'The Journal', October 2001

Table of content

• Contents
  02

  features
  waste notr want not 7
  Sainsbury's teams up with
  the Salvation Army
  great British food 8-9
  on tlie menu
  the Taste of Regional Britain
  range is coming instore
  Holborn, here we come! 12-13
  The big move from Blackf...

• Forward View
  02

  ... from board director of HR and IT,
  JohnAdshead
  October 2001 will be an important date in the company's
  history. It will see the move of 2,400 colleagues out of
  Stamford Street, Sainsbury's home for over a century, to
  a new...

• Bites - Shoe Box Appeal on Hold
  03

  bites
  SHOE BOX APPEAL
  ON HOLD
  The shoe box
  appeal, which
  provides Christmas
  gifts in a shoebox
  for children in
  Eastern Europe, will
  not be goinq ahead
  this year due to the
  foot-and-mouth
  crisis. The
  countries...

• Calais colleagues switch to euro
  03

  1 JANUARY 2002 is a red-letter day for Calais colleagues
  it's the day the euro becomes the national currency of
  France.
  It may be three months away, but plans are already far
  advanced. "We've installed new software, converted...

• If I were boss
  03

  Chris Cunningham, senior salad bar
  assistant at Calcot Savacentre, gets the
  chance to rule the world this month.
  The first thing I would do if I were boss would be to order
  a complete review into available warehouse...

• Sara Cox, Radio One DJ, was filming in the Ladbroke Road store
  03

  Sara Cox, Radio One DJ and TV
  presenter, was filming in the
  Ladbroke Road store in August
  for her new series on Sl(y One
  called S/ng/eG/r/s.
  The series aims to find dream men
  for four girls. Sara was fronting a
  programme...

• Bites - More POS Units for Sainsbury's Bank
  04

  bites
  MORE PCS
  UNITS FOR
  SAINSBURY'S
  BANK
  SAINSBURY'S Bank
  is to be boosted with
  a further 40 stores
  receiving
  permanent point of
  sale units before
  Christmasbringing
  the total
  number of stores to
  over 60....

• Employee commitment on the up
  04

  THE LASTEST Talkback figures show the
  employee commitment index - the main
  measure of the survey - is up two points to
  62 per cent.
  More good news is that 89 per cent of
  respondents believe that Sainsbury's is
  focused on...

• New look for Sainsbury's Bank
  04

  SAINSBURY'S BANK has a new colourful and vibrant look -
  and it's instore now. The new visual identity brings Sainsbury's
  Bank closer to Sainsbury's Supermarkets in its look and feel.
  "We've made our sales literature as...

• Plug for environmentally friendly car
  04

  THERE'S A new battery-powered car on the streets of
  London thanks to Sainsbury's. The clean, quiet and
  cheap-to-run vehicle has been lent to selected London
  stores for light home deliveries.
  Mayor of London Ken Livingstone...

• Naked chef goes walkabout
  05

  JAMIE OLIVER dropped in to help two stores
  celebrate their success in achieving the best
  Tasfe the Difference sales uplift in the
  company.
  Debden and Coldhams Lane colleagues
  gave the celebrity chef a rock-star welcome as he...

• Safety on the agenda
  05

  SAINSBURY'S IS supporting
  a Europe-wide campaign to
  reduce tlie number, and
  severity, of accidents in the
  workplace, by holding
  Accident Reduction weeks
  throughout October.
  The Healths. Safety
  Executive (HSE)...

• Sainsbury's on parade
  05

  THE GALAS (Gays and Lesbians at Sainsbury's) group - as part of Sainsbury's
  commitment to Equality and Diversity - represented the company at the
  "Gay Fest" celebrations, held In Manchester over August Bank Holiday weekend.
  The...

• Welcome on board
  05

  Glyn House, employment brand managerand
  secretary to the Group staff council writes...
  FOLLOWING ELECTIONS instore, at central
  departments and in the supply chain, a new Group
  council has been formed.
  I am delighted to...

• Art to you shortlist announced
  06

  THREE ART galleries at Leeds, Norwich and
  Southampton have reached the first-ever
  shortlist for the new £150,000 Sainsbury's
  Art to You award.
  The three shortlisted projects are:
  Leeds City Art Gallery: Something of
  the...

• Ninth year of Pictures for Schools
  06

  THE FOUR paintings for this year's Pictures for Schools
  have now been chosen by Professor Sir Christopher
  Frayling, rector of the Royal College of Art.
  The paintings - The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein
  the...

• Sister cities
  06

  f/iejourna/continuesitslookatSainsbury'sand
  Shaw's stores in towns and cities witli the same name
  Enfield,
  Connecticut
  Enfield was actually part of
  Massachusetts until 1749, when
  it was annexed to Connecticut.
  Dutch...

• Waste not, want not
  07

  Sainsbury'shas
  justteamedupwith
  the Salvation Army
  in a bid to reduce
  food wastage. Doesn't it seem a shame that many
  retailers throw away tonnes of
  edible waste every year - and yet
  some people are going hungry?
  Now...

• Great British food on the menu
  08

  This autumn Sainsbury's
  is celebrating great Britisin
  food. There is new point of
  sale material highlighting
  British products and a
  new traditional ready
  mealrange-theTasfeof
  Regional Britain. Both aim
  to show customers...

• Bewitching Halloween treats
  10

  GET READY to be bewitched this IHalloween, on
  31 October, by Salnsbury's new hauntlngly huge
  range of spooky delights.
  Some of the wicked treats include the
  terrifylngly tasty Devil's Pumpkin Mash - a dish
  of mashed potatoes...

• Dressing up for winter
  10

  LOOK OUT for Jeff & Go's new autumn/winter collection in selected
  stores now. The collection builds on existing strengths and delivers
  an exciting new range of high guality men's and women's clothing
  and accessories. Designed...

• Meals to go stateside
  10

  LOOK OUT for a new American food range in store! These
  mouthwatering dishes are a perfect way to turn a night at
  home into an American extravaganza!
  A treat for all the family, the new range offers a
  fantastic mix of all your...

• Passionate about food
  11

  With autumn now
  wellandtrulyupon
  us with colder
  weatherand darker
  evenings, British
  food really comes
  into its own. The essence of cooking is to make a
  nourishing, tasty meal from a
  few good, simple ingredients
  and come...

• Holborn Business Centre heralds a new era
  12

  The big move is on this
  month as over 2,400
  central colleagues cross
  theRiverThamesin
  London tothe new
  Business Centre in the
  heart of Holborn.
  When the journal went to press, final
  preparations were being put in...

• Christmas - just around the corner
  14

  It's only three months to Christmas now and thousands of people across Sainsbury's
  are already working flat out to make sure every single store has an extra special
  atmosphere this year - sparkling with festive spirit. Each...

• Heart-warming news from Coleraine
  16

  COLERAINE COLLEAGUES
  have been working hard for
  Sainsbury's charity of the year -
  the British Heart Foundation.
  The team pushed a hospital
  bed around the scenic causeway
  coast of Northern Ireland - a
  distance of 22 miles....

• Jump for joy
  16

  PATTI STANLEY, replenishment assistant at King's
  Lynn, is a real high-flyer. She has raised £1,000 for
  her local hospital with a sponsored skydive from
  13,000 feet.
  Patti is known as the store's champion
  fundraiser- always...

• MacQuillan makes money for Macmillan
  16

  WHEN BASINGSTOKE
  engineering supervisor, Bob
  MacOuillan completed 40
  years' service, he chose a
  mountain bike as his gift. Since
  he had not ridden a pushbike
  for 40 years, this seemed a bit
  optimistic! However, not to be...

• Marathon effort
  16

  OLIVER BROWN, grocery manager
  at Hornchurch, took part in the
  London Marathon and raised £2,600
  for the National Meningitis Trust with the help of penny back donations
  from stores across the district and colleagues at...

• A grand total
  17

  BRAINTREE
  COLLEAGUES raised
  £1,000 for local
  Farleigh Hospice
  from the penny back
  scheme. Wendy Lee,
  store manager,
  MervynChilverand
  Valerie Beaumont
  presented the cheque
  to corporate fund
  raiser, Jane Harbour.

• Abseil-utely mad
  17

  NORTHAMPTON CHECKOUT manager, Marion Whay
  went over the top when she decided to raise money for
  Cancer Research - she abseiled down the head office
  building at Blackfriars.
  "I found it pretty scary, but the team spirit...

• From glad rags to riches
  17

  KING'S HEATH went kid crazy
  and got all dressed up to help
  Birmingham Children's
  Hospital's Glad Rags day.
  Six colleagues dressed as
  characters from children's books,
  raising £400 during the day.
  ALU DRESSED UP... Ann Shaw...

• Fundraising's a piece of cake
  17

  LORDSHILL COLLEAGUES raised
  a massive £1,534.23 for Cancer
  Care by baking and selling cakes.
  They also had sponsored bowls
  and darts matches, a bad hair day,
  a sponsored silence and the day
  security guards had their...

• His boots are made for walking
  17

  WHEN NICK Fletchertransferredfrom
  Armagh to his new store at Ballymena,
  he decided to walk the 75-mile journey,
  raising money for charity along the
  way.
  "When Nick found out he was
  leaving us, he said he didn't want...

• Wheely great
  17

  FIVE STORE managers got on their bikes and took part in the
  London to Brighton cycle ride - raising money for the British Heart
  Foundation.
  A big well done to those pictured below left: John Walker now
  store manager at...

• Express yourself
  18

  a greener world
  Stephen Hitchens, car park
  customer service assistant,
  Archer Road:
  I'm writing to you concerning an
  idea I've had relating to our haulage
  and logistics. Sainsbury's, like most
  other companies, seems to...

• Cartoons
  19

  Sorry, no mate. It's Bert Sanesberry's. Best little chippy in Yorkshire

• Salient points
  19

  frozen fingers
  P Henley, night shift, Streatham Common:
  Lately, colleagues and I on the night shift seem to
  be having difficulty getting protective clothing. I
  work on the freezers, andmyfriendson provisions
  have been...

• A sound investment
  20

  WARWICK STORE held a free prize draw to support a recent
  promotion on Robinsons Fruit Drinks.
  Pictured presenting the first prize of a mini hi-fi system
  to the winning customer, Mrs Boyle, is grocery manager,
  Andy Parry ALL...

• Braintree shows off its wares
  20

  BRAINTREECOLLEAGUES
  designed and put together a stand
  at this year's Halstead
  International Food Fayre.
  The stand featured displays of the speciality range,
  Organics and speciality ales, alongside a range of
  outdoor eating...

• Going for gold
  20

  SUNDERLAND'S ANGELA Brown represented |
  Great Britain in the amateur world master
  judo championships for veterans in Phoenix,
  Arizona, this summer, winning three gold
  medals and one bronze.
  Sunderland supported Angela, a...

• Pictures of health
  20

  SAINSBURY'S STORES across the
  country joined forces with local schools
  to run a health and safety painting
  competition, in which pupils were asked
  to produce posters drawing attention to
  dangers in the worl^place.
  And it was...

• The wiz at Whitechapel
  20

  WHEN SAINSBURY'S supported two weeks of theatre
  workshops in Hackney, Whitechapel store got its very own
  perfornfiance of The Wiz by the cast of the Hackney
  Empire - causing guite a buzz a the checkout.
  Twenty local children...

• And the winner is...the Mighty Cherry
  21

  ,a new sandwich on the menu
  ks to local schoolgirl, Natasha
  HANKRIDGEF
  atJ'sRestaure
  Bibby.
  Natasha woTHmHHHHPIRe a sandwich
  to be sold in the restaurant. Store manager, Tony
  Gregg, tasted several sandwiches before deciding...

• Blind ambition
  21

  REGION 11 held an away
  day organised by regional
  business manager,
  Andrew Coull.
  Three teams of
  store managers
  had to work out the
  best way to
  transport their
  blindfolded team
  leaders from one
  end of Fanhams
  Hall...

• Groundhog day at Burnley
  21

  I they moved to their new store down the road. The loyal
  colleagues had been at the opening at the original store 17
  years before - in 1984.

• It's a small world
  21

  IRIS LETMAN from Warwick store thought she'd
  got away from it all when she travelled all the way
  to Zante in Greece for her summer holiday.
  Imagine her surprise when
  she visited a restaurant and
  realised she was chatting...

• Learning online
  21

  HAYDOCK DISTRIBUTION Centre joined in with
  National Learning At Work Day to raise the profile of
  adult learning and to encourage more people to take
  up some form of learning activity.
  More than 150 colleagues attended the...

• June competition winners
  22

  Winning the £25 crossword is R Clark at Camberley. The £10 wordsearch goes to
  K BIythe at Buntingford.
  For a list of the winners in the rest of the competitions featured in the June issue,
  please send an SAE to the journal at...

• Lurpak spreads cash joy
  22

  TO CELEBRATE the launch of Lurpak Lighter Spreadable, {he
  journa/and Lurpak are spreading a littlejoy themselves, by
  offering readers the chance to win £500 cash!
  Lurpak Lighter Spreadable - this year's major new
  product...

• Quick crossword
  22

  ACROSS
  7. Thoroughfare(6,7)
  8. To pain (8)
  9. Want (4)
  lO Gap(6)
  12. Reparation (6)
  14. lrksomeness(6)
  16. Pass(6)
  18. Individual identity (4)
  20. Disinclinedtospeak(8)
  22. Premier(5,8)
  DOWN
  1. Bog (8)
  2. Small flower...

• Solutions to September wordsearch and crossword
  22

  Across: 1 Miss; 8 Now and then;
  9 Complete; 10 Lose; 12 Assess;
  14Toiled;15Absent;17innate;
  18 Team; 19 Ribaldry; 21 Improbable;
  22 Rant.
  Down: 2 Impossible; 3 Snap;
  4 Owners; 5 Intent; 6 Stallion;
  7 Once; 11 Stentorian; 13...

• Wordsearch
  22

  FIND the missing word in our grid
  and complete the film title.
  L Encounters
  oftheThirdKind
  2. Noon
  3. and Away
  4. Circuit
  5. Big Man
  6. The Crystal
  7. The Friday
  8. Some like it
  9. A Day's Night
  10. The Sleep

• Fare comment - Roast Salmon in jalapeno honey sauce
  23

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• Win one week's holiday in Cornwall
  23

  Central Vacations Limited and the journal are offering one lucky readerthe ctiance
  to win one week's luxury accommodation for two adults and two children at the
  renowned Tregenna Castle Hotel, Golf and Country Club in St Ives,...

• All hands on deck
  24

  Redditch has seen an increase in sales due to a fire in the
  local Tesco but, more importantly, it was made possible by
  colleagues working together across the business to
  ensure stock availability and extra staff coverage...

• Blooming marvellous
  24

  Bretton customer Bev Bates wrote in prai
  the guality of cut flowers: "My husband
  bought two dozen roses in yellow and peach to
  celebrate our silver wedding anniversary. Over three weeks later, I
  still have eight of the yellow...

• First class first aid
  24

  Sainsbury's veteran Jim Campbell, collapsed with
  pneumonia while shopping at the East Mayne store in
  Basildon. He wrote to thank the store for the help and
  attention he received.
  "Thank you for the assistance given to me. I...

• Happy birthday
  24

  Chester customer Grace Jones celebrated her 102nd birthday in sty le thanks to
  Sainsbury's. The store baked a special birthday cake and sent flowers, too.
  The old lady's niece, Ruth Callaway, wrote to the store: "Thank you for...