'JS Journal', December 1991

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• ALL WE WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS WAS A FULL TEAM
  02

  ALL WE WANTED
  FOR CHRISTMAS
  WAS A FULL TEAM
  And here it is, from left to right:
  Kerry Cohen, editorial assistant;
  Yvonne Burke, editor, and Andy
  Szebeni, assistant editor. Kerry
  has joined the Journal from the
  promotions...

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  WOMEN AT WORK
  WRITELINES
  BRANCH OPENINGS
  JS STAFF SHARE
  THEIR CHRISTMAS PLANS
  PHOTO COMPETITION
  RESULTS
  LIFESTYLE
  A VIEW OF SHAW'S
  ROMANIA REVISITED
  GALLERY PRINTS
  COMPETITION
  CHILDREN IN...

• GLAD TIDINGS
  02

  GLAD TIDINGS
  With Christmas almost upon us, this is
  the perfect time to announce the winners
  of the Sainsbury's Community Service
  Award Scheme.
  There was a total of 118 entries from
  JS, Homebase, Savacentre, area offices and...

• A Christmas message from the chairman
  03

  A Christmas message from the chairman
  May I send all staff in JS, Savacentre and
  Homebase my very best wishes for a
  Happy Christmas to you and your families.
  My good wishes also go out to all our veterans.
  May you all have...

• HEALTHY PROFIT GROWTH AT HALF YEAR
  03

  HEALTHY PROFIT GROWTH
  AT HALF YEAR
  The half year results to September, announced on November
  6, saw group profits rising by almost 20 per cent to
  £327.5 million. This impressive performance reflected
  sales growth of 12 per...

• JS RINGS THE CHANGES FOR CHRISTMAS WITH SUNDAY TRADING
  03

  JS RINGS THE CHANGES FOR CHRISTMAS WITH SUNDAY TRADING
  On November 27 it was announced that most JS and
  Savacentre stores would open on Sundays before Christmas.
  Four Savacentres and three JS stores opened on
  Sunday December...

• AN EXTRA INGREDIENT IN JS ADS
  04

  AN EXTRA INGREDIENT IN JS ADS
  JS is one of the country's first major advertisers to offer
  subtitles for the deaf on its television ads.
  The latest series of celebrity recipe ads has been
  subtitled, allowing up to 2.3 million...

• CHRISTMAS IS WRAPPED UP AT SAVACENTRE
  04

  CHRISTMAS IS WRAPPED UP AT SAVACENTRE
  London Colney Savacentre is running a new
  service that is a natural for Christmas.
  The store is offering a seasonal
  wrapping service for Sainsbury's Nature's
  Compliments range of beauty...

• JOSCELINE AND COMPANIONS
  04

  JOSCELINE AND COMPANIONS
  Josceline Dimbleby has been on a tour of stores to
  promote her new cookery book - Cooks Companion.
  Josceline was joined by Roz Denny in preparing dishes
  from the book for customers to sample, and...

• JS MAKES ENERGETIC COMMITMENTS
  04

  JS MAKES ENERGETIC COMMITMENTS
  For many years JS has
  insisted upon environmentally-
  friendly worl practices in the building of
  new stores, but now the
  company's dedication to
  energy efficiency has been
  formally laid...

• APPOINTMENTS
  05

  APPOINTMENTS
  Robin Anderson
  Savacentre
  ROBIN ANDERSON has been
  appointed to the board of
  Savacentre to replace Peter
  Boam.
  Retail division
  RODNEY PARKINSON, senior
  manager, retail specialists, will
  assume responsibility...

• GOOD WINE TO GO WITH GOOD FOOD SHOW
  05

  GOOD WINE TO GO WITH GOOD FOOD SHOW
  This has been a vintage year for the
  wine department. Of the 200 JS
  wines entered into the 1991 Wine
  Magazine /Good Wine Guide
  International Challenge, 148 picked up awards - comprising one...

• GURTH HOYER MILLAR RETIRES
  05

  GURTH HOYER MILLAR RETIRES
  Dino Adriano, managing
  director of Homebase,
  pays tlie following tribute to
  Gurthi Hoyer Millar, who retired on December 13.
  In his 27 years with JS Gurth Hoyer Millar made...

• ENVIRONMENTAL BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
  06

  ENVIRONMENTAL BRIGHT YOUNG
  THINGS
  A galaxy of children's television presenters appeared at
  the Dorchester Hotel in London on November 15 to hand
  over the prizes to the winners in this year's Young Environmentalist
  of the Year...

• IT HAS BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR NEIGHBOURS
  06

  IT HAS BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR NEIGHBOURS
  There have been many worthwhile young people's groups
  singled out by stores to receive JS Good Neighbour awards
  in 1991. Tamworth chose some very special young people
  to receive their...

• SEASONAL WINDFALL
  06

  SEASONAL WINDFALL
  Congratulations to Steve Lewis, baker at Nine Elms. He is
  the latest winner of the SSA's quarterly draw for £1,000.-

• SPEAKING OF CELEBRATIONS
  06

  SPEAKING OF CELEBRATIONS
  On November 20 a birthday party took place to cel(
  21 years of the Sainsbury's Speaker Service. \J
  The service began with five speakers, some Cfi
  are still involved, who were employed to giyeiiSI^"^...

• Women at Work
  07

  Women at Work
  THE WINNING WAYS OF JS WOMEN
  Recognition of the growing number of women
  in senior positions in retail management w^as
  given at last month's Winning Women awards
  organised by Checkout magazine. It was the
  first...

• Writelines
  08

  SUNDAY TRADING
  Steven Keen,
  grocery manager, Chiswick
  After examining all sides of
  the arguments for and
  against Sunday opening, I
  would be grateful for your
  opinions on the following
  views.
  Firstly, from the
  Sainsbury's...

• Branch opening—Hedge End
  10

  HEDGE END
  Every now and then a store is opened which acts as a milestone for JS property
  development and Hedge End is one such store.
  Situated at junction seven of the M27, this first joint venture scheme with
  Marks and...

• Branch opening—Monks Cross
  12

  MONKS CROSS
  A new store has opened in York at Monks Cross. This joins the existing York
  store at Foss Bank and has created 211 new jobs. Opening date: 24 October 1991
  Address: Monks Cross,
  Huntingdon, York
  Opened by: Retail...

• Branch opening—Lincoln
  13

  LINCOLN
  The new store at Lincoln is twice the size of the branch in Brayford Wharf,
  which it replaced. More than 100 staff transerred to the new store.
  Janet Welburn checks out >
  the younger customers.
  Opening date: 17...

• What are you doing for Christmas?
  14

  What are you doing for Christmas?
  Most people spend their Christmas in the time-honoured
  fashion of having the family around to share a turkey dinner
  with parsnips and cranberry sauce, followed by Christmas
  pudding, finally...

• PHOTO COMPETITION RESULTS
  16

  PHOTO COMPETITION
  RESULTS
  OVERALL WINNER
  Terry Wright
  spare manager, Hoddesdon branch
  Judge, Eamonn McCabe.
  Eamonn McCabe was having a relatively quiet day when the
  Journal visited him with the photographic...

• Cold Comfort
  19

  Cold Comfort
  If you have those all too familiar sniffles, bunged up head, runny nose and eyes and
  H I the general misery of a cold, take heart - we will try to help you to reduce your
  ^ ^ J symptoms.
  ^ ^ H When the last rays...

• Visiting our sister in the States
  20

  Visiting our sister in the States
  When Mark Sykes, senior analyst on the retail
  service desk at Black friars, learned that he had
  won first prize in Today newspaper's holiday
  competition, his reaction was disbelief...

• Return to Romania
  22

  Return to Romania
  Jim walker and Ken Wilson first appeared in the Journal
  in July when they visited the Ungureni Orphanage in
  Romania to build an adventure playground. Jim has
  written this follow up report having just returned...

• Some day your prints may come
  23

  Some day your prints may come
  Since the JS Journal feature in July on the Salnsbury Wing extension to the Nationai
  Gaiiery some of our readers may have had a chance to lool< at the Renaissance art on display
  there. They will...

• Every child deserves the bear necessities
  24

  Every child deserves the bear necessities
  For four busy weeks JS staff everywhere pulled out all the stops to raise money for
  Children in Need. As we went to press the total raised was pushing £300,000, for which
  everyone...

• FIRE BRIGADE RAISES SAFETY AWARENESS TO NEW HEIGHTS
  26

  FIRE BRIGADE RAISES SAFETY AWARENESS TO NEW HEIGHTS
  Badger Farm played host to the Hampshire Fire
  Brigade from October 14 to 18, during National Fire
  Safety week. There were fire engines in the car park
  for customers and staff...

• ON TOP OF THE WORLD
  26

  ON TOP OF THE WORLD
  Did you know that Sainsbury's carrier bags can be
  found at up to 15,000 feet in the air? Aldenham
  School recently had an expedition to unexplored parts
  of Chinese Central Asia, during which they...

• SUE BATTLES ON FOR INDEPENDENCE
  26

  SUE BATTLES ON A FOR INDEPENDENCE
  When Sue Hopkins from Fareham store discovered
  she had Multiple Sclerosis three years ago, she was
  determined to retain her independence. She remained
  as cheerful as ever and worked until her...

• FIRST CLASS SHOPPING!
  27

  FIRST CLASS SHOPPING!
  More than 120 children from five to seven years old
  were involved in a term project on homes and shops at
  the St Barnabas Infant School, in Wellingborough.
  The Sooperstore, which was a tiny replica of...

• RAISING MONEY FOR BUILDING BLOCKS WAS A BREEZE
  27

  RAISING MONEY FOR BUILDING BLOCKS WAS A BREEZE
  On September 8 staff from the evening shift at
  Newcastle held a sponsored walk to raise money for
  the Building Blocks Appeal, a local charity which is
  aiming to build an...

• SCOUTING AROUND FOR USED FOIL
  27

  SCOUTING AROUND FOR USED FOIL
  Courthouse Green have started a 'save foil' campaign.
  Aluminium foil can be placed in the foil bank,
  which is situated in the foyer of the store, and will
  then be recycled.
  Local scouts are...

• STAFF PAY UP TO GET THEIR DEPUTY BACK
  27

  STAFF PAY UP TO GET THEIR DEPUTY BACK
  Mike Price, senior deputy manager, Huddersfield,
  found he had a price on his head on October 24 when
  he was kidnapped from his store and held to ransom.
  He was taken by Rag Week students...

• DELIGHT AT DORIEN'S VISIT
  28

  DELIGHT AT DORIEN'S VISIT
  Was 'Dor' up to her old tricks again on November 9?
  Lesley Joseph (alias Dorien of Birds of a Feather), had
  an assignation with a tall dark stranger.
  But no, there is no gossip for Sharon and...

• FAYRE DO'S
  28

  FAYRE DO'S
  Apologies to Richard Davies, whose district was
  responsible for organising the Autumn Fayre held in
  the car park of Purley Way. This was wrongly
  attributed to Bryn Page's district.
  Here is another picture from the...

• LOOK TO YOUR LIFESTYLE
  28

  LOOK TO YOUR LIFESTYLE
  During October, staff at Wolverhampton branch
  were given the opportunity to check their health with
  the help of a team of people who visited from the
  Coronary Heart Disease Prevention Project.
  A unit...

• A GIFT FOR UNRAVELLING CROSSWORDS
  29

  A GIFT FOR UNRAVELLING CROSSWORDS
  Congratulations to Carol Bowling, secretary to
  Homebase regional manager, based at Reading
  Homebase, who won the October Journal Crossword
  Competition. Carol will receive £25 of JS...

• BUDGY SELLS A TICKET TO FLY
  29

  BUDGY SELLS A TICKET TO FLY
  Grenville Burgess, section manager, reception at
  Maidstone (otherwise known as Budgy) is pictured
  helping the store's fundraising efforts for the Kent
  Air Ambulance service.
  Raffle tickets were...

• SOME FOWKES ARE LUCKY!
  29

  SOME FOWKES ARE LUCKY!
  Vicki Fowkes, checkout assistant, Burpham,
  recently had a windfall that couldn't have come at a
  better time.
  Vicki won £10,000 in a Daily Mail Christmas
  Countdown competition. Vicki realised she had...

• THE GROWTH OF GLAMOROUS GRANNIES
  29

  THE GROWTH OF GLAMOROUS GRANNIES
  Proud grandmas seem to be popping up all over the
  company - and they are more glamorous than ever.
  At Winton branch, it seems there is something in
  the air, as four of their staff have now...

• A NEW REGIME IN SKIN CARE
  30

  A NEW REGIME IN SKIN CARE
  Regime is JS's new skin care programme, a simple but
  highly effective four-step system created for all skin types.
  Made in Switzerland, the range has been formulated
  and developed according to the...

• LIKE MOMMA USED TO MAKE
  30

  LIKE MOMMA USED TO MAKE
  There is a distinct American flavour in JS bakeries. The
  buyers have been over the pond to search out original and
  authentic tastes to bring to the UK for JS customers to
  enjoy.
  The new range consists...

• MORE DESIRABLE THAN FORBIDDEN FRUIT
  30

  MORE DESIRABLE THAN FORBIDDEN FRUIT
  What do you do for dessert at Christmas? You could stick
  with the traditional puddings and pies or you could go for
  something a little different. Deliciously different are these
  new Luxury...

• NOT JUST NUTS!
  31

  NOT JUST NUTS!
  These two new products launched by
  JS are not just any old nuts.
  American style Redskin Nuts, are
  peanuts roasted and salted in their skins
  to give a delicious flavour and texture.
  For something a little...

• SEASONAL CHEERS
  31

  SEASONAL CHEERS
  JS has launched three new drinks perfect for those
  cold winter nights and there is a new bottled beer
  which should be ideal for Christmas parties.
  JS Green Ginger Wine is an ideal accompaniment to
  spirits for...

• WORLD RICES WITH A FLAVOUR OF THE EXOTIC
  31

  WORLD RICES WITH A FLAVOUR
  OF THE EXOTIC
  JS has launched a new range of rices from various
  countries around the world.
  In decorative boxes, symbolising their country of origin,
  these new rices are designed for the utmost...

• IT'S PUZZLING!
  32

  IT'S PUZZLING!
  Each of these puzzles indicates something connected with Christmas. Can you work them out? 1991 NEWS QUIZ QUOTATIONS
  Who said...?
  1. 'Anyone who can sleep on
  British Rail is stone deaf
  a) Roy Hattersley (b) Roy...

• APPOINTMENTS
  34

  APPOINTMENTS
  RICHARD FAIRHURST, from senior
  deputy manager, St Clares, to
  store manager, Wallington. BRIAN
  FELL has been appointed senior
  store manager, York. DAVID
  FEARON, from store manager, York,
  to store manager,...

• LONG SERVICE
  34

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  40 years of service are:
  KENNETH PAWLEY, deputy
  manager, Sidney Street.
  Employees who have completed
  25 years of sen/ice are:
  DEREK ACLAND, deputy manager,
  Salisbury. MURIEL...

• OBITUARY
  34

  OBITUARY
  Length of service is shown in
  brackets:
  Jo BUTLER, checkout replenishment
  assistant, Tonbridge died on
  November 28 after a short illness,
  aged 60. (4 years). ROSEMARY
  DANSON, packer, Bournemouth,
  died on 30...

• RETIREMENTS
  34

  RETIREMENTS
  MIKE PAIRPOINT, Haverhill Meat
  Products (37 years). WALTER
  BISHOP, driver, Charlton depot
  (33 years). KEN GAVED, purchasing
  buyer, Homebase (33 years). Ronald Cox
  Fred Cowey
  BRIAN PARKER, Haverhill...

• WEDDINGS
  34

  WEDDINGS
  PETER LINDSEY, deputy store
  manager, Aylesbury and VANESSA
  VAUX, office clerk, High
  Wycombe were recently married,
  after a whirlwind romance during
  which their feet never touched the
  ground.
  They first met while...

• Apologies
  35

  Apologies to district manager, Charles Hart, and district
  manager, John Spence. A photograph of Charles Hart
  appeared In the opening story for Haywards Heath store;
  however, he was wrongly captioned as district manager,
  John...

• APPRAISAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN RE-APPRAISED
  35

  APPRAISAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN RE-APPRAISED
  A new approach to appraisal for all staff at Blackfriars, Streatham,
  area offices and depots has been launched this month.
  The new system, says personnel director, John Adshead
  aims to...

• JS TRAINS TEACHERS IN BUDGET CONTROL
  35

  JS TRAINS TEACHERS IN BUDGET CONTROL
  South Eastern area training is running a budgeting course for
  head teachers In January following a request from a local head
  teacher and his colleagues. The budgeting course will
  endeavour...

• ROAD RUNNER ZINA IS BEST OF BRITISH
  35

  ROAD RUNNER ZINA IS BEST OF BRITISH
  Nine years ago Zina Marchant, part-time supermarket
  assistant at Chippenham for eight years,
  agreed with her husband that if he would decorate
  the house then she would accompany him on one...

• PUDDING ON THE RITZ FOR CHRISTMAS
  36

  PUDDING ON THE RITZ FOR CHRISTMAS
  Design from 1930s paper bag. 1965 JS pudding label. The Christmas pudding as we know it has
  gone through a number of transformations
  to arrive in its present familiar form.
  Its earliest...