'JS Journal', April 1992

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• Congratulations
  02

  Congratulations to Alexandria
  Birch, fresh foods replenishment
  assistant at Newcastle
  branch, on being the winner of
  the SSA's quarterly £1,000
  draw. She is pictured, with
  colleagues, receiving her prize
  from Newcastle...

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  FRONTLINE
  HEADLINES
  WRITELINES
  SQUEEZING THE FOOD
  TRADE GAP
  OPENINGS:
  FIRST JS STORE
  IN SCOTLAND
  PRESTON
  TUNBRIDGE WELLS
  HOMEBASE
  SOMETHING FISHY
  COMPETITIONS
  BEHIND THE LINES
  NEW LINES
  LIFE...

• Frontline
  02

  As the Journal was on its way to the
  presses, a clutch of awards was bestowed
  upon the company. With very
  little space to devote to them we will list
  the awards and look at them in more
  detail in the next issue.
  JS press...

• THE MAKING OF MOTHER'S DAY
  02

  THE MAKING OF MOTHER'S DAY
  Sainsbury's helped to make Mother's
  Day on March 29 with the help of military
  precision planning by the buying and
  distribution operations who succeeded in
  supplying stores with the freshest...

• CITY APPLAUDS JS PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS
  03

  CITY APPLAUDS JS PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS
  JS has been declared the
  winner of a prestigious award
  for the best published accounts
  by a large company.
  A distinguished panel appointed
  by the co-sponsors of
  the awards, the...

• MINISTER MARKS MILESTONE IN JS FOOD HYGIENE TRAINING
  03

  MINISTER MARKS MILESTONE IN JS
  FOOD HYGIENE TRAINING
  On March 9 David MacLean, the Parliamentary Secretary
  for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, presented
  a certificate to the 35,000th Sainsbury employee...

• NEW SAINSBURY'S PEP IS LAUNCHED
  03

  NEW SAINSBURY'S PEP IS LAUNCHED
  People wanting to invest in Sainsbury's had a further
  opportunity in March with the launch of the company's
  Single Company Personal Equity Plan.
  The new PEP, managed by Bradford and...

• RELIEF FOR HODDESDON
  03

  RELIEF FOR HODDESDON
  The ribbon was cut on a new relief road at Hoddesdon on
  Marcli 2 by the Mayor of Broxbourne, Councillor Norman
  Ames. The first vehicle across the elevated route was a JS
  lorry, which is now able to reach...

• DURHAM REWARDED FOR EDUCATIONAL LINKS
  04

  DURHAM REWARDED FOR EDUCATIONAL LINKS
  Durham branch's support for links between business and
  young people in education has earned them a certificate
  from the Durham Business and Education Executive
  DBEE).
  The certificate...

• MONKEY BUSINESS HELPS SAVE LONDON ZOO
  04

  MONKEY BUSINESS HELPS SAVE LONDON ZOO
  The future of London Zoo, threatened by closure last year
  due to lack of funds, now looks a little brighter due, in
  part, to the fundraising efforts of Ladbroke Grove staff.
  The store...

• SOUTH EAST SOLVES HARD PLASTICS PROBLEM
  04

  SOUTH EAST SOLVES HARD PLASTICS PROBLEM
  The South East area has come up with a new initiative for
  recycling hard plastics. They have been recycling
  polythene successfully for some time now, and have been
  looking for news ways...

• APPOINTMENTS
  05

  APPOINTMENTS
  Office facilities
  RICHARD GARDINER has taken up
  the position of senior
  manager, office facilities,
  following John Lavender's
  retirement after 29 years'
  service. For the last year
  Richard Gardiner has...

• Correction
  05

  Correction
  The Journal's apologies go to
  Diane Carter, manager of Kettering,
  pictured above. She was
  wrongly named as Diane Oldfield,
  manager of Fulham in the
  Branch Managers Conference
  report in the March Journal.

• LEAFLET WILL PROMOTE NEW PRODUCTS
  05

  LEAFLET WILL PROMOTE NEW PRODUCTS
  JS has launched a leaflet which introduces customers to the latest new
  products.
  The leaflet features over 100 of the latest products to be
  found instore, and also contains 24 money-off...

• MERTON MAKES THE ELECTRICITY CONNECTION
  05

  MERTON MAKES THE ELECTRICITY CONNECTION
  A London Electricity Customer Service Centre has opened
  at Merton Savacentre. This is the first Customer Service
  Centre that London Electricity has opened as a concession
  within a large...

• NEW GRADE STRUCTURE FOR MANAGEMENT
  05

  NEW GRADE STRUCTURE FOR MANAGEMENT
  A new grade structure has been introduced for all store
  based management positions in the company as part of the
  1992 salary review.
  The revised eight grade system represents a...

• Writelines
  06

  ALL CHANGE
  Robert Robinson,
  warehouseman, Thorley
  When we eventually receive
  our new uniforms are two
  sets to be issued? This
  would make it easier to
  wash one set while the
  other is in use.
  Also, what is to happen
  to the...

• CLOSING THE GAP
  08

  Tom Vyner speaks to British farmers at the National Farmers
  Union's Annual General Meeting.
  The company submitted both oral and written evidence to the
  House of Commons Select Committee on Agriculture, which held
  an inquiry...

• Branch opening—Darnley
  10

  DARNLEY
  JS opened its first Scottisli supermarl on March 3 to overwhelming enthusiasnn. As The Scotsman Business newspaper
  said: '...the belated arrival will be welcomed as much by...

• Branch opening—Preston
  12

  PRESTON
  The new supermarket in Deepdale Road, Preston, which has repiaced the
  smaller store in Carlisle Street, is surrounded by history; that history tal form of replica railings around the site. The old wrought iron...

• Saindbury's in the community
  13

  Saindbury's in the community
  jf'-^
  The Journal often carries stories about Sainsbury's
  involvement with the communitites in which it trades
  including charitable donations, links with schools and
  sponsoring arts events or...

• Homebase opening—Tunbridge Wells
  21

  TUNBRIDGE WELLS
  Now there is even more reason to stop off at the Old West station at Tunbridge
  Wells. A Homebase house and garden centre has joined the JS store which
  stands next to the converted railway station.
  Opening date:...

• Ever tried a yellow spotted grunt?
  22

  Ever tried a yellow spotted grunt?
  'Fancy some fish?' is Andrea's invitation to the Journal. 'OK' we
  reply - after all. if we're going to spend all this time talking about it
  we might as well sample the subject of our...

• A competition for the greenest kids on the block
  24

  A competition for the greenest kids on the block
  Following the success of last year's Young Environmentalist of
  the Year Connpetition, we are again giving the children in
  Sainsbury's employees' families the opportunity to win...

• BONNIE BABY PHOTO COMPETITION
  25

  BONNIE BABY PHOTO COMPETITION
  Baby, you should be in pictures.
  We at the JS Journal know from the response to our
  annual photographic competition how many of you have
  pictures of your tiny tots that you want the world to...

• POSTER COMPETITION RESULTS
  25

  POSTER COMPETITION RESULTS
  A detail from Venus and Mars by Botticelli.
  Our competition in December's Journal, giving you an
  opportunity to win some fantastic poster prints related
  to tine opening of tine Sainsbury Wing of the...

• ANN OF THE FLASHING NEEDLES
  26

  ANN OF THE FLASHING NEEDLES
  Knit a few thousand, pearl a few thousand is what
  Ann Prior, cash office clerk, Lewes Road, did during
  her eight hour sponsored knit. Ann presented the five
  blankets and the £302 she made to the...

• AREA OFFICE HELPS TEACHERS TO KEEP CONTROL
  26

  AREA OFFICE HELPS TEACHERS TO KEEP CONTROL
  South East area services department, headed by
  David Dahms, area services manager, and Philip
  Chan, area accountant, held a one day financial training
  and budgetary control course for...

• CHEERFUL CHECKOUT WINNERS
  26

  CHEERFUL CHECKOUT WINNERS
  The checkout assistants of Thornhill have won the
  Checkout Super Sellers award run by their local paper
  for being the most cheerful assistants around, as
  voted by the readers.
  Jenny Legge, a customer...

• KITTY IS QUEEN FOR A DAY
  26

  KITTY IS QUEEN FOR A DAY
  When Kitty Hutton, section manager, staff restaur
  rant, took early retirement, her colleagues at Altrincham
  branch arranged to make her Queen for a day.
  They hired a Vintage Rolls Royce to pick her...

• BARRY IS BEST BREAD STUDENT
  27

  BARRY IS BEST BREAD STUDENT
  Barry Vernau, baker at North Finchley, has won
  Hendon Bakery College's annual award for the student
  who has attained the most consistently high standards
  in bread making. Barry, who has now...

• BURPHAM LEADS THE WAY THROUGH TEAMWORK
  27

  BURPHAM LEADS THE WAY THROUGH TEAMWORK
  Staff at Burpham swapped their uniforms for shorts
  and boots to take part in a charity five-a-side football
  tournament which was organised by Colgate
  Palmolive in Guildford, for local...

• DISTRICT GOES BATTY FOR A LITTLE GIRL
  27

  DISTRICT GOES BATTY FOR A LITTLE GIRL
  Staff from Keith Millen's district have made life easier
  for a local disabled child. A district cricket match
  held last year raised £1,000 which has now been presented
  to Hayley Scott and...

• HAVING A FLIPPING GOOD TIME
  27

  HAVING A FLIPPING GOOD TIME
  Staff from Kettering branch took part in the potty pancake flipping
  races along a street in Kettering on Shrove Tuesday. Staff
  from the local Tesco, Boots and other shops all took a battering
  as JS...

• FAME FOR THE FIVE GENERATIONS
  28

  FAME FOR THE FIVE GENERATIONS
  When Linda J a r r e t t ' s grandson, Samson, was bom
  he was lucky enough to have four older generations to
  coo over his cot. Celebrating his birth were: great
  great gran, Florence; great gran,...

• January crossword
  28

  The response to the January
  crossword was overwhelming but,
  unfortunately, only one person
  can be the lucky winner, and that
  is Cynthia CoUey, checkout/
  replenishment, Telford, who
  wins £25 worth of JS vouchers.
  The...

• OUTDOOR TRAINING FOR STORE MANAGEMENT
  28

  OUTDOOR TRAINING FOR STORE MANAGEMENT
  A new course for branch managers and senior deputy
  managers was trialled in February at Middle Aston
  Hall in Oxfordshire.
  After briefing sessions, the 18 people were sent
  into the great...

• ST DAVID'S DAY DAFFS
  28

  ST DAVID'S DAY DAFFS
  As attention focused on Scotland
  for the new store opening at
  Darnley, staff in the five Welsh
  branches of the Central and Western
  area focused their attention on St David's Day.
  The five branches -...

• A DUET FOR CHEESE LOVERS
  29

  A DUET FOR CHEESE LOVERS
  New Cottage Cheese Duets have been launched following the success of
  JS Duet yogurts.
  The product is available in three varieties: Cheddar and Onion with a
  serving of sweet pickle; Smoked Bacon with a...

• A MEETING OF TWO WORLDS
  29

  A MEETING OF TWO WORLDS
  JS has introduced Winemaker's Choice to its shelves - two
  new unique wines. JS Vino Da Tavola, Rosso and Bianco
  are two Italian table wines made in the Australian style.
  The wine is made from the grapes...

• PERFECTION IN PASTRY
  29

  PERFECTION IN PASTRY
  JS has launched a new variety to add to the already
  successful range of JS savoury slices, currently offering
  minced beef and onion, and chunky vegetables in cheese
  sauce.
  The new slice is filled with...

• TODDLERS TALES
  29

  TODDLERS TALES
  The new JS toddler books series is aimed at
  very young children who are just beginning to
  move away from board books and are ready
  to start on picture books with simple stories.
  They provide entertaining tales,...

• Driving Ambition
  30

  Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Jan
  Ivan Powell. Could this be the grid line up at
  the British Grand Prix in a few years' time? If Jan, parttime
  supermarket assistant at the new Lincoln store, is
  successful in his...

• STAGE PASS OFFERS
  30

  STAGE PASS OFFERS
  It's never too late to apply for your Stage Pass! To get up to 50 per
  cent off seats for shows and concerts nationwide call Alison Mahon
  (arts sponsorship assistant, public relations, Blackfriars) on 071...

• APPOINTMENTS
  31

  APPOINTMENTS
  PAUL ABBOTT, from store manager,
  Blackpole, to store manager,
  Redditch. VINCENT BALZAN, from
  store manager, Kilburn, to secondment
  at Blackfriars as deputy
  manager, retail specialists. LES
  BuNDY, from store...

• LONG SERVICE
  31

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  40 years of service are:
  IVY BUSHELL, office manager,
  Camberley. EDWARD DRUCE,
  reception manager, Reading.
  BRIAN JOHNSON, provisions manager,
  Winton. ROBERT YABSLEY,
  meat manager....

• OBITUARY
  31

  OBITUARY
  JOHN CROSS, uniformed security
  guard, Kempshott, died suddenly
  on January 14, aged 64 (4 years).
  MARIA MULLETT, checkout/
  replenishment, Kings Heath,
  died March 7 after a short illness,
  aged 49 (10 years).
  PAUL...

• RETIREMENTS
  31

  RETIREMENTS
  RONALD MILLER, reception manager,
  Tonbridge (38 years). KEN
  HAYWOOD, branch manager,
  Boscombe (37 years). JOHN DAY,
  meat manager, Debden (35
  years). CLARE GREEN, checkout/ replenishment, Crawley (34
  years)....

• ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
  32

  ARCHIVES
  ALL IN A DAY'S WORK Tim Day has retired
  after an incredible
  49 years' service.
  This month's archives
  is devoted to his story:
  Tim Day on the roof of
  Rennie House, with the other
  head office buildings in view.
  The...