'JS Journal', December 1990

Table of content

• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
  TELINES
  NINGS:
  'SMERE PORT
  GE MEAD
  TO COMPETITION
  NERS
  IRMAN'S 40TH
  IVERSARY DINNER
  LTH PROGRAMME
  iSTMAS TREES
  HE BRANCHES
  IND THE LINES
  ;ZLES PAGES

• Frontline
  02

  Christmas is a time to think of others
  and, for that reason, it is the perfect time
  to announce the winners of the
  Sainsbury's Community Service Award
  Scheme.
  Over 170 people, supporting various
  organisations, applied for...

• A message from the chairman
  03

  A message from the chairman
  May I offer all staff, past and present, my sincere
  best wishes for a happy Christmas.
  May you and your families enjoy the Christmas holiday.
  I wish you good health and happiness in 1991.

• AND WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?
  03

  AND WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?
  Savacentres have their very own SavaSantas this
  Christmas, residing in grottos in each store. Inside the
  costumes are Savacentre staff. At London Colney staff
  were so l

• GROUP CONTINUES IMPRESSIVE GROWTH
  03

  GROUP CONTINUES IMPRESSIVE GROWTH
  Half year results to September 1990, which were
  released on November 7, again showed JS bucking the
  trend of generally poor results in the UK corporate sector.
  Despite a slow down in the...

• CATCH THE HORTICULTURAL THERAPY BUS
  04

  CATCH THE HORTICULTURAL THERAPY BUS
  Homebase sponsorship is helping Horiticultural Therapy
  to spread its message, on the therapeutic value of gardening
  for disabled people, in an eye-catchingly painted
  bus.
  The bus is...

• PUTTING SAFETY FIRST
  04

  PUTTING SAFETY FIRST
  The Food Safety Act 1990 will come into force
  progressively during 1991, starting on January 1. The Act
  forms one of the most important pieces of legislation to
  affect the company for many years and it...

• REACH FOR THE PRIZE
  04

  REACH FOR THE PRIZE
  In the regional heats of the safety and efficiency competition
  organised by reach truck company Lansing Linde,
  Buntingford depot's finest reach truck operators, Peter
  Cartwright and Ian Keeble, both won...

• APPOINTMENTS
  05

  APPOINTMENTS
  MIKE BROOMFIELD, South
  Eastern area director, is to be
  seconded to Sliaw's for a
  period of 18 months from early
  1991, as vice president, retail
  operations.
  ROSS MCLAREN, whose two
  year secondment to Shaw's
  as...

• CARE CART
  05

  CARE CART
  Savacentre has won the
  Super Marketing magazine
  Grocer Trade Award
  for September for introducing
  motorised shopping
  trolleys into the
  Meadowhall store.
  The Care Carts, which
  run on rechargeable batteries,
  are...

• DAMN FINE COFFEE
  05

  DAMN FINE COFFEE
  Management Today magazine's third annual Best British
  Products Awards have named JS own label real coffee
  range as best product in the Food Retailing sector.
  (Better even than that served in Twin...

• NEW AREA OFFICE TO COVER NORTH AND SCOTLAND
  05

  NEW AREA OFFICE TO COVER NORTH AND SCOTLAND
  A sixth area office is to be established in time for the
  start of the 1992/93 financial year.
  The main purpose behind creating this sixth area is to
  meet an expansion programme,...

• Writelines
  06

  E F Tupman and that famous display of Christmas poultry at
  Watford in 1906. (inset) A newspaper cutting from the time of
  Mr Tupman's retirement. (First letter) Mike Reynolds,
  deputy manager,
  fresh foods, Exeter.
  When I saw t...

• Branch opening—Ellesmere Port
  07

  ELLESMERE PORT
  Customers looking for extra choice in Cheshire had a new port of
  call at Ellesmere Port when a JS store opened on October 30.
  The management team with
  manager, Raymond Kerr,
  seated fourth from left.
  ^•^...

• Branch and Homebase opening—Bridge Mead
  08

  BRIDGE MEAD
  Homebase number 62 and JS supermarket number 292 share a site at Bridge
  Mead in Swindon witli a combined shopping area of almost 69,000 sq ft.
  The supermarl

• 1990 JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
  10

  SHOOT-OUT
  1990 JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
  But Ron took it in his stride. As he was unable to
  leave his post for more than a few moments we set up
  the photographs on an enormous table, section by
  section, and Ron was...

• CHAIRMAN'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER
  13

  Forty years of rather special service to Sainsbury's were celebrated in
  fine style at the magnificent Banqueting House in Whitehall,
  London, on Monday 12th November.
  The occasion was a dinner given by the directors in...

• HEALTH PROGRAMME
  19

  Health Programme
  THE SURVIVOR'S GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS Well, it's that time of the year again. Christmas, for some,
  means relaxation and enjoyment but, for a large number of us,
  it can bring its own peculiar problems. No matter how...

• Sprucing up the stores for Christmas
  20

  Tunbridge Well's
  Christmas tree gets
  the treatment from Gill
  Whitmore, Tracy Kemp
  (kneeling) and
  Daniel Baldwin.
  THE GOOD FAIRY should he making an appearance
  this month at stores throughout the JS group if pagan
  folklore...

• BABY FACE FUNDRAISING
  22

  BABY FACE FUNDRAISING
  You must have been a beautiful baby! Guessing the
  management team from photographs of them as
  babies was just one of the ways in which Broadfield
  raised £1,000 for the East Surrey Hospital...

• MAKE A BID FOR STARDOM
  22

  Bruce Forsyth needs you.
  MAKE A BID FOR STARDOM
  Brucie says: 'It will be
  nice to see you, to see
  you, nice.'
  He's looking for lively individuals to take part in
  Takeover Bid. Three contestants pit their wits against
  each...

• THE POUNDING FEET OF WATNEY STREET
  22

  THE POUNDING FEET OF WATNEY STREET
  Andy Gwilt, manajger of Watney Street, says his
  toenails have grown back now, thank you very much!
  The loss came about following a blistering walk of
  33.6 miles in one day to raise money for...

• BIRTHDAY BRANCHES
  23

  BIRTHDAY BRANCHES
  Rugby had a ball on October 31. They held a buffet
  lunch to celebrate the store's first anniversary and a
  special cake was made and iced by Linda Plastow,
  section manager, staff restaurant.
  . . . And it's...

• KEN'S ARMY
  23

  KEN'S ARMY
  Having already fought amongst themselves. Ken
  Barden's district have set a challenge. Does any other
  district want to skirmish with them?
  Ken said his branches: 'took to the woods to fight out
  some long standing...

• SO SORRY STANWAY
  23

  SO SORRY STANWAY
  Apologies to Stanway who, last issue, were reported as having
  raised £200 for the Sunshine Coach Appeal. The figure
  was actually £2,400. Also, the steam engine (which was full
  size and not a model) belonged...

• THE SOUND OF MUSIC
  23

  THE SOUND OF MUSIC
  'Our teacher has a lovely voice.'
  Ellen Riuiham and Jonathon Simms are both children
  of JS people and are both in Pine Class at Water
  County Infants. They are very proud of their teacher,
  Sally Ann...

• WINNING SUNSHINE IN THE WINTER
  23

  WINNING SUNSHINE IN THE WINTER
  Thanks to the raffle organised by the SSA committee
  on Keith Millen's district in the Eastern area, Julie
  Scales from Tottenham will be able to get away from
  it all for two weeks this...

• RING THE CHANGES
  24

  RING THE CHANGES
  There are eight differences between these two pictures. Can you spot them?

• STOCKING PUZZLE
  24

  Now that you have your whole family together, we
  know what you can do with them. Form them into
  teams and (making sure you hold onto the answers
  given below) test their wit and knowledge with the
  Journal's Christmas...

• CHRISTMAS QUIZ
  25

  How many words of three or more letters can you find from the letters
  spelling MISTLETOE in our Christmas decoration?
  Every word must include the central letter'T' and no letter may be
  used more than once in each word.
  If you...

• AT THE DOUBLE
  26

  AT THE DOUBLE
  Gavin Lancaster, part-time produce replenishment
  at Bridge Mead, has endured a programme of punishing
  training for the last two and a half years. He
  cycles 250 miles and runs a total of 50 miles per week.
  Gavin...

• TAP KEEPS DENISE ON HER TOES
  26

  TAP KEEPS DENISE ON HER TOES
  What is 250 years old has eight legs and 40 twinkle
  toes? The answer is the Elderberry Four, a tap group
  from Hatfield.
  Denise Fisher, checkout operator at Welwyn
  Garden City, never dreamed her...

• APPOINTMENTS
  27

  APPOINTMENTS
  ALAN BARKER, from manager,
  Epsom, to manager, Talbot
  Heath. STUART CLUER, from
  manager, Leicester, to manager,
  Wigston. STEPHEN HARDING, from
  deputy manager, Nine Elms, to
  manager, Lee Green. JAMES
  LAVIN, from...

• LONG SERVICE
  27

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  25 years' service are:
  JOHN BLACKER, driver,
  Basingstoke Depot. ALFRED
  BROWN, customer services
  assistant, Coventry. BARBARA
  GOSLING, area administration
  specialist. Eastern area...

• OBITUARIES
  27

  OBITUARIES
  JANICE PARRY, branch personnel
  manager, Grimsby, died suddenly
  on September 14 aged 27.
  She had been with the company
  for a year. SUSAN PAYNE, section
  manager, fresh foods. New
  Barnet, died suddenly on
  November...

• RETIREMENTS
  27

  RETIREMENTS
  DAVE RICHMOND-COLE, branch
  manager, Winton (38 years).
  JOHN COPELAND, meat manager.
  Heme! Hempstead (35 years).
  JOYCE PARRISH, office manager,
  London Road, Brighton (33
  years). JEANNETTE COULDRY,
  checkout...

• 'OUR CRACKERS ARE WHACKERS FOR VALUE'
  28

  'OUR CRACKERS ARE WHACKERS FOR VALUE'
  'For years everyone has gone crackers about our Crackers, and no wonder! They are
  London-made, for one thing, so that they don't fizzle in that drab foreign fashion,
  but go off with a...

• COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
  30

  COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
  Perfect to carry you through Christmas, is the new
  Nature's Compliments range of baskets including many
  favourite products. They make ideal seasonal gifts.
  Available in selected stores prices range...

• FOR CHOCOLATE FACES EVERYWHERE
  30

  FOR CHOCOLATE FACES EVERYWHERE
  A rich chocolate sponge filled with chocolate fudge buttercream
  and covered in real milk chocolate, the yule log
  is a definite yuletide treat.
  Available in all stores at £1.49.

• LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO STUFF A BACON ROLL
  30

  LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO STUFF A BACON ROLL
  JS 12 Pork, Sage and Onion Stuffed Bacon Rolls make
  a traditional accompaniment to turkey or roast game.
  They also make ideal party snacks or hors d'oeuvres.
  Available in selected stores...

• WINE GUIDE IS A CHRISTMAS GIFT
  30

  WINE GUIDE IS A CHRISTMAS GIFT
  Which tipple goes with turkey?
  Which sup goes with your pud?
  Unsure? Well, the answers to these and
  many other questions can be found in the
  redesigned JS Christmas 1990 Wine List and
  Vintage...

• YULETIDE YARNS
  30

  YULETIDE YARNS
  Christmas comes but once a year,
  which is a shame as the two new JS
  Children's Christmas books would be
  delightful reading all year round.
  Both beautifully illustrated. The
  Twelve Days of Christmas and...