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Video containing footage of Sainsbury's 2005 Management Conference on the theme of "Getting Better Every Day", held on Monday 19th September 2005 at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Includes footage of:
00:00:00: Part of presentation by retail director Ken McMeikan about leadership, efficiency, changes branches can expect (including in the produce (fresh fruit and vegetables) department, bakery, and J's Restaurants), checkout training and Christmas 2005 trading.
00:13:46: Video being played to audience showing footage from a normal horse race, but with the commentary replaced with a jocular commentary for a spoof "Sainsbury's Customer Handicap Chase" (see AV/1017).
00:16:08: Chief executive Justin King, customer director Gwyn Burr, supply chain director Lawrence Christensen, trading director Mike Coupe, [director of change or competition enquiry director?] Hamish Elvidge, company secretary Tim Fallowfield, managing director of convenience Jim McCarthy, chief executive of Sainsbury's Bank Tim Pile, finance director Darren Shapland, HR director Imelda Walsh, and Ken McMeikan (with zone managing director Jon Hartland and others) appear consecutively onstage, mostly in fancy dress costumes, promoting their products in the "bid up" (a competition in which each director supported a "hero line" and encouraged branches to boost sales).
00:40:55: Conference host explaining lunch arrangements and packs attendees should collect.
00:42:38: Interviews with attendees responding to what they've seen at the conference.
00:51:49: Part of a presentation not held in the main conference hall by Jonathan Lawson and Brendan Glynn (job titles unclear) about strategy of convenience format, motivating staff and availability, aimed at convenience branch managers. Continues in AV/803.

Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 30 seconds.