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  • Congratulations to Joan Hodgson 02

    Congratulations to Joan Hodgson, health and
    beauty assistant at Barkingside. She is the
    latest winner of the SSA £1,000 lucky draw.

  • Contents Page 02

    CONTENTS
    HEADLINES
    DISCOUNT FLIGHT
    PROMOTION
    GIVE AS YOU EARN
    UPDATE
    WRITELINES
    BRANCH OPENINGS:
    HAYES HOMEBASE
    AND SUPERMARKET
    BRIDGEND
    WORTHING
    GOOD NEIGHBOUR
    SCHEME
    GREEN SCENE
    THE RISE OF THE APPLE
    FAMILY FUN...

  • Farnborough wins clean food hatrick 02

    Farnborough wins clean food hatrick
    With Famborough's
    three well-earned
    certificates, are
    (I to r) Ian Marlow,
    food safety officer; Pat
    Gaines, restaurant
    section manager; Don
    Hawkins, branch
    manager; Morag
    Hutchison,...

  • Five pounds go to Daniel Bamping 02

    Five pounds go to Daniel Bamping
    meat replenishment
    assistant at Bolton,
    for his interpretation
    of HA! HA! Well it
    certainly made us
    laugh. Keep those
    photographs rolling
    into our competition.

  • Frontline 02

    Great flying fish, it's the new
    autumn promotion. Read all about
    Sainsbury's/British Ainways
    discount flights offer on pages 6
    and 7. And look out for November's issue; we have
    £4,000 in British Ain^^ays flights
    for you to...

  • Vocational victory at Victoria 02

    Vocational victory at Victoria
    The eight Victoria staff with
    branch manager Alan Reid
    (far left, back row); Lesley
    Shanahan, education manager
    (far right); Sue Karaska,
    course tutor (second left,
    front) and Bob Mitchell...

  • Fanhams Hall modernisation is complete 03

    Fanhams Hall modernisation is complete
    Building work has just
    finished on the refurbishment
    of Sainsbury's conference
    and training
    centre, Fanhams Hall in
    Hertfordshire. The old
    country house dates back
    to 1666 and was...

  • Judith Chalmers opens travel showcase at London Colney 03

    Judith Chalmers opens travel showcase at London Colney A new concession at
    London Colney Savacentre gives customers
    the opportunity to book
    a holiday after flying
    around the store for their
    weekly shop.
    The new Pickfords...

  • Supermarkets unite to support Sunday Shopping Day 03

    Supermarkets unite to support Sunday Shopping Day
    National Sunday Shopping
    Day was launched on
    September 19 by joint
    managing director David
    Quarmby at Purley Way
    to the accompaniment of a
    jazz band and the release
    of...

  • APPOINTMENTS 04

    APPOINTMENTS
    Steven Gravelle
    Design
    in order to coordinate
    design issues across the
    company, STEVEN GRAVEUE
    has been appointed to the
    new position of corporate
    design manager. He will
    have overall responsibility
    for...

  • Beckton digs in for opening 04

    Beckton digs in for opening
    The countdown to the first
    Savacentre opening for
    three years has begun,
    marked by a tree planting
    ceremony attended by the
    local mayor. The soil
    around the last of the 850
    trees planted in...

  • Hungary for knowledge 04

    Hungary for knowledge
    Lionel Hickman, deputy depot manager (second from left);
    Ray Hasler, regional distribution manager (third from left)
    and Garry Marshall, transport operations manager (far
    right) show the Hungarian...

  • News in brief 04

    News in brief
    When Tesco reported their
    half year figures on
    September 21 'the City
    was disappointed by a
    mere 3.4% increase in pretax
    profits to £261.5m'
    reported the London
    Evening Standard. Share
    prices in the grocery...

  • Advertisers won't be going to work on eggs 05

    Advertisers won't be going to work on eggs
    "** ^oS^
    Eggs were set to join our
    breakfast reading on
    September 21, but the EC
    rejected a proposal to allow
    advertising to be printed on
    the shells. The idea was not
    previously...

  • Awards encourage women to break new ground 05

    Awards encourage women to break new ground
    Winners of this year's
    Sainsbury's Opportunity
    2000 Awards came to
    Blackfriars on September
    14 for a presentation
    ceremony, and they took
    the opportunity to look
    behind the scenes...

  • Course creates a way in for women returners 05

    Course creates a way in for women returners
    The new Enfleld store has
    pioneered a scheme to help
    mothers get over the
    invisible barriers to
    returning to work.
    Explains Linda Stoker of
    the training agency Dow
    Stoker, which...

  • Protestors petition over pilot whales 05

    Protestors petition over pilot whales
    As part of a national campaign to stop the traditional
    slaugtiter of pilot wtiales by the Faroese, eight
    members of the Pilot Whale Campaign visited JS head
    office on September 16 to...

  • GIVE AS YOU EARN 06

    GIVE AS YOU EARN
    Sainsbury's operates a payroll giving
    scheme - Give As You Earn - as a
    facility for staff who wish to give
    regularly to charity. The Journal spoke
    to community investment manager Eric
    Nicholls for a reminder...

  • UP, UP AND AWAY 06

    UP, UP AND AWAY
    ?
    Customers at JS, Savacentre and Homebase can once again be seen peering into empty trolleys in the
    trolley parks or carrying their shopping with head stooped and eyes peeled to the ground. All aboard for the...

  • Writelines 08

    15 YEARS OF FUNDRAISING
    Rosemary Durrant,
    checkout assistant,
    Bowthorpe, Norwich
    J Sainsbury at Bowthorpe
    celebrates its 15th birthday
    on October 10, 1993.
    Many of the staff have
    worked at the store from
    the start and...

  • Homebase opening—Hayes 10

    Opening date: August 12,1993
    Address: Lombardy Retail Park,
    Coldharbour Lane, Hayes,
    Middlesex
    Opened by: Homebase deputy
    managing director Ross McLaren
    Branch manager: Martin Paterson
    Project manager: Neil Hotston
    Staff:...

  • Branch opening—Coldharbour Lane, Hayes 11

    COLDHARBOUR LANE, HAYES
    Coldharbour Lane is the first store to feature the new hot
    chicken counter. It is an idea that took only 30 weeks to bring
    from the initial concept to a trading counter and was made
    possible by...

  • Branch opening—Lyons Farm, Worthing 12

    LYONS FARM, WORTHING
    Opening date: August 24,1993
    Address: Downlands Business
    Park, Lyons Way, Worthing
    Opened by: Chairman
    David Sainsbury
    Branch manager: Paul Stefansl Project manager: Alan Hodgson
    Staff: 338 (214 new...

  • Branch opening—Bridgend (Pen-y-Bont) 13

    BRIDGEND (PEN-Y-BONT)
    The eighth Sainsbury's in Wales can truly be said
    to be a Welsh store inside and out. The proliferation
    of Joneses, Davises and Thomases are
    evidence of the Welsh origins of many staff, as is
    the...

  • A little help goes a long way 14

    SAINSBURY'S GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEME
    Savacentre
    THE SAINSBURY'S HYPERMARKET The Good Neighbour Scheme has just
    completed its 11th year of helping local
    community projects.
    The scheme was launched in 1983 with a
    budget of...

  • GREEN SCENE 15

    GREEN SCENE
    DID YOU KNOW THAT.
    There are over 1.3 million green produce
    crates used in Sainsbury's wliicli mal around 40 million journeys a year. Eacli
    crate has an average life of five years
    before being recycled into a...

  • CORE GROWTH 16

    CORE GROWTH
    Laxton's Fortune,
    D'Arcy Spice,
    Ashmead's Kernel and
    Michaelmas Red: all
    lyrical names that you
    would not be surprised
    to see lining up for the
    3.10 at Haydock Park.
    They are actually more
    likely to be seen...

  • MICROWAVE BAKED BRAMLEYS 16

    MICROWAVE BAKED BRAMLEYS
    Four Bramley cooking apples
    75g (3oz) pecan nuts, halved
    75g (3oz) stoned dates
    Chopped zest and segments
    of one orange
    50g (2oz) demerara sugar
    1. Core the apples and make a shallow cut around...

  • WALTON FAMILY DAY 17

    The stakes may not be as high as a Lewis v Brano fight, but it's a iot
    less painfui.
    The modem quad
    racing was a popuiar
    activity contrasting with
    the historic bacicdrop of
    Walton Haii.
    it was difficult for the
    kids to...

  • Casualty crews collect for a good cause 18

    Casualty crews collect for a good cause
    Locals could be forgiven for
    thinking a major disaster had
    occurred at Tamworth branch
    when they saw the car park filled
    with emergency service vehicles.
    But there was no cause for...

  • Couple steps out in memory of Sylvia 18

    Couple steps out in memory of Sylvia
    When a friend and colleague of
    Bob and Rita Butcher died, the
    couple went for a long walk.
    They spent 16 days walking
    190 miles from Cumbria to
    Yorkshire in memory of...

  • Driving force of Basingstoke Fundraisers 18

    Driving force of Basingstoke Fundraisers
    The drive and determination of
    drivers at Basingstoke depot
    raised over £700 for a local child.
    The drivers, through Ted
    Monger, arranged a collection
    across the depot to help...

  • Holy shire horses! 18

    Holy shire horses!
    The loading bay of Tunbridge
    Wells played host to rather
    unusual guests recently, in the
    form of two Whitbread Shire
    Horses.
    The horses were to pull a
    carriage at a local wedding and
    their owner had...

  • The plants now leafing platform one 18

    The plants now leafing platform one
    Competition judges (left to right) Simon Wainwriglit; Bill Jenkins, works
    controller London Underground environmental services, and Ian Arthurton,
    London Underground's director of passenger...

  • Coasting along 19

    Coasting along
    David Horwood, a baker at
    Braintree, accompanied by two
    friends, spent his summer
    holiday backpacking on a coast
    to coast walk of 190 miles and
    raised £1,106 for Cancer
    Research.
    David's colleague,...

  • Neville's Big Breakfast bounty 19

    Neville's Big Brealtfast bounty
    On August 23, Neville Ward
    enjoyed a red letter day which
    began with a big breakfast.
    Neville, section manager
    systems at Frome, had tried
    twice to get through on the
    competition telephone...

  • Norwich House nutters take the plunge 19

    Norwich House nutters take
    the plunge
    Brave bungee jumpers, left to right: Paula Bamford, Tim Veal and Samantha
    Reissland. s t i l l time to back out... but it's
    onward and downward. When Tim Veal told the Journal
    he would be...

  • Pizzas and Pavarotti 19

    Pizzas and Pavarotti
    Rosemarie Hall, section manager
    of the staff restaurant at Durham,
    thought staff would enjoy a
    change of scenery and so she
    organised an Italian break.
    Pavarotti sweetly serenaded
    staff, and the Italian...

  • Bygone Brentwood 20

    Bygone Brentwood
    Brentwood branch is 25
    years old in IVlarch 1994 and
    they are holding a dinner
    dance at the New World Inn,
    Brentwood, on March 26 to
    celebrate.
    It is hoped that both past
    and present staff will...

  • Pitching in for cancer charities 20

    Pitching in for cancer charities
    Buntingford depot set the ball
    rolling in their bid to raise funds
    for cancer charities with a
    football match they hope will
    become an annual event. < Joe Kelly from Blackfriars...

  • Rugby women have more pulling power 20

    Rugby women have more pulling power
    Staff at Rugby had to harness
    their strength when they pulled a
    fire engine through the town
    centre, raising £136 for local
    charities.
    Thirty local companies
    entered teams Into...

  • Schoolboy sculptors find inspiration in store 20

    Schoolboy sculptors find inspiration in store
    Pupils at Birkenhead Boys
    Junior School may not have
    invented the idea of groceries
    as art, but they have taken the
    idea to new lengths. And, with
    Andy Warhol's original soup...

  • West Park Farm holds a fairy tale party 20

    West Park Farm holds a fairy tale party
    Once upon a time in the town of
    Folkestone a JS supermarket
    called West Park Farm was
    opened. One year on from the
    opening, a great party was held
    in celebration.
    Snow White (alias...

  • Crime prevention day leaves its mark 21

    Crime prevention day leaves its mark
    A Crime Prevention Day held in
    tlie car park of Hanley branch
    certainly left its mark on cars and
    residents alike.
    The event, organised in
    conjunction with the Staffordshire
    Police, had...

  • Everyone's favourite poster designer 21

    Everyone's favourite poster designer
    L to R: customer services manager Nina Dubaic, Sue Dyices
    and Rodney Brooitsby. Everyone's favourite ingredient
    ...a friendly cashier.
    Simply take a fresh 'checkout
    smile', a polite...

  • Leatherhead lashes the competition 21

    Leatherhead lashes the competition
    Vic (standing centre) with the
    Leatherhead team.
    While Martin Bicknell was doing
    battle for England at Headingly,
    his father Vic Perren led
    Leatheriiead to victory in David Reynold's annual...

  • Pot of gold for Rainbow charity 21

    Pot of gold for Rainbow charity
    Generous customers of Kimberiey branch
    have made it possible for the
    store to present The Rainbow
    Handicapped Children's
    Charity with a cheque for
    £300.
    The charity is a home
    for mentally...

  • Stanway saves the life of Sainsbury the foal 21

    Stanway saves the life of Sainsbury the foal
    'The AA may be the fourth
    emergency service, now I regard
    Sainsbury's as the fifth', said June
    Stirling after Stanway branch
    helped save the life of her foal.
    The foal, which has...

  • SEVEN DAYS AND NIGHTS ON CAMELOT 22

    SEVEN DAYS AND NIGHTS ON CAMELOT
    For three years now, Jeremy
    Folkard, deli buying at Blackfriars,
    lias been sailing an ocean racing
    yacht with five college friends, but
    this year the group took on their
    biggest challenge...

  • THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE 22

    THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE
    'In 1969 most little girls did school
    projects on horses or the girl
    guides', explains Lee Sansome,
    night shift assistant at Mere Green.
    'All I wanted to write about were
    the incredible stories of...

  • OUR CUP BRIMMETH OVER 24

    A RCHIVES
    Tea packing at
    George Payne and Co c.1913.
    OUR CUP BRIMMETH
    OVER
    "Come in", said the Wolf, "and
    I hope you have bought some of
    Sainsbury's Pure Tea, for I am sadly
    in need of a cup."
    Tea advertising card c.1910....

  • Competition Corner 25

    Competition
    Corner
    Dinosaurs have returned with the
    popularity of Jurassic PatW, and
    Sainsbury's now has its very own
    dinosaur - SCANNERPACKTiLL!
    This dinosaur name is tlie creation of
    Paui Cotton from Castie Bouievard,...

  • CORRECTION 25

    CORRECTION
    In last month's article about Stamford
    House, we incorrectly stated that the
    cheese store became a staff restaurant in
    1957. This should have read 1973.
    Thank you to those who telephoned to
    point out our mistake.

  • DOUBLE CREAM AND DOUBLE QUICK CURRIES 26

    DOUBLE CREAM AND DOUBLE QUICK CURRIES
    An exclusive range of curry sauces
    has been launched into stores.
    The three varieties: Korma,
    Tikka Masala and Rogan Josh
    retail at 99p (introductory offer of
    89p).
    Korma is a rich...

  • INTO THE BLUE 26

    INTO THE BLUE
    JS has launched a medium
    fat blue cheese, which goes
    by the unusual name of Blue
    Vinney, with 40 per cent less
    fat than Blue Stilton. With
    only 22 per cent fat the
    cheese is a healthy
    alternative but with all...

  • MORE LOVELY THAN EVER 26

    MORE LOVELY THAN EVER
    JS, still the only food retailer In
    the UK to have an own brand
    cosmetics range, has relaunched
    its J Range in aquamarine
    packaging to give it a fresh,
    modern look.
    The existing high...

  • PAPER TIGERS 26

    PAPER TIGERS
    One of the 'bear' necessities of
    any children's party is fun paper
    tableware, and JS has launched
    just the thing.
    The Jungle Book range,
    consisting of napkins, paper
    cups, paper plates and
    tablecloth, should...

  • TREATS WITH A TOUCH OF LUXURY 26

    TREATS WITH A TOUCH OF LUXURY

    JS has launched a
    new selection of
    biscuits and peanuts
    for Christmas.
    The new biscuits
    include a gift-wrapped box of
    Luxury Swiss Chocolate Biscuits
    which makes a perfect present
    or a...

  • BRANCH MANAGER APPOINTMENTS 27

    BRANCH MANAGER APPOINTMENTS
    DAVID AMBROSE, from Taunton
    to Pinhoe Road, Exeter. WILLIAM BALDWIN, from
    Swindon to Newbury.
    RUSSELL BESSEY, from deputy
    manager, Burpham, to
    branch manager, Farnham.
    GARY BIDDULPH, from...

  • OBITUARY 27

    OBITUARY
    GLORIA ASHDOWN, deli
    counter assistant, llford,
    died after a long illness on
    September 9, aged 53 (12
    years). DAPHNE EDWARDS,
    checkout/replenishment,
    Chiswick, died suddenly on
    August 11, aged 53 (7
    years)....

  • RETIREMENTS 27

    RETIREMENTS
    RON CUTTS, reception
    manager, Dewsbury (38
    years). RONALD GALBRAITH,
    trolley retrieval, Walton (31
    years). RONALD PARNELL,
    section manager, reception.
    Pound Lane, Norwich (26
    years). ERIC DEBNAM,...

  • WEDDINGS 27

    WEDDINGS
    • TRACEY KNOTT, system 25
    clerk, and BARRY KEOWN,
    section manager, meat
    room, both from Winchmore
    Hill, were married on July
    24. Tliey spent two sunny
    weeks in IVIalta on tlieir
    honeymoon.
    • GREG ROWLES and...

  • SSA OFFERS 28

    SAINSBURY'S
    STAFF ASSOCIATION
    Tel: 0719217227
    EQUITY TOTAL SKI
    HOLIDAY COMPETITION
    Equity Total Ski have once again devised an exciting programme of sl hoiidays for Sainsbury's staff, witli big reductions on published...