'JS Journal', August/September 1996

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• Bright ideas make a splash at Sainsbury's
  02

  Bright ideas make a splash at Sainsbury's
  Youngsters get some Bright ideas
  at London Zoo.
  Sainsbury's has been helping
  harassed parents pestered by bored
  children during the summer
  holidays by handing out free
  activity...

• Celebrations at the Palace
  02

  Celebrations at the Palace
  Three young Sainsbury's staff, who took part in the Prince's Trust
  Volunteers scheme, were invited to a celebration at St James' Palace
  recently, together with members of Sainsbury Group...

• Contents Page
  02

  CONTENTS
  HEADLINES 2-4
  STAFF GO WINE-TASTING
  IN FRANCE 5
  YOUR CHANCE TO ENTER OUR
  ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
  COMPETITION 6
  ANNUAL GENERAL
  MEETING
  SAINSBURY'S DOES THE
  EXHIBITION SEASON
  WRITELINES
  A LOOK AT...

• Enfield fishes for compliments
  02

  Enfield fishes for compliments
  In the inaugural Fish Counter of the Year competition recently held
  across the company it was Enfield who walked away with top honours. The six regional winners, Chester,
  Waterlane, Dulwich,...

• Out and about
  02

  Out and about
  Sainsbury's staff have been out and about this summer,
  working at the various exhibitions thoughout Britain,
  raising money for charity - and even going down to the
  South of France for a spot of wine-tasting.
  If...

• Hat trick for JS products
  03

  Hat trick for JS products
  Sainsbury's Blackfriars
  Gin (£10.92) won the best
  alcoholic gin category. TV
  chef Brian Turner was
  impressed by both its price
  and taste, "It was its
  unusually high alcoholic
  strength of 43 per...

• NEWS IN BRIEF
  03

  NEWS IN BRIEF
  Sainsbury's has increased
  its shareholding in Giant
  Food to 19.9 per cent.
  The Group has announced
  that is has been in talks with
  Holland's Royal Ahold over
  buying 12 superstores in
  America, which would...

• Sainsbury's big breakfast
  03

  Sainsbury's big breakfast
  JS is lending its support to
  this year's National
  Breakfast Week which will
  run from 9-15 September.
  Now in its third year, the
  Kellogg's sponsored initiative
  aims to encourage us
  all to start the...

• Seeing the wood for the trees
  03

  Seeing the wood for the trees
  In 1995 the JS Group joined the World
  Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) 1995
  Plus Group, which supports the Forest
  Stewardship Council (FSC), an alliance
  of environmentalists, industry, foresters
  and...

• Two new directors appointed
  03

  Two new directors appointed
  Sir David Schoiey
  Sir David Schoiey has
  been appointed to the
  board as a non-executive
  director. Sir David was
  chairman of the SG
  Warburg Group pic from
  1984-1995 and is currently
  chairman of...

• A song for Sainsbury's
  04

  A song for Sainsbury's
  As part of its sponsorship
  under the Sainsbury's
  Arts for All programme,
  Folkworks, the Newcastle
  based folk music
  organisation, is
  organising Songmakers,
  a major national
  celebration of the art...

• No escape for trolleys
  04

  No escape for trolleys
  The days of Hnding abandoned trolleys in rivers and
  parking lots are numbered thanks to two new anti-theft
  devices being trialled at two JS stores. At Cromwell Road, an
  area where the local
  authority...

• Sainsbury's Autumn Value
  04

  This autumn will see
  some tempting offers
  instore.
  From 1 September the very
  successful Summer Savers
  campaign comes to an end
  and will be replaced with
  an Autumn Value promotion.
  Autumn Value will
  offer our customers...

• So this is Christmas...
  04

  So this is Christmas...
  Most of us are still thinking about summer holidays,
  but some people have already turned their thoughts to
  Christmas.
  Jennifer Hollingworth (right), grocery buyer, expiains
  Sainsbury's Christmas range...

• Jetting off for a grape trip...
  05

  All together: the team undertakes some fieldwork.
  A barrel of fun: Sarah McCormack (left) and Lesley Powell, south west district
  training officers, try to remember it's for tasting, not drinking.
  Putting theory into practice:...

• Snap happy!
  06

  The annual JS Journal photographic competition promises to be a bumper one this year
  with great prizes and themes to stretch your imagination. The first prize this year has
  been donated by Fuji film and is a FOTONEX 300 Advanced...

• Sharing the business
  07

  Sharing the business
  Despite a tube strike and
  pouring rain, up to 500
  people attended the annual
  general meeting at the
  QEII centre in Westminster
  on 3 July. It was the
  shareholders' chance to
  meet directors, view...

• Showtime!
  08

  It's the exhibition
  season and
  Sainsbury's has
  been putting on a
  right royal show
  1 : Rightl, I'm ready for
  business at the Royal
  Show.
  2 : Sainsbury's marquee at
  the summer Royal Show?
  Feels more like the north
  face of...

• Writelines
  10

  REKINDLING MEMORIES
  Alan Stevens, veteran, Reading:
  On my travels, looking for photos for my collection, I came across this one. I
  don't know when it was exactly, but it must have been wartime. Sainsbury's shop
  is still...

• The way we were
  12

  THE DAYS WHEN SAINSBURY'S SHOP FRONTS AND DISPLAY CABINETS WERE MADE OF RICH
  BROWN MAHOGANY, MOSAIC TILES WERE ON THE FLOOR AND WALLS AND EVERYTHING WAS
  COUNTER SERVICE HAVE LONG GONE. WELL, NO'F QUITE. TlIE JOURNAL TEAMED UP...

• JS and AIR MILES offer you the world
  14

  JS and AIR MILES offer you the world
  A r e y o u b u s y s h o p p i n g a t S a i n s b u r y ' s a n d n o t c h i n g up
  R e w a r d Poln-ts? H e r e ' s w h a t y o u c a n d o w i t h t h e m . Sainsbury's has teamed up...

• STORE DEVELOPMENT
  14

  Sainsbury's is pressing ahead with new store developments. Here's a round up of what's opening and when
  More stringent planning
  guidelines
  In June, John Gummer MP,
  Secretary of State for the Environment,
  announced further...

• 50TH BIRTHDAY COMPETITION
  15

  In April 1994 a joint venture
  between French supermarket
  chain Mammouth and JS resulted
  in the opening of La Boutique
  Sainsbury in the gallery area of
  the Calais Mammouth store.
  The store offers JS wines,
  beers and spirits...

• A new look for lamb
  16

  A new look for lamb
  New Lamb Pasties (£1.55)
  have been launched as an
  alternative to the beef pasties
  in the light of the BSE scare.
  The product has an excellent
  flavour and is a delicious
  change to beef for avid...

• Mexican munchies
  16

  Mexican munchies
  Sainsbury's is introducing a
  Mexican range that is likely to
  get the taste buds tingling.
  Highlights include Tex 'n' Mex
  12 Taco Shells (£1.19), Hot
  Spicy Refried Beans (49p),
  Chicken Mexicana...

• Summer showers
  16

  Summer showers
  New in the toiletries
  section are four JS
  shower gels: Rise &
  Shine (with grapefruit
  extract). Splash & Dash
  (with sea fennel extract),
  Alive & Kicking (with
  watermint extract) and
  Get Up & Go...

• Wining and dining
  16

  Wining and dining
  It's been another busy
  summer for JS wine buyers
  who have introduced more
  than 40 new wines to the
  range. The latest arrivals
  include the following.
  Sainsbury's New Zealand
  White Wine is made from...

• A slice of pie
  17

  A slice of pie
  JS is adding a new variety to
  its Premium range of Latticed
  Slices. Cliicken & Broccoli
  with White Wine (£2.59)
  should prove a popular new
  addition. The pie contains a
  creamy white wine sauce, is
  topped...

• A taste of butter
  17

  A taste of butter
  Butterlicious is a new dairy spread that contains buttermilk to give it
  the taste of butter, but is healthier because it
  is low in saturates and high
  in mono-unsaturates and
  contains less overall fat.
  It...

• Babewatch!
  17

  Babewatch!
  Fans of Pamela Anderson will
  hopefully become fans of a new
  sponge cake called Beach Babe.
  Designed by Jane Asher, the light
  sponge is filled with strawberry
  jam and buttercream filling and
  covered in soft icing...

• Perfect picnic pies
  17

  Perfect picnic pies
  SAINSBURVS '"••i-;^._
  A pithivier (pronounced pit-ivia) is a French style pie with light puff pastry
  that can contain different kinds of fillings. Sainsbury's is introducing two
  varieties: Spinach and...

• Scrub, smooth and tone
  17

  Scrub, smooth and tone
  With Shower Plus there is now a skin care
  regime for your whole body. Shower Plus comes
  in three varieties. Shower & Scrub contains
  loofah and is designed to cleanse, exfoliate and
  replenish the skin....

• Spanish surprise
  17

  Spanish surprise
  New from Spain come two tasty ready-to-eat meats. Sliced
  Chorizo is a traditional dry cured salami priced at £1.09.
  Spanish Serrano Ham is a traditional dry cured ham, which
  costs £1.99 per pack. Both are...

• The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
  17

  The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
  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 August/September
  Giveaway, 9th floor, Drury House,...

• Doctor's orders
  18

  Doctor's orders
  staff at Low Hall were in
  for a surprise on 9 July
  when they arrived for their
  early nnorning shift.
  GIVITV's Dr Hillary Jones
  was at the store together
  with his television crew
  to do a live programme
  that...

• Funday raises funds for charity
  18

  Funday raises funds for charity
  Dull weather did not
  dampen the spirits of staff
  and their families who
  attended the Funday in
  Keith Miiien's district in
  the Eastern region. The
  event was attended by
  more than 500...

• Kingsway can!
  18

  Kingsway can!
  Canteen staff at Kingsway
  are currently working hard
  to meet a target of
  £10,000 for their local
  Umbrella Appeal, a local
  charity which supports
  disabled children and their
  families. The project,
  called...

• Octobus
  18

  Octobus
  Hampden Pa
  store decided th;
  its local cha
  Playbus, a c,
  facility, needed
  publicity. Th
  store, which
  sponsors th
  Playbus's th
  weekly trip tc
  playbus' competi
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  vite the local press. Much to...

• Wheels of success
  18

  Wheels of success
  PUSH 2000, a team of
  three disabled athletes,
  stopped off at Stralton to
  pick up a cheque for
  £2,000 while on their
  quest to travel from
  Land's End to John
  O'Groats to raise funds
  for a...

• Boots sale boosts charity funds
  19

  Boots sale boosts charity funds
  Marie Curie Cancer
  ^ I organisation in
  Dorset was able to raise
  £1,000 with car boot
  IS which were held
  ^ week on the Texas
  iksome store
  lises. By providing
  renue for the
  )rganisation's...

• Mozart in the making?
  19

  Mozart in the making?
  Eleven-year-old Joseph
  Erber, winner of the
  Pictures for Schools
  Music Competition, not
  only composed the
  winning entry, but also
  performed the piece for
  piano at the presentation
  of his prize. All...

• Posters win prizes
  19

  Sunderland store,
  together with the city's
  public health
  department, organised a
  poster competition in
  celebration of National
  Food Safety Week.
  Children from local
  schools were asked to
  design posters
  concerning food...

• Rewarding birthday present for Ada
  19

  Rewarding birthday present for Ada
  Liz South, personnel
  manager at Winton and
  Talbot Heath, made an
  unusual discovery on
  checking her Reward Card
  registration forms - a
  customer named Miss
  Ada Siney had given her
  date of...

• Robbing the rich to give to the poor
  19

  Robbing the rich to give to the poor
  The Marie Curie fundraising
  day got off to a
  good start at Texas Bexhill
  when Kelly Neal, garden
  store manager, decided to
  have a theme to the day. Kelly, and Scott Batehup,
  DIY manager,...

• Working side by side
  19

  Working side by side
  Volunteers
  from the
  Springfleld
  store,
  together with
  their family
  and friends,
  took two
  weekends to
  transform
  completely
  the decor of their local
  adult training centre, as
  one of their...

• APOLOGY
  20

  APOLOGY
  In our story Cameron defies the odds in
  July's JS JOURNAL we erroneously
  stated that Cameron Jones of Red Bank
  Road store was paralysed. He does,
  in fact, have learning difficulties.
  We apologise for this mistake.

• Heartwarming event
  20

  Heartwarming event
  The London to Brighton bike ride
  got some enthusiastic support
  from the Chichester store. Ten
  members of staff and
  management were encouraged by
  David Moore, senior deputy
  manager, to join in to raise...

• In peak condition
  20

  In peak condition
  Able-bodied team-members
  carried multiple sclerosis
  sufferers in wheelchairs through a
  10km orienteering course through
  hills and forests around Snowdon
  when JS store managers, head
  office and regional...

• Look out shearer...
  20

  Rayleigh Weir store has a budding
  soccer star in its midst. Andrew
  Potter, a student who works part
  time in the grocery department at
  the store, played centre half for
  the England Under-18 side last
  season when England...

• Scouting for business
  20

  Scouting for business
  Stanway staff took on a challenge
  with a difference last month when
  they opened a mini store in the
  grounds of the annual
  international scouting jamboree.
  The jamboree took place on a
  180-acre site...

• The fastest checkout in the west?
  20

  The fastest checkout in the west?
  Carol Eveleigh, checkout operator
  at Exeter Central, realised her
  dream to run at international level
  when she raced against runners
  from Netherlands, Belgium and
  France in the Veterans Over...

• SOUND AND VISION
  21

  101 ways to have fun and win
  It's summer time and with so many new video and audio
  releases happening in the next two months it iool be a super fun time. Since December, when the Sound & Vision department...

• SSA OFFERS
  22

  Britannia rules
  tiie airwaves
  BBC Proms in t h e p a r k -
  S a t u r d a y JL4 S e p t e m b e r ,
  in Hyde Parl<
  Here's a new and unique opportunity for
  all music lovers: 14 September will be a
  landmark in the 102-year...

• LONG SERVICE
  23

  LONG SERVICE
  Employees who have
  completed 50 years' service:
  DEREK DITTMAN, works
  engineer, Hoddesdon depot.
  Employees who have
  completed 40 years' service:
  JOHN TRENDALL, senior store
  manager, Edgware. ARTHUR
  RUSSELL,...

• OBITUARY
  23

  OBITUARY
  Length of service appears in
  brackets.
  HARRY BARHAM, 70, an
  evening display assistant at
  Camberley died after a short
  illness on 7 July (6 years).
  LESLEY BARNETT, 49, a staff
  restaurant assistant,
  Bletchley, died...

• RETIREMENTS
  23

  RETIREMENTS
  Length of service appears in
  brackets.
  GEORGE AMASS, warehouseman,
  Basingstoke depot
  (30yrs). MARK ANTHONY, meat manager, Wallington branch
  (38yrs). JUNE BAILEY,
  checkout/replenishment
  assistant, Maidstone...

• SENIOR MANAGER RETIRES
  23

  SENIOR MANAGER RETIRES
  CHARLES STEVENS, senior
  manager, buying, Homebase
  Head Office, retired on 9
  August after 40 years
  service with the company.
  He started out as what was
  then a commercial trainee at
  Blackfriars,...

• WEDDINGS
  23

  WEDDINGS
  It was a traditional Scottish
  celebration when EDINBURGH
  SAVACENTRE'S warehouse
  assistant ANDREW RAMSAY
  and checkout assistant
  MOLLY WINCHESTER tied the
  knot on Saturday 29 June.
  Molly and Andrew met
  after Molly...

• BOOSTING MORALE OUT OF HOURS
  24

  BOOSTING MORALE OUT OF HOURS
  7947 was the first full year in which the JS Journal could
  report on the activities of the newly formed SSA. Another great JS
  institution shares its
  50th birthday with the
  JS Journal.
  Sainsbury's...