'Sainsbury's Journal', August 2006
- Ref. No: SA/SC/JSJ/60/6
- Format: Publication
- Date: Aug 2006
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 volume
- Access: Open
Table of content
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Contents Page
02
Inside...
In the news
3 Top awards for our quality drinks
and our Annual Report
Your news
4 Bal5 A Derry good day for local
produce
6 Chocs away for Fairtrade
7 Win with iTunes
8... -
Up Front
02
You did a fantastic job of showing how
M M much you can give back to your local
communities with your fundraising efforts for
this year's Sport Relief campaign. It looks like
the event has smashed all previous records... -
Bag a piece of Organic Fortnight
03
There's bags of reasons to buy
organic, but-even more during
Organic Fortnight - and you'll get
a free bag, too!
Organic Fortnight is happening
from 2-17 September, and we're
going to be part of it. We've
launched over 40... -
Record wins in Quality Drinks Awards
03
We're celebrating winning an
amazing five awards In the
Inaugural Quality Drink
Awards - by far the best
performance by a
supermarket.
We won top spot In the
following categories:
• Non-carbonated drinks -
Sainsbury's... -
Top award for Annual Report
03
Our Annual Report for 2005
has won a top award from
Communicators in Business
(CiB). The award won In the
Annual Review class.
The CiB awards is Europe's
biggest and most prestigious
competition for printed and
online... -
All your travel needs in one place with Sainsbury's Bank
04
Sainsbury's Bank has launched
a new online service at
www.salnsburysbanktravel.co.uk
which enables customers to plan
and organise all their travel
needs without leaving home.
When ordering travel money,
customers can choose... -
Baking's hot
04
When Chris Noble left the army
after five years' service, he was
fighting fit for another
challenge. So when he found out
about the Sainsbury's Bakery
Apprentice Scheme, he signed
up immediately at his local
store in... -
Oh what a beautiful morning
04
Northfield packer Graham Taylor
showed true star quality when he
was voted into the final three for
'This Morning's checkout chap or
chick of the year'. He travelled to
London to appear on the show
after being nominated by... -
A Derry good day for local produce
05
Food lovers were treated to a taste of Northern
Ireland at Strand Road store In Derry, with April's
Festival of Food. The family event encouraged
customers to Try Something New, showcasing 14 of
Northern Ireland's leading food... -
A major advantage
05
At Lincoln store, colleagues and
customers are benefiting from the
experience of age. Ex-Royal
Engineers Army Major John
Mirams, 67, has come out of
retirement to work in stock
control and in the wine section of
the store,... -
Caring in the community
05
North Watsham store has been
giving something back to the
local community by offering
work experience to Joseph
^^^^ett, a local man with severe
JHBiing difficulties.
^^^•Bseph, 26, has been coming
^ H P * one hour a week... -
Chocs away for Fairtrade
06
Raphael Agyapong and Isaac Owusu, both 13, from cocoa-growing
families in Ghana, joined UK schoolchildren to present Confectionery
Buyer David Kettle with the Chocolate Challenge Manifesto. The
manifesto demands a fairer deal... -
Happy marriage down to a tea
06
An elderiy couple in Giliingham,
Dorset were delighted to
receive a very special detiv
from their local store in
Sherborne. Tom and Celia P
both 88, recently celebrati
their 65th wedding
anniversary, an achievement
so... -
"I'm a Nectar winner"
06
When Sydenham checkout
colleague Anja Nurkkala won
50,000 Nectar points in the Tick It
To Win It competition, it couldn't
have come at a better time.
Finnish-born Anja was feeling
low after a very difficult year
when she... -
Hitting the right note
07
The launch of iTunes music cards in stores is
giving customers instant access to more than two
million songs.
One click is all it takes to download a single for
79p or most albums for E7.99. The iTunes music
store is open... -
It's business as usual after transfer
07
There's been a big change in our IT
functions recently - but colleagues
shouldn't have noticed a thing!
In April, all IT functions transferred
back to Sainsbury's from Accenture along
with 470 colleagues, some of whom... -
Online on track
07
We've opened six new online stores for the first time
in two years and we've now got plans to roll out the
service to a further 200,000 households this year.
Pound Lane, Crayford, Paignton, Pinhoe Road and
Didcot have... -
Win with itunes
07
To mark the launch of iTunes
music cards in Sainsbury's,
iTunes are giving one lucky
winner a top-of-the-range
iPod Nano and three others
free iTunes music cards with
£25 of credit.
To put your name in the
mix, answer the... -
Counters that count
08
We triumphed at this year's
Supermeat and Seafood Awards,
winning awards for three stores
and two products.
Swansea store came away with
two awards - Best Meat, Fish and
Poultry store in Wales and Best
Overall Serve-Over... -
Top trainers
08
Bells Training Services (BIS)
has been awarded the highest
possible grade for training'
the Adult Learning
Inspectorate (ALI).
After gaining top grade
both leadership and
management and retail,
warehousing and... -
All to get nutritional training
09
In one of the biggest nutritional
programmes ever launched. Food
Advisors are set to train every
colleague - including board
members - in nutrition and
healthy eating.
The programme began in May
and will be rolled out to... -
Back to school
09
It may still be summer, but busy
mums will already be thinking ahead
to getting the kids back to school.
That's where Sainsbury's Kids
range can help. It's a nutritionally
balanced range, perfect for children
aged 5-10... -
Top marks for this report
09
In June we published our
Corporate Responsibility Report,
an open and honest look at how
we manage our impact on
customers, colleagues,
communities,
investors,
suppliers and the
environment.
The report details
our... -
"We had tea with the Queen"
10
Sainsbury's gave two lucky colleagues and their
children surprise invitations to the Children's Party at
the Palace as thanks for their work on Active Kids Debbie Munday couldn't believe
her eyes. The Bury St Edmunds
Customer... -
Going the extra mile for Sport Relief
12
From Barnstaple to Berryden colleagues across the country came up with
fantastic f undraising ideas for Sport Relief. Here's a snapshot of the lengths
you went to in order to raise money for those less fortunate.
•HP rand of... -
Taste the difference gets even tastier
15
A stylish new look and more than 250 new products will ensure
.that Taste the difference products land in every trolley Taste the difference products
have always had delicious, highquality
ingredients - and now the
range is... -
Just desserts for suppliers
16
Smaller UK suppliers are set to
work with us thanks to Supply
Something New Supply Something New is an
initiative designed with smaller
suppliers in mind.
The ground-breaking scheme
sees our top representatives
taking to... -
Berry good frozen
17
Sainsbury's extensive and exotic range of
frozen fruits are perfect for chilling out
this summer.
The range is a ^
supermarket first
and includes
nine versatile r
options such as \ ^
blueberries an'
raspberries, fr
fruit... -
Fact
17
After raising a
grand total of
£1,500 for Sport
Relief, East
Kilbride Olympia
reopened in July
aftera£2million
makeover.
Seventeen new
colleagues will be
joining the store
as part of its
recent
refurbishment. -
Ice cream for every occasion
17
Need to cool down on long hot summer days?
There's a scrumptious new selection of ice
creams to suit every taste.
Why not try Sainsbury's Strawberry and
cream ice cream? The ice cream combines
fresh double cream rippled with... -
SO organic and so tasty
17
Sainsbury's SO organic tomato their taste can range from
selection comes in all shapes, tangy to deliciously sweet -
sizes and colours. This this selection Is no exception."
selection box is perfect for _ —•
children,... -
Back to school
18
There's still a few precious
weeks of the summer holidays
left but busy mums and dads
are already thinking about
kitting out their kids for the new
school year. We've got great
deals on school clothes,
stationery and... -
Stone colleagues go shopping with Shining Stars
19
Depot colleagues bag a trolley-full of goodies following Christmas success It's been a year to remember for Stone depot. It's the
depot's 20th anniversary of working with Salnsbury's
and colleagues started the year with a... -
Tell Justin
20
TellJustin
Colleagues' suggestions continue to pour in to Tell Justin.
Here are the hot topics this month...
Charge for
carrier bags
There is a possibility
that a carrier bag
tax, similar to the
one in Ireland,
could be... -
Bourne to be quiz masters
21
The SSA corporate fishing finals went
swimmingly as more than 100 people
participated over the two events held at Maver
Larford, Worcestershire and Gold Valley Lakes,
Aldershot. Jon Cook from the store support
centre kept... -
Hooked
21
The SSA corporate fishing finals went
swimmingly as more than 100 people
participated over the two events held at Maver
Larford, Worcestershire and Gold Valley Lakes,
Aldershot. Jon Cook from the store support
centre kept... -
Par-fect day
21
Everyone was in full swing at the annual SSA
corporate golf final at The Belfry with some
outstanding Tiger-like displays. Although
the day was filled with bouts of rain, spirits
were not dampened and a tee-rrif ic day... -
Ashley's got the right moves
22
A colleague has bagged a Young
Person Award for triumphing
over adversity
Burnley Checkout Assistant
Ashley Ruth has overcome the
odds to study full-time whilst
holding down a job. This hasn't
gone unrecognised and local... -
Burning rubber
22
Our very own biker chick (featured in March's Journal) is back
from her ride across America raising funds for charity.
Bridgnorth's Store Trainer Kim Lathe raised funds for
Raynaud's & Scleroderma Association. Kim's daughter,... -
Hospice benefits from Cannock support
22
Cannock colleagues have taken a
local charity under their wing and
have raised more than £3,000.
The Acorns Children's Hospice
in Walsall, West Midlands, cares
for terminally ill children and has
benefitted from... -
Be a model for the day
23
Ever Jool^ed at Naomi Campbell wali^ing down
a catwall< or male model Tyson Beckford
strutting his stuff and thought I could do
better than that? Well then the
management conference needs you.
It's taking place on 26... -
Briefs
23
• LINCOLN colleague Ciona
Forsyth auditioned for ITV's The
X Factor. Let's hope she goes all
the way.
• RHYL colleague Cliff Lowe has
written a book of his
extraordinary life, including his
experiences in the Royal... -
Half a century
23
Congratulations to Brentwood colleague Ray Meadows who has just
completed 50 years' continuous service. Ray started his career at East
Ham store as a Porter Poultier on a salary of £2 6s Od per weel Although he's now 70, Ray... -
Coffee-break crossword
24
Coffee-break crossword
Try our quick crossword. Solutions below
ACROSS
I Prize (5)
6 Gemstone (5)
9 Oriental (7)
10 Tlie staff of life (5)
II Having a pleasant taste (5)
12 Bathroom fitting (5)
13 Dear(7)
15 Food fisii... -
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