'JS Journal', October 1998

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Contents
  Company news including stories on:
  3 JS's success in the EASE awards
  3 Changing the face of the produce department
  4 The Value to Shout About campaign
  5 The launch of Homebase TV
  8 Fund-raising in style at...

• From the editor
  02

  From the editor
  Don' t b e frightened. I'm just trying
  \^^^Jr out mY Hallowe'en costume for the
  31st. Scary, I know, but it's nowhere
  near as bad as editorial assistant
  Steve Lord the morning after a
  night's boozing down the...

• Awards for access
  03

  Awards for access
  In the prestigious EASE (Ease of Access, Employment and
  Services) awards, Sainsbury's has been named 'Best
  Supermarket' and 'Best Employer' for its commitment to
  providing opportunities for people with...

• Board director in kidnap scare
  03

  Board director in kidnap scare
  Ian Coull. Group year 2000 board sponsor, was game for a laugh when he allowed himself to be tied
  up by an eight-foot-tall millennium bug in front of 250 senior managers from across the Group. The...

• Fresh approach to produce
  03

  Fresh approach to produce
  Last month marked the launch of the new 'As good as home grown'
  advertising campaign designed to enhance customers' perceptions of
  produce freshness and boost sales of core lines such as...

• Jolly trolleys
  04

  Jolly trolleys
  Three novelty 'theme'
  trolleys are making
  shopping more fun for
  kids in six JS stores. The trolleys, shaped like a
  steam engine, a fire engine
  and a double-decker bus are
  called Puffy, Fizzle and
  Topper -...

• News in brief
  04

  A first for Falkirk
  Deputy manager Glen Knox (right)
  accepts the award from employment
  service reps Julie Barr and Gerry
  Muirhead, with a little help from DIY
  assistant Brian Holderness (second
  left) and warehouse assistant...

• Showbiz personality shouts about JS value
  04

  Showbiz personality shouts about JS value
  It was hard to miss last month's high-profile launch of the 'Value to Shout About' campaign.
  Big showbiz personality John Cleese
  does the shouting on behalf of the
  people at...

• New SAYE offer on the way
  05

  New SAYE offer on the way
  Look out for this year's SAYE offer pack giving details on how to take out an option to
  buy JS shares by saving up to £200 each month (up to £80 a month for part-timers). This year's offer starts on...

• News in brief
  05

  Mad wax
  Nine Elms JS was treated to the next
  best thing to a visit from film heartthrob
  Mel Gibson - a visit from his
  Madame Tussauds waxwork likeness.
  The life-size lookalike dropped in
  to highlight a Jane Asher...

• Turn on and tune in to HBtv
  05

  Turn on and tune in to HBtv
  Colleagues at Homebase
  now have their very own
  TV channel - HBtv.
  Broadcast via satellite to
  the canteens at Homebase
  stores, depots and offices,
  HBfrruns from morning till
  night, seven days a...

• JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 1998
  06

  JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 1998
  There's still a few days left to enter the JS
  Journal photo competition and have a
  chance to win a fabulous top prize of
  £200. There's also £75 for the winner of
  each of the diree...

• Two ballet tickets for the price of one
  06

  Two ballet tickets for the price of one
  Dance fans can take a friend free to the ballet
  thanks to four leading UK ballet companies. The offer applies to performances
  throughout Britain by
  the Scottish Ballet (SB), the
  English...

• News at ten
  07

  NEWS AT TEN Ten bite-sized stories to get your teeth into. ORGANIC STORY PUT ON PAPER
  A 20-page brochure entitled
  Sainsbury 's Organic Story has been
  sent to all stores for display on the
  new front-end brochure holders.
  The...

• Daredevils roped into fund-raising
  08

  Daredevils roped into fund-raising
  Colleagues in Homebase's central departments have been chucking themselves
  off the roof of Beddington House again. No, not because the terrible summer hit
  garden furniture sales. It's to raise...

• Famous characters prove fab fund-raisers
  08

  Famous characters prove
  fab fund-raisers
  The Homebase stores of region 12 in the North-West have raised £6,942
  for the cancer unit Rocking Horse Appeal at the local Alder Hey hospital. Fun days took place across
  the region,...

• Food club catches on at Banbury
  08

  Food club catches on at Banbury
  Customers at Banbury store are benefiting from the
  establishment of Sainsbury's first in-store Good Food Club. The self-funding club, set up
  by Jane Tomkins, Banbury's
  in-store food adviser,...

• A lean machine
  09

  A lean machine
  Sainsbury's logistics
  team has signed a
  unique agreement with
  SC Johnson Wax which
  could radically improve
  Sainsbury's supply chain. As Ian Fidler, senior
  manager, supply chain
  solutions explains:...

• Group-wide
  09

  Group-wide
  Here's our regular round-up of what's been going on across the Group.. that's
  month.
  SAINSBURY'S
  SUPERMARKETS
  BOOKSTART PROGRAMME LAUNCHES
  To mark the millennium, Sainsbury's
  has announced a £6m programme...

• Something for everyone in the freezer
  09

  Something for everyone in the freezer Frozen food is convenient and highly nutritious
  the message behind the Something for Everyone campaign on frozen foods launched this month. A 16-page leaflet is now in
  stores, with plenty of...

• Writelines
  10

  Have your say
  Brake the
  strain
  A Barnes, customer,
  Whitstable, and former
  Blackfriars colleague:
  I t appears to be comparatively
  easy for colleagues to push
  loaded L-shapes and roll
  pallets of produce round the
  shop...

• New Deal produces a couple of aces
  12

  New Deal produces a couple of aces
  JS and Savacentre signed up last December for the Government's New Deal policy to get long-term
  unemployed young people off welfare and into work. As the policy bears fruit in Sainsbury...

• Calcot goes mad about food
  14

  Calcot goes mad about food
  After weeks of improvements the new Savacentre Calcot reopened on 25 August. It is now being described as the best food store in Britain. Improvement work first began at
  Savacentre Calcot back in...

• Passion in the kitchen
  16

  Ever wondered how the
  tastes of Malaysia get to
  Milton Keynes? The fruits
  of Brazil to Burnley?
  Sainsbury's very own
  development chefs are
  helping bring exotic tastes
  to UK shelves. Chef
  Stephen Parkins tells the
  Journal...

• Restyle winners come out a cut above
  18

  From the hundreds who entered the restyle
  competition in Mi
  Journal, three winners
  were chosen to make their
  way to London for a day at
  Michaeljohn's Mayfair salon.
  After a spot of lunch in the
  Blackfriars restaurant and...

• Friends in deed
  20

  Friends in deed
  The veterans visitors service was established nearly 40 years ago to offer support to Sainsbury Group colleagues
  in retirement. To find out exactly what that support involves, the Journal caught up with two...

• Homebase opening—Cardiff: Culverhouse Cross
  22

  Cardiff: Culverhouse Cross
  Cardiff now has two Homebases,
  following the opening of the
  Culverhouse Cross store on
  28 August by Homebase's human
  resources director Judith Evans.
  In celebration of the openin;
  customers were...

• Smart cookies thank School Rewards '98
  23

  Smart cookies thank School Rewards '98
  JS has been sending free cookie-making kits to schools which have benefited from
  Sainsbury 's School Rewards '98 Scheme so that children can say thank you to parents
  and friends by baking...

• Box clever at Homebase
  24

  Box clever at Homebase
  Homebase has recently relaunched its range of
  Stack-A-Boxes and co-ordinating lids. The style of
  the products has been updated and includes
  colour coordinated handles and lockable lids.
  A new...

• Bright bulb ideas
  24

  Bright bulb ideas
  'Classic' is a new range of unusual
  bulb varieties recently launched by
  Homebase. From old favourites
  Daffodils through to Tulip Sorbet
  and four different varieties of
  Narcissus, the range is a must...

• Feeling saucy?
  24

  Feeling saucy?
  With Sainsbury's new range of Fresh Sauces for Fish from around the world, you can make fabulous
  fish meals in minutes. There are nine sauces in the range: Lemon and Dill, Fragrant Thai, Cajun,
  Provencale,...

• Kitchen towel could save lives
  24

  Kitchen towel could save lives
  In connection with the
  Every Second Counts
  appeal being run by
  Sainsbury's and the
  National Meningitis Trust (NMT), JS got behind National Meningitis Awareness Week (21-27
  September) with the...

• Picnic with the teddy bears
  24

  Picnic with the teddy bears
  If you go down to the store today you could find Sainsbury's Teddy bear cakes for sale. The
  hand-decorated chocolate sponge cakes with a soft chocolate butter-cream filling are
  covered in real milk...

• Fancy a special sausage?
  25

  Fancy a special sausage?
  If you fancy sausages, why not sample Sainsbury's new Special Selection Sausages range.
  It includes the following five varieties: Ultimate Pork- combining British Outdoor-Reared
  pork with fresh herbs...

• Initial yourself at Savacentre
  25

  Initial yourself at Savacentre
  Savacentre welcomes you to the autumn and winter season with a new fashion
  direction. The I.N.I.T.I.A.L.S. Womenswear collection is exclusive to Savacentre and
  includes this season's 'directional...

• Moreish milk
  25

  Moreish milk
  For flavoured fresh milk that will
  have you wanting more, try
  Sainsbury's Fresh Strawberry Milk
  and Fresh Chocolate Milk. Carrying
  the healthy balance logo and
  suitable for vegetarians, they are
  made with...

• What's the beef?
  25

  What's the beef?
  JS is now the exclusive retailer of Glenbervie Aberdeen Angus Beef, renowned
  for its succulent flavour, which up till now has been made available only to top
  restaurants and hotels around the country.
  The...

• Durham's stateside footy star
  26

  Durham's stateside footy star
  Greg Knight may work at
  Durham as an evening
  warehouse assistant during his
  vacations, but for the rest of
  the year he studies and plays
  football at the Florida Institute
  of Technology. Greg...

• Eh-oh, were off to raise some dough
  26

  Eh-oh, were off to raise some dough
  Carol Holbrook, Sue Walker,
  Alison Parry and Mim Canham
  from Warren Heath store in
  Ipswich dressed up as
  Teletubbies for the day recently
  to raise money for eastern
  region's Sunshine...

• Guiding light
  26

  Guiding light
  Members of the Croydon and district branch of
  the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association paid a
  visit to Crystal Palace store to thank JS
  colleagues for their contribution to the
  charity. As part of the thank you,...

• Hospice happy with Penny Back help
  26

  Hospice happy with Penny Back help
  Money raised through Coldharbour Lane's Penny Back scheme has been
  donated by the store to the local
  Harlington Hospice. The Hospice
  was founded by a local doctor and
  cares for...

• Middlesborough draws in the kids
  26

  Store manager Steve Dexter
  with children from Linthorpe
  Infant School.
  Middlesbrough recently gave
  children from the local
  Linthorpe Infant School a
  mini tour of the store.
  Colleagues also entertained
  the children by...

• Skittles paste the competition
  26

  Skittles paste the competition
  Lewes Homebase's skilful
  skittlers (I to r): Janet Bowyer,
  Tina Vincent, Sharon Barry,
  Moira Meredith and Paula
  Colleagues from Lewes
  Homebase bowled the
  competition over recently in
  the...

• And they call it puppy love
  27

  And they call it puppy love
  Stockton Savacentre is sponsoring the training and
  upkeep of a puppy which is to be used in animaltherapy
  sessions for patients with Alzheimer's disease
  at the North Tees Hospital.
  The...

• Ferreting about
  27

  Ferreting about
  Sue Sykes, senior cash
  office clerk at Eastbourne
  store, gets ready to head
  off to another rally in her
  husband's Ferret Scout Car.
  Sue has been working for
  JS for 14 years. Tanks for
  the photo, Sue.

• Nigel yearns for New York
  27

  Nigel yearns for New York
  Nigel Parsons, meat manager at Eltham
  store, successfully completed the London
  Marathon in April and is now attempting to
  build on his success and enter the New
  York Marathon in November. Nigel...

• Pots of gold from Bolton
  27

  Pots of gold from Bolton
  Thanks to money raised
  at Bolton store in a
  special promotion,
  store manager Steve Spencer was able to present a cheque for
  £300 to the Bolton Lads and Girls Club. The store is sponsoring the
  club's...

• Skills stand test of secret shoppers
  27

  Skills stand test of secret shoppers
  The retailing skills of five colleagues from Bracknell and Bagshot
  Road stores were put under the microscope recently in the
  SkillRETAIL competition organized for all the major retailers...

• Ann leads the way
  28

  Ann leads the way
  Ann wrings out her top after falling in a river along Macmillan Way.
  Ann Warne, team leader in the petrol station at Bowthorpe, raised
  £320 for the Macmillan Cancer Relief fund in August. Ann, a
  grandmother...

• Horticulture by Huddersfield
  28

  Horticulture by Huddersfield
  Huddersfield store showed why
  horticulture is among the top
  five activities for the Side By
  Side scheme when colleagues
  there decided to refurbish part
  of the garden at the Kirkwood
  Hospice. The...

• Keep your eyes open
  28

  Keep your open
  eyes o
  Our Claire and Dune the hunk
  on their date.
  Make sure you're watching
  Blind Date in November to
  find out whether Claire
  Falconer, canteen/checkout
  assistant at Pinner JS, has
  found love and fame...

• Savacentre beside the sea
  28

  Savacentre beside the sea
  Savacentre Leeds decided to
  make the most of the one
  week of summer, and held a
  seaside poster competition
  for the children on their
  school holidays. To back this
  up, Bev Spence and Bev
  Mardy...

• Street's wearing the trousers
  28

  Street's wearing the trousers
  Mick Till (pictured left), store manager at Street, presents
  a £4,000 cheque to John Challice (Boycie in sitcom Only Fools and
  Horses) on behalf of the Wallace and Grommit Wrong Trousers
  appeal....

• Sylvia leaves Southport
  28

  Sylvia leaves Southport
  i
  Sylvia (seated) with Sue
  Mawdsley, BPM, and Richard
  Hughes, store manager.
  Southport JS recently
  celebrated with checkout
  assistant Sylvia Richards on
  her retirement after 15 years
  with the...

• Wild day in the west
  28

  Wild day in the west
  Above: The Streets Ahead team from... where else, but Street.
  Inset top: Kids enjoy a camel ride.
  Inset left: A different kind of ride for one It's a Knockout competitor. Ian Elkins' district recently
  held...

• Fun day for Rhys
  29

  Fun day for Rhys
  A fun day held at Coldharbour Lane on 29 August, has raised £1,800 for a local
  two-year-old boy, Rhys Mallett, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy. The day's events
  included a penalty shoot-out, a bouncy castle,...

• Mark's a prince
  29

  Mark, just after receiving his
  certificate at the Stakis
  Birmingham Metropole Hotel.
  Mark's a prince
  Mark Ward, a SABRE controller
  at Belgrave Road store, has
  been awarded The Prince's
  Trust certificate. Mark earned
  the...

• Sittingbourne brings the carnival to town
  29

  Sittingbourne brings the carnival to town
  Sainsbury's helped keep the
  Sittingbourne Carnival afloat
  this year by providing
  organizers with £1000, the
  biggest single donation for a
  decade. The donation was
  organized at the...

• Thorley fund-raising hits peak
  29

  Thorley fund-raising hits peak
  In a bid to raise £1,000 for the
  Sawbridgeworth Musical Youth
  Theatre (SMYT),Thorley
  deputy manager Simon Ball
  put together a sponsored team
  to take on the Three Peaks
  Challenge, which...

• The £25 crossword and £10 wordsearch
  30

  Autumn crossword
  It
  CLUES
  ACROSS
  1. Autumnal farming activity (7)
  4. Horse chestnut fruit (6)
  6. Shallow basket of wood strips, used by
  gardeners (4)
  9. Pop group associated with autumn
  weather (3,3,3)
  10. They lose...

• Sound and Vision
  31

  SAINSBURY'S
  review
  Travolta's cruising
  Many lamented the sad lack of a Sound + Vision review last issue, so
  this month there's a bumper edition for you. Starting with the music
  releases, here's a preview of four major...

• Christmas cheer
  32

  Christmas cheer
  As mentioned in last month's Journal, a
  special promotion to boost sales of beers,
  •wines and spirits is now taking place. The promotion includes a competition for one store from every district to
  win enough...

• Free electricity into the next millennium
  32

  Free electricity into the next millennium Ten Journal readers
  now have the chance to win FREE
  electricity until 2001 (equivalent
  cash value £600). This exciting
  offer is an additional benefit of the
  exclusive energy package...

• Drop-dead-gorgeous legs
  33

  Drop-dead-gorgeous legs
  occasion.
  To celebrate the relaunch of hosiery
  in Sainsbury's this autumn and winter
  season, Pretty Polly is
  offering Journal
  readers the
  opportunity to
  win one of 25 goody
  bags. Each one
  contains...

• SSA OFFERS
  34

  TWO GREAT THEME PARK AND FIREWORKS OFFERS FOR SSA MEMBERS
  AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS...
  Have a great day
  THE GREAT THORPE PARK
  Fireworks extravaganza: Saturday 24, Sunday 25,
  and Saturday 31 October, and Sunday 1...

• Long service
  35

  Long service
  Employees who have completed 25years' service:
  CAROL ADAMS, regional administration manager, Midlands
  region. BRENDA BAKER, checkout/replenishment assistant,
  Winterstoke Road. STEVE BASS, district manager,...

• Obituary
  35

  Obituary
  CHARLIE LUXON. 68, a process and validation clerk in the store charging centre at Streatham office, died after a short illness,
  on 18 September (4yrs). SANDRA SAMWAYS, 44, a provisions assistant at Grimsby, died after a...

• Retirements
  35

  Retirements
  (Length of service is in brackets)
  JUNE ALDRIDGE, meat assistant, Greenford (14yrs). COLIN
  ANDERSON, produce warehouseman, Hoddesdon depot (18yrs).
  VALERIE APLIN, kiosk assistant, Haywards Heath (8yrs)....

• Tricky trivia
  35

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

• Weddings
  35

  Weddings
  Our picture shows Wellingborough's senior fish assistant
  ROBERT LEWIS and branch personnel assistant CAROLINE
  SMYTHE celebrating their wedding which took place on 8
  August in Irchester, Northamptonshire. They spent...

• Golden years
  36

  Golden years
  With the JS Veterans Association celebrating its golden anniversary this year, the Archives
  takes a look back at how JS's pensioners first got together.
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  }( * *
  No dampened spirits on the first...