'JS Journal', April 1991

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• A GRAND WINNER
  02

  A GRAND WINNER
  Winner of the £1,000
  SSA quarterly lucky
  draw, drawn on March
  1, is Rita Layzell,
  chargehand cook at
  Hoddesdon deppt.

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES 3-5
  BRANCH OPENINGS:
  CANNOCK 6
  HEATON PARK 7
  LETCHWORTH 8
  WRITELINES 9
  JS LINKS WITH SCHOOLS 10/11
  OPERATION FOODSAFE
  VIDEO 12/13
  COMPETITION FOR YOUNG
  ENVIRONMENTALISTS 14/15
  HOME ECONOMISTS...

• Frontline
  02

  'Spring is sprung, the grass is riz . . .'
  Well, we will take your word for that as the view from
  the top of Drury House at Blackfriars doesn't run to
  grass.
  However, there is a window box, belonging to an
  apartment on the...

• JOURNAL AWARD
  02

  JOURNAL AWARD
  The JS Journal has recieved an award from the British
  Association of industrial Editors for its presentation of
  the financial results for 1989/90 which appeared in
  the May issue.

• CERTIFIED SUCCESS FOR BRETTON SIX
  03

  CERTIFIED SUCCESS FOR BRETTON SIX
  Bretton has six graduates from the food handlers training
  course run by Peterborough City's environmental
  health department as part of their cleaner food campaign.
  The successful six who...

• EDMONTON ARE NEW HEARTBEAT HOLDERS
  03

  EDMONTON ARE NEW HEARTBEAT HOLDERS
  The high catering standards
  and smoking policy
  in the staff restaurant has
  won Edmonton a
  Heartbeat Award from
  Enfield's environmental
  health department.
  Pictured at the...

• HIGHER PAY RATES ANNOUNCED
  03

  HIGHER PAY RATES ANNOUNCED
  At the start of the new financial year the company
  announced substantial wage increases for supermarket
  staff.
  A new 'higher rate' gives many thousands of staff the
  opportunity to add up to 2.5 per...

• WAKE UP CALL FROM MINISTER
  03

  WAKE UP CALL FROM MINISTER
  Michael Heseltine, Secretary of State for the
  Environment, gave a rousing call to customers at Nine
  Elms on the morning of March 4. He was visiting the
  store in London to launch his department's new...

• HANDSHAKE FOR A HERO
  04

  HANDSHAKE FOR A HERO
  The High Sheriff of Essex has commended Queens
  Road produce manager, Ray King, for his bravery in
  apprehending a man who had escaped from magistrates
  court by jumping out of the dock.
  Ray's citation...

• HODDESDON DEPOT PRODUCES RECORD
  04

  HODDESDON DEPOT PRODUCES RECORD
  The new produce warehouse at Hoddesdon depot has
  successfully completed its first five operational months,
  during which time it set a record by delivering 319,000
  cases of produce in one...

• NEW GIFT BOX MAKES LEARNING FUN
  04

  NEW GIFT BOX MAKES LEARNING FUN
  The Cross-Curricular Gift
  Box was launched in
  February to reinforce the
  partnership between
  branches and their 'links
  schools'.
  The box contains three
  activities intended to help,
  in an...

• HOMEBASE CELEBRATES TEN YEARS
  05

  HOMEBASE CELEBRATES TEN YEARS
  Homebase celebrated its tenth birthday in March by
  handing out daffodils to its customers on the 21st - the
  first day of spring.
  Andrew Molle, head of marketing at Homebase,
  says: 'We wanted to...

• HOMEBASE CLOSES PLYMOUTH STORE
  05

  HOMEBASE CLOSES PLYMOUTH STORE
  Plymouth Homebase ceases trading after April 20 following
  the company's acceptance of an offer from Toys
  'R' Us for the leasehold on the store.
  The store's trading performance suffered from...

• NEW CARD TO HELP SPENDERS SAVE
  05

  NEW CARD TO HELP SPENDERS SAVE
  Homebase customers can now apply for a Spend &
  Save Card which will automatically tot up the value of
  their purchases over a 12 month period when it is handed
  to a checkout operator for 'swiping'...

• SALE AND LEASEBACK DEAL RAISES £315 MILLION
  05

  SALE AND LEASEBACK DEAL RAISES £315 MILLION
  British Land Company pic has bought 15 JS supermarkets,
  with a gross sales area of 425,676 sq ft, in a sale
  and leaseback deal worth £135 million.
  The transaction is part of JS's...

• SENIOR APPOINTMENTS
  05

  SENIOR APPOINTMENTS
  District managers/branch
  operations:
  Nine Elms senior store
  manager, PETER KING, has been
  appointed district manager for
  the temporary sixth district on
  the Northern area. In 1992 this
  district will...

• Branch opening—Cannock
  06

  CANNOCK
  Cannock store is a pioneer of the Orbital Centre on the edge of town. For now, it stands alone on
  reclaimed land but an extensive retailing park is planned around it. Despite its rather isolated
  setting and a freezing...

• Branch opening—Heaton Park
  07

  HEATON PARK
  The new 'store on the park' in North Manchester joins the Homebase which
  opened on the site in December. In addition to 13,500 product lines on offer
  there is a Foto Processing concession and a Sketchley dry...

• Branch opening—Letchworth
  08

  LETCHWORTH
  With Easter just around the corner when the new store in Letchworth opened,
  there were many seasonal lines on offer among the stores 14,200 products
  which were likely to be of special interest to chocaholics.
  Left...

• Writelines
  09

  HEALTHY INTEREST
  Bob Murray, JCC rep and
  health and safety rep,
  corporate data control,
  Blackfriars.
  I read with interest the
  recent interview with Peter
  O'Malley and note his laudable
  ambitions. In particular
  I applaud...

• Linking up with the learning generation
  10

  Linking up with the learning generation
  'Making good progress - keep up the hard work' might
  be a fair teacher's report for JS's first few terms of
  school-work since the launch of the Link School
  Scheme last year.
  The scheme...

• A FOODSAFE STAR IS BORN
  12

  OPERATION FOOD SAFE
  Training food liandiers
  to meet the demands
  made by new food
  safety legislation is
  just one part of the
  company's Operation
  Foodsafe programme;
  a part for which the
  services of a private
  investigator,...

• Does your child deserve an Otter Oscar?
  14

  Does your child deserve an Otter Oscar?
  Children ofJS employees are invited to take part
  in a nationwide competition to find the
  Young Environmentalist of the Year.
  There are great prizes on offer for all young people
  from...

• HOME ECONOMISTS SAY Hi De Hi
  16

  JS has a team of 17 home economists who, although
  they report to consumer marketing manager, Wendy
  Godfrey, at Blackfriars, work very much from home.
  They travel around their areas giving talks to any
  groups who invite them....

• To Mother with Love
  17

  TVacey Mitlsom, systems
  clerk, Haringay, getting the
  pick of the bunch for mum.
  Mother's Day '91 saw the biggest ever
  turnover of blooms and pot plants as JS
  customers said it with flowers.
  It took nearly one and a half...

• Community Service Award Winners
  18

  When we announced the 33
  winners of the 1990 Sainsbury
  Community Service Awards in the
  December Journal, we promised
  that you would meet one or two
  of them in a future issue.
  True to our word, here are
  some of the 33 who...

• CELEBRATING THE 1910 VINTAGE
  19

  CELEBRATING THE 1910 VINTAGE
  Congratulations to Frank McCudden, fresh food
  replenishment, Ladbroke Grove. Frank celebrated
  his 81st birthday with a party at the branch. Could he
  be the oldest member of staff in the company?...

• DASHED GOOD FUNDRAISING IDEA
  19

  DASHED GOOD FUNDRAISING IDEA
  Over £16,000 was raised by trolley dashes throughout
  Don Hay ward's district in the Northern area. From
  the total, £8,099 was presented to MENCAP, and the
  remainder is to be sent to Age...

• LOVE BLOOMS AT HAYWARDS HEATH
  19

  LOVE BLOOMS AT HAYWARDS HEATH
  Appealing to the hearts of customers on Valentines
  Day, staff at Haywards Heath gave out carnations
  and balloons for donations and raised £155 for Age
  Concern. Staff outside Haywards
  Heath with...

• ST DAVID'S DAFFS
  19

  ST DAVID'S DAFFS
  St David's Day saw the five JS stores in Wales raise
  £3,839 for various charities by selling bunches of daffodils
  in store. Staff from Colchester Avenue,
  Cwmbran, Thornhill, Swansea and Newport,
  donned...

• WEIGHTY GIFT
  19

  WEIGHTY GIFT
  Presenting a Variety Club coach to severely handicapped
  children at Lexden Spring School, was the
  happy task of Alan Bonner, Eastern area district
  manager. Two of the £10,000 needed for the coach was
  raised by...

• WHAT A RELIEF
  20

  Red nose day has established itself as a red letter day on everybody's
  calendar following the success of Comic Relief in recent years.
  This year at JS, it is hoped that the concerted effort by staff will total
  £50,000 for the...

• LONG SERVICE
  22

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 25 years service are:
  ENID BROWN, checkout-replenishment,
  East Ham. RAYMOND
  CHARLES, non perishable warehouseman,
  Buntingford depot.
  MICHAEL CHRISTMAS, grocery
  manager, Victoria....

• OBITUARY
  22

  OBITUARY
  Length of service is shown in
  brackets
  JILL BOWN, BPM, Poole, died on
  February 11, after a long illness
  aged 59 (17 years). JOHN
  DEMPSEY, section manager,
  Edgware, died suddenly on
  January 27, aged 27 (1...

• RETIREMENTS
  22

  RETIREMENTS
  Length of service is shown in
  brackets
  DONALD COCKERTON, meat
  training specialist, Wallington,
  (38 years). EDDIE KING, principal
  analyst programmer, Blackfriars
  (38 years). DONALD POCKNELL,
  quality inspector,...

• FLAMING DELICIOUS
  23

  FLAMING DELICIOUS
  Fondues, Flambe's & Barbecues' the new addition to
  the JS range of cookery books, provides quick, exciting
  ideas for summer evenings or special meals.
  Available in selected stores priced £2.95.

• FRUITS FROM FAR AWAY
  23

  FRUITS FROM FAR AWAY
  Beware of wanderlust when you try JS exotic canned
  fruits - sliced mango, kiwi fruit or rambutans in syrup.
  They are the first varieties in a new exotic fruit range,
  available in selected stores.
  Kiwi...

• SWEETER THAN HONEY
  23

  SWEETER THAN HONEY
  JS citrus honey is a delicate blend of set honey with
  orange, lemon or lime oils added. For use as a spread,
  topping or in cakes.
  Available in selected stores priced 75p.

• VINTAGE COLLECTION
  23

  VINTAGE COLLECTION
  Wine buffs will be happy to learn of four new additions
  to the JS Vintage Wine selection. The first is Bourgogne,
  Hautes-Cotes de Beaunne 1988, a full bodied Burgundy,
  priced £6.25; and there are three new...

• AND ALL THINGS NICE . . .
  24

  Hiding at the back of many a store cupboard is
  a collection of small bottles and tubs of exotic spices,
  purchased for that special recipe, then forgotten.
  Two recent examples sent to the archives, however,
  date back well...