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  • Contents 02

    features
    shopping forthe 21st century 10
    Sainsbury's new-look home-delivery service
    broadening the nation's taste 12
    the Foods Of The World category gets tastier
    MP standard flying higher by the minute 14
    Sainsbury's...

  • If I were boss... 02

    Enjoying being the boss this month is
    AngieMcErlane, manager of supply
    chain accounts at Streatham office...
    I would start by insisting that every colleague who doesn't work in a
    store should spend at least two weeks working...

  • Bites - Ready meals hit winning streak 03

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    READY MEALS
    HIT WINNING
    STREAK
    Sainsbury's
    overtook Marks &
    Spencer in the
    ready-meals
    market over
    Christmas and
    January, and
    soared ahead on
    Chinese dishes
    over Chinese New
    Year.
    According to
    figures...

  • Directorate changes shape under new chief executive 03

    ALL CHANGE... New group chief
    executive Sir Peter Davis rings the
    changes from the top.
    A number of changes at director level have been
    announced following the arrival of Sir Peter
    Davis on 1 March as group chief executive....

  • Green index names Sainsbury's as top food retailer 03

    J Sainsbury pic has been named leading food retailer in this
    year's Index Of Corporate Environmental Enqaqement
    And Performance published by Business In The
    Environment. The company also ranked seventh out of the
    76 FTSE100...

  • Reopening day is kids' stuff 03

    Sainsbury's first Kids Shop has just opened for business in the newly
    extended Kiln Lane store in Epsom, Surrey.
    A move on from the Adams Childrenswear and Early Learning toys
    section, which opened in West Hove last year, the...

  • Obituary: Sir Robert Sainsbury 1906-2000 04

    Grandson of the
    company's
    founders and
    chairman from
    1967 to 1969, Sir
    Robert Sainsbury
    died in London
    on 2 April. Robert James Sainsbury, or
    "Mr RJ" as he was known at
    Sainsbury's, joined the family firm
    in 1930 as a...

  • E-commerce link-up will improve supply chain 05

    Sainsbury's is the first UK retailer to siqn up to the global business-tobusiness
    on-line exchange for the retail industry, GfobalNetXchange.
    The exchange was launched by Sears, from the US, and France's
    Carrefour, and is to...

  • Produce sales to produce prizes for you 05

    Thanks to a special produce sales
    incentive, thousands of pounds'worth
    of vouchers are up for grabs each
    guarter to spend on goods and services
    from companies such as Debenhams,
    Go Fly Limited, HMV and M&S. And all
    stores...

  • Ready, steady, open! 05

    Fern Britton, presenter of BBC2 TV's
    Ready Steady Cook programme,
    reopened the refurbished London
    Colney store last month which has been
    transformed from a Savacentre into a
    supermaket.
    The store now boasts the...

  • A taste for all regions 06

    Did you know that a staggering 31 per cent of the nation's vodka is
    drunk in Scotland and Lome Sausage is always part of the weekly
    shopping? Or that in Northern Ireland, Soda Bread is a must?
    These are just some of the results...

  • Bites - Supporting Euro 2000 06

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    SUPPORTING
    EURO 2000
    Sainsbury's is
    getting right
    behind the England
    football team for
    Euro 2000, which
    runs from 10 June
    until 2 July. As the
    Official England
    Supermarket, and
    one often sponsors
    of the...

  • Sainsbury's hosts Opportunity Now seminar 06

    Sainsbury's hosted an "open door" visit at Blackf riars on 6 March for people associated
    with Opportunity Now - the organisation which promotes fair and balanced employment
    practices. The event gave visitors the chance to learn...

  • Win tickets to MODE 06

    Ten journal readers have the chance
    to win a pair of tickets to MODE
    The Contemporary Home Show,
    to be held at the Business Design
    Centre in Islington, London, from
    1-4June.
    MODE brings together the very
    best stylish and...

  • Drive away in a Mazda MX-5 07

    This summer you could be driving
    around FREE in a Mazda MX-5 -
    thanks to the journal's competition
    with Sainsbury's Bank Drive.
    All you need to do is fill in the
    entry form below saying why you
    should be driving a Mazda MX-5...

  • Big business afoot for socks and hosiery 08

    The new summer ranges of
    children's and men's socks,
    and women's hosiery are now
    available instore.
    A special target this year is
    f to attract customers who buy
    f their groceries from Sainsbury's
    but their socks and hosiery...

  • Bites - Piping in the haggis sales 08

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    PIPING IN THE
    HAGGIS SALES
    Red Bank Road
    increased haggis
    sales by more than
    1,400 per cent
    during a district
    competition held
    around Burns'
    Night.
    A piper, who
    played at regular
    intervals, and
    haggis...

  • Le Saux's fleece and shirt are up for grabs 08

    Pupils at a primary school in Bath were given a
    lesson of the footballing kind by England
    international Graeme Le Saux after winning
    an instore leaflet competition run as part of
    Sainsbury's official sponsorship of...

  • Under-25s to help SSA events come of age 08

    The types of events best suited to helping younger colleagues work together and have
    fun were discussed at Fosse Park store in Leicester recently. The move followed a
    request from SSA members aged under 25.
    Chaired by Fosse...

  • Bites - Good for your heart 09

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    GOOD FOR
    YOUR HEART
    Isle of Wight store
    linked up with a
    local health club
    during the store's
    Be Good To
    Yourself promotion
    to show how good
    the range can be
    for a healthy heart.
    The venture was
    very...

  • Blunkett gives away one millionth book 09

    Sainsbury's Bookstart
    has now given away
    more than one million
    free books to babies
    across the UK. David
    Blunkett, Secretary of
    State for Education, is
    pictured handing the
    one millionth book to
    Jessica Corker and...

  • Staff councils speed uniform roll-out 09

    The roll-out of the new-look Sainsbury's uniforms is to be
    accelerated following huge, positive feedback from
    colleaguesat local staff councils.
    The new timetable for the roll-out aims to have the
    uniforms in all stores by...

  • Win a break in Bristol 09

    Feel like getting away from it all and having a relaxing
    break right in the heart of one of Britain's liveliest
    cities?
    City Inn Bristol and the journal are offering one
    lucky reader the chance to win a weekend break for
    two...

  • Sainsburys to you - shopping for the 21st century 10

    Home delivery has come a long way since its origins in the
    early 1900s when lads rode about on bikes. The service has just
    moved into the 21st century in a big way with the relaunch of
    Orderline as "Sainsbury's to You"-and the...

  • Broadening the nation's taste 12

    According to
    some, there are
    only two types of
    great English
    cooking. Chinese
    and Indian!
    Whetherthat's
    true or not, there's
    no doubting the
    nation's passion
    for exotic dishes.
    A passion that
    Sainsbury's
    updated Foods...

  • Win a luxury weekend for two...or a Pataks Indian hamper 13

    accompaniments is offering one
    lucky journal reader a weekend for two at any
    Marriott Hotel of their choice (excluding London
    and Hanbury Manor).
    The prize includes two nights' luxury
    accommodation with breakfast and evening...

  • IiP standard flying higher by the minute 14

    In 1997, a target was set for Sainsbury's to gain the Investors in People standard
    every location by the end of 2000. Now, not a week passes without at least one
    location achieving liP - bringing the company ever closer to its...

  • Central departments take centre stage 16

    information sharing
    on snares
    My department - the share schemes
    department - is not one to rest on its
    laurels. Following our success in the
    ProShare awards (see February's
    issue), we are planning a series of
    roadshows and...

  • Contacting your correspondent 17

    If you know of something newsworthy in
    your neck of the woods, contact the
    correspondent nearest you and make
    sure journal readers hear about it. Or
    you can contribute directly to the
    journal by using the contact details...

  • Famous faces party at Stockton 17

    A special appearance was put in at Stockton
    Savacentre's staff party by the "Spice Girls" with
    supporting acts "Boyzone" and Geordie Dawes, aka
    security team leader Gary Wilson. Viewers of BBC's
    Shooting Stars show will...

  • Express yourself 18

    provide an inside guide
    Phil Bass, regional operations
    manager, central region:
    On a recent holiday in the
    United States, a friend - who
    hates shopping in
    supermarkets - commented on
    a simple but effective idea.
    The...

  • Cartoons 19

    I hope you Sainsbury's people aren't superstitious!

  • Salient points 19

    the value of loyalty
    Pat Merrie, Ann Morris and Irene Brettle,
    Southport Homebase:
    The new Homebase long-service award starts
    from April 1989, but we started eight weeks
    before that and are not going to receive it.
    There are...

  • Computer reward for life-saver 20

    Louise Evans, a first-aider at
    Alphington Road store, came to the
    rescue of colleague Chris Hargreaves when he suffered a heart attack
    instore late last year. She popped an aspirin - which thins the blood -
    under his tongue, a...

  • Liverpool store welcomes Everton striker 20

    Liverpool's East Prescot Road store entertained
    a famous footballing face when Everton striker
    Kevin Campbell was filmed there as a mystery
    guest for a recent edition of BBC's A Question
    Of Sport programme.
    According to store...

  • Lorra love for lovely old lorry 20

    Alan Charles, a retired driver from Buntingford
    depot, kept a loving eye on an ex-Salnsbury's
    Atkinson lorry after it was sold to a travelling fair
    in 1983.
    But by 1996, the vehicle was in very bad
    condition and was bought by...

  • Ripley spice it up 20

    To help celebrate its success - in line with
    the Way We Work principles - Ripley store
    held a party featuring a specialappearance
    by the "Spice Girls". Showing off his talents
    as Baby Spice is senior duty manager Pete
    Hill...

  • Stars come out for district party 20

    Terry Wells' latest annual district party is already the stuff of legend
    after it was mentioned, not only on the Pepsi Chart and CITV, but also
    on Radio One's Zoe' Ball Breakfast Show (before Zoe' left).
    About 1,600 colleagues...

  • Braintree's funds benefit hospice 21

    Braintree store has been fund-raising over the past
    few months for the local Farleigh Hospice and raised
    an impressive £1,000. Presenting the cheque to
    the hospice's Steve Razell are: (I to r) Denise Perrin,
    Yvonne Raven and...

  • Cat in a flap 21

    A cat had a lucky
    escape after
    travelling several
    miles underthe
    wing of a car before
    a customer at
    Chichester store
    heard her meowing
    inside the vehicle in
    the store's car park.
    Two members of
    the customer
    service...

  • Fancy a party at Fareham? 21

    Farehamis
    celebrating its 25th
    birthday with a
    party on Saturday
    25 November.
    Tickets are free, and
    anyone who has
    ever worked at the
    store is invited.
    If you're
    interested,please
    phone 01329
    287721, and ask
    for Helen...

  • Hempstead brings sunshine to nursery 21

    Hempstead Savacentre raised funds
    throughout 1999 for the Variety Club Of Great
    Britain and used the money to buy a Sunshine
    Coach for The Woodlands Special Needs
    Nursery in Gillingham, Kent.
    Duty manager Peter Limbert is...

  • Joanne's success on a platelet 21

    Lancaster can boast it employs the youngest platelet
    donor in the country with student worker Joanne
    Pearcy.
    Joanne was featured in her local newspaper as
    part of a campaign to recruit donors. She has been
    giving blood for...

  • Ken aids Zimbabwe project 21

    Ken Dixon, warehouseman at Charlton depot, together with his wife Maureen,
    spent five weeks in Zimbabwe last year helping the Ameva Work Project - a
    Christian farm and school for nearly 800 pupils. Their priority was to...

  • Coke gives your child a chance to lead England 22

    Coca-Cola is offering one lucky reader's child the chance to lead out the
    England team in its match against Germany in the Euro 2000 football
    championship. But hurry as your entry needs to be in by Monday 8 May.
    Coca-Cola is an...

  • Quick crossword 22

    ACROSS
    1.3-D viewer (11)
    9. Intimidate (3)
    10. Rot (9)
    11. Mischievous (5)
    13. Narrated (7)
    14. Make more wealthy (6)
    16. Satisfy (6)
    18. Greed (7)
    19. Dulcet (5)
    20. Showed (9)
    21. Hawaiian garland (3)
    22. Former...

  • Solutions to March's wordsearch and crossword 22

    1. Flute
    2. Drums
    3. Saxophone
    4. Harp
    5. Piano
    6. Violin
    7. Guitar
    8. Cello
    9. Trumpet
    lO.Sitar
    Across: 1 Vary; 3
    Assemble; 9 Liberal;
    10 Tress;11 Disintegrate;
    13 Twinge;15 Divest;
    17lmpermanence;
    22 Hilarity; 23...

  • Wordsearch 22

    THEM bones, them
    bones... Can you find
    the medical names for
    these bones? Words are
    written horizontally
    and vertically, but not
    diagonally or backwards.
    bones
    1. Shoulder blade
    2. Backbone
    3. Chest bone
    4. Shin...

  • Fare comment - Chicken Spinach Stilton Toast 23

    Be a spring-chicken lover with this toasty recipe... JWP •
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    INTO PAN OF BO/UNO
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  • Hear! here! 23

    Orange Just Talk offers you:
    No hidden service charge
    No expiry date on top-up vouchers
    Calls can cost as little as 5p per minute
    International calls from the UK cost at least 20 per cent
    less than BT's standard...

  • January competition winners 23

    Winning the £25 crossword prize is
    Andy Beaven at Uxbridge business
    centre. The £10 wordsearch prize goes
    toBGilesatKempshott.
    Racing off tothe British Grand Prix
    weekend at Silverstone were
    Richard Hill, Meadowhall;...

  • Up and under with Novon 23

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    quins Rugby Club,
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    ou need to be as
    If and send your
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    e to enjoy a rugby
    uins play against
    Loftus Road on
    , the lucky winner
    andHarleguins
    Harlequins...

  • Customer comments 24

    never a nuisance
    Stanway customer Sukie Simpson
    writes:
    I would like to commend the way you
    deal with customers with disabilities.
    I have MS and find shopping extremely
    tiring, but the cashiers are always
    very helpful...

  • Guildford keeps cool in a crisis 24

    Guildford colleagues came to the rescue when two
    customers were coincidentally taken ill on the same day,
    atthesametime.
    While supervisor Pauline Jones and cashier
    Annette Taylor helped one woman who needed
    to be taken to...

  • Human touch 24

    A little boy's wish to have a Bug's Life
    cake for his fifth birthday nearly came
    unstuck when Haywards Heath stopped
    stocking them.
    But thanks to the store making a few
    phone calls, a cake was found at East
    Grinstead and...

  • Tea sales go Dutch 24

    hen a former Halifax customer living in Hoi
    as unable to find his favourite tea in
    utch shops, he wrote
    store and asked
    ne PG Tips to be ~^y
    )him.
    Store manager
    Anthony Clegg duly
    •bliged, paying th°
    ostage and...

  • The hottest L-shape in town 24

    stocks make nobody's life taste better, but Nev
    duty manager Steve Horrill has found one way to
    ise the time they leave a hole on the shelf - by
    nganL-shapered.
    -A by the SABRE system,
    warehouse assistants...

  • Weedon Road keeps the party jumping 24

    Following a special request from her
    daughter, Weedon Road customer Mrs
    Aggarwal went in search of a birthday cake
    like one she'd bought two years before.
    But no stores in the Northampton area had
    anything like...