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features
don't be shy about talking back 8
the fourth employee-opinion survey
tasting times 10
the drive for Quality comes alive
charity champs 12
fab fund-raising stories
regulars
news 3-7
express yourself 14
down your... -
If I were boss...
02
Trying the boss's shoes for size this
month is Darnley shift manager,
Graham Logan...
First on the list is Sainsbury's Bank. Why not give all colleagues
encouraging terms to keep their savings there? I'd advertise... -
Bites - Cracking breakthrough
03
bites
CRACKING
BREAKTHROUGH
A simple, natural
process has been
developed by
Sainsbury's food
technologists to
produce the UK's
first in-shell
pasteurised eggs.
The technology
eliminates the
salmonella
bacteria and... -
Creative retailers capitalise despite car-park closure
03
Guildford town centre store faced a possible 10-15 per cent drop in
trade last year when the local multi-storey car park closed for 18
months, leaving shoppers with no nearby parking.
But takings are actually up 12 per cent... -
New savings account generates great interest
03
The end of this month sees the launch of a new savings product
from Sainsbury's Bank - the Sainsbury's Bank Direct Saver.
Designed to be an easy way to let savings grow, Direct Saver
offers a highly competitive interest rate -... -
The council convenes
03
Group Staff Council (GSC) representatives met with directors and
central project managers in July for the biannual meeting of the
Group Staff Council.
The day-long council meeting included presentations in the
afternoon from... -
Logistics and transport students take right turn
04
Sainsbury's and The Institute of
Logistics and Transport (ILT) are
working with Understanding
Industry (Ul) to raise awareness
of the transport and logistics
industry among young people.
Ul introduces young people to... -
Sunderland makes special delivery
04
charity. Trainee manager Craig Beauman, who
now supervises the project, said: "We started
supplying groceries in May and now provide up
to 150 standard products - everything apart
from frozen foods.
"Colleagues designed an... -
Win £1000 First Choice Vouchers
04
Spread the
good news...
...independent clinical trials confirm
that no spread is more effective in
reducing cholesterol than Flora pro.activ
to help maintain a healthy heart
f^LOP-^ has created a breakthrough with new
Flora... -
Bites - AGM proves lively
05
bites
AGM
PROVES
LIVELY
The Annual General
Meeting on 26 July
attracted 650
guests to London's
Queen Elizabeth II
Centre.
Chairman Sir George
Bull opened the
meeting before
handing over to
group chief... -
Futuristic lorry enjoys historic outing
05
Sainsbury's made its first appearance at the historic Cart
Marking event in London this summer - the ancient tradition of
licensing vehicles to deliver in the City, which takes place before
the Lord Mayor.
Since 1517, the... -
Homebase backs fire-safety campaign
05
FIRE THWARTER... The
10-year smoke alarm is
available in all Homebase
stores.
Homebase is supporting the Home Office's new firesafety
campaign "Make your plan. Get out Alive".
The campaign aims to help reduce the thousands... -
Novon sales drive takes to the road
05
The new Novon 2 in 1 detergent with fabric conditioner took to the
road recently when it visited 15 stores across the UK, ending up at
Castle Boulevard, Nottingham, on 5 September.
The roadshow was titled the Novon Fragrance... -
Wakefield walks the talk
05
has come up with an innovative way
he need to take customers to the
han just point them in the right
as identified at customer
• vups and raised at Wakefield's si
anqe Action Team (CAT) meei!
by duty manager Gary... -
Bites - Manchester sells in Liverpool
06
bites
MANCHESTER SELLS
IN LIVERPOOL
The new instore food
sampler at Liverpool's
Rice Lane store is the
aptly named John
Manchester.
He's already become a
focal point for shoppers
and generated much
positive... -
On the healthy-eating menu...
06
A number of initiatives over recent weeks have demonstrated Sainsbury's
commitment to healthy eating. For example, this month sees the launch of Healthy
Heart Store Tours, organised by Sainsbury's and Van den Bergh Foods... -
Win a case of wine from down under
06
Australian wine producer Rosemount Estates is running an exclusive
promotion in Sainsbury's stores on two new products - GTR and
Cabernet Merlot. And two cases of each are up for grabs in the
competition below.
The Cabernet... -
Bites - New supplier code to build relationships
07
bites
NEW SUPPLIER CODE
TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS
Colleagues who deal with
suppliers are being
encouraged to read
Sainsbury'snew
Suppliers Code of
Practice.
Sainsbury's Is the first
UK supermarket to
formalise its... -
Get on the Chums set
07
chums, the chance to be part of the live studio
audience of SMTV:Live- the Saturday morning
children's ITV show hosted by Ant, Dec and Cat Deeley.
The exciting prize is courtesy of the makers of AMBROSIA SPLAT!
Custard, which... -
New stores open in Brum, London and Cardiff
07
The new store opened on 29 July in Castle Vale,
Birmingham, is the largest Sainsbury's in the West
Midlands and represents the largest investment
made by the company outside London.
Home to almost 11,000 people, Castle Vale is... -
Security week on the cards
07
Card Security Week runs from 18-23 September. During this week,
many retailers and banks will promote fraud-prevention messages
to the public through a variety of channels. If you hold any form of
debit or credit card, the... -
Shirley surely shines in school's eyes
07
Shirley store came to the aid of Redbridge Primary
School after it was burgled for the sixth time.
it was eight-year-old pupii Jade Eikins, who made an impassioned
plea for help to Shirley, saying the school had "not a single... -
Don't be shy about talking back
08
With talkback4 just around the corner, the journal
looks at some of the points to come out of the last
employee-opinion survey. The results from talkback3 have
affected management policy across
anumberof key areas.
At a local... -
Tasting times
10
Encouraging colleagues to try Sainsbury's products first hand is bringing big customer
benefits, the journal visits two stores holding their own Quality roadshow for colleagues,
to find out whether the best form of advertising... -
Bags of quality
12
Beaconsfield customers, Mr and Mrs
Summerson, are involved in a unique way of
recycling Sainsbury's carrier bags to raise
money for charity. They crochet them into
toiletry bags, carrier-bag holders,
pencil cases and... -
Clitheroe collects for care centre
12
Colleagues at Clitheroe held a
sponsored pancake race around
the store, raising £310 for Holly
Hospice, a respite care centre
for sick children in Blackburn.
Joanne Creighton is
pictured (centre) presenting the
cheque to... -
Kings Heath goes ape for hospital
12
Colleagues at Kings Heath dressed up in all manner of
clobber on the store's Glad Rag Day, held in aid of
Birmingham Children's Hospital.
The picture left shows checkout assistants Janet
Wilkes and Gill Rickerby barely... -
Slimmers shed weight for hospital
12
A charity slim at Arnold store has
collected £285 for the Millennium
Millions Appeal, which is raising money
for a new breast-screening unit at the City
Hospital, Nottingham.
Twenty-three colleagues participated
in the... -
Toy Story comes true in Wirral
12
Three stores in Wirral - Ellesmere Port, Upton and Birkenhead -
are involved in raising funds for the Scanner Appeal for a Million
(SAM) at Arrowe Park Hospital.
As part of the appeal, the stores joined forces, with
managers... -
Where's yer troosers?
12
Colchester Avenue held a Wrong Trouser Day and raised
almost £1,000 for Cardiff's Heath Hospital.
For £1, colleagues could wear either fancy dress or
wrong trousers, and buy a bucket of water to soak a
manager in the pillory... -
East Mayne enjoys silence of the lambs
13
East Mayne's Melanie Collins and Lisa Randall are pictured
with store manager Paul O'Connor during their sponsored
silence for the Essex Air Ambulance appeal.
Dressing appropriately, Lisa and Melanie had to be as
silent as... -
Jackie races for hospice
13
ieHendrie, customer
ervice supervisor at
Shrewsbury, ran in this
's London Marathon,
Dieting the run in an
essive four hours and
:n minutes.
Equally impressive is
the £682.61 she raised for
the Shropshire and Mid
Wales... -
Packing pupils raise a packet
13
Acklam Grange School
sent a letter of thanks
to Middlesbrough
after ten of its Year
Eight pupils raised
money for charity
through bag packing
at the store.
The group
collected £400 for the
Butterwick... -
Perton's abseil-utely fabulous
13
Perton store has been
pretty busy lately. First,
five colleagues abseiled
down Trinity House in
Birmingham and raised
more than £500 for
Childline.
Two weeks later, a team
including Louise Fletcher,
Adam Blakemore,... -
Trolley races raise lolly
13
Three teams from stores in the south east entered
the Great Trolley Race at the Imperial War Museum in
Duxford, organised by The Grocer magazine.
The competing teams were the Apsley Mills All
Stars, Winchmore Hill Racers and a... -
Express yourself
14
personnel passe?
Hugh Lawson, cold store
warehouse assistant,
Ladbroke Grove:
If personnel functions are being
downgraded from personnel to
line management, what is the
point of a personnel
department?
Many colleagues... -
Cartoons
15
Can you hover over there and see where I've left my car?!!
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Salient points
15
Nigel Gower, USDAW shop steward, Bexhill:
Why is it, when a wages overpayment is made,
the company repayment rate is higher than the
hourly earnings rate? Yet when an
underpayment is made, there isn't an
additional payment... -
Cut to the heart
16
A colleague from Perton proved it's a heartshaped
world we live in when she reportedly cut
open a melon she was eating and was met with
this bizarre shape. -
Doncaster does it best
16
Colleagues at Doncaster
Homebase are pictured
presenting a cheque for
£7,588.30 to Guide
Dogs ForThe Blind.
The money was
raised by colleagues
and customers at the
store. SUBLIMECANINES...
Working guide dogs
line up at... -
Don't shoot the DM
16
nice!
David Ware, district manager, took
his store managers and district
team on a paintballing away day as
part of developing the Way We Work
principles, particularly with
reference to "we develop and enjoy
ourselves", "we... -
Forestside at the ready for Red Cross
16
Forestside store is doing great work in raising
funds for the Red Cross on an ongoing basis.
Toys, groceries and even lost-property items
have been donated to the charity over the past
months.
Charity co-ordinator Adrienne... -
Happy with the nappies
16
Streatham Common store brought a bit of nappiness to St
George's Hospital Maternity Unit when duty manager Colin
Campbell - who has since moved to Wandsworth - presented
the unit with a number
of Sainsbury's
Performers... -
Lee Green goes in for assault
16
Lee Green store
entered three teams
into the Assault
Course Challenge,
held at the Royal
Artillery Barracks in
Woolwich recently.
All proceeds from
the event went to the
Cancer Research
campaign and the 11
colleagues... -
Nice to see Lee, to see Lee - nice!
16
Oldham store manager
Lee Taylor will soon
be appearing
onyourtelevisionin
Bruce Forsythe's The
Price is Right.
The show was filmed in
May, but will be broadcast
sometime during the
current series. Obviously
it's top... -
Broadcut brings cheer to hospice
17
Colleagues at Broadcut raised funds for
the Rowans Hospice in Portsmouth
through a bring-and-buy sale and
sponsorship money for checkout
manager David Thomas' London
Marathon run. PTM Jenny Pound is
pictured with David... -
Chorister hopes for sound performance
17
Ross Birkenshaw, sound and entertainment assistant
at Locksbottom, has made it through to the semi-finals
of the Sainsbury's Choir of the Year competition as a
member of the London Gay Men's Chorus (LGMC).
The LGMC is becoming... -
Durham's day out
17
Durham took members of the area's Disability Leisure
Group on a fun day out to a local farm to feed the
animals and ride the tractors as part of the store's Side
By Side project.
While at Hall Hi
Farm, colleagues
presented... -
Knockout act at Leeds Savacentre
17
Leeds Savacentre has taken part in its third annual It's A Knockout
competition to raise money for Imperial Cancer. Sofar, the store
has collected more than £5,000 for the cause.
Getting customers jumping up and down with... -
Still slim after all these years
17
Diana Rogers, a part-time
cashier at Broadcut store, is
becoming a bit of a regular in
the Weight Watchers
magazine. After her first
appearance in 1996, Diana
has now been featured in the
June 2000 issue.
Diana was... -
West Hove's pennies pay for hospice
17
West Hove store
manager Steve
Woodrow has
presented a
cheque for
£3,000 to the
Leo House
Children's
Hospice Appeal
run by the
Brighton Lions.
The money was
raised through
the store's Penny
Back scheme.
The... -
Quick crossword
18
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Terror(6)
Wildly rash (6)
Trouble (13)
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On high (5)
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Pier (5)
Pure(5)
Release (7)
Copy (13)
lngenious(6)
In the mind... -
Solutions to July/August's wordsearch and crossword
18
Major
McEnroe
Cleese
Constable
Kennedy
Steed
Carre
Hurt
Lennon
Across:
1 Scarlet fever;7 Later; 8 Hedge; 9 Inn;
10 Misguided; 11 Thrush; 12 Stigma;
15 Concerned; 17 Egg;18 Thing; 19 Upset;
21 Near relative.
Down:
1... -
Win a "For Georgia's Sake" pack from Pure Organics
18
a "For Georgia's Sake"
pack from Pure Organics
"For Georgia's Sake" from Pure Organics is a range of frozen,
convenience food for everyday use that's safe, unadulterated and
organic. It's in selected stores and the good news... -
Wordsearch
18
CAN you match these
American cities with
thestatestheyarein?
Words are written
horizontally and
vertically, not diagonally
or backwards.
THECITIES
1. SaltLakeCity
2. Miami
3. Denver
4. Detroit
5. Boise
6. Honolulu
7.... -
April/May competition winners
19
Winning the £25 crossword is Edward Mealing at Stockton Savacentre.
The £10 wordsearch prize goes to Geraldine Law at Fallowf ield.
Packing for a weekend break for two at any Marriott Hotel of their choice thanks
to Pataks... -
Fare comment - Spaghetti Carbonara
19
You don't hasta be a pasta master to follow this simple spag recipe.. INSAUEP WATER
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UNTIL PASTA IS HOT
SPRINKLE WITH
CHOPPED... -
Passionate about food
19
This month, company innovation chef Steve
Parkins comes up with something to do with garlic
that will take your
breath away... Here's a quick, yummy way with garlic
that gives you all the flavour, without
enlivening your... -
Top-class entertainment
19
Paramount and the journal are offering you the chance
to win either one of ten Rugrats videos or five Top Curt
DVDs.
Who can forget the movie that turned Tom Cruise
into a major heart-throb and star of the screen? The
great... -
Customer comments
20
heartfelt than
Bletchley customer Jackie Clir
I would like to offer my heartfelt
thanks to two of your staff, who g
me so much assistance and moral
support when my sister fell over in tht
carpark.
The two young men took... -
Diamond service turns up ring
20
n Northwich customer Mrs Evans lost her
nond ring in Cheshire store, colleagues rose
lallenge of finding the tiny piece of
v and searched all the areas where it
search was fruitless initially, but next
I Dudley discovered the... -
Steve's a TV star in his own lunchtime
20
own lunchtime
Mrs Dawes was convinced the television she
bought from St Clares' store was faulty, so she
contacted the store's electrical section assistant
manager Steve Furze. Dismayed at the news, Steve visited
Mrs Dawes... -
Thornhill colleagues deserve a medal
20
Customer Tom Kelly and his wife ran into a bit of bad luck
when they were collecting Millennium Medalsat Thornhill
store for their disabled son. At the height of the promotion,
they were both taken into hospital, leaving them... -
Wedding request bears fruit
20
ien a couple asked Ripley store to provide
orative fruit bowls for their wedding-brea....
)les, colleagues Lynne Newton-Taylor and Sue
ngdon jumped at the opportunity.
They spent hours of spare time improving their
owledge at...
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