'JS Journal', March 1991

Table of content

• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  NEW SAMPLING ROOMS
  WRITELINES
  OPENINGS:
  CHADDESDEN
  WINCHMORE HILL
  SENIOR MANAGERS
  CONFERENCE
  SAVACENTRE MENSWEAR
  BEHIND THE LINES
  PEOPLE
  NEW LINES
  ARCHIVES
  3-6
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  8/9
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• Frontline
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  In these less than happy times perhaps a little light
  relief is more important than ever, and Comic Relief is
  just that. It also offers the chance to help others both
  far and near. The company has started the ball rolling.
  In...

• AWARDING THE ART OF EDUCATION
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  AWARDING THE ART OF EDUCATION
  JS is to offer £250,000 prize
  money in a new set of
  awards to reward educational
  activities in the arts.
  The awards were
  launched by the chairman,
  Lord Sainsbury, in the pres-
  ence of...

• FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY
  03

  FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY
  New childcare initiatives are being introduced at JS. The
  career bridge scheme is being improved and extended,
  and five branches are trialling term-time contracts for
  staff.
  The career bridge scheme has...

• DISTRIBUTION MAKES QUALITY CONNECTION WITH CONTRACTORS
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  DISTRIBUTION MAKES QUALITY CONNECTION WITH CONTRACTORS
  A distribution workshpp, held on January 22 at the
  Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre in Westminster,
  brought together managers from both JS depots and
  contractor...

• HOMEBASE CLOSES TWO STORES
  04

  HOMEBASE CLOSES TWO STORES
  Homebase closed its stores at Great Yarmouth and
  Blackpool at the end of trade on February 9.
  A statement by Homebase explained: 'This decision
  is based upon continued poor levels of trade at...

• TRAINERS ARE CERTIFIED!
  04

  TRAINERS ARE CERTIFIED!
  The first training staff to graduate from tiie Institute of
  Training and Development (ITD) accredited professional
  development programme, set up by JS in conjunction
  with a training consultancy, were...

• GIFTS OF YOUTH
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  GIFTS OF YOUTH
  The JS Good Neighbour Scheme will this year make
  gifts totalling £100,000 to youth projects.
  The scheme, now in its ninth year, aims to help local
  self-help groups who often find it difficult to raise...

• JS LOOKS TO THE FUTURECOOKS
  05

  JS LOOKS TO THE FUTURECOOKS
  The third annual competition to find Britain's best young
  cool< has been launched under the new title: Sainsbury's
  Futurecooks Competition 1991.
  The competition, which offers a first prize of a...

• MASTER STROKES
  05

  MASTER STROKES
  Bowthorpe's bakery can boast two of the best RTS
  bakers in the business following the prizegiving by the
  bakery school at Norwich City College.
  Scott Carmichael won the Wren Trophy for best overall
  bakery...

• SIR ROY IS A MAN OF LETTERS
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  SIR ROY IS A MAN OF LETTERS
  Sir Roy Griffiths, non-executive deputy chairman, was
  invited to the University of Kent recently to open the new
  Sir Roy Griffiths Library of Community Care.
  Sir Roy was honoured by the University...

• SYSTEMS MAN JOINS JS
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  SYSTEMS MAN JOINS JS
  Chris Montagnon has
  joined the company as
  departmental director,
  information systems. He
  will take over as head of
  DPD when Alan Jacobs
  retires in June.
  Chris Montagnon, 46,
  was finance director of...

• BAG A PRIZE
  06

  BAG A PRIZE
  Chancellor Norman Lament is pictured here calculating
  how many carriers he would need to return through the
  JS penny-back-on-the-bag scheme in order to raise
  enough cash for the treasury to be able to cut...

• CHEESE CHOICE MADE EASY
  06

  CHEESE CHOICE MADE EASY
  The Sainsbury's pre-packed cheese selection has been
  redesigned to help customers make their choice.
  Cheddar cheese is now colour coded: cream for
  mild; green for medium matured; blue for matured,...

• EILEEN LOVES HER WILD LIFE
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  EILEEN LOVES HER WILD LIFE
  North Cheam replenishment assistant Eileen Hart has
  won a Civic Pride Award from Sutton Borough for her
  wildlife garden.
  With features such as nesting boxes, under-fence
  hedgehog holes and a...

• A taste of things to come . . .
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  A taste of things to come . . .
  Left to right: marketing
  director, Robin Wiiitbread;
  ctiairman, Lord Sainsbury;
  personnel director, John
  Adshead; Wendy Godfrey,
  and trading director.
  Bob Cooper, taste cheeses
  in one of the...

• Writelines
  08

  DERBY HELPS TO
  MAKE IT WORK
  Rosemary Bellamy,
  deputy headteacher,
  Boothby Meadows School,
  Derbyshire.
  I am currently working
  with one of our older pupils
  in your Eagle Centre store
  in Derby, on work experience
  placements...

• Branch opening—Chaddesden
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  CHADDESDEN
  The first new store of 1991 is at Chaddesden in Derby. It tias everything the 90s
  customer has come to expect, plus the latest idea in checkouts.
  Ian Partridge (seated centre) and his management team.
  Deborah Purdey...

• Branch opening—Winchmore Hill
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  WINCHMORE HILL
  Unwelcoming as the winter weatfier was on opening morning
  at Winctimore Hill, it did not deter the people of North London from turning out in
  their hundreds to pack the more than 37,000 sq ft sales area of the...

• Senior management conference
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  Senior management conference
  Of the 221 delegates attending
  the senior management conference
  held in Brighton on January 26 and 27 there
  were 43 senior managers who had been appointed
  since the previous conference two years...

• Savacentre's model staff
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  Making a casual entrance is Jefferson Gomez, assistant
  operations accountant at Woi(ingliam, and Aiian James,
  desit security officer at London Coiney.
  Jefferson's Pieced Rugby Sliirt is priced at £18.99; Botfi
  Jogging pants...

• FARNHAM BRANCHES OUT
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  FARNHAM BRANCHES OUT
  Putting their best feet forward as a follow up to
  Operation Clean Up, Mark Giles, deputy manager,
  Farnham, and the mayor of Waverley, Councillor
  Brigadier Gordon Dennison, planted trees in a local
  area...

• LET THE BAND PLAY ON
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  LET THE BAND PLAY ON
  Eileen Roberts, part-time checkout assistant at
  Burpham, was delighted to receive from the company
  £250 for the Guildford Phoenix Youth Band. Eileen
  won the money for the band, with which she has...

• POOLE-ING THEIR FUNDS
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  POOLE-ING THEIR FUNDS
  When 19 year old Matt Anderson, a supermarket
  assistant at Poole, was paralysed in a road accident
  during a working holiday in Canada, staff at the
  branch set to work and raised £627. The money...

• CAR BOOT RAFFLE
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  CAR BOOT RAFFLE
  No less than 75,000 raffle tickets were sold by David
  Ware's district in a car raffle which raised £37,500 for
  Mencap & Age Concern.
  Stephen Plowright, branch manager, Bamber
  Bridge, orgamised the event so he...

• FANCY FUNDRAISING
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  FANCY FUNDRAISING
  Purrfect was the verdict when staff from Bamber
  Bridge donned fancy dress. Cat Woman joined Count
  Dracula and friends and collected £489 in the foyer of
  the store, for Children in Need.
  Buckets at the...

• SOUTHGATE SWINGS SHUT
  17

  SOUTHGATE SWINGS SHUT
  Over 130 staff and friends of Southgate store gathered
  for a fond farewell when the doors closed for the
  last time, after 31 years of trading.
  The closing party was attended by staff past and
  present,...

• WE KNOW A MAN WHO DID
  17

  WE KNOW A MAN WHO DID
  Whilst doing a promotion for the AA in the foyer of
  Ilford store, Patrick Jacobs bought a raffle ticket in
  aid of Siinshine Coaches. He won first prize of a trolley
  dash and managed to grab £200 worth of...

• APOLOGIES
  18

  APOLOGIES
  Our apologies to JON DIXON who
  was runner up in the Journal's
  photo competition. We wrongly
  described him as manager,
  Catford Homebase. He is, in fact
  garden centre manager at the
  store.

• APPOINTMENTS
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  APPOINTMENTS
  MARHN BOWDEN from manager,
  Pinner, to manager, Kingsbury.
  PETER CARR, from manager,
  Newport, to manager,
  Cwmbran. DENNIS FAIVEY, from
  manager, Kingsbury, to manager,
  North Finchley. JOHN
  HUGHES, from...

• LONG SERVICE
  18

  LONG SERVICE
  (Employees who have
  completed 25 years service are:)
  MICHAEL BOOTH, manager,
  Plymouth. DAVID CORBIN, senior
  deputy manager, Salisbury.
  RoYSTON GARDNER, warehouse
  reception manager, Dorking.
  CLIVE GUNNS,...

• OBITUARY
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  OBITUARY
  DAVID ARNOLD, senior store
  services assistant, Farnborough,
  aged 52, died suddenly on
  February 7 (10 years). ANNE
  BRESUN, butcher, Kettering, aged
  58, died after a short illness on
  February 4 (21 years)....

• RETIREMENTS
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  RETIREMENTS
  MAURICE COLES, grocery replenishment,
  Chichester (37 years).
  BOB COULTER, meat manager,
  Rayleigh Weir (35 years).
  MICHAEL CHURCH, road transport
  supervisor, Buntingford depot
  (31 years). ROY PAGE,...

• WEDDING
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  WEDDING
  Congratulations to Stephen
  Trump and Arlene Crawford
  who were married at St Silas
  Church, Nunhead in January.
  Both work in the data processing
  department at Blackfrlars.
  Wonder if they met by computer
  dating?

• CHECK OUT THIS CHICKEN
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  CHECK OUT THIS CHICKEN
  Deliciously different Chicken Rosti au Gratin are breast
  fillets filled with smoked ham and Edam cheese, with a
  topping of potato, cheese and breadcrumbs. In portions
  of two, they are available in...

• DO THE HOKI COKEY
  19

  DO THE HOKI COKEY
  New Hoki Fillets from New Zealand will have fish lovers
  dancing in the street. A moist, white-fleshed fish, similar
  to cod, Hoki has a slightly sweet taste. The skinless fillets,
  lightly coated in...

• GOOD BIO TO POOR DIGESTION
  19

  GOOD BIO TO POOR DIGESTION
  Made from whole milk. Bio Yogurt is mild and creamy
  and contains two additional health promoting bacteria.
  These remain alive longer in the digestive system, and
  are thought to aid digestion and...

• LUXURY SCOOP
  19

  LUXURY SCOOP
  JS Luxury Blackcurrant Dairy Ice Cream is made with
  double cream and marbled with real fruit. Available in
  selected stores at £1.69.

• GAME FOR A CHANGE
  20

  When did you last have Manchurian Partridge
  for dinner? This deUghtful leaflet, sent to the archives
  by Peter Isaac, manager of Sittingbourne, would have
  been sent to account customers in 1914 and, just like
  modern product...