'Sainsbury's Journal', March/April 2009

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• Contents Page
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  JUSTIN TALKS
  OUR NEWS
  START THE DAY
  WITH JK AND DIDO
  EASTER FAMILY
  RECIPES
  RETAIL WATCH
  COMIC RELIEF
  SPECIAL
  IN SEASON
  vertising
  IN SEASON
  cream and sun cream product tests.
  Main cover image:
  Thanet colleagues get...

• Congratulations - Fundraising
  03

  With so many of you putting the fun into fundraising it should come as no
  surprise that you've helped raise more money than ever before! As we go to
  press you've raised at least £1.4 million - more than in the last three...

• GUEST EDITOR WAYNE MASSEY
  04

  WAYNE MASSEY
  Rhyl
  I was really glad to be invited to be guest editor, especially as this edition
  covers all the great charity fundraising colleagues have done for this year's
  Comic Relief Red Nose Day.
  At Rhyl, six of us did...

• You make the difference
  04

  ed Nose Day
  as a great success again
  year and this is down
  your fantastic commitment.
  .. .an see some of the many ways
  colleagues up and down the country
  did something funny for money on
  pages 12-15.
  This year we raised...

• Fairtrade full force
  05

  Good news - we smashed our
  2009 Fairtrade sales target ahead
  of Fairtrade Fortnight!
  We pledged to sell £200 million
  worth of Fairtrade products by
  March 2009 - but we have actually
  sold more than £210 million since
  this...

• Pick of the Jersey Crop
  05

  For the first time, all our Jersey
  Rovals will be packed for us on
  island by Albert Bartlett,
  eaninq much fresher spuds
  for our customers.
  ' L "In the past, all potatoes
  picked on the island were
  then shipped to...

• Thought for food
  05

  Food safety and the dangers of
  getting it wrong - for colleagues and
  the customers they serve - were
  brought home to Justin and the
  board during a recent meeting
  at Hayes store in Middlesex.
  Julia Read, John Hunt and...

• You Can do the Maths (or English)
  05

  Congratulations
  to Mohammad
  Khan, Lewisham,
  who is among
  the first
  colleagues to
  have
  completed our
  online maths
  skills course.
  Mohammad is
  now the proud owner of
  an 'EDI Level 1 Certificate in Adult
  Numeracy' and was...

• Barking up the right tree
  06

  Active Kids has teamed up with the
  Woodland Trust to give schools and
  children's activity groups the chance
  to really get growing this autumn
  with a free pack to plant trees and
  hedges in their grounds.
  The packs have been...

• Coventry comes together
  06

  After a long time apart in
  separate buildings in Coventry
  and Holborn, Home & Lifestyle
  and TU Clothing are finally
  working together under
  one roof!
  "We've been apart since the
  launch of TU Clothing in
  September 2004,"...

• The law in store
  06

  Hot on the heels of our on site
  doctors' surgeries, we're proud
  to announce another first - our
  first public access, community
  instore police office.
  While doing the weekly shop at
  Lordshill store in Southampton,
  members of...

• A day in the life of JK!
  07

  Laura Prichard, Hereford store, one of
  our bakery apprentices, recently spent
  the day with Justin at Holborn store {fT,
  support centre to find out what a day in
  the life of a Chief Executive is really like.
  Justin was...

• A triple certified cappuccino to go please!
  07

  In our 140th year of trading we remain committed to responsibly sourced
  own brand products for our customers.
  "As a business we're committed to Fairtrade and we were one of the first
  retailers to launch 100 per cent triple...

• Fat fighters
  07

  We want our colleagues and customers to be healthy and happy.
  In association with Flora pro-activ, sponsors of the London Marathon, all
  our popular instore pharmacies will be offering free cholesterol tests to
  colleagues and...

• Recipe for success: the big cook off
  07

  Do you have a special recipe you
  like to cook? Then it's time we told
  you about The Big Cook Off - an
  exciting competition that's set to
  get your creative juices flowing!
  How would you like to demonstrate
  your culinary...

• Stan's the man
  07

  Stan Cossick, St Clare's, is the
  latest store colleague to appear
  in our popular TV ads.
  Stan, who has already appeared in
  two previous ads, couldn't believe
  his luck when they offered him a
  speaking part!
  "I didn't have...

• Start the day with Justin & Dido
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  Justin and Dido have been having lively Q&A's
  with colleagues up and down the country. Find out
  what's on colleagues' minds and what Justin and
  Dido plan to do about it... JUSTIN
  Justin listens
  to Region...

• Family Recipes
  09

  ...and Try something
  new this Easter. It's
  another time of year
  when the family gets
  together for good food
  and a natter. Our 'Try
  something new' minimags,
  given away free
  instore, are full of great
  recipes; make sure...

• Giving credit in difficult times
  10

  Everyone's talking about it - the credit crunch,
  the recession - how did it happen? How long will
  it last? Meanwhile, all of us in the retail industry
  are asking the same guestion - what can we do to
  help ourselves, our...

• Comic Relief 09
  12

  Once again, colleagues across the
  business - and across the country
  - pulled out all the stops for
  Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Not that kind of 'sloshed'! Colleagues and
  customers enjoyed giving Ian Mathison, Slough,
  a...

• Comic Relief 09: You've done us a flavour
  15

  A taste sensation for
  the nation! Discover
  how one colleague's
  favourite flavour is
  coming to a crisp
  packet near you...When he wasn't busy shooting hoops
  herwise helping to raise money,
  in was also very pleased...

• Easter POS: Creative possibilities
  16

  Have you ever wondered how your instore advertising is created? Patricia
  Higgins, Cromwell Road, has! We invited her to the store support centre to
  meet designer, Sarah Watkins, where she discovered just how much time,
  energy...

• In season: Double Cream/Smoothly does it
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  Spring may only just
  have sprung but already
  we're looking forward
  to summer and how we
  can help our customers
  make the most of the
  warmer days...
  So, what better way to do that than
  a double product test? We...

• Your switch and save Sainsbury's Own Brand challenge
  19

  Baxter's healthy vegetable
  and lentil soup
  BGTY tinned vegetable soups
  Tropicana orange juice
  BGTY orange juice
  Yeo Valley fat free
  natural yoghurt
  BGTY natural yoghurt
  Weightwatchers chicken curry
  BGTY chicken...

• 140 year preview: Tell us your memories
  20

  We're a business built on
  strong values and experience.
  We spoke to some of our
  long-serving colleagues
  across the country and asked
  them to share their memories
  ahead of our special Heritage
  edition of the Journal. We Want...

• Charity of the year
  21

  As part of our 140th
  birthday celebrations
  we are launching our
  charity of the year
  partnership in every
  store from 6th May.
  It's an exciting new
  way for colleagues to
  make a difference in
  their local communities
  and...

• Gap Busters
  22

  7AM: STORE COLLEAGUES SCAN THE
  AISLES FOR PRODUCT GAPS USING RSS
  HANDSETS.
  8AM: HAND SET INFORMATION
  TRANSMITTED FROM STORE TO HOLBORN
  STORE SUPPORT CENTRE.
  10AM: STORE SUPPORT CENTRE CREATE
  ORDERS AND TRANSMIT TO DEPOTS -...

• Jay'll fix it
  23

  true
  Consider it done, Gary! Thanks to
  Virgin Experience Days we were
  able to send Stuart and Shelley on a
  quad biking session in the beautiful
  surroundings of the Priory Estate
  in Nuffield, near Redhill, Surrey.
  The Estate...

• Local news round up: South
  24

  The store celebrated its 21st
  .hday at the beginning
  ~, the year. To mark the
  occasion, colleagues
  decorated the front of the
  store and their canteen with
  balloons and banners. Two
  kes were brought in and
  ch colleague...

• Local news round up: East
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  HARLOW HUNSTANTON
  Local school children visite
  the store to learn more abc
  health and healthy eating for
  a project about the Olympi-
  Each child was given a
  Fairtrade kid's banana and
  we're pleased to report tha.
  no banana...

• Local news round up: North
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  GUISBOROUGH
  lleagues held a
  :harity tombola
  with donations
  of unwanted
  Christmas presents
  for children at the
  local Kilton Thorpe
  School. Colleagues
  volunteered time
  to run the stall
  throughout the day
  and helped raise...

• Local news round up: West
  25

  LEAMINGTON SPA
  On Christmas Eve,
  colleagues delivered
  fresh, free flowers
  to local charities.
  The charities usuailv
  collect from the "'
  throughout the y
  but were thrilled to
  receive a surprise
  delivery from
  arity...

• Local news round up: Convenience
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  GORSIENON
  Colleagues celebrated
  their store's first birthday
  recently, laying on a
  colourful spread includii
  a cake and plenty of
  tasty nibbles.
  Happy first birthday
  to Crewe! To
  ate their first
  leagues ? f \ ^
  >d forty...

• Local news round up: Logistics
  26

  RYE PARK
  won a flii
  in his local newspaper.
  It can get a bit nippy at high altitudes so ... ...
  padded work coat to keep warm. When the pilot noticed that
  Steve worked for the business he flew them both over the
  depot for a...

• Coffee break Solutions
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• March - April Competition Winners!
  27

  March - April
  Competitioh Wihhers!
  Nectar winners:
  50,000 points -1 winner:
  Joanna Young (Apsley Mills).
  20,000 points - 2 winners:
  G.J Croft (retired),
  Eastbourne; K Mills,
  Bromley. 1,000 - 20 winners:
  P.A Gilbert,...

• More Red Nose action
  27

  This year, across the
  country, you organised
  more Red Nose Day events
  than we could shake a
  handkerchief at!
  At Chiswick, Red Nose Day was an
  opportunity for colleagues to give each
  other a right sponging - a popular...

• Sainsbury's people: Long service 25 years
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  Pamela Addleton, New Arnold.
  Dorothea Allan, Sunderland. Angela
  Ash, Lords Hill. Dawn Aston, Merry
  Hill. Suzanne Atkinson, Heaton Park.
  Paul Bache, Blackheath. Brenda
  Baker, Perton. Vicki Ball, Hull.
  Barbara Ballantyne,...

• Sainsbury's people: Promotions & Appointments
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  Julie Archard, Store Manager,
  Midsomer Norton. Lisa Bennett,
  Strategic Space Manager, Holborn
  store support centre. Shahil Bhimji,
  Project Manager, Holborn store
  support centre. Charlotte Bivens,
  Buyer, Holborn store support...

• Sainsbury's people: Long service 40 years
  29

  Sylvia Davis, Lordshill. Kathleen
  Isles, Northampton.

• Sainsbury's people: Retirements
  29

  Eric Acton, Hereford (3 yrs). Moyra
  Angell, Eastleigh (3 yrs). Brian
  Aston, Rugby (11 yrs). Rosemary
  Bailey, Broadcut (3 yrs). Shirley
  Baker, Pound Lane (12 yrs). Rosalind Barrett, Whitstable (15 yrs). Chris
  Bartholomew,...

• Sainsbury's people: Obituaries
  30

  Geoffrey Baker, 63, Chislehurst, died
  11 January (8 yrs). Julie Baldwin, 41,
  Springfield, died 12 December
  (1 Mth). John Ballard, 78, Kettering,
  died 10 January (12 yrs). Christine
  Buettner, 46, Wigan, died 16 January
  (25...

• A sack full of sun
  32

  Win a goodie bag of travel accessories We've got samples from our Suncare
  range, Champneys mini products,
  face wipes and shower gel. We're
  even throwing in some Scholl footcare
  products, gradual tan and body
  scrubs so you can...

• Bread head!
  32

  Bread head!
  Invent a summer sandwich to be sold
  instore and win a night in London,
  see a show and enjoy a meal for two!
  From April, all our own brand
  sandwiches will be made from British
  meat and poultry. We've got...

• Calling all chocoholics
  32

  Win a hamper of
  chocolate goodies from
  Cadbury worth £150!
  John Cadbury opened his first shop
  selling chocolate products in 1824,
  but it was not until 1875 that the first
  Cadbury Easter eggs appeared.
  Easter signifies the...

• Sainsbury's people: Coffee break
  32

  For further terms and conditions on competitions in the Sainsbury's Journal please go to...