'Sainsbury's Journal', April 2005

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• Contents Page
  02

  In the news
  3 Triple success in Grocer 33
  Yourn
  5 Kelly Holmes signs up for Active
  Kids
  6 Egg-cellent results for
  Convenience
  7 Chart CDs for just £8.99 online
  iiiriMflimvM ™
  15 Fresh to cook meals come to
  117...

• Up Front
  02

  Welcome to the April Journal.
  hope you all had an enjoyable Easter,
  and are looking forward to the warm summer
  months.
  On 24 March we announced our fourth
  quarter results to the city. Your managers will
  have spoken to you...

• Fact
  03

  Sainsbury's sold
  more than four
  million reed
  noses (during
  Comic Relief and
  £6.5 million
  was (donateid to
  the charity. The
  event (delivered
  an estimated
  0.3 per cent extra
  like-for-like sales
  in quarter 4.

• Grocer 33 - it's a hat-trick
  03

  Proof that availability is improving
  comes from The Grocer. The
  magazine has voted Sainsbury's as
  Top Store for three weeks out of
  four.
  First to achieve the top slot was
  Market Harborough. Store
  manager Chris Dix said his...

• Quarter four sales up
  03

  Sales for quarter four show an
  improving trend with total sales
  up 7.2 per cent (5.4 per cent
  excluding petrol). Like-for-like
  sales (adjusted for Easter) were
  up 3.7 per cent (1.7 per cent
  excluding petrol).
  Chief...

• Fudge is In Pole position
  04

  Taste the Difference fudge is on its way to the
  North Pole. The fudge has been chosen as one
  of the provisions for the Ultimate North polar
  expedition and will provide much-needed fuel
  for the journey.
  Expedition leader Tom...

• Haydock colleagues return to learning
  04

  Haydock depot has reo|
  learning centre In a bl^
  colleagues brush up o#
  skills.
  In partnership with unions
  TGWU and USDAW, Sainsbur^
  has Installed £11,500 of ne
  computer equipment, and i
  90 colleagues have enrolle
  courses...

• Whole lotto luck
  04

  Want to win the Lottery? Then buy your ticket from
  Sainsbury's!
  Sainsbury's is building a reputation as a lucky
  store for customers taking a flutter on the Lottery.
  Firstly, Jackson's store in Aniaby, Hull, sold a £3
  million...

• Fuel of good ideas
  05

  Northern Irish stores have
  joined forced with the
  Northern Ireland Cancer Fund
  for Children to help families of
  young people undergoing
  treatment for cancer with
  financial help for travel costs.
  The charity's Road...

• Kelly signs up for Active Kids
  05

  Double Olympic gold medallist
  Dame Kelly Holmes is the face
  of Active Kids, Sainsbury's
  programme to encourage
  healthy eating and provide
  schools with vital equipment
  and training so that Britain's
  children can exercise...

• Ruaridh serves up success
  05

  A recipe developed by a 15-yearold
  schoolboy has been turned into
  a Be Good To Yourself ready meal.
  The dish has soared straight into
  Sainsbury's best sellers list and will
  soon be available in all...

• Customer Corner
  06

  QYou had a lot of offers in
  your stores relating to
  St Patrick's Day this year - why
  don't your stores celebrate
  St George's Day (April 23)?
  ASt Patrick's Day and St
  George's Day are both
  important events in the...

• Egg-cellent results for Convenience
  06

  It's been a cracking Easter for
  Convenience stores, especially
  Locals - sales of Cadbury Creme
  Eggs have increased by 300 per
  cent since last year
  Simon Stokoe, operations
  manager - Convenience, explained:
  "Last year we...

• Rwandan coffee's full of beans
  06

  Limited edition packs of
  Rwanda Maraba Bourbon
  coffee carrying the Comic
  Relief logo went on sale at
  Sainsbury's in February until
  the end of April.
  The coffee, from Union
  Coffee Roasters, has helped
  rebuild the lives of...

• Chart toppers at rock bottom prices
  07

  Now you can get even better value on online CDs
  and DVDs from Sainsbury's.
  With chart CDs for just £8.99 including
  delivery and new and best-selling DVDs from
  £11.99 including delivery, Sainsbury's prices are
  line with - if...

• Ernest clocks up 58 years
  07

  Remember the days when
  colleagues sliced up the cheese
  and ham and served customers
  over a marble-topped counter?
  Ernest Rabbitt certainly does.
  Ernest joined Sainsbury's in 1947
  and is still going strong 58 years
  later,...

• Fresh study reveals health of the nation
  07

  Fresh study reveals
  health of the nation the south coast town eat 13 per cent
  more fresh fruit and vegetables than
  their rivals. But the biggest surprise
  came from Glasgow. The city, once
  famous for the deep-fried Mars...

• "We need to listen to colleagues even more"
  08

  New retail director Ken McMeikan is determined to use customer
  feedback to help put Sainsbury's back where it belongs QHi Ken, welcome aboard.
  How are you settling in?
  AFantastically well. The people
  I have met have been...

• Tears and cheers at first retail awards
  10

  Sainsbury's first Retail Awards ceremony was a night to remember Almost 1,000 colleagues from
  nearly half our stores across
  the country attended
  Sainsbury's first ever Retail
  Awards on 1 March. The awards
  were to recognise...

• Local Heroes cash boost for charities
  12

  If you support a
  good cause, then
  Sainsbury'swill
  add to your
  efforts with a
  cash donation
  Sainsbury's colleagues are
  amazing people - you'll do
  anything for a good cause. You've
  done parachute jumps, taken part
  in It's...

• Retail Eye
  14

  ASDA chief executive Tony
  DeNunzio is leaving the
  Wal-Mart owned UK
  supermarket to join Dutch
  retailer Royal Vendex. He will be
  replaced by chief operating
  officer Andy Bond.
  • MARKS & SPENCER has
  announced the...

• Sunday Times sees signs of a recovery
  14

  The Sunday Times has
  reported improved availability
  across the Sainsbury's estate
  in an article published on
  6 March.
  Last October the paper
  conducted an independent
  survey of availability in 20
  stores across the country....

• Supermarkets praised for quick response to Sudan 1 recall
  14

  Supermarkets and food
  manufacturers moved swiftly to
  recall products affected by Sudan
  1, the illegal dye found in a batcfi
  of imported chilli powder.
  Colleagues pulled out all the
  stops to identify all the products
  that...

• Fact
  15

  Sales of
  instantly
  warming food
  saw a 60 per
  cent uplift
  during the cold
  snap in March.

• Get fresh to cook
  15

  A fresii meal prepared in under 20
  minutes - tasty, healtiiy food ttiat is
  also convenient. And now it's
  available at Sainsbury's.
  The new ready-to-cook meals
  contain fresh raw ingredients and
  pre-prepared sauces. All...

• UK is year-round tomato source
  15

  The first British tomatoes went on sale in
  Sainsbury's stores in early March, despite
  freezing weather conditions.
  New and improved growing methods have
  now enabled UK-based suppliers to produce
  commercial-sized crops of...

• "Ferrari visited ourstore for charity"
  16

  Customers got
  a taste of Formula
  One action in
  Bridgwater
  Bridgwater put the wheels in
  motion to raise money for a local
  charity - the British Institute for
  Brain Injured Children (BIBIC).
  Duty manager Steve...

• Local Heroes
  16

  If you or your store
  has been involved in
  any activities for
  charity, don't forget
  to apply to the Local
  Heroes scheme. You
  could receive up to
  £500 for your
  efforts! See page 12
  to find out how.

• Medals for children
  16

  Lynn Goodman from Burnley found a good use
  for the medals and collector albums, wfiicfi were
  fe left over from last year's England football
  p campaign in-store.
  Lynn remembered that two customers
  regularly travelled to Egypt...

• A Diamond Couple
  17

  itomers received
  se message of
  iiS^^lulations on their
  60th wedding anniversary.
  Robert and Charlotte
  Brown have shopped at the
  store ever since it opened
  and their daughter Pam
  Knight and her children have
  worked there...

• Briefs
  17

  • HOLBORN donated 1,000 bags
  of sweets as gifts for the services
  in London at Christmas. Mike
  Gross and his friends and family
  visit hospitals, fire stations,
  army barracks, ambulance
  stations and the police every
  year to...

• Mike makes a big impression
  17

  Mike Hamm turned a few heads at the checkout in
  Stratton when he dressed as famous nanny, Mrs
  Doubtfire, to raise money for the children's
  intensive care unit at Guy's Hospital in London.
  Mike's grandson, Matthew, was admitted...

• New kit is a hit
  17

  Oartford has sponsored a focal youth football team
  and provided a smart new kit printed with the name
  'Sainsbury's Dartford'.
  Some of the players work at the Dartford store and
  their parents asked if Sainsbury's could help...

• Tell Justin
  18

  Three colleagues who wrote to Tell Justin got the chance to see their ideas
  being put into action and give their input at a checkout training session The Tell Justin scheme has
  generated so many great ideas
  that several trends...

• A chunky addition to Dolmio Bolognese
  19

  Now there's a quick and easy way to add
  vegetables to Bolognese. In April, Dolmio will be
  launching Dolmio Chunky recipes, a new range of
  sauces crammed with chunks of delicious
  vegetables.
  There are four varieties to choose...

• A new zest for life
  19

  If you love life, you'll love the new sugar-free 'diet
  Coke' with Lime, which is now available in 500ml, 6 x
  330ml multipack cans and 2L at Sainsbury's.
  It is estimated that 'diet Coke' with Lime will be
  worth £4 million in...

• Product Tests
  20

  Colleagues try out some of the products available in-store To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight between
  1 and 13 March, we asked colleagues from
  DIdcot store to try out some Fairtrade
  products.
  Fairtrade products guarantee a fair...