'Sainsbury's Journal', June/July 2006

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Inside...
  In the news
  3 Sixth quarter of growth
  Your news
  4 Karl Holterman joins Shopwatch
  5 Hams Hall wins training award
  6 Refit brings results at Warren
  Street
  Features
  7 First Port of call
  8 How 'Great Food' is...

• Up Front
  02

  I'd like to start by saying a huge well
  M M done and congratulations to all tjie
  stores who were represented at the Retail
  Awards on 5 June. It was great to meet so
  many of you on the night - you are all true
  wifiners. A...

• Fact
  03

  The official Sport
  Relief T-shirt is
  now available
  exclusively at
  Sainsbury's.
  We ordered 40
  tonnes of
  Fa irtrade cotton
  to produce the
  200,000 T-shirts.
  The T-shirts are
  priced at £8 for
  adults and £6 for
  kids and...

• Get set for the biggest bonus
  03

  Colleagues who have achieved
  their MAC and, MCM targets in
  addition to the corporate sales
  targets are set for a three per
  cent bonus* - that's an extra
  one-off payment of £300 in the
  average pay packet.
  The news comes as...

• Sixth consecutive quarter of sales growth
  03

  We announced our first quarter
  trading statement on 21 June
  with the news of six
  consecutive quarters of likefor-
  lil that the Malting Sainsbury's
  Great Again recovery plan is
  on track.
  Justin said:...

• May the force be with you
  04

  Profit Protection Investigator Karl
  Holterman has become the first
  colleague to be passed as a member of
  ^ the Metropolitan Police Shopwatch
  scheme.
  After four weeks of intensive
  training at Hendon Police Training
  I School...

• Temperature management comes in from the cold
  04

  A new refrigeration alarm management system is on
  its way to stores.
  The new system is designed to help store
  colleagues manage product temperature alarms by
  simplifying the process. It only alerts the store to
  imminent...

• Card is the new cash
  05

  Treat every £
  as your own
  July 2006 sees the introduction
  of the Company Procurement
  Card from GlobalExpense which
  will remove the need for using
  cash from your cash office or
  tills, improve security, controls
  and reduce...

• Innovative learning awarded
  05

  Hams Hall Learning Centre has
  won an 'Achievement in
  Innovation' award, part of the
  Colleges Innovating with
  Business (CIB) Award 2006, for
  its collaboration with North
  Warwickshire and Hinckley
  College. Colleagues...

• Recycling you can bank on
  05

  Six Lon(Jon stores - RichmoiKj,
  Sury Basin, WancJsworth,
  Harringay, Low Hall anci
  WinchmoreHill, trialledanew
  style of recycling banks as part of
  a government initiative.
  Recycling ancj Resources Manager James...

• Small but perfectly formed
  06

  There's been a small miracle at
  Warren Street. The Central store
  in the heart of London has
  reopened after a refit - to
  fantastic sales figures.
  Store Manager Mike Isted
  explained: "Before the refit a lot of
  our shelving...

• The white stuff for organic shoppers
  06

  Organic shoppers can now
  choose a new brand -
  Sainsbury's Farm Promise -
  products from farms that are in
  the process of converting to
  organic standards.
  In the past, the time and cost
  implications involved in the
  process...

• Thirst class
  06

  Impressive five go
  =the international \
  IChailenge - more than any
  iother retail chain - proving just
  I how good our wine is.
  Two of the gold medals went
  to Taste the Difference Pouilly
  Fume, a classic Loire
  Sauvignon...

• First port of call
  07

  Shorehead BWS colleagues lain Carruthers, Chris Batley, Gillian Speight
  and Christine Martin went all-out to maximise sales of Dow's Trademark
  Port at Christmas. Their efforts won them a trip to Oporto. Here's a peek
  at their...

• It's all about great food
  08

  Everybody's playing their part in
  Making Sainsbury's Great Again - not
  least the Food and Innovation centre Here at Sainsbury's we're
  passionate about great food.
  Whetiier it's mouth-watering
  marinades, piquant...

• Retail Awards Special
  09

  this year's Retail Awards stars in your aisles There was a
  definite air of
  anticipation at
  Birmingiiamon
  5 June as 1,600
  excited colleagues
  gathered for
  the Retail Awards Colleagues who arrived In the
  afternoon joined In...

• Trousers, blouses, skirts and shirts
  12

  Bored with your
  blouse? Fed up
  with your fleece?
  The colleague
  uniform is set for
  a makeover
  The colleague uniform is set for
  a new look and you can have
  your say.
  The consultation process
  started earlier this year...

• A guilt-free treat
  14

  After years in development,
  we've launched a new
  Australian wine with a
  difference. Early Harvest
  Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
  is significantly lower in alcohol
  and calories than the nation's
  best-loved wines -
  but crucially,...

• Stone me!
  14

  The summer season sees the launch of
  an extended range of Taste the
  Difference stonefruit full of flavour and
  as juicy as ever.
  What makes a Taste the Difference
  fruit? It is a specially sweet and
  aromatic variety which is...

• Top to toe treatments
  14

  We've got manicures and
  pedicures nailed thanks to
  Champneys. The range is
  available in selected stores
  nationwide so now it's even
  easier to treat yourself to a
  little more of that
  Champneys Spa luxury.
  Each new product...

• Summer is looking hotter than ever
  15

  Now the temperatures have
  started to rise, Preston
  colleagues had a day under the
  sun to Try something new this
  summer by transforming their
  gardens with the latest from the
  Morocco range. BERYL SIMMONS
  General...

• Shining stars: Hot cross fun
  16

  Colleagues at Bridgnorth and
  Victoria Place are hot cross
  bun hot shots after winning
  this year's Easter sales
  competition
  Hot cross buns went flying
  off the shelves at Easter - but
  nowhere more so than
  Victoria Place,...

• Shining stars: Hot off the press...
  16

  Eighteen stores are
  celebrating after winning
  Shining Stars for their sales
  of Sainsbury's Magazine for
  the period February to April.
  The highest-achieving store
  in each zone was awarded
  25,000 points, second place
  15,000...

• Shining stars: Sue's joined the jet set
  16

  It's been an eventful year for Sue
  Francis, Duty Manager from
  Hankridge Farm. Last summer,
  she was the lucky winner of
  £5,000 of holiday vouchers when
  she won the Shining Stars
  prize draw.
  Since then, Sue and her
  husband...

• Tell Justin
  17

  With over 400 suggestions flooding in every period, Tell Justin is a great
  way for colleagues to get their good ideas heard. Here are some of the top
  suggestions that crop up in every postbag...
  Can we have two
  discount cards,...

• Going bananas for King Kong
  18

  Going bananas for King Kong

• Marathon efforts
  18

  Two very special colleagues ran this
  year's London Marathon and told the
  Journal the tales behind the 26 miles Swansea Deli Counter Assistant
  Jane Tucker ran the London
  Marathon for a charity very close
  to her heart -...

• Briefs
  19

  • STREET store celebrated its
  10th birthday with a day
  packed full of activities. These
  included face painting, a
  colouring competition, food
  sampling and a photocall of all
  the original colleagues from
  when the store...

• The Lion, the Witch and the supermarket
  19

  Water Lane colleagues couldn't
  contain their excitement when
  The Chronicles ofNarnia: The
  Lion, the Witch and the
  Wardrobe DVD hit stores.
  General Merchandise Manager
  fin-training
  lEmma Benton decided to deck...

• Taste of Summer
  20

  This summer look out for the
  extended range of Taste the
  Difference stonefruit bursting
  with juiciness and flavour.
  There are many different
  varieties of peaches,
  nectarines, plums and cherries
  but only the best...

• What's the perfect start to the day?
  20

  What's your idea of a perfect
  breakfast? Enjoying warm
  croissants in Paris? Freshly
  baked Danish pastries in
  Copenhagen? Or a traditionai
  Scottish breakfast In
  Edinburgh? This
  summer
  LURPAK®
  is...