'JS Journal', April 1994

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES 3-6
  CLASSIC COLA IS HERE
  STAR REPORT 8/9
  SABRE UPDATE
  WRITELINES 10/11 & 27
  BRANCH OPENINGS:
  SWADLINCOTE
  FAIRFIELD PARK
  SOLIHULL HOMEBASE 12/13
  JOB-SHARING BPMs 14
  SAINSBURY'S FEEDS THE
  CHILDREN...

• Frontline
  02

  Everyone a winner
  We are very happy to introduce our Journal
  competition winners, and we are even liappierto
  tell you the Journal itself is a winner. The
  JS Journal was awarded a certificate of merit in
  the Best Newsmagazine...

• Slogan for a stereo
  02

  Slogan for a stereo
  Karen Barker with retail training manager Geoff Burley.
  'Serve up a treat, learn about Sainsbury's
  fish and meat' This was the winning
  entry from Karen Barker
  of High Wycombe in the
  product knowledge...

• SSA £1,000 draw
  02

  SSA £1,000 draw
  Congratulations also to Richard Gray, checkout/
  replenishment assistant at Watchmoor Park.
  Student Richard has won £1,000 in the latest
  quarterly SSA draw.

• Trolley types
  02

  Trolley types
  'It takes all sorts' is the philosophy of Gaynor
  Evans, checkout/replenishment at Newport.
  She has been compiling her own shoppers lists
  based on her observation of customers. Her
  first is 'Grub on a grant' or...

• 'We'd like to get you, on a....fast plane to Hong Kong!'
  02

  'We'd like to get you, on a....fast plane to Hong Kong!'
  Jean Newell with her
  granddaughter. Meet our Hong Kong
  holiday winner Margaret
  Jean Newell, known as
  Jean. She told the Journal:
  'I don't believe it. My
  husband and I...

• First adult NVQs awarded
  03

  First adult NVQs awarded
  The seven NVQ secretarial
  trainees at head office with
  corporate personnel
  director Judith Evans
  (centre back). The first adult employees
  to gain the National
  Vocational Qualification
  (NVQ) Level...

• JS high on BREEAM scales
  03

  JS high on BREEAM scales
  The high environmental standards of Sainsbury's supermarkets were confirmed by four awards on March 17. Four sample JS stores were
  put forward for the
  BREEAM scheme (Building
  Research...

• Smoking survey results
  03

  Smoking survey results
  Approximately 53,000
  staff and management in
  the retail division participated
  in a survey about
  smoking at work last year.
  Results now available
  show that 32 stores have
  elected to become...

• Head office restructuring begins
  04

  Head office restructuring begins
  The first specific announcements
  are beginning to
  be made concerning the
  restructuring of head office
  and area offices under the
  Genesis project. The three
  major aims of Genesis are
  stated...

• Sainsbury's partners European supermarkets
  04

  Sainsbury's partners European supermarkets
  Sainsbury's has entered
  into a formal association
  with three European
  supermarket chains -
  Esselunga, Docks de
  France and Delhaize.
  The Partnership has
  been named SEDD from
  the...

• Traditional deli trialled
  04

  Traditional deli trialled
  Cromwell Road JS went Continental on March 8 when
  a new deli counter was
  unveiled, complete with
  hanging salamis, cooked
  meat joints and
  traditional cheeses. Deli senior manager Anne
  Heath...

• APPOINTMENTS
  05

  APPOINTMENTS
  In anticipation of his
  retirement in April 1995,
  ANGUS CLARK will now start
  to hand over responsibility
  for the information
  services division to JOHN
  ADSHEAD, who will take full
  responsibility for ISD...

• Homebase closes store in North Manchester
  05

  Homebase closes store in North Manchester
  Manchester's Heaton Park
  Homebase closed its doors
  for the last time on March
  12. An offer for the store
  from Focus DIY was
  accepted in the long term
  interests of Homebase.
  Most of...

• Sir Roy Griffiths
  05

  Obituary
  Sir Roy Griffiths Sir Roy Griffiths died on IVIarcti
  28, aged 67.
  Chiairman David Sainsbury
  brol company and gave tfie
  following tribute:
  'Sir Roy, wlio retired in
  July 1991, joined tfie...

• News in brief
  06

  The first British-owned
  'warehouse club' - Cargo
  Club opened last month in
  Croydon. A membership
  fee entitles shoppers to
  buy discounted bulk packs
  of food and also items
  such as camcorders.
  Marks and Spencer...

• Tide turns for South Bank
  06

  Tide turns for South Bank
  Development director Ian
  Coull has been appointed
  chairman of an influential
  business group that is
  aiming to improve the rundown
  areas around the
  Blackfriars head office.
  The South Bank...

• 'WHERE THE COMPANY STANDS'
  06

  'WHERE THE COMPANY STANDS'
  Personnel director John
  Adshead recently received
  a letter from a member of
  staff who had been asked
  to sign a form stating their
  ethnic origin. The form is
  to clarify that the
  organisation is an...

• AmeriCan wordsearch
  07

  The Journal has a cola challenge of its own - an AmeriCan wordsearch, taking the themes of America
  and cola. The first correct entry pulled from our hat after the closing date of 31 May 1994 will win this
  stylish hi fi system....

• Classic!
  07

  Buyers and marketers meet with departmental
  director iVIiice Conolly to discuss
  how best to promote Classic Cola.
  Classic Cola is much more than just a
  reformulation of the own brand it replaces.
  It can uniquely boast a...

• SABRE needs a sood figure
  08

  SABRE needs a sood figure
  In last month's Journal, the SABRE team introduced you to
  Phase III of SABRE - forecasting and ordering perishable commodities.
  This month they provide a few tips to prepare for it. SABRE inventory...

• SUPER STAR
  08

  STAR is now in its ascendancy.
  Dozens of branches eacli montli
  are joining ttie scheme which
  brings staff together to improve
  customer service and the
  efficiency of store routines. By
  October, every store in the
  company...

• News in brief
  09

  News in brief
  Sainsbury's is supporting a
  major new initiative
  allovifing dogs helping
  disabled people into our
  stores.
  The scheme, called
  Assistance Dogs UK, was
  launched on February 23
  by Nicholas Scott MP
  (Minister...

• Writelines
  10

  SHAPING UP FOR THE FUTURE
  Section managers,
  Perton
  We have recently returned
  from a meeting called to
  inform us of our proposed
  new management structure.
  As a group, we are
  bewildered, angry, bitter,
  anxious and...

• Branch opening—Fairfield Park, Bedford
  12

  FAIRFIELD PARK,
  BEDFORD
  Opening date: 22 February 1994
  Address: 90 Clapham Road,
  Bedford
  Opened by: Chairman
  David Sainsbury
  Branch manager: Peter Jones
  Project manager: Richard
  O'Callaghan
  Staff: 371 (289 new...

• Branch opening—Swandlincote
  12

  SWADLINCOTE
  Opening date: 22 February 1994
  Address: Civic Way, Swadlincote,
  Derbyshire
  Opened by: Joint managing
  director David Quarmby
  Branch manager: Keith Hadley
  Project manager: Mike Turner
  Staff: 198 (156 new...

• Homebase opening—Solihull
  12

  SOLIHULL
  Opening date: 11 March 1994
  Address: Sears Retail Park, off
  Marshall Lake Road, Solihull
  Opened by: Homebase chairman
  Dino Adriano
  Branch manager: Brendan Ward
  Project manager: Mike Gould
  Staff: 61 (58 new...

• 2 into 1 WILL GO
  14

  SAINSBURY'S OPP0RTINITY 2000
  Having a baby need not mean having to choose between full time work and full time
  motherhood. Careers and babies can mix, As Eltham 's job-sharing personnel managers
  Angela Brightwell and Kim...

• WORKING GIRLS
  14

  On April 25, dozens of girls will be going to
  Sainsbury's instead of going to school. We are not
  really helping them to moonlight from lessons - Take
  Our Daughters To Work is a scheme to help school
  age girls make more...

• LETTER FROM BOSNIA
  15

  The March Journal presented a special supplement looking
  at the work funded by Sainsbury's in the community. Although
  most of that work benefits people in our trading areas, our
  presence is sometimes felt beyond these shores......

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY THE MAGAZINE
  16

  THE MAGAZINE
  Sainsbury's The Magazine is celebrating its first birthday. The anniversary May issue has
  just hit the shelves, and it sells enough copies to make it one of the top ten women's
  magazines in Britain. Not bad for a...

• FRENCH CONNECTION
  19

  FRENCH CONNECTION
  AS SAINSBURY'S ANNOUNCES THE FORMALISATION OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH THREE EUROPEAN FOOD RETAILING CHAINS
  (SEE PAGE 4), WE BRING YOU TWO STORIES SET IN FRANCE.
  THE FIRST INVOLVES BLISTERS AND TRUE BRITISH GRIT AND...

• A study in awareness
  20

  A study in awareness
  The future customers of
  Woodhail Farm are very aware of
  environmental issues thanks to
  Sainsbury's.
  An educational grant of £100
  was presented to the chairman
  of the school council of
  Holtsmere End...

• Bun fun is educational
  20

  Bun fun is educational
  When Fareham's bakery manager
  Barry Todd invited children from
  Wallisdean Infants School to
  come and see how hot cross buns
  were made, he was following the
  song's instructions: 'give them to
  your...

• Doncaster walk says thanks for heart operation
  20

  Doncaster walk says thanks for heart operation
  staff at Doncaster played
  follow my leader behind the
  store manager when they
  completed a sponsored walk.
  The staff, together with
  friends and family, undertook the walk to...

• Friends in fashion
  20

  Friends in fashion
  Bosom Fais
  Norma (left) and Mavis model
  elegant evening wear.
  Norma Tregoning and Mavis
  Facer, both checkout
  assistants at Stanway
  branch, are not just work
  colleagues, they are 'Bosom
  Pals'.
  Norma and...

• All heart
  21

  All heart
  The British Heart Foundation
  were £2,236.41 better off thanks
  to the Penny Back scheme at
  Christchurch
  Store manager Peter Shaw
  went to the Royal Bournemouth
  Hospital where he and Joan
  Hillier from the...

• Looking after the pennies
  21

  Looking after the pennies
  The Penny Back scheme goes
  from strength to strength with
  hundreds of new donations.
  Generous customers at Thetford
  have provided £300 for the
  Stroke Association.
  Store manager John...

• Picture this fairytale
  21

  Picture this fairytale
  Once upon a time, there was
  a young lady called Samantha
  Ovens. Samantha was an art
  student at her local college,
  and worked in Chippenham
  Sainsbury's at weekends.
  She dreamed of being a
  famous...

• Store starts Shareholders Club
  21

  Store starts Shareholders Club
  When it comes to JS shares,
  staff at Sidney Street feel
  they are 'in for a penny, in for
  a pound'. In order to become
  more involved in the business
  side of the company they
  have set up a...

• Toys R better than Christmas cards
  21

  Toys R better than Christmas cards
  L to r: Mary Werrell, who came up
  with the fundraising idea; nursery
  nurse Kate, and BPM Linda Logan,
  with a patient and the new toys.
  Unlike Scrooge, staff at Lincoin
  did not need a...

• West Wickham birthday bash invite
  21

  West Wickham birthday bash invite
  West Wicl 30 years of trading on May 5,
  and a celebration party is being
  held on May 14.
  Anyone who has worked at
  West Wickham is invited. They
  should contact Terry...

• Gary is no feather weight
  22

  Gary is no feather weight
  Gary is no turkey when it comes to weight lifting. Wandsworth branch were
  prepared for their celebrity
  shopper when he arrived, but
  they weren't prepared for a
  'shoplifter'.
  Gary Taylor, the...

• Not half a good run
  22

  Not half a good run
  Lisa Baitup (left) and Jane Blower
  with their half marathon mementoes. We have enjoyed reports from
  marathon runners before, but
  this time pork buyer Steve
  Blower tells us what it is like to
  play a...

• South West, who knows best?
  22

  South West, who knows best?
  One of Bridge Mead's final
  duties before transferring to
  tlie Central and Western area
  was to liost tlie South
  Western area Quiz Challenge
  final.
  Teanns from Watchmoor
  Park, Walton,...

• Staff sip champagne on the air waves
  22

  Staff sip champagne on the air waves
  London's Capital Radio is well
  known for its bizarre broadcasts,
  as staff at Fulham discovered.
  On March 22, breakfast show
  DJ Chris Tarrant was cruising
  along the River...

• SSA OFFERS
  23

  SAINSBURY'S STAFF ASSOCIATION
  Tel: 0719217227
  A special weekend rate has been
  organised with Britannia Hotels at
  their superb Bosworth Hall Hotel,
  deep in the heart of the
  Warwickshire countryside. You can
  enjoy the...

• CELEBRATED CAKES
  24

  CELEBRATED
  CAKES
  The new range of JS celebration
  cakes presents ever more
  imaginative designs, including a
  juggling clown cake and a happbee
  birthday cake. There is a
  cake for every celebration from
  children's birthdays to...

• THE ONE AND ONLY OUTSIDE PAINT
  24

  THE ONE AND ONLY OUTSIDE PAINT
  Homebase has added a One
  Coat Masonry Paint to its exterior
  paint range and given the whole
  range a fresh look as smart as
  new paint. In the new yellow and
  blue livery, the...

• THROUGH THE ARCH WINDOW
  24

  'Real men don't eat quiche',
  they said in the 80s, well now it
  is the quiches flexing their
  muscles.
  Sainsbury's has improved
  the whole range of quiches and
  added a delicious new variety at
  the same time - Broccoli,
  Cheese...

• WASH AND BRUSH UP
  24

  WASH AND BRUSH UP
  A good paint job demands proper preparation and
  clean brushes. Now Homebase has Introduced
  Sugar Soap in powder and concentrated liquid form.
  Brush Cleaner and Brush Restorer.
  The Sugar Soap Powder and...

• CONCENTRATE ON TIMBER
  25

  CONCENTRATE ON TIMBER
  The new Homebase Garden
  Timbercare reduces waste by
  concentrating! The new
  concentrated formula uses less
  packaging.
  The one litre pack produces
  five litres of Garden Timbercare
  when mixed with water....

• EVERYTHING IN THE GARDEN IS HOMEBASE
  25

  The Homebase range of Gas
  Barbecues for the 1994 season
  has three models: the Build In,
  the Popular and the Deluxe.
  All have re-usable lava rock
  coals and 6kW twin burners.
  The barbecue shown is the top
  of the range Deluxe...

• GOODBYE WEED
  25

  GOODBYE WEED
  Homebase is taking action
  against weeds - the horticultural
  variety - with the launch of two
  new ranges of weedkillers.
  Contact Action and Systemic
  Action.
  Contact Action Weedkiller, as
  the name suggests,...

• PAINT IN A BAG IS BRILLIANT
  25

  PAINT IN A BAG IS BRILLIANT
  As the refill revolution hiarches
  on, Homebase introduces Paint
  In A Bag. Water based Vinyl
  Matt and Vinyl Silk emulsion are
  now on sale in a refill pack.
  Traditionally, paint has only...

• STIRRING STUFF
  25

  STIRRING STUFF
  SELECTED STORES
  There is now a quicker way to a healthy diet
  thanks to an oriental addition to produce
  departments.
  The new Stir-fry Range has five varieties: Stirfry
  Vegetables; Mushroom Stir-fry with a...

• BLADE RUNNER
  26

  LIFELINES
  You get cold and wet, you could lose your
  fingers, and Mrs Fyles thinks it is more
  expensive than horse riding. Despite this, she
  cannot help but smile when her son Andrew,
  price controller at North Cheam, talks of...

• Is this a stage you're going through?
  26

  Is this a stage you're going tlirougli?
  Now STAGE PASS can be your ticket to a great prize as weii as up to 60 per cent off live entertainment. If you are the 1,000th person from
  Sainsbury's to become a member of
  Stage Pass you...

• LONG SERVICE
  27

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 40 years' service
  are:
  BERNARD CORY, meat
  manager, Pound Lane.
  JOHN DENNIS, senior
  engineer, Blackfriars.
  Employees who have
  completed 25 years' service
  are:
  PETER BREESE,...

• OBITUARY
  27

  OBITUARY
  Length of service in brackets
  DAVID BRADLEY, area security
  manager. South Western
  area, died after a short
  illness on March 9, aged 60
  (12 years). PETER LOFTHOUSE,
  petrol filling station
  assistant, Larkfield,...

• RETIREMENTS
  27

  RETIREMENTS
  Length of service in brackets
  GORDON LEE, reception
  manager, Northampton (39
  years). BERNIE MITCHELL,
  meat manager, Rustington
  (39 years). TONY JUKES,
  section manager delicatessen,
  High Wycombe (38
  years)....

• IT'S ALL IN THE FAMILY
  28

  ARCHIVES
  I T 'S ALL IN THE
  FAMILY
  Sainsbury's was the first store in
  the country to launch its own general
  interest magazine for customers -
  33 years ago!
  The In Store For You feature gave details about JS
  products. S]
  n...