'Sainsbury's Journal', March/April 2007

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• Contents Page
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  P4 RNEWS
  A round-up of what's going on in the
  Find out how we make the best use of
  space in stores.
  P8
  Fancy a bottle of Bolly darling?
  Saying no to smoking.
  Training, packaging, DEPROS - answers to
  your suggestions.
  P12...

• GUEST EDITOR PAUL SMITH
  03

  PAUL SMITH
  Area Manager,
  Sainsbury's at Jacksons Well it's great for me to be the first face you see when you
  open this edition of the Journal.
  Like all of the Sainsbury's at Jacksons colleagues, I really
  enjoy being part of...

• Dream holiday for shining star winner
  04

  Dream
  holiday
  winner
  June Clifford from Dalston
  has won £5,000 worth of
  Thomson holiday vouchers
  as the national Shininn
  to fulfil a lifelong dream o
  going to Australia. The wii
  came as such a surprise,
  that June...

• Fast track doubles places
  04

  Following the success
  of our fast track management
  programme we're almost
  doubling our intake this year.
  The programme fast tracks
  graduates with retail experience
  to store management roles in
  just one to three...

• Lucky ten
  04

  Ten lucky Sharesave savers
  are now 5,000 Shining Star
  points better off as winners
  of the Sharesave prize
  draw. Entrants had to
  correctly identify the
  word 'shares' hidden
  within the Sharesave
  invitation booklet.
  Nicola...

• New store looks to the future
  04

  Our third 'Store of the Future*
  is in Maidenhead and will open
  its doors on March 15th. Our most up-to-date store yet boasts a piazza
  with restaurants and a cafe, and residential
  flats above. The store includes a number...

• Polish office celebrates 1st birthday
  04

  1st birthday
  It's time to blow out those candles, eat a big slice of
  birthday cake and sing 'Wszystkiego najlepszego z
  okazji vrodzin' - that's Happy Birthday in Polish by
  the way.
  Our sourcing office in Krakow has turned...

• Active Kids off to great start
  05

  Active Kids has started the
  year well, with more children
  than ever able to benefit from
  the scheme. Apart from
  schools, Scouts and Girl
  Guides can now benefit from
  the programme which runs
  until 29th May.
  As well as...

• Gales ravage Feltham
  05

  Even the gale force winds
  can't stop us delivering the
  best to our customers.
  Colleagues at Feltham
  depot worked through the
  night to move produce to
  alternative depots when
  severe gales caused a cold
  store to...

• Magical Berries
  05

  Strawberries are taking
  a magical turn, with
  graduate Suzanne O'Neill
  naming our new range of
  strawberries 'Red Merlin'.
  The tasty red berry hit the
  shelves just before
  Christmas and no doubt has
  featured in a few...

• Nothing but a Red Nose and a smile!
  05

  Colleagues are really gearing
  up for Red Nose Day with some
  fantastic fundraising events.
  The 'Calendar Girls' at
  Wigston stripped off and
  posed around store for a
  "tasteful" calendar wearing
  nothing but a red nose.
  •...

• Success in Microsoft Global Challenge
  05

  While most of us were
  endulging in too many
  mince pies throughout
  December, four colleagues
  were sweating their way
  through a series of
  gruelling events at the
  Worldwide Microsoft
  Challenge and guess what?
  They did...

• Bank celebrates 10th birthday
  06

  Colleagues at Sainsbury's
  Bank have been celebrating
  its tenth birthday.
  We made history when we
  were the first major British
  supermarket to open a bank
  in 1997, and it now has 1.5
  million active customers.
  The Bank's...

• Boozey bottles labelled
  06

  We're leading the way
  and helping you drink
  responsibly by adopting
  the Department of
  Health's voluntary new
  guidelines on the labelling
  of all own brand beers,
  wines and spirits.
  No, we're not party poopers,
  just helping...

• Calcot opens door to local council
  06

  We all like to do our bit for
  the community, but Calcot
  store in Reading has gone
  that little bit further and
  taken in some important
  new tenants - rent free!
  West Berkshire Council was
  looking for a new local office
  and...

• Manuals made simple
  06

  All in the name of making
  your life easier, we've taken on
  board your comments and
  compressed our 63 retail
  procedure manuals to just 18.
  This means that they'll fit
  better with our Scorecard Tool
  Kit and Task Sheets and...

• We salute Local Heroes
  06

  Check out this year's Local
  Heroes Awards winners who
  have all given time to
  charities and good causes in
  the local community.
  They've all made a massive
  difference, whether it's by
  fundraising or helping out...

• Space - the final frontier
  07

  Sarah O'Sullivan is Head
  of Space. And no, that
  doesn't mean she walks
  around Store Support Centre
  in an astronaut's suit shouting:
  "Justin, we have a problem."
  "It's my job to make sure we
  use the space we have to sell
  as...

• Did you know?: In the Spotlight - Roger Burnley
  08

  Where were you born?
  God's own country (Yorkshire).
  What is the one product that you buy
  from Sainsbury's that you just can't
  do without - and why?
  Fairtrade bananas - got to have one
  everyday.
  If you had a life motto what...

• Did you know?: My hidden talent
  08

  Sally Craike is a Food Advisor and
  professional Patsy from Ab Fab
  look-alike
  Sally spends her time drinking
  Bollinger champagne, throwing
  herself at rich men and insulting
  women who don't dress in
  designer clothes!
  But not...

• Job Swap: Lean Champion to Petrol Assistant
  09

  Richard's day
  My Expectations Because I have been a manager at a store with
  petrol stations I really didn't think there would be
  any surprises. But by the end of the day I had i
  learnt things and I was really pleased about...

• Smoking ban
  10

  Last year, smoking was banned
  in public places in Scotland.
  In April this year Wales and
  Northern Ireland will go smoke
  free and England will follow
  suit in July.
  Here, two colleagues who
  were regular smokers tell
  how they...

• Tell Justin
  11

  Great ideas
  keep comin
  You've been
  suggestions
  sending in some great
  to Tell Justin. not
  Next time it
  could be you. This
  is how you do it.
  Fill in a Tell Justin suggestion card or
  submit your idea by email through...

• I Spy the Competition
  12

  We all know we're heads and shoulders above
  the competition in terms of quality; we've got
  the awards to prove it. But how about price
  and the overall shopping experience?
  Where do we sit amongst our
  competitors in how much...

• Diversity
  14

  One of the things that makes Sainsbury's a great
  place to work is the way everyone gets on and
  works together regardless of our differences.
  It's an amazingly diverse place to work, and it's
  great to be able to recognise the...

• Have an Egg-cellent Easter
  16

  Every year the Easter Bunny looks high and low for
  treats to satisfy even the most demanding sweet
  tooth. But this year he doesn't need to look too far
  as we've got some fantastic Easter goodies in-store. Kids will love our...

• Easy Easter
  17

  Easter is a great time to get the
  family together for a celebration,
  and a big Sunday lunch is usually
  a highlight of the weekend.
  Whether you go for the traditional
  choice of lamb, or give one of our
  Easter TRY tips a go,...

• Kids meals without the fuss
  18

  Mums and Dads, instead of stressing about what to
  cook for the kids you can now offer them a meal that's
  not only healthy, but tasty and simple to prepare.Exclusive to Sainsbury's, Annabel
  Karmel's Eat Fussy range of...

• Try something new today
  18

  We asked two colleagues at Chislehurst to
  sample some new liqueurs from the Taste the
  difference range, with the fruity flavours of
  Calvados and Armagnac tempting the taste buds
  of Frederick Hawes, BWS Manager, and...

• Win copies of Favourite Family Meals
  18

  Annabel's sold two million
  cookery books, and now you
  have a chance to win a copy
  for yourself. We have five
  copies of Favourite Family
  Meals, worth £14.99 each to
  give away.
  To win a copy simply answer
  the question: How...

• Your Shout: My dream dinner party
  19

  Imagine you could invite anyone over for your dream
  dinner party, dead or alive, it doesn't matter.
  Sue Heasman, Customer Service Assistant at West
  Hove, took up the challenge and prepared her ideal
  menu for her dream guests....

• You can make a difference in the community
  20

  You can make a
  difference in the
  community Don't forget that
  anything you raise for
  a charity or other good
  cause can be matched
  through Sainsbury's
  Local Heroes scheme!
  Ask your HR Manager
  for details. All the profit we...

• Best foot forward for Miss JS
  22

  The 'S* Factor isn't the first
  competition we have asked
  colleagues to enter. Twenty
  years ago you might have
  taken part in Miss JS! So what was Miss JS?
  Miss JS ran from 1965 to 1988, and saw colleagues don their
  best...

• Have you got the 'S' Factor?
  22

  Have you got a
  perform? Could
  If you can answer "yes" to
  all of these questions then
  you could be what we're
  looking for.
  We are launching the 'S'
  Factor - an X Factor style
  competition to find a star
  colleague who can...

• Local news round up: London
  23

  Colleagues at Hayes made
  a massive joint effort for
  the Innocent
  smoothie/Help the Aged
  campaign knitting a
  massive 750 woolly hats!
  Special thanks to Rose
  Findlater and Yvonne Page
  who were on hand to help
  with any...

• Local news round up: East
  24

  Checkout Braintree's
  Santa's little helpers - they
  really got into the Christmas
  Spirit and Santa really
  appreciated the extra help!
  Colleagues raised over
  £1,900 for Dave Bierman
  who was diagnosed with a
  severe form of...

• Local news round up: South
  24

  Colleagues at Sevenoaks gave
  Little Britain a real run for their
  money at their Christmas
  lunch. The management team
  dressed up and colleagues
  thought they had been invadei
  by Andy, Lou, Bubbles, Marj
  Dawes and Vicky...

• Local news round up: North
  25

  SCARBOROUGH
  Colleagues helped make
  everything ship shape for
  the Scarborough Sea Cadets
  awarding them £400 from
  the Local Heroes scheme.
  ;ains
  Pat Park, CTS, requested the
  donation in memory of her
  son who was an...

• Local news round up: West
  25

  ARK DEPOT
  CHESTER
  Well here's a novel way to
  recycle your old Sainsbury's
  bags, make them into a hat!
  A customer at Reedswooi
  store, Barabara Cockagn
  has done just that, with
  each hat taking two hour
  to crochet and...

• Justin talks out: Fairtrade changes people's lives
  26

  As you know from my letter I have
  just returned from a two day
  trip to St Lucia. It was amazing -
  and not because the sun was shining
  and the scenery breathtaking. It was
  because I met up with the farmers
  who grow our...

• Coffee Break Solutions
  27

  Solutions to Supernaturals Wordsearch
  competition Jan/Feb
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  L... o
  Bench press
  Press up
  Punch bag
  Trampoline
  Dumbell
  Trainers
  Nutrition
  Sit...

• January/February competition winners
  27

  Lindt Lindor Valentine's film premiere:
  Karen Davis from Hayes Depot, Wendy Davis from Bristol, James McKinsle/
  from Blackhall, Julie Sarqent from Nottingham, Ms L.C Vullo from Oxford.
  Flora London Marathon places : "W
  In...

• Your letters
  27

  I'm sure you all remember your
  Christmas card from Justin and
  the rest of the board, well some
  colleagues from Brentford liked it
  so much they decided to return
  the favour.
  The 'Supersquad' aka Tom Lind,
  Jason Ives and Ben...

• Coffee Break
  28

  >#« jnday morning at Sainsbury's in
  Ashford, Kent and I heard an exasperated
  Mum say to her teenage daughter,
  "Chocolate isn't breakfast!"
  Irene Simmonett,
  Ashford Bybrook, Kent
  Going back a while to when organic
  produce...

• Win a Theatre Break
  28

  Wales has long been known as the land of song, so it's no surprise that Cardiff,
  the capital of Wales, is a musical hotspot. The city's showpiece venue, Wales
  Millennium Centre ( www.wmc.org.uk ) was inspired by the Welsh...

• Sainsbury's people: Colleagues' Ruby Dinner
  29

  Nine of our longest service colleagues
  enjoyed a special lunch in recognition
  for all their hard work over the past
  40 years.
  They joined Philip Hampton,
  Justin King, Ken McMeikan and
  Imelda Walsh at the Savoy Hotel
  in...

• Sainsbury's people: Long service 25 years
  29

  25 YEARS
  Katherine Aby, Bury St Edmunds.
  Tracey Anderson, Doncaster. David
  Archer, Milton Keynes. Yvonne Arter,
  Folkestone. Claire Ayling, Oxford.
  Brenda Bagnall, Stratford. Janet
  Baker, Kempshott. Gwen Barker,
  Letchworth....

• Sainsbury's people: Promotions
  29

  Richard Alexander, Store Manager,
  Kilburn. Lorraine Armstrong-Gould,
  Buyer, Store Support Centre. Gillian
  Baggaley, Fresh Foods Manager,
  Bybrook. Wayne Bee, Shift Manager,
  Rye Park Depot. Zoe Brown, Personnel
  & Training...

• Sainsbury's people: Long service 40 years
  30

  Beryl Cuthbert, South Harrow. Janet
  Kelly, Bitterne. Peter Ross, Harlow.
  Caroline Stanley, Kings Heath.

• Sainsbury's people: Obituaries
  30

  David Balfe, 47, Forest Hill, died 1
  January (4 yrs). Patricia Balsom, 58, Uxbridge, died 16 November (21 yrs).
  Brett Barnard, 28, Maidenhead, died 31
  January (9 yrs). Stanley Beaumont, 79,
  Crosby, died 5 January (12 yrs)....

• Sainsbury's people: Retirements
  30

  Pauline Ashton, Stratton (19 yrs).
  Barbara Allan, Wilmslow (19 yrs).
  Marilyn Baker, Lewes Rd (6 yrs).
  Frances Balsdon, High Wycombe (14
  yrs). Beryl Bardwell, Harlow (33 yrs).
  Beryl Batterbee, Haywards Heath (26
  yrs). Olive...