'JS Journal', January/February 1991

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• Apologies to Ruth Streeter
  02

  Apologies to Ruth Streeter, engineering assistant at South West area office. She was left
  out of the list of Sainsbury's Community Service Award Scheme winners. Ruth was
  awarded £500 for Mencap Homes to purchase a TV, video...

• Congratulations to Sandra Middleton
  02

  Congratulations to Sandra Middleton, checkout operator, Crawley.
  She is the winner of the SSA Lucky Quarterly Draw held on December 3.

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  WRITELINES
  OPENINGS:
  TALBOT HEATH
  THANET
  MARSHALL LAK
  MIDDLETON HO
  OCCUPATIONAL
  CYCLING THROI
  CHINA
  PHOTO COMPET
  RUNNERS UP
  BEHIND THE Uf
  3-5
  6/7 & 26
  /-"S
  9
  E 10
  MEBASE 11
  HEALTH...

• Frontline
  02

  We now have the results of market research carried out on the Journal in October
  and November. Many of you were involved as participants in group discussions
  and the findings are extremely useful.
  You were very positive, both...

• JS FRESHMEN GO FOR HONOURS
  02

  JS FRESHMEN GO FOR HONOURS
  The first group of students commencing
  the BA (honours) degree in retail marketing,
  recently developed by JS in conjunction
  with Manchester Polytechnic, attended
  their inaugural lectures at Fanhams...

• CHAIRMAN HONOURS HIS 40 YEARS PEERS
  03

  CHAIRMAN HONOURS HIS 40 YEARS PEERS
  The 15 staff and their guests attending this year's 40
  Year Luncheon at the Savoy received a specially warm
  welcome from chairman, Lord Sainsbury, who himself
  completed 40 years' service in...

• HEARTBEAT IS THE SIGN OF GOOD HEALTH
  03

  HEARTBEAT IS THE SIGN OF GOOD HEALTH
  Burpham's staff restaurant has received a Heartbeat
  Award from its local health education authority following
  the branch's introduction of a healthy option menu and
  no smoking area.
  The...

• MBA COURSE IS THE BUSINESS
  03

  MBA COURSE IS THE BUSINESS
  The only things missing from the special graduation ceremony
  held at Blackfriars on December 4 were mortar
  boards and gowns.
  Alexander Furber, branch backways project manager,
  and Nigel Humphries,...

• DOUBLE HONOURS
  04

  DOUBLE HONOURS
  JS has recently been awarded two separate environmental
  awards: a Premier Award in the Business and
  Industry Commitment to the Environment Awards, and the Gordon Ford Trophy in the Tidy Britain Group's
  Britain...

• INFANTS TAKE THE INITIATIVE
  04

  INFANTS TAKE THE INITIATIVE
  'Come and meet our wildlife.'
  It was an invitation Mike Samuel, environment affairs
  manager, could not resist. It came from County First
  School at Walton on the Hill in Surrey. The children...

• JS FUNDS NON-ANIMAL TESTING
  04

  JS FUNDS NON-ANIMAL TESTING
  JS has gone one step further to not selling toiletries and
  cosmetic products that have been tested on animals. It
  has now donated £10,000 to the British Union for the
  Abolition of Vivisection.
  The...

• APPOINTMENTS
  05

  APPOINTMENTS
  BOB PARLE, formerly depot
  manager, Chariton, becomes
  regional distribution manager,
  Southern, based at
  Basingstoke depot, and
  responsible for that depot and
  three contractor depots.
  NORMAN BRANSON,...

• Bernard Clancy
  05

  Bernard Clancy died on December 8
  after a short illness.
  Bernard, who was 51, had been depot manager
  at Basingstoke since 1987, and before that at
  Charlton and Buntingford.
  Following Bernard's tragic death amendments
  have...

• NEW PENNIES FOR OLD BAGS
  05

  NEW PENNIES FOR OLD BAGS
  Following trials at Leeds and Mosborough (Sheffield) a
  'penny back on the bag' scheme has been extended to
  62 stores. Customers are given one pence for each carrier
  bag brought back for re-use, and...

• SINGING AT SUPPERTIME
  05

  SINGING AT SUPPERTIME
  Programmes recorded by BBC TV, which cover the
  whole of the 1990 Sainsbury's Choir of the Year competition,
  are being transmitted on BBC2 on Mondays at
  7.35pm. The programmes will continue on...

• Writelines
  06

  THOUGHTS ON
  THANET
  John Quincey,
  area administration
  manager, South Eastern
  area office.
  Whilst out snapping pict
  u r e s of AA signs around
  the new store at Thanet, I
  noticed that we are not the
  only ones to advertise!...

• Branch opening—Talbot Heath
  08

  TALBOT HEATH
  Before the new supermarket at Talbot Heath opened its doors for trade, an
  invitation was made to queuing customers to come in from the particularly chilly
  November weather, and thaw out with a free cup of coffee in...

• Branch opening—Thanet
  09

  THANET
  JS has planted a new flower in the garden of England with the opening of
  a supermarket at Thanet, Kent. The store features all the new
  developments from 1990 including confectionery selection, made to order
  pizzas,...

• Branch opening—Marshall Lake
  10

  MARSHALL LAKE
  With only 18 shopping days left to Christmas, the people of Solihull were in the
  right mood to make the opening day of Marshall Lake store a busy one.
  June Rose (left) and Cheryl
  Steele have their hands full
  In...

• Homebase opening—Middleton
  11

  MIDDLETON
  Middleton Homebase enjoyed a cracker of an opening as Santa was there to
  hand out Christmas crackers containing gift vouchers to the first 200 customers.
  A Sainsbury's supermarket is due to be opened on the site in...

• Your very good health
  12

  JUST THE JOB
  The Journal went
  to meet the new
  occupational health
  manager and found
  that the future of the
  company's medical
  service is looking
  particularly healthy.
  'We are trying to shake off the image of
  plasters and...

• TAKING THE SLOW BIKE TO CHINA
  14

  TAKING THE SLOW BIKE
  TO CHINA
  Most people starting a journey from Ladbroke Grove in West London n^ei^get
  much further East than Aldgate, but when Katherine Grant an dJKendr^ Gittus
  from Blackfriars showed up outside the store...

• 1990 JS JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
  16

  Every picture tells a story, and every photograph
  entered in the Journal's 1990 photographic
  competition told us something about yourselves.
  We thoroughly enjoyed looking through them all and,
  along the way, we met some of...

• THEY LOVE LUCY
  18

  THEY LOVE LUCY
  Stafford think the rest of us should know about their
  "honorary member' of staff, Lucy Shotton. She is an 87
  year old charity worker who, since the branch opened
  11 years ago, has collected outside the entrance...

• WATFORD CELEBRATES A WONDERFUL YEAR
  18

  WATFORD CELEBRATES A WONDERFUL YEAR
  The Christmas lunch at Watford crowned a year in
  which staff did everything to raise funds from naming
  the teddy to jam making, and can recycUng to Utter
  picks.
  During the lunch, store...

• WE SHALL SAY THIS ONLY ONCE
  18

  WE SHALL SAY THIS ONLY ONCE
  The Christmas spirit had a French accent at
  Dunstable where staff enjoyed their Christmas lunch
  dressed as characters from the TV and stage comedy
  show 'Alio 'Alio.
  Branch manager, Alan Roberts,...

• IN THE SWIM
  19

  IN THE SWIM
  The Royal Marsden Hospital Appeal is keeping its
  head above water thanks to the efforts of staff at
  Waltham Cross Homebase and their regional manager,
  Paul Shoemaker. They all took part in a sponsored
  swim one...

• TO ROMANIA WITH LOVE
  19

  TO ROMANIA WITH LOVE
  When staff at Sheffield heard of a local woman's plan
  to ship food parcels to the CoUentina Hospital near
  Bucharest, their generosity was overwhelming.
  Thanks to a collection started with a five...

• WOOL WORTH THE EFFORT
  19

  WOOL WORTH THE EFFORT
  Hitchin's checkout operators, Jean Edgar and
  Margaret Tiplady have got it covered when it comes
  to doing charitable works of a warming nature.
  Both ladies have become very handy in the art of
  blanket...

• BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
  20

  BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
  What a clever lot they are in Ipswich. The store has
  proved the superiority of its grey matter in Alan
  Bonner's District Trivia Quiz.
  The Ipswich team, comprising evening store service
  assistant, David...

• MUMMY CHRISTMAS
  20

  MUMMY CHRISTMAS
  Following the Journal's mention of Savacentre's
  Mother Christmas in the last issue, someone kindly
  sent us a photograph of London Colney's Suzanne
  Goody in action. 'The children didn't seem to mind
  that I'm a...

• SUPPORT FOR SISTERS
  20

  SUPPORT FOR SISTERS
  Thanks to their super leg muscles, staff at Blackpole
  were able to pedal for miles in a sponsored exercise
  bike ride then dance the night away at a charity disco
  to raise £230 for Marie Curie...

• CROSBY TAKES ACTION IN A CRISIS
  21

  CROSBY TAKES ACTION
  IN A CRISIS
  Crosby branch has rallied round to help colleague,
  Brenda Courf whose son, Adam, was struck down
  with a mystery illness last June. Says BPM, Maggie
  Hussey: 'At one time Adam was having 40 fits...

• HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
  21

  HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
  Dunstable's night shift, with their children,
  recently swept the board at the Dunstable and District
  Garden show. Between them the Isons, Scotts,
  Gotomskis, Russells and Irene Boylan, won a total
  of...

• SUNSHINE FROM THE EAST
  21

  SUNSHINE FROM THE EAST
  Eastern area's drive to raise cash for the Sunshine
  Coach Appeal attracted some star attention on
  December 7 when Keith Harris (minus Orville the
  Duck) showed up at Rayleigh Weir for the presentation
  of...

• TIME IS ON OUR SITE!
  21

  TIME IS ON OUR SITE!
  Thanks to the development division's close liaison
  with Macclesfield Museums Trust, a time capsule
  planted in the foundations of Macclesfield Infirmary in
  1867 was uncovered without damage.
  Three weeks...

• Who cares ? We do
  22

  Who cares ? We do
  Staff at many branches had Age Concern on their minds shortly before
  Christmas as a whole host of fundraising schemes took place to help the
  adopted charity. At Beckenham, store
  instructors Ann Power...

• Staff support the sick bear
  23

  Staff support the sick bear
  Pudsey Bear inspired many members of staff to do something for the
  children. The BBC's Children In Need Appeal this year received buckets
  of support from all corners of the company. Hereford raised...

• DESIGN A POSTER-WIN A WEEKEND
  24

  PACKET IN
  DESIGN A POSTER-WIN A WEEKEND
  Do you remember our Quit Smoking
  competition last year?
  Winner, Ljoi Hiscox, from Oldbury Savacentre, who
  quit after smoking for 18 years, enjoyed a weekend for
  two at the Majestic...

• STEEL RECYCLING PRIZE WINNERS
  24

  STEEL RECYCLING PRIZE WINNERS
  Hundreds of you successfully
  extracted the 12 words
  hidden in the competition
  Steel Can Recycling
  Wordsquare which appeared
  in the November Journal.
  They were: Extract, steel,
  recycling,...

• STEEL WHEELS
  24

  STEEL WHEELS
  The official opening of
  the Save-a-Can bank in
  Blackpole's car park marked the
  launch of a borough-wide recycling
  campaign in Worcester.
  The mayor of Worcester and county cricketer, Martin
  Weston, opened the...

• FINE LINE DECISIONS
  25

  FINE LINE DECISIONS
  'No matter how sticky life gets as a senior manager at
  JS, it cannot be as bad as having 45,000 people
  screaming abuse at you.' So says company pensions
  manager, Geof Pearson. And he should know,...

• APPOINTMENTS
  26

  APPOINTMENTS
  MICHAEL BANTIN, from manager,
  Dover, to manager, Folkestone.
  PETER DALEY, from manager.
  Letch worth, to manager,
  Cannock. PAUL DAVIS, from manager,
  Woking, to manager,
  Chertsey. MALCOLM FORREST,
  from deputy...

• LONG SERVICE
  26

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  25 years service are:
  GEORGE AMASS, non perishable
  warehouse, Basingstoke Depot.
  JOHN ARNOLD, assistant manager,
  Woodhall Farm. ALAN
  BARKER, meat manager, Walsall.
  ANTHONY BOWLER,...

• MANAGER'S CAKE
  26

  MANAGER'S CAKE
  After 25 years' service, you
  might think Bradford manager.
  BOB STOWE, deserves to take
  things a bit easier and have a sit
  down and a quiet read. Office
  manager, PAM DYSON, certainly
  thinks so. She baked Bob a...

• OBITUARY
  26

  OBITUARY
  (Length of service in brackets)
  JULIE BARBER, branch personnel
  manager, Langney, died on
  December 2 aged 36. (17 years).
  BERNARD CLANCY, depot manager,
  Basingstoke depot, aged 51,
  died on December 8 after a
  short...

• RETIREMENTS
  26

  RETIREMENTS
  (Length of service in bracl STAN CHASE, budgetary control
  manager, Blackfriars (36 years). MARGARET DAVISON, checkout
  replenishment assistant. East
  Ham (31 years). VERA
  MABBERLEY, cash office clerk,
  Swindon...

• FIT FOR A QUEEN
  27

  FIT FOR A QUEEN
  The new look JS hosiery, now
  in stores, includes exciting
  new products to complement
  the existing range. JS Lycra
  Sheer and Fine Fit tights, both
  with Lycra, ensure a great fit.
  Prices range from 99p...

• SALMON CHANTED EVENING. . . . .
  27

  SALMON CHANTED EVENING. . . . .
  You could meet the new JS fresh Scottish
  Salmon selection. The range includes fillets, steaks,
  boned and bone-in joints, noisettes and goujons.
  Available in all stores the selection is packed in...

• THAT MALL 'O's FEELING
  27

  THAT MALL 'O's FEELING
  'Arry Adder' is already a big fan of new JS Mall'O's, tasty
  mixed grain rings with multi-coloured marshmallow
  pieces. The new cereal, which is the latest addition to
  the Breakfast Club Range, is high in...

• A FLAVOUR OF THE FIFTIES
  28

  Every January, members of staff who have
  served 40 years in the company gather for a special
  celebratory lunch. As a point of interest for the
  guests, the archives mounts a small display on v^rhat
  happened in JS in their first...