'JS Journal', July 1996

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• A chance to get on
  02

  A chance to get on
  If you're hoping to further your career in Sainsbury's, the
  company is bringing in new skills training (see page 6),
  and is also on the look-out for trainee store managers
  (see page 15).
  Meanwhile, keep...

• Birthday honours for JS people
  02

  Birthday honours for JS people
  Non-executive director Clive
  Thompson has received a
  knighthood in the Queen's
  Birthday Honours List. Sir Clive
  is group chief executive of
  Rentokil Group pic. Under his
  leadership over the...

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES
  CASTLE COURT CLUB
  STORE OPENS
  HOMEBASE'S lOOTH
  STORE OPENING
  2-4
  5
  5
  OPERATIONAL SKILLS:
  A NEW TRAINING SCHEME 6/7
  SOTH BIRTHDAY
  COMPETITION 8
  HOW SHAW'S COPES WHEN
  THE FREEZE SETS IN...

• JS chills out with environment award
  02

  JS chills out with environment award
  Sainsbury's has received a major
  commendation in the 1995-96
  Business Commitment to the
  Environment Awards, held
  recently at English Heritage.
  The award was for the application
  of a...

• JS wins Employer of the Year award
  02

  JS wins Employer of the Year award
  Andy Benzie receives the Employer of the
  Year award on behalf of Sainsbury's.
  Sainsbury's was recently
  awarded the Employer of the
  Year award by the National
  Mentoring Consortium (NMC)
  for...

• Bags of value
  03

  Bags of value
  Collecting Schoolbag Vouchers has proved very profitable for many schools across
  the country, with over 11,500,000 vouchers being cashed in to date with a total value
  of over £468,000.00. The scheme, which ends...

• Guildford memories
  03

  Guildford memories
  Do you have memories
  of Guildford High Street
  store? If so, the
  Archives would like to
  hear from you. Please
  ring Bridget Williams on
  0171 921 8200, or
  write to her at
  Sainsbury's Archives,
  Stamford...

• Hold on to your hat!
  03

  Hold on to your hat!
  "This isn't as easy as it iooics..." a Triangle Scliooi pupil
  sets to woric on a pile of bricks. A group of budding
  young brickies donned
  their hard hats and ear
  plugs to check out the JS
  Clapham High...

• Roadster carries the can
  03

  Roadster carries the can
  The Steel Can Recycling
  Information Bureau's
  Recycling Roadster visited
  23 JS stores from Craigleith
  to Croydon between
  April and June. Tiie
  educational double decker
  bus teaches children...

• Andrew picks prize-winning name
  04

  Andrew picks prize-winning name
  Ten-year-old Andrew Mclntyre has chosen a name for Sainsbury's new shopping
  centre in Newtownbreda, Northern Ireland, which has earned his school £2,000 worth
  of computer equipment and himself...

• Gearing up for a greener environment
  04

  Gearing up for a greener environment
  Nearly one in five of the 230 motorists who put their cars through Sainsbury's
  vehicles emissions testing in the Dunstable store car park recently discovered they
  had failed to meet MOT...

• Sainsbury's ice cream scoops major award
  04

  Sainsbury's ice cream scoops major award
  Sainsbury's Merry
  Christmas Pudding ice
  cream has won Retail
  Product of the Year in
  the 1996 British Frozen
  Food Federation Awards.
  The ice cream, one of JS's
  premium...

• Success in a can
  04

  Success in a can
  JS Canned Baked Beans,
  Spaghetti and Peaches
  recently came out tops
  in a comparison taste
  test with other leading
  brands.
  Christine Mason, who
  organised the research,
  was delighted with the
  findings: "We...

• Taxing times
  04

  Taxing times
  Self-assessment is a new
  method of collecting tax
  introduced by the Inland
  Revenue for the 1996/97
  tax year, which may affect
  you if you have to fill in an
  income tax return or if you
  have income from...

• Branch opening—Castle Court
  05

  Thousands go clubbing at Sainsbury's
  Sainsbury's members-only discount store has opened in Bristol
  A new style of shopping came to Bristol on 18 June when Sainsbury's opened its unique Club Store at Castle Court,...

• Homebase celebrates 100th opening
  05

  Homebase celebrates 100th opening
  Homebase celebrated the opening of its 100th store
  on 27 June on the site of the former Texas in
  Alvechurch Highway, Redditch.
  The first 500 customers received balloons, mugs
  and pot plants,...

• Knowing your onions - and your bread, meat and wine...
  06

  JS staff want to be the best trained in the business - now*s your chance to learn extra skills with the new
  Operational Skills programme.
  Staff in JS stores are
  well aware that
  customers know
  exactly what they wa
  ' or,...

• 50TH BIRTHDAY COMPETITION
  08

  Freddy Fifty has just returned from Shaw's where he helped our American
  colleagues celebrate American Independence Day on 4 July. He's brought back
  some Americana, including official Red Sox/Shaw's baseball mitts and some...

• Snow on the way? Jim'll fix it!
  09

  Snow on the way? Jim'll fix it!
  It might be pleasantly warm now, but stores need to be alert for any extremes o1
  temperature. Last year, Shaw's had to deal with New England's worst winter on record. Here's how it coped.
  You can...

• Writelines
  10

  VETS HAVE A GALE OF A TIME!
  A group of JS veterans who had all worked at the
  Southborne store between 1956 and I960 recently
  met at the Courtlands Hotel in Bournemouth.
  Former manager of the store, 92-year-old Mr
  Cameron,...

• Reward Card day takes off!
  12

  Reward Card day takes off!
  7am: A bright Monday morning: early commuters
  make their wav along Cromwell Road in central London,
  here and there a dog is being taken for its first walk of the
  dav, and occasionally a passer-by...

• Hook, line and sinking...
  14

  Hook, line and sinking...
  Three hapless anglers had to withdraw early from
  the SSA's second national angling competition at
  Gold Valley Lakes in Aldershot when carp 'stole'
  their rods... Fishing was very slow, with most of the...

• Careering ahead
  15

  If you thought a career in retail management was stuffy, think again!
  This year Sainsbury's will need to
  fill more than 600 management
  vacancies. It's a tall order finding
  that many top class applicants, so
  how do we go about...

• Eat and grow
  16

  Eat and grow
  Following the
  success of last
  year's 'Pick your
  own Strawberries',
  initiative, Sainsbury's
  decided to take the
  concept one step further
  this year by selling whole
  strawberry plants. The...

• Go on... indulge yourself
  16

  Go on... indulge yourself
  Three new flavours in
  Sainsbury's award-winning
  Indulgence range of ice
  creams go on sale this
  month. They are Chocoholic
  Cherry Ecstasy; Mesmerising
  Marmalade and Peanut Pzazz.
  If the names are...

• Home alone
  16

  Home alone
  Cooking for One is the
  latest offering from
  Sainsbury's popular Quick
  and Easy series of
  cookbooks. It's aimed at
  those people living on
  their own who want to get
  more adventurous with
  their cooking. Author...

• Saucy but nice!
  16

  Saucy but nice!
  Four Hot and Cold Sauces
  are launched this month.
  Each comes in a 250ml
  bottle and there are four
  varieties: Hollandaise,
  Bearnaise, Mustard and
  Green Peppercorn. They
  are priced at £1.19
  each, but...

• The 'X' factor
  16

  The 'X' factor
  Following the successful launch
  of the Classic Cola range,
  Sainsbury's is launching
  Classic X, a cola which has
  no added sugar. The trial size can costs
  19p and the 330ml cans are priced at
  27p each. The 4 x...

• Thirsty work
  16

  Thirsty work
  'Energise your body... quench
  your thirst' is the slogan being
  used to promote Sainsbury's
  new energy and sports drink,
  energize. This passion fruit and
  grapefruit juice sparkling drink
  is made with glucose...

• Mr. Men Magic
  17

  Mr. Men Magic
  Kids will love Sainsbury's latest range of
  children's yogurts which feature three of the
  Mr Men characters. They come in three
  flavours (all fortified with vitamins C and E and
  calcium) - Mr Tickle's Toffee, Mr...

• Quite an occasion
  17

  Quite an occasion
  Following the
  successful launch
  of the Occasions
  range last year,
  Sainsbury's is
  introducing 22 new
  lines this summer.
  The latest additions
  are summer oriented
  and ideal for parties
  or picnics. Some of...

• Roll up... roll up
  17

  Roll up... roll up
  Having a barbecue can be a very messy
  business, which is why you always need a
  good supply of extra strong kitchen towels
  close to hand. JS has relaunched a range
  of Extra Thick Kitchen Towels. They...

• Satisfying sorbets
  17

  Satisfying sorbets
  ;
  i
  If you need cooling down this
  summer, Sainsbury's
  refreshing range of
  Sorbets should do
  the trick. They come
  in three flavours;
  Lemon, Mango and
  Blackcurrant. The
  new Sorbets are
  suitable...

• Spring into health
  17

  Spring into health
  Sainsbury's is launching a new range
  of Sparkling Spring Waters. They
  make a refreshing alternative to
  mineral water or conventional soft
  drinks, and have fewer than 25
  calories per bottle. The one...

• Steak out
  17

  Steak out
  New in the freezer
  cabinets come two
  varieties of JS frozen
  Chicken Breast Steaks:
  Shoppers have the
  choice of two flavours:
  Garlic & Herbs or Lemon
  & Pepper. The chicken
  pieces are coated in a
  delicious, light...

• The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
  17

  The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
  If you would like to sample some of our new products simply cross the box
  next to your first choice and send the coupon to the JS Journal July
  Giveaway, 9th floor, Drury House, Stamford...

• All in the space of five days!
  18

  All in the space of five days!
  The Hope Lodge School
  for autistic children
  received a £1,000 prize
  in a cake and biscuit
  incentive at Hedge End
  store. The branch was also able to present a
  cheque for £2,500 to...

• Kids take a slice of the action!
  18

  Kids take a slice of the action!
  A giant 'pizza' proved a
  prize winner for children at
  Nuthall's Horsendale
  Primary School when the
  JS Kimberley store
  launched a competition in
  five local schools as part of a...

• Leatherhead provides food for fun day
  18

  Leatherhead provides food for fun day
  The Lady Taverners, a fundraising
  and charity
  organisation, recently
  asked the Leatherhead
  store to provide packed
  lunches for about 1,000
  children for a fun day at
  Chessington World...

• Presentation hits the street
  18

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• Sunderland helps disabled children
  18

  The Barbera Priestman
  School for disabled
  children was recently
  presented with 9,000
  School Bag Vouchers from
  customers and staff at
  Sunderland. Says Angela Middlewood, personnel
  assistant at Sunderland:
  "The school relies...

• Heaton lends helping hands
  19

  Heaton lends helping hands
  Heaton Park recent!
  held an open evening for
  its disabled customer:
  with the aim of imprc
  awareness of the help "
  available at the store for
  the disabled, which
  includes 28 fully...

• In the swim
  19

  In the swim
  Olympic swimmers,
  Joanne Deakin and Alex
  Clapper recently launched
  a swimming development
  programme, sponsored by
  Sainsbury's, for children
  from Coventry. The
  programme will give
  children from 12...

• Kent Air Ambulance gets off to a flying start
  19

  Kent Air Ambulance gets off to a flying start
  Kent Air Ambulance (KAA)
  made a dramatic
  entrance when it arrived
  by helicopter to collect a
  cheque for £4,200. The
  money was raised
  through the Penny Back
  Scheme at the...

• Recycling helps rehabilitation
  19

  Recycling helps rehabilitation
  Over a period of 30 months
  a total of 63 stores in
  Cambridgeshire, Herts,
  Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk
  collected 2,800,000 cans
  for recycling. These cans,
  which were collected from
  those thrown...

• Star achievers of the month
  19

  star achievers of the month
  "fSPONS
  Fiona Wilson, deiicatessen
  manager, WKiitley Bay.
  Durham and Whitley Bay
  stores have introduced a
  Star Achiever of the month
  award presented to the
  person who embodies the
  chairman's...

• Cameron defies the odds
  20

  Cameron defies the odds
  Cameron Jones, who is
  paralysed, defied the odds and
  achieved a qualification with
  Beneast Training and got a job
  at the Red Bank Road store.
  Cameron had been unemployed
  for a long time and,...

• Catch of the day
  20

  Catch of the day
  On 16 June, Glen Knox, deputy
  manager of fresh foods, Blackhall,
  decided to bring together staff and
  management from all over
  Scotland for a weekend of fishing
  at Dunbar. A few of the staff, like
  Gary...

• Glen's a hit at BBC
  20

  Glen's a hit at BBC
  Glen Francis, who works
  nightshifts at Sevenoaks, has
  recently made his live debut on
  BBC! On 6 June he appeared on
  the Ian McGregor Late Show, BBC
  Radio Kent, along with a friend,
  David Kirrage, who...

• Spanish surprise
  20

  Spanish surprise
  Produce assistant Pat Brady was
  surprised and deliglited to
  accompany her daugliter wlio told
  lier sine had won a weel two in Spain. She was even more
  surprised to find that TV's
  Surprise, Surprise...

• Staff go the extra mile
  20

  Staff go the extra mile
  Mrs Jean Mailey was not only the
  lucky winner of a promotional
  sugar competition at West
  Wickham, but staff also decided
  to deliver her prize personally.
  Says Karen Sutcliffe, personnel
  manager:...

• Bowthorpe and Great Yarmouth pool their resources
  21

  Bowthorpe and Great Yarmouth pool their resources
  Paul Gibbs, produce assistant at
  Bowthorpe, and eight of his
  friends, from his store and Great
  Yarmouth, completed a 24-hour
  sponsored pool marathon on
  19 May to raise funds...

• Could this T-shirt be the furthest travelled so far...?
  21

  Could this T-shirt be the
  furthest travelled so far...?
  This favourite ingredient T-shirt was
  worn by Maureen Butt, checl replenishment assistant, Ipswich, on
  a holiday with her husband to Malibu
  Beach in Perth, Western...

• winners !!!
  21

  winners !!!
  Congratulations to everyone who entered our 50th
  Birthday Competition no.4 in the May issue.
  Contestants were asked to guess what Gazza was
  w r i t i n g - we had some wonderful and very
  imaginative entries, but...

• SSA OFFERS
  22

  Horse of the Year Show
  featuring the world famous Cadre Noir de Saumur
  2 - 6 Octolier ±996 at Wembley
  We are able to offer reduced price tickets to SSA
  members. The main attraction tliis year is the world
  famous French...

• APOLOGY
  23

  APOLOGY
  It was incorrectly stated in
  the June issue that EVELYN
  BELGER had been a director's
  secretary for 1 1 years. In
  fact, Evelyn worked in that
  position for 29 years. Our
  sincere apologies.

• LONG SERVICE
  23

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 40 years' service:
  RAYMOND MEADOWS, trolley
  collector, Brentwood.
  Employees who have
  completed 25 years' service:
  DAVID AFFECTION, senior
  systems operator, ISD
  operations,...

• OBITUARY
  23

  OBITUARY
  Length of service appears in
  brackets.
  MARY APLIN, 40, a bakery assistant
  at Stratton, died after a
  long illness on June 13 (8yrs).
  JOYCE BRIGHT, 69, a part time
  checkout assistant at Streatham Common, died
  after...

• RETIREMENTS
  23

  RETIREMENTS
  Length of service appears in
  brackets.
  GLORIA ANDERSON, checkout/
  replenishment assistant. Fifth
  Avenue Harlow (16yrs). LILIAN
  BATT, fresh food replenishment
  assistant, Orpington (5yrs). MARGARET BELSHAM,
  cash...

• SOUND AND VISION
  23

  Two smash hits on video -
  Casper and Waterworld - will
  soon be landing in your store
  Casper, although essentially a children's movie, is
  worth watching simply for the special effects. All the
  ghostly characters are computer...

• WEDDINGS
  23

  WEDDINGS
  LARKFIELD store had a double
  celebration when its checkout
  operator CINDY EDWARDS
  married nightshift man PAUL
  BALDWIN in early May.
  The couple met at the
  store four and a half years ago
  while they were working...

• A WELCOME TO DISTANT SHAW'S
  24

  A WELCOME TO DISTANT SHAW'S
  This month, in our series
  highlighting events during the
  JS Journal's 50 year history,
  the Archives salutes Shaw's,
  which became a fully-fledged
  JS subsidiary on 1 July 1987. D
  n 1983 JS had...