'Sainsbury's Journal', March/April 2011

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• Contents
  02

  NEWS rOuNd-uP ..............................................................04
  Dust down your aprons for the Big Bake Off, we look to find this
  year’s Stars and the Prime Minister drops in for a visit.
  EASTEr AT THE...

• Upfront
  02

  Congratulations for raising a fantastic amount of money for this year’s
  Red Nose Day. I was really proud to see so many of you getting involved
  ‘doing something funny for money’ and helping to raise a staggering...

• Contributors
  03

  Nathan Wilson:
  Wigan colleague
  Nathan Wilson has
  sneaky choccy
  secret. Find out
  more on page 8
  and preview some
  Easter treats.
  Kayleigh Gray:
  Confidence is
  key for our Hr
  colleague from
  Haverhill – that and
  the...

• Freeze Frame
  03

  It’s all thanks to you! We’ve made a huge donation to Comic relief this
  year – an unbelievable effort! Our colleagues from region 25 are pictured
  here at Waterloo station before taking the buckets round and doing...

• Guest editor: Jack Ross
  03

  I work part-time at
  Cranleigh and, as an
  aspiring journalist, was
  excited to get the chance
  to be the guest editor for
  this issue. It’s crammed
  with great features that
  give a real insight into
  how our colleagues...

• Cracking Cakes
  04

  Now that’s a great reason to celebrate!
  Our own-brand celebration cakes have
  been revamped and will now take pride
  of place instore in our very own ‘cake
  shops’.
  Not only did customers say that
  they preferred our cakes...

• Get Ready to Bake
  04

  Get your mixing bowls ready, dust off your aprons and
  prepare for the Big Bake Off.
  Everyone can enter this year’s competition by
  submitting a special recipe to be proud of – sweet or
  savoury it doesn’t matter! Whether...

• News Round-Up
  04

  A look at what we’ve been up to recently, what’s
  new and what’s coming down the line soon... Get your mixing bowls ready, dust off your aprons and
  prepare for the Big Bake Off.
  Everyone can enter this year’s competition...

• Vote for your Stars
  04

  There wasn’t a dry eye in the house
  when we recognised last year’s Stars
  Awards winners at Our Conference.
  So prepare to get emotional as
  we launch Stars 2011 and celebrate
  those inspiring colleagues who make
  us truly...

• Gok joins the team
  05

  Have you heard? We’re teaming up with TV
  star and fashion guru Gok Wan to help style
  the nation!
  Gok will be working with the Tu design and
  buying teams on the womenswear ranges
  exclusively for Tu, bringing his stylish...

• Prime Cut
  05

  When it comes to meat, we really are a
  cut above.
  And to prove it, colleague Julien
  Pursglove has become the first butcher
  employed by a supermarket to be
  awarded the title of Master Butcher.
  Julien is one of just six people...

• Royal Wedding Fever
  05

  Royal wedding fever
  Have you got Royal Wedding fever
  yet? We’ve introduced our very
  own range of party decorations and
  souvenirs to help mark this special
  day for William and Kate.
  We’ve got everything covered, to
  help...

• Is that who I think it is?
  06

  That was the question running through
  colleagues’ and customers’ minds when Prime
  Minister David Cameron dropped into our
  Whitechapel store.
  During his visit, he chatted with colleagues
  from Whitechapel, Willesden Green...

• Supporting the ‘Best of British’
  06

  We’re proud to support British
  farmers. So this summer we’ll
  be telling customers about our
  British and regionally sourced
  products at six of the country’s
  largest and best-known
  agricultural shows, and you can
  be...

• A perfect mix for summer
  07

  Carrie, Samantha and the other ‘Sex and the City’ girls would certainly
  approve of our new initiative! Our dedicated cocktail bays were put into
  256 stores in March, offering a one-stop shop for everything you need to
  make...

• How clean is YOUR house?
  07

  How would you like TV’s queen of
  clean, Aggie MacKenzie, to pop in
  and do your spring cleaning?
  One colleague will have their
  home left sparkling by Aggie and
  her cleaning angels. And you can
  also ‘clean up’ instore...

• It’s a world first at Hythe!
  07

  The fat given off from our hot ‘Food to Go’
  machines at stores around the country is being
  collected and turned into biofuel. This is then
  sent onto Hythe to power a special generator
  at the store.
  It’s great news, as...

• Keen to be green
  07

  We’re committed to respecting our
  environment and being a green business,
  and now we’ve got an award to prove it.
  We were recently named the ‘Green
  Retailer of the Year’ in the Drinks
  Business Green Awards. The...

• Spotlight: Easter at Home
  08

  The daffodils are
  blooming and the
  sunshine has arrived. It
  can only mean one thing –
  spring is on its way! What better
  time to get the family together for
  some tasty great-value food and fresh
  air? We join Wigan...

• Local News: East
  11

  A good
  night’s sleep
  Bretton
  While other colleagues were sleeping soundly
  in their beds, Alex Bettison snuggled down too…
  on his cardboard mattress!
  Alex took to the pavement outside his store
  to spend a night sleeping...

• Spotlight: Diversity
  12

  We’re really proud to be sponsoring
  the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
  This sponsorship has given us a great
  platform to review how we work as
  a business and to make sure that we
  are consistently a great place...

• Spotlight: Mandara Spa
  13

  range of beauty products developed exclusively for us by
  the ultra-exotic Mandara Spa is instore now. We’re the only UK
  stockist of this luxurious brand, which is famous at some fabulous
  locations around the world, including...

• Spotlight: Red Nose Day 2011
  14

  Sitting in bath of baked beans, dressing
  an instore kissing booth. There was no end to colleagues’ imagination as we celebrated
  Red Nose Day 2011 with some amazing fundraising. Here’s a selection of the events
  that helped...

• Stars Awards Winners Trip
  20

  Day one Colleagues got the star treatment from day one – literally! Andy Mullings,
  Hams Hall depot, said: “I was surprised by how welcoming everyone was
  when we got there. Everywhere we went people were waving.”
  Day two...

• Local News: North
  22

  Star PR ambassador ➔
  Sharon Fieldhouse (Region 58) achieved a fantastic piece of
  Comic Relief coverage highlighting Stoke City football club’s
  support for Comic Relief. Sharon has also achieved a total of 61
  pieces of...

• Local News: Logistics
  23

  The unusual sight of a man
  running past Langlands Park
  depot every day carrying a flag
  has led to a serious fundraising
  mission for colleagues.
  Dougie Campbell has vowed
  to run around East Kilbride
  every day for a year to...

• Local News: South
  24

  The online team at Beckton deserves a pat on the back after rising to the
  challenge of delivering 3,000 customer online orders in a week.
  They’ve become the first supermarket in Europe to do this, from a store
  like ours,...

• Local News: Convenience
  25

  Convenience
  
  Dormanstown Local
  Colleagues at Dormanstown Local teamed up with a local junior football club
  to support their elderly neighbours. A large basket was placed at the front of
  the store and customers and...

• London 2012 Paralympic Games
  26

  GoalballIntroducInG:
  Goalball is played by two teams of three visuallyimpaired
  athletes, all wearing black-out masks so that
  players compete on equal terms. It’s played on an indoor
  volleyball court with no central net but...

• Local News: West
  28

  Newton Abbot ➔
  Keep dancing! That’s clearly what Strictly Come Dancing star Ann
  Widdecombe intends to do after failing to win over the judges in the
  popular TV show. The former Conservative minister was back to her...

• Local News: SSC
  29

  Give blood – you never know when you
  might need some, too.
  That’s the message from Eleanor Lehane,
  who is urging her colleagues to donate
  blood when the National Blood Service next
  visits Coventry store support centre...

• A Right Royal Treat!
  30

  One lucky winner and five of their colleagues
  will be enjoying a right Royal treat, as the
  country watches Prince William and Kate
  Middleton get married on the 29th April.
  As part of this fabulous prize, you’ll spend
  the...

• Crossword
  30

  Across
  Public sale of goods to the highest bidder (7)
  Scottish lakes (5)
  Block of metal (5)
  Snowdrops and daffodils are Spring ones (7)
  Andrew, who wrote the music for ‘Jesus Christ
  Superstar’ (5,6)
  Food that is eaten...

• In the Bag
  30

  the strangest place to see
  one of our shopping bags, one
  answer would be “at the top of
  Mount Kilimanjaro”.
  Kevin Allen, an online
  driver for Rustington, took
  his trusty bag for life with
  him when he climbed the
  famous...

• Take a Break
  30

  lucky winner and five of their colleagues
  be enjoying a right Royal treat, as the
  country watches Prince William and Kate
  Middleton get married on the 29th April.
  part of this fabulous prize, you’ll spend
  night before the...

• Egg-citing Prizes!
  31

  Calling all choccy fans! Why not get in the
  mood for a busy Easter period instore by
  entering our Easter egg hunt. We’ve hidden
  Easter eggs throughout this issue (not
  including those on these two pages) and
  thanks to our...

• Family Values
  31

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• Previous Winner
  31

  Late last year
  Margaret Burrows
  from Nottingham
  won our competition
  to win an Olympus
  Pen camera. She
  liked it so much that
  she took it with her
  on holiday-and sent
  in this picture of a
  dolphin as a thank
  you! Last...

• Gok Spot
  32

  Hey, girlfriends! He’s cool, he knows all about fashion and he’ll be bringing his
  own special magic to our Tu womenswear collections (turn to
  page 5 to read all about it). Here, Gok Wan gives us his take on
  the latest...