'JS Journal', April/May 1988

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  Headlines
  Page 6
  Sunday Times Award
  Page 7-12
  Openings
  — Mosborough
  — Wakefield
  — Milton Keynes
  — Ladbroke Grove
  — Stockport Homebase
  — Eltham
  Page 13
  Building Better Business update
  Page 14-15
  Merchandising...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  YES, WE have put on weight!
  Combining the April and May
  Journals has produced a bumper
  issue. JS is a very busy place at
  the moment and we think the
  Journal reflects that. We're also
  honoured that this issue's...

• Nestle employee video
  02

  ASSISTANT MANAGING director, Tom Vyner, was interviewed
  by Nestl6's managing director, Frank Edwards, as part of the
  Nestle employee video.

• Squash ad comes out on top
  02

  Squash ad comes out on top
  JS ADVERTISING has
  squashed another award onto
  the hst of accolades received by
  the company. The Campai^
  Press Awards judged JS's colour
  magazine ad for High Juice fruit
  squashes to be the Best...

• Directors face new directions
  03

  Directors face new directions
  WITH THE approach of the new financial year the
  chairman announced a number of changes of responsi-bility affecting directors. These changes include the
  promotion of Bob Cooper to the main board....

• Senior Management Appointments
  04

  Senior Management Appointments Retail division
  When Brian Goodswen retires as
  district manager. Central and
  Western area, in July he will be
  succeeded by Ernest Ormes,
  manager of Kempston. Alan
  Bonner, manager of...

• Homebase to take off on breath of fresh air
  05

  Homebase to take off on breath of fresh air
  THE NEW HOMEBASE store
  at Brentford, due to open on
  May 11, has already attracted
  much attention.
  The building has been
  modelled on a 1929 Italian
  biplane by architect, Nick
  G r...

• JS IS TOP FOOD RETAILER
  06

  Sunday Times finds the most respected companies in the UK
  JS IS TOP FOOD RETAILER JS has been judged to be the UK's most respected
  food retailer and the third most respected company
  in the UK in a new annual survey sponsored by...

• Branch opening—Mosborough
  07

  MOSBOROUGH
  Sheffield's new Sainsbury's opened in the town's new shopping centre —
  m ^ H Crystal Peaks — which is in a prime position overlooking Sheffield and the
  gJBJjJI rolling hills of South Yorkshire. 1. The Crystal...

• Branch opening—Wakefield
  08

  WAKEFIELD
  Wakefield now has a Sainsbury's trading shoulder to
  shoulder with its Homebase which opened in 1986. So
  keen were two customers to be first through the
  doors they camped overnight in the car park!
  1. The management...

• Branch opening—Milton Keynes
  09

  MILTON KEYNES
  As Milton Keynes celebrated 21 years since the first
  diggers moved in and the city was born, JS presented
  a bumper coming of age present to its citizens — a
  brand new store. 1. An aerial shot of the food centre...

• Branch opening—Ladbroke Grove
  10

  LADBROKE GROVE
  IT'S THE STORE on the canal. Ladbroke Grove is the latest inner London store to open.
  will be joined in the summer by a coffee shop with an outside seating area to flank the
  Grand Union Canal, the towpath of...

• Homebase openings—Stockport
  11

  STOCKPORT
  Opening date: SI March 1988 Addxess: The Feel Centre, Great Portland Street
  Stockport Opened "by. General manager, Dennis Males
  Manager: Mike Pearson Statt 62 (51 new jobs)
  Sales area: 36,500 sq ft Car park: 190...

• Branch opening—Eltham
  12

  ELTHAM
  Heavy, grey skies and drizzle on a IVIonday
  morning may not be everybody's vision of a
  happy scene, but residents of Eltham in
  South London had sunshine smiles when
  they saw their new store. 1. The store entrance...

• Building Better Business Newsflash
  13

  Do you use the telephone in the branch?
  How much training have you had?
  Find out how to be even more professional by
  using this package
  It all starts later in 1988 when we spill the beans
  Building
  Better
  Business
  ' . . ....

• One small step for a computer A giant leap for merchandising
  14

  MEMBERS OF THE merchandising
  department were
  over the moon when
  'Spaceman' stepped into
  their office, because Spaceman
  is a computerised
  system for looking at shelf
  layouts.
  In the 'old days', when
  new products were...

• IT'S LIFT OFF FOR SAINSBURY WING
  16

  Above: Their Royal
  Highnesses with Sir John
  Sainsbury, left, and Peter
  Ingram, constructions
  manager, meet the
  workers involved with the
  building of the Sainsbury
  Wing. Right: the
  foundation stone. Centre
  right: Sir John...

• Miss JS forever!
  18

  The final of the Miss
  JS contest, held at
  the SSA dinner and
  dance on March 19,
  really was a final.
  This year's
  competition was the
  last to be held and
  winner. Sue Jones of
  Central Croydon,
  said: 'Does that
  mean I'll be...

• Another opening another show
  21

  Another opening another show
  THE NATIONAL Youth
  Theatre's patron, HRH The
  Prince Edward, officially
  opened the NYT's new
  headquarters in Holloway
  Road, London on March 30.
  At the ceremony NYT
  director, Edward...

• GET IN THE CHEAP SEATS
  21

  GET IN LAST YEAR saw the successful
  running of a Youth and
  Music scheme at JS, which has
  doubled in size this year.
  Youth and Music, which
  offers concessionary rates for
  over 700 performances a year
  to the under 30s, gave...

• Breakfast for the troops
  22

  Breakfast for the troops
  Look out titchy breakfasts — JS's
  answer to the A Team is here. The all
  action Nosher Squad has arrived to
  encourage the young at heart to start the
  day with any one of five tasty cereals.
  The...

• Bathe with a bunny
  23

  Bathe with a bunny
  The Easter bunny bounced
  into 175 branches recently
  bubbling over with good
  news for children's bath-time.
  Bunny Bubble Bath costs
  £1.65 for 500ml and comes in
  a strong, cheerful container
  which when...

• Easy life is a minestrone
  23

  Easy life is a minestrone
  Fresh Vegetables for
  Minestrone Soup, available at
  34 branches for 95p, is a super
  idea for home-made soup
  lovers in a hurry. This unique
  concept offers all the fresh
  vegetables necessary...

• How does your garden grow
  23

  How does your garden grow
  To make sure spring blossoms
  out all over, Homebase has
  introduced a range of plant
  care products into all stores.
  The range includes organic
  and chemical all-purpose
  fertilisers in 3kg bags and...

• Salads worth dressing for
  23

  Salads worth dressing for
  As the days grow longer and
  warmer it's time to put away
  the casserole pot and lighten
  up meal times with a fresh
  salad.
  Ideal for those who are
  stumped for the next
  ingredient once...

• NEW MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE GETS INTO GEAR
  24

  AT THE BRANCH Managers' Conference in January, a number of changes for retail management
  were announced.
  The board has recognised that, in recent years, store managers have been spending more and more
  time involved in physical...

• More good news for good neighbours
  26

  More good news for good neighbours
  » As stores everywhere
  seek out deserving groups
  to receive JS good neighbour
  contributions in the
  coming year, cheques are
  still being handed over to
  the past year's groups.
  GORDON...

• TV personality draws support
  26

  TV personality draws support
  THE RECENT grocery grab at
  Taunton raised £1,007 for
  South Western area district
  manager, David Webb's district
  charity — the Society for
  Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS)
  diseases. The event...

• Archdeacon will spread the word
  27

  Archdeacon will spread the word
  THE ARCHDEACON of the
  diocese of Liverpool, the
  Reverend David Woodhouse,
  met and lunched with Warrington
  store manager, Ray Kerr
  and his deputy, Robert Forbes
  during his recent pastoral...

• Giving it all away
  27

  Giving it all away
  A CHARITY draw organised
  by Boots pic was won by Sue
  Sturgess of Sutton. Sue presented
  a £100 cheque to representatives
  from Queen Mary's
  Hospital, Carshalton, her
  chosen charity for the
  donation.

• Love your tiger feet
  27

  Love your tiger feet
  MY! WHAT big feet you've
  got! — and a big talent to
  match.
  Customers at the Redhill
  branch will recognise Pam Dysart
  painted so vibrantly by her
  six year old son Frankie for his
  school's Mothers'...

• Quick thinking saves a life
  27

  Quick thinking saves a life
  MANDY LYNN DOBOSZ
  (on the left of the photograph)
  a student at Lancaster has been
  presented with an award by the
  Liverpool Shipwreck and
  Humane Society for helping to
  save the life of a young...

• Cut a dash in a dress
  28

  Cut a dash in a dress
  ANDY SINCLAIRE (Snow White) one of the favourites in this
  year's IVIiss JS competition, led his dwarfish gang from West
  Bromwich to victory in the Sandwell shopping centre pancake
  race.
  Nine teams of...

• How much for those doggies!
  28

  How much for those doggies!
  A FUNDRAISING raffle
  open to staff and customers at
  the six SavaCentre stores netted
  £24,000, enough to buy
  and train 24 dogs for the
  Guide Dogs for the Blind
  Association. The SavaCentre
  sports...

• Pedallers cover the country
  28

  Pedallers cover the country
  'JOG OR BUST' said the
  cyclists of North Finchley. It
  turned out to be bust!
  Staff from the store aimed,
  on an exercise cycle outside the
  shop, to pedal the distance from
  Land's End to John...

• Margaret the fundraiser who never folds
  29

  Margaret the fundraiser who never folds
  FOR MOST OF US, work stops
  when we leave our particular
  store or office. Not in the case of
  Margaret Ward though.
  Margaret (far right of pic) is a
  full time senior...

• Stuart has caterbility
  29

  Stuart has caterbility
  BOWTHORPE general assistant, Stuart Gilkes, received high praise
  for his cooking at the regional final of the British Caterbility contest.
  Competitors had an hour and a half to cook a set menu and...

• Children are put In freezer!
  30

  Children are put In freezer!
  C H I L D R E N FROM
  Richmond Junior School in
  Oldham were more than happy
  to take time out of the
  classroom to visit the local
  store.
  Nigel Hollway, Oldham's
  deputy manager, gave a...

• Drivers win medals for fund raising
  30

  Drivers win medals for fund raising
  THESE FIVE Basingstoke
  drivers have plenty to smile
  about as they display the
  medals presented them by
  Peter Kelly, chairman of the
  local bed race appeal. Out of
  the 40 teams...

• Marge gets carried away
  30

  Marge gets carried away
  ASIDE FROM THE usual trade at Winton there was some extra monkey business recently when
  general assistant. Marge Lawrence left after ten years' service. Store manager, George Rand,
  explained that Marge...

• A Champagne celebration
  31

  A Champagne celebration
  JOHN MILLIGAN, wines and spirits manager at Burpham
  recently reached the regional final of the Peter Dominic/Sunda/
  Express Wine Taster of the Year competition, putting him in the
  last nine from a...

• Fund raising follies
  31

  Fund raising follies
  THESE FUNNY fundraisers
  from Holloway enjoyed every
  moment of collecting £2,500
  for Whittington Hospital Baby
  Unit. The picture was late but
  we couldn't resist using it.

• Going without for Children in Need
  31

  Going without for Children in Need
  STAFF FROM the Bedford
  store lost nearly as many
  pounds as they managed to raise
  in aid of the Children in Need
  Appeal!
  A sponsored slim resulted in a
  total of lOOlbs lost and...

• Trolley rides along on a wave
  31

  Trolley rides along on a wave
  FLOODING IN Canterbury's
  car park recently gave retail
  development the opportunity
  to test its latest brainchild.
  Customer service assistant,
  Ron Bedwell, put the new
  amphibious shopping...

• Appointments
  32

  Appointments
  LARRY GRIFFIN, formerly
  manager at Muswell Hill, has
  been appointed manager of
  Kilburn.
  John Irwin, formerly manager
  at Langney, has been
  appointed manager of Hove.
  Barrie Neville, formerly
  manager at...

• Homebase Appointments
  32

  Homebase Appointments
  IAN FORRESTER, manager
  at Catford, has been appointed
  manager of the new Croydon
  store for the opening.
  Richard Frost, formerly
  deputy manager at Reading,
  has been appointed manager of
  Reading.
  John...

• Long Service
  32

  Long Service
  ALF FRANKLIN, distribution
  systems manager at
  Blackfriars, has completed 25 years' service with JS.
  He began JS life in the depot
  stock department at Streatham
  office then moved to Buntingford
  depot as stock...

• Retirements
  32

  Retirements
  PETER CROSS, spare manager
  at Eastbourne, has retired
  after 39 years with JS.
  He began his career at Sutton
  and after four years moved
  to Hove. Peter worked in
  several branches in the
  Brighton area before...

• Obituary
  33

  Obituary
  PAT ATKINSON, security manager at Hoddesdon depot,
  died after a short illness, on
  Jaiiuary 8, aged 58.
  He had been-with the company
  for three years.
  Alan Bennett, meat manager
  at Harpenden, died after a
  short...

• The great initials tease
  33

  The great initials tease
  THE FRUSTRATING INITIALS quiz saw much fifairi'storming to
  crack the codes. But this was a difficult one — only four of you came
  anywhere near solving all the clues and each will receive a selection...

• You name this ship The Hesperus
  33

  You name this ship The Hesperus
  MANAGER OF Catford Homebase, Ian Forrester, is delighted that
  his naval fleet shall no longer remain nameless.
  The name of the dinghy, used to maintain the store's pool, was the
  subject of a...

• A Cracking Start
  34

  BACK IN April 1869,
  when the newly wed John
  James and Mary Ann
  Sainsbury set up shop in
  London's Drury Lane,
  eggs were one of the first
  products on sale in their
  little dairy. In the early
  days eggs were sold on a stall at...

• Writelines
  35

  From: Maurice Eyre, company
  systems, Blackfriars.
  I have heard about the effects
  of the October 1987 stock
  market crash on pension
  funds. It would be interesting
  to learn how the JS fund fared
  in comparison with...

• IDEAL HOMEBASE
  36

  IDEAL HOMEBASE
  OF THE many thousands of
  people who came to the Ideal
  Homes Exhibition at Earls
  Court recently, most will have
  noticed the luxurious 'heritage'
  style home, built in the hall
  especially for the...

• Water babes compete
  36

  1. A demonstration of ball control before competition begins . . . 2. but competitors try tfieir
  own metliods . . . 3. leaving observers unimpressed.