'JS Journal', August/September 1988

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  News
  Page 6
  Kensington Homebase opening
  Page 6
  Hereford opening
  Page 8-10
  Over to you ... Managers, including those recently promoted, air their views on the new management structure
  Page 11
  What does everybody need...

• David Quarmby wins 'oscar'
  02

  David Quarmby wins 'oscar'
  JOINT MANAGING
  DIRECTOR, David Quarmby,
  has won the 1988 Motor
  Transport Special Award for
  outstanding contribution to
  the road transport industry.
  In paying tribute to David
  Quarmby Motor...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  NO WE HAVEN'T been
  taken over by Janet Street
  Porter and we are not about
  to appoint Magenta as gossip
  columnist (I bet all you
  oldies out there are looking
  a bit blank). Neither is Gilbert
  to be given the job...

• Profit sharing figures
  02

  Profit sharing figures
  THE KEY figures for the distribution
  of this year's profit
  fund are:
  Profit fund
  Eligible staff
  Distribution
  rate
  Share price
  Profit entitlement amounts
  nearly five and a half...

• Trials open door to more debit cards
  02

  Trials open door to more debit cards
  IN AN EXTENSION to Electronic
  Funds Transfer at the
  Point of Sale (EFTPoS) trials,
  JS has launched a trial scheme
  with Midland Bank at Famborough
  and Maidenhead stores.
  Separate...

• Coffee time arrives at Ladbroke Grove
  03

  Coffee time arrives at Ladbroke Grove
  A COMFORTABLE view of
  the riverside free with every
  cup of coffee. That's the offer
  to customers at Ladbroke
  Grove following the opening
  of the store's coffee shop on
  July 19.
  An...

• Essayists win share of profit
  03

  Essayists win share of profit
  ALL PRIZE-WINNERS of
  the JS sponsored essay competition,
  organised by the Wider
  Share Ownership Council
  (WSOC) essay competition
  chose to take their prize money
  in JS shares. They had...

• Savacentre by Conran
  03

  Savacentre by Conran
  Old logo
  AT TEN YEARS old the SavaCentre logo was looking a little
  dated. Now the Conran Design Group has come up with a
  new logo which projects a modern family image.
  The blue and orange logo will appear...

• Senior appointments
  03

  Senior appointments
  BILL HALL, formerly
  building and development executive
  at Savacentre, has
  succeeded Roger Warren-
  Evans as Savacentre property
  group manager in, the JS development
  division.
  As reported in the...

• Shielding rights of disabled
  03

  Shielding rights of disabled
  TEWKESBURY ROAD,
  Cheltenham, has won a shield
  for making life easier for the
  disabled.
  Lex Mead (Cheltenham)
  together with Cheltenham and
  District Association for Disabled
  People, make the...

• Artists put on a splash in the rain
  04

  Artists put on a splash in the rain
  splash in
  DISTRICT MANAGER,
  Jack Cornwall (far left of pic)
  and Swindon store manager,
  Nick Tazewell (far right) line
  up under cover with the Mayor
  and Mayoress of Thamesdown
  and...

• House proud peahen makes herself at home
  04

  House proud peahen
  makes herself at home
  A FLOCK of bird watchers, migrating to York, are landing in the
  Sainsbury's and Homebase stores.
  Following an early spring appearance of a pair of ducks from
  whose nest in the shrubs...

• JS ingredient in food exhibition
  04

  JS ingredient in food exhibition
  THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING . . . is in Farnham! The exhibition
  of that name, sponsored by JS, tells the story of food and
  diet in history. JS archivist, Bridget Williams, has provided a
  whole...

• What the woman reader wants
  04

  What the woman reader wants
  A survey by Woman magazine
  has shown that 32 per cent of
  its readers shop at JS. Twenty
  four per cent of its readers
  choose Tesco and 16 per cent
  opt for Gateway's.
  JS customers said they...

• Elsewhere in the field
  05

  Elsewhere in the field
  TRIALS OF a 'robot' scanning
  system have failed to ring up
  much positive reaction In
  America.
  The CheckRobot company
  has developed the Automated
  Checkout Machine (ACM) in
  response to problems of...

• FARNBOROUGH
  05

  FARNBOROUGH has been
  awarded a plaque for good
  hygiene, and they gained the
  highest points for multiple
  grocers, as part of the
  Rushmoor Clean Food
  Awards 1988.

• JEAN-MICHEL JARRE
  05

  JEAN-MICHEL JARRE —
  SSA ticket holders. NB: Disco
  ferries now depart Tower Pier,
  not Greenwich, on September
  24.

• NYT announces season of plenty
  05

  NYT announces season of plenty
  THE NATIONAL YOUTH
  THEATRE, to be sponsored
  by JS for a third year, is in full
  dramatic swing with its
  summer season.
  This year sees a far wider
  national spread with three
  major productions...

• Student engineers JS prize
  05

  Student engineers JS prize
  THE INSTITUTE OF Energy's
  annual prize for the best overall
  performance in the MSc
  Energy Engineering Course,
  sponsored by JS, has been won
  by Manuel Soriano. He is pictured
  here in the laboratory...

• Homebase opening—Kensington
  06

  KENSINGTON
  The first central London Homebase opened in Kensington with
  untypical competition — the first day of Harrod's sale. But
  Homebase had its own bargains with opening day reductions on
  many items from bathroom suites...

• Branch opening—Hereford
  07

  HEREFORD Hereford is the tenth JS supermarket to open this year.
  The brick building is detailed with arches and panels which
  reflect the previous occupation of the site by British Rail. 1. Coffee shop bridges the
  generation...

• HOWS IT GOING?
  08

  HOW'S IT GOING?
  The new structure for management is
  now in operation in all stores. What do
  you think of it? The Journal visited six Stores, four in London and two in the
  North West, and spoke to all levels of
  management to...

• EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS
  11

  BEING NEIGHBOURLY has reached new heights at JS.
  Since the first Good Neighbour Scheme in 1983 money
  available from the Sainsbury Charitable Fund has
  increased more than tenfold and, so far, 500 groups
  working w i t h...

• JS HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME
  12

  DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR . . . FOLLOW THE
  JS HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME
  When people think of taking risks they usually imagine hanggliding,
  or driving too fast, or even crossing a busy road. But
  you might be taking a...

• ON THE TRAIL OF YOUNG BLOOD
  14

  THE TRAIL OF YOUNG BLOOD
  JS CAPTURES THE YOUTH MARKET YOUNG BLOOD IS in
  short supply according
  the Department of
  Education. The latest
  figures suggest that the
  number of school
  leavers is 36,000 down on last year. Forecasts...

• TRAINING SCHEME COUNTS TOWARDS DEGREE
  15

  TRAINING SCHEME COUNTS TOWARDS DEGREE
  SEPTEMBER'S JOINERS to the 'A' Level management
  training scheme in the South Eastern area will come out at
  the end with a certificate in retail management from
  Thames Polytechnic. All...

• David gives a lesson in bravery
  16

  David gives a lesson in bravery
  A QUICK-THINKING general
  assistant at Blackpole has
  won a Chief Constable's
  Commendation Award for
  Bravery from his local police,
  for saving his teacher's life.
  David Davis saw his teacher...

• Eastern hockey heroes win tournament
  16

  Eastern hockey heroes win tournament
  EASTERN AREA office team ('Romford Routers') narrowly
  beat head office company systems team ('Load
  Locals') in a hockey tournament held recently. The
  victors are pictured displaying their...

• Romford raises funds as tribute to a friend
  16

  Romford raises funds as tribute to a friend
  STAFF AT ROMFORD have
  raised £395 for St Francis'
  Hospice, Havering-atte-Bower
  as a tribute to a former colleague
  who died of cancer last
  year. They held raffles, bringand-
  buy...

• Slimmers make child's play of a hospital stay
  16

  Slimmers make child's play of a
  hospital stay THE ANGELS at Royal Lancaster
  Infirmary were delighted
  when two 'heavies' from Lancaster
  store handed over £300
  to them. Martin Browitt, reception
  warehouse manager and
  Glen...

• Hull drops pounds into Wishing Well Appeal
  17

  Hull drops pounds into Wishing Well Appeal
  HUMBERSIDE WISHING
  WELL Appeal had its wish
  granted by YTS trainees from
  Hull. They raised £185 for the Appeal, which raises cash for
  Great Ormond Street Children's
  Hospital....

• YORK STAFF
  17

  YORK STAFF recently raised £1,000 for York District Hospital's Scanner Appeal
  through a 24 hour sponsored snooker match. Pictured here, are (left to right): Gary
  Hodgeson, John Catling, John Merrick, Jim Wilson and organiser...

• Earthquake brings Chinese to Lincoln
  18

  Earthquake brings Chinese to Lincoln
  EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATION
  forced a massive
  rebuilding programme upon
  the people of Tangshan in
  China.
  During rebuilding they
  placed a large order for engineering
  equipment with...

• Sir John bowls into Basingstoke
  18

  Sir John bowls into Basingstoke
  CHAIRMAN, Sir John Sainsbury, proved himself a hot shot with
  a wood when he dropped in on Basingstoke depot's bowling
  green for its official opening on July 24. As he hit the jack dead
  centre he...

• When Cwmbran takes over the cash really flows in
  18

  When Cwmbran takes over the cash really flows in
  STAFF AT CWMBRAN
  raised £3,743.60 recently for
  the British Bone Marrow
  Donor Appeal. The amount
  raised by the store was doubled
  by the company which had
  made an initial...

• Crash bang wallop what a picture
  19

  Crash bang wallop what a picture
  THIS CAR OWNER couldn't
  wait to get into East Grinstead
  store after he'd heard that
  'Good Food Costs Less at
  Sainsbury's'. The car skidded
  on the notoriously bad corner
  outside the store,...

• Managers have a wet weekend in the sun
  19

  Managers have a wet weekend in the sun
  RAY ALLEN and 'Lord
  Charles' were guests of honour
  at the Burpham Summer Fete.
  As such they escaped the 'wet
  soggy sponge' treatment,
  cruelly administered to
  Leatfaerhead manager,...

• Mirror editor will judge
  19

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• News
  19

  JAN LESCZUK, general assistant
  at Bedford, was invited to
  the Le Mans Race in France to
  cater for the Jaguar racing
  team. When not working at JS
  Jan is taking a catering course
  at college, training to be a
  chef. The Jaguar...

• Bradford is all heart
  20

  Bradford is all heart
  BRADFORD GREENGATES
  deputy manager,
  Steve Moms, presents £50 to
  Charles Finch who is raising
  money for the British Heart
  Foundation. Charles, who is soon to be father-in-law of
  Carol Spiers,...

• Jason is on target to shoot to the top
  20

  Jason is on target to shoot to the top
  shoot to
  MOST OF US set targets for ourselves in
  life. The targets upon which Jason Burrage,
  general assistant at Wallington, sets his
  sights are smaller than the top of a can of
  beans...

• Rebecca steers Rotaract club
  20

  Rebecca steers Rotaract club
  PRESTON'S REBECCA WHITTLE is a president at the tender
  age of 20!
  Her leadership qualities were spotted just months after
  joining the Preston Rotaract Club and now the newcomer is
  organising her...

• Tracking down a UK champion
  20

  Tracking down a UK champion
  ATTACKING NORWEGIANS; flying
  around the bend; breaking tapes and
  smashing records? No it's not the behaviour
  of a violent music hater! It's all par
  for the course in the other career of
  Homebase...

• The brief and humble history of the JS paper bag
  21

  The brief and humble history of the JS paper bag
  here are few things in life
  more ephemeral than a
  paper bag. But, despite
  their short life, it is hard
  not to accumulate them,
  or the ubiquitous plastic
  carrier bag.
  Paper,...

• Appointments
  22

  Appointments
  Nicholas Allcock, from manager,
  Shirley, to manager,
  Fareham.
  Les Bundy, from manager,
  Brighton Hill, to manager,
  Bath.
  Paul Davis, from deputy
  manager, Burpham, to manager,
  Woking.
  Ian Elkins, from...

• Long service
  22

  Long service
  Employees who have completed
  40 years' service are:
  Jim Byrne, provisions manager,
  Kilburn.
  John Jennings, manager,
  New Maiden.
  Derek Lane, provisions manager.
  Bury Park, Luton.
  Employees who have...

• Obituary
  22

  Obituary
  (Length of service in brackets):
  Bill Lawrence, aged 63. customer
  service assistant at
  Mitcham, died on August 1
  after a short illness, (7 years).
  Lesley Nimchan, aged 17,
  part-time senior supermarket
  assistant at...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  Length of service in brackets):
  Peter Cross, manager,
  Eastbourne (39 years).
  Harry Wright, manager,
  Haverhill (39 years).
  Harry West, driver, Charlton
  depot (38 years).
  Burt Fairall, night shunter,
  Charlton...

• The chairman's driving force
  22

  The chairman's driving force
  MEMBERS of the Sainsbury family gathered w i t h Ted Tilbury's
  colleagues to say goodbye to the chairman's chauffeur as he
  retired after 39 years' service. In paying tribute to Ted, the
  chairman...

• Writelines
  23

  WRITELINES
  Unscrambling
  ^the egg story
  From: Will Guest, veteran, Kent
  (foimer manager of Woodford
  store).
  I still take a keen interest in the
  company's continuous progress
  and always look forward
  to the JS Journal. The...

• CHRISTMAS AT SAINSBURY'S
  24

  JS HAS A TRADITION
  of staying ahead
  by planning ahead.
  That's why the Christmas
  product ranges are
  unveiled to the press in
  July in the traditional
  setting of the company
  archives.
  This season promises
  a bumper festival...

• Stores show off exotically
  24

  Stores show off exotically
  •
  TWELVE STORES
  from Chichester
  to York have seen
  i n s t o r e d e m o n -
  strations during June
  and July.
  Customers were able
  to sample a selection
  of Exotic Fruits and
  Vegetables and...