'JS Journal', January/February 1988

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• Business degree means a first for JS
  02

  Business degree means a first for JS
  JS HAS SCORED a retailing
  first by working with the City
  University Business School to
  create an in-company education
  programme which will
  lead to a Master of Business
  Administration...

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  Headlines
  Page 6
  40 year servers meet for lunch at the Savoy
  Page 7-8
  Openings
  — Poole
  — Rochester Homebase
  Page 9
  Results of the JS Retail Business Challenge
  Page 10-11
  Neighbours — some of the 1987 Good Neighbour...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  HELLO, HELLO, the Journal
  Journal has had to write
  everything twice twice this
  month month. When all our
  precious pages (well, we're
  precious about them) disappeared
  without trace on a
  train between this office...

• Christmas was a record breaker
  03

  Christmas was a record breaker
  CHRISTMAS TRADING broke all previous
  records for JS this year much to the delight of
  everyone involved in the Christmas 'push'. Chairman, Sir John Sainsbury,
  made the following
  statement on...

• Honorary degree for Sir Roy
  03

  Honorary degree for Sir Roy
  SIR ROY GRIFFITHS has
  been elected to an Honorary
  Fellowship of Keble College,
  Oxford. He is a former Senior
  Scholar of the college and
  holds the degrees MA and
  BCL of the university.

• Hungarian visitors follow their exports
  03

  Hungarian visitors follow their exports
  ON DECEMBER 9, Nine
  Elms played host to a party of
  Hungarian visitors.
  Amongst the large party of
  guests were Dr Jeno Vancsa,
  Hungarian Minister of Agriculture
  and Food,...

• JS keeps those energy costs down
  03

  JS keeps those energy costs down
  JS HAS RECEIVED a
  commendation in the 19^7
  regional Beta Award Scheme,
  sponsored by the London Electricity
  Board. .
  The awards are given to
  encourage the efficient use of
  energy in...

• Celebrities explain new pension rules
  04

  Celebrities explain new pension rules
  LAST MONTH the Journal
  featured an interview with Martin
  Gant, pensions manager, on
  the changes affecting pensions
  that are due to be made during
  1988.
  To assist employees...

• Sign your name across my book
  04

  Sign your name across my book
  JOSCELINE DIMBLEBY
  was able to discuss recipes and
  ideas from her 'JS Christmas
  Book' directly with customers
  when she toured Nine Elms,
  Wandsworth and Chiswick on
  December 8.
  Josceline was...

• £1000 for SSA winner
  05

  £1000 for SSA winner
  WINNER OF the latest SSA
  draw, made on December 1, is
  Karen Hayes, supermarket
  assistant at York. She is pictured
  receiving her prize of
  £1,000 from manager, Alan
  Fearon.

• Archivists plan a profitable future
  05

  Archivists plan a profitable future
  HOW TO PROFIT FROM
  YOUR PAST' was the theme
  of a conference held by the
  Business Archives Council and
  Sainsbury's archives at Rennie
  House on December 16.
  The action packed day
  included...

• Newbury doubles its sales area
  05

  Newbury doubles its sales area
  NEWBURY STORE has more
  than doubled its size in the
  biggest extension project undertaken
  by JS since Bitterne
  expanded in 1975.
  Work began in September
  1986 and was carried out in two
  phases:...

• LONG SERVERS ENJOY LUNCH AT THE SAVOY
  06

  LONG SERVERS ENJOY LUNCH AT THE SAVOY
  Last year produced such a bumper crop of 40 year service
  awards that it was decided to head off to the Savoy for the first
  40 Year Luncheon to be held outside Stamford House.
  Seventeen...

• Branch opening—Poole
  07

  POOLE
  Opening date: 1 December 1987
  Address: High Street, Pitwines, Poole
  Opened by: Joint martagirtg director,
  retail, buying and marketing, Joe Barnes
  Manager: Richard Wilkinson
  Staff: 354 (130 new jobs)
  Sales area:...

• Homebase openings—Rochester
  08

  ROCHESTER Every home looks forward to a visit from Santa at
  Christmas and the new Rochester Homebase was
  no exception. Santa brought along some
  Christmas cheer and collected children's smiles ROCHESTER
  Opening date: 9 December...

• SAINSBURY'S RETAIL BUSINESS CHALLENGE 1987
  09

  SAINSBURY'S RETAIL BUSINESS CHALLENGE 1987
  WHAT HAPPENS WHEN a
  group of 15 year olds take up
  the challenge of one of
  Britain's leading companies?
  The answer is the creation, on
  paper at least, of a fitness
  centre in a...

• WHEN GOOD NEIGHBOURS BECOME GOOD FRIENDS
  10

  MORE THAN 100 groups for young
  people have benefited from the 1987
  Good Neighbour Scheme. Over the past
  couple of months, a total of £50,000 has
  been given to 151 groups for a wide
  variety of projects.
  IN 1988, for the...

• Charlie is their darling!
  12

  Charlie is their darling!
  WALSALL ENJOYS A ROYAL VISIT IT'S NOT EVERY DAY you
  meet a Prince at the checkouts
  but staff at Walsall enjoyed a
  special day recently when
  Prince Charies dropped in for
  a chat!
  The heir to the...

• PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 1987 RESULTS
  13

  CONTRASTS
  Sue Cullcy
  Supermarket assistant
  Derby
  General Assistant
  Aylesbury SIGN OF THE TIMES Mike Sargent Senior systems analyst, SavaCentre head office
  RUNNERS-UP
  DREAMS
  Duncan...

• Donna has a date with success
  15

  Donna has a date with success
  DONNA PICKERILL is a lady
  of many talents — meat assistant
  at Newcastle Under Lyme,
  singer with the band '5th
  Dimension', a contestant in
  'Blind Date' and an entrant for
  Miss JS.
  Last year....

• There's the rub
  15

  THE WORST THING
  Derrick Chivers could do
  would be to rub somebody
  up the wrong way —
  especially if they've been
  dead for 600 years!
  Derrick, a buyers'
  systems training officer at Blackfriars, is a
  brass rubber on a...

• £1000 TARGET FOR BRIGHTON BABIES
  16

  £1000 TARGET FOR BRIGHTON BABIES
  STEPHEN FORD, provisions
  manager at London Road,
  Brighton, is on the trail of
  £1,000.
  That is the sum he is hoping
  to raise and donate to the
  Trevor Mann Baby Unit at the
  Royal Sussex...

• A HEALTHY HYGIENE RECORD
  16

  A HEALTHY HYGIENE RECORD
  BECKENHAM STORE has
  been awarded a certificate for
  good hygiene and food
  handling.
  The certificate was awarded
  following the visit of an
  environmental health officer to
  the store, as part of the...

• BERYL GOSS
  16

  BERYL GOSS, canteen assistant,
  at Hemel Hempstead has
  lost more than 2libs in a
  sponsored slim which turned,
  the lost pounds into £70 gained
  for the EMU appeal which
  aims to provide scanning
  equipment for West...

• NO LANGUAGE BARRIER AT BURTON
  16

  NO LANGUAGE BARRIER AT BURTON
  ANNETTE COBLEY, supermarket
  assistant at Burton on
  Trent, has every right to look
  pleased with herself. She
  recently successfully completed
  her Final Diploma of the Institute
  of Linguistics....

• STAFF IN QUEST FOR CANCER TEST
  16

  STAFF IN QUEST FOR CANCER TEST
  STAFF AT Thorley have
  raised £1,300 for cancer
  research.
  Manager, Paul Longson,
  handed over the money to
  John Wigmore, chairman of
  the town's fundraising committee
  for the Quest for a
  Test...

• FOUR WHEEL DRIVE RUNS ON BEER
  17

  FOUR WHEEL DRIVE RUNS ON BEER
  THERE WAS no time to stop
  at the services for the five
  Basingstoke drivers, who must
  have been in dire need of relief
  after downing five or more
  pints, in the great Basingstoke Hospital Bed Push...

• TEA-TIME TREAT FOR PATIENTS
  17

  TEA-TIME TREAT FOR PATIENTS
  PATIENTS AT the physiotherapy
  unit of Buckland Hospital
  will have tea and biscuits
  after treatment, thanks to staff
  at Dover.
  Funds raised from a raffle,
  and darts thrown at a penny a
  point...

• TONBRIDGE'S EXERCISE ENDS IN BED
  17

  TONBRIDGE'S EXERCISE ENDS IN BED
  STAFF AT ToiMi^ have
  bought a bed — but not for
  them to rest on after the
  Christmas rush.
  A recent sponsored exercise
  bike ride raised well over £700
  with the proceeds going to the
  Dene...

• Balloon race winner reaches Egypt
  18

  Balloon race winner reaches Egypt
  HOMEBASE SHOPPERS have
  found winning ways at Lordshill
  and Newcastle Under Lyme.
  Joan Andrews was the
  winner of the 'find the store'
  competition, run by Lordshill.
  She received her prize...

• Oldham helps local hospital
  18

  Oldham helps local hospital
  TO MARK the October opening
  of Oldham store, £1,000
  was presented to Oldham and
  District General Hospital.
  Michael Lightfoot, manager,
  handed the cheque over to the
  local health authority...

• John Krinks
  19

  JOHN KRINKS, leading
  tradesman at Worcester,
  recently helped raise over £200
  for ActionAid.
  Four members of Action-
  Aid, including John, completed
  a five mile sponsored walk
  around the base of British
  Camp in the Malvern...

• The party you made possible
  19

  The party you made possible
  Bill Allen plays Santa to the party kids.
  OVER SIX THOUSAND handicapped
  and underprivileged children had a
  wonderful Christmas, with your help.
  The youngsters were guests at three parties
  — at...

• ARNOLD STORE LOOKS AFTER ITS OWN
  20

  ARNOLD STORE LOOKS AFTER ITS OWN
  PENNY LAMB has every
  reason to be grateful to her
  former colleagues at Arnold.
  She was an office clerk
  before leaving the company to
  have a family. When her daughter Kim was bom...

• GLASSMAKING MADE CLEAR
  20

  GLASSMAKING MADE CLEAR
  THE ART of glassmaking has
  become crystal clear to this
  group of YTS students from
  Sutton Coldfleld. They recently
  visited a glassware factory at
  Stourbridge.
  The trainees show off their
  souvenir...

• WE'RE STUDYING IN THE RAIN
  20

  WE'RE STUDYING IN THE RAIN
  IT'S ALWAYS a nice day for
  ducks at Svalbard, inside the
  Arctic Circle. But to offer protection
  against the rain and
  heavy mists, Homebase provided
  ten umbrellas to the
  British Schools...

• BLACKPOLE BUYS TWO GUIDE DOGS
  21

  BLACKPOLE BUYS TWO GUIDE DOGS
  BLACKPOLE STORE has
  raised enough funds to buy
  two guide dogs (see JSJ
  November 87).
  In six months, they collected
  £2,000 from a pool marathon,
  car boot sales and sponsored
  walk and...

• CLOWNING AROUND HELPS BABIES!
  21

  CLOWNING AROUND HELPS BABIES!
  WHEN THE BABY of one of
  Holloway's managers was
  successfully treated at
  Whittington Hospital, staff at
  the store set about showing
  their gratitude to the special
  care baby unit.
  A fundraising...

• HOW TO RAISE MONEY AND STAY IN BED
  21

  HOW TO RAISE MONEY AND STAY IN BED
  A TEAM from the development
  division at head office
  recently slipped into school
  uniform and took to their
  beds.
  They were part of a sponsored
  fancy dress bed race
  which raised funds for...

• SIX YEAR OLDS IN STORE
  21

  SIX YEAR OLDS IN STORE
  PECKHAM RECENTLY
  played host to 25 six-year-old
  visitors to the store. Pupils from Camelot Primary
  School were shown
  around the shop by BPM
  Juliet Smith and cashier
  instructor, Julietta...

• 40 YEAR RETIREMENTS
  22

  BASIL SEALE, store service
  assistant at Hove, has retired
  after 47 years with the
  company.
  As you can see on the right,
  Basil began JS life as an errand
  boy, but after two years' hard
  pedalling he was called for
  national...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  PAUL AINGER, formerly
  manager at Swansea, has been
  a p p o i n t e d manager of
  Watford.
  Nigel Bayliss, formerly
  deputy manager at Leeds, has
  been appointed manager of
  Mosborough for the opening.
  Les Bundy,...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  DOT IVES, pensions payroll
  officer at Blackfriars, has
  retired after 38 years' service
  with the company.
  Ron Read, meat manager at
  Dartford, has retired after 38
  years' service.
  He began his career as
  trainee...

• Long service
  23

  Long service
  DAPHNE BIRCH, area
  catering specialist at Northern
  area office, has completed 25
  years with JS.
  She started as catering
  supervisor, based at Blackfriars,
  covering an area from
  Swiss Cottage to Bedford...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  A L I M O H A M E D
  ABDULLA, vdu operator/
  accounts clerk at Streatham
  office, died suddenly on September
  29, aged 59.
  He had been with the company
  for 14 years
  Nicola Dean, deputy customer
  service manager...

• Short retirements
  23

  Short retirements
  The following members of staff
  have also retired. Length of
  service is shown in brackets.
  Betty Placliett, Hoddesdon
  depot (ten years).
  Irene Mitchell, Lordshill
  (nine years).
  Joyce Callum, Coldhams
  Lane...

• A CLEAR WINNER
  24

  CLEAR WINNER
  The see-through look could be
  back in fashion in a big way
  with the recent introduction
  into selected branches of a
  new range of 'canned' fruits.
  The clear, ring-pull
  containers hold a full pound of attractive,...

• BISCUITS BREAK NEW GROUND
  24

  BISCUITS BREAK NEW GROUND
  A new idea for the health
  conscious who can't resist a
  sweet biscuit is now available
  in 130 branches.
  Ginger and Orange Finger
  Biscuits, made with rolled oats
  and wholemeal flour are halfcoated...

• FULFILLING FEATURES
  24

  FULFILLING FEATURES
  Who remembers the days of
  the 'fortnightly feature' with
  big name stars attracting
  queues that stretched round
  the block. Good news — the
  fortnightly feature is back.
  From January 26, for two
  weeks...

• SUNDAYS BEST
  24

  SUNDAYS BEST
  The Great British Sunday
  lunch should be greater than
  ever with the introduction of a
  range of specially prepared
  Traditional Beef cuts. The beef
  is matured on the bone in the
  traditional way to allow flavour...