'Sainsbury's Journal', May/June 2010

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• Contents Page
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• New Look Journal
  03

  re revamping the Journal and
  giving it a new look! For the next
  issue, out at the end of July, we will
  have a brand new design and features
  for you to enjoy...but we need your
  help to make it really excellent.
  Do you have a...

• Guest Editor Adam McLaughlin
  04

  ADAM MCLAUGHLIN
  Rye Park Depot
  I was really excited to be asked to be guest editor of this edition of the
  Journal! I was also lucky enough to be involved in one of the features - turn
  to page 9 to find out about my role as a...

• You make the difference
  04

  ever
  I m sure you
  will all share my
  excitement at our
  announcement that we
  are the official supermarket
  partner of the London 2012
  'aralympic Games. We're very
  lud to be the first ever Paralympic
  sponsor of London...

• Have more of our cake and eat it
  05

  There's nothing like getting home after a hard
  day's work and relaxing with a nice cup of tea
  and a piece of cake.
  "That's the thinking behind the re-launch of
  our new and improved range of loaf cakes,"
  explains Nicola...

• Making the grade
  05

  As a major UK employer we know we
  have some of the most skilled and
  dedicated colleagues in the land and
  we're working hard to keep it that way.
  That's why we're thrilled to have risen
  a massive 17 places to 32nd on the
  list...

• Royal seal of approval
  05

  When the floods brought the town of
  Cockermouth to a virtual standstill last winter,
  there was at least one local retailer who rose to
  the challenge of helping the community...us!
  Our efforts caught the attention of His...

• First ever online TV ad
  06

  Last year we launched our bigger
  and better online shopping service
  to customers. After years of giving
  great service on food deliveries, for
  the first time we increased our
  online range to include thousands of
  home and...

• Make your cooking fool proof
  06

  With competitions like our own Big
  Cook Off and TV shows, including
  Masterchef, attracting more and
  more talented amateur chefs, it
  seems as if the whole nation wants
  to learn to cook - and cook well!
  The trouble is it can...

• Show us the travel money
  06

  We've just opened our 100lh Travel
  Money Bureau in our Hempstead
  Valley store.
  Justin was there to officially open
  the bureau - he even got behind the
  counter at one point to serve the
  bureau's first few customers!
  "Our...

• Angels of the aisles
  07

  Even when the unexpected
  happens it's always wonderful to
  report the way our store colleagues
  take charge and do their very best
  to help our customers...
  ...and that's exactly what happened
  back in April when an elderly...

• Hear something new
  07

  'Light and Day', a song by choir
  sized group The Polyphonic Spree,
  has become one of the most
  recognised and enjoyed pieces of
  music in TV advertising. We use
  their happy, upbeat track on our
  'Try something new today'...

• Sport Relief: The biggest and the best
  07

  That's what colleagues up and down
  the country are saying as they look
  back on our most successful and
  exciting Sport Relief ever!
  "In total we've raised a staggering
  £5.4 million," confirms a delighted
  Mike Sullivan,...

• Start the day with Justin & Imelda
  08

  Start the day with Justin
  Region 43, Melksham
  From budgets, to MCM scores and
  shouting about our support for loca
  schools, Region 43 had no shortage
  of discussion points for Justin...
  "Our colleagues always ask the...

• By day, by night
  09

  Our colleagues have some amazing talents inside and outside of work.
  This time we wanted to lift the lid on the lives of our hard working logistics
  colleagues. You'll be amazed at what one of them gets up to! Meet Adam...

• The Scan Plan
  10

  Choice, convenience and
  the highest standards
  of customer service
  are at the heart of our
  plans to bring self scan
  checkouts to every store
  by 2011. But what does
  this mean for you and
  why have we done it?
  "We want all...

• Pitch Perfect
  12

  It's going to be a
  summer to remember
  for our football
  mad colleagues and
  customers, not least
  because we've got all
  the products they'll
  need to enjoy Britain's
  most popular sport! To prove we've 'got game' we headed...

• Pet Idol - the winners
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  The winners of our cutest ever competition are
  Gizmo, sent in by owner Linda Dennis, Hoddesdon
  and Jasmine sent in by Peter Boyce, Worksop.
  Linda and Peter will win a year's supply of lams cat
  or dog food to keep their furry...

• Colleague panel
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  We've introduced an exciting new way for you to
  give us your feedback - a way for you to really
  make a positive difference in your working lives.
  It's called the Colleague Panel and it's your chance
  to tell us what's on your...

• Ingredients for cooks
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  We're always looking
  for new and exciting
  ways to encourage
  our customers and
  colleagues to cook at
  home. Our new store
  cupboard range of
  Ingredients for Cooks,
  recently launched to
  350 stores, is designed
  to inspire new...

• London 2012...here we come!
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  This has to be one of the most exciting announcements we've ever had! in
  May we announced that we are proud to be the Official Supermarket Partner
  of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. This is not only a historic signing as
  it's...

• What's in your fridge?
  19

  We're in the business of
  selling quality food, so
  we don't want to see it
  wasted. If we buy or cook
  too much, that doesn't
  mean it should end up
  in the bin! We asked the
  Try Team's Sally Craike
  to help us show that
  there...

• Bakery School
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  Sometimes, the best
  kind of training is hands
  on! We're committed to
  giving new and existing
  colleagues the skills
  they need to enjoy long
  and successful careers
  with us - and our new
  Bakery College in
  Wellingborough is...

• Supply on demand
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  As a UK wide retailer we're committed
  to working with smaller suppliers to
  give our customers the widest possible
  range of quality products. Our logistics
  colleagues play a vital role in helping us
  do this, but have you ever...

• Games Review
  22

  Ever wondered what it
  would be like to score
  the winning goal in a
  major international
  football competition?
  Well in this exciting sporting year,
  colleagues and customers have the
  chance to find out in the comfort of
  their...

• Avatar fever
  23

  You really got behind the DVD and Blu-ray launch of Avatar, this
  year's "biggest movie blockbuster! Across the country, you went native
  (or should we say na'vi?), painting yourselves blue, climbing trees arid •
  generally...

• Local news round up: North
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  lleagues really got involved
  tasty English products for
  ers to sample. Andy
  nd Michael McHugh
  I up as the Saint
  and took part in a
  ight on the local green!
  ers and colleagues
  njoyed the day and
  iver £930 for the...

• Local news round up: East
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  Jleagues at Bretton for ^
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  )-7 and everyone had a grea
  ume! We wonder if there...

• Local news round up: South
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  egion's HR managers in a
  riendly netball match in .
  nort Relief. It was an inti
  , but in the end the s
  agers won! Together th
  o teams raised over £1,500.
  of Sport Relief. Their walk raised over £400 and they...

• Local news round up: West
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  Colleagues tested their bodies an
  !or Sport Relief. They cycled the i
  nstore, swung their hips in salsa
  n an aerobic session and then ex
  quiz night. We're exhausted just r TORQUAY
  Colleagues and customers
  celebrated St...

• Local news round up: Convenience
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  AREA 74
  Colleagues recently celebrated their great fundraising efforts
  for their Local Charities. Over the past year, the 17 stores raised
  over £4,500 for the RNLI, Zoe's Place (a children's hospice),
  Greenfell Youth Club,...

• Local news round up: Logistics
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  The depot played the role of motor cycle Easter bunny to three lo(
  and local businesses donated Easter eggs to the children's wards at
  and York Hospital. They even gave out treats to nurses in the wards as a
  their hard...

• Coffee Break Solutions
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• March/April Competition winners
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  Goodfella's
  Jason Wong, Fosse Park
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  Deborah Babakordi, Heaton Park
  Holly Jackson, Northumberland Park I
  Chris Buso, Nantwich
  Susan Ely, Eastleigh
  Will Everett, Holborn store
  support centre
  Simon West,...

• Your letters
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  We love it when we hear back from colleagues who've won prizes in our
  exciting Journal competitions. Back in November last year, Pamini
  Kanagasabay, llford, was lucky enough to win a trip to visit the Caluwe
  Demande factory in...

• Sainsbury's people: Long service 25 years
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  Christine Abbott, Gloucester.
  Anne Abrahams, Kingswood.
  Marcia Adamson, Wickham High
  Street. Susan Alford, Shirley.
  Mary Armour, Murrayfield. Dave
  Armstrong, Waltham Point Depot.
  Barbara Ayres, Hitchin. Steven
  Baker, Bridge...

• Sainsbury's people: Promotions & Appointments
  32

  Nana Addow, Deputy Manager,
  Camden. Jamal Anwar, Store
  Manager, llford Local. Tracey Banks,
  Store Manager, Clifton Way Local.
  Neil Bartram, Store Manager,
  Pocklington. Claire Baulch, Buyer,
  Holborn store support...

• Sainsbury's people: Long service 40 years
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  Jacqueline Bailey, Balham. Margaret
  Beighton, Goole Local. Andrew
  Gardner, Sevenoakes. Pat Hughes,
  Burton on Trent. Carol Reavell, Bury
  St Edmunds. Barbara Sisk, St Clares.

• Sainsbury's people: Retirements
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  Lilian Apps, Southend (8 yrs).
  Ronald Austen, Torpoint (7 yrs).
  Patricia Baccelli, Woolwich
  (12 yrs). Jean Barker, East Ham
  (32 yrs). Pauline Barnes, Castle
  Boulevard (13 yrs). Susan Barnfield,
  Reedswood (13 yrs). Lynda...

• Sainsbury's people: Rodney Harris, Mags Booth and Eugene Webb, Bybrook
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  Rodney Harris, Mags Booth and Eugene Webb, Bybrook
  In April, Bybrook said goodbye to Rodney, Mags and Eugene who all retired
  with a combined total service of 75 years between them! Rodney worked on the
  salad bar and deli...

• Sainsbury's people: Kath Guest, Cannock
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  Kath Guest, Cannock
  Kath Guest is waving goodbye to her
  colleagues at Cannock and saying
  hello to a well earned retirement.
  Kath has worked at the store for 19
  years and will be missed by all her
  colleagues. "We are very sad...

• Sainsbury's people: Gill Skinner, Hempstead Valley
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  Gill Skinner, Hempstead Valley
  Gill has certainly 'Tried something
  new' during her 30 year career with
  us, working as a frozen food assistant,
  a customer service assistant and a
  payroll clerk. Although looking forward
  to...

• Sainsbury's people: Obituaries
  35

  OBITUARIES
  Jane Ayre, 73, Forestside, died 21
  February (33 yrs). Raymond Ball,
  68, Fleet, died 10 February (5 yrs).
  Jogvinder Bhutta, 38, Perton,
  died 29 December (8 yrs). Daphne
  Fitten, 56, Haverhill, died 10 March
  (20...

• Coffee Break
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• Love football? We've got the competition for you!
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  Love football? We've got
  the competition for you!
  As proud sponsors of our Fab Footie
  Fundraiser, Walkers are giving two
  colleagues the chance to win a pair
  of Box Tickets to a special event at
  Wembley in 2011! We can't tell...

• Win a weekend for two in a beautiful Cornish town
  36

  You definitely won't be 'cheesed off if you
  win a weekend for two in a beautiful Cornish town
  The Davidstow dairy in Cornwall
  (owned by Dairy Crest) has been
  making mouth-watering cheeses for
  more than 60 years.
  The cheese...

• Win an iPad
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  Nothing beats a freshly poured
  pint in a cool clear glass...
  Introducing Home Draught - a draught
  beer dispenser that gives you that
  'just poured in the pub1 experience in
  the comfort of your own home!
  The range includes...