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Video for Sainsbury's staff about Sainsbury’s new “Service Recipe” advertising campaign (starring Ulrika Jonsson), and how Sainsbury’s was working to improve customer service.

The video was shown to all Sainsbury's staff (according to AV/172 at 23:22) and was also shown at a press conference (see AV/172) to promote the new customer service initiative and 'Service Recipe' advertising campaign to the media.

Includes discussion of: the filming of the new commercial; why the new commercial was being produced; listening to customer and employee feedback; and improvements to customer service.

Interviews are included with: David Sainsbury (Chairman); Ivor Hunt (Marketing Director); David Abbott (Creative Director, Abbott Mead Vickers); Ulrika Jonsson; customers in a Sainsbury’s store (sharing their opinions on the store); staff in a Sainsbury’s store or stores (includes Streatham); and Colin Harvey (Retail Director).

The video includes footage of the filming of “Service Recipe” television commercial; David Sainsbury visiting Sainsbury’s stores and meeting customers; storyboard for “Service Recipe”; David Sainsbury meeting staff (including in the Streatham store staff room); customers and staff inside a store.

Duration: 9 minutes. Video produced by CTN for J. Sainsbury plc, © 1995.