'Sainsbury's Journal', September/October 2009

Table of content

• Contents Page
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  P4 JUSTIN TALKS
  ...about Active Kids Get Cooking,
  our barbecue range and the expansion
  of Online.
  P5 OUR NEWS
  Find out what's been going on around
  the business.
  P8 IE DAY
  WITH ROGER
  Roger Burnley meets Region...

• Local charity of the year: Let the fundraising begin
  03

  Following the recent Local
  Charity of the Year 'Make the
  difference day' we've heard from
  lots of stores who've already
  been making great use of their
  charity kit to support their
  chosen charity!
  There are some fun ideas...

• Guest Editor Pat Lee
  04

  PAT LEE
  Cameron Toll
  I'm delighted to be this issue's guest editor, particularly as I also had the
  opportunity to help put together one of the features!
  I was very proud to attend the first of the Big Cook Off regional heats...

• You make the difference
  04

  Iwas very pleased to
  attend this year's
  Active Kids Get Cooking
  Special Challenge event at
  the end of June. This time round
  the young people were challenged
  ikfast recipes
  with a global theme, and there
  were some excellent...

• Active ingredients
  05

  Cooking isn't just for grown ups!
  Through our Active Kids Get
  Cooking Special Challenge, we're
  committed to helping younger
  generations cook healthy, tasty
  meals for friends and family.
  This year's competition...

• Trynation
  05

  Our Try Team has just made their
  TV debut on our lastest advert,
  giving our customers lots of
  tasty twists to classic dishes and
  exciting new recipes ideas.
  The new website:
  www.sainsburys.co.uk/trynation/
  is full of great...

• Fresh from the valleys
  06

  We're joining forces with some young
  farming stars in Wales to give them
  the opportunity to sell their lamb
  through nine of our Welsh stores.
  "We want to do our bit to encourage
  younger people to stay in the...

• Money Matters
  06

  Our friends at Sainsbury's Finance
  have launched a fantastic new
  website to help you and your
  customers look after your money.
  'Money Matters' is full of handy tips
  to help you make the most of your
  money. The new website is...

• Plate power
  06

  Shoppers at Gloucester Quays will
  be powering the tills for the very
  first time simply by driving into
  the car park!
  New kinetic plates have been
  installed in the car park that
  create enough energy to keep the
  tills running...

• Seasonal treats in store
  07

  Giving our customers fresh and tasty
  produce is really important to us and
  the launch of Project Greengrocer
  shouts about it more than ever!
  The changes were rolled out to all
  stores in June. There's great new
  POS giving our...

• Wrapped in history
  07

  Mrs Marian Yetman, a loyal Talbot Heath
  customer, discovered one of our newspaper
  adverts from 1917 when going through a
  shoe box of items for a charity sale. She
  wrote to ask if we'd like to see the advert
  and we thought...

• Start the day with Roger
  08

  Roger Burnley enjoyed a lively discussion with
  colleagues from Region 35, before answering
  guestions on a wide range of subjects including
  opening hours, security and first aid... Wm.
  SSr
  ROGER
  Roger kicks things
  off with...

• Big cook off: The heat is on
  09

  Twelve colleagues have
  now been selected to
  cook in the exciting
  Big Cook Off final at
  our annual conference
  in Birmingham
  this September.
  We sent Guest Editor, Pat Lee, Cameron
  Toll, along to the first of seven...

• www.sainsbury's.co.uk just got bigger
  10

  We're always looking
  for new and better ways
  to serve the needs of
  our customers.
  Online supermarket shopping is
  convenient, hassle free way for
  customers to do the weekly food shop
  when they can't get to a store.
  Online...

• I'm Running Sainsbury's
  12

  If there's one thing
  the recent Channel 4
  series proved, it's that
  our colleagues are
  full of fantastic ideas
  and the passion and
  determination to
  make them work.
  Our colleagues spend most of their
  days surrounded by...

• Making a meal out of Basics
  14

  We wanted to prove that
  buying basics doesn't
  mean compromising
  on quality, range or
  flavour, so we invited
  four colleagues to
  enjoy a mouth-watering
  four course basics
  meal, prepared by a
  professional chef, at...

• An education in style - Tu
  16

  It's that time of year again when parents ask themselves: 'How can we
  afford to kit out our kids for school or college with good guality gear?'
  We have the solution...Leeds Moortown colleague, Maureen Al-Moozany,
  her daughter...

• Red Nose Day: The winner tastes it all
  18

  Here's another fantastic example of colleagues with
  brilliant ideas actually seeing them happen. Proof
  that you've got to be in it to win it! A couple of issues back we revealed
  how Karen Mortimer, Clifton Down,
  couldn't...

• British summer BBQ
  19

  It's the middle of the
  summer and there's
  no better way to spend
  those long warm
  evenings than dusting
  off your barbie and
  inviting some friends
  over for a few sausages
  and burgers... BAKERY CTS MANAGER, DILLON,
  BECAME UK...

• Sainsbury's driver of the year
  20

  Never mind Top Gear's
  race track challenge,
  our depot drivers had
  more tests and fun, at
  this year's Driver of the
  Year Competition at
  Bruntingthorpe Proving
  Ground, Leicestershire. "Our drivers are among the safest...

• Think 25 is live
  21

  TW*
  We're committed to
  helping our colleagues
  serve the right
  customers the right
  products within the law
  and without worry!
  "Think 25 is the new way that
  we're helping colleagues have the
  confidence and peace of mind...

• The Simple Truth
  22

  ...is that Simple Stores - in the space
  of a year - has made a difference to
  the daily lives of colleagues across
  the country, through the introduction
  of new and improved processes.
  "Simple Stores makes sense. It's about...

• Jay'll fix it
  23

  What a great idea. Quicker than Ashes
  to Ashes' Gene Hunt shouting: "Fire
  up the quatro," we sprang into action
  and, with the help of Buyagift and
  Songmaker studios, soon turned a
  dream into musical 'Gold'.
  Mick Gregory...

• Local news round up: South
  24

  ALPERTON
  Colleagues and the
  community really came
  together over the anniversary
  weekend with local school
  children playing drums in
  the foyer, colleagues dressing
  up in the shop fashions of
  1868 and col
  including Umi...

• Local news round up: East
  25

  IPSWICH
  Colleagues dressed in
  Victorian outfits over the
  140th birthday weekend and,
  as elsewhere, proved a very
  popular hit with customers.
  The new Mayor of Ipswich
  chose to make his first offici
  engagement a visit to...

• Local news round up: North
  25

  DARWEN NANTWICH MEOLE BRACE
  Our anniversary provided the
  perfect excuse for colleagues
  to raise awareness in the local
  community for their Local
  Charity of the Year - CRY
  (Cardiac Risk in the Young).
  Colleagues decorated...

• Local news round up: West
  25

  AMBLECOTE
  Colleagues' 140th celebrations
  were given a boost when
  the Mayor of Dudley cut
  the cake - on her first
  official engagement no less!
  Local children were also
  encouraged to take part
  a Victorian...

• Local news round up: Convenience and Store Support Centre
  26

  AREA 82
  Store managers, colleagues
  and the area team helped
  support fundraisings across
  the region recently with a
  walk in aid of the various
  stores' 'Charity of the Year'
  partnerships. A total of thirt'
  colleagues got...

• Local news round up: Logistics
  26

  WALTHAM POINT RYE PARK
  •amsbury's
  ini»i)uiTnni)ik
  Depot colleagues have been
  doing their bit recently
  to promote road safety
  awareness among children.
  In partnership with Essex
  Road Safety, they have been
  showing...

• Coffee Break Solutions
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• July/August competition news
  27

  Rugby and
  "lomebase
  Bread Head -
  update
  The closing dates for last
  ~'s Rugby and Homebase
  etitions closed after this
  n went to press. Winners
  3 contacted directly after
  uly. The winning names
  ese and this...

• Your letters: A rhyme no time...
  27

  Our 140th anniversary really
  brought out the creative talents in so
  many colleagues across the business,
  including a passion for poetry...
  ...not least of all Maxine
  Bennett, Canvey Island, who is
  never averse to a bit of...

• 50 National Trust Day Passes to be won
  28

  Walk WitK Walkers
  50 National Trust Day
  Passes to be won
  There are some great places to visit,
  including mansions, castles and
  country estates.
  Just answer this question:
  What was the winning flavour
  created by Karen...

• Coffee Break
  28

  For further terms and conditions on...

• Win one of three iPod Touches!
  28

  Fine tuhe your finances
  Win one of three
  iPod Touches!
  You'll have already seen our
  news piece about the exciting
  new Money Matters website at
  www.sainsburysfinance.co.uk/
  moneymatters
  To celebrate the launch...

• Win VIP tickets to see Alesha Dixon in concert
  28

  Win VIP
  tickets to see
  Alesha Dixon
  in concert
  This summer, Toblerone is giving away
  a free exclusive Alesha Dixon track to
  download, with every 100g bar. The
  catchy tune with a cool summer vibe,
  'Before
  the Sun Goes...