'JS Journal', November 1987

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2
  Frontline
  Page 2-6
  Headlines
  Page 7-10
  Homebase opening
  — Newcastle Under Lyme
  Branch openings
  — Wandsworth
  — Bury St Edmunds
  - Oldham
  Page 11
  An enterprising project — the Tottenham Enterprise Centre...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  WHAT A DIFFERENCE A
  DAY MAKES! South East
  England now knows what happens
  'when the wind blows'. JS
  certainly didn't escape the
  devastating hand of the hurricane
  which struck parts of
  Britain on October 16.
  At...

• JS development at Dunchurch
  02

  JS development at Dunchurch
  JS HAS PROPOSED the
  development of a ten acre site
  at Bilton Fields, Dunchurch,
  Rugby.
  The proposal is for a 33,000
  sq ft (sales area) store, a coffee
  shop of 2,500 sq ft and car
  parking for 590...

• Openings for November are:
  02

  Openings for November are:
  Stratton St Margaret supermarket,
  Oxford Road, Stratton
  St Margaret, Swindon, Wiltshire
  at 9.30 am on Tuesday,
  November 10.
  Kingsway Homebase, Kingsway,
  Derby at 9.30 am on
  Friday, November...

• Walthamstow is a winner in bloom
  02

  Walthamstow is a winner in bloom
  THE SEEDS OF SUCCESS
  are blossoming at Homebase
  Walthamstow. Following last
  year's award in the London in
  Bloom competition (JSJ Nov
  86), the store has received
  a n o t h e r C e r t i f i c...

• 'Living Today' wins health award
  03

  'Living Today' wins health award
  IN THE WAKE of excellent
  customer response to the Living
  Today magazines (see JSJ
  June 87), the publication has
  received another accolade —
  the Evian Health Award for
  Communications...

• Senior management moves
  03

  Senior management moves
  CHAIRMAN, SIR JOHN
  SAINSBURY, announced in
  October that Ian Coull will be
  joining the company on 1st
  January, 1988 and will be
  appointed a director.
  He will assume board
  responsibilities for the...

• Designer box takes the biscuit
  04

  Designer box takes the biscuit
  THE BISCUIT TIN designed
  in-house as part of the 1986
  Christmas range has won an
  award in the 'Best in Metal'
  competition organised by the
  Metal Packaging Manufacturers
  Association.
  Almost...

• Give a child a minibus
  04

  Give a child a minibus
  MICHAEL LONG, Gloucester
  store manager, is pictured,
  right, handing over the
  keys of a minibus to National
  Children's Home (NCH) representative,
  Douglas Hawley.
  Centre is Clive Jefferies of
  General...

• Homebase helps a couple get stuck into Paris
  04

  Homebase helps a couple get stuck into Paris
  A ROMANTIC weekend in
  Paris was the prize for Mr and
  Mrs English who won a recent
  competition at Northampton
  Homebase.
  The lucky couple correctly
  answered some sticky...

• JS lights up the sky in Oldham
  05

  JS lights up the sky in Oldham
  LIGHT BLUE touch paper and
  stand well back. Residents of
  Oldham enjoyed an absolutely
  whizz-bang bonfire night,
  thanks to JS.
  To mark the opening of the
  Oldham store JS sponsored the
  town's...

• Supermanagers receive certificates
  05

  ON SEPTEMBER 15, David
  Durbin and Richard Gowers
  were presented with their
  awards for being nominated
  Super Marketing magazine's
  managers of the year (see JSJ
  Aug/Sept 87).
  David, from Lincoln store, is
  Supermarket Manager...

• Trust gets children on the move
  05

  Trust gets children on the move
  IF YOU FANCY getting away
  from it all you can hop on a
  bus, dive into the car or board
  the train. Mobility is something
  we all take for granted,
  but for residents of Wensley
  Close, a home for...

• WHERE THE COMPANY STANDS
  05

  IN RECENT years, much
  media attention has been
  given to the use of chemicals
  in the cultivation of produce.
  This month, in the first of
  an occasional series, the
  Journal takes a look at the
  c o m p a n y ' s p o s i t i...

• Contemporary Arts Society Market
  06

  FOR THE third year, JS has
  sponsored the Contemporary
  Arts Society Market, which was
  held at Smith's Galleries, Covent
  Garden from November 4 to
  November 7.
  The Society aims to provide
  high quality works at...

• Gary's pathway to a film role
  06

  Gary's pathway to a film role
  L I G H T S , C A M E R A
  AND ACTION! Gary
  Moore, customer service assistant
  at Fulham, enters the
  office of branch personnel
  manager Cathy Mattack and
  it's all recorded on film.
  In his screen...

• Homebase opening—Newcastle under Lyme
  07

  As the Potteries
  welcomed its first
  Homebase the
  autumn sunshine
  helped swell the
  opening morning
  queue. Over 200
  customers eagerly
  awaited the start of
  trading and the first
  shoppers were
  presented,
  appropriately...

• Branch opening—Wandsworth
  08

  WANDSWORTH
  Opening date: 6 October 1987
  Address: Garratt Lane, Wandsworth
  Opened by: Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury
  and Lady Sainsbury
  Manager: David Reynolds
  Staff: 441 (291 new jobs)
  Sales area: 32,600 sq ft
  Car park: 468...

• Branch opening—Bury St Edmunds
  09

  Standing alongside the new store in
  Bury St Edmunds is the company's
  first coffee shop. It has an area of
  2,500 sq ft and 100 customers will be
  able to rest their feet and refresh
  themselves with a choice from...

• Branch opening—Oldham
  10

  Oldham's new 'mill-style'
  supermarket is sited prominently on
  the south side of the town and
  commands a magnificent view of
  the city of Manchester as it spreads
  out below. The store which offers
  10,200 products is a new...

• AN OPENING FOR ENTERPRISING PEOPLE
  11

  THE OPENING OF THE
  Tottenham Enterprise Centre
  (TEC) on September 23 was
  the culmination of three years'
  work on behalf of JS, the
  London Borough of Haringey,
  the London Enterprise Agency
  (LEntA) and the...

• Stores come into bloom
  12

  Stores come into bloom
  STORES ARE BLOOMING at the moment
  as flowers and houseplants join the JS range.
  Trials of the range have been carried out at
  Tonbridge, Chadwell Heath, Chichester, and
  the new Wandsworth store and...

• The club that knows all about service
  13

  The club that knows all about service
  ON 11 OCTOBER, 88 new members
  were welcomed to the 25 Club at the
  Club's 17th annual dinner. The 88
  included nine branch managers and four
  senior managers. New members represented
  all...

• BRITAIN'S NUMBER ONE AGAIN
  14

  BRITAIN'S NUMBER ONE AGAIN
  JS HAS CONSOLIDATED ITS POSITION AT THE
  TOP OF THE MARKETING LEAGUE.
  For the second year running JS was judged the UK's
  top marketing company in a special poll commissioned by
  the magazine,...

• 'Others can learn from JS training'
  16

  'Others can learn from JS training' TRAINING AT JS has been applauded in a
  report by Dr Paul Johnson who spent six
  months with the company's training
  department.
  Dr Johnson of HM Inspectorate had four
  reasons for his study....

• DISTRICT GOES THE DISTANCE
  17

  DISTRICT GOES THE DISTANCE
  WHEN DAVID WEBB's
  district in the South Western
  area decide to help a charity,
  they go all the way. Their
  spectacular summer event raised
  £3,500 for the society for Mucop
  o l y s a c c h a r i d...

• DON'T JUST SIT THERE
  18

  DON'T JUST SIT THERE
  WHEN IT COMES to charity,
  there's no sitting on the fence
  for the YTS trainees from
  Wilmslow, Stockport and Newcastle
  Under Lyme.
  As it came to light that the
  mother of one of the group
  suffers from...

• SEARCH FOR SAINSBRAIN
  18

  SEARCH FOR SAINSBRAIN
  FOLLOWING A presentation
  by YTS trainees, guests from
  Boscombe, Christchurch, Bournemouth
  and Poole stores, head
  office and South Western area
  office were challenged to
  game of "Sainsbrain'.
  This, the...

• TROLLEYS ARE RESCUED FROM THE BIG RUST
  18

  TROLLEYS ARE RESCUED FROM THE BIG RUST
  THE LANCASHIRE Constabulary
  underwater recovery
  team recently carried out a
  dramatic rescue operation.
  Saved from the River Lunc,
  adjacent to the Lancaster
  store, were three JS...

• HOW MUCH IS . . .
  19

  HOW MUCH IS . . .
  NICK DAYNES (Ipswich) and
  Angela Hoy (Warren Heath) are
  two YTS trainees who recently
  went fundraising the wet way.
  The pair swam a total of two
  and a half miles and raised over
  £100 for the Guide Dogs...

• STEPHEN'S HAPPY LANDING
  19

  STEPHEN'S HAPPY LANDING
  HE FLEW through the air with
  the greatest of ease, that daring
  young man called Stephen
  Carter who jumped from 2,500
  ft on August 16.
  Stephen, from grocery ii,
  began preparations for his...

• . . . THAT DOGGY
  19

  . . . THAT DOGGY
  IN JUST three months staff at
  Blackpole have raised enough
  funds to buy six legs worth of
  guide dog.
  Over £1,300 has been raised
  by a car boot sale, sponsored
  walk and slim, raffles and collections.
  The...

• CHERYL'S BLIND DATE BY MATCHMAKER CILLA
  20

  CHERYL'S BLIND DATE BY MATCHMAKER CILLA
  VIEWERS OF LWT prime
  time Saturday night show.
  Blind Date, may have seen the
  transmission on September 12
  featuring Cheryl Keeling, delic
  a t e s s e n supervisor...

• POLICE WATCH AS TRAINEES GO OVER THE WALL
  20

  THE ROYAL MILITARY
  POLICE recently played host
  to four would-be commandos
  from JS at their assault course
  in Chichester.
  The military police, renowned
  amongst servicemen
  for their toughness, have an
  arduous training...

• GOLF AND A GREAT DAY FOR ALL
  21

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• MUD, MUD, GLORIOUS MUD
  21

  ON SEPTEMBER 20, Doncaster
  and Sheffield branches'
  'famous five' were found riding
  high on confidence — covered
  in mud.
  Taking up the challenge of
  the Ministry of Defence's
  Confidence Course at the
  Doncaster Area Army...

• SHIPPING LIST
  21

  THE CHILEAN NAVY
  recently took possession of a
  Royal Navy destroyer, HMS
  Fife, and sailed off with £9,425
  worth of stock from Portsmouth
  branch.
  Don't worry — it wasn't a
  case of piracy on the high
  street, but of...

• DAVID IS CLASS A 1
  22

  DAVID IS CLASS A 1
  NO ONE can touch the green
  fingers of David Twitchett, garden
  centre assistant at Ipswich
  Homebase.
  For the second year running
  he has won the Best Young
  Gardener in Ipswich for Allotments
  Challenge Cup....

• FIT AND LEAN AT LETCHWORTH
  22

  FIT AND LEAN AT LETCHWORTH
  UP GOES THE LEVEL OF FITNESS AT LETCHWORTH BRANCH AS, EACH TUESDAY,
  MEMBERS OF STAFF GATHER TO GO FOR THE BURN'. THANKS TO BPM, SYLVIA
  RICHARDSON, WHO SENT THE JOURNAL THIS PICTURE OF HEALTH.

• ONE MAN AND HIS DOG
  22

  ONE MAN AND HIS DOG
  THESE DAYS businessmen
  get to work in style, commuting
  on Concorde, hopping on
  helicopters or relaxing in Rolls
  Royces. Now we introduce a
  first in stylish travel — trundling
  by tractor!
  Steve...

• £10,000 RAISED BY STAR TREK
  23

  £10,000 RAISED BY STAR TREK
  SEPTEMBER SUNSHINE
  greeted the hundreds of
  walkers that turned up at
  Copthall Sports Stadium,
  Barnet, to take part in the
  Variety Club of Great Britain's
  'Star Walk'.
  The walk raised...

• BUYERS WIN POOLS
  23

  BUYERS WIN POOLS
  JS WOULD appear to be a
  haven for pools millionaires.
  Recent winner, Vi Bowden,
  who collected £1,028,928, said: i
  still go to Sainsbury's every
  week and get Mervin his
  favourite cheesecake.'
  And at head...

• Writelines
  24

  WRITELINES
  F a i r s h a r e
  f o r a l l
  From: Pat Bennett, Blackpole.
  I was very interested to read
  the letter from Jill Hickman in
  the July issue of the JS
  Journal.
  My circumstances arc
  exactly the same in that I...

• Forty five years apiece
  25

  ARTHUR DOVE, stock controller,
  purchasing department
  at Blackfriars, has retired after
  45 years' service with the
  company.
  He joined JS in the sales
  office and following national
  service returned to the same department. In...

• Appointments
  26

  Appointments
  ROGER DOUGAN, formerly
  manager at Halesowen, has
  been appointed manager of
  Tamworth.
  Robert Kilmister, formerly
  deputy manager at Kidderminster,
  has been appointed manager
  of Halesowen.
  Ian Kuhnel, formerly...

• B for mutton?
  26

  THESE TWO POSTCARDS
  were sent to
  the archives recently by
  Mr D Lincoln of
  Royston, who wanted
  to know which JS
  branch they depicted. A closer inspection
  revealed that here were not one, but two JS branches, one selling...

• Marriage
  26

  ON SEPTEMBER 12, there
  was a merger in the development
  division.
  Secretary in property
  development, Diane Williams
  married architect, Paul Jermy at St Paul's church. Furzedown.
  Giving the bride away on
  this happy occasion...

• Retirements
  26

  Retirements
  DENIS CONDON, pork
  buyer at Blackfriars, has
  retired after 43 years' service.
  He began his career with JS
  in the Blackfriars factory and
  in 1972 transferred to delicatessen
  buying. Six years
  later, Denis joined...

• Long service
  27

  Long service
  NORMAN MOBBS, deputy
  meat manager at Bowthorpe,
  has completed 40 years with
  JS.
  He began his career with the
  company at Cricklewood Lane
  and three years later moved to
  Balham. In 1954 he joined
  Norwich as...

• Obituary
  27

  Obituary
  M I K E D A V I D S O N ,
  Homebase property development
  manager, died suddenly
  on October 11, aged 27.
  He had been with the company
  for five years.
  Percy Davies, operations
  planning clerk at Charlton
  depot, died...

• CHEESECAKE GOES SOUR!
  28

  CHEESECAKE GOES SOUR!
  The new Yogurt& Sour Cream
  Cheesecake is now available .n
  the freezer cabinets of 17b
  branches at £1.49-This
  delicious new taste is in
  addition to the Cherry
  Blackcurrant, Chocolate
  Fudge and...

• FISH IN A FLAN
  28

  FISH IN A FLAN
  People with a taste for the
  finer things will appreciate the
  new JS Salmon and Broccoli
  Flan made with fresh frozen
  salmon and broccoli in a sauce
  made with fresh cream.
  Available in 245 branches at
  only...

• PAMPER YOUR PET
  28

  PAMPER YOUR PET
  The British, as a nation of
  animal lovers, should be
  pleased with the value of the
  new pet-care range.
  The range includes
  everything from flea collars, powder and spray, to
  multivitamins for cats...

• PORK AND PEPPER
  28

  PORK AND PEPPER
  Top of the toppers is
  Pepperoni ideal as a snack or
  to top a pizza at 58p for a 4oz
  pack (132 branches) or for
  salads or sandwiches there's
  Pork Haslet at 42p a 4oz pack
  (242 branches).