'JS Journal', November 1989

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-5
  Headlines
  Page 6-10
  Openings;
  Pound Lane
  Great Yarmouth
  Harringay
  Middlesbrough
  Maidstone Homebase
  Page 11
  JS Health programme — some facts about AIDS
  Page 12-13
  Hooked on Tuna
  Page 14-15
  Food For Thought...

• Deputy manager wins Tesco cup
  02

  Deputy manager wins Tesco cup
  TESCO CHAIRMAN, Sir
  Ian MacLaurin, proposed a
  toast to Lord Sainsbury.
  Lord Sainsbury then presented
  the Tesco Cup to
  Sainsbury's Graham Hutton,
  who used to work for Tesco.
  This was the scene...

• School governor staff are given JS training
  02

  School governor staff are given JS training
  AS PART OF ITS increased
  involvement with schools the
  company has run a series of
  one day training courses for
  members of staff who are
  school governors.
  The courses, held...

• 'District nurses' on trial at JS
  03

  'District nurses' on trial at JS
  A PILOT scheme is now taking place in three
  districts where occupational nurses have been
  recruited. An occupational nurse
  completes normal training to
  become an RGN (Registered
  General...

• Flying Figurehead takes off at Swansea
  03

  Flying Figurehead takes off at Swansea
  THE FLYING Figurehead
  was launched in front of Swansea
  store on September 29.
  This dramatic sculpture with
  a nautical theme, by David
  Backhouse, was the winner of
  the Maritime...

• New stores say it with flowers
  03

  New stores say it with flowers
  IN ORDER to thank some of JS's newest customers for
  shopping with us, bouquets of flowers were given away during
  October at eight of the more recently opened stores.
  In the first two weelcs of...

• Switch cards
  03

  OCTOBER SAW a
  customers about the
  their purchases.
  two w
  benefits
  eek in-store campaign to inform
  of using Switch cards to pay for JS launched its
  programme (Electroni
  Transfer at the Point
  in November 1987, a
  accepts...

• North East pioneers train at poly
  04

  North East pioneers train at poly
  WITH THE OPENING of Middlesbrough, the first
  of four new stores in a brand new area for JS — the
  north east of England — the Northern area was
  presented with a major training problem. Says...

• Senior managers on the move
  04

  Senior managers on the move
  A LARGE NUMBER of senior promotions and changes in
  responsibility were announced in September. Wendy Godfrey is promoted to the
  new position of senior manager,
  consumer marketing, reporting to
  Mike...

• Heartbeat handshakes
  05

  Heartbeat handshakes
  RECEIVING Heartbeat
  Awards form the Bromley area
  health authority for health initiatives
  in the Chislehurst staff
  restaurant are, left to right: Jan
  Wilkins, staff restaurant supervisor;
  Averil Bryant,...

• United Nations honours JS ozone man
  05

  PETER COOPER, refrigeration
  and mechanical engineering manager
  has been awarded a Citation
  of Excellence by the United
  Nations Environment Programme
  for committee work he has
  carried out in protection of the
  ozone...

• Branch opening—Pound Lane
  06

  POUND LANE
  The 76-year long association between
  Norwich and JS received a boost with the
  opening of the new supermaricet at Pound
  Lane. With many staff transferring from
  the old iViagdalen Street branch, the /•
  familiar...

• Branch opening—Great Yarmouth
  07

  Right: An informal
  management team during
  their Effective Team Work
  course in the v\feeks prior
  to the opening.
  The people of Great
  Yarmouth welcomed
  the new store with
  open arms, as it is
  more than double the
  size of...

• Branch opening—Harringay
  08

  What's this about
  JS going to the
  dogs in Harringay?
  The new store,
  which replaces the
  old one at Stamford
  Hill, is built on the
  site of the old
  Harringay
  greyhound racing
  stadium. Harringay
  store is t w o and a
  half...

• Branch opening—Middlesbrough
  08

  Manager: David MUlDum Staff: 252 (236 new jobs)
  Sales area: 33,143 sq ft Car park: 520 spaces JS was breaking
  new ground when
  the Middlesbrough
  store opened. I t
  was the first of
  four stores to open
  this year in the
  North...

• Homebase opening—Maidstone
  10

  MAIDSTONE Opening date: 10 October 1989 Address; Aylesford BetaJl Park, London Road, Maidstone,
  Kent Opened 'by. Hometiase chairman, Qurth. Hoyer Millar Manager: Steve Mullins
  Statt 57 Sales area: 45,015 sq ft Car park: 600...

• JS Health programme — some facts about AIDS
  11

  Since AIDS was first discovered it lias grabbed the attention of both the
  public and the media — probably more than any other single disease. Some
  unnecessary worries have developed among the population at large...

• GONE FISHING
  12

  THE SOUTH PACIFIC may have inspired tlie music of Rogers and
  Hammerstein; i t may conjure pictures of paradise islands and exotic sunsets
  among t h e more romantic of us; but to one particular J S product i t 's...

• Royal Opening Adds Relish To Food Exhibition
  14

  HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, the Duchess of York, opened the new Sainsbury Gallery,
  containing the Food for Thought exhibition, at the Science Museum on October 12.
  The gallery, which was largely funded by the Sainsbury Family Charitable...

• ... The Ingredients From JS
  14

  ... The Ingredients From JS
  SIDE BY SIDE in the
  new Sainsbury 'Food
  For Thought' gallery at
  the Science Museum are
  two contrasting exhibits.
  On one side is a modem
  laser scanning checkout, to be found in the
  most...

• 25 CLUB'S HIGH LIFE AT THE HILTON
  16

  25 CLUB'S HIGH LIFE AT THE HILTON
  THE LONDON HILTON was the venue
  for this year's 25 Club dinner held on
  October 9. Around 900 members attended
  in this, the club's 20th anniversary year.
  A total of 135 people had completed...

• Choirs clear their throats for competition
  16

  Choirs clear their throats for competition
  IT SEEMS WE CAN still hea^
  the final strains of the 1988
  Sainsbury's Choir of the Year
  Competition, and already the
  fourth competition is launched
  for 1990.
  And who better to...

• Phil fills in Blanket Blanks
  16

  Phil fills in Blankety Blanks
  PHIL LYDON, night shift manager at
  Walthamstow, appeared as a contestant
  on Blankety Blank on September 28.
  Here he is as he appeared on screen with
  Les Dawson, the BBC show's presenter.
  Phil...

• Fundraising goes swimmingly at Homebase
  17

  Fund raising goes swimmingly at Homebase
  HAVING MANAGED to mingle imperceptibly among a passing school of dolphins on their way to the South Pacific via Cheam
  Public Baths on October 15, a team of four Homebase swimmers set...

• Cave dwelling deputies at peak of career
  18

  Cave dwelling deputies at peak of career
  THIRTEEN deputies from stores around the country scakd peaks, abseiled, rafted and canoed
  their way to better leadership skills on a training course in Derbyshire. The (unlucky?)...

• Cricketers who do it for the money
  18

  Cricketers who do it for the money
  ACTION at the Oval is like a
  Teddy Bears' Picnic compared
  to the cricket match played
  between Coldhams Lane and
  Bluntisham village teams.
  The JS team consisted of
  staff from all...

• New Store's charitable start
  18

  New Store's charitable start
  BAMBER BRIDGE raised
  £1,300 for the British Heart
  Foundation, through a raffle for
  customers. Pictured, below, are
  cashier Margaret Bamett and
  manager Stephen Plowright
  presenting the cheque to...

• Shopping trip ends with a new baby
  18

  Shopping trip ends with a new baby
  NOT A CASE of 'get me to the
  church on time', but get me to
  the hospital on time! When little
  Jason Fairbum decided to make
  an early entry into the world
  while mum Sharon was shopping
  at...

• Bath puts its 'green' thinking head on
  19

  Bath puts its 'green' thinking head on
  AN ECOLOGICAL theme for their carnival float gained first place
  for Bath in the commercial business floats section of the Bath Carnival.
  Pictured left to right are manager Les 'Worzel'...

• England cricket manager has pick of district
  19

  England cricket manager has pick of district
  CHISWICK was honoured with
  the title of District Cricket
  Champions 1989 on Graham
  Naylor's district when they beat
  Surbiton in a hard-fought match.
  The event, held at Burgh...

• Southgate becomes a 30 something
  19

  Southgate becomes a 30 something
  'HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Southgate' was the song belting out
  from their canteen, when staff celebrated the store's 30th
  birthday recently. Also invited to the party were retired
  employees who worked...

• Craig goes for the record
  20

  Craig goes for the record
  WINNING A PLACE in the
  Guinness Book of Records is
  tough enough even for the biggest
  and strongest among us, but when
  you're only ten years old and
  suffering from cancer it must
  seem like an...

• Streatham goes into battle
  20

  Streatham goes into battle
  STREATHAM OFFICE'S SSA
  Pentathlon Evening went off
  on October 10 with all the
  preciaion of a military operation.
  Fourteen teama fought
  hard in darta, pool, table
  tennia and golf competitiona
  and...

• The making of a mural
  20

  The making of a mural
  STAFF AT KIMBERLEY
  have gone all artistic in their
  off-duty moments.
  This masterpiece, made from
  an old scheduling board, was
  created mainly by office staff". Colleagues from elsewhere
  in the store...

• Youngsters get a taste of the world of work
  20

  Youngsters get a taste of the world of work
  FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS
  Xenia Alcock (first left) and
  Tara Feshitan (fourth left) of St
  Marylebone School, Marylebone
  High Street, together with
  Lee Wilson (second left) and
  Glen...

• WOOL GATHERING
  21

  What began as a hobby for Dave Corbin, is now a full
  time job for his wife Janet, and a part-time one for him
  that he fits around his job as deputy manager at
  Salisbury.
  'It all started about six years ago. I had always...

• Alton Towers trippers are caught on camera
  22

  Alton Towers trippers are caught on camera
  LAST ISSUE we showed scenes
  of JS people enjoying themselves
  at Thorpe Park on Sunday, September
  10 as the Journal photographer
  mingled amongst them.
  Also on that day hundreds...

• Writelines
  22

  WRITELINES
  Bring me a
  nice cup of tea
  From: Jock Whitehouse, technical
  manager, pig supply department,
  Haverhill.
  My daughter and her husband
  have recently moved from
  Suffolk to Kendal in Cumbria
  — with no JS store...

• Crossword
  23

  THERE'S £30 WORTH of JS vouchers for the first
  correct entry to this crossword to be pulled from the
  editor's lurex balaclava on December 1.
  Send your entries through the internal post to JS
  Journal, 10th floor, Drury...

• Marriages
  23

  FLASH bang wallop what a picture
  DAVID GEDDES, analyst/
  programmer at Homebase
  head office in Wallington, is
  seen doing his Marilyn Monroe
  impersonation at his wedding
  to Jenny Ames, a
  secretary in the data...

• Obituary
  23

  Obituary
  (Length of service in brackets):
  Patricia Boyles, senior supermarket
  assistant at Uxbridge,
  died on October 7 after a long
  illness (six years).

• Retirements
  23

  Retirements
  (Length of service in brackets):
  Helen Hatch, part-time senior
  supermarket assistant, Brentwood
  (19 years).
  Joyce Slinn, meat assistant,
  Sheffield (14 years).
  Barbara Read, part-time
  supermarket assistant,...

• From vintage port to undrinkable sherry!
  24

  Two new whiskies have been
  introduced to warm the parts
  other spirits cannot reach.
  The first (pictured), a 12 year
  old Deluxe Scotch Whisky,
  derives its unique taste from a
  combination of malt and finest
  grain whiskies,...

• Handy gloves at your disposal
  24

  Handy gloves at your disposal
  These vinyl,
  disposable gloves,
  for either hand, are
  designed to protect
  hands in a variety
  of household
  chores, be it home
  decorating, light
  gardening jobs,
  shoe cleaning, hair
  care or...

• Pies that pack 'em in
  24

  Pies that pack 'em in
  Along with the range of puff
  pastry pies comes a variety with
  shortcrust pastry. Made with
  either tender roast chicken or
  fresh lean steak, the pies are
  currently available in 90 stores. The chicken pie...