'JS Journal', June 1997
- Ref. No: SA/SC/JSJ/51/5
- Format: Publication
- Date: Jun 1997
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 volume
- Access: Open
Table of content
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Contents Page
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If there's one word that you'll be hearing plenty about in the near
future it's "fresh". Our new Fresh Food, Fresh Ideas campaign is
more than a one-off idea, more a commitment to the way the
company works.
In addition to our... -
JS provides fair shares for the homeless
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JS provides fair shares for the homeless
Three inner London Sainsbury's supermarkets - Clapham, Fulham
and Islington - are donating food to the capital's homeless people. The food, which cannot be
sold instore because it... -
Pharmacy first
02
Pharmacy first
(Left to right): Karen Foden, pharmacy assistant, Karen Halsall, pharmacy
manager, Clare Leonelll, store personnel manager, Pam Adams, pharmacy
assistant, John McFerran, store manager, Lynsey Wilding, pharmacy... -
Getting to grips with the WEB
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Getting to grips with the WEB
Sainsbury's Supermarkets'
chief executive, Dino Adriano,
explains what progress
has been made since the
launch of the WEB strategy:
Our strategy
"The implementation of
the supermarkets... -
JS and M&S join forces to promote staff training
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JS and M&S join forces to promote staff training
NVQ
Based on .skill
Sainsbury's chairman David Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer's chairman Sir Richard Greenbury
joined forces recently to support a major scheme to boost take up... -
JS keeps it cool - by trucking in the sun!
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JS keeps it cool - by trucking in the sun!
JS has joined forces with
other businesses and the
Sustainable Energy Research
group at Southampton
University to produce a solar
powered refrigerated trailer,
currently in use at... -
Recognising good service
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Recognising good service
staff at ona of the last Recognition
Days celebrate witli certiflcates and
calws.
Good work doesn't go
unnoticed at Savacentre.
Recognition Day was
introduced last year in order
for board directors... -
JS and the arts
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JS and the arts
Scottish success
Sainsbury's has just won a
commendation at the Association
for Business Sponsorship
of the Arts (ABSA) Scottish
Awards, for Best Sponsorship
of a Single Project for our
sponsorship of TAG... -
Mortgages and personal loans at Sainsbury's Bank
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Mortgages and personal loans at Sainsbury's Bank
This month sees the launch of
two new Sainsbury's Bank
products - personal loans
from 9 June and mortgages
from the end of the month.
Personal loans
Eligible customers will... -
News in brief
04
New chairman for veterans committee
Eric NichoUs has succeeded
Alan Gorham as chairman
of the veterans committee.
The new chairman is
pictured above being welcomed
by veteran committee
president Joe Barnes
(left) and... -
A very rewarding year
05
It's been a pretty eventful year in the life of the Reward Card, which celebrates its first anniversary this month.
The Journal casts an eye over the last 12 months and takes a sneak preview at what lies ahead
A very rewarding... -
Ready, get fresh, go!
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Ready, get fresh, go!
Sainsbury's £5 million
advertising campaign aims to communicate the company's commitment to offering customers good quality food and innovative
ideas. The JS Journal looks at the reasons
behind the new... -
Growing for gold!
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Growing for gold!
Sainsbury's exhibited for the first time at the Chelsea Flower
Show this year - and came away with a coveted gold medal
Hot on the heels of the
launch of our new Fresh
Food Fresh Ideas campaign,
the company... -
Miracle Microban
07
A fresh idea that attracted plenty of media
interest was Sainsbury's recent announcement
about the launch of Microban
Miracle Microban
Microban represents a breakthrough in food
safety because its anti-bacterial... -
JS celebrates a Shaw's investment
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JS celebrates a Shaw's investment
This month is a special anniversary - on both sides of the
Atlantic. Shaw's our retailing arm in the States has been
trading under Sainsbury's ownership for 10 years.
Ai ilu" linn' Sainsbury's... -
Stores sprint ahead with special ideas
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Stores sprint ahead with special ideas
On your marks, get set, fundraise!
In just over a month's time - on 12 July - the Special
Olympics Summer Games in Portsmouth, backed by
Sainsbury's, will get off to a bright start... -
Eat your greens!
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Eat your greens!
A new campaign is informing staff and customers about the benefits of taking folic acid Folic acid is a vitamin essential for everyone but is especially
important for women who are planning to start a family.... -
Writelines
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PROMOTING BETTER PROMOTIONS
Trish Guillespie and Janet
Soran, price controllers,
Dewsbury:
Could someone please tell us If
there Is a central department
that deals with the activities
within branches such as... -
Keeping up appearances
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Keeping up appearances
Keeping 110,000 staff dressed in the company uniform is no mean feat. Jon Carpenter dons his best suit to
find out how we do it From left to right: Sidath WettJmuny visits Blackfriars where he inspects... -
Pit your wits
14
Entertainment
ACROSS
I . John Noakes'old show (4,5)
6. 'Lonely This ', a
No.1 single for Mud (9)
I I . Jeff Lynne formed this
group (3)
12. Cartoon character from
Gaul (7)
13. Billy Connolly hit... -
Cool down this summer
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Cool down this summer
Two new flavours have been introduced to the prize-winning Indulgence luxury ice cream
range - Luscious Lemon Meringue with tangy lemon sauce and melting meringue pieces,
and Blueberry Cream Pie, rich with... -
Enjoy a longer life
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Enjoy a longer life
/
Fresh milk tastes great, but it does need to be drunk within a
few days of purchase. If you can't predict how much milk you
may need from day to day, a popular alternative Is UHT or longlife
milk. This... -
Spring into life
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Spring into life
Bottled water is becoming
more and more popular.
To meet customer
demands, JS is
introducing three new
flavoured spring
waters. They come in
three one litre
varieties: Tangerine,
Peach and
Raspberry,... -
Tempting cheesecakes
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Tempting cheesecakes
Sainsbury's new Frozen Cheesecakes make a simple but delicious ending to any summer
meal. There are three to choose from: Orange, Lemon & Lime (£2.49) has a zesters biscuit
base, lemon cheesecake and lime... -
General custards
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General custards
Sainsbury's new Ready To Serve Custards go with just
about everything - or can be enjoyed on their own! They
come in two varieties - Standard and Low Fat (which
contains 50 per cent less fat than the Standard... -
Puds of the world
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Puds of the world
If you want to try exotic puddings from around the world without leaving
your own kitchen, why not try out our new range of JS international
dessert mixes? The five varieties are: Tiramisu (£1.39),... -
Sound bites
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Sound bites
For those of you who like 'doorstep' sandwiches with plenty of filling, look no further than our new
range of Deep Fill Sandwiches. Have a hefty meal with one ofthe following: Chicken Salad (£1.59),
Cheese & Tomato... -
Sun safe
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Sun safe
Luckily, people are more and more aware ofthe risks associated with the sun's harmful ultra
violet rays. Sainsbury's is adding three new products to its extensive suncare range.
If you're going on holiday and you need... -
The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
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The Journal's great New Lines giveaway
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CONTACT n i . NO.
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... -
A very special gift
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A very special gift
Dr Sinha is out for blood
from senior store
manager Peter Shaw,
watched by JS and
nursing staff. St Clares recently delved into its Side by Side funds to set up its
own donor clinic in support of the... -
Charlton to the rescue
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Charlton to the rescue
Sixty cadets and instructors who had geared up for a 55-mile charity cycle ride nearly
had months of planning scuppered when, shortly before the event, their support
vehicle failed to materialise.
But,... -
In the swim
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In the swim
Volunteers at Tonbridge entered a charity swimathon to raise
funds for their chosen charities, The Tonbridge Lions Club and
Children in Need. The three teams, consisting of a cross-section of
staff from the store,... -
Peddling along in the midnight sun?
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Peddling along in the midnight sun?
At the end of May, Nicole
Cross, an analyst programmer
at Blackfriars' Serving The
Customer department, left for
Iceland, in aid of the national
cancer care charity Cancer
Relief... -
Room for reminiscing
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Room for reminiscing
I Basingstoke and Kempshott
I stores pooled their
resources to provide
nity) volunteers to
decorate a
reminiscence room for the
elderly patients at the North
Hampshire hospital as a Side
by Side... -
Say cheese
18
Say cheese
Great Yarmouth is proud to
announce that five of its staff
have received their Cheese
Guild Diploma and, says their
Operational Skills co-ordinator,
Jean Watts, they are the
first in the district to do... -
Wembley winners
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Wembley winners
Staff from East Mayne
Basildon and Middleton in
Manchester are off to
Wembley to see the Charity
Shield football match after
coming top in an internal
Coca-Cola competition run by
&aig Leach, trainee buyer... -
Women at work
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Women at work
IVevor Horlock of Hedge End shows Carly Horrocks
and Gemma Murray round the photo lab.
This year staff across the country celebrated Take Your Daughters
to Work again by providing youngsters in their area with... -
Alex gives charity the thumbs up
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Alex gives charity the thumbs up
Alex Pigney, warehouse manager at Homebase Botley
in Oxford (pictured in blue), looks as though he had great fun falling through the sky
to raise nearly £100 for Homebase's 1997 charity,... -
Birthday greetings
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Birthday greetings
In the five years
that Jim Dowds has
spent at Swiss
Cottage as a
greeter he has won
a place in the
hearts of his
colleagues, so they planned a special party to celebrate his 90th
birthday.
"He really... -
Drummer boy
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Drummer boy
At Lewes Homebase, Carol Gordon, a personnel administrator,
roped in her husband to help the store raise funds for ChildLine.
Husband Steve, a local drummer and teacher, decided on a 'Stop
the Drummer' challenge,... -
Racing ahead with Sainsbury's
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Racing ahead with Sainsbury's
staff in Rodney Brooksby's district enjoyed a
'go-karting extravaganza' at Silverstone race
track recently.
Some 80 people took
part and, after more than
100 races and 600 laps,
the winners... -
Setting a firm foundation
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Setting a firm foundation
Rayleigh Weir staff are real bricks!
staff at Rayleigh Weir, Essex, raised £1,000 for the Little Haven
Hospice through a raffle and fancy dress, encouraging both
customers and staff to... -
Surprising Cilia makes Bill a high flyer
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Surprising Cilia makes Bill a high flyer
Anna Churcher, chief display assistant at Bexhill on
Sea in east Sussex, is extremely proud of her dad.
Bill's, commitment to fundraising for charities and
decided he needed some... -
It's new, it's cranberry coloured, it's jam packed with fresh ideas
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It's new, it's cranberry coloured, it's jam packed with fresh ideas
Sainsbury 's has been listening to its customers, who thought
our bakeries could do with brightening up. As a result
customers - and staff, of course - can... -
SSA birthday party is a Towering success!
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SSA birthday party is a Towering success!
It was all the fun of the fair when more than 2,700 JS staff descended on Alton
Towers to celebrate Sainsbury's Staff Association's 50th birthday celebrations
Two FlfHTg fflnnVliallaans... -
Heard it on the grapevine
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Heard it on the grapevine
Every time Anne Spare swipes through some South African
grapes at the checliout in Coldham's Lane store in
Cambridge, her mind goes back to a sun-drenched farm in
Cape Town...
Hein« and Anne with... -
SSA OFFERS
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SAINSBURY'S STAFF ASSOCIATION Tel: 0171 921 7227
SSA National Angling
Championship 1997
A day's individual fishing will take place to find the 1997 Angling Champions in the
categories of Individuals, Ladies, Veterans, and... -
Long service
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Long servine
Employees who have completed 25 years' service
DOUGLAS BOWEN, driver, Buntlngford depot. MICHAEL EDWARDS,
returns, Basingstoke depot. KATHLEEN FENSOME, meat assistant,
Northfield. RICHARD LUFF, assistant manager,... -
MARCH COMPETITION WINNERS
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MARCH COMPETITION WINNERS
Winner of our C25 Romance crossword prize was J SHORTLE, a veteran from
Vlfokingham KEITH BLYTH, from Buntingford depot, picked up £10 from our
Fruit & Veg wordsearch.
These five lucky winners won a... -
Obituary
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Obituary
Length of service appears in bracl
Syrs). ANN MERRY, 58, a checkout assistant at Waltham Cross died on
19 May after a long illness (16yrs). -
Retirements
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Retirements
Length of service is in brackets
GEORGINA CHISOLM, fish assistant. Hedge End (11yrs). DOREEN DAY,
floral assistant, Belgrave Road (19yrs).T0MAS FERNANDES,
warehousekeeper, Basingstoke depot (19yrs). PAM FOXWELL... -
Sound and Vision
23
SAINSBURY'S
Vision
revievir
Courting fear
when high-powered Chicago attorney Martin Vail (Richard
Gere) hears that a penniless altar boy (Edward Norton) is
accused of murdering the local archbishop, he snaps up the... -
Fresh food, fresh ideas -1939 style
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Fresh food, fresh ideas -1939 style
The only thing that
doesn't change at
Sainsbury's is our
commitment to
excellence, as this
pre-war advertisement
testifies
S ainsbury's Jubilee
Campaign in 1939 used
the occasion of...
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