'Sainsbury's Journal', January/February 2005

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  In the news
  3 Third quarter trading update
  4 Bidding lines bring in
  £34.7 million
  5 Customer corner
  6 Baywatch success at
  Christmas
  8 Steam power
  20 Product tests
  Featui
  9 Lawrence Christensen
  interview
  10 New way of...

• Up Front
  02

  M M First of all, thank you once again for your
  M M hard work over Christmas and January. By
  now you will all have had the chance to speak to
  your store managers about our third quarter
  trading statement which also included...

• Christmas store working - it's a record
  03

  A record number of business centre colleagues
  volunteered for store working at Christmas. In total,
  1,584 colleagues pledged 5,066 days of help at
  396 stores.
  It wasn't just colleagues who volunteered in
  stores. Some...

• Quarter 3 trading figures announced
  03

  Sainsbury's has announced a
  third quarter trading statement
  in line with expectations, with
  lilfe-for-like sales down 1.2 per
  cent excluding petrol. Total
  sales growth for the quarter
  was up 6.1 per cent and was
  supported...

• Tsunami appeal raises £1.4 million
  03

  Colleagues and customers alike have been touched by the
  tragic tsunami disaster in south east Asia and thousands
  of people have donated money to the appeal through
  Sainsbury's.
  As the Journal went to press, more than £1.4...

• Another meaty award
  04

  Sainsbury's ended 2004 by
  beefing up the trophy collection
  with the title of Multiple Meat
  Retailer of the Year at the Meat
  Industry Awards. In addition.
  Taste the Difference Pork won
  the award for Best Retail
  Product.
  The...

• Back to Basics
  04

  Take a look at the Low Price range. It's
  got a whole new look and now there's a
  new name, too - Basics.
  The new Basics range has a funky new
  design. Using the Sainsbury's orange on
  a white background, the products...

• What am I bid? £34.7 million!
  04

  One of the key successes of Christmas trading was
  the store bidding process. The 12 products which
  were sponsored by Sainsbury's board directors
  brought in an extra £34.7 million of additional
  sales.
  The winning line was...

• Customer Corner
  05

  QWhy have you stopped your 5p-off promotion
  on petrol? It was one of the main reasons I
  used vour petrol stations.
  AWe understand your disappointment that ttiis
  promotion has come to an end. As with all our
  promotions, they...

• Fact
  05

  Sainsbury's has
  topped a yoghurt
  taste test in
  Reveal magazine,
  with farmhouse
  strawberry and
  clotted cream
  yoghurt scoring
  5/5, beating
  Asda, Morrison
  and Tesco Finest.

• Low and behold
  05

  You may have seen the adverts
  and customers have certainly
  noticed, shopping Is getting
  cheaper. Sainsbury's is
  continually lowering prices on
  over 6,000 everyday products
  without compromising on quality.
  Stores are...

• Thumbs up for new look
  05

  Your new-look Journal is
  proving popular with
  readers. Colleagues across
  Sainsbury's have written in
  to say how much they lik<
  the new look and find the
  contents much easier to
  read.
  Here's a sample of som~
  of the...

• Baywatch brigade clamps down on disabled parking misuse
  06

  An initiative at London Colney and
  St Albans stores has won rave
  reviews from Cliristmas stioppers.
  A team of special car park
  attendants - nicknamed the
  Baywatch brigade - had the sole
  task of monitoring parking bays
  for...

• Drive away a bargain
  06

  If you are looking to buy a new
  car, Sainsbury's Bank car
  purchase scheme, Drive, can
  offer you some fantastic deals.
  Sainsbury's Bank guarantees
  to beat the What Car Target
  Price on all makes and models.
  Target Price Is...

• Fact
  06

  Comic Relief

• Trust in your child's future
  06

  Sainsbury's Bank, in association
  with Family Investments, is
  offering a great new product to
  support the Government's
  initiative to encourage saving and
  help parents save for their
  children. It's called the Child
  Trust...

• Charities benefit from SSA lottery
  07

  Not only do SSA lottery
  members benefit each month
  by becoming winners In the
  monthly SSA lottery draw,
  but charities do too.
  Representatives from the
  two chosen charities Deaf
  Blind UK and Jubilee Sailing
  Trust were...

• Loyalty and long service celebrated
  07

  Two 25-year club annual long service dinners were
  held over two consecutive weeks at the Royal
  Lancaster Hotel in London.
  These were the biggest dinners held to date,
  bringing together long serving colleagues from...

• Say it with flowers
  07

  Two of the biggest floral events of the year
  are coming up - Valentine's Day
  and Mother's Day - so it's
  time to treat that special
  someone.
  And what better way to
  show your appreciation for the
  woman (or man) In your life...

• Fact
  08

  FACT
  Since Comic Relief
  began, the charity
  has made nearly
  6,000 grants worth
  more than £210
  million.

• Good enough to eat
  08

  Want something special for a
  celebration? Try Photocake.
  Photocake allows customers to
  personalise a sponge cake by
  taking a photo to store, which is
  then scanned, printed on to
  sugar paper, and stuck on to
  the...

• Steam power
  08

  There's a new range of
  17 Taste the Difference
  "steamer" products instore
  offering the taste
  and health benefits of
  fresh products but
  without the inconvenience of
  preparation.
  The packs contain fresh
  vegetables and fruit...

• Trolley good news
  08

  A new fleet of trolleys is
  coming to Sainsbury's - and it's
  good news for customers and
  trolley collectors.
  For customers, it's goodbye
  to wonky wheels as new easyrolling
  castors make the new
  modular trolleys easy...

• ''We can make this supply chain work''
  09

  Just a couple of months ago, Lawrence Christensen
  joined Sainsbury's as supply chain director. Since
  then, he's been tackling the company's supply chain
  problems. We caught up with him after the recent
  conference to bring...

• "If it's in the store, it's on the shelf"
  10

  A pilot scheme
  at Newbury store
  has produced
  fantastic results
  on availability Newbury was chosen as the store
  to pilot a new way of working
  between retail and the supply
  chain. Lawrence Christensen told
  colleagues more at...

• You're having a laugh
  12

  "Hair" it comes. 11 March is Red
  Nose Day so get "Reddy" for the
  most fun you can have in-store How far did you go for Comic
  Relief in 2003? Well, Sainsbury's
  is planning even more fun this
  year as, once again, we're...

• Food for thought
  14

  Our children are getting fatter.
  The number of overweight and
  obese children in the UK has
  risen steadily in the past 20 years
  and it is now estimated that up to
  15 per cent of children in the UK
  are affected with many more...

• Retail Eye
  14

  • Sharon Osbourne has signed up to be the
  new face of ASDA. The X-factor star will
  appear in seven adverts promoting healthy
  eating.
  • Meanwhile, actress Honor Blackman has
  been recruited as the new face of MARKS...

• Shining stars: Age is no barrier
  15

  It was just a normal day at
  Islington store when RBM Steve
  Potts paid a visit. John Harvey
  was doing his job, collecting
  baskets and helping out on the
  shop floor while chatting to
  customers.
  For John there was nothing
  out...

• Shining stars: Stars in their eyes
  15

  Congratulations to colleagues
  from Rye Park depot, who have
  all received Shining Stars
  awards: Sharon Jones, Roger
  Peart, Jan Collins, Nick D'Alton,
  Kevin Sexton, Graham Coppen,
  Liz Kennett, Shaun Flowerdew,
  Mel Matthews,...

• Shining stars: Top of the shops
  15

  Dronfield colleagues are top of
  the shops after winning
  400,000 Shining Stars points
  for their performance over the
  Christmas period.
  All stores achieving a three
  per cent sales increase between
  1 January 2004 and 9...

• Haydock delivers for charity
  16

  Haydock colleagues got
  together over Christmas to
  raise money for charity and
  deliver a Christmas to
  remember for local children.
  Colleagues on the early
  shifts donated TV and DVD
  players and toys to the
  children's wards...

• See Emily play
  16

  When caring colleagues at
  Great Yarmouth heard about
  brave six-year-old Emily Mia,
  they decided to help raise
  money for her plight.
  Emily needed £8,000 to
  buy a state-of-the-art
  artificial leg with proper toes.
  The Great...

• "We got on our bikes for Judith"
  16

  Christchurch colleagues cycled to
  the rescue of a Bournemouth athlete Christchurch colleagues got on
  their bil mile cycle ride to help a young
  Bournemouth swimmer attend
  the World Downs...

• Briefs
  17

  • GREAT YARMOUTH
  colleagues helped one of their
  customers celebrate her 100th
  birthday in style. Lily arrived at
  the store in a horse and carriage
  in time for a surprise party
  thrown for her by the store.
  • BAMBER...

• Come fly with me
  17

  Edinburgh nightshift worker
  Stephanie Wint decided to
  celebrate her birthday in style
  with a helicopter trip, but she
  had a spare seat so she
  decided to offer it to a
  complete stranger.
  She contacted her local
  radio...

• Oldbury colleagues take to the catwalk for Tu fashion show
  17

  Oldbury colleagues became
  supermodels for the day when
  the store held a Christmas
  fashion show.
  Store manager Chris Darby
  said: "The show highlighted the
  fantastic range of Tu clothing
  we sell in-store and pulled in...

• Tell Justin
  18

  The Tell Justin suggestion scheme goes from strength to strength. Ideas
  are continuing to pour in from colleagues across the business. Here are
  a couple that are making life easier for colleagues and customers Daryl Andrews,...

• Enjoy a good night's sleep
  19

  if you've ever suffered from
  sinus* problems, you will know
  that nasal congestion and
  pressure pain can prevent you
  from getting a good night's
  sleep. But you needn't suffer
  with your sinuses in silence.
  Lemsip has launched...

• Go to the movies with Cadbury Dairy Milk
  19

  Cadbury Dairy Milk is celebrating its 100th year
  in 2005, and would like to share it with you. As
  part of its Centenary it is planning a
  number of exciting activities, including
  its Two Seat campaign. This on-pack
  promotion...

• Product Tests
  20

  The wine and beer festival is coming to Sainsbury's in
  February. We asl taste some of the products and give us their verdict.
  Wines range from crisp, dry whites to big bold reds
  and all come...