'JS Journal', January/February 1994

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• Bulksava opens at Beckton
  02

  Bulksava opens at Beckton
  Savacentre
  opened the first
  of a brand new
  type of store at
  Beckton in East
  London on
  January 14.
  The 33,000 sq ft
  Bulksava store
  alongside Beckton
  Savacentre
  offers customers
  the chance to...

• 'Checkouts of the future' unveiled
  02

  'Checkouts of the future' unveiled
  A new checkout scanning
  system unveiled by a
  South African research
  organisation on January 11
  was described by director
  of branch services Hamish
  Elvidge as a potential
  'revolution in...

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  CHICHESTER FIRE
  THE RETAIL BUSINESSES
  WIN A SOUND SYSTEM
  SUPERMARKET OPENINGS:
  WORKSOP
  HASTINGS
  2-5
  6
  7
  7
  FARNHAM
  HOMEBASE OPENINGS:
  ST ALBANS
  WALTON-ON-THAMES
  CLOTHES SHOW...

• Frontline
  02

  A Happy New Year to all our readers
  We launch 1994 with a focus on
  Homebase, in the last of our
  supplements on the Group's
  subsidiaries. Last, but, as they
  would be keen to point out, by no
  means least, Homebase is proud
  to...

• Fanhams awarded for green fingers
  03

  Fanhams awarded for green fingers
  The Landscape Inslilutc
  chose the gardens from 71
  entries and awarded landscape
  architects Higson
  Pearson the President's
  Award for Design. The
  formal gardens were
  restored and improved...

• Mr Blobby is on the beat
  03

  Mr Blobby is on the beat
  A girl who fled after being
  discovered presenting a
  stolen cheque card for
  payment at Durham
  branch found herself being
  chased by Mr Blobby!
  Store training section
  manager Joan Russell...

• Sainsbury's encourages the study of wine
  03

  Sainsbury's encourages the study of wine
  Sainsbury's is to support
  The Institute of Masters of
  Wine with nearly £30,000
  over the next three years.
  The Institute raises standards
  of appreciation and
  Icnowledge in the wine...

• The store with built-in shopmobility
  03

  The store with built-in shopmobility
  Christine Nunn, food and
  store safety officer at
  Plymouth, accepts the
  award from the Lord
  Mayor of Plymouth. Plymouth store has been
  presented with a Shopmobility
  award by...

• Good Hygiene Award
  04

  Purley Way branch
  manager Bob Simmons
  and food and store safety
  officer Keith Harris were
  proud to pick up a Good Hygiene Award for best
  retail premises in the
  borough. It was presented
  to them by the Mayor of
  Croydon....

• Pupils assemble for roll call 68 years later
  04

  Pupils assemble for roll call 68 years later
  A school roll call for Truro
  Grammar school dating
  back to 1925 has been
  discovered within the
  foundation stones of the
  site for the first Sainsbury's
  supermarket in
  Cornwall....

• The 40 year lunch bunch
  04

  The 40 year lunch bunch
  There is a lot of reminiscing
  to do when you have
  worked for Sainsbury's for
  40 years. A dozen staff
  who reached this landmark
  in 1993 did just that when
  they and their partners
  arrived at the Savoy...

• The power savers
  04

  The power savers
  Pictured at the award ceremony are (I to r): Roger Borer,
  design manager refrigeration and mechanical; Graham
  Mackenzie from Eastern Electricity; David Littler, senior
  electrical engineer, and Mark English and...

• Computers arrive at the back door
  05

  Computers arrive at the back door
  Angelo Piscina,
  reception manager at
  Wandsworth: 'It's quite
  hard to mal S E R V I C E
  T H R O U G H
  S Y S T E M S
  Computer terminals are
  not a new line for...

• News in brief
  05

  Menisha Barber, coffee
  shop assistant at Alperton,
  is the winner of the
  latest SSA quarterly draw.
  A Welsh language speaker
  has joined the team of 18
  Sainsbury's speakers.
  Myfanwy Stubbs
  speaks Welsh fluently and
  will...

• INFERNO DESTROYS CHICHESTER JS
  06

  The blaze started at around 2.40pm
  in the warehouse. Branch manager
  Chris Davies explains: 'Lunchbreaks
  had just finished and we
  were preparing for the busy
  afternoon when the intermittent
  alarm sounded around the...

• A SOUND PRIZE FOR KNOWING YOUR MEAT
  07

  A SOUND PRIZE FOR KNOWING YOUR MEAT
  Retail training has launched two new product knowledge
  audio tapes. To mark the occasion, they are offering JS
  Journal readers the chance to win a portable stereo CD
  system. available in...

• TAKING CARE of BUSINESS
  07

  IN-STORE BAKERY We announced in the August/September JS Journal that Bob Emmott
  had come to JS as a new director responsible for petrol stations,
  instore bakeries and JS restaurants - known collectively as the
  specialist...

• Branch opening—Hastings
  08

  HASTINGS
  Opening date: November 23,1993
  Address: John IVIacadam Way,
  St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex
  Opened by: Area director
  Colin Etheridge
  Branch manager: David Hunt
  Project manager: Keith Butler
  Staff: 333 (149 new...

• Branch opening—Water Lane, Farnham
  08

  WATER LANE, FARNHAM
  Opening date: December 7, 1993
  Address: Water Lane, Farnham,
  Surrey
  Opened by: Deputy chairman
  Tom Vyner
  Branch manager: John Hardeley
  Project manager: John Maunder
  Staff: 509 (305 new staff)
  Sales...

• Branch opening—Worksop
  08

  WORKSOP
  Opening date: November 23, 1993
  Address: Highgrounds Road,
  Rhodesia, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
  Opened by: Chairman
  David Sainsbury
  Branch manager: Gary Biddulph
  Project manager: Richard
  O'Callaghan
  Staff: 220 (197...

• Homebase opening—St Albans
  10

  ST ALBANS
  Opening date: December 17, 1993
  Address: Griffiths Way, St Albans,
  Hertfordshire
  Opened by: Homebase chairman
  Dino Adriano
  Branch manager: Alan Paterson
  Project manager: Neil Hotston
  Staff: 45 (35 new...

• Homebase opening—Walton-on-Thames
  10

  WALTON-ON-THAMES
  Opening date: December 10, 1993
  Address: New Zealand Avenue,
  Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
  Opened by: Homebase chairman
  Dino Adriano
  Branch manager: Julian Lowndes
  Project manager: Neil Hotston
  Staff: 50 (41...

• J range shows off
  11

  J range shows off Beryl Kirtland, a Sainsbury's
  food advisor gives a
  customer some advice on
  wliat to buy. JS had two stands at the
  event which ran from December
  11-16 and welcomed
  over 200,000 visitors.
  The company made...

• Writelines
  12

  ALL SHE WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS
  Jean Griffiths,
  delicatessen department,
  Lewes Road, Brighton
  Christmas week was very
  busy and a regular
  customer who is an elderly
  lady came up to the department
  deciding what she
  was going...

• Homebase are doing it for themselves
  14

  Homebase are doing it for themselves
  GROWING THE BUSINESS
  At a recent conference,
  chairman David Sainsbury
  described Homebase as
  the Jewei in the Crown of
  -w—|—• the Group. In the iast of
  the Journal specials...

• Disabled we are, incapable we're not - a follow up
  20

  Disabled we are, incapable we're not - a follow up
  Four years ago' the JS Journal met four Sainsbury's staff with disabilities .
  This month a new information pack on employing people with disabilities Is being distributed by the...

• PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
  22

  PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
  WINNING SHOTS
  In December's JS Journal we published the winners of the JS Journal
  Photographic Competition 1993. Their talent was spotted by competition
  judge Eve George, editor of Hello! Magazine.
  We...

• Janet is BOSTON bound
  23

  Janet is BOSTON bound
  Janet Weston is in jubilant mood
  after being told she has won our
  trip for two to Boston. The JS Journal likes to be the
  bearer of good news so we were
  delighted to call Janet Weston
  food safety officer...

• CHILDREN IN NEED
  24

  Lee Coburn (left) and
  Grant Woodfield with
  their own brand
  haircuts.
  A proliferation of Pudsey's at
  Christchurch.
  It was a close shave for two staff at Courthouse
  Green who shaved their heads for Children...

• SSA
  25

  SAINSBURY'S
  STAFF ASSOCIATION
  Tel; 0719217227
  HIGHLAND FLING
  £130 per person
  Head for the Highlands with this special Scottish
  skiing offer. Accommodation Is in a first class hotel
  and the price includes:
  • Three nights...

• Bracknell's best loved bachelor is no more!
  26

  Bracknell's best loved bachelor is no more!
  Sid and Winifred on tlieir big day.
  Bachelor boy Sid Bosweii, who
  has worked at Bracl almost 12 years, met his true
  love in Winifred Orchidson and
  proved that good things...

• Brentwood's birthday bash
  26

  Brentwood's birthday
  bash
  Brentwood are holding a 25th anniversary dance at the New World
  Inn, Brentwood on March 26. Any past members of staff would be
  most welcome. Tickets are available at £12.50 each from Joan
  Craig on...

• Car came with Liz's Christmas cards
  26

  Car came with Liz's Christmas cards
  Liz Brooks, a produce assistant
  at Bridgemead found herself
  believing in Father Christmas
  when she opened her mail and
  found she'd won a new car.
  Liz entered the prize draw
  organised by...

• Diamond delight
  26

  Diamond delight
  Christmas certainly sparkled for
  Betty Porter, a checkout assistant
  at Batli.
  Betty won a beautiful diamond
  ring in a competition run in the
  local newspaper. She answered a
  set of multiple choice...

• Ferry merry Christmas
  26

  Ferry merry Christmas
  Staff at Springfieid had a
  swinging time over Christmas.
  The children's Christmas
  party provided entertainment for
  75 children, and a day trip to
  France proved most successful
  for staff. They made the...

• Innes is so proud of his mum
  26

  innes is so proud of his mum
  innes Gunn (right) with his mother
  and two brothers.
  The Gunns were out for a visit to
  Buckingham Palace.
  Innes Gunn, senior deputy
  manager of Hornchurch, visited
  Buckingham Palace on...

• Calling all lookallkes
  27

  Calling all lookallkes
  When we saw this photograph of
  Debbie Pope, checkout/replenishment
  at Wigston, taken on
  Children in Need day, we thought
  she looked very much like a
  certain member of the royal
  family. We began to...

• Children get carried away with their big production
  27

  Children get carried away with their big production
  Swansea's deputy manager
  services, Steven Hansen, was
  invited to a production of Snow
  White and the Seven Dwan/es
  by the store's link school, St
  Thomas Primary.
  He was...

• Following in Ivy's slipstream
  27

  Following in Ivy's slipstream
  Ivy and Graham with their transport
  for the day.
  Ivy Beaumont has worked at
  Kempston for almost eight
  years, and her last day was just
  like any other.
  Branch manager Graham
  Sherwood offered to...

• JS is Just the ticket for Julie's trip
  27

  JS is Just the ticket for Julie's trip
  Andy and Julie with the vital
  supplies. Kettering has given customer
  Julie Foster a double deal to help
  her voluntary working trip to India.
  Julie, who is spending six
  weeks working at...

• Who is behind the beard
  27

  Who is behind the beard
  For the past 18 years, Leicester
  has been inviting veterans who
  have retired from the branch to
  their Christmas lunch.
  On December 15, 24 veterans
  joined staff for a turkey and tinsel
  Christmas...

• Farnhams Hall Massacre Weekend
  28

  DATE: Saturday March 26
  TIME: 10.00am Saturday-
  Sunday lunchtime
  LOCATION: Fanhams Hall, Ware,
  Hertfordshire
  ACCOMMODATION: One night
  FOOD: Lunch, dinner, breakfast
  inclusive
  COST: £99 (50 per cent deposit) Fanhams Hall,...

• France to England - on foot!
  28

  France to England - on foot!
  South Eastern area director Colin
  Etheridge and West Wickham
  manager Roy Watts are walking
  from France to England on
  Saturday February 12 through the
  Channel tunnel. 'Le Walk' has
  been organised...

• Letter of thanks from Egon Ronay
  28

  Letter of thanks from Egon Ronay
  Calcot Savacentre was delighted
  to receive a gold star and a tick
  from none other than Egon
  Ronay. This fine food
  establishment's watchdog was
  not on official duty when he
  visited the store....

• South Eastern branches put their brains to the test
  28

  South Eastern branches put their brains to the test
  David Dahms, quiz compere, presented tlie tropliy to Colin Etiieridge (left). On
  the far right of the picture is IVIick Scholey, area quiz coordinator. On November 30, area...

• Sue gets a break she hadn't bargained for
  28

  Sue gets a break she hadn't bargained for
  Sue celebrates with Robert. Sue IVIaguire left JS in March 93 to
  take a career break following the
  arrival of son Robert. But,
  colleagues who haven't seen Sue
  for a while had a chance...

• A different angle on the 'hardest marathon'
  29

  A different angle on the 'hardest marathon'
  Kerri Taylor, fish assistant at
  Hedge End, enjoyed reading the
  report from John Steward of
  Buntingford depot about his
  experiences in the Snowdonia
  Marathon on October 31....

• Carrying on the work Ken began
  29

  Carrying on the work Ken began
  When staff at Belgrave Road
  learned of the death of one of
  their customers they decided to
  continue with the good worl< he
  had begun.
  Ken Gill, who always shopped
  on a Thursday evening with...

• Clare's model role
  29

  Clare's model role
  Clare Topham, supermarket
  assistant at York, has become
  something of a role model for her
  peers.
  Clare was nominated by her
  colleagues for the Model For A
  Day slot on Yorkshire Television's
  Calender...

• Dancing team were PHAB
  29

  Dancing team were PHAB
  On November 13 the Solent
  Wheelers Physically Handicapped
  and Able Bodied (PHAB)
  Dancing team, of which five
  members are from JS, became
  international Champions.
  The team qualified to enter
  the...

• Four into ten
  29

  Four into ten
  Left to right: Ken Evans, Jim Rooney and Ray Clark, all past managers, and Vince
  Balzen who was manager at the time of the anniversary, but has since moved to
  South Ruislip. The four men who managed a
  decade of...

• BUYERS ROLL OUT THE BARRELS OF FRENCH WINE
  30

  BUYERS ROLL OUT THE BARRELS OF FRENCH WINE
  Sainsbury's wine buyers have
  sourced a selection of wines from
  France to start 1994 off in Gallic
  good taste.
  The wines will follow one
  another throughout the year on a
  rolling...

• CLEARLY A GOOD IDEA
  30

  CLEARLY A GOOD IDEA
  Sainsbury's is one of the first
  food retailers to launch an own
  label contact lens care system.
  The range offers both soft and
  hard lens wearers products
  which meet the strictest quality
  standards but at...

• HOMEBASE SEALS A GOOD DEAL
  30

  HOMEBASE SEALS A GOOD DEAL
  Homebase has launched a new range of four sealants
  and one flexible decorating filler; most in a choice of
  colours.
  The range consists of both acrylic and silicone
  sealants. The silicone sealants...

• READY AND WEIGHTING
  30

  READY AND WEIGHTING
  JS has launched a range of ready
  meals onto delicatessen
  counters, giving customers the
  freedom to choose exactly how
  much they want of a product.
  Currently stocked are Chicken
  Tikka; Creamy Chicken...

• LONG SERVICE
  31

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  40 years' service are:
  RONALD DART, senior deputy
  manager services, Bexhill.
  Employees who have completed
  25 years' service are:
  MICHAEL ARNOLD, clerk,
  Hoddesdon depot....

• OBITUARY
  31

  OBITUARY
  Length of service in brackets
  BILL FREEMAN, petrol station
  assistant, West Park Farm,
  Folkestone, died after a
  short illness on December
  8, aged 51 (18 months).
  MATTHEW GREENFIELD, section
  manager, fresh foods,...

• RETIREMENTS
  31

  RETIREMENTS
  Length of sen/ice in brackets
  TED WHITE, fresh meat
  section manager, Winchester
  (40 years). BILL DAVIS,
  supervisor, Hoddesdon
  depot (31 years). FRANK
  JENNINGS, senior store warehouse
  assistant....

• WEDDINGS
  31

  WEDDINGS
  Congratulations to:
  STEWART MILLERS, section
  manager provisions, and
  PAULA KEEN, price
  controller, both from
  Aylesbury, who were
  married on September 25.
  PHIL SMITH, deputy
  manager, Farlington and
  HELEN TURNER,...

• WHERE EGGS CAME BEFORE CHICKENS
  32

  ARCHIVES
  < Victoria branch window 1934. Note the egg cartons
  wrapped in brown paper, tied with string and
  ticketed 'packed for travelling'.
  1930s egg box of the type featured in the window
  display, left. WHERE EGGS...