'JS Journal', December 1996

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• A message from the chairman
  02

  A message from the chairman
  Best wishes to you all for a
  very happy Christmas
  and my warmest thanks
  for the contribution you have
  made to the company during
  this difficult year.
  I hope you and your family
  have a...

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES 2-5
  DELI 2 0 0 0 I
  TRAINING IN NORTHERN
  IRELAND
  COMPUTING FOR THE
  MILLENNIUM
  SCANNERS FOR
  CUSTOMERS
  50TH BIRTHDAY
  COMPETITION RESULTS
  WRITELINES 10-11
  STORE OPENINGS 12-13
  ONE STORE'S RESPONSE
  TO...

• Prime Minister drops in for tea at Clapham
  02

  Prime Minister drops in for tea at Clapham
  Clapham's new JS received a
  flying visit from Prime Minister
  John Major the day after opening.
  After being met by chairman
  David Sainsbury, Mr Major
  inspected the new video wall...

• Sainsbury's Choir of the Year gets peak BBC screening
  02

  Sainsbury's Choir of the Year gets peak BBC screening
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  Sainsbury's Choir of the Year, the largest amateur choral event in the
  UK, is to be shown on BBC Television on Christmas Day! The first of
  four programmes will be...

• Chairman helps plan for prosperity
  03

  Chairman helps plan for prosperity
  Chairman David Sainsbury
  was a keynote speaker at a
  conference about property
  and development entitled
  'Planning for Prosperity'
  which was organised by
  Keith Vaz MP, Shadow
  Environment...

• Getting together on H Day
  03

  Getting together on H Day
  On 2 Dec, 161 former
  Texas stores were rebadged
  as Homebase, completing
  a major step in the
  integration of the two
  companies (from now on
  we will only refer to the
  Homebase brand). This
  brings...

• JS helps keep alive memory of young trainee
  03

  JS helps keep alive memory of young trainee
  The son of two
  Sainsbury's staff, who
  was murdered while at
  work as a trainee store
  manager, has had the
  new wing of a church
  dedicated to his name.
  A packed church...

• Linking the chain
  03

  Linking the chain
  Sainsbury's has been talking
  grand scale!
  to its suppliers on a grand scale! Over 300 suppliers of
  perishable products turned
  up at London's Merchant
  Centre to hear presentations
  by JS directors...

• Sainsbury's on show
  03

  Sainsbury's on show
  Bottle openers: Exhibitions co-ordinator Prisciila Playford
  of Group internal Communications and Orleans Kendal-
  Jones of Dulwich store iceep up with customer demands. Sainsbury's classic range
  of wines,...

• Highland fling!
  04

  Highland fling!
  Gone fishing! Richard Bain, Doreen Bain, Claire Tucker
  and Gary Rowls get away from It all. Two staff from Enfield
  store, Richard Bain and
  Claire Tucker, were recently
  treated to three days
  in Scotland after...

• JS labels are a work of art
  04

  JS labels are a work of art
  This fabulous collage of
  Sainsbury's labels is the
  work of Kent textiles artist
  Renate Keeping, who was
  inspired by shopping at her
  local JS store in Bromley. Renate, who gives art
  lessons to...

• The shop window of the 21st century
  04

  The shop window of the 21st century
  At the outset, the architects were faced with a problem. In order to reduce noise,
  and for the sake of convenience, the service yard for the new JS store at Clapham
  South had to be located...

• Trainee managers' growing success
  04

  Trainee managers' growing success
  Eleven successful Homebase candidates who achieved NVQ level 4 in Management
  were presented with their awards by managing director Ross McLaren at a
  presentation evening at Hadlow Horticultural...

• JS and Gingerbread help parents back to work
  05

  JS and Gingerbread help parents back to work
  Thanks to £64,000 sponsorship
  from the Sainsbury's
  Charitable Fund, Free to
  work, a comprehensive
  guide to childcare, has been
  produced by Gingerbread,
  the charity for lone...

• JS meets the man from the Ministry
  05

  JS meets the man from the Ministry
  it's good to tail( - Stephen Pugh (l«ft) meets company
  nutritionist Gill Fine and Keith Bashford from legal services. Stephen Pugh from
  MAFF's Consumers and
  Nutrition Policy Division
  spent...

• Ode to Sainsbury's
  05

  Ode to Sainsbury's
  It's the WWF Commandos! Six school girls from
  Reading High School toolc to London's streets on
  National Poetry Day recently to deliver environmental
  messages in verse for the World Wide Fund for Nature....

• Richard counts on success
  05

  Richard counts on success
  Richard (right) collects his
  prize.
  Homebase's Richard
  Warriner won £500 when
  he came second in the
  PASS/Harrison Willis
  Trainee Accountant of
  the Year final. To reach
  the final, all six...

• Share the care - and double the money
  05

  Share the care - and double the money
  Sainsbury's has joined forces with Sharing the Caring,
  a Give as You Earn fundraising company, which is
  owned by four charities. This partnership is the first
  between a UK company
  and...

• The pie's the limit
  05

  The pie's the limit
  Bakeries in Savacentres
  all over the country are
  turning out mince pies in
  their thousands - in an
  attempt to beat their last
  Christmas targets.
  Savacentre holds a friendly
  seasonal competition
  for...

• 21st century food
  06

  21st century food
  Burphatn store's new deli is the best thing since sliced salami and reckons it can rival Harrods for quality and range.
  The Journal sampled sushi at the launch. > ^ , inating from a simple mission statement,
  ,...

• Training in a different aisle
  07

  Opening a new JS store requires
  enormous planning at the best of times,
  but what happens when many of the
  new recruits have barely heard of, let
  alone stepped Inside of, one of our
  stores? The Journal went to...

• Countdown to the millennium
  08

  Computers can do the most amazing feats. But only until the millennium.
  Countdown to the millennium
  For most of us, the year 2000 brings to mind a huge celebration into the millennium. However, for those
  working on the IT Year...

• Scanning the future?
  08

  Scanning the future?
  An exciting project on trial at Watchmoor Park, Camberley, could be the first step
  towards making queues a thing of the past. Express Shop, launched last
  month, allows customers to scan
  and pack their own...

• 50TH BIRTHDAY COMPETITION RESULTS
  09

  Debbie wins top prize down under
  Freddy asked chairman
  David Sainsbury to pick
  out the name of the lucky
  JS Journal reader who'll
  be flying out to Australia
  next year. Debbie
  Freebury, from systems at
  Savacentre head...

• Writelines
  10

  STAFF COUNCIL
  RAISES TIMELY
  I D E A
  Christine Williams,
  manager's secretary,
  Thanet:
  After holding the first staff
  council meeting in our
  branch, the question was
  raised as to whether we
  would consider fitting a...

• Branch opening—Newton Abbot
  12

  NEWTON ABBOT
  Newton Abbot as a Plymco
  store.
  Spot the difference - Newton
  Abbot on opening day.
  Newton Abbot deli staff Sue
  Johnson, Catherine Urwin and
  Tina Brandt, who have
  transferred to JS from Plymco.
  Opening date: 4...

• Branch opening—Paignton
  12

  PAIGNTON
  Donna Alger (Marsh Mills),
  Caroline Preston (Surbiton) and
  Doreen Best (Plymouth) form
  part of the massive army of
  relief staff.
  Provisions assistant Peter
  Baker, formerly of Plymouth's
  Pinhoe store.
  Darren Tozer...

• Homebase opening—Altrincham, Cannock, Warrington and Sevenoaks
  13

  Not to be outdone by JS, Homebase opened no less than four new
  stores last month! At Altrincham, 46 new jobs have been created.
  Cannock's new store (33,000sq ft) opened on 13 November, whilst
  Warrington and Sevenoaks are also...

• TalkBack
  13

  TalkBack
  Following TalkBack, meetings have been- held at grass roots level to discuss how we can improve the
  business. Here we look at the action taken by one store, Springfield in Chelmsford, which may provide
  inspiration for...

• PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION RESULTS
  14

  Linda picks a picture
  TV's Birds of a
  Feather and Jobs for
  the Girls star Linda
  Robson took a break
  from her hectic filming
  schedule to judge our
  annual photographic
  competition.
  Having studied
  photography with...

• GARDENING VIDEO OFFER
  16

  Get your garden up to scratch
  While winter's here and it's too cold to get out in the garden, why not curl up with a hot drink and watch Gardening from scratchl
  Presented by Helen Yemm and written by celebrity gardener Gay...

• SSA SPORTS DAY
  16

  1996 has beon a good yoar for sport - wo'vo had Euro '96,
  the Olympics, Wimbledon and, of course, the 50th SSA sports day! Teams from all over the country took
  part, from JS stores in Taunton and
  Truro, to a team from...

• LONG SERVICE
  17

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have completed
  40 years' sen/Ice
  CHARLES GALWAY, senior store
  manager, Stanway.
  DAVID IVIORTON, reception
  manager, Hull.
  Employees who have completed
  25 years' service
  MICHAEL BULL,...

• OBITUARY
  17

  OBITUARY
  Length of service is in bracl^ets.
  HOWARD FYNN, 36, branch
  manager at Worksop (formerly at
  Ripley) died on 12 September
  after a long illness (13yrs). DENNIS BUNCE, 67, a packer
  at Hayford Hill died suddenly on
  the...

• RETIREMENTS
  17

  RETIREMENTS
  Length of service is in brackets
  DOREEN BEDDON, staff
  restaurant assistant, Wolverhampton,
  (14yrs). ELIZABETH
  BROOME, coffee shop assistant,
  Lincoln, (5yrs). EDDIE PARRIES, warehousekeeper, Basingstoke,
  (22yrs)....

• SOUND AND VISION
  17

  SAINSBURY'S
  review
  Spice up your life with Sound & Vision!
  Spend Christmas with the Spice Girls, or if
  your tastes are more leisurely, relax with
  Sense and Sensibility.
  We asked Rebecca Devison from public
  relations to...

• WEDDINGS
  17

  WEDDINGS
  Above; Marie and Tony
  Left: Rebecca and James Love is in the air at Newcastle - James Buckley and Rebecca Groome
  married and had their honeymoon in Italy. Marie Yorke and Tony
  Proud (Hanley JS) promptly flew to the...

• Chocolate treats
  18

  Chocolate treats
  JS has some great chocolate stocking fillers on offer. Here are just five
  samples to whet your appetite:
  Christmas games won't be the same
  again after you've tried Sainsbury's
  edible offering. Win to Eat! is...

• Disney crackers
  18

  Disney crackers
  IVIake Christmas go with a bang with
  this pack of six Character Crackers. All
  your favourite Disney characters are
  featured on each cracker including
  Donald Duck and the world's most
  famous rodent - Mickey...

• Say it with flowers
  18

  Add a touch of colour to winter with a Christmas Rose Bouquet. At
  £9.99 these would make an ideal present that will brighten up any
  room for the rest of the holiday season. AVAIUBLE IN MOST STORES.

• Are you sitting comfortably?
  19

  Are you sitting comfortably?
  Four new children's Christmas books are
  sure to make popular stocking fillers.
  Ruby the Christmas Donkey, Teddy
  Meets Father Christmas, Christmas
  Kitten and The Night Before
  Christmas will keep...

• Candles in the wind
  19

  Candles in the wind
  These
  Decorative Ball
  Candles will
  add to the
  atmosphere
  and brighten up
  the Christmas
  table. They
  cost £2.99
  each and
  are also
  available in
  cream.
  At £6.99
  this Twist Brass
  Candlestick
  makes...

• Chill out
  19

  It might be cold outside, but JS
  frozen food buyers have come up with some special winter treats that
  are guaranteed to make the temperature rise this Christmas. Here
  are just a few samples:
  Sainsbury's luxury range of...

• Dig it
  19

  This Christmas Homebase has some ideal gifts for gardening
  enthusiasts. Here are four Items they'll find simply irresistible:
  A Homebase Hand Trowel or Fork (£4.29 each) Is just the thing for
  intricate work in borders, beds...

• Goodwill to all - or humbug?
  20

  Christmas is getting
  relentlessly closer. Some of
  us love it, some of us hate it
  and some of us, of course,
  don't celebrate it at all. We
  asked a cross-section of staff
  what they liked most about
  Christmas and what...

• Bowled over
  22

  Bowled over
  Maria Pascals, Side-by-
  Side co-ordinator at
  Leicester, organised a
  superbowl competition to
  raise funds for Millgate
  Centre, the local special
  needs schools. Maria
  decided that all six ||
  schools taking part...

• Homebase staff show alternative ways with paint
  22

  Homebase staff show alternative ways with paint
  Gale force winds and
  pouring rain did not stop
  the 89 members of staff
  at Homebase head office
  from braving the elements
  and enjoying a Sainsbury's
  Homebase Staff
  Association...

• Little celebs help ring in the news
  22

  Little celebs help ring in the news
  Children who were
  featured in a recent
  company advertising
  campaign officially opened
  the customer restaurant at
  Kidderminster recently.
  The budding celebrities
  were accompanied by...

• Revamp at St Albans
  22

  Revamp at St Albans
  There were big festivities when the St Albans store reopened recently after three
  months of refurbishments. The town crier, David Baker, welcomed customers to the
  revamped store, which sports new products...

• Scouting for business
  22

  Scouting for business
  Locksbottom recently
  received an order for
  £24,000 to feed scouts
  from across the world who
  were enjoying a jamboree
  in the area. Staff put in
  extra hours so that they
  could get the huge order
  out...

• Help for Jimmy's
  23

  Help for Jimmy's
  Leeds presented the neurology
  department at St James's
  University Hospital with a
  healthy cheque of £4,000 from
  its Penny Back scheme. The
  cheque was presented by the
  personnel manager, Alison
  Killoran...

• Lewisham and Lee Green join forces
  23

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• Look after the pennies...
  23

  Look after the pennies...
  Fareham has
  provided invaluable
  financial support to
  the neo-natal unit at
  St IVIary's Hospital in
  Portsmouth with its
  Penny Back scheme.
  The store has been
  donating its pennies
  to the unit...

• Vouchers pay for high tech equipment
  23

  Vouchers pay for high tech equipment
  sin's CE Primary
  ichool in Moordown
  collected enough school
  bag vouchers to purchase
  both a television and a
  •"""luterto improve
  «ng methods at the
  ;hool. Talbot Heath
  ^"Tgers...

• Wendy provides a ray of sunshine
  23

  Wendy provides a ray of sunshine
  Wendy Richard of
  Eastenders fame, provided
  the celebrity touch to the
  launch of a fundraising
  raffle in aid of Sunshine
  Coaches. Stores from
  Whitechapel to King's
  Lynn, Luton to...

• A whirlwind week of fundraising
  24

  A whirlwind week of fundraising
  staff at Homebase, Norwich
  Milecross, went all out during a
  week of intensive fundraising for
  charity. There were sponsored
  running and cycle races between
  Homebase stores, and on the
  Friday...

• Burton in bloom
  24

  Burton on Trent is actively
  Involved in making the
  community more attractive
  for those who live, work
  and shop In the area.
  Together with donations
  from head office, the
  store was recently able to
  donate £2,250 to...

• Experience in the outside world
  24

  On Monday momings
  13-year-old Andrew
  Mallowan heads off not
  to school, but to
  Sainsbury's in Archer
  Road, Sheffield, where
  he is the store's
  youngest candidate for
  work experience.
  Andrew is a pupil at
  King Ecgbert...

• Extensive celebrations
  24

  Extensive celebrations
  Queens Road store celebrated the store's reopening In
  grand style recently after extensive refurblshments. The
  local town crier lent his support and a band entertained
  the crowd while customers were able...

• Mass production
  24

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• Around Ireland in three days
  25

  Around Ireland in three days
  (L-r) Friends Ian and Christa, Chris Brockway, senior grocery assistant,
  Winton, Terry Campion, senior warehouse assistant, Winton, and Charlie
  Chant, assistant manager, produce, Talbot Heath store....

• Ousting our rivals
  25

  Ousting our rivals
  Sainsbury's and Homebase beat
  stiff competition recently when they
  won first prizes in the Horsham
  and Camberley over 25 category in
  the finals of the inter-store TRACChallenge,
  a retail...

• Some like it hot
  25

  Sibling rivalry in the Steinberg
  family took on a new dimension
  when Natalie Steinberg, trainee
  manager at Solihuil branch in
  Birmingham, entered BBC TV's
  Ready Steady Cook competition
  to compete against her brother.
  "The...

• The height of success
  25

  Pauline stockill, trainee manager currently at Hamilton, w^nt to tremendous heights to overcome
  her phobia when
  she decided to go
  abseiling in aid of
  charity. She
  talked two of her
  colleagues from
  Blackhali...

• Pantomimes and prizes
  26

  Pantomimes and prizes
  Hook behind you! It's panto time and the
  Archiveshaveresurrectedaproductionfrom
  the past. It's Jack and the Beanstalk with a
  difference. Reproduced below, for the first time
  since before the First World...

• SSA OFFERS
  28

  With 1997 fast approaching, dark
  nights and British winter weather all
  around us it is time to think and plan
  for your summer 91 sunshine holiday
  break. So we have put together the best
  possible discounts from the country...