'Sainsbury's Journal', July/August 2007

Table of content

• Contents Page
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  P4 OUR NEWS
  A round-up of what's going on around
  the business.
  P7 RETAIL WATCH
  How is Dragon Power helping make our
  latest distribution centre greener?
  P8 DID YOU KNOW?
  Could you be our Sainsbury's Snapper?
  Top photography...

• GUEST EDITOR MATT MCDONALD
  03

  MATT MCDONALD
  Produce Assistant, Godalming I've always been interested in green issues and at home I'm
  always looking for ways to reduce my impact on the
  environment.
  The article on the new depot at Northampton is...

• Banking with us brings you more benefits than ever
  04

  Our bank is bigger and
  better than ever, with
  more offers and
  benefits for you.
  We re-launched the bank in
  June with a funky new look.
  We have improved both our
  customer and colleague
  offers and made the product
  better...

• British to the bone
  04

  We're proud to be British
  and what better way to
  show it than in our food.
  By the end of August, all
  our Food to Go chicken
  will be 100 per cent
  British, with an
  additional eight million
  chickens 'sourced from
  British...

• Drinks clean up
  04

  We're the first UK retailer to
  have cleaned up our act and
  taken all the nasty artificial
  colouring and preservatives out
  of our own brand drinks.
  We've spent 12 months
  making sure that our all our
  fizzy drinks, squash,...

• Meet the Queen!
  04

  British Food Fortnight runs chance to see ITV's award
  from 22nd September to the
  7th October. This is a national
  event to make everyone in the
  UK more aware of great
  quality, locally sourced British
  products. Look out...

• Rolling out the difference
  04

  One of our Famous Five is
  Respect for our Environment
  and for our third Make the
  difference day we gave
  customers free FSC Super
  Soft toilet rolls to highlight
  the importance of sourcing
  paper products from
  sustainable...

• Chingford's got the power
  05

  turned off at night, and
  checking taps weren't
  leaking - the little things that
  we can all do!
  They spent their well earned
  Stars on recycling bins for
  the canteen and gave the rest
  to the Worldwide Wildlife...

• Drinks Retail Awards
  05

  Service with a smile won us
  three awards at the Drinks
  Retailing Awards.
  The breadth of our range,
  colleague education and
  great relationships with
  suppliers won us Drinks
  Buying Team of the Year and
  Multiple Spirits...

• Golden grapes
  05

  13 may be unlucky for some
  but for us it's pure goldmedals
  that is! At the recent
  International Wine
  Challenge we came top of
  the bunch winning a
  staggering 13 gold medals,
  37 silver and 72 bronze.
  It was our passion...

• Taste the difference excels
  05

  We won the Grocer of the
  Year Award at the Grocer
  Gold Awards.
  We also won the Best Own
  Label Award and picked up
  five awards for our Taste the
  difference range. The awards
  celebrate value and guality in
  own-branded...

• Top of the trees
  05

  We like watching things grow; our business, our colleagues...
  even trees! In fact over the past year we've sponsored the
  planting of over 30,000 trees as part of our work to respect
  our environment.
  With our suppliers, White &...

• We're Britain's Greenest Supermarket!
  05

  We like watching things grow; our business, our colleagues...
  even trees! In fact over the past year we've sponsored the
  planting of over 30,000 trees as part of our work to respect
  our environment.
  With our suppliers, White &...

• We're right on the money
  05

  We have beaten off stiff
  competition to win a clutch of
  prestigious awards.
  'Your Money' magazine has
  named us Best Online Banking
  Provider, an amazing
  achievement since we were
  up against five-time winner
  Smile.co.uk, a...

• Harry Potter mania!
  06

  To help customers be amongst
  the first to get their hands on
  "Harry Potter and the Deathly
  Hallows" some stores opened
  their doors at midnight.
  Across the country we saw
  colleagues dressing up, fancy
  dress competitions...

• Royal award for gardening colleague
  06

  I'm sure you all
  remember Trevor Lynn
  who we mentioned in
  our last issue for his
  work in the community
  through his Mow and
  Grow business. All his
  hard work has now
  been recognised.
  Trevor was recently given
  the award for...

• The Big Knit
  06

  helping keep older people warm this winter
  Get knitting to beat last year's
  woolly hat target Fancy putting the kettle on, getting your
  knitting out and helping to raise money for
  Age Concern? innocent are asking...

• Supply Chain gets greener
  07

  The environment always seems to be in the news
  these days, but for us it's nothing new, Respect
  for our Environment is one of our Famous Five. We're building a new distribution
  centre, our first in four years,
  and its set to...

• Could you be a Salisbury's Snapper.
  08

  We know that Lee isn't the only talented
  photographer out there. So if you have a
  passion for taking pictures then you need
  to enter our fantastic competition.
  We're giving away a £500 photographic
  voucher, from Jessops, to...

• Did you know?: My hidden talent
  08

  Secret Snapper Lee Stokes is the Systems Manager at the Basingstoke
  depot. He's also a photographer. When he was 10 years
  old, Lee was given his first camera. It was a Christmas
  present from his dad. "I loved it straight away,"...

• Job Swap: From smoothies to coffee
  09

  Simon Johnson, Cafe Manager works at Bury St Edmunds.
  He swapped jobs with Food Advisor Genny Youngs. Genny's day
  My Expectations
  I thought it would be busy, pressurised and hot
  working in the cafe.
  id - I didn't stop from...

• S Factor
  10

  Across the country
  you took up the
  challenge and
  entered the S Factor.
  We wanted to find people with a
  special talent who would be able to
  entertain colleagues attending the
  2007 Management Conference. And
  we weren't...

• Tell Justin
  11

  Great ways to
  make us greener We receive lots of suggestions on how we can reduce
  our impact on the environment.
  This is really important to us and Respect for our
  Environment is one of one of our Famous Five. H ere are some...

• Stars 2007
  12

  It takes someone special to be a
  Sainsbury's Star and boy have we
  got a sky full! All our finalists had one
  thing in common; their dedication to
  their colleagues and customers.
  The awards were split into two
  categories;...

• Putting the 'super' in naturals
  14

  Our Super naturals range is very special
  - it's fresh, tasty and full of lovely things
  that are good for you. Although all of our
  ready meals are made with natural
  ingredients... there's something a little
  bit special about...

• Summer wardrobe makeover
  16

  We're right in the middle of summer and hopefully we'll be
  enjoying some warm weather! Most of you will be cooling
  down with some ice cold drinks and lots of ice-cream... but
  aside from making sure your fridge is ready for the...

• Something for the boys!
  17

  Something for the boys!Men always seem to get left out
  in the beauty stakes and
  relegated to the bottom of the
  bathroom cabinet. Not anymore.
  Thanks to the new Bulldog
  range, exclusive to us, guys will
  be elbowing the girls...

• Try something new today
  17

  Looking
  good the organic way Everyone needs a bit of time out to escape from the
  world and do a bit of pampering. What better way to
  indulge than with our new organic beauty range, made
  from completely natural products. We...

• Discovery Food Competition
  18

  It's summer and all you want
  to do is get away somewhere
  hot and tropical. If you're not
  lucky enough to be jetting off,
  then bring a taste of the
  exotic to your table.
  Try Discovery's informal Mexican
  range with its wide...

• Fill up with fibre
  18

  WIN
  A PICNIC
  HAMPER We all know that a diet high in
  fibre is important for a healthy
  digestive system. But as many
  as four out of five people still
  aren't getting enough.
  Nutritionists recommend we
  should all eat 24g of...

• Tasting the difference
  18

  We've improved some old favourites in our Taste the
  difference range so look out for them on the shelves.We've been perfecting some totally
  indulgent treats so why not give
  them a go. with braised red cabbage will tickle
  your...

• Your shout: Get Set...for School
  19

  The summer holidays may
  seem like they're never
  ending, but before you
  know it you'll be packing
  your kids off to school.
  It's never easy - making
  sure they've got the right
  uniform and stationery,
  not to mention a...

• Helping hand to work
  20

  Frazer Nash is a happy, funny, capable man. He's a talented
  artist and budding musician, so you would never know now
  that three years ago he suffered a major head injury and
  never thought he would work again. In fact his...

• Shop till you drop!
  21

  Sophie Lea-Gerrard
  has a job that most
  22 year-olds would
  be jealous of... she's
  paid to shop.
  Sophie works at Merton as an Online
  Shopper. She takes all the orders that
  customers make online, goes round
  the store, finds...

• Stepping up our training
  21

  Making sure you get
  the right training for
  your job is really
  important to us.
  We've been working
  really hard to make
  sure you have
  everything you need. Over the past 18 months our team in
  Retail Training and Resourcing...

• Making the difference in our past
  22

  Our first Make the difference day to reduce carrier bag
  usaqe was a great success. But it's not the first time
  we've had a positive impact on our environment and the
  community. In 1989 Jason Donovan was singing about Too Many...

• Local news round up: London
  23

  1950s 1978 1989 1991 1996 1990s 2006 2007
  Paper bags
  first
  introduced
  Plastic bags
  hit stores
  Recycled
  plastic bags
  introduced
  Penny Back
  launched
  80.2 million
  bags recycled
  Bags for Life,
  Super...

• Local news round up: East
  24

  'Twx
  fairytale or storybook
  characters for Comic Relief.
  WARREN HEATH
  Bev Quarton and Carol
  Holbrook raised over £400
  in just four hours for Comic
  Relief. The girls had lots of
  fun at Warren Heath store
  much to the...

• Local news round up: South
  24

  TSMOUTH
  Steve Bennett, Duty
  Manager and Trevor
  Martinson, PTM, dressed up
  as 'Pompey Ladies' and
  braved the Saturday traffic
  and cycled to Farlington
  store. They raised £200 for
  Comic Relief.
  ^^^•^ Colleagues raised...

• Local news round up: North
  25

  Anya Hindmarch fever hit the
  country a couple of months
  ago, with colleagues all over
  the UK pulling out all the stops
  Keighley store raised
  £2,968 for Comic Relief
  by sitting in a bath tub full
  of beans and taking...

• Local news round up: West
  25

  Witney raised E3,200 for
  Comic Relief, organising
  aerobics classes at lunch
  dressing up for the day ai
  shaking their collection
  buckets. There was even
  spot of sponsored chest
  waxing to top the day off!
  Colleagues...

• Justin talks: Going the extra mile to shine everyday
  26

  The Sainsbury's Stars Awards provide a chance to
  celebrate how great we are at serving our customers Ireally look forward to any
  opportunities to meet as many of
  you as possible and hearing stories of
  how we are really making...

• Coffee Break Solutions
  27

  BANG
  HANG
  HAND
  HARD
  CARD
  CORD

• MAY/JUNE COMPETITION WINNERS
  27

  MAY/JUNE
  COMPETITION WINNERS
  Live Earth Tickets
  Lorraine Murray, Enfield
  Mars Planets tickets
  Nick Jones, Eastleigh
  Warren Townsend,
  Hams Hall Depot
  Mrs B Hughes, Hornchurch
  Pink Smeg fridge
  Mrs L.B Faben, Hull
  s*

• Your letters
  27

  DearJournal
  I read with interest the letter
  concerning uniform and in particular
  the request for fleece v-neck jumpers.
  The reply stated "the new trial range
  does not feature a pullover as we
  opted for a much smarter and...

• Sainsbury's people: Our Veterans Association
  28

  Many of you might not be aware that for 60 years we've been running
  the Veterans Association for colleagues who have retired
  after being with us for 25 years.
  Started in 1947, the Association organises lots of different...

• Sainsbury's people: Promotions
  28

  Timothy Adams, Senior Manager,
  Store Support Centre. Emma
  Atkins, Senior Analyst Programmer,
  Store Support Centre. Simon
  Barrett, Transport Supervisor,
  Basingstoke Depot. Violet Bebb,
  Personnel & Training Manager,
  Oswestry....

• Sainsbury's people: Long service 25 years
  29

  Kathleen Anderson, Beeston. Karen
  Anscomb, Surbiton. Jennifer
  Arnold, Weedon Road. Colin Arthur,
  Berryden Road. Linda Atkins,
  Dunstable. Gladys Bake, East Filton.
  Sandra Barden, Frimley Local. Terry Beck, Chapel House Local....

• Sainsbury's people: Long service 40 years
  29

  Corinne Bailey, Bexhill. Kathleen
  Caswell, Farnham. Robert Erskine,
  Kings Lyn. Doreen Fenwick, North
  Cheam. Sylvia Gunner, Croydon
  Graham Morris, Altrincham.

• Sainsbury's people: Retirements
  29

  Brian Abbey, Altrincham (11 yrs).
  Christine Allen, Altrincham (17 yrs).
  Francis Almond, Darwen (24 yrs).
  Frederick Amato, Thanet (2 yrs).
  Lynda Ashton, Store Support
  Centre (5 yrs). Robert Atwood,
  Maidstone new (4 yrs)....

• Sainsbury's people: Obituaries
  31

  Yvonne Andrews, 57, Foss Bank,
  died 9 June (20 yrs). Kenneth Bull,
  75, East Mayne, died 11 June (12 yrs).
  Walter Calderhead, 77, Monks Cross,
  died 31 May (5 yrs). Alan Campbell,
  25, Edinburgh, died 27 March (4 mths). Margaret...

• Sainsbury's people: Stanway Royal win SSA quiz
  31

  Stanway Royal team came first
  in this year's SSA Corporate
  Quiz finals, held at the Hilton
  Birmingham Metropole Hotel,
  with 92 points.
  The Ripley Rattlers came a
  close second, with 91 I
  points, while The I
  Yorkies took...

• Coffee break
  32

  A few years ago a customer asked me
  where the "roll mop" was. I took her
  to the cleaning section where all the
  floor mops were, she looked very
  puzzled and said: "Oh no my dear, I
  mean roll mop herrings!" We both
  had a good...

• Flora Pro.activ 3 step challenge
  32

  Two out of three adults have raised cholesterol Never fear though as you can help
  lower your cholesterol with three
  easy steps:
  1. Eat three portions of Flora
  pro.activ a day, try our low
  fat spread or milk
  2. Ensure you eat...

• Win a Red Letter Day!
  32

  Start your day with Quaker's new range of four
  indulgent Granola and Muesli cereals with the
  benefits of whole grains. To wash it down, why not try
  Tropicana's 100 per cent pure smooth
  orange juice in a revolutionary...