'JS Journal', July 1990

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  WRITELINES 6/7
  STORE OPENING
  HEREFORD ON AIR
  FANHAMS HALL
  EXTENSIONS 10/11
  JUSTTHEJOB 12/13
  SERVICE AWARDS 14
  HEALTH
  PROGRAMME IS
  BEHIND THE
  LINES 16-21
  PEOPLE 22
  GOLFROUNOUP 23

• Frontline
  02

  AS YOU CAN SEE from these pages there was
  Hfe away from the television screen during June.
  PAULA SINOS'ERE WE GO
  People continued to work and play quite normally
  whilst at the same time being gripped by World
  Cup Fever.
  The...

• DAVID SAINSBURY AWARDED FOR LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS
  03

  DAVID SAINSBURY AWARDED FOR LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS
  AMERICA'S COLUMBIA BUSINESS School has
  presented deputy chairman, David Sainsbury, with a
  Leadership in Business Award.
  At its annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel...

• OZONE EXPERTS TOUR STORE
  03

  OZONE EXPERTS TOUR STORE
  ON JUNE 19 ENVIRONMENT speciaUsts visited Streatham
  store to see the company's CFC initiatives, energy
  efficiency and environment friendly store designs.
  The Danish, Thai and American experts who...

• RETAILERS LEARN TO BUY
  03

  RETAILERS LEARN TO BUY
  A NEW TRAINING SCHEME began on May 21 which
  will give retail managers the skills of assistant buyers
  within six months.
  The first five trainees were put forward by their area
  directors after...

• APPOINTMENTS
  04

  APPOINTMENTS
  Departmental
  Directors ROSS M C L A R E N
  Departmental director,
  produce buying, is to be
  seconded to Shaw's early
  In 1991 when he will be
  appointed to the Shaw's
  board. In preparation for
  this move Ross...

• BUILDING ON JS REPUTATION
  04

  BUILDING ON JS REPUTATION
  June saw the launch of an advertising
  campaign by the development division.
  The advertisements, aimed at Local
  Authorities and planners, highlight the
  quaUty and standards of new JS stores.

• WINE LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER
  04

  WINE LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER
  JS has won a Wine Guild award in the category for
  'Brochures, Advertisment or Promotion Campaign',
  The award was given for leaflets on Sainsbury's
  Sparkhng Wine, and Sainsbury's Choice of Wines
  and...

• 1990 Homebase management conference
  05

  The 1990 Homebase management conference
  took place at Le Meridien Hotel in London
  on May 21. Homebase chairman, Gurth
  Hoyer Millar, reviewed Homebase's
  performance in 1989/90.
  Following presentations by directors and
  senior...

• YOUNGEST FINALIST IS WINE TASTER OF THE YEAR
  05

  YOUNGEST FINALIST IS WINE TASTER OF THE YEAR
  The winner of this year's JS/Daily
  Telegraph Wine Taster of the Year
  competition, 23 year old Patrick Porritt,
  beat abnost 1,000 wine enthusiasts to
  win the title.
  In the final...

• Writelines
  06

  IF YOU WANT TO
  GET AHEAD . . .
  JANET MILES, DELICATESSEN
  ASSISTANT, ST ALBANS.
  I have worked for JS for 18
  months on the delicatessen
  counter at St Albans. I
  enjoy my job, but oh!!
  those 'hair nets' are not
  very...

• Branch opening—St Clares
  08

  ST CLARES
  The company's largest supermarket at St Clares in Hampton proves
  that big can mean beautiful. It can also mean very, very busy,
  judging by the crowds which turned up on opening morning.
  Manager: Dennis O'Sulllvan...

• WORKING ON AIR!
  09

  WORKING ON AIR!
  LIFE ON THE AIRWAVES
  of BBC Radio Hereford and
  Worcester held no fears for
  staff at Hereford on June 5.
  They confidently answered
  all the questions put to them
  by Jeremy Dry, the Hvely
  presenter of the...

• HERALDING A NEW AGE OF Learning
  10

  WHEN JOHN DE FANHAM owned a few choice
  acres of Hertfordshire countryside back in 1296 it
  is likely that the only constructions on the land
  were a few wooden farm buildings, and the only
  training being given was to oxen on how...

• RISING TALENT IN THE BAKERY
  12

  A baker's lot is certainly a happy one, as the Journal
  witnessed on a recent visit to Lewes Road, Brighton store.
  Even at the crack of dawn, the bakery staff were wide-eyed,
  bushy-tailed, and whistling as they worked. But what...

• Final Award WINNERS
  14

  Final Award WINNERS
  THE FINAL QUARTERLY WINNERS OF THE PACKER/CUSTOMER SERVICE INITIATIVE AWARDS FOR JS
  SUPERMARKETS HAVE NOW^ BEEN CONFIRMED BY DISTRICT M.\NAGERS AFTER CONSULTATION
  WITH THEIR BRANCH MANAGERS. THE AWARDS...

• HEALTH PROGRAMME
  15

  HEALTH PROGRAMME
  ' ^ ^ G R ^
  STRESS
  In the first of the Journal's
  series of articles on stress last
  month, we looked at its
  symptoms. This month we
  examine what life events
  combine to cause stress.
  One of the main causes...

• SUNSHINE IN THE EASTERN AREA
  16

  SUNSHINE IN THE EASTERN AREA
  'Don't let it rain on these
  children. Bring a little sunshine
  and variety into their lives.'
  Dame Vera Lynn was appealing
  to Sunshine Coach fundraisers
  to keep up the good work at the
  40th...

• 1990 SSA/JS Journal Photographic Competition
  17

  There is more than £300 on offer in the 1990 SSA/JS Journal
  Photographic Competition, with £100 going to the winning
  photograph. You can enter either black and white or colour
  photographs into both the categories which are...

• KEMPSHOTT CLOWNS
  17

  GEORGINA AND PAT COLLECTING CASH FROM A
  CUSTOMER
  KEMPSHOTT CLOWNS
  After a hard day's shopping on May 9
  numerous members of the public left
  the branch at Kempshott and walked
  straight into the arms of Georgina
  Eckie and .t...

• KEMPSHOTT FROM THE CLOUDS
  18

  KEMPSHOTT FROM THE CLOUDS
  This bird's eye view of Kempshott
  store wds snapped by Andrew
  Tasker from retail market assessment
  at Blackfriars thanks to
  a surprise birthday present from
  his wife,
  The present was a two and a...

• STEADY NERVES IN A SKIRMISH
  18

  STEADY NERVES IN A SKIRMISH
  Hail the conquering heroes.
  Well almost! Uxbridge's
  Paintball team, the Outlanders,
  came second in a recent
  Skirmish championship held in
  Amersham. Says Steve
  Morrill, meat manager: 'They
  really...

• THROUGH THE CRUMBLING IRON CURTAIN
  18

  THROUGH THE CRUMBLING IRON CURTAIN
  Derek Lobb, manager, Warwick (front,
  second from right) with some of the 40
  Russians who visited his store recently.
  This Was just one of a number of recent
  Russian cultural visits to...

• CHILDREN SAY 'DO YOU CARE?'
  19

  CHILDREN SAY 'DO YOU CARE?'
  Are you looking after our planet?
  Matthew Hopkins (left) and Martin
  Bridgman (both ten) checked out the
  JS range of environment friendly
  products at "-'•''— Manager,
  David Durbin welcomed the...

• FRUITY FRIENDS
  19

  FRUITY FRIENDS
  Two international friendships have
  been formed thanks to JS imports.
  lTl.U.llC].J.Ly , evening display
  assistant at Merry Hill, Dudley,
  found an address and a rfequest for
  a pen-pal on the reverse of...

• NOW YOU'RE TALKING
  20

  'Wi'n gwethio yn Homebase (I work in
  Homebase)' were the words uttered
  by Cardiff Homebase warehouse
  manager, David Burnett, for part of a
  TV programme filmed at the store.
  The programme, called Now You're Talking, is aimed...

• SHADDUPA YA FACE!
  20

  SHADDUPA YA FACE!
  Brenda Holland, a meat
  replenishment assistant at Coldhams
  Lane, raised more than £120 for the
  Children's Hospice at Milton by not
  saying a word for four hours. Brenda, a
  known chatterbox, said: 'It was...

• TIME TO MOVE ON
  20

  TIME TO MOVE ON
  Checkout assistant, Pam
  Roberts, presents manager,
  Charles Hart, with
  a clock, on behalf of staff
  at Stratton, on his
  departure from the store
  to become a district
  manager in the South
  Eastern area.

• CANTERBURY'S INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
  21

  CANTERBURY'S INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
  France may not have taken part in the
  World Cup but it still received attention
  from Canterbury. The store held a French
  Week in the staff restaurant which was
  decorated fit for Bastille...

• CURTAIN CALL FOR BOGNOR
  21

  CURTAIN CALL
  FOR BOGNOR
  When Bognor closed its doors to
  customers for the last time on
  April 7, staff gathered outside the
  store for a 'team'
  photograph before
  going their
  separate ways,
  most to other
  stores in the area.

• WORKED A TREAT
  21

  WORKED A TREAT
  Natalie Berryman's wish for her seventh birthday was to
  work in her local JS store. She wrote to
  asking if it would be possible as a birthday treat. The
  answer was yes', so on the day Natalie finished...

• APPOINTMENTS
  22

  APPOINTMENTS
  DAVID BuDDiN, from manager.
  Putney to manager, Christchurch.
  ALAN BURRAQE, from manager.
  Worthing to manager, London
  Road. FREDERICK CLARKE, from
  manager, Reading to manager,
  Guildford. STEPHEN DADSON,...

• LONG SERVICE
  22

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed 40
  years'' service are: DON COCKERTON,
  meat manager, Wallington.
  Employees who have completed 25
  years' service are:
  DAVE ANDERSON, manager, central
  services, data processing...

• RETIREMENTS
  22

  RETIREMENTS
  (length of service in brackets):
  PETER BRUTON, purchasing manager,
  Homebase (35 years). BRIAN BELL,
  meat manager, Bognor (30 years).
  AUDREY LARGE, checkout assistant,
  Bognor (16 years). LILUANPHIPP,
  coffee shop...

• WEDDINGS
  22

  WEDDINGS
  Changing their wedding day
  certainly isnH in ADRIAN COUSINS
  and HILARY MACPHERSON'S contracts,
  but that is what they did when they discovered that stocktaking at JS
  stores was on the same day.
  Grocery manager Adrian...

• PLAYING A ROUND
  23

  The Three Counties Golf Society comprises 23
  members from the stores in Terry Brown's district.
  They are looking for new faces to join their number. If
  you're interested, contact Mike Lendon at Lords Hill or
  Geoff Ware at...

• THE LOST SHILLING
  24

  THE LOST SHILLING
  When Offa, King of Mercia, ordered
  240 pennies to be struck from a
  pound of silver in about 735 AD, he
  probably didn't give a lot of thought to the
  long-term consequences of his actions.
  Offa (better know...