'JS Journal', October 1989

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-3 & 6
  Headlines
  Page 4-5
  Take a bow — the first 25 district Wfinners of the new customer service awards.
  Page 7 - 11
  Openings
  Peterborough
  Denton
  Chesterfield
  Blackpool Homebase
  Merry Hill
  Page 12-13
  Now is the...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  The photographic competition
  has now closed and
  the response has been
  quite phenomenal. Daily
  Express picture editor,
  Chris Djukanovic, will
  soon be sitting in judgement
  and the winners will
  appear in the...

• Good Neighbours 'frame' under fives
  02

  Good Neighbours 'frame' under fives
  Swiss Cottage manager, David John, cuts the ribbon on the new
  climbing frame at the Swriss Cottage Community Centre's
  Under Five's group. JS paid for the frame as part of the
  on-going Good...

• Minister visits
  02

  Minister visits
  MINISTER FOR THE
  Environment, John Gummer,
  visited Warren Heath store on
  September 20. He was shown
  organically grown produce in
  addition to other environmentally
  friendly products on
  sale in the store....

• Property news
  02

  Property news
  CRAWLEY, West Green
  In September, Crawley
  Borough Council resolved to
  grant outline consent to build a
  store at West Green, Crawley.
  The store will have 41,000 sq ft
  sales area and a patrol...

• Bamber Bridge boasts top bakery manager
  03

  Bamber Bridge boasts top bakery manager
  STEPHEN SEYMOUR,
  bakery manager at Bamber
  Bridge, has won the Instore
  Bakery Manager of the Year
  Award, in a competition
  organised by Baking Update
  magazine.
  He explained what...

• Children meet 'trash can man' on Green Day
  03

  Children meet 'trash can man' on Green Day
  THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN
  throughout the country took part in Green Shopping
  Day on September 28. The children, from local
  schools nominated by 130 JS
  stores toured those...

• Winning toast to top store manager
  03

  Winning toast to top store manager
  THE SUPERMARKET
  MANAGER of the Year
  title has been won by
  Steven Morris, manager
  of Lincoln.
  The 120 entrants to the
  competition organised by
  Supermarketing magazine,
  were asked to...

• Take a bow — the first 25 district Winners of the new customer service awards
  04

  MEET THE FIRST BATCH OF
  P A C K E R / C U S T O M E R
  SERVICE INITIATIVE AWARD
  WINNERS — THERE'S ONE
  FOR EACH DISTRICT.
  The awards scheme has been launched
  to reward those members of management
  or staff who have...

• New range will help to make a cleaner world
  06

  New range will help to make a cleaner world
  A NEW RANGE of own label household cleaning
  products, which are formulated with priority given to care
  for the environment, has been launched. The seven products in the
  range, called...

• Senior appointments
  06

  Senior appointments
  Hamish Elvidge David Roberts Chris Edmondson IVIartin Ennis
  Dereic Lloyd
  Judith Evans Branch services
  and financial
  ON JANUARY 8 HAMISH
  ELVIDGE will leave his job at
  Savacentre and, after a period
  of...

• Branch opening—Peterborough
  07

  The Romans may have discovered the
  Peterborough effect but J S are
  certainly adding t o it. The city's new
  supermarket has a coffee shop, petrol
  station, sizeable chariot park and
  everything else the modern J S
  customer...

• Branch opening—Chesterfield
  08

  CHESTERFIELD
  Chesterfield opened just four days ahead of the new Tesco a mile down the road,
  w i t h the oar park full to capacity. The t o w n is well known for its crooked spire of
  St Marys and All Saints Church. Opening...

• Branch opening—Denton
  08

  DENTON
  The new store at Denton was built on the
  site of an old carpet factory, and the
  store rolled out the red carpet for
  customers on opening morning. Most
  staff members were new to the company
  and had trained at...

• Homebase opening—Blackpool
  10

  Home to the famous
  illuminations and hoiidaymaicers'
  favourite tower, Biaclcpooi is
  now liome to Homebase number
  51. With an offer of ten per cent
  off everything for opening day,
  the store soon became another
  popular...

• Branch opening—Merry Hill
  11

  MERRY HILL
  The 21 St century must seem a step closer to customers at the new
  Merry Hill supermarket. Built f r om Sicilian marble and polished
  granite, t h e store is situated on a futuristic retail park which, by
  November, w...

• SALAD DAYS ARE GETTING LONGER
  12

  ASK TREVOR KNIGHT what a typical
  day looks like and you'll draw a blank.
  There just isn't one. 'AH I know is that it
  will be long and active!'
  Trevor is one of the company's salads
  technologists — altogether there are...

• FAMILY FUN - FROM THE BIG DIPPER
  14

  OVER FOUR THOUSAND
  SSA day trippers boarded
  coaches on September 10
  and 17 and headed for
  Thorpe Park (Surrey) and
  Alton Towers (Staffordshire)
  amusement paries.
  Young and old, strong
  stomached and queezy;
  there were...

• WITH THEIR HEADS IN THE CLOUDS
  15

  STANDING AT SIX FEET, eight
  inches tall, Graham Barton, store
  manager at Homebase Gloucester,
  is accustomed to viewing the
  ground from dizzy heights. It's
  just as well considering his hobby
  involves hovering from...

• Bill and Ben give Weed the push
  16

  Bill and Ben give Weed the push
  BILL AND BEN, Little Weed,
  a gnome and a few pixies (alias
  Homebase staff at Swindon
  depot) took to the streets of
  Swindon. No, Andy Pandy
  hadn't escaped with Looby
  Loo yet again. They were...

• Drivers dress up for children
  16

  Drivers dress up for children
  A FUN DAY held at Buntingford
  depot raised £300 for a
  local residential home for mentally
  handicapped children.
  Jubilee House in Welwyn
  Garden City has been adopted
  by depot staff as the...

• Kick off to careers
  16

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• Kiwi pen-pal delivered with the apples
  16

  Kiwi pen-pal delivered with the apples
  SIX YEAR OLD New Zeaiander,
  Sean Richards, found
  a pen-pal in Huddersfield during
  a scliool visit to an apple
  orchard in his home town of
  Blenheim.
  Sean put a note in a crate...

• Marathon money will train guide dog
  17

  Marathon money will train guide dog
  ERIC RUSSELL, bakery manager
  at Cannon Park, ran hie
  first London marathon this
  year and recently handed over
  £1,200 sponsorship money to
  help train a guide dog for the
  blind.
  it was...

• New store fixes it for Sarah to go 'site-seeing'
  17

  New store fixes it for Sarah to go 'site-seeing'
  JOY CARROLL, head teacher
  of William Cassidy School, Stillington,
  near Middlesbrough,
  wanted to treat her pupils before
  they left to go to 'the big school'.
  Joy, along with...

• Runners raise the roof
  17

  Runners raise the roof
  TWELVE STAFF from St
  Albans completed the local half
  marathon and raised £500
  through sponsorship. This will
  be donated to St Peters Primary
  school in the town, to
  assist with the building of a
  roof...

• Make room for a new you
  18

  Make room for a new you
  ARE YOU TIRED of
  your mirror image? We
  can help you create a
  whole new look for the
  new year.
  We're looking for male and
  female members of staff from
  any part of the company to
  take part in our...

• ON YER BIKE!
  18

  LAST MONTH the Journal reported on the company involvement with the Operation Raleigh
  Bike ride. JS supplied the 100 young cyclists with travel bags and provided meals for them at IS
  branches as they made their way round Britain...

• Barnwood knocks out competition
  19

  Barnwood knocks out competition
  IT WAS A knockout day when
  Barnwood raised £230 for local
  charities. They entered an 'It's
  a Knockout' competition
  along with other local companies
  and came second, also
  snaffling the prize...

• Egg on her face . . . arms, legs, hands . . .
  19

  Egg on her face . . . arms, legs, hands . . .
  BRIDE-TO-BE Amanda
  Ratcliffe, a baker at Worcester,
  was 'egged on' by staff when
  she finished work, ready to go
  out on her hen night. They
  made a huge mixture of eggs
  and flour,...

• ANSWERS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
  20

  ANSWERS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
  SHARA BROWN, AGED 9, daughter
  of Graham Brown, architect in the
  development division, began nursing
  an ambition to become a journalist
  when Dad subscribed to Early Times,
  a newspaper for...

• Don't shoot the man behind the counter!
  21

  Don't shoot the man behind the counter!
  The JS recruitment
  advertisement below
  originally appeared
  in the Daily Telegraph
  on die day
  war broke out in
  1939.
  And this year on
  September 4 it
  reappeared in a
  supplement to...

• Long Service
  22

  Long Service
  Employees who have completed
  40 years' service are:
  David Chandler, clerk, company
  car centre, Blackfriars.
  Ron Cox, assistant manager,
  Shirley.
  Terry Delves, manager,
  Kingsheath.
  Sid Neale, area admin...

• Marriage
  22

  SUSAN SIVYER, restaurant supervisor, and Stephen Peters,
  leading store assistant, both at West Wickham, were married at
  St Peter and Paul's Church in Cudham, Kent. Susan has nine
  years' service at the branch and Stephen has...

• Retirements
  22

  Retirements
  (Length of service in brackets):
  Alan Clarke, meat manager,
  Debden (39 years).
  Fred Dooley, driver, Hoddesdon
  depot (36 years).
  Brian Pearce, senior quality
  controller, Droitwich depot (25
  years).
  Margaret...

• Writelines
  23

  WRITELINES
  J im Langlois, tomato grower
  Jim's tour of Jersey toms From: Brenda Porter, Hemel
  Hempstead.
  Whilst on holiday in beautiful,
  sunny Jersey, we stayed in a
  place surrounded by greenhouses
  and fields of...

• CHRISTMAS IS COMING . . . THE SHELVES ARE GETTING FAT
  24

  CHRISTMAS is
  descending upon us at
  breakneck speed. In
  preparation, JS Christmas
  product ranges
  were introduced into
  stores from the beginning
  of October.
  This year sees a
  bumper crop of traditional
  fayre,...