'The Journal', June 2004

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• Contents Page
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  repayment of cash to 11
  shareholders
  how the sale of Shaw's will affect
  colleagues at Sainsbury's
  football's coming home 12-13
  Portugal 2004 is about to kick
  off - and Sainsbury's is part of the
  action it's got to be...

• Forward View
  02

  By Jean-Paul Barat, director of product
  quality and development
  Welcome to the June issue of the journal.
  As Euro 2004 kicks off, you can feel the
  excitement throughout the business as Sainsbury's
  proudly assumes the mantle...

• If I Were Boss
  03

  lile, smile, says Alan Swain, a
  Sainsbury's Bank representative in Poole
  We all raise a big smile when we have our photo taken
  for the family album don't we? It's a time when we want
  to look our best - presentable, happy and...

• More in Store from Morrisons
  03

  SAINSBURY'S HAS agreed to
  acquire 14 stores from Morrisons.
  Thirteen are Safeway branded and
  one is a Morrisons store.
  The stores, which have an
  average size of 30,000 sq ft, are
  primarily based in the Midlands and
  north of...

• Time to Concentrate on the Future
  03

  PRELIMINARY RESULTS forJ
  Sainsbury pic show sales from
  continuing operations up 2.4 per
  cent to £15,517 million and an
  underlying operating profit falling
  from £594 million to £590 million -
  all during a year of...

• Bell Stores Open at the Double
  04

  THE FIRST two Sainsbury's at Bells
  Stores have now opened at Peterlee
  In County Durham and BIshopsgarth,
  Stockton on Tees.
  The 2,200 sq ft Peterlee store was
  the first to receive Sainsbury's ownlabel
  products. The range...

• New Chef has Star Quality
  04

  JOHN WOOD has been appointed as Sainsbury's new
  executive chef. John, who has a prestigious Michelin
  star, will develop Sainsbury's high-quality ranges even
  further, bringing even better quality to all Sainsbury's
  food.
  Next...

• Retail Eye
  04

  the journal is keeping an eye on the
  retail world as reported in the national,
  trade and regional press
  Asda has announced a £400m expansion
  programme focused on extending existing stores.
  The company is investing in four...

• B A Fone Txt Champ
  05

  FANCY YOURSELF as a bit of a
  soccer know-it-all? Well, why not
  play Sainsbury's new mobile phone
  game, and test your football
  fortune-telling skills by predicting
  the scores of England's Portugal
  2004 games?
  Based around...

• It's a Team Effort
  05

  IT'S NOT only footballers who can
  prove themselves as world-beaters
  this summer. Store colleagues
  have the opportunity to succeed
  too.
  To recognise that success, and
  reward participation in the
  Portugal 2004 event,...

• The Perfect Delivery
  05

  SAINSBURY'S IS right behind the
  England football squad this
  summer.
  Since 1998 the company has
  been recognised as the FA's Official
  England supermarket. And to show
  its support during the European
  Championship, Sainsbury's...

• Bank on a Healthy Future
  06

  SAINSBURY'S BANK has launched a new health
  cover plan, offering customers an affordable scheme
  which gives all the benefits of private health cover
  at a price you can afford, with no medical required.
  Colleagues, friends and...

• Bites - We're Magnificent
  06

  bites
  WE'RE MAGNIFICENT!
  thejournal has
  won an Award of
  Excellence in
  Europe's biggest
  and most
  prestigious
  corporate
  communications
  competition.
  The British
  Association of
  Communicators
  in Business voted
  t/ie...

• Coming Tu a Store Near You
  06

  A NEW clothing range called "Tu"
  will come to 160 Sainsbury's stores
  in September.
  Sainsbury's has recruited a
  strong team of highly skilled
  designers to create the new label.
  The team has a wide range of
  experience from...

• The Byword in Style
  06

  THREE LEADINGdesigners have
  signed an exclusive agreement to
  develop and launch a new non-food
  range forSainsbury's.
  Cookware designed by Terence
  Conran, cut flowers and planted
  arrangements from Orlando
  Hamilton and home...

• 10,000 Prizes to be Won
  07

  10,000 prizes
  to be won!
  FROM 26 May until 11 July, every
  time you use your Nectar card,
  you'll receive an entry into the
  Great Nectar Giveaway prize draw.
  The offer is open to all
  Sainsbury's colleagues and
  customers -...

• A Hat-trick of Successes
  07

  THERE'S BEEN plenty to celebrate in
  Sainsbury's customer management
  and customer Careline departmentthe
  team has just come top of its
  annual mystery customer
  benchmarking exercise, for the third
  year running. The measure...

• Graduates are Flying High
  07

  THE LATEST "Top 100 High Fliers" graduate careers survey sees
  Sainsbury's in 20th position - aliead of Tesco, Asda and Waitrose.
  The survey, sponsored by The Times newspaper, interviews
  more than 15,000 final year students from...

• Access to All at London Colney
  08

  LONDON COLNEY store has been praised by St Albans District Council for
  its facilities for disabled colleagues.
  The store won a silver platter in the council's Civic Access Awards and
  was named Best Employer in the region.
  The...

• Baywatch Success for Thanet
  08

  CONGRATULATIONS TO
  colleagues at Thanet-the store
  is a finalist in the Baywatch
  campaign which aims to put an
  endtothemisuseof
  disabled parking
  spaces.
  The competition
  gives disabled
  people,their
  families and...

• Bites - Red Alert
  08

  bites
  RED ALERT
  To celebrate
  Tomato Week in
  May, Sainsbury's
  Introduced
  several organic
  varieties of
  tomatoes, which
  were almost on
  the brink of
  extinction.
  Customers could
  choose from the
  exotically-named
  Red...

• Mission Accomplished
  08

  THE FISHERMEN'S Mission is
  £25,104 better off-thanks to
  Sainsbury's annual donation. And
  it's a donation which has earned the
  company a commendation from the
  Government for being the
  supermarket which raises the most
  for...

• A Corking Idea
  09

  IT HAS frustrated wine drinkers for
  centuries - but Sainsbury's has
  now found the solution to corking.
  Working with cork
  manufacturer Sabate for the past
  two years, the company has
  developed a process which cleans
  cork of...

• Bites - Now Pets Can Bank On sainsbury's
  09

  bites
  NOW PETS CAN
  BANK ON
  SAINSBURY'S
  Sainsbury's Bank
  pet insurance has
  been recognised
  as one of the best
  policies available,
  by an
  independent
  market survey.
  The bank was
  awarded a fivestar
  rating forthe
  cover...

• By Royal Appointment
  09

  MILK PRODUCEDfrom the
  Queen's herd of Ayrshire cows,
  which graze parkland at Windsor
  Castle, is now on sale in
  Sainsbury's stores.
  The Royal family has been
  self-sufficient in milk, cream and
  butter for more than 150...

• Jamie Cooks Up New Deal
  09

  JAMIE OLIVER has Signed a new
  contract to extend his four-year
  relationship with Sainsbury's for
  another year.
  As part of his new contract,
  Jamie will front a new TV and radio
  campaign in which he will act as a
  "quality...

• Be Good to Yourself Just Got Better
  10

  TH E be good to yourself range now
  has40 new products, all specially
  developed to help people towards a
  healthier lifestyle and all perfect for
  summer eating.
  The principal aim of the range is
  to offer lower fat foods...

• Bites - In Mint Condition
  10

  bites
  IN MINT
  CONDITION
  Herb of the month
  for June is Apple
  Mint. Herb buyer
  Tristan Kitchener
  believes mint is
  synonymous with
  summer. "Apple
  mint is an exciting
  new herb for
  summer. It's
  really versatile,
  ideal for...

• Hot off the Press - Sainsbury's Magazine
  10

  Sainsbury's Magazine celebrates long
  days and holidays with recipes for a lazy,
  hazy summer
  Oh, we do like to be beside ttie seaside - and
  Sainsbury's Magazine has plenty of inspiration to
  satisfy appetites sharpened by salt...

• Smaller but Just as Sweet
  10

  NEW PICNIC-size melons which are smaller than regular melons but just as
  sweet, have come to Sainsbury's.
  The smaller Galia, Cantaloupe and Charentals melons come from the
  Almerian region of Spain where farmers are using a new...

• Repayment of Cash to Shareholders
  11

  How the repayment of cash will affect colleagues at Sainsbury's
  Do you own shares in Sainsbury's? Back in March,
  chairman Peter Davis announced that the company
  would return moneytoshareholdersfollowingthe
  successful sale of...

• Football's Coming Home
  12

  As the official supermarket of the England
  football team, Sainsbury's - like Sven and his
  squad - also has its eyes on a prize this summer You can hardly have failed to notice -
  Portugal 2004 is about to kick off
  and it seems...

• It's Got to be Perfect
  14

  Operational standards are top of the agenda
  at Sainsbury's and Perfect Day is helping stores
  to keep improving What's your idea of a perfect day?
  For customers, it's simple - they
  want a shopping trip that's easy
  and...

• Checkouts are doing it for themselves
  16

  Self-checkouts are transforming
  basket shopping by helping reduce
  queue times and free up colleagues
  other roles in-store • With 232 self-checkouts in 58
  stores, Sainsbury's has the highest
  number of self-checkouts...

• Express Yourself
  18

  cutting queues
  Gordon Robb, customer and trading
  support, Buchanan Galleries:
  As a Central store, we're extremely
  busy over lunchtlmes, when we
  tend to find people waiting in a
  queue for a simple Item such as a
  jacket...

• Cartoon
  19

  Believe me, my Dear, that bag is absolutely Necessary

• Quick Crossword
  20

  quick crossword
  •BDIKiBB
  ACROSS
  3. Light wood (5)
  9. Zodiac sign (6)
  10. In a state of ignition (2,4)
  1L Portly (5)
  12. Corrosive substance (4)
  15. Envoy, nnessenger, etc.(6)
  17. Temporal (7)
  19. Managed (3)
  20....

• Win Red Letter Days with Altu
  20

  in Red Letter
  Days with AItu
  AItu - the great new snack bar - is available in-store
  now in the healthfood aisle and forecourts for just 79p.
  For those looking for a healthy, great tasting snack,
  AItu is made with nutritious...

• Get Down with Vimto
  21

  With summer here, soft drinks will be flying off the shelves - and Vimto has given Purple Ronnie
  a D-l-S-C-0 makeover to celebrate.
  In addition, the drinks manufacturer has teamed up with the journal to offer one lucky
  reader...

• Robinsons Captures the Spirit of Summer
  21

  Robinsons, from leading soft drinks company Britvic Soft Drinks, is
  offering readers the chance to win one of eight garden games, to
  celebrate the launch of its biggest-ever promotion Capture the spirit
  ofsummer...
  This...

• Visible Health with Purina One
  21

  If you love your pet, they will love "
  you for feeding them new Purina
  ONE, a range of grocery-exclusive,
  super-premium cat and dog foods
  launched by Nestle Purina.
  Specially developed to
  benefit your pet - both inside
  and...

• Bunny Raises Money
  22

  COLLEAGUES AT Rye Park depot organised a raffle during
  an open day to collect money for the Richard House
  Children's Hospice. Pictured above with the giant bunny
  prize are (I to r) Kevin Phypers, Terry Jacobs, Dean
  Quintan and...

• Catwalk Models
  22

  THIRTEEN COLLEAGUES at Keighley strutted their
  stuff on the catwalk to promote the new season's
  goods in the general merchandise range. Customers
  loved the fashion show - and were especially pleased
  to see the store using...

• In Brief
  22

  Congratulations to OLDHAM,
  which received a letter of thanks
  from COCKERMOUTH customer
  Elaine Tudor for making her
  parents'60th wedding
  anniversary so memorable. When
  the store found out about the
  couple's special day,...

• Up for the Cup
  22

  MIDDLESBROUGH ENJOYED celebrating its
  football team's first major trophy In 128
  years after their victory In the Carling Cup
  against Bolton Wanderers. The store was
  given the opportunity to parade the trophy
  and allow...

• Alice Finds Nemo
  23

  Fl VE-YEAR-old Alice Hann was the winner of Apsley Mills' Finding Nemo
  raffle, which raised funds for Hemel Hempstead Children's Ward. Up for
  grabs was a four-foot Nemo, and the raffle collected £500, which was
  used to buy...

• Celebrity Helps Kids
  23

  GMTV ANCHORMAN and former
  Oldham Evening Chronicle reporter,
  John Stapleton, was back in town to
  support the NSPCC's Oldham Safe
  Child Scheme. Oldham store
  participated in the launch of the
  scheme, which Involves...

• Clocking In
  23

  LOCAL HERO Nicholas Cohen, who is 1st
  Pudsey Scout Leader when he's not
  worl department at Leeds White Rose, is
  pictured (far left) with other members of
  his group presenting colleagues at...

• Marathon Man
  23

  JODY RODGER, a regional sales
  manager in region 1 for
  Sainsbury's Bank, has run the
  most rewarding race of his life -
  raising money forCancer
  Research UK - by completing the
  London Marathon. Jody, who
  used to compete at a...

• Using their Heads
  23

  THE ELEVENTH annual SSA quiz final was bigger
  and better than ever before, with 41 teams
  competing from all locationsthroughoutthe
  Sainsbury Group.
  The final was held in March at the
  International Hotel, in London...

• 15 Minutes with...The Packaging Design Team
  24

  Taking time out from their busy schedules, the
  packaging design team spoke to the journal about
  how they'd like to work with Rolf Harris! In a nutshell, what does the
  packaging design team do?
  We create clear, exciting...