'JS Journal', May 1990

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• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
  FINANCIAL
  RESULTS 3-(
  HEADLINES 9-11
  WRITELINE5 12/1!
  BRANCH
  OPENINGS 14-1-
  SPORTS
  BEHIND THE

• Frontline
  02

  FRONTLINE
  HERE IT IS - the Journal's new look for the
  nineties. But it's not just the design which has
  been overhauled - our contents have been
  in for a service too. L T O R: KINGSWAY MANAGER, GRAHAM LINDLEY; VANDA STEIN; JEAN...

• CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
  03

  CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
  Congratulations to everyone in JS, Shaw's, Savacentre and
  Homebase, for the achievements of the year.
  We have had another year of excellent growth and improvement in
  performance both in financial terms and...

• WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?
  04

  WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?
  To find out where the money goes we started with the £6,211.2 million taken
  at the tills last year in JS supermarkets, Savacentres and Homebase stores.
  We took away the cost of the products we sell,...

• WHAT ABOUT INVESTMENT?
  06

  WHAT ABOUT INVESTMENT?
  Investment is putting money back into the business to
  ensure future growth and better standards. By building new
  stores and spending money on new equipment and systems we
  make the business more efficient...

• HOW DO WE COMPARE WITH THE OTHERS?
  07

  HOW DO WE COMPARE WITH THE OTHERS? SEunsbury group sedes of
  £7.26 bn includes sales of
  our subsidiaries, Shaw's,
  Savacentre iuid Homebase.
  Savacentre became a
  wholly-owned subsidiary in
  March 1989 and is included
  for the...

• WHAT ABOUT PROFIT SHARING?
  07

  WHAT ABOUT PROFIT SHARING?
  There are now over 24,000 members of staff holding shares through the
  profit sharing scheme. This year, after changes to the scheme, more than
  56,000 staff will participate. Members will receive...

• NEW STORES
  08

  NEW STORES
  NUMBER OF OUTLETS
  J SAINSBURY 291 SHAW'S 66 HOMEBASE 55 SAVACENTRE 8
  Twenty two new JS supermarkets, seven new Homebase
  DIY and garden centres, eight Shaw's supermarkets and
  one Savacentre store all opened last...

• NEW VALUE IS PUT ON STAFF
  09

  NEW VALUE IS PUT ON STAFF
  IT WILL BE NO NEWS to readers that the jobs of 60,000 of the
  company's supermarket staff have been reassessed in one of the most farreaching
  job evaluation programmes undertaken by a retail company....

• JS IS MASTER OF MERCHANDISING
  10

  JS IS MASTER OF MERCHANDISING
  Unit pricing, introduced into
  stores last year, has won a Masters of
  Merchandising award for JS. The awards, sponsored by Grocery Update
  magazine, covered the whole of Europe and looked at...

• JS POLICIES WIN MAJOR ENVIRONMENT AWARD
  10

  JS POLICIES WIN MAJOR ENVIRONMENT AWARD
  In recognition of its dedication to environmental
  matters the company has
  been presented with a major national
  award — the Environmental Management
  Award in the annual Better...

• SALES SUCCESS FOR BLUE PETER GREEN BOOK
  10

  SALES SUCCESS FOR BLUE PETER GREEN BOOK
  THE Blue Peter Green Book, sponsored by
  JS, has been seUing as fast as staff have
  been putting it on the shelves. Since it was
  introduced six weeks ago nearly 30,000 of
  the books have...

• SENIOR APPOINTMENTS
  10

  SENIOR APPOINTMENTS
  Board and
  Departmental
  Directors DINO ADRIANO
  Managing director of
  Homobaoe, was
  appolntod to Iho JS
  board of dlroclor*
  with affect from
  Merck 1990.
  ROBIN WHITBREAD
  •outh Western area
  director,...

• VETERANS REUNITE
  10

  VETERANS REUNITE
  A total of 1,925 veterans
  gathered at the two reunions
  held on April 9 and 23 at the
  Royal Lancaster Hotel
  in London.

• FROM YTS TO MANAGEMENT
  11

  FROM YTS TO MANAGEMENT
  Eddie Roberts of Altrincham was
  appointed section manager, fresh
  foods, on his 18th birthday, just
  two years after joining JS as a
  YTS student. Eddie is pictured
  receiving his YTS and City
  and Guilds...

• MAKING HEARTBEATS
  11

  MAKING HEARTBEATS
  Keighley store has won Heartbeat awards both for the
  staff restaurant and the store. Leamington store has
  won Heartbeat awards for the staff restaurant and "^
  the coffee shop. The awards are given by...

• Writelines
  12

  STAFF DESERVE
  THE SAVOY
  MR L MANN, VETERAN,
  SAWBRIDGEWORTH.
  I am baffled by the double
  standards one sees. Whilst
  at work, all one heard
  dozens of times a year was
  cut costs, save, cutback
  overtime to the minimum.
  On the...

• Savacentre opening—London Colney
  14

  LONDON
  COLNGY
  Savacentre's eighth, and biggest, hypermarket is at London
  Colneyjust off exit 22 of the M25. The store has 120,000
  square feet of selling space where, in addition to the usual
  good food (costing even less),...

• Homebase opening—Basildon
  15

  BASILDON
  Business was booming on opening morning at Basildon's new Homebase.
  With a variety of products on offer at half price, the queue of bargainhunting
  customers stretched for as far as the eye could see.
  PAUL...

• Homebase opening—Mill Hill
  16

  MILLHILL
  Everything from garden gnomes to bathroom suites is available from the
  new Homebase at Mill Hill, just off junction two of the busy Ml.
  SARAH FOSTER AND
  PETEPARNELL
  RECKON THERE'S NO
  PLACE LIKE ONOMEBASE.
  MARTIN...

• Branch opening—Salford
  17

  SALFORD
  Although some roads around Manchester were closed due to black
  ice, those customers who made it to the opening were given
  anything but a frosty reception by the staff. Opening date: 4 April 1990 Address: 100 Regent...

• FROM DUSTBIN TO DUSTBIN
  18

  DEREK AKERS (LEFT)
  RUNS THROUGH THE RIGHT STUFF WITH
  MARK OENT AT HODDESDON DEPOT. LOAD OF OLD RUBBISH
  IS A GOOD DESCRIPTION
  FOR ONE OF THE LATEST
  PRODUCTS TO ARRIVE
  ON OUR SHELVES. THE
  NEW OWN LABEL DUSTBIN
  LINERS ARE...

• HEALTH PROGRAMME
  20

  HEALTH PROGRAMME
  BE ALARMED!
  IN DECEMBER the Health
  Programme looked at 'Positive
  Steps' we can all take to
  protect ourselves from attack.
  One precaution mentioned
  was to carry an awareness/
  attack alarm. These have
  been...

• LET THE GAMES COMMENCE MMem c :e
  21

  THE COMPANY'S sports
  stars got to grips with
  arrows, shuttlecocks and
  rackets on Sunday, April
  8, to compete for darts,
  badminton and squash
  trophies at the company's
  sports day held at Hemel
  Hempstead's Dacorum
  Sports...

• HIGH OLD TIME IN AID OF HOSPITAL
  22

  HIGH OLD TIME IN AID OF HOSPITAL
  Staff at Rayleigh Weir held a buffet and disco which raised £407 for
  Southend Hospital's scanner appeal. Councillor, Ernie Lockhart
  received the cheque on behalf of the hospital. Also shown in...

• KNITTING FOR THE BABIES
  22

  KNITTING FOR THE BABIES
  Edmonton Green staff are nearing their target of
  £1,000 for the Enfield Baby Watch Appeal. Staff
  came up with a long list of fundraising ideas
  including selling the knitted snowmen shown here
  to...

• ROCK ON TOMMY
  22

  ROCK ON TOMMY
  Little Cassie Thompson was delighted
  when kind hearted staff at
  presented her with tickets for her favourite
  comedians' panto at the Hippodrome.
  Cassie suffers from Spastic Diplegia and
  is hoping that the...

• SHARING GOOD FORTUNE
  22

  SHARING GOOD FORTUNE
  Six Boscombe staff
  members have shared a
  £4,050 pools win. Shown
  toasting their luck are,
  back row from left to
  right: Paul Spearpoint,
  Malcolm Livingstone
  and Pat Murphy.
  Front row from left
  to...

• STEVEN IS REWARDED FOR SERVICE TO SEA CADETS
  22

  STEVEN IS REWARDED FOR SERVICE TO SEA
  CADETS
  Steven Street, evening
  shift section manager at
  Brentwood was pres
  e n t e d with the Lord
  Lieutenant's Certificate of
  Meritorius Service at a
  ceremony on March 6 for
  his work...

• A CAUSE THAT WILL RUN AND RUN
  23

  A CAUSE THAT WILL
  RUN AND RUN
  Gary Bond, branch manager
  of Leant ,
  ran the London Marathon
  for the Lucie Farmer
  Appeal. Lucie, whose
  mother.
  mer
  i i a i u i c X a r -
  works as an
  evening shift supervisor
  at Warwick,...

• BAMBER'S COLD NOSE AND WARM HEART!
  23

  BAMBER'S COLD NOSE
  AND WARM HEART!
  Staff at Bamber Bridge
  raised £1,000 to pay for
  the training of a guide
  dog. The money was
  raised by holding a series
  of raffles and running a
  competition to name the
  dog. The winning...

• BASINGSTOKE FUN RUN
  23

  BASINGSTOKE FUN RUN
  Seventy teams turned out in bright sunshine on
  Sunday, March 18, to race in gstoke depot's
  inaugural Charity Cross Country Relay Race. With
  temperatures rising into the 70s, runners who could
  keep cool...

• HAVE A BANANA!
  23

  HAVE A BANANA!
  The message at the Kingsway store on National No Smoking Day was
  'NO TA', as health education officer, Pam Purdue, and a 'gorilla' gave
  away 361bs of bananas as smokers were encouraged to swap their
  cigarettes...

• SOME OF HALIFAX'S
  23

  SOME OF HALIFAX'S fundraisers look on proudly as the fruit of their labours is handed over to begin
  its life-saving duty. The £5,000 defibrillator, used for restarting and regulating heartbeats was presented
  to Barry Mitchell...

• The Going is Easy at Tottenham
  23

  The Going is Easy at Tottenham
  TOTTENHAM STORE has picked up
  two major awards from Haringey
  Council's Open Sesame scheme.
  The awards were given for best
  access for customers with
  pushchairs and best access for
  disabled...

• PRIZE CROSSWORD
  25

  PRIZE CROSSWORD
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  UNIMPORTANT
  ACTORS (6)
  THICK, GREASY
  MUD (6)
  A SMALL WOUND (7)
  AN ACCUSED
  PERSON'S EXCUSE
  THE 1990
  TASTER OF THE
  YEAR COMPETITION
  IS SPONSORED...

• WINNER OF LAST MONTH'S CROSSWORD
  25

  WINNER OF LAST MONTH'S CROSSWORD
  Was Chris Beard, accounting systems, Blackfriars. Pictured picking the
  winner is Nicholas Norman of Harringay. Nicholas, a student in media
  studies at the College of North East London, works...

• APPOINTMENTS
  26

  APPOINTMENTS
  RICHARD ARCHER, from manager,
  Cwm,bran to manager,
  Hereford. MAURICE Bi»iop, from
  manager, Chiswick to
  manager, Tonbridge. STUART
  CLUER, from deputy manager.
  Castle Boulevard to manager,
  Leicester. ALASDAIR...

• LONG SERVICE
  26

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  40 years' service are:
  CHARLES BEAMENT, senior quality
  controller, sausages and pie
  buying, Blackfriars.
  JIM BONIFACE, meat section
  manager, Eastbourne.
  DAVID BAKER, senior...

• OBITUARIES
  26

  OBITUARIES
  JOYCE CHRISTIE, aged 58, died on
  March 1 after a short illness.
  She was a checkout assistant at
  Worthing with 16 years'
  service. BERYL KEW, a part-time
  supermarket assistant at
  Winchester, died on
  January 10...

• RETIREMENTS
  26

  RETIREMENTS
  (length of service in brackets):
  MAURICE SHOWERS, reception
  manager, Chippenham
  (36 years). FRANKCOPPOCK,
  perishables warehouse
  supervisor, Basingstoke depot
  (34 years), FRANK RICHARDSON,
  reception manager,...

• BRIGHT IDEA FOR STORAGE
  27

  BRIGHT IDEA FOR STORAGE
  All Homebase stores now
  have in stock small
  (£2.99) and standard
  (£4.50) size Stack Boxes.
  Handy for storing various
  items, the stackable boxes
  are available in a
  multitude of colours, with
  the...

• DYNAMIC DUO
  27

  DYNAMIC DUO
  Extra Dry double
  protection antiperspirant
  deodorant
  comes in both fresh and
  cool fragrances, priced
  £1.25. Also new in
  toiletries is English
  Lavender Soap at 30p.

• FOR MUMMY'S LITTLE SOLDIERS
  27

  FOR MUMMY'S LITTLE SOLDIERS
  Especially for children
  are mild mint flavour
  toothpaste (65p) and
  plasters decorated with
  teddy bears (82p).

• NEW ARRIVALS ON THE GRAVY TRAIN
  27

  NEW ARRIVALS ON THE GRAVY TRAIN
  Vegetarian gravy
  granules, the first in
  Britain, contain no
  animal derived
  ingredients and have
  been approved by the
  Vegetarian Society. Also
  new are gravy granules
  for poultry. Both...

• YOUNG COOK SERVES UP NEW PRODUCT
  27

  YOUNG COOK SERVES UP NEW PRODUCT
  Thirteen year old
  Kathryn (Beverly's
  winning entry in the JS
  Young Cook of Britain
  1989 competition is now
  available in selected
  stores as a ready meal.
  Celery and Orange
  Chicken is £2.99...

• CHICHESTER'S WAX WORKS!
  28

  It's well known that customers
  expect (and get) value for
  money from JS, but few loyal
  customers have the expectations of
  a shopper at Chichester. She
  returned a tin of JS Silicone Wax
  Polish complaining that it had
  gone...