'JS Journal', January/February 1999

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Contents
  Company news including stories on:
  3 The best thing since sliced bread
  3 Sainsbury's Bank's favourite stores
  4 Products with Red Nose value
  4 Bar coding Sainsbury's assets
  5 Hew Environment Report
  5 Health...

• From the editor
  02

  From the editor
  We're going Red Nose crazy in the
  Journal office, trying to come up
  with fund-raising ideas for Comic
  Relief. Assistant editor Jon
  Carpenter suggested an office
  swear box. I didn't catch what
  everyone...

• Albert Hall booked for choir competition
  03

  Albert Hall booked for choir competition
  The finals for the Sainsbury's
  Choir of the Year competition
  in 2000 will be held
  at the Royal Albert Hall. The
  decision was announced by
  Lord Sainsbury of Preston
  Candover KG at the...

• Bank deposits £4,000 with its top-performing stores
  03

  Bank deposits £4,000 with its top-performing stores
  Sainsbury's Bank has awarded
  over £4,000 to 17 JS and
  five Homebase stores. Each
  store received £200 for being
  a top performer in terms of
  account acquistion,...

• 'Best thing since sliced bread'
  03

  'Best thing since sliced bread' Without fear of failure, anyone can dish
  up a prime salmon fillet in a creamy
  white wine and chive sauce,
  with spiced new potatoes,
  broccoli florets and leeks.
  All for just £3.99. In advance...

• Council convenes with new reps
  03

  Council convenes with new reps
  Marketing, the millennium,
  the regional restructure and
  disability were some of the
  issues discussed by the
  Group Staff Council when it
  met late last year.
  Delegates were also
  treated to a...

• Assets to be bar coded
  04

  A scheme to bar code the 160,000 pieces of equipment - or
  assets - in Sainsbury's supermarkets and Savacentres is now
  beginning to roll out company wide after a successful trial. Bar codes will be
  attached to each asset in...

• The 1,700 days of Christmas
  04

  The 1,700 days of Christmas
  In this year's store working
  scheme, 1,006 colleagues
  from central departments
  and the districts put an extra
  1,700 working days into JS's
  front-line operation over die
  busy Christmas period....

• What a Comic Relief
  04

  What a Comic Relief
  Sainsbury's is the only retailer
  selling red noses this year,
  thanks to an exclusive link-up
  with Comic Relief. A staggering
  4.8 million red noses,
  900,000 badges, and 200,000
  car noses have been...

• News at ten
  05

  NEWS AT TEN Ten bite-sized stories to get your teeth into. 4
  Swan song - one novel idea from
  SWAN CAKE
  Swan-shaped meringues, were
  one of the highlights of
  Aberdeen store's customer focus
  evening, held by...

• Aberdeen invests in people
  06

  Aberdeen invests in people
  Aberdeen JS has become
  the first supermarket in
  Scotland to receive the
  Investors in People award.
  The store, the northernmost
  JS supermarket
  (Inverness Homebase is the
  northernmost...

• Dressed for success
  06

  Dressed for success
  Jamie Walton, Rob Bacon (right),
  Sharon Bernard and (far right)
  Michelle Baker from Clapham model
  Paul Costelloe's creations. A new uniform for.
  colleagues at Sainsbury's
  Supermarkets,
  totally redesigned...

• News in brief
  06

  Recipes to go on file
  A Sainsbury's Fresh Recipes
  binder that allows customers to
  collect and conveniently file
  recipes is now available in- The fresh recipes binder.
  store. The A5 binder is also
  conveniently colour coded to...

• Group-wide
  07

  Group-wide
  Here's our regular round-up of what's been going on across the Group... SAINSBURY'S
  SUPERMARKETS
  FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT
  As part of Fairtrade Fortnight,
  which runs from 1 to 14 March,
  Sainsbury's will be...

• Writelines
  08

  Have your say
  Discount
  don't count
  Maureen Jackson,
  checkout/replenishment
  assistant, Bishop's
  Stortford:
  Un 28 August there was a
  promotional day at the
  recently converted Homebase
  in Bishop's Stortford at which
  they...

• Branch opening—Leeds
  10

  Leeds
  Leeds' new store is part of an existing shopping
  centre that has been redeveloped. A location swap
  on site has meant that an old Comet store was
  knocked down to build a new Homebase, the old
  Homebase made way for the...

• Homebase opening—Finchley Road
  10

  Finchley Road
  Finchley Road Homebase is part of the same centre that
  now houses London's largest JS store (covered in last
  month's Journal). The store boasts the first Dulux
  design studio which assists customers with...

• Branch opening—Brighouse
  11

  Brighouse
  Brighouse's new Country Town
  format store is situated right on the
  banks of the Calder Hebble canal. In
  addition to the store's 236 parking
  spaces, there are two boat
  moorings alongside. So far there
  have been no...

• Homebase opening—Irvine
  11

  Irvine
  Irvine store is a replacement for the
  old rebadged Texas. It forms the first
  phase of the major development and
  extension of the Riverway retail park.
  Since the new store opened, sales
  have increased by around 30%,...

• Branch opening—Alphington Road
  12

  Alphington Road
  Alphington Road replaces the Exebridge store. Formerly a British Telecom
  maintenance depot and a regional service centre for the Ministry of
  Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the site on the outskirts of Exeter...

• Branch opening—Arnold
  12

  Arnold
  Arnold's new store is situated
  on a 17-acre site which, when
  fully developed, will include
  housing, a residential-care
  home, several industrial units,
  and a pub and restaurant. The
  area was formerly the location
  of...

• Branch opening—Attleborough
  12

  Attleborough
  Attleborough attracted plenty of attention even before it opened,
  when a laser beamed into the night sky to publicize the new store
  was mistaken for a UFO by local residents!
  Attleborough, a Country Town format...

• Branch opening—Armagh
  13

  Armagh
  Armagh's mayor and mayoress team up for the grand opening with store
  manager Sandra Derbyshire (centre), systems clerk Gareth Irvine and health
  and beauty assistant Eva Moore.
  David Ferguson and Terry McLaughlin know no...

• Branch opening—Chipping Ongar
  13

  Chipping Ongar
  Chipping Ongar is the first small Country Town
  store, at only 10,000 sq ft. And, with only nine
  months from signing the contracts until
  opening, one of the quickest ever to be opened
  by the property...

• Marking the Millennium
  14

  Staff councils were presented with over 1,000 ideas last year on how the Sainsbury Group should mark the millennium. The ideas were for both long-term
  schemes and ways of partying. The result is three millennium projects:...

• How rewarding can one card be?
  16

  As the Reward Card adds clothes, videos,
  electricity, burgers, and fish and chips to
  its range of benefits, the Journal offers
  you a quick guide to exactly what Britain's favourite loyalty card is offering the customer.
  How...

• Easing the way
  17

  Rustington store has become a test bed for a host of
  features designed to make shopping easier for customers
  with disabilities. The tests are all part of JS's commitment
  to providing opportunities for people with...

• Food of love
  18

  Just in time for
  Valentine's Day, comes
  Sainsbury's Tomato and
  Cheese Pasta Hearts
  (£1.69). Treat your loved
  one to a romantic Italian
  dinner for two with a dish
  of these tomato-flavoured
  heart-shaped pasta
  parcels...

• Love's a souper feeling
  18

  A Valentine's Day gift with
  a difference is Sainsbury's
  new Chocolate & Orange
  Fresh Valentine's Soup
  (£1.79). Specially made to
  get you in the mood for
  love, Valentine's soup
  includes chocolate, orange
  zest, orange...

• Meals in minutes
  18

  Meals in minutes
  As part of the Fresh 'N' Ready range, Sainsbury's has launched Meals in Minutes. The four meals are Pasta Pomodoro
  (£1.79), Spicy Risotto (£1.79), Pasta A La Creme (£1.89), and Mushroom Risotto (£1.89). All...

• Polish up any act
  18

  Polish up any act
  To keep surfaces in tip-top shape, Sainsbury's
  now offers the multi-surface polish Dust &
  Shine (£1.05). The polish cleans without
  smearing and is available in two fragrances -
  Lemon and Meadow...

• A real honey bunch
  19

  A real honey bunch
  The first ever National
  Honey Week began
  on 1 February, and
  Sainsbury's has the
  perfect sweetener for the
  event - the new World of
  fjjfi Honey range. Divided into
  clear and set, the eight
  honey pots...

• Are you game for something special?
  19

  Are you game for something special?
  Sainsbury's Speciality
  Poultry range offers you
  the chance to impress
  friends and family with a
  gourmet meal that might
  include duck, quail, or
  guinea fowl. Seven brand
  new lines have...

• Bright bulbs idea
  19

  Bright bulbs idea
  Homebase has added a new Low Energy range to
  its own-brand light bulbs. This range of compact
  fluorescent bulbs is not only designed to use less
  electricity, but also to last on average eight times
  longer...

• Cooler salad days
  19

  Cooler salad days
  Sainsbury's new-concept microwaveable salad is
  perfect for all those wanting a warm and healthy
  alternative to the usual winter fare. The Fresh
  'N' Ready Warm Eating Salad (£1.59) includes a
  green leaf...

• And, what's more...
  20

  And, what's more...
  On the Children in Need
  theme, WIGSTON's store
  manager dressed tip as Po
  from Telelubbies, whilst his
  colleagues played Cinderella
  and her friends on the way to
  raising £531. HOMEBASE
  TIVERTON raised...

• BBC calls on Sainsbury's Bank call centre
  20

  BBC calls on Sainsbury's Bank call centre
  The Glasgow Call Centre of Royal and
  SunAlliance, which
  administers Sainsbury's
  Bank Home Insurance and Pet Insurance, helped out
  on Children in Need night
  by dedicating the...

• Jason, you're nicked
  20

  Jason, you're nicked
  Our picture is evidence of
  Hanley's dry goods deputy
  manager, Jason Parry, being
  nicked during the Christmas
  period. The arrest was,
  however, all for a good cause.
  The Royal National Institute for
  the...

• Whose side are Durham, Bamber Bridge and Liphook on?
  20

  Whose side are Durham, Bamber Bridge and Liphook on?
  ... ii
  Last year, Durham's produce
  manager, Paul Kane, and
  colleagues decided to give a
  Changing ffooms-style
  makeover to a bathroom and
  hairdressing cubicle area at St...

• Camberley bats for local ping-pong ace
  21

  Camberley bats for local ping-pong ace
  Camberley store has stepped in to help local lad
  Scott Salmon fulfil his dream of representing
  England at table tennis at the Special Olympics in
  North Carolina in June. Unfortunately...

• Custard's last stand
  21

  Custard's last stand
  Rugby's store manager Dermot Gerrarc
  seems to be enjoying his custard bath,
  which helped the^tore raise an
  impressive £§,000 for Children in Needy

• Only 24 hours from Edinburgh
  21

  Only 24 hours from Edinburgh
  Four colleagues from Bexhill
  accepted a challenge from
  the cerebral palsy charity
  Scope to leave Bexhill on
  Friday 27 November and
  arrive in Edinburgh by noon
  on Saturday 28 November,
  having...

• Welsh golfers notch up win
  21

  Welsh golfers notch up win
  Unknown to most, JS
  holds its own version
  of the Ryder Cup-in
  Colin Treacher's district.
  The Severn Cup is
  contested annually
  between six branches in
  Wales and 12 in England.
  Wales came out
  on...

• West Green's up for the cup
  21

  West Green's up for the cup
  The FA Cup came to West Green, Crawley in order to
  raise funds for the Crawley Open House and
  Resources Centre, which helps the homeless in the
  area. Customers and colleagues at the store had...

• Meningitis appeal counts on you
  22

  JS and Savacentre stores across the country joined forces in October to raise money for the National Meningitis Trust's Every Second Counts
  Appeal. With events as different as tug-of-war and head shaving, awareness of the disease...

• Earn your store a share of £17,500 with Febreze
  24

  Earn your store a share of £17,500 with Febreze
  The ultimate in odour elimination is here with Procter & Gamble's
  launch in all JS stores of Febreze, a unique fabric refresher spray that
  safely eliminates all kinds of odours...

• Go digital with Fish & sauce
  24

  Go digital with Fish & sauce
  Young's is set to
  revolutionize the way consumers eat fish with the launch of its exciting new Fish &
  sauce range. Together with the Journal, Young's is offering one reader the chance
  to enter a...

• Promise of beer
  24

  Promise of beer
  Caledonian Brewery and theJS Journal have teamed up to offer readers
  the chance to win a case of the award-winning organic ale Golden
  Promise, currently available in 250JS stores at £1.65 per bottle.
  ENTRY...

• The £25 crossword and £10 wordsearch
  25

  Famous personalities crossword CLUES
  ACROSS
  1. The most famous Queen
  of Egypt (9)
  6. Former Amateur golfer
  who starred in The Open
  last year (6,4)
  7. Kris Kringle is one of his
  other names (5)
  9. Boxing's 'The Greatest'...

• Long service
  26

  Long service
  Employees who completed 25 years' service during January:
  STEVE BIRD, transport manager, Basingstoke depot. JANET CLEEVER,
  checkout/replenishment assistant, Maidstone. ADRIAN CROSS, deputy
  manager, fresh foods,...

• Obituary
  26

  Obituary
  WALLY BORRETT, 66, meat assistant at Coreys Mill, died suddenly on 4 January (2yrs). DAVID DEWEY, SO, warehouse operative at Basingstoke depot, died
  suddenly on 1 December (28yrs). SANDRA HODGE, 37, deli counter...

• Retirements
  26

  Retirements
  ANN BAKER, cook, Swadlincote (8yrs). KAZIMERA BARTOSIAK, restaurant
  assistant, Portsmouth (20yrs). MAUREEN BEAUGIE, confectioner, Bracknell
  (16yrs). KATHLEEN BEAB.EY, staff restaurant assistant,...

• SEPTEMBER COMPETITION WINNERS
  26

  SEPTEMBER COMPETITION WINNERS
  Winning our £25 crossword prize is R BAILEY, a veteran. Our £10
  wordsearch prize goes to MAUREEN FIELDS at Fairfield Park.
  Jetting off to Futuroscope in Poitiers, France with Microban is...

• Weddings
  26

  JANE TEE, merchandiser of curtain
  fitments, and IAN PREEDY, site
  assessment (both at Homebase central
  departments), married at The Rose
  Vale hotel in St Agnes, Cornwall on
  28 November, Jane and Ian met while
  working at...

• Win 3 Vespa for Comic Relief
  26

  Win 3 Vespa for Comic Relief
  The Red Nose fund-raising kit.
  If you fancy the chance to look cool with your locks flowing in the
  wind as you race down the street on a brand new Vespa Moped,
  then get your store, office or depot...

• SSA OFFERS
  27

  TRAVEL CLUB
  ABTA
  Save time and money when
  booking your holiday
  rift
  IATA
  Now's the ideal time to book your summer holiday. And the central SSA is
  delighted once again to offer the best possible deals-not just for...

• History goes high tech
  28

  Thanks to its new Virtual Museum on the Internet,
  the Sainsbury's Archives is now able to give the world
  access to items from one of Britain's leading retail
  history collections.
  Qvirtual museum exhibiting the company's...