'JS Journal', December 1989

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2-7
  Headlines
  Page 8
  SSA — what can it do for you?
  Page 9-12
  Christmas is looking good — our makeover competition winners
  Page 13
  Robin Lane — a secondee who's making space for young businesses
  Page 14-21
  Branch...

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  Who is our mystery Santa? WE ALL KNOW that JS
  people work hard but, as our
  cover shows, they can party
  hard at the same time, and
  that certainly comes in handy
  at Christmas. We helped one group of
  staff swap their...

• JS increases share in market
  02

  JS increases share in market
  DESPITE THE FALL in consumer spending which is
  hitting many high street retailers JS has again managed
  to shine through. The Interim Results released on
  November 8 saw group profits at the half way...

• More staff can take up share options
  02

  More staff can take up share options
  WITH THE Company Profit
  Sharing Scheme celebrating
  its tenth birthday and the
  SAYE Share Option Scheme
  celebratings its 15th, both
  schemes have been reviewed
  and improved.
  Announcing...

• Chairman is honoured with Albert Medal
  03

  Chairman is honoured with Albert Medal
  WHAT DO Marie Curie, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Barnes Wallis, Sir Peter
  Scott, Lord Olivier and Yehudi Menuhin, have in common with the chairman,
  Lord Sainsbury? Answer: they have all...

• CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
  03

  CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
  May I thank all in JS
  and our associated companies
  for your outstanding
  commitment
  and hard work during
  this last year.
  I wish you and your
  families a very happy
  Christmas and...

• Tesco shoppers think JS is best!
  03

  Tesco shoppers think JS is best!
  EVEN TESCO SHOPPERS describe JS as more likely to
  attract those who are seeking
  out the best.
  This and other similar conclusions
  were reached by
  advertising agency Young and
  Rubicam when...

• Community service award winners are named
  04

  Community service award winners are named
  The Community Service Award winners have now
  been announced.
  The scheme was created by the JS Charitable Fund to recognise
  those members of staff who, in their own right, devote a...

• Homebase is where the heart is
  04

  Homebase is where the heart is
  THE GIVE AS You Earn scheme is currently
  receiving a boost throughout Homebase. The scheme, which enables
  staff to donate up to £480 a year
  to a charity of their choice, tax
  free, through the...

• Macclesfield gets its very own wizard
  04

  Macclesfield gets its very own wizard
  A NEW BRICK SCULPTURE,
  80 feet by eight feet, caUed 'The
  Legend of the Iron Gates',
  created along one of the walls of
  JS in Wilmslow, has been
  unveiled by the Mayor of...

• Art Market
  05

  The fifth Contemporary Art
  Society Art Market to be
  sponsored by Sainsbury's
  made record sales of more
  than £300,000 in November.
  The five day sale of 1,000
  works by living artists took
  place at Smitfi's Galleries,
  Covent...

• Foxy lady makes store her lair
  05

  Foxy lady makes store her lair
  THIS QUICK BROWN FOX
  didn't jump over the lazy dog —
  she dived under the new Court
  House Green store while it was
  under construction.
  The fox managed to get into
  the ventilation system and...

• One gold ring
  05

  One gold ring
  DISTRIBUTION SECURITY
  has found an I8ct gold ladies'
  wedding ring.
  It turned up in the tray wash
  plant at Droitwich depot and
  could have come from any
  Northern store.
  For further details contact
  Bert Smith,...

• Sir Roy is appointed college provost
  05

  Sir Roy is appointed college provost
  Sir Roy Griffiths, non-executive
  deputy chairman, has been
  elected the new Provost and
  chairman of the Governing Body
  of Wye College, Kent.
  The college, which has over
  600 students, is...

• The perils and pleasures of Christmas
  05

  The perils and pleasures of Christmas
  The following poem about
  Christmas was sent in by 'Curly'
  from Broadfield:
  Christmas comes but once a
  year.
  And when it comes it . . . brings
  good cheer?
  Think of all those unpaid...

• WHEN THE PARADE PASSES BY
  06

  HUGE CROWDS LINED the streets of the City of London on November 11 to watch the Lord
  Mayor's Show which, for the first time ever, included a JS float.
  Two vans disguised as enormous carrier bags followed a tractor pulling a...

• YOUNG COOK OF BRITAIN IS CROWNED
  06

  THOSE AMATEUR
  COOKS amongst us who
  have turned a lovely shade
  of panic pink whilst conjuring
  up a culinary masterpiece for
  assembled guests, would have
  sympathised with the eight Sainsbury's
  Young Cook of Britain
  finalists...

• SSA WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR?
  08

  SSA WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR?
  CHRISTMAS IS THE season when
  families and old friends get together
  to enjoy themselves; it's also a time
  when new friends are made. But can
  an organisation like JS with some
  94,000 staff do...

• All I want for Christmas is A NEW LOOK
  09

  All I want for Christmas is A NEW LOOK
  WHEN OUR FOUR prize winners turned up at L'Oreal's head office on November 4 for a day
  which they had been told would make all the difference, they didn't quite know what to expect.
  All...

• ROBIN'S A BUSINESS SPACE EXPLORER
  13

  ROBIN'S A BUSINESS SPACE EXPLORER
  NIGEL LAWSON had resigned as Chancellor
  the evemng before and the whole of the
  country's media had turned its attention to
  the Conservative party in general and the
  Prime Minister in...

• Homebase opening—Chichester
  14

  CHICHESTER
  Chichester is famous for its cathedral, which is
  the only one in England that is visible from the
  sea. The new Homebase is another important
  building. With a JS store just across the road,
  customers can do all...

• Homebase opening—Great Yarmouth
  14

  The sea-side
  town of Great
  Yarmouth gave a
  great welcome to
  Homebase with
  some very unus
  u a i B r i t i sh
  weather. Glorious
  blue skies
  c r o w n e d the
  opening. 1. Nothing but blue
  skies for the green
  store.
  2....

• Branch opening—Queen's Road
  16

  1. The store is built on the site of a Victorian
  railway depot. The design and the ornate cast
  iron workmanship reflect this.
  2. Left to right in the staff restaurant: Janet
  Palmer, cook: Irene Andrews, cook, Chris
  Bayfield,...

• Branch opening—Rugby
  17

  RUGBY
  The experience of opening a new store
  on Hallowe'en didn't prove too
  frightening for the Rugby team. They
  coped with the first day rush without
  getting involved in a scrum and eveii
  held their ground when one of...

• Homebase opening—Milton Keynes
  18

  MILTON KEYNES The new
  Homebase at
  Milton Keynes
  might have disappointed
  Santa
  by not having a
  chimney to climb
  down, but he
  soon found his
  way through the
  front door along
  with the crowds
  of customers hot
  on the trail...

• Branch opening—Court House Green
  19

  Opening date: 7 ITovember 1989 Address: Austin
  Drive, Off Ston^ Stanton Road, Coventiy
  Opened l>y: Joint managing director, Joe Barnes
  Manager: Peter Mullins Staff: 325 (239 new jobs)
  Sales area: 32,099 sq ft
  Car park: 550...

• Branch opening—Streatham Common
  20

  STREATHAM COMMON 1. The restored old
  Silk Mill, built c1820,
  forms the entrance to
  the new store and
  houses the staff
  restaurant and offices,
  and a customer coffee
  shop on the ground
  floor.
  2. The staff
  restaurant.
  3. A...

• SSA/JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 1989
  22

  ALL I CAN SAY is that I'm quite
  envious of JS staff' said Daily
  Express picture editor, Chris
  Djuicanovic. 'Looic at some of
  the exotic places you go for your
  holidays.'
  He was sifting through the
  hundreds of entries in the...

• Dream trip to Disney World
  25

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• New golf society tees off
  25

  THE FIRST meeting of the
  Homebase head office golf
  society was held recently at
  Old Thoms Golf Club in
  Liphook. The 'Homebase Trophy'
  was won by Roger
  Hubbard, planning manager,
  and the team prize was won by
  the planning...

• Nursery visitors voice approval
  25

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• School and store say two is better than one
  25

  School and store say two is better than one
  A TANDEM partnership
  between St Albans and local
  Marlborough School has been
  formed to enable them to share
  expertise and facilities. The
  liaison will build on existing
  work...

• Buckets of money for Children in Need
  26

  Buckets of money for Children in Need
  IT WAS MERRY HILL'S tum
  last month to say 'Thank you'
  to customers, with a free
  bunch of flowers to anyone
  spending over £20.
  This promotion coincided
  with the Children in...

• Crack a joke winners pull prizes
  26

  Crack a joke winners pull prizes
  CRACKING JOKES IS a serious
  business to the makers of
  JS's Christmas crackers, as finding
  jokes that won't cause
  chronic indigestibn around the
  nation's dining tables, is tougher
  than you...

• Tonbridge as seen on TV
  26

  Tonbridge as seen on TV
  TONBRIDGE WAS VISITED
  by a Thames TV crew recently,
  which was there to fihn a family
  shopping. But this was a weekly
  shop with a difference. A
  Russian family was on an
  exchange programme with...

• Chase Lane chooses to help babies
  27

  Chase Lane chooses to help babies
  EIGHTEEN MONTHS ago Chase Lane meat manager, David
  Miles' newborn son Daniel had to spend four weeks on a
  ventilator after being born 11 weeks early. So it was a proud
  moment for David when he...

• JS driver is one of the country's best
  27

  JS driver is one of the country's best
  VIC WALL, DRIVER at Buntingford
  depot, is one of the top
  30 lorry drivers in the country
  following this year's Lorry
  Driver of The Year competition.
  The competition judges
  drivers for...

• News
  27

  AFTER SCOOPING most of
  the prizes in last year's Dunstable
  and District Society of
  Gardeners, Kate Ison and
  Elaine Scott, both of whom
  work on the night shift at
  Dunstable, have done it again!
  Kate's wins include the...

• No rest for ye merry gentlemen . . . and women
  27

  No rest for ye merry gentlemen . . . and women
  CAREFUL PLANNING is
  essential when organising important
  functions. The Christmas
  party at Jubilee House, a respite
  home for handicapped children,
  near Buntingford depot, is...

• Be safe in the street . . . and on the road
  28

  Be safe in the street , , , and on the road
  NOW'S THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY. But, at the risk of being the hjggest party poopers in town, we have to say that this can also be a
  season of increased danger to our personal safety. The...

• New lines
  30

  This range of
  bubble baths will
  keep the kids (and
  adults!) mesmerised
  while being
  washed behind the
  ears.
  For the nibblers, ^
  there's tubs of nut
  selection (£2.35)
  a n d c a s h e w s
  ( £ 3 . 1 9 ) , both
  roasted...

• BRAINTEASERS - to drive you Christmas crackers!
  32

  BRAINTEASERS - to drive you Christmas crackers!
  Give your feet
  brain to tlie test.
  a rest and put your
  There are some very
  difficult puzzles amongst this lot
  we won't keep
  after Christmas
  below.
  you in suspense
  — the...

• Writelines
  34

  WRITELINES
  Bill of the
  golden boots
  From: Fred Platts, veteran,
  Deal, Kent.
  With reference to your 'People'
  in the November issue of the
  Journal. Bill Chumbley was
  better than Stanley Matthews!
  Having played in the...

• Time Machine Takes Us Back 80 Years
  36

  Time Machine Takes Us Back 80 Years
  EIGHTY YEARS AGO, when
  ^W^ ^^^ the average weekly wage was
  ^m W I just £1.40, and Christmas tur-
  ^H 1 J keys cost less than Ave bob
  ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^ (25p) each from Sainsbury's,
  you could...