'JS Journal', November 1990

Table of content

• Contents Page
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  HEADLINES
  OPENINGS:
  CHRISTCHURCH
  GUILDFORD HOMEBASE
  WELLINGBOROUGH
  OPERATION PAPERCHASE
  SAVACENTRE'S FAMILY
  FORTNIGHT
  GREEN SCENE
  WRITELINES
  CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS
  NEW STAFF UNIFORMS
  HOMEBASE ADOPTED
  CHARITY
  BEHIND THE...

• Frontline
  02

  People say retailing is like showbusiness,
  with shops putting on
  day-in, day-out performances. And
  when it comes to Christmas at JS it
  can only be compared to putting on
  Aida at Wembley Stadium. Long
  preparation, extra hours...

• PRINCE'S WATERCOLOURS DRAW THE CROWDS
  02

  PRINCE'S WATERCOLOURS DRAW THE CROWDS
  The exhibition of watercolours and lithographs by HRH
  the Prince of Wales (cover story October issue) shown in
  Salisbury Festival and sponsored by JS, raised £35,000
  for the Salisbury...

• MINISTER IS IMPRESSED WITH WOLVERHAMPTON
  03

  MINISTER IS IMPRESSED WITH WOLVERHAMPTON
  Wolverhampton store welcomed the secretary of state
  for the environment, Christopher Patten MP, on October
  1 and chairman, Lord Sainsbury, was there to show him
  around.
  Last December...

• SAINSBURY'S TAKES ITS FIRST STEP INTO SCOTLAND
  03

  SAINSBURY'S TAKES ITS FIRST
  STEP INTO SCOTLAND
  Planning consent has recently been granted for the first
  JS supermarket in Scotland. It will open in early 1992 at
  Darnley in South West Glasgow.
  Announcement of the planning...

• APPOINTMENTS
  04

  APPOINTMENTS
  Retail senior managers
  DAVID SPACKMAN, area
  personnel manager for the
  Northern area, has been
  promoted to retail senior
  manager.
  BRIAN BARKER, area services
  manager for the Northern
  area, has been promoted...

• SCOTCH WINS FIRST GLASS AWARD
  04

  The award winning
  JS Scotch bottles
  SCOTCH WINS FIRST
  GLASS AWARD
  The redesigned bottle for JS Finest Old Matured Scotch
  Whisky has won the second place award in the wine and
  spirit section of the 1990 First Glass Annual...

• SIR ROY TO RETIRE
  04

  SIR ROY TO RETIRE
  Sir Roy Griffiths, non-executive director and deputy
  chairman, will be leaving the board following the company's
  Annual General Meeting next July.
  Sir Roy joined JS in 1968 and became director of
  personnel...

• SUPERMARKETING HONOUR
  04

  SUPERMARKETING HONOUR
  Joe Barnes, who retired as joint managing director in
  July, has been given the Grocery Trade Award for that
  month by Super Marketing magazine.
  In accepting the award Joe Barnes said he was
  delighted and...

• THE NOEL EDMONDS WATER SHOW
  04

  THE NOEL EDMONDS WATER SHOW
  Many members of staff have spotted Noel Edmonds in
  their stores over the past couple of months. And the reason
  is in the water.
  Noel has launched Unique Sparkling, a carbonated
  spring water,...

• BUYERS MAKE THE QUALITY CONNECTION
  05

  BUYERS MAKE THE QUALITY CONNECTION
  JS buyers gathered on October 23 for the most
  successful Buyers Conference ever.
  Held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in
  Parliament Square, London, the presentation has...

• GREEN FLEET
  05

  GREEN FLEET
  With a delivery fleet of nearly 400 vehicles, covering
  more than 11 million miles a year, JS has an impact on
  the environment which reaches well beyond the confines
  of its supermarkets.
  It was this aspect of the...

• NEW VOUCHERS ARE A GIFT
  05

  NEW VOUCHERS ARE A GIFT
  This month sees the launch in all branches of new JS
  gift vouchers. Customers buying the new style vouchers
  will be offered one of three specially designed JS gift
  cards with each purchase.
  The...

• BEST OF BRITISH COOKS
  06

  BEST OF BRITISH COOKS
  Twelve year old Gill Nutter won a trip for four to Disney
  World in Florida when she became the Sainsbury's
  Young Cook of the Year at the Savoy Hotel in October.
  Gill, from, Prestwich, Manchester, tickled...

• GUILDFORD GETS A FACE LIFT
  06

  GUILDFORD GETS A FACE LIFT
  Guildford store opened in 1962 and, having reached that
  certain age, needed a little cosmetic surgery.
  Facilities have been updated inside and it was decided
  to give the store a new fa?ade to match....

• PROUD NIGHT FOR THE 25 CLUB
  06

  PROUD NIGHT FOR THE 2 5 CLUB
  It's not an easy club to join and members wear its badge
  with pride. It's the JS 25 Club and most of its 1,200
  members gathered at the Lancaster Hotel, London, on
  October 8 for the annual...

• Branch opening—Christchurch
  07

  CHRISTCHURCH
  With many staff transferring from the old Saxon Square store,
  the familiar smiling service was soon in evidence on opening day
  at the new Christchurch supermarl Area catering specialist,
  Sally Howells (seated)...

• Homebase opening—Guildford
  08

  GUILDFORD
  A prize draw for annual membership tickets for Sandown racecourse lielped
  mal the new Homebasejust off the Guildford by-pass.
  /Icjuamaster ®...

• Branch opening—Wellingborough
  09

  WELLINGBOROUGH
  Diane Livsey was delighted to welcome Wellingborough
  customers to a bigger and better store last month. Local press
  turned up to interview staff and told its readers that JS 'treats
  employee care as the first...

• Branch opening—Luton
  10

  LUTON
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  The new Luton supermarket provides a doubly good service
  to the people of Luton as it replaces both the old Bury Park store
  and the one in the Arndale Centre.
  304 (58 new jobs) Sales area: 32,013 sq ft Car...

• OPERATION PAPERCHASE
  11

  THE CHASE IS ON
  As a company we consume acres of trees a year in our
  runaway use of paper. The statistics are awesome and
  some of them are illustrated below. Also listed are
  some of the reasons why this massive usage is bad...

• Savacentre's fortnight of fun for all the family
  12

  Savacentre's fortnight of fun
  for all the family
  All over the country, for two weeks in October,
  Savacentres offered a feast of fun for every member
  of the family. It's this month's Cover Story. Prizes galore - all waiting for...

• GREEN SCENE
  14

  GREEN CONSUMER DAY
  Green Consumer Day, held on September 29, took the
  theme of young people and transport.
  That week hundreds of school children visited their
  local JS store where they were shown how a large
  supermarket works...

• Writelines
  16

  RETAIL IS DETAIL
  Len Price,
  veteran, Cromer.
  Having received my 1930
  model of a Sainsbury's van
  may I be permitted to
  express the following comments.
  Why did you not retain
  the authentic colour of the
  wheels, i.e. black...

• The stirring story of the Christmas Pudding
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  The stirring story of the Christmas Pudding
  Ask most people how the traditional
  Christmas pudding came to be on their dining
  room table on Christmas day, and they'll probably tell
  you it's because they picked it up from one of...

• New Fashion in store
  20

  New Fashion in store
  I t is now ten years since the last nnajor redesign of staff
  uniforms and the company have for some time been
  considering new ideas for the various uniforms
  currently worn by some 65,000 members of...

• Royal year of fundraising
  21

  Royal year of fundraising
  Charity begins at home; and it continues at Homebase. Their adopted charity for
  this year is royal in two ways. The company is raising funds for the Royal Marsden
  appeal, and the appeal's president is...

• BATTY BEHAVIOUR AT BADGER FARM
  22

  BATTY BEHAVIOUR AT BADGER FARM
  Badger Farm's deputy store manager, Steve Fryer,
  became concerned about an unusual branch visitor spotted
  hanging round the back door, by a member of staff.
  Steve became even more concerned when,...

• CUSTOMER AND FRIEND
  22

  CUSTOMER AND FRIEND
  Customer services manager, Jill Preston from
  Kidderminster, brightened the day for one of her regular
  customers, pensioner, Lily Wilson. When Mrs Wilson
  failed to appear on her regular shopping day for the...

• MONEY THAT WAS RAISED IN THE SADDLE
  22

  MONEY THAT WAS RAISED IN THE SADDLE
  It was a case of get on your bike and stay on for as long
  as possible when staff at Clifton Down organised a
  sponsored bike ride, and raised £400 for MENCAP.
  Nick Mitchell, fresh...

• SALUTE TO A QUARTER CENTURY
  22

  SALUTE TO A QUARTER CENTURY
  Staff" at Bishops Stortford raised their glasses to the
  branch's 25th birthday recently. At the celebration along
  with members of staff, retired and current, was Fred
  Knight who opened the store in...

• FAIRY TALE FUNDRAISING
  23

  FAIRY TALE FUNDRAISING
  Staff at Lancaster raised the princely sum of £1,666
  when Amanda Wray, checkout assistant, and
  Tong, packer, became fairytale characters for three days
  of fundraising.
  The princess and the frog gave...

• FLOWERY SELL
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  FLOWERY SELL
  Three big hearted members of staff at Kempston branch
  raised £1,021 for MENCAP. Joan Steele, senior frozen
  foods assistant, George Woods and David Bareford,
  both senior store warehouse assistants, sold bouquets...

• STOCKING UP FOR FREE AT STAFFORD
  23

  STOCKING UP FOR FREE AT STAFFORD
  Stafford branch staff were content to let Margaret Hill
  leave the store without paying for her shopping. But
  don't all rush to the store for free groceries.
  Margaret was the winner of a three...

• CASTLE'S CASHIER FOR A DAY
  24

  CASTLE'S CASHIER FOR A DAY
  When the chairman's office received a letter from nine
  year old Rebecca Hodges asking if it would be possible
  for her to become a cashier for the day, it led to her
  dream coming true at Castle...

• FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR COACH APPEAL
  24

  FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR COACH APPEAL
  Pardon me boy! staff at Stanway raised £200 for the
  Sunshine Coach Appeal, by inviting people to guess
  the weight of a model steam engine lent by the section
  manager, warehouse, Anthony...

• GOOD NEIGHBOURS ARE RIGHT ON CUE
  24

  GOOD NEIGHBOURS ARE RIGHT ON CUE
  Thousands of pounds have been given away over the
  past few months to pensioner groups under the
  Sainsbury's Good Neighbour scheme. The latest donation,
  shown here, was a £250 cheque presented...

• GOOD THINKING BATMAN
  24

  GOOD THINKING BATMAN
  And Robin, and Snow White, and Mary Poppins, etc,
  etc. Staff at Chase Lane completed a sponsored walk
  in fancy dress and raised £978 for the Sunshine Coach
  Appeal.
  Also at the store, deli
  assistant,...

• GREAT DAY OF GOLF
  24

  GREAT DAY OF GOLF
  Eighteen keen golfers from Terry Brown's district
  held a golf day at Dunwood Manor on September 24.
  The singles competition winner was Geoff Ware,
  Boscombe The team event was won by Len
  Skellen,...

• DESIGNS ON DISPLAY
  25

  DESIGNS ON DISPLAY
  Leventhorpe school near Bishop's Stortford took part
  in their own soap drama when they held a competition
  amongst the sixth form graphics students to redesign
  the packaging for Sainsbury's Non-biological...

• EDMONTON KEEPS BABY WATCH
  25

  EDMONTON KEEPS BABY WATCH
  Branch personnel manager, Sue Liondaris, and
  members of staff from Edmonton raised £1,200 by selling
  unwanted gifts and having a weekly raffle, for the
  Baby Watch Appeal at the local Chase Farm...

• THE WONDER OF WALTHAMSTOW
  25

  THE WONDER OF WALTHAMSTOW
  Paul Hartgen, section manager grocery, and Sharon
  Brown, supermarket assistant, both from
  Walthamstow took part in a sponsored three mile fun
  run at Regents Park in aid of Cancer Research. The
  cause...

• ENGAGEMENTS
  26

  ENGAGEMENTS
  STEPHEN SHEPLEY and ANNABELLE
  HoRSEFiELD, both packers at
  Woking, were engaged on
  September 22. Staff presented
  thern with a crystal vase,
  bouquet of flowers, a bottle of
  champagne and an engagement
  cake. The...

• LONG SERVICE
  26

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  40 years service are:
  FRANK RANDALL, deputy meat
  manager, Woodhall Farm.
  WILLIAM SKELTON, manager,
  services engineers, Blackfriars.
  RICHARD STENNING, warehouse
  reception manager,...

• OBITUARY
  26

  OBITUARY
  ANN BELL, display assistant at
  Taunton, aged 47, died, after a
  long illness, on October 12. She
  had been with the company for
  seven years. SIMON BROOKE,
  section manager at Exebridge,
  aged 23, died suddenly...

• RETIREMENTS
  26

  RETIREMENTS
  ALAN BRITLAND, refrigeration
  plant manager, Buntingford
  depot (39 years). BERNARD
  BRITLAND, meat manager, Dover
  (36 years). JOHN MUGGERIDGE,
  non perishables, Charlton depot
  (35 years). DENNIS WILMER,...

• WEDDINGS
  26

  WEDDINGS
  Secretary to the produce
  technology department, JULIE
  BENSON, and payroll supervisor,
  DAVID MANNING, both from
  Blackfriars, married on August 4
  at All Saints Church, Belvedere.
  MARTIN EDWARDS, admin
  manager, fresh...

• FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
  27

  FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
  This is the latest edition in the JS regional cookery
  series. An exploration of authentic recipes from the
  Soviet Union, with fascinating insights into the customs
  of this increasingly popular cuisine....

• SAUCE OF PLEASURE
  27

  SAUCE OF PLEASURE
  JS Fresh Classic Sauces have been created by
  professional chefs and are freshly prepared each day.
  They are available in three varieties: Cider and Apple;
  Au Poivre and Orange. So for that special meal...

• THEY'VE CLEANED UP!
  27

  THEY'VE CLEANED UP!
  Almost all the Clean-up operations have been completed
  by JS Homebase and Savacentre branches now and
  Britain is all the brighter for it. And, along the way, hundreds
  of pounds have been raised for...

• MEASURING UP TO THE PAST
  28

  Herbert and Sons
  advertises its 'Lion' scales.
  Scales in use at 99
  Gloucester Road,
  Kensington in 1957.
  When the J S home economics department moves
  to new kitchens in Drury House early next year, one
  more piece of history...