'Sainsbury's Journal', January/February 2013

Table of content

• Contributors
  02

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  Our cOnTribuTOrS “whaT acTiviTy waS yOur favOuriTe when yOu were yOunger?”
  JOdie SudlOw,
  leamingTOn Spa
  “I love ballet, tap
  dancing, show...

• Guest Editor: Paula Kinsella
  02

  5 things about
  this issue
  Guest editor: Paula Kinsella,
  Kelso Hello from Kelso. It’s my pleasure to be the
  guest editor for this healthy-minded issue. I lost
  10 stone by following the Sainsbury’s traffic light
  system...

• Hello from Justin
  02

  Active Kids is back for 2013, so we sent our
  youngest colleague to meet our Active Kids
  Ambassador Ellie Simmonds – and asked some of
  our colleagues how active their childhoods were.
  Find out about this year’s scheme on...

• What's Inside
  03

  Highlights...
  Find out how the latest technological advances are
  easier everydayp16-17
  Food for thought
  Sudbury colleagues got a taste of some of our healthy
  new ideas – check out their verdict on page 21.
  Win!An Acer...

• Let us answer your style SOS
  04

  our resident
  fashion
  blogger will
  be on hand to
  solve all your
  wardrobe
  worries. Are you still dreaming of the perfect pair of
  jeans but don’t know where to start? Is there
  something special in your calendar that...

• News Round-Up
  04

  News roundup A look at what we’ve been up to recently, what’s
  new and what’s coming down the line soon
  Please send your thoughts
  and views to: thejournal
  @44communications.co.uk
  Have you got
  news for us? We’re out on...

• We’re out on snow patrol
  04

  Colleagues across the country
  have been pulling out the stops
  – and their snow shovels – to
  keep stores open and deliver
  online orders, despite the tough
  weather conditions during
  January.
  Colleagues like Charles
  Young...

• A new name for a new year
  05

  Everyday Easy magazine is now called Live Well For Less
  magazine and the next issue will be available instore from
  February 13th.
  The new name gives us a great opportunity to stand out
  from our competitors and better support...

• Simply better as fuel idea is in the can
  05

  simply better as fuel idea is in the can
  Life’s just got a whole lot simpler for our petrol-
  filling station colleagues, thanks to a simple but
  brilliant suggestion about fuel cans submitted
  to our Tell Justin scheme by a...

• Suite dreams are made of this for fruit and veg
  05

  Replica aisle showcases new merchandising concepts
  Step into the new merchandising suite at
  supplier Chingfords and you might think
  you were standing in the middle of a fresh
  produce aisle at one of our stores.
  The new suite...

• Switch your fish for free
  05

  Have you ever been told that there’s plenty more
  fish in the sea?
  Well, the majority of fish sold by UK retailers is
  made up of just five main species, putting pressure
  on the future stocks. So, as part of our Switch...

• Back to the future for Gok’s new range
  06

  Styles and trends from times gone
  by have proved a big influence on
  the latest clothing range from Gok.
  His seventh collection, now
  instore, features fun and colourful
  trends made popular in the 1990s,
  as well as plenty of...

• Get 2013 off to a great start – with a click!
  06

  Fancy starting the New Year with a new
  way of shopping for your groceries?
  Look no further! Shopping online for your
  groceries is a great way to control your post-
  Christmas spending, simply by using the running
  total as you...

• A quick word with...Sarah Ellis
  07

  sarah ellis
  The head of pr for fresh and
  frozen unveils our very own Tv
  show, what’s cooking? From the
  sainsbury’s kitchen.
  Tell us about our new Tv show
  What’s Cooking? From the
  Sainsbury’s Kitchen is a daily,...

• From stores to stories
  07

  Don’t just read about your favourite book
  characters, dress up like them too!
  World Book Day – on March 7th this year – is
  fast becoming the second biggest opportunity
  for kids to dress up after Halloween. We’ve
  seen...

• We’re well travelled
  07

  It’s official – Sainsbury’s Bank is the traveller’s choice!
  We’ve just won a coveted bronze award for best foreign
  exchange/travel money retailer at the British Travel
  Awards.
  “The British Travel Awards are the...

• Our Products
  08

  Top of The pops
  We’ve launched our
  own-brand range
  of popcorn with
  three new savoury
  flavours: Salt &
  Vinegar, Cheese
  & Chive and
  Smoked Paprika,
  all under the
  by Sainsbury’s
  banner.
  “By
  introducing
  traditional...

• Red Nose Day
  10

  Spotlight: Red Nose Day
  xx journal
  Spotlight: Red Nose Day
  Calling all supe
  Join The Fun raisers as They leap inTo acTion For red nose day 2013…
  h
  ave you got what
  it takes to be a
  Fun Raiser – one
  of our...

• Local News: Zone 2
  13

  Who’s in the news
  near your store?
  HAMPDEN
  PARK
  Hampden
  Park
  colleagues
  had their
  very own runway
  installed for a charity fashion show,
  after builders who were renovating
  the store decided to lend a hand.
  The show...

• Local News: Zone 5
  14

  Your colleagues, your news!
  Coleraine
  There must have been something magical in
  the air during Christmas time at Coleraine.
  After raising £6,000 during the year
  through abseiling, barbecues and even a
  family fun day...

• Local News: Logistics
  15

  Basingstoke
  Basingstoke certainly put the
  ‘fun’ into fundraising when the
  team collected £2,782 at its
  Charity Fun Day in November.
  The money will go to Local
  Charity, the Piam Brown Ward
  at Southampton...

• New Services
  16

  COlleAgue’S
  vieW:
  “I’ve had a hardback copy of C J Sansom’s
  Dominion on my desk unread for months,
  because it’s too heavy to carry on my train
  journey to and from work. The colleague
  offer gave me the incentive to...

• Energy Efficiency
  18

  Welcome to one of
  our most energyefficient
  stores yet.
  Our brand new store
  at King’s Lynn Hardwick is a
  brilliant example of our 20x20
  Sustainability Plan in action – and
  a great way for customers and
  colleagues to see...

• Tell Justin
  20

  50,000 ideas later How Rachael Spragg thought up our milestone Tell Justin
  suggestion, and received a special award from Justin! Rachael Spragg knows
  how to keep a secret, and
  her discreet idea thought
  up on the counter...

• Best for food and health
  21

  HEALTH
  MINDED:
  Sudbury
  colleagues Alison
  Steed, Kayleigh
  Gray and Joe
  Buthelezi check
  out some of our
  new healthy 5alive
  Here are 15 tasty treats
  that will also help you get 2013 off
  to a healthier start! A new year...

• Local News: Zone 4
  24

  Shout out
  Baker Simon rises to the challenge
  After a bout of heavy rain, Emersons Green baker
  and part-time fireman Simon Nash received an
  urgent call to assist with flood relief in the area.
  Simon volunteers for the Avon...

• Local News: Convenience
  25

  area 72
  For 10 years, Area 72
  colleagues have been
  working in partnership with
  Stephen Yip, head of the
  Liverpool charity KIND, to
  produce Christmas hampers
  for underprivileged families.
  Each year at Christmas,
  Stephen...

• Active Kids 2013
  26

  An active
  childhood
  stays with you We all look back fondly on the days we spent as kids out on our bikes, playing hide and
  seek or climbing trees in the woods. We believe an active childhood is so important,
  because it not...

• Local News: SSC
  28

  out
  Did you know?
  Some of our HR Services colleagues
  have been with us since the start.
  Pictured anti-clockwise:
  Alan Day-English, Ivor Jones,
  Melanie Looby, Sue Kelly,
  Tracy Thornton and
  Thomas Wilson. Shout out
  Many...

• Local News: Zone 3
  28

  Wellingborough
  Gemma Haycock from Wellingborough has
  a right royal claim to fame. She’s performed
  at the Royal Variety Show before the Queen
  alongside Pudsey the dog!
  Gemma joined Pudsey and her close
  friend, Ashleigh...

• Everyone’s a winner!
  30

  Enjoying a nice hot cup of freshly-brewed coffee are:
  Sam Johnston, Brookwood.
  Yvonne Venables, Bath.
  M Neil, Berryden Road.
  Parisa Eighteen, South Woodford.
  Christine Martin, Mansfield.
  Isabella Paolini, Westcliff Hamlet...

• Take a Break
  30

  WIN!
  What’s small, fast and
  red all over? Only
  this brand-new Acer
  Aspire One netbook!
  With help from our Red
  Nose Day partners
  Maltesers®, we’re
  giving away one of
  these great new
  computers to one of
  our T-shirt...

• Win An Acer Aspire
  30

  What’s small, fast and
  red all over? Only
  this brand-new Acer
  Aspire One netbook!
  With help from our Red
  Nose Day partners
  Maltesers®, we’re
  giving away one of
  these great new
  computers to one of
  our T-shirt...

• A closer look…
  31

  We’ve taken a closer look at some of the features from
  this issue. Can you name each one of them from these
  zoomed-in pictures?
  A closer look…
  We’ve taken a closer look at some of the features from
  this issue. Can you...

• Desert Island Downloads
  31

  This issue, we talk
  to Robert Power
  from Holborn store
  support centre
  about his personal
  favourites.
  Book
  Rod: The
  Autobiography,
  by Rod Stewart,
  (£9.99).
  “I once met
  Rod so I know
  what sort of
  interesting,...

• Word fit
  31

  You must fit all the words
  into the grid. Once the grid
  complete, re-arrange the
  letters in yellow squares to
  form the name of a country.

• Word wheel
  31

  Word
  wheel
  e
  Make as many words as you
  can from the wordwheel. You
  must use the centre letter in
  each word. You cannot use each
  letter more than once per word.
  The minimum number of letters
  in a word is four. There is...

• Mailbox
  32

  Dear Journal,
  Two of our favourite colleagues here
  at Pinhoe Road, Ann and William Bird,
  have just celebrated their 57th wedding
  anniversary!
  The happy couple has been with us
  instore for ten years, after moving here
  from...

• Our People
  33

  Keeping you up to date
  with your colleagues Long service
  celebrations
  2012
  Last Autumn, over 1,100
  colleagues celebrated
  their long service at one
  of our dinners held in Bristol,
  London, Birmingham and Leeds.
  The dinners...

• Our People: Long service celebrations
  33

  Last Autumn, over 1,100
  colleagues celebrated
  their long service at one
  of our dinners held in Bristol,
  London, Birmingham and Leeds.
  The dinners were smaller and
  more intimate occasions, which
  meant colleagues could...

• Our People: Long service 25 years
  34

  25 years
  Jeanette Absolom, Calcot. Dianne
  Adams, Telford. Mark Adams,
  Biddulph. Baljit Ahluwalia, Slough.
  Kirsty Allen, Halifax. Judith
  Allison, Heyford Hill. Irene Angell,
  Chippenham. Maria Archer, Braintree.
  Brenda...

• Our People: Retirements
  34

  Retirements
  Kathleen Allen, Bexleyheath
  (9 yrs). Jean Archer, Islington (29 yrs).
  Rosemary Bailey, Emersons Green
  (13 yrs). Terance Bailey, Emersons
  Green (13 yrs). Ann Baldassarre,
  Fairfield Park (18 yrs). Gurdip...

• Our People: Long service 40 years
  35

  40 years
  Lesley Anderson, East Mayne.
  David Carter, Chingford. Jean
  Cropper, Beeston. Paul Dixon, Ely.
  Sylvia Fontana, Orpington. Stephen
  Ford, West Hove. Lesley Gibbs,
  Bath. Keith Goring, Forestside.
  Robert Hamblin,...

• Our People: Obituaries
  35

  Obituaries
  Merrick Ball, 59, Haydock Depot
  (11 yrs). John Butler, 71, Christchurch
  (5 yrs). Jennifer Byrne, 54, Newry
  (5 yrs). Liam Chidlow, 23, Rugby
  (8 yrs). Sam Cook, 19, Kidderminster
  (1 yrs). Jacqueline Dunham,...

• Our People: Promotions
  35

  Promotions
  Graham Allen, London Arnos Grove
  Local. Dean Blunt, Rugby. Dale
  Burridge, Holborn store support
  centre. Shaun Cheesman, Holborn
  store support centre. Terry Collins,
  Basingstoke Depot. Brendon Dodd,
  Leek. John...

• Valentine’s Day
  36

  Emma Holland works with our suppliers to choose and blend
  our own-brand wines, including our favourite sparklers that
  are all set to fly off the shelves for Valentine’s Day. This year,
  she’s raising a glass to Brut Rosé...