'JS Journal', June 1990

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES 2-5
  WRITELINES
  BRANCH
  OPENINGS 7-10
  OPERATION
  CLEANUP 11
  HOBBIES 12/13
  HEALTH
  PROGRAMME 14
  EASTERN AREA
  HOLIDAY
  WEEKEND 15
  BEHIND THE
  LINES 16-21
  PEOPLE 22
  NEWLINES 22
  FAMILY FUN DAY...

• Frontline
  02

  WHEN ITV'S TELETHON announced its total
  of more than £24 million, hundreds of JS staff
  could afford to feel very proud.
  OLDBURY HOMEBASE MENS AND LADIES TEAMS PUT THEMSELVES ON THE TELETHON
  SCOREBOARD WITH A SPONSORED MATCH...

• CAROL BIDS HER WAY TO HAWAII
  03

  CAROL BIDS HER WAY TO HAWAII
  AN EVENING CASHIER at Winton managed to
  scoop the top prize in the first programme in a
  new series of quiz shows, hosted by Bruce
  Forsyth. Carol Sutherland appeared on
  'Takeover Bid' against three...

• JOE BARNES TALKS TO BRITISH FARMERS
  03

  JOE BARNES TALKS TO BRITISH FARMERS
  JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR, trading, Joe Barnes,
  called upon British farmers on May 23 to play their
  part in anticipating and responding to consumer change
  in t h e nineties. He had been...

• VANDA BEATS CHECKOUT CHALLENGE
  03

  VANDA BEATS CHECKOUT CHALLENGE
  AS DANNY BAKER PUT IT on 6 O'Clock Live:
  'No more shUly shaUying. The whole place has gone
  tense. You could hear a cream horn d r o p . . . stand
  by your bar codes... go!' It was London...

• CHARITY BEGINS AT HOMEBASE
  04

  CHARITY BEGINS AT HOMEBASE
  GRAHAM BARTON, manager of
  Gloucester Himebase, signs up to
  donate to the charities of his
  choice through the Give As %u
  Earn Scheme. Homebase's launch
  of GAYE in their Northern region
  was a great...

• FASHION LINES
  04

  FASHION LINES
  ACCORDING TO HEARSAY, the
  dress sense of one of our branch
  managers in the London area is
  not all it could be. The Evening
  Standard newspaper's
  'Overheard' column recently
  reported the following
  conversation...

• VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
  04

  VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
  PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS
  were held at Staines and
  Camberley in support of a
  planning appUcation for a
  new store in each of these
  areas. The exhibitions,
  which attracted hundreds
  of visitors, showed...

• DISABLED CAN BE FIT FOR WORK
  05

  DISABLED CAN BE FIT FOR WORK
  BPM Marjorie Palmer's belief
  that disabled workers can be
  good workers has won Lancaster
  a Certificate of Merit, for the
  second year running, in the
  Department of Employment's Fit
  for ^ b r k...

• JOURNALISTS SAY CHEESE
  05

  JOURNALISTS SAY CHEESE
  COOKERY WRITERS
  and food columnists were
  invited to Blackfriars on
  May 9 to sample some of
  the 250 cheeses available
  at JS. The journalists
  should be giving their
  verdict on the 35 cheeses
  tasted,...

• SAINSBURYS STAFF MORTGAGE DESK
  05

  SAINSBURYS STAFF MORTGAGE DESK
  A MORTGAGE and home
  buying advisory service
  is available to all our
  employees (full and part
  time) free of charge.
  Special discounts are
  available. For details
  contact your personnel
  manager...

• TRAINEE BAKERS ARE BEST OF THE BATCH
  05

  TRAINEE BAKERS ARE BEST OF THE BATCH
  TEENAGE BAKERS from the Northern area, who
  began studying last September at Nottingham's
  Clarendon College for their City & Guilds certificates
  in Breadmaking, have already won trophies for...

• Writelines
  06

  DRIVERS WHEEL
  IN THE FUNDS ^
  SANDRA ALBINS, BPM,
  WELWYN GARDEN CITY
  Mrs Baird from this
  branch would like to
  thank the drivers of
  Buntingford depot for
  their efforts in raising
  funds to provide a brand
  new wheelchair for...

• Homebase opening—Orpington
  07

  ORPINGTON
  Homebase number 58 opened its doors to March sunshine and a
  flood of gardeners who made straight for the garden centre where
  they could ask Homebase's trained horticulturists for advice on the
  best plants for spring....

• Branch opening—Durham
  08

  DURHAM
  The beautiful cathedral city of Durham has another
  building of interest to add to its historic churches and
  castle — a new JS supermarket.
  Gilbert Staff; 305 (882 new Jobs) Sales area: 29,968 sq ft Car park: 584...

• Homebase opening—Harlow
  09

  HARLOW
  With building work going on all around the
  shopping centre, Harlow was an oasis in a desert of
  development on opening day.
  IT WAS A HECTIC
  MORNINO FOR STAFF ON
  THE EXTRA CHOICE
  DESK
  Opening date: 10 April 1990...

• Branch opening—Northwich
  10

  NORTHWICH
  Children from Victoria Road Primary School in Northwich made their
  own mosaic to support the work of the Northwich & District Ethiopian
  Link. It was presented to the new store and is on permanent display at
  the...

• Cleaning Up
  11

  Cleaning Up
  CLEAN-UP FEVER HAS BEEN
  SWEEPING THE COUNTRY.
  The Saiiisbury's Clean-up
  Operation for Tidy Britain Year
  ' 9 0 is well under way and stores
  engaged in the battle against
  rubbish have flooded the Journal
  with...

• HOBBIES
  12

  ALISON STRUTS HER STUFF
  NEXT TIME you watch a parade passing by spare a
  thought for the baton twirlers. It takes hours of training
  to be able to spin the baton in time to the music whilst
  marching with style and grace.
  Three...

• HEALTH PROGRAMME
  14

  HEALTH PROGRAMME
  PACK UP YOUR
  TROUBLES
  Over the next two years, the JS
  Health Programme will be
  concentrating on stress - what
  causes it and how to avoid it.
  WHAT IS STRESS
  We hear a lot about 'the stress of
  modem-hving'...

• MAY DAY WEEKEND IS EASTERN MAGIC
  15

  MAY DAY WEEKEND IS EASTERN MAGIC
  MAY DAY weekend was
  Kessingland Beach
  weekend for the Eastern
  area. Almost 1,000
  people, including many
  families, took over the
  Kessingland Beach
  Holiday Village from
  May 4-7.
  The...

• IN MEMORY OF A CHELTENHAM CHILD
  16

  IN MEMORY OF A CHELTENHAM CHILD
  Lou Hannis, night shift worker at Tewkesbury Road
  Cheltenham, has been carried away by the kindness
  of her colleagues. Lou's five year old daughter, Lisa,
  died recently after being born with...

• SECURITY MAN LEAVES WITH SWAG!
  16

  SECURITY MAN LEAVES WITH SWAG!
  HERE'S A SWEET BURGLAR
  who really takes the cake! When
  John Smith, Central and
  Western area security manager,
  retired
  recently his colleagues
  and friends gathered at
  the area office to...

• WHEELY HAPPY AGAIN
  16

  WHEELY HAPPY AGAIN
  That's customer service assistant, David Markham.
  David, who works at Great Yarmouth store, was left
  with nothing but a pair of bicycle clips when his bicycle
  was stolen from the car park just the day after...

• GIFT OF SPEECH
  17

  GIFT OF SPEECH
  When Ray Edgcmnbe, meat manager at the now closed
  RHahtnn Hill was foiced to give up his job because he was
  suffering from Motor Neurone Disease, his colleagues got
  to work. Staff from _ ott and ^ held...

• Ivac Drug Controller
  17

  Peter Jolly, manager of Shirley, and John
  Marks, manager of Bitterne, visited Southampton
  General Hospital to hand over an Ivac
  Drug Controller to the Cardio-Thoracic Unit.
  The equipment, used to help patients during
  and...

• Potters Bar
  17

  AFTER Ginette Baker, BPM of Potters Bar, had shown children
  from Cranborne School round the store she was delighted to
  receive a bumper pack of thank you letters with some delightfully
  imaginative drawings. Kate Watkins even...

• FOOTBALL IS THE GAME OF THE NAME
  18

  FOOTBALL IS THE GAME OF THE NAME
  NO, THE RECRUITMENT department hasn't lowered its
  age limit, this is the Eccleshill North Middle School
  football team. Their strip sports the Sainsbury logo as a
  recognition by the school of a...

• LEARNING FROM NATURE
  18

  LEARNING FROM NATURE
  SEND THE CHILDREN to the park for an education!
  Painshni Park in Cobham, one of England's
  finest 18th Century landscapes, has formed an
  Education Trust which is launching a range of
  teaching packs for...

• OLIVER'S OFF TO MEET MICKEY
  18

  OLIVER'S OFF TO MEET MICKEY
  Five year old Oliver Woodford is off to Disneyworld with his mum,
  dad and two brothers. It will be the family's first holiday since Oliver
  was diagnosed as having leukaemia when he was still a...

• SOUTH EAST HOCKEY CHALLENGE
  18

  SOUTH EAST HOCKEY CHALLENGE
  CELEBRATING a hockey victory over the Load Locals (a
  data processing division team) are the Wanderers
  (retail systems training; Says James McKechnie of
  the Wanderers: There are a number of very...

• Steve Feame
  18

  When Steve Feame, butcher at Romford, was told two years ago not to
  play any more football because of a knee injury he immediately joined the
  Dagenham 88 Joggers running club, Since then he has run marathons in
  Rotterdam,...

• BRANCHES UNITE TO HELP HOSPICE
  19

  BRANCHES UNITE TO HELP HOSPICE
  WHEN ADA ECKTON of Bitteme was receiving post- mastectomy
  treatment at the Countess Mountbatten Hospice she found that a
  shortage of equipment meant that patients were having to wait a
  long time...

• CHARLTON CHARMS HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
  19

  CHARLTON CHARMS HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
  KEN DEMPSEY WITH PARTY CHILDREN.
  FORTY EIGHT severely handicapped
  children were recently given a party at
  Charlton Park School by Chariton aepot.
  The party was organised by SSA...

• OPEN SESAME AWARD FOR HARKINGAY
  19

  OPEN SESAME AWARD FOR HARKINGAY
  MARK ELLERY, deputy store
  manager, Harringay is pictured
  receiving on behalf of the store,
  an Open Sesame award
  from Haringey council.
  Making the presentation is
  the Mayoress of...

• PRIZE CROSSWORD
  20

  PRIZE CROSSWORD
  Last month's crossword was one of our most popular ever with hundreds of you sending in correct
  answers. First out of the hat was Avril Haigh of Kimberley. She wins £30 worth of JS vouchers. We're
  hoping this...

• STAFF SALUTE GUNNERS-MAD MANAGER
  20

  STAFF SALUTE GUNNERS-MAD MANAGER
  When Kiib"*-" stare heard the news
  that their manager, " " . i< «,
  was transferring to Green,
  they immediately made a collection
  and organised a leaving party. As
  Larry is a devoted Guimers...

• THAT'S LIFE!
  20

  THAT'S LIFE!
  A specially-built gondola of tomato ketchup allowed 'Doc' from BBC's 'That's Life' programme
  to ambush passers-by in Merton Savacentre as part of the show's 'Get Britain Singing'
  feature. Customers and staff were...

• 1990 SSA/JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
  21

  1990 SSA/JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
  If you've read Brian Sigger's story on page 13 you may be
  feeling inspired to take up your camera and shoot. And you
  may be. the person who takes the winning shot in this...

• APPOINTMENTS
  22

  APPOINTMENTS
  CHRIS BAOOALEY, from deputy
  manager. Tonbridge to manager,
  Ashford. DOUGLAS BISHOP, from
  deputy manager, Croydon (Purley
  Way) to manager, Forest Hill.
  PETER BROOISS, from manager,
  Northwich to manager,...

• FROZEN ASSETS
  22

  FROZEN ASSETS
  Six new frozen ready meals have been
  introduced into selected stores, with dishes like
  Chicken Madras, P o r k in Oyster Sauce a n d
  Fillet of Beef and P e p p e r s . With the exception
  of Chicken a I'Orange...

• IN THE PIPELINE AT HOMEBASE
  22

  IN THE PIPELINE AT HOMEBASE
  Own brand hosepipes
  have been introduced
  into all Homebase stores.
  They a r e available either
  fitted with a t a p
  connector and s p r a y
  nozzle or unfitted in t h e
  15 and 30 metre...

• LONG SERVICE
  22

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  25 years' service are:
  DENNIS BEISSER, driver, Buntingford
  depot. IRVIN CooKUN, store service
  assistant, Swiss Cottage. MIKE
  FMIMER, p r i n t manager, advertising
  department,...

• OBITUARIES
  22

  OBITUARIES
  DoREEN GRANT, checkout assistant at
  Uxbridge, died suddenly on April
  13, aged 42. She had completed
  five years' service.
  VERONICA STEVENS, aged 54, died on
  May 23 after a long illness. She was
  section manager,...

• RETIREMENTS
  22

  RETIREMENTS
  (length of service in brackets):
  TONY DAVIES, meat manager, Forest
  Hill (36 years). JOAN LEE,
  supermarket assistant. West
  Wickham (20 years). DOROTHY
  BESHAW, part-time store instructor.
  Pinner (17 years)....

• A DOZEN GOOD EGGS
  23

  A DOZEN GOOD EGGS
  Had it not been for an unfortunate
  accident with a bucket, Roy Watts,
  manager of West Wickham, is convinced
  his It's A Knockout team could have been
  stars of the game at the Fanuly Fun
  Day held at Thorpe...

• SPECIAL DELIVERY
  24

  SPECIAL DELIVERY
  Sainsbury's archives are proud to
  announce the return of the JS delivery
  van. Not, we hasten to add, the real thing,
  but a quite irresistible model in the
  Matchbox 'Models of Yesteryear'...