'JS Journal', October 1990

Table of content

Contents Page

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CONTENTS
HEADLINES 2-6
STORE OPENINGS 7-10
WRITELINES 11
RECRUITING
STAFF WITH
DISABILITIES 12-14
MARKET
RESEARCH 15
DEVELOPMENT STORY
AT TUNBRIDGE
WELLS 16-17
YOUR PENSION 18
LIFELINES 19
HEALTH
PROGRAMME...
Frontline

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There's a lot of paper
wasted in all parts of the
company, from reams of
computer print-outs,
much of which is never
read, to ruled pads being
used where scrap paper
would do.
As a major user of paper
the Journal has to...
ROYAL ART INSPIRES

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ROYAL ART INSPIRES
JS has helped the Prince of Wales help Salisbury
Cathedral. The company sponsored an exhibition of the
Prince's watercolours as part of the Salisbury Festival.
There were 62 sketches on show, and proceeds...
PALETHORPES SALE RAISES £14 MILLION

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PALETHORPES SALE RAISES £14 MILLION
JS has sold Palethorpes to Northern Foods pic for £14 milhon.
This move is part of the company strategy to focus on the four
retail areas of JS supermarkets, Homebase, Savacentre and...
TOP OF THE TRUCKERS

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TOP OF THE TRUCKERS
JS depots are proud of the skills and impressive
safety records of all its drivers. But Buntingford
depot has reason to be extra proud of one driver
in particular.
Des Matthews was named runner-up...
WINE AWARDS POUR IN

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WINE AWARDS POUR IN
For the second year running JS has been voted the
Supermarket of the Year in the Wine Magazine/Good Wine
Guide International Challenge 1990.
In the summing up of its achievement, the judges declared
that...
APPOINTMENTS

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APPOINTMENTS
Non-executive director
JOE BARNES, who
recently retired as joint
managing director, is
now a non-executive
director, in tiiat capacity
he has been appointed to
the board of J Sainsbury
USA Inc and to the...
AUTOMATIC DONATION

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AUTOMATIC DONATION
The opening of the new store at Haverhill on September 11
left MENCAP £100 better off thanks to the generosity of
Lloyds and National Westminster banks.
Executives from the banks arrived, shortly after the...
PRINCESS ROYAL GOES TO THE FAIR

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PRINCESS ROYAL GOES TO THE FAIR
The JS stand at the London Careers Fair, held at the
Business Design Centre in Ishngton on Jidy 3 to 5, was
one of only five to receive a visit from Her Royal
Highness, The Princess Royal.
As...
BEST OF THE BATCH

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BEST OF THE BATCH
Jackie Buckthorpe of Coldham's Lane receives her trophy
for being best bakery student 89/90 at Cambridge
Regional CoUege, from Peter Jones, deputy manager,
fresh foods.
Kevin Cross (second from right) and...
POST OFFICE OPENS IN FIRST CLASS STYLE

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POST OFFICE OPENS IN FIRST CLASS STYLE
Merton Savacentre opened its new full service Crown Post
Office at the end of August with help from loccd dignitaries
and a cunningly disguised member of staff.
Scheduling clerk, Simon...
PUTTING CHIPPENHAM IN ITS PLACE!

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PUTTING CHIPPENHAM
IN ITS PLACE!
Apologies to the new Chippenham branch. Their opening
report really did fall victim to the gremhns last month. Not
only did they appear on the map of Britain in the position
you would normally...
SSA WINNER

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SSA WINNER
Congratulations to Heather
Swlnney of New Telford branch.
She was the September winner of
the SSA's £1,000 draw.
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

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MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
It can be a nightmare keeping children occupied during the school hohdays, but this
summer one solution was to get them involved with the poUce. Lambeth Summer
Project 1990 was led by the Metropolitan...
NURSERY GETS A GREAT START IN LIFE

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NURSERY GETS A GREAT START IN LIFE
The patter of tiny feet at Streatham has won an award for
the company from Super Marketing magazine.
The Grocery Trade Award for June was given for JS 'taking
the initiative and stepping into...
WHO DID YOU MEET THIS SUMMER ?

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WHO DID YOU MEET THIS SUMMER ?
Recognise any of these faces?
These are the students, now back at their universities
and polytechnics - who have taken part in the trial of a
new scheme at JS. Each has worked in a different...
Branch opening—Tunbridge Wells

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TUNBRIDGE WELLS
The new store at Tunbridge Welh is situated alongside a former railway station
and an engine repair shed, from which the local
railway preservation society ran a diesel engine on opening day.
(For the full...
Savacentre opening—Meadowhall

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MEADOWHALL
Savacentre has pride of place in the massive new MeadowhaU shopping and
leisure centre at Sheffield. The store is three times larger than the biggest JS
supermarket, with 50 checkouts, full JSfood range, Homebase...
Homebase opening—Camberley

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CAMBERLEY
Offering ten per cent off all marked prices, Homebase
number 60 opened its doors to the public just in time for
what is traditionally one of the busiest dates in the
DIY calendar, the August Bank Holiday.
Helen...
Branch opening—Haverhill

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HAVERHILL
Nearly 13 years after opening the Haverhill store in Jubilee Walk,
Lord Sainsbury ofDrury Lane, joint president, was back on branch
opening duty, welcoming first day customers to the new
Haverhill supermarket at...
Writelines

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The cleared Line Path
PATH OF
PLEASURE
The following letters were
written by New Barnet
customers after the store's
Clean-up operation cleared
a local path known as
the Line Path.
Mr and Mrs Slack:
What a joy to walk...
DISABLED WE ARE . . . INCAPABLE WE'RE NOT

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DISABLED WE ARE . . . INCAPABLE WE'RE NOT
Disabled people have an enormous contribution to make in the workplace.
JS recognises this and exercises an equal opportunities policy.
But what does it mean in the real world? The...
FINDING OUT WHAT THE CUSTOMER WANTS

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FINDING OUT WHAT THE CUSTOMER WANTS
Many of you will have seen interviewers standing outside your store, with clipboard
in hand, approaching customers. Recently, at some stores, tables upon which
products are arranged have been...
ALL CHANGE FOR TUNBRIDGE WELLS

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ALL CHANGE FOR TUNBRIDGE WELLS
The station building (centre with cloclc tower) and the
locomotive repair shed, immediately behind, make a sorry site
after the closure of the railway. The Journal looks at the history of the
new...
Confused? You won't be

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Confused? You won't be
Many of the more honest amongst us will probably admit to being
slightly bewildered by the complex calculations and terminology
which characterise documents explaining pension benefits.
However, this...
A WORKING DAY ON ICE

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A WORKING DAY ON ICE
WHEN ONE OF BRITAIN'S skating champions isn't zooming around on the ice at his local
rink he is often to be found working behind the ice on the fish counter of his local JS.
Simon Briggs, who is a part-time...
STEWARTS DRIVING AMBITION

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STEWARTS DRIVING AMBITION
ONE OF THE FASTEST men on four wheels in the country
today is Croydon Homebase's extra service supervisor,
Stewart Dyer. In his first season of Formula First racing he
steered his 1.6 litre engine car...
HEALTH PROGRAMME

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HEALTH PROGRAMME
YOU CAN COPE We are continumg our series
of articles on stress with a
look at some ways of coping
with it.
When we say that someone is
suffering from stress, we
mean they are under
excessive stress....
SPLASHING ABOUT IN BATH

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SPLASHING ABOUT IN BATH
Bath Area Play Project leader, Peter Gross, persuaded Bath
Homebase to give him some paint so his handicapped group
could have some fun!
Shortly afterwards manager, Andrew Whiston, received...
THINGS THAT GO TRAMP IN THE NIGHT

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THINGS THAT GO TRAMP IN THE NIGHT
Eight sleepy teddy bears and their owners left the comfort
of their beds at 3.00 am to raise around £600 for Sunshine
Coaches and four year old Adam Smart who has cancer.
The members of staff...
WINNERS IN WHITE

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WINNERS IN WHITE
David Dahms, South Eastern area services
manager, centre left, presents the Mike
Broomfield Shield to Graham Carter, store
manager of Central Croydon and captain of his
branch cricket team which won the area...
YABADABADOO!

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YABADABADOO!
Staff at Leamington Spa
coioldn't resist the familiar
cheer when their float won
first prize in the town's
annual carnival.
GEARED UP

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GEARED UP
Going for the yeUow jersey, but already in the right gear,
were three pedal pushers from Hayes.
Between them, .n.ii&un wut "* , BPM| Bobbie Overy,
general office section manager, and m Morrisey, customer
services...
MEGA MONEY FOR MENCAP

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More stories of fandraising
for the company's adopted
charity, MENCAP, have
come our way.
MEGA MONEY FOR MENCAP
What did you do when it was 90° in the shade? Keith
Fitzpatrick's district donned fancy dress, tied...
REACH FOR THE PRIZE

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REACH FOR THE PRIZE
When Buntingford wanted to find two champion reach
truck drivers to represent the depot in a national competition
it set up its own competition to give every reach truck
driver on site a chance.
Thirty two...
WORTHING CAUSE

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WORTHING CAUSE
Putting colour in the cheeks of Worthing, staff dressed
up to collect cash outside the store and gave away
sweets and balloons. The store also ran a Bric-a-brac stall
and a tombola.
KEYING INTO SCHOOLS

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KEYING INTO SCHOOLS
Halifax has been strengthening it's links with local schools.
Manager, David Duxbin presented £200 to St Peter's
Infants School, Sowerby, to help them buy new computer
equipment.
MANAGER'S NOT A DRIP

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MANAGER'S NOT A DRIP
The New Southgate Homebasc manager has proved
he's no wet blanket when it comes to fundraising fun. At
a barbeque and disco held in aid of the Royal Marsden
Hospital (Homebase's adopted charity), staff...
STORE SENDS BRAVE ANNIE TO DISNEYLAND

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STORE SENDS BRAVE ANNIE TO DISNEYLAND
Newcastle under Lyme's resident engineer, John
Brassington, was able to introduce his daughter, Annie, to
Mickey Mouse in person this, summer thanks to the kindness
of his colleagues and a...
ANDY IS SAYING GOODNIGHT

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Hopefully mother wasn't watching when Andy Pandy and
Wee Wmy Winky ran through the town of Coventry, calling
in on public houses to collect cash for Homebase's nominated
charity, the Royal Marsden Hospital.
Among Andy and Wee...
BATTLING FOR CHARITY

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BATTLING FOR CHARITY
After what reports suggest was his limited success at the
crease, senior deputy manager, presented St
Albans MandeviUe School with the £330.27 raised through
sponsorship of the cricket match, which took...
DRIVE AWAY PRIZE

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DRIVE AWAY PRIZE
Handing over £5,000 with one hand whilst giving away a
car worth £7,000 with the other, is not one of the regular
duties of a store manager.
However, thanks to the efforts of his staff in selling...
WHAT'S MIME IS MENCAP'S

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Crawling around pubs, walking to Hampstead Heath and
dressing up in strange clothes were just some of the ways in
which staff from Kilburn managed to raise £1,200 for MENCAP.
Chatterbox Andy Maguire (left) had his own idea to...
DOWN ON THE FARM

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DOWN ON THE FARM
Leeds deputy manager Malcolm Forrest and BPM Karen Hughes
enjoyed life down on the farm recently.
The local Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, which gives children from the city of
Leeds a chance to see farm animals...
MESSING ABOUT ON A RIVER

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MESSING ABOUT ON A RIVER
Jolly boating weather did not, unfortunately, bless the
day of the dinghy race on the Grand Union Canal in
which a team from Hemel Hempstead store finished
seventh out of some 150 entries.
Often in...
PEDAL POWER

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PEDAL POWER
Staff at Dewsbury turned the wheels of an exercise bike into
wheels of fortime recently by pedalling for two days in the
store foyer to raise cash for MENCAP.
During the sponsored cycle the local branch of...
RESEARCHER FINDS A JOB

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RESEARCHER FINDS A JOB
'Does Sainsbury's in Tonbridge attract
a wide range of customers - and if so,
why?' That is the title of a project carried
out by 16 year old James Hayden
as part of his geography GCSE. To find
out the...
APPOINTMENTS

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APPOINTMENTS
PAUL ABBOT, from deputy
manager, Tewkesbury Road, to
manager, Cheltenham. DEREK
BROUGHTON, from manager,
Sittingbourne, to manager,
Lincoln. GEOFFREY COLE, from
manager, Stratford, to manager,
St Albans. DAVID...
LONG SERVICE

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LONG SERVICE
Employees who have completed
40 years' service are:
WALLY KEEN, manager, suppliers
accounts, Streatham office.
BILL NICHOLLS, administration
assistant, Charlton depot. LORD
SAINSBURY OF PRESTON
CANDOVER, ch...
OBITUARY

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OBITUARY
EoiN BAILEY, cold store warehouse
assistant at West Ealing,
aged 27, died suddenly on
August 3. He had been with the
company for three years.
JOYCE HIBBARD, aged 63, died
suddenly on August 9. She was
bakery...
OXFORD WEDDING

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OXFORD WEDDING
Oxford's evening shift section
manager, Dan DeGale, and
evening display assistant,
Henrietta Wong, were married
on June 22 a t Oxford Registrary
Office. The couple spent their
honeymoon in Singapore...
RETIREMENTS

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RETIREMENTS
JOHN MARLOW, Basingstoke
depot (39 years). JOHN SHEAR,
butt'her, Tonbridge (36 years).
JIM FORREST, meat manager,
Lordshill (3,5 years). GERALD
BALCHIN, senior store warehouse
assistant. Worthing (23
years)....
BEEF IT UP

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BEEF IT UP
For an authentic American hamburger taste it's hard to beat
new Double TViners. Two whopping fresh meat burgers,
made of 98 per cent beef with seasoning, come with ready
sliced sesame seed baps and a pot of special...
CHICKEN A LA COINTREAU

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CHICKEN A LA COINTREAU
Orange and Cointreau Chicken
is a poultry dish with a French
accent. It comprises two readyto-
bake, skinless chicken breast
fillets marinated with Orange
and Cointreau, and it is available
in...
WALLPAPER COLLECTION WITH CLASS

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WALLPAPER COLLECTION WITH CLASS
Homebase Exclusive Collection ready pasted vinyl wallcoverings
can add a touch of class to any room in the
house. The coUection comprisesvtwelve pasted vinyl wallcoverings
and nine non-pasted,...
THE BRANCHES THAT BATTLED THROUGH THE BLITZ

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THE BRANCHES THAT BATTLED THROUGH THE BLITZ News Chronicle, 22 October 1940.
A JS branch, possibly Stamford Hill, moves its counter outside.
Miss I Barnes remembers serving customers at a makeshift
stall in a nearby street...