'JS Journal', July 1992

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• Contents Page
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  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  CHAIRMAN'S GREAT DAY
  A CHILLING VIDEO
  WOMEN AT WORK
  WRITELINES
  BRANCH OPENINGS:
  WINTERSTOKE ROAD
  HOVE HOMEBASE
  WATCHMOOR PARK
  ANNUAL GENERAL
  MEETING
  AREA FUN DAYS
  PHOTOGRAPHIC
  COMPETITIONS
  MORE...

• Frontline
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  This is a competitive month for the
  Journal readers. This issue contains the
  results of one major competition and
  launches a further two. Turn to page 19
  if you're a sucker for bonnie babies. We
  have 11 little cuties (in...

• FOUR GRADUATE IN SECOND YEAR OF MANAGEMENT MBA
  03

  FOUR GRADUATE IN SECOND YEAR OF MANAGEMENT MBA
  Four Sainsbury's employees have graduated in this year's
  Management MBA programme - twice that of 1991. Dick
  Hibbard, Peter Sirman and brothers Dilip and Bharat Popat
  represent...

• JS HAS THE KEYS TO CALEDONIA HOUSE
  03

  JS HAS THE KEYS TO CALEDONIA HOUSE
  The new Northern area office was handed over to JS by
  the developers on July 1. The newly built two-floor building
  in the Lawnswood area in the north of Leeds will house
  the 130 staff who...

• NEW IMAGE FOR ANALYSTS' FRIEND
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  NEW IMAGE FOR ANALYSTS' FRIEND
  Two members of the retail service desk have earned
  themselves a total of £90 by designing a new image for
  their latest computer system.
  Steve Moysey, service desk senior analyst, came up
  with...

• RETIREMENT
  04

  RETIREMENT
  LORD PRIOR, non-executive
  director of Sainsbury's since
  1985, retired at the Annual
  General Meeting held on July
  1 in London.
  (Chairman pays tribute pg 14).

• SCHOOLS LEAD THE GOOD LIFE
  04

  SCHOOLS LEAD THE GOOD LIFE
  For the second year, JS has given schools the opportunity
  to get invoived in a project to help their local community.
  The Good Life Competition, launched last year for Year
  Nine (13/14 year olds) at...

• A DAY OF ROYALTY AND REGALIA FOR THE CHAIRMAN
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  A DAY OF ROYALTY AND REGALIA FOR THE CHAIRMAN
  The Chairman, Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, has been installed as a
  Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
  The investiture ceremony took place at Windsor...

• The Case of The Big Chill
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  In a barn just outside Watford, Dolly the cowr munches patiently on a
  bale off hay as her ffellow actors ffllm
  a scene for JS's sequel t o its highly
  acclaimed ffood safety video. The
  Case off t h e Hidden Bnemles. The latest...

• BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT FOR COMPANY WOMAN
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  BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT FOR COMPANY WOMAN
  Jackie Cuthhert is just
  brilliant, according to
  Company magazine.
  Jackie, who is personnel
  policy planning officer at
  Blackfriars, was a finalist
  in the magazine's 'Awards
  for...

• Opportunity 2000 breaks down the barriers
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  Opportunity 2000 breaks down the barriers
  A recently convened Opportunity 2000
  Co-ordinating Group is now working to assist
  women's progress in the company following
  Sainsbury's founding role in the Business in the
  Community...

• Writelines
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  DOUBLE SIZE DUTCH
  Heten Vincent, checkout
  assistant, Winton
  Following the article on the
  back cover of the May issue
  of the Journal on the
  shopping trolley, I thought
  I would send you this photo
  of my father, who is 6ft...

• Branch opening—Winterstoke Road
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  WINTERSTOKE ROAD
  Bristol's newest Sainsbury's has opened in the south west of the city, it occupies a ten
  acre site by the A4 and replaces the Bedminster store.
  Sainsbury's has been trading in Bristol for over 30 years; its...

• Homebase opening—Hove
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  HOVE
  London
  I
  Hove,
  Opening date: June 19,1992
  Address: Old Shoreham Road,
  Hove, Sussex
  Opened by: Homebase Chairman,
  Dino Adriano
  Manager: David Ward
  Staff: 46 (44 new jobs)
  Sales area: 29,395 sq ft
  Oar park: 190...

• Branch opening—Watchmoor Park
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  WATCHMOOR PARK
  For customers who want to stock up on their groceries and get bacl< to nature at the
  same time, Camberiey's new Sainsbury's is the ideai piace. The company is creating
  a 13 acre nature area next to the...

• Question time
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  Question time
  Chairman, Lord Sainsbury.
  It was Lord Sainsbury's last Annual General
  Meeting as Chairman, and a record number of
  people - over 650 - turned out on July 1
  to attend the historic event.
  The Chairman asked the...

• Central and Western show the way to a perfect day
  16

  Central and Western show the way to a perfect day
  There was plenty of clowning around inside and
  outside the 'arena' at Stol where Central and Western area's Family Day was
  taking place on Sunday June 21....

• Eastern area goes bonkers at Bank Holiday
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  Eastern area goes bonkers at Bank Holiday
  'Looney Lympics', a donkey derby, balloon racing
  and a weekend of sunshine, made the Eastern area's
  fun weekend at Kessingland a roaring success.
  Over 1,500 staff with their families,...

• JS Journal Photographic Competition
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  The top prizes in the JS Journal Photographic Competition have
  always been worth winning - £100 is not to be sneezed at - but this
  year the non-winners will be more pleased than ever that they sent in
  their photos. On offer to...

• Baby, you're the best
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  Baby, you're the best
  'I'm looking for the greatest "pick up factor",' said
  Sylvia O'Connell as she sat down to wade through
  the piles of baby pictures in the Journal office.
  Sylvia, art editor of Practical Parenting magazine,...

• Romanian Children will have brighter smiles
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  Romanian Children will have brighter smiles
  Eight months ago, Fiona Paton joined JS as a trainee
  manager at Haywards Heath, leaving behind her
  previous career as a dental hygienist. But her dental
  past has since been drawn...

• AND SO TO BED!
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  AND SO TO BED!
  Staff at the Central and Western area office took
  part in a sponsored bed push race around Uxbridge.
  Thirty local firms competed in the race and,
  although the area office did not win, they made a
  grand job of...

• GODALMING GETS OFF TO A SOCIABLE START
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  GODALMING GETS OFF TO A SOCIABLE START
  On May 31, staff at Godalming had their first social
  evening since the branch opened in March.
  A barbecue was held on the banks of the River Wey
  just in front of the store and the evening...

• RECORD BREAKER MATTHEW IS WALKING TALL
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  RECORD BREAKER MATTHEW IS WALKING TALL It came as no surprise to Matthew Langmaid, fresh
  food replenishment assistant, Colchester Avenue,
  when he was asked to stack the top shelves in the
  store, as he is 7fk 1V2 inches...

• PENNY BACK MAKES A STAND
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  PENNY BACK MAKES A STAND
  The generosity of customers at Forest Hill was outstanding
  as nearly £1,500 was raised through the
  'Penny Back Scheme'. The money was used to buy
  equipment for two local children.
  Carolyn has...

• POT BLACK
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  POT BLACK
  Since the beginning of the year, Lancaster-
  branch has been heavily involved in
  raising funds for the Royal Lancaster
  Infirmary Children's Ward Appeal. So far,
  the store has raised £5,000.
  Different events have...

• DAFFODILS MAKE PHAB FUNDRAISING
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  DAFFODILS MAKE PHAB FUNDRAISING
  When Thornhill branch was looking for a Welsh
  celebrity to present the proceeds of their fundraising
  events, they found the perfect answer in Ruth Madoc
  (alias Gladys fi"om Hi-De-Hi).
  Ruth...

• MILES OF SMILES
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  MILES OF SMILES
  John Spence's district has brought smiles to the
  faces of the pupils at the Jeanne Saunders Assessment
  Centre in Hove, with the presentation of a Sunshine
  Coach.
  Eleven branches in the district raised £13,000...

• STUDENTS' CHARITY GETS LIFT FROM JS
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  STUDENTS' CHARITY GETS LIFT FROM JS
  When Michael Fisher and Dan Slater decided to hitchhike
  from Birmingham University to Amsterdam in
  the hopes of raising £100 for various charities, they
  thought they would try to make life...

• May she run and run
  24

  Heather Heasman has an unUkely ambition - she wants
  to have something in common with the new Bybrook store
  due to open in September. As future personnel manager
  of the Kent store, she will be hoping that the branch will
  run...

• Silver star of judo
  24

  Silver star of judo
  I he 'Budokwai' Club may sound like a night club on a
  beautiful tropical island, but in fact it is a judo club
  where Helen Davison, training officer, retail
  systems training, Blackfriars, trains for the...

• Are the new posters safe in your hands?
  25

  Are the new posters safe in your hands?
  Have your paint pallets at the ready, the JS Journal
  is about to launch another competition.
  This time we want you to design a safety poster to be displayed in JS and
  Savacentre stores,...

• APPOINTMENTS
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  APPOINTMENTS
  IAN BALLANTYNE, from store manager.
  East Ham, to store manager,
  Barkingside. LEN OXLEY, from
  store manager, Kingsland Road,
  to store manager. New Barnet.
  TONY REDGRAVE, from deputy
  manager services, Harringay,...

• LONG SERVICE
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  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  25 years' of service are:
  DENNIS BARNETT, perishable
  warehouse assistant, Basingstoke
  depot. GILLIAN BIGG, reductions
  controller, Luton. ROBERT
  BuLL.driver, Buntingford...

• RETIREMENTS
  26

  Terry and Joyce Delves at Terry's retirement party. RETIREMENTS
  Length of service is shown in
  brackets:
  REG CURTIS, manager,
  Colchester (38 years). LES
  PHILLIPS, meat manager,
  Winchester (38 years). GEORGE
  TREGGIDEN, meat...

• WEDDINGS
  26

  Bill and Heather with Bill's second love - his motorbike. WEDDINGS
  On May 4, the wedding of
  HEATHER KENCHINGTON, technical
  manager, bal and BILL HAILSTONE, buyer,
  Homebase HO, took place...

• FANCIFUL FRAGRANCES
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  FANCIFUL FRAGRANCES
  A unique air freshener has been introduced by JS, in the form
  of fragranced shells.
  The natural shell container is filled with one of two fine
  fragrances, the floral Azure, or marine Jade, to freshen...

• FAT SANDWICHES ARE SLIMMING!
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  FAT SANDWICHES ARE SLIMMING!
  For customers who are watching their weight,
  JS has launched a new Low Calorie range of
  sandwiches with eight different varieties.
  The three newest additions are Cottage
  Cheese and Florida Salad,...

• LONG LIFE CONVENIENCE
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  LONG LIFE CONVENIENCE
  Three new ambient ready meals are to be added to the
  already extensive range available in JS.
  Lancashire Hot Pot, Chicken Casserole and Sausage
  Casserole come in microwaveable trays in a carton made
  from...

• WINES A WORLD APART
  27

  WINES A WORLD APART
  Wine has been in the news with the
  finals of the Wine Taster of the Year
  Competition and the wine department
  has introduced some newsworthy
  wines.
  Chardonnay - Chenin Blanc,
  Gisborne 1991 (£3.75), is a...

• LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
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  ARCHIVES
  The plans for Oxted (above).
  Left: a typical counter shop of the 1930s.
  CHOICES'
  OUAL;
  ;I0ME
  il
  Opening day for Oxted, 1937. Mr Rawson senior,
  branch manager, is seated centre.
  LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
  Closing day...