'JS Journal', July 1987

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3
  News
  Page 4-5
  How the 'Building Better Business' scheme was built
  Page 6-7
  'Ideas for a Supermarket' — results of the competition to design a JS store
  Page 8-9
  Taking the waters — a look at mineral water
  Page...

• FRONTLINE
  02

  FRONTLINE
  Building Better Business.
  THIS YEAR'S nostalgic Family
  Day, celebrating 40 years of the
  SSA, had a distinctly military
  flavour with the majority of It's
  a Knockout teams marching
  around in 1940s uniforms. A...

• Training is the way to Fullemploy
  02

  Training is the way to Fullemploy
  JS IS WORKING hand in hand
  with a local community project
  to train unemployed people in
  commercial skills.
  The North Kensington Task
  Force is one of several such
  agencies e s t a b l i s h...

• JS takes control of Shaw's
  03

  JS takes control of Shaw's
  JS ANNOUNCED on June
  19 that the company, through
  a US subsidiary, has signed an
  agreement to purchase a controlling
  interest in Shaw's
  Supermarkets, Inc the American
  supermarket company.
  JS has...

• Report for staff wins trophy
  03

  Report for staff wins trophy
  THE JS Employee Report for
  1986 (right) has won the Kilncraft
  Trophy, awarded to the
  UK company which produces
  the most effective annual report
  for staff.
  The award was given in the
  1987...

• Sowing the seeds of new business
  03

  Sowing the seeds of new business
  FINANCE DIRECTOR, David
  Sainsbury (above, left), recently
  opened the St Alban's Enterprise
  Agency's (STANTA) estate for
  small new businesses. At the opening he planted a
  young oak tree in the...

• Youth groups are target for Good Neighbour Scheme
  03

  Youth groups are target for Good Neighbour Scheme
  FOR THE fifth year in succession
  the Sainsbury Charitable
  Fund will make grants to
  support local community
  groups.
  The Good Neighbour Scheme
  has previously helped a...

• BBB POSTER COMPETITION
  04

  BBB POSTER COMPETITION
  THIS IS THE COMPETITION you can't lose because every
  entry will receive a BBB pen or mug.
  We want you to send in an idea for a poster to be used in the
  Building Better Business campaign. Shown here is a...

• Building Better Business
  04

  Building Better Business
  Now showing at a store near you. Building Better Business
  has been devised to develop the company's greatest asset -
  its people. Building Better Business is not
  merely a course or a video or...

• COMPETITION FINDS THE CREAM OF YOUNG ARCHITECTS
  06

  COMPETITION FINDS THE CREAM OF YOUNG ARCHITECTS
  The finalists of the
  Architectural Review/
  J Sainsbury pic Ideas
  for a Supermarket
  competition were
  announced on June 17.
  WHEN JS proposed a brief for the Ideas
  For A...

• On the waterfront
  08

  On the waterfront
  A LTHOUGH MAKING a
  c o m p a r a t i v e l y recent
  appearance on the British
  table, mineral water was
  'discovered' 2,000 years ago
  by the Romans.
  During their conquests abroad the
  Romans established some...

• CYCLING FOR SOUND AND VISION
  10

  CYCLING FOR SOUND AND VISION
  THE LEG POWER of Basingstoke Central has raised funds for a local deaf person.
  Recently every member of staff at the store pedalled, on an exercise cycle, for 15 minutes. Over
  £400 was collected...

• FIVE WIN SHOOT OUT
  10

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• JULIE MAKES EXCEEDINGLY GOOD CAKES
  10

  JULIE MAKES EXCEEDINGLY GOOD CAKES
  ONE SKILLED LADY who
  knows her frangipanes from her
  japonaise is Julie Perry, senior
  bakery assistant at Bowthorpe.
  Julie has won an annual
  competiton at Norwich City
  College where she is...

• THE CREAM OF THE MILK RACE
  10

  THE CREAM OF THE MILK RACE
  SHARON HOLMES does it on
  wheels!
  On June 10, Sharon, a restaurant
  assistant at head office, was
  the proud recipient of a brand
  new racing bike.
  Along with hundreds of other
  head office staff,...

• A RUNAWAY WINNER
  11

  A RUNAWAY WINNER
  STEVE HALL, deputy manager
  at Catford Homebase, displays
  the technique that made him
  Kent champion in the 110 metre
  high hurdles.
  The county championships
  were held at Crystal Palace on
  May 17. Steve...

• OUT AND ABOUT WITH YTS
  11

  OUT AND ABOUT WITH YTS
  They certainly do get around. Those YTS trainees pop up everywhere as energetic
  characters in JS life. They show commitment, team spirit, care for the less fortunate
  and, in many cases, an appetite for...

• WELCOME TO THE TEAM
  11

  WELCOME TO THE TEAM
  WORLE BRANCH hosted a
  reception for the first two year
  YTS trainees to complete their
  course.
  The group, from Bath,
  Bedminster, Kingswood and
  Worle attended the function
  with their parents, branch...

• WE'RE CYCLING IN THE RAIN
  11

  WE'RE CYCLING IN THE RAIN
  YTS TRAINEES from Rayleigh
  Weir, Pitsea and Southend
  recently organised a sponsored
  walk and cycle ride.
  In spite of torrential rain on
  the day of the event, the group
  raised almost £300 for the...

• FAMILY DAY
  13

  FAMILY DAY swings to the forties rhythm
  Sunday June 7 and thousands
  from MISTER BROWN OF LONDON
  TOWN to A GIRL IN KALAMAZOO,
  were IN THE MOOD to
  climb aboard the CHATTANOOGA
  CHOO CHOO and head
  for Family Day at the...

• FIRST SERVICE AT DARTFORD
  17

  FIRST SERVICE AT DARTFORD
  JS HAS THE best sales assistants
  in Dartford.
  That was the verdict of a
  recent competition held to find
  the best sales staff in Dartford's
  shopping centre.
  Several JS staff were nominated
  by...

• HOMEBASE HOT SHOT
  17

  HOMEBASE HOT SHOT
  HOMEBASE STAFF RAISED
  over £720 for the Radio Lollipop
  appeal in two recent fundraising
  events.
  Steve Ingram, the man with
  the golden boots in Homebase's
  Sunday League football team
  (see JSJ Nov 86),...

• LEONARD CAPTURES LIFE ON CANVAS
  17

  LEONARD CAPTURES LIFE ON CANVAS
  STAFF AT 68 Croydon are
  proud of the talent in their
  midst. Leonard Dayle, seated
  above surrounded by colleagues,
  is a young artist who works at
  the store as a trades assistant.
  He enjoyed...

• WEST WICKHAM TROPHY HAT TRICK
  17

  WEST WICKHAM TROPHY HAT TRICK
  SELHURST PARK, the home
  of Charlton Athletic and Crystal
  Palace football clubs, has played
  host to many gripping cup
  battles over the years but not
  too many cup finals.
  On May 24 the South...

• Mapping out the past
  18

  Probably no name has
  a wider publicity or
  enjoys a higher reputation
  in the Provision
  Trade of London than that of
  Mr J Sainsbury. It is now a
  quarter of a century since he
  commenced business, at first with
  only one Depot,...

• CROSSWORD SOLUTION
  20

  CROSSWORD SOLUTION
  TO OUR PUZZLER'S sorrow, the
  April Journars crossword competition
  proved no problem to most of
  you as correct entries noo<
  throughout the month.
  Juliet Sard, who represented head
  office in this year's...

• JUNE IS JUNE'S LUCKY MONTH
  20

  JUNE IS JUNE'S LUCKY MONTH
  LATEST LUCKY SSA member is June Ottoway, processing and
  validation clerk. She's the winner of this quarter's £1,000 draw
  prize from the SSA.
  June, who has worked at Norwich House, Streatham, for...

• LEN LOOKS TO A NEW LIFE
  20

  LEN LOOKS TO A NEW LIFE
  WHEN JOE BARNES, assistant
  managing director, retail,
  paid tribute to Len Dean, administration
  manager, public relations,
  on the occasion of his
  retirement after 46 years at JS,
  he began on a...

• PHOTOGRPAHIC COMPETITION 1987
  20

  At the click of a button £100
  could be yours!
  That is what's on offer to the
  winner of the 1987 SSA//S Journal
  photographic competition.
  Given the four categories available,
  the list of topics to capture
  on film is...

• A LESSON IN MUM ASSEMBLY!
  21

  A LESSON IN MUM ASSEMBLY!
  AGNES TAYLOR, office clerk
  at Coventry Homebase, has been
  immortalized in crepe paper.
  Her five year old twin sons,
  Andrew and Robert, put
  together this wonderful piece of
  artwork for a Mothers'...

• BAKE ME A CAKE AS FAST AS YOU CAN
  21

  BAKE ME A CAKE AS FAST AS YOU CAN
  LIKE THE BISTO KIDS following
  their noses, 23 Essex
  school children recently filed
  into Stanway's bakery for a tour
  with their teacher, Jennifer
  Tadman.
  Jennifer later told BPM,
  Jackie...

• DESIGN A CARD
  21

  DESIGN A CARD
  A MERRY CHRISTMAS to all
  our readers. It's not too early to
  think about Christmas. Apart
  from there being only six shopping
  months to go, there's even
  less time to enter the JS Journal
  Christmas Card...

• GEARED UP FOR FORTIES
  21

  GEARED UP FOR FORTIES
  DRESSING UP isn't just for
  little boys and girls.
  Staff from many locations got
  into 40s gear for a swinging
  night at Windsor Safari Park on
  May 10.
  They were captured on
  camera by Paul Zarb,...

• IT'S A SAFETY CHANCE
  21

  IT'S A SAFETY CHANCE
  ABOUT TO GO off pop is, left,
  Derek Wood, silk screen printer
  and safety representative at head
  office, and James Tye, director
  general of the British Safety
  Council.
  Derek entered and won...

• Feedback
  22

  FEEDBACK
  Travel to
  foreign Shaws?
  From: Derek Wood, Blackfriars.
  I should like to reiterate my
  suggestion (JSJ Sept 85) for a
  Sainsbury-Shaw Scholarship to
  f u r t h e r Anglo-American
  relations.
  I was then given the...

• People
  22

  LEN WRIGHT, manager at
  Debden, has retired after 44
  years' service with the company.
  Len began his career as an egg
  boy at Romford where he
  worked his way up to deputy
  manager. His first management
  was the old manual shop...

• Long Service
  23

  Long Service
  Jim Tomb, spare branch manager
  at Swiss Cottage, has completed
  40 years with JS.
  He joined the company at
  44/46 Lewisham and then
  worked at Tolworth and South
  Harrow. Following National
  Service, Jim rejoined...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  Janet Jones, part time supermarket
  assistant at Coventry,
  died on April 17, aged 41.
  She had been with the company
  since 1978.
  Derek Walker, returns operator
  at Buntingford depot, died
  suddenly on April 1, aged...

• ALL CHANGE TO NATTY NAPPIES
  24

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• CHOOSE THE SOFT OPTION
  24

  CHOOSE THE SOFT OPTION
  Cracking news for those
  looking for a new cracker
  topping is the range of
  English Soft Cheeses with added mushroom, chives,
  or mixed peppers (£2.42
  per lb).
  Spread the word!

• FORTIFY THE FAMILY
  24

  FORTIFY THE FAMILY
  The new range of chewable
  vitamins with no artificial
  colours or preservatives
  went into most branches
  last month (79p-£1.25 in
  packs of 30 tablets).

• NO TROUBLE KIT BAG
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• SIX OF THE BEST
  24

  Take five with a six! These plain chocolate, mint
  sandwich biscuits went into 119 branches this
  month in packs of six (36p).