'JS Journal', April 1995

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• Carnival re-launch for Calcot
  02

  Carnival re-launch for Calcot
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  After re-launching Calcot
  store, JS joint managing
  director and Savacentre
  chairman David Quarmby
  dances with Dino the
  dino. Left is store director
  Alex Camara and far left
  is...

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  HOMEBASE OPENINGS
  PRESTON
  HAMPTON
  8/9 & 27 WRITELINES
  GREEN SCENE
  - DRAIN BRAINS
  NEW SUPPLY LOGISTICS 11
  TEXAS HOMECARE JOINS
  THE GROUP 12/13
  JANE ASHER
  INTERVIEW 14/15
  MORE 125 PARTY
  SNAPS...

• Frontline
  02

  Getting to know you
  You know what it's like when you
  meet someone new. You're out
  to impress in a big way. Well,
  we're out to impress no less than
  12,000 people who have never seen us before - our new
  colleagues at Texas...

• Golden opportunity
  02

  Golden opportunity
  Help the Aged
  Help the Aged are
  launching a nationwide
  search for people of 65 or
  over with outstanding
  talents or achievements.
  They want to turn the
  spotlight on employees. family and friends who
  have...

• Birthday boost for Calais off-licence
  03

  Birthday boost for Calais off-licence
  As the J Sainsbury Bieres, Vins et Spiriteux shop in
  Calais celebrates its first birthday this month it
  couldn't have hoped for a better present. The store has been voted
  Best...

• Celebrity recipes - in person
  03

  Celebrity recipes - in person
  Buyers have been treated
  to the true taste of
  Caribbean cuisine by TV
  personality Rustie Lee.
  The home economics
  department has begun a
  series of cooking demonstrations
  and lunches
  hosted by...

• Last days of Imperial
  03

  Last days of Imperial
  Spot the difference: porl(
  ctiops labelled in new leg
  and old lbs.
  This month sees the
  beginning of the end for
  lbs and ozs in
  Sainsbury's.
  New laws require all prepacked
  goods to be sold in
  metric...

• New discount on the cards
  03

  New discount on the cards
  New discount cards with
  a maximum annual discount
  level of ten per cent
  off £5,200 will be issued
  to all staff in October to
  replace the current
  discount vouchers. Director, corporate...

• £250,000 at the end of the road
  04

  £250,000 at the end of the road
  Last month saw the end of
  the 125 Cookery Roadshows,
  hosted by Delia
  Smith and chef John
  Tovey, with a finale show
  at the Queen's Theatre in
  London's West End.
  The show ended with
  the...

• All the world's a stage
  04

  All the world's a stage
  The Oxford Stage
  Company get fruity
  at Bury St Edmunds
  store with their
  Commedia deU'Arte
  masks With theatre companies
  sponsored as part of the
  'Sainsbury's Arts for All'
  scheme improving...

• Crystal Palace clean up
  04

  Crystal Palace clean up
  Crystal Palace deputy
  store manager Paul
  Baterip (centre) and fresh
  foods deputy David Lilly
  accept a silver salver from
  Mayor of Croydon Wally
  Garrett after their store
  was named most hygienic...

• More houses for head office area
  04

  More houses for head office area
  The Broadwall Housing
  Development - part of the
  South Bank redevelopment
  scheme - opened
  officially on February 28.
  It was handed over to
  Palm Housing Co-op in
  September last year.
  Ian...

• Ideal start for new bacon
  05

  Ideal start for
  new bacon
  The Ideal Home Show at
  Earl's Court was the venue
  for the launch of Sainsbury's
  new bacon line -
  Dry Cure Bacon. With two
  food stalls offering bacon
  rolls and a can of
  Sainsbury's Classic...

• LIFE - don't keep it to yourself
  05

  LIFE - don't keep it to yourself
  A new scheme, launched
  to keep centralised
  records of potential
  donors for NHS organ
  transplants promises to
  increase the number of
  people gaining - literally
  a new lease of life...

• Memories and memorabilia at Veterans Reunions
  05

  Memories and memorabilia at Veterans Reunions
  The recent annual Veterans Reunions attracted record
  numbers. Three separate parties held
  at London's Lancaster
  Hotel were attended by
  more than 3,500 veterans
  and their...

• Star lights
  05

  Star lights
  The British Astronomical Association presented a
  Good Lighting Award to Marsh Mills store manager
  Mike Booth on March 16. The lights in the Plymouth
  store's car park are
  specially shielded to
  prevent the light...

• Awards hall
  06

  Fanhams Hall has been
  awarded the East Hertfordshire
  Rural Design Award
  for 1994. Judges praised
  internal alterations and
  extensions completed for
  the company by architects
  Nicolas Ray Associates of
  Cambridge.
  The awards...

• Homebase opening—Hampton
  06

  HAMPTON
  Opening date: February 24,1995
  Address: Twickenham Road,
  Feltham, London TW13 6L2
  Opened by: Chairman Dino Adriano
  Store manager: IVIike Wakeford
  Project manager: Neil Hotston
  Staff: 90 (77 new staff)
  Sales area:...

• Homebase opening—Preston
  06

  PRESTON
  Opening date: March 17, 1995
  Address: Stanley Street, Preston,
  Lanes
  Opened by: Chairman Dino Adriano
  Store manager: Andrew Gledhill
  Project manager: Neil Hotston
  Staff: 52 (45 new staff)
  Sales area: 41,514 sq...

• News in brief
  06

  News in brief
  Vouchers for money-off
  shopping at Sainsbury's
  were dispensed from cash
  machines around Liverpool
  and Manchester last
  month. The machines in
  the trial gave vouchers
  worth 10% off £30...

• Twelfth Savacentre Site in Cargo Club purchase
  07

  Twelfth Savacentre Site in Cargo Club purchase
  Sainsbury's has bought
  the three Cargo Club sites
  for a total £45 milHon.
  It intends to convert the
  Bristol site to a JS, the
  Wednesbury site to a
  Savacentre and 'disposal
  of...

• Writelines
  08

  SLIMMER MARKETING? Barbara Mooney, deli assistant, Telford Way In this day and age when
  many are dieting for
  health or weight problems,
  would it not be appropriate
  for J Sainsbury to
  run a campaign in
  conjunction with one...

• GREEN SCENE
  10

  Gutter talk
  If we put resources into looking after waste liquids
  is It money down the drain? Definitely not, according
  to The National Rivers Authority and Salnsbury's who
  are working together to clean up Britain's rivers....

• GETTING INTO THE SWING OF LOGISTICS
  11

  Supplying stores is like a Newton's Cradle, explains director of logistics John Rowe. It's all about reducing the 'friction' of
  inefficiencies in the different links in the distribution chain. This is why the Newton's Cradle was...

• Welcome to our 12,000 new readers
  12

  Welcome to our 12,000 new readers
  HOMECARE
  It's official. Texas Homecare with its 241
  DIY stores is now part of the Sainsbury
  Group. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
  gave clearance for the purchase of
  Texas by Homebase on...

• Her life is acting, her business is the icing on the cake
  14

  Her life is acting, her business is the icing on the cake
  It's three years since one of the country's most famous actresses
  came to JS with an idea: to market a range of novelty cakes
  under her name.
  From a tentative start in...

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY
  16

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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  Customers were invited to join in
  tlie clowning around at Puriey
  Way, Croydon.
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  Gone fishing
  Children from Temple Bank School and
  Support Service for...

• COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING JSTV
  18

  CONGRATULATIONS to Crystal Palace and Fairfield Park, winners of the JS /oMrnaZ/delicatessen buying Italian
  counter competition. Stores with
  deli counters held an Italian theme
  period in March to promote
  products from that...

• Celebrity hangout is media darling
  20

  Celebrity hangout is media darling
  Quaglino's, The Savoy Grill,
  Bibendum, Ladbroke Grove's
  coffee shop. They've all enjoyed
  their moments of glory.
  Ladbroke Grove rubbed
  shoulders with the best
  eateries in London when it...

• Do you have a secret infatuation?
  20

  Do you have a secret infatuation?
  'Love is like the measles; we all
  have to go through it' wrote
  Jerome K Jerome. If you're
  suffering from a nasty dose of the
  bug that makes your heart pound,
  your concentration...

• Piping hot haggis
  20

  Piping hot haggis
  Strong displays at the entrance of
  the store, whisky tastings in BWS
  and a traditional Burns supper
  marked Burns Day at the
  Edinburgh Savacentre in Cameron
  Toll.
  Former Savacentre employee Craig...

• Sainsbury's Cheese and Ham Nibbles
  20

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• Cashing in on cans
  21

  Cashing in on cans
  Saturday is pay day at Beckton
  Savacentre. That is if you have
  a horde of used aluminium
  cans. A once-a-week collection
  point is being run for Alcan, the
  aluminium can recyclers, by St
  John Ambulance. The...

• Fan letters
  21

  Fan letters
  Customer's daughter Sarah Green from Barnsley made a colourful
  tribute for her local store and took it in for store manager Robert
  Stowe.

• High romance, low budget
  21

  High romance, low budget
  Self-confessed romantics Graham
  Davies and Theresa IVIorgan
  toasted their wedding on
  Valentine's Day with a cup of tea
  in the Swansea branch coffee
  shop.
  Theresa, Graham and 12
  guests celebrated...

• Life is much easier with Sabre
  21

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• Mystified in Manchester
  22

  Mystified in Manchester
  Question: What is the only occasion on which all parts of the Sainsbury's Group come together in competition?
  Answer: The Grand Final of the corporate quiz. Colin Etheridge's 'Captain Colin
  and the...

• They could have been contenders
  22

  They could have been contenders
  Quiz host Mariella Frostrup.
  Three members of staff from
  Blackfriars wracked their brains
  to come through as underdog
  winners in their round of the
  World's Greatest Quiz, hosted
  by Mariella...

• Wimbledon courts local ladies
  22

  Wimbledon courts local ladies
  Deputy manager of Wimbledon
  Simon Kingshotte visited local
  Link House to present them
  with the 125 cake and cheque
  for £125. Janet Fenwick, who is
  101 years old, accepted them
  on behalf of the...

• FOR MR GREEDIES EVERYWHERE
  23

  Mr Men are on the march! Mr
  Men White Chocolate Mini Rolls
  and Mr Men cakes have joined
  the existing range of Mr Men
  products.
  Mini Rolls with a vanillaflavoured
  filling are covered with
  real white chocolate. They sell...

• FROZEN NET ASSETS
  23

  FROZEN NET ASSETS
  Two new selections bound to catch your eye with their bold, bright
  packaging are Frozen Cod and Haddock in Crispy Breadcrumbs. Both
  servings of fish come in 800g packs, are quick and easy to prepare...

• LAYERING IS THE NEW LOOK
  23

  Layered Vegetables present a new way to cook your
  greens.
  Available In two types, the vegetables are thinly
  sliced and layered in a microwaveable pot. Herbed
  butter or cheese placed between the layers of
  vegetables melts...

• ROLL UP
  23

  ROLL UP
  Chocolate lovers can find themselves rolling in the stuff at
  Sainsbury's. Not only have buyers introduced a six-pack of Milk
  Chocolate Rolls, but there is also a six-pack of white chocolate and
  variety pack with three...

• WHAT THE BEST DRESSED SALADS ARE WEARING
  23

  Salads will be turning over a
  new leaf with new Salnsbury's
  Classic Salad Dressings,
  including French and Italian
  Vinaigrette and Sun-dried
  Tomato and Caesar dressings.
  All come in 250ml bottles
  for £1.15. New spoonable...

• SSA OFFERS
  24

  SAINSBURY'S STAFF ASSOCIATION
  Tel: 01719217227
  INTEREST WILL PAY DIVIDENDS
  bOOhi hh ^KLY hoy DAY
  For the first time since offering SSA members speclallyiirlced holidays,
  *ontlns now Include their holiday villages In...

• SSA PRIZE QUESTIONNAIRE
  25

  Are you aware of the
  SSA's existence?
  Yes, 1 am aware
  No, 1 am not aware
  'V Which of
  ^* event
  do you k
  Quiz night
  Sports day
  Fishing day
  Golf day
  Cheap concert/
  Holiday offers
  Household discounts
  (eg. RAG & insurance...

• 40 YEAR RETIREMENT
  27

  40 YEAR RETIREMENT
  STAN OSBORNE of Tewkesbury
  Road has hung up his hat
  after 44 long and happy years
  with the company.
  He joined in 1950 after
  leaving the army, and was
  posted to Wood Green. 'My
  first job was to weigh lard...

• LONG SERVICE
  27

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 40 years of
  service:
  Steve Hunt, assistant
  manager, West Hove. JEAN
  FYFE, checkout replenishment,
  Victoria. DAVID SMITH,
  area director, South Western
  area office.
  Employees who...

• OBITUARY
  27

  OBITUARY
  Length of service appears in
  brackets.
  FRANK HEALEY, 53, a
  warehouse operative in the
  non perishables department
  at Charlton depot, died on
  February 27 after a long
  illness. (20yrs).

• RETIREMENTS
  27

  RETIREMENTS
  DENIS ALEXANDER, trolley
  collector, Lyons Farm,
  Worthing (7yrs). EILEEN BELL,
  cleaner, Bracknell (4yrs).
  MARJORIE BEST, cook, Bexhill
  (6yrs). SUSAN BREWER,
  restaurant assistant,
  Fareham (15yrs). JOAN...

• KEEP THE SHOPS WELL LIT
  28

  ARCHIVES
  KEEP THE SHOPS
  WELL LIT
  The Founder would have been delighted
  with the recent lighting award for the
  Marsh Mills store (page 5). Good lighting
  at the shops was always important to him,
  so much so that his dying...