'Journal', October 2013

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• INSIDE
  02

  Give us a C! Cannock colleagues get in line for the start of the day at Our Conference 2013 over a
  spot of breakfast. Find out more about the colleagues who inspired us, entertained us and made
  us feel enormously proud on the...

• Quick word
  02

  Our Conference in September
  showed us just how talented
  our colleagues are. From our
  fantastic We’ve Got Talent
  finalists to our LOVE Award
  winners, we’ve got a huge
  amount to be proud of. In this edition of the Journal,...

• Timewatch – a look back to Our Conferences from times gone by
  02

  1970 – Managers from across the UK
  arrived in Brighton in January of this
  year to discuss decimalisation and
  how it would affect
  our stores. A little
  over a year later, the
  farthing, shilling
  and crown were
  all...

• Hello
  03

  Things have been
  changing at our Hoddesdon
  store. A new online team
  was set up in May and a
  complete store refit took
  place in July. Here, colleague
  George Georgio tells us
  how these changes have
  transformed the store –...

• How can we become the UK’s ‘Greenest Grocer’?
  03

  We’re about to make a huge push to achieve our green targets – and we’re focussing
  on how every one of us can play our part in saving energy, and find out how it
  benefits colleagues and customers too. Paul Crewe, our Head...

• Ten things we learned at Our Conference
  05

  From Christmas decorations and handsets to personal development
  04 Journal
  Ten things
  From Christmas decorations and handsets to personal development
  and trust, here are some highlights from Our Conference 2013.
  we learned at...

• We’ve hit £1 billion
  07

  This month, we’ve passed £1 billion
  in grocery sales in the last 12
  months with Sainsbury’s Online.
  It takes us a fantastic step closer
  to achieving our overall 2020
  vision of £20 billion in extra sales.
  Online has...

• The best we can be
  09

  08 Journal Be the best you can be through the
  exciting and varied opportunities
  we can offer – that was one of the
  inspiring messages that colleagues
  brought back to their stores, depots
  and offices from Our Conference...

• DOWNLOAD
  11

  DOWNLOAD
  Click
  here
  Full-size PDF of the Why we June pages so you
  can print it out and put it up around your work place

• Why we love October
  13

  Make sure your Halloween house party is the scariest on the street with these great
  product ideas:
  l Frightening fireworks, The Vampire – £5
  l Small pumpkin carving kit – £1.50
  l Spider’s web –...

• At a glance Your month in numbers
  14

  399 million Active Kids
  vouchers given out in
  our stores this year.
  51,000
  organisations are registered
  with Active Kids. The value of Active Kids
  equipment and experiences
  that has been donated
  since 2005* of colleagues...

• Our People
  15

  Retirements
  Edith Ager, Emersons Green (21 yrs). Marlene
  Ambrose, Swansea (25 yrs). Margaret Ansell,
  West Wickham (8 yrs). Richard Arnold, Waltham
  Point Depot (13 yrs). Yvonne Astill, Leamington
  (34 yrs). Geoffrey Ball,...

• Your news News and pictures from around the regions
  17

  Ashley’s a race ace Ashley Gallagher is eager for
  more after recently completing
  the 20-mile ‘Dirty Weekend’ obstacle course
  race for charity.
  Ashley competed as part of the British
  Military Fitness Group, and all the...

• Take a break
  18

  Crossword Across
  6. Bird with a glossy black plumage and a
  raucous voice (4)
  8. And 9 Across. The 50th anniversary of
  this civil rights leader’s ‘I have a dream’
  speech was marked in August (6,6,4)
  9. See 8 Across
  10....