicabs are pedal-operated
  rickshaws, an alternative
  pollution-free means...

• Best bakeries bring home the bread
  07

  Best bakeries bring home the bread
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  Colleagues from twenty-one of the company's top bakeries gathered in Warwick
  July, to find out which seven had become 1998's bakery teams of the year. The awards, run...

• JS employment policy recognized
  07

  JS employment policy recognized
  Sainsbury's has won the
  Remploy Leading the Way
  Award 1998 for the Retail
  Sector, in recognition of
  its excellent support and
  employment of people
  with disabilities. Kate Walker, human...

• Women return to work
  07

  Women return to work
  In partnership with JS, West Herts College has set up a
  new course called Women
  Returning To Work. The course aims to give
  women who wish to return to
  work, the confidence and
  opportunity to learn...

• Chips are in at JS
  08

  Sainsbury's recently
  became the first major
  retailer to be able to
  accept the'Chip' or
  'Smart' card.
  Chips are
  in at JS The trial began at Northamp-
  ton store where specially-
  adapted terminals can read
  the chip embedded...

• News in brief
  08

  Senior appointments for Shaw's
  Homebase managing director Ross McLaren has
  been appointed president and chief executive officer
  of Shaw's with effect from 23 August, reporting to
  deputy group chief executive David...

• Stratford links up with local school
  08

  Stratford links up with local school
  Stratford store recently played
  host to 27 ten and 11 year olds
  from St James C of E Junior
  School, who were shown how
  SABRE ordering works and the
  importance of the cashier's role. The...

• It's gold for JS frozen
  09

  It's gold for JS frozen
  JS products have won
  five awards at the British
  Frozen Food Federation
  annual awards dinner
  held at London's Hilton
  hotel in June. The awards are:
  Gold award:
  Best New Healthy Alternative
  Product -...

• Ken's krazy car challenge
  09

  Ken's krazy car challenge
  Eastern regional director Ken
  Barden, along with his PA Chris
  Kew and marketing manager
  Jason Sharpe, recently raced
  round all 83 eastern region
  stores in 24 hours to raise funds
  for The Variety...

• News in brief
  09

  Bully for the South of England Show
  SAINSBURY'S
  SUPER
  BEEF BULL
  (From I to r): Norman Lake, senior store manager at East Grinstead,
  Pam Noel, Robert Snelling, Olympus, George Street, Julien Pursglove and
  judge Alister...

• News in brief
  10

  Play ball with Classic Cola
  Sainsbury's
  Basketball Tournament
  Wembley Arena
  Sat S &.Sun 6 • September '9
  This year's Sainsbury's Basketball
  Tournament, sponsored by Classic Cola, is to
  take place on 5 and 6 September at...

• Quick on the draw
  10

  Quick on the draw
  A staggering 2,000 drawings
  were entered for the Sainsbury's
  School Rewards '98 National
  Drawing Competition.
  Primary and secondary
  schools were challenged to
  draw a picture of what they
  most wanted for...

• Sainsbury's serves up more music
  10

  Sainsbury's serves
  up more music
  Six youth orchestras from around Britain have been selected for national radio
  broadcast, and concert sponsorship totalling £18,000, in the culminating phase of
  the 1998 Sainsbury's Youth...

• Beaconsfield takes Helping Hands a step further
  11

  Beaconsfield takes Helping Hands a step further The Helping Hands policy operating in all JS stores is
  being given a boost at Beaconsfield thanks to the trial
  of a community shopper scheme.
  t Helping hand Sue Dobbs...

• News in brief
  11

  Southport supplies car winner
  Winner of the 'Win a Vauxhall Corsa
  and a luxury make-over' national
  competition, run by Weight Watchers
  from Heinz and Sainsbury's, is
  Southport customer Milly Isherwood.
  Before being presented...

• Shining example
  11

  Shining example
  David Robb's northern
  region district raised a
  mammoth £8,810 through
  its Penny Back during the
  month of January for The
  Starlight Foundation, a
  charity dedicated to
  brightening the lives of
  seriously-ill...

• Group-wide
  12

  Group-wide
  Here's our regular round-up of what's been going on across the Group.. GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES
  MINIMUM WAGE
  The government has announced the
  level of the national minimum wage at
  £3.60 ph, though 18 to 21 year olds...

• Last meeting for group staff council's original reps
  12

  The current group staff council has met for the last time.
  The 30-strong group, made up of representatives from
  Sainsbury's, Homebase and Savacentre met at the Group's
  Stamford Street headquarters on 9 June. The meeting...

• News at ten
  14

  Ten bite-sized stories to get your teeth into.
  2
  A QUESTION OF SPORT
  Barnwood store manager Kevin
  Healy got into the spirit of the
  World Cup when he invited five
  local schools to take part in a
  special competition....

• Writelines
  15

  Have your say
  Swinging
  ode
  Clare Havelock,
  Queen Ethelburga's
  School, York:
  My trip to Sainsbury's
  Oh! I do like to shop at
  Harrogate Sainsbury's,
  Oh! I do like to be beside
  the sweets.
  I do like to gaze upon the
  bread...

• The natural choice
  18

  What is organic?
  Organic products must be produced in a way which:
  does not use artificial pesticides, fertilizers or other
  chemicals
  uses crop rotation and other natural methods to
  ensure soil fertility
  excludes the use of...

• Val Reas organic wine
  19

  To win a case of Val Reas organic wine, simply circle the correct
  number in this statement:
  JS sells over 100, 200, or 300 organic products.
  Name:
  Address:
  Work location:
  Contact tel no:
  The first correct entry pulled from...

• Sunday fun days with the SSA
  20

  You can't knock a bit of healthy competition
  The greatest competition facing stores in Colin Treacher's central and
  western district isn't from rival retailers but from each other - or at
  least that's how it seemed when the...

• You and the EURO
  22

  You and the EURO
  A lot has been said about the coming of the single European currency, but how will the euro
  actually affect you and what is Sainsbury's doing to prepare for its arrival? Timetable for conversion
  to single...

• We are the champions
  24

  Shortly before England's and Scotland's World Cup
  dreams lay in tatters in St Etienne, teams from St Clares
  JS and JS's Northern Irish stores were covering themselves
  in glory at Millwall's stadium in south London. 4?
  St...

• Don't forget your toothbrush
  26

  Don't forget your toothbrush
  Four new
  Microban
  toothbrushes
  are available
  offering built-in
  protection
  against bacteria.
  The toothbrushes
  are: Microban Adult
  Firm (£1.99), Microban
  Adult Medium (£1.99),
  Microban Kids...

• Feed on chicken
  26

  Feed on chicken
  New to the frozen range are four healthy balance, 95% fat-free products - Chicken in
  Creamy Leek & Ham Sauce, Chicken in Tomato & Basil Sauce, Chicken in Creamy
  Mustard & Honey Sauce and Chicken in Peppercorn...

• Sponges worth splashing out on
  26

  Sponges worth splashing out on
  Three soft-baked sponges are new in-store. Suitable for vegetarians,
  Apricot & Almond, Apple Crumble and Sour Cherry cost £1.59 each
  and serve approximately six helpings.

• Straight from the farm
  26

  Straight from the farm
  Handmade on a farm in Devon, from Jersey milk and natural
  ingredients, are four new Farmhouse Yogurts. The four flavours
  are: Lemon Curd, Bramble, Devon Toffee and Rhubarb. Suitable
  for vegetarians and...

• The taste test
  26

  The taste test
  This month's venue for the Journal's taste test is
  the back garden of Janet Glover from the
  community affairs department at Blackfriars.
  Janet's Jack Russell-cross, Patch, volunteered to
  try the new Scout's...

• Back to nature
  27

  Back to nature
  Sainsbury's has
  launched a new,
  premium naturalextract
  skincare range
  which will leave your
  skin feeling soft and
  gently moisturized.
  Plant extracts from
  aloe vera, lavender,
  jojoba, ginseng and
  witch...

• Britain's groundbreaking sausage
  27

  Britain's groundbreaking sausage
  Sainsbury's has launched the UK's first totally organic,
  supermarket sausage. JS already offers the largest range
  of organic meat of any supermarket and has introduced
  two branded lines of...

• Favourite flavours go bite-sized
  27

  Favourite flavours go bite-sized
  For a tasty snack, two new mini pie selections are now
  available - Nine Cherry Bakewells and Nine Assorted Fruit
  Pies. The assorted selection includes blackcurrant, apple,
  and peach & apricot...

• Full-flavour cheese from the farmhouse
  27

  Full-flavour cheese
  from the farmhouse
  Another addition to Sainsbury's ever-increasing organics
  range is
  Organic
  Mature
  Farmhouse Cheddar. Suitable
  for vegetarians
  and certified by
  the Soil
  Association, the
  cheese costs...

• Microban bacteria from your house
  27

  Microban bacteria from your house
  Three new Microban
  cloths are available-
  Dishcloths x3 (£1.59),
  Cleaning Cloths x3
  (£1.39) and a Floorcloth
  (95p). The in-built
  Microban works
  continually, helping to
  prevent the growth...

• Be in it to win it
  28

  Be in it to win it
  Huddersfield's SSA committee has
  increased SSA membership at the
  store from 50% to 62%, and rising,
  following the introduction of a
  monthly £50 prize draw. Pictured with
  TESSA (The Exciting SSA), the...

• Bletchley birthday
  28

  Bletchley birthday
  This year Bletchley is
  celebrating its 25th
  anniversary and is looking for
  store and deputy managers
  who've worked at the store, to
  attend a dinner dance in
  November. If you are one of
  those managers and...

• Decade for Grimsby
  28

  Decade for Grimsby
  Grimsby store is ten years old
  in October. To celebrate this
  milestone colleagues at the
  store arc holding a reunion
  on 10 October at Grimsby
  Town FC's Inn on the Park.
  Tickets are £4.50 and...

• Football lesson for Derby kids
  28

  Football lesson for Derby kids
  Thanks toJS's sponsorship of
  the Derby County Soccer
  Academies, a free, football
  training session for the
  children of colleagues in the
  Derby area is being arranged
  for September on a day yet...

• Give us the nod, Hod
  28

  Give us the nod, Hod
  After Glenn Hoddie's Englant
  squad were sent packing from
  the World Cup, Poole store
  ottered its very own alternative
  squad for Glenn to consider
  for Euro' 2000. They're ready
  and waiting, Glenn.

• New record for penny mile
  28

  New record for penny mile
  Ashbourne Lions Club, with
  the help of Ashbourne JS,
  collected 89,100 one-pence
  pieces and set about
  shattering the Guiness Book
  of Records best time for
  laying a mile of pennies.
  It took just...

• Streatham's barbie survives the weather
  28

  Streatham's barbie survives the weather
  SSA committee members
  June Pinner, Joyce Slater and
  Pat Roberts tuck in.
  Due to the appalling June
  weather, Streatham office's SSA
  barbecue evening turned into
  an indoor affair at...

• Whizz Kidz benefits from football fest
  28

  Whizz Kidz benefits from football fest
  ?5^?fJ.
  Jon (front left) and Jodie with the
  rest of the Whizz Kidz footballers.
  Jon Brodie of Stockton
  Savacentre organized a
  sponsored marathon football
  match recently in aid of...

• Checkout workout
  29

  Checkout workout
  Jane Quinn at Lordshill JS took the opportunity to do some
  motivating of her own when Mr Motivator arrived, on behalf of
  McVitie's, to promote the Go Ahead lines currently available
  in-store. Mr Motivator...

• Fisherman's tale makes record books
  29

  Fisherman's tale makes record books
  Paul Fox, a butcher at King's Lynn JS, has earned
  his place in the record books by catching the
  largest fish the banks of the Bradmoor lakes have
  ever seen. With the mirror
  carp weighing in...

• Goodbye Frank
  29

  Goodbye Frank
  Frank O'Donnell recently retired
  as store manager of Homebase
  Manchester, Worsley, and
  celebrated in fine style with a
  party at the Lymm Hotel. The
  party was organized by
  regional manager Ian Forrester
  and...

• Lessons at Leven
  29

  Lessons at Leven
  The teachers of Mountfleurie School took children from primary three and four for a tour of Leven JS
  recently. The children were shown round the in-store bakery, had taste tests of exotic fruits, and
  washed it...

• Put on a happy face
  29

  Put on a happy face
  Thomas Cook, store greeter at Camden, recently charmed his way
  into his local newspaper, the Camden Chronicle, by cheering up
  yet another customer - a reporter on the newspaper. Tom, who
  admits to being '60...

• The pirates of Ealing
  29

  The pirates of Ealing
  The new members of the
  19th Ealing brownie pack
  are a gang of piratescardboard
  pirates
  provided by Coldharbour
  Lane store. The brownies
  needed pirates for their
  pack's holiday theme and went to the...

• Away the lass
  30

  Away the lass
  Whilst most stores were busy getting their football point of sale material together, Haverhill's store
  manager Linda Alexander was in France getting busy with the World Cup.
  Originally from Fife, Linda joined...

• Birthday surprise
  30

  Birthday surprise
  Because Jan McDonald's
  birthday coincided with
  Ellesmere Port's opening after
  a five-day re-fit, the store
  decided she was the perfect
  person to reopen the store.
  Jan's pictured with senior
  deputy Darren...

• Brighton or bust
  30

  Brighton or bust
  A team from the development division at Blackfriars raised a massive £6,734 when
  they successfully cycled the 58 miles from Clapham Common to Brighton in the
  annual London to Brighton cycle race. Before the...

• Car booters do Merry well
  30

  Car booters do Merry well
  Abbey gets set for the boot sale with
  ( I to r) Margaret Field, Rebecca
  Mawer, Gail Warren, Debbie Field,
  Margaret Douthwaite, Alan Logie
  and Margaret Madeley.
  Colleagues at Merry Hill...

• Crafty rafters come in first
  30

  Crafty rafters come in first
  Not quite Titanic - but Newbury's team
  paddled into first place without hitting
  any icebergs in the Kennet and Avon
  Canal. Fourteen colleagues from Newbury
  JS used all their cunning...

• Doreen leaves the deli
  30

  Doreen leaves the deli
  Doreen Wood from
  Winchmore Hill store has
  retired after nearly 27 years
  with JS. Doreen started at
  Palmers Green in grocery
  before moving to Southgate as
  leading sales assistant. When
  Southgate...

• Double 25th celebration
  30

  Double 25th celebration
  t i l r>r r
  o celebrate 25 years ot
  trading, Orpington treated all
  its staff to a free meal on
  8 May. Three colleagues -
  Margaret Griffin (left) Sylvia
  Mussett and Sylvia Holmes
  (right) - were in...

• Every penny helps
  30

  Every penny helps
  A penny for your thoughts • I to r:
  Emma Thomson from The Starlight
  Foundation, Ray Wilkins, and
  Cobham's senior deputy manager,
  Chris Barnes, and former price
  controller Wayne Ingram.
  In just six months...

• Amblecote opts to support playgroup
  31

  Amblecote opts to support playgroup
  Thanks to a request put
  forward by a colleague at
  Amblecote to store manager
  Nick Preece, Wall Heath
  Community Centre's pre-school
  group has been provided with
  play equipment by...

• Cheadle's fund-raising challenge
  31

  Cheadle's fund-raising challenge
  Cheadle JS raised an impressive
  £250 for Pendlebury
  Children's Hospital's Dr Joe
  Raffe Renal Unit Appeal. A team of eight colleagues took part in
  an It's a Knockout competition
  as part of a...

• High seas adventure for Side By Side kids
  31

  High seas adventure for Side By Side kids
  Malcolm Paramore, fresh
  foods deputy at Water Lane,
  has been busy with a very
  seaworthy Side By Side
  project. Malcolm and 30
  colleagues organized a
  sponsored cycle ride in...

• Winchester MP gets a taste of work
  31

  Winchester MP gets a taste of work
  Winchester store gave local MP Mark
  Oaten a taste of 'real work' when he
  swapped his Westminster suit for a
  Sainsbury's England Squad shirt.
  Mark was put through his paces on a
  checkout,...

• The £25 crossword and £10 wordsearch
  32

  Sun & Sand crossword
  CLUES
  ACROSS
  I . These hold holiday clothes (9)
  6. Mickey Mouse's holiday
  State (7)
  7. Country for those who want to
  see fjords (6)
  8. Travel method for those who like to
  make tracks! (7)
  9. Workers...

• It's Up 2 You
  33

  The Journal and One 2 One are offering you the
  chance to go mobile with Up 2 You, the pay-as-yougo
  mobile phone service from One 2 One. One 2 One has four Nortel m800 Up 2 You phone packs, each worth £129.99, to be won by JS...

• Singing along to The Best Anthems.. Ever CD are:
  33

  Singing along to The Best Anthems.. Ever CD are:
  DEBORAH GODDARD. Wimbledon; MARK HARVEY. Newcastle; KAREN ROBERT, Salisbury; PETER FORREST,
  Southport; PETER SEARLES, Heaton Park.
  Trekking across the galaxy with the Star Trek...

• Tricky trivia
  33

  Tricky trivia Let's see how
  you do in this
  month's Tricky
  Trivia quiz.

• SSA OFFERS
  34

  SAINSBURY'S STAFF ASSOCIATION
  OUT OF HOURS
  The central SSA has negotiated for members and
  their families to take part in the select Treasure
  Houses of England promotion, and save a stately
  £50 PLUS when visiting the nation's...

• AA OFFER CORRECTION
  35

  AA OFFER CORRECTION
  Apologies for the inaccuracy of the joint AA membership prices quoted in the last issue
  The price list should have read:
  SINGLE MEMBERSHIP: Covers you in any car as a driver or passenger
  Option 200: £65...

• Long service
  35

  Long service
  Colleagues who have completed 25 years' service:
  MARTIN BALMER district stock specialist, eastern region CAROL BENING checkout/replenishment
  assistant, High Wycombe DON BOSWELL. senior product support analyst,...

• Obituary
  35

  Obituary
  PAMELA COMER, 57, a senior checkout assistant at Kempshott died on 20 June after a long illness
  M7yrs) PAMHUGGARD64, a checkout/replenishment assistant at Tottenham died suddenly on 18 June
  (16yrs). LIZ MUZKYA, 41, a...

• Retirements
  35

  Retirements
  CATHY ADAMS, chief display assistant, Luton (18yrs) ANN ALEXANDER, staff restaurant assistant,
  Perton (IGyrs) SAMMV BELL, warehouseman, Hoddesdon depot (21yrs) SHEILA BOVCE, fresh foods
  replenishment assistant. East...

• Sound and Vision
  35

  Cheers to Mrs Brown
  This month's video review gets off to an historic start with the
  Oscar*-nominated epic, Mrs Brown. Starring Judy Dench and Billy
  Connolly, Mrs Brown is based on the true-life relationship between
  Queen...

• Weddings
  35

  Weddings
  ANDY DEACON, fresh foods departmental manager at
  Pitsea met wife-to-be ISOBEL LEE from labour methods,
  eastern regional office, when she was knocked
  unconscious in a nightclub Despite this start the couple
  married on...

• A housekeeper's work is never done
  36

  A housekeeper's work is never done A book lent to the archives by maintenance engineer Jimmy Woodman, called
  Recipes of the 1940s, details dishes cooked during the Second World War.
  The book includes a series of recipes supplied...