'The Journal', November 2001

Table of content

• Contents
  02

  features
  heroes hall of fame 6
  more than £23,000 has been donated
  to good causes thanks to Local Heroes
  Christmas countdown 8-9
  Christmas is coming early this year with
  good value deals on gifts and non-foods
  supDiv and...

• Forward View
  02

  ... from supply chain director, Martin White
  Here in the Supply Chain, we have embarked on a huge
  transformation programme, designed to create a
  world-class grocery distribution operation to be
  completed in three years.
  Our...

• Bites - Latest figures show business is on track
  03

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  LATEST FIGURES
  SHOW BUSINESS
  IS ON TRACK
  Sainsbury'shas
  announced second
  quarter trading
  figures showing that
  sales are up by 7.7
  per cent and like-forlike
  sales have
  grown by 6 per cent
  (excluding petrol).
  A...

• Countdown to Christmas from BTV
  03

  T for the special
  s programmes for all
  colleagues. The programmes will
  be transmitted at 11am and
  repeated at 2.30pm on Tuesdays
  and Thursdays.
  6 and 8 November
  The first programme will outline
  this year's trading and...

• If I were boss...
  03

  Graham O'Connor, car park customer service
  assistant at Mosborougli, Sheffield, steps into
  the boss's shoes this month.
  I would review all hours on the productivity factor. The PF is
  based on the number of items going through...

• Millions more price cuts announced
  03

  IN OCTOBER, Sainsbury's
  announced a further £100
  million worth of price cuts -
  bringing the total invested
  since January this year to
  £250 million, with cuts on
  morethan 5,000 lines.
  Group chief executive,
  Peter Davis,...

• Royal visit to new site
  03

  JANE WAKELING, Sainsbury's regionallty
  manager, met Prince Charles at the site of the new
  Cockermouth store in Cumbria on a visit
  organised by Business in the Community (BiC).
  The visit showed industry leaders first-hand...

• Fill up with energy instore
  04

  SIX MIDLANDS stores are the first supermarkets in
  the country to sell Sainsbury's Energy gas and
  electricity thanks to a strategic alliance with
  ScottishPower
  In a move that makes Sainsbury's the first UK
  supermarket to...

• Ken says, end this trolley folly
  04

  WILLIAM ROACHE, aka Britain's most famous trolley
  handler - Coronation Street's Ken Barlow - has launched
  a campaign to combat dumped supermarket trolleys.
  It's a campaign that has Sainsbury's support.
  "Abandoned trolleys cost...

• Sharesave offer on its way
  04

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• Stamford Street development approved
  04

  SOUTHWARK COUNCIL has granted
  permission for the redevelopment of the old
  headguarters campus at Blackf riars.
  Ian Coull, Board director of J Sainsbury
  pic, said: "We are delighted that we have now
  been given the go-ahead to...

• Bites - Design makes sense in Greenwich
  05

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  DESIGN MAKES
  SENSE IN
  GREENWICH
  Greenwich store,
  designed with a host
  of environmentally
  friendly features, has
  won the Design Sense
  2001 award for its
  Innovative approach
  and radical rethink of
  supermarket...

• Fresh approach brings rich harvest
  05

  SAINSBURY'S HAS been awarded the
  prestigious title of Fresh Produce
  Retailer Of The Year, beating off
  competition from Asda, Tesco, Safeway
  and Morrison, to take the coveted prize.
  Mike Attwood, general manager,
  produce,...

• Sainsbury's picks up Grocer cup
  05

  SAINSBURY'S HAS won the Grocer O
  Outstanding Business Achievement at this
  year's Food Industry Awards.
  One of the retail industry's top accolades,
  the Grocer Cup is awarded by members of the
  Institute of Grocery Distribution....

• Springfield bakers rise to the occasion
  05

  SPRINGFIELD BAKERY manager, Martyn Cardy, has achieved a
  long-term ambition by winning the In-store Bal "I got to the final in 1996 when I was at Braintree and I've
  wanted.to win ever since," he said. "I'm...

• Heroes hall of fame
  06

  Sadie Peachey and
  Avice Green help out
  with the 9th
  Ballymena Brownie
  Pack. They are
  pictured showing the
  giris what life is like
  behind the scenes at a
  Sainsbury's store.
  V / ' i
  Barnstaple has four local heroes
  In the...

• Kirkcaldy wins Kellogg's competition
  07

  KIRKCALDY'S JS Restaurant has won the breakfast
  cereal display competition, sponsored by Kellogg's
  Foodservice Solutions, which ran nationally earlier
  this year. As a result, its staff were rewarded with a
  DVD player.
  Marl<...

• Sainsbury's joins pay audit
  07

  SAINSBURY'S IS carrying out an
  employment audit to find out how
  much female colleagues are paid
  compared with their male
  counterparts.
  The audit is part of a wider
  government review of gender
  equality in the worl

• Staff discount card expires
  07

  ALL EXISTING staff discount cards expire at the
  end of December 2001. They will be replaced with
  a new-style card, valid for the next five years,
  through your personnel department during
  December. Veterans' new issue cards...

• Winter meals give warmth to customers
  07

  CUSTOMERS VISITING the JS Restaurants
  can now sample the winter menu's warming
  delights.
  Available since early October, the winter
  menu offers its traditional great-value meals,
  such as the Breakfast, still only £1.99,...

• Christmas countdown
  08

  The countdown to
  Christmas has begun and
  Sainsbury'sisaheadof
  the game, having started
  its instore promotions
  earlier than ever before.
  Sainsbury's stores are gearing up
  with an early start to Christmas.
  This new strategic...

• Bob's here to build sales!
  09

  Sainsbury's has launched Bob The Builder -
  an exclusive range from The Early Learning
  Centre - that's sure to "build" sales in the
  run-up to Christmas!
  This is a major coup for Sainsbury's as Bob
  The Builder is the number-one...

• Give a red letter day for Christmas
  09

  This Christmas, Experience Gifts will be
  stocked for the first time in 300 stores. There
  are 12 exclusive experiences to choose from -
  each one presented in an attractive gift box
  along with a beautifully illustrated...

• Rudolph's Christmas tips, Part 1
  10

  sozzled kumquats
  Kumquats are available in abundance at present so why not take time and sozzle a few in
  kilner jars? Take 15 to 20 kumquats and pin-prick each one four or five times.
  Pop them into a jar with a fresh thumb of...

• Entertainment rolls on in bathrooms
  11

  BATHROOM BOREDOM is nowa thing of
  the past thanks to a new brand of
  entertainment for the toilet-The
  Entertaining Roll!
  This luxury toilet tissue is now
  available exclusively at Sainsbury's
  stores throughout the UK, and...

• Pacific prawns provide perfect cocktail
  11

  THE COMPANY has introduced another first for food lovers - Organic
  Prawn Cocktail. The move follows Sainsbury's launch of the first
  :^-^ certified organic prawns in the UK in April.
  Farmed in Ecuador's Bahia region on the...

• Wash up with pleasure
  11

  Cleaning the dishes could soon
  become a pleasure, thanks to
  Sainsbury's first-ever
  aromatherapy washing-up liguid.
  Each product has been specially formulated
  using natural, essential oils, which are
  kinder to the skin, and...

• Whisky galore
  11

  Can't think of a suitable Christmas present? Why not buy from a
  selection of whiskies at Sainsbury's. There's one to suit every pocket.
  Sainsbury's five-year-old Finest Old
  Matured Whisky
  This popular whisky first went on sale...

• Supply and demand
  12

  Amui
  pound investment
  plan to transform
  Sainsbury's supply
  chain into one of the
  most advanced and
  efficient in the
  world is progressing
  ^ at a rapid pace. ormationofthesup
  III I will make a big difference to
  colleagues...

• Booze brothers
  14

  New off-licence
  managers will bring
  wine lovers flocking to
  Sainsbury's stores.
  The British are a nation of wine
  drinkers, but how much do we really
  know about wine? Sainsbury's has
  now appointed more than 40...

• A history of innovation
  15

  Sainsbury's new food centre is due to open
  attheHolborn Business Centre laterthis
  montin - and because it will be visible from
  the atrium of tiie building, colleagues and
  visitors will be able to see Sainsbury's
  passion for...

• Sister cities
  15

  the journal continues its look at Sainsbury's and Shaw's
  stores in towns and cities bearing the same name.
  Strand Road,
  Londonderry
  Picturesquely situated on the banks
  of the river Foyle, Londonderry is
  renewed for its...

• Going bananas
  16

  Sainsbury's partnership with banana
  growers in the Windward Islands is
  important to the islands'economy and
  bringing greater choice to customers.
  The British organic food market is
  booming - Sainsbury's sells £4...

• Express yourself
  18

  comparing containers
  Julie Jarvis, provisions
  assistant, Northwich:
  In these days of helping the
  environmentthrough recycling, I
  would like to know how plastic milk
  containers compare - when
  breaking down - with the...

• Cartoons
  19

  Forget the baby wipe and put in a scrubbing brush, mop and bucket!!

• Salient points
  19

  winefc*
  Barry Starling, BWS assistant, Sidney Street:
  Is there any way that wines, etc, can have their
  shelf-edge label (SEL) printed with a mark so
  vegetarians can see, at a glance, what products
  are suitable for...

• Altrincham floats to the top
  20

  ALTRINCHAM STORE did wonders
  for Sainsbury's public relations
  when it won the Best Float
  competition at this year's
  Altrincham Festival.
  Colleagues thought it was
  probably the Blue Parrot costume
  worn by Jackie Harrison...

• Broadcut to the rescue
  20

  BROADCUT STORE has donated a
  cheque for £1,148 to the Fareham and
  Gosport Inshore Rescue Service,
  thanks to its penny back scheme. After
  personnel and training manager, Jenny
  Pound, and coffee shop assistant, Jean
  Willis,...

• Chingford helps children
  20

  A TEAM from Chingford
  donned walking boots and
  stomped ten miles around
  London to raise money for
  Save the Children's
  Strollerthon 2001. The
  team raised a total of £630
  for the charity.

• Gillian flies the flag
  20

  HAZEL RILEY, code controller at Maidstone, won the chance for
  her daughter, Gillian, to be a flag bearer at the England v Holland
  football friendly - staged at White Hart Lane, north London, in
  August - as part of the recent...

• Stacey swims to glory
  20

  STACEY JOHNSTONE, who
  works part-time in Wandsworth's
  staff restaurant, took part in the
  Summer Special Olympics in
  Cardiff - and swam off with an
  amazing five medals.
  Her one gold, three silvers
  and one bronze titles all...

• On the mend
  21

  CRAYFORD DUTY manager, Julian Parkhurst, is
  back at work after being struck down with Guilliam
  Barre, an illness which attacks the nervous
  system.Julianwastaken ill while holidaying in
  Spain, and was brought home by air...

• Resort sports
  21

  THANET STORE, in Broadstairs,
  Kent, took the plunge and
  jumped at the opportunity to
  take part in the seaside resort's
  annual water gala-building a
  raft and manning a stand on the
  promenade.
  While Sandra Hogben...

• Roses all around
  21

  CIARAN OWENS, duty
  manager at Forestside,
  joined Miss Northern
  Ireland, Angela
  McCarthy, for a Teddy
  Bear's Picnic to launch
  the City of Belfast
  International Rose Trials.
  Sainsbury's sponsors the
  event's Best...

• Taking the plunge
  21

  BRAVE RACHEL Combes, checkout supervisor at
  Central Croydon, literally fell out of the sky for
  charity Her sky dive took place in - or rather, above
  - Maidstone, and she raised more than £900 for
  the National Asthma...

• Wilf's Wheat treat
  21

  STOCKTON SAVACENTRE
  colleague, Wilf Donaldson is a local
  hero, accordinq to journal
  correspondent, Barbara Stoneman.
  Wilf came to tfie rescue when
  local church, St Cuthbert's,
  Billingham, needed a wheatsheaf
  for its harvest...

• July/August competition winners
  22

  Winning the £25 crossword is Sheila Cullander at Sedlescombe Road. The £10
  wordsearch goes to I Perry at Basildon Savacentre.
  For a list of the winners in the rest of the competitions featured in the July/August
  issue, please...

• Quick crossword
  22

  ACROSS
  6. Caller(7)
  Wed(5)
  Merry (3)
  Story(9)
  Suitable (11)
  5. Admit (11)
  17. A dancer (9)
  Strange (3)
  Near(5)
  Sailor (7)
  DOWN
  1. Last (5)
  2. Cover (3)
  3. Trance (4)
  4. Game bird (9)
  5. Secret (7)
  8. Threefold...

• Solutions to October wordsearch and crossword
  22

  Across:? Public highway:
  8 Aggrieve; 9 Need; 10 Hiatus;
  12 Amends; 14 Tedium; 16 Llapse;
  18 Self; 20 Taciturn; 22 Prime
  Minister
  Down:l Quagmire: 2 Floret;
  3 Ache; 4 Liberate; 5 Chance;
  6Wane; 11 Sometime;
  13 Deserter; 15...

• Win Orange wines
  22

  Orange is Australia's hotfesf new cool-climate region for wine
  and Reynolds is the Orange producer!
  the journal is pleased to announce the arrival of Reynolds'
  Little Boomey wines into Sainsbury's stores nationwide. The
  Little...

• Wordsearch
  22

  THE clues listed below refer to
  an item of clothing. Can you find
  the garments in our grid?
  1. Japanese robe
  2. Wooden shoe
  3. Indian headdress
  4. Neck-warmer
  5. South American cloak
  6. Hand-warmer
  7. Brimlesscap
  8....

• Air Miles solves the winter blues
  23

  AIR MILES is once again offering you the chance to beat
  the winter blues with free fun days out - thanks to the
  launch of Winter Instants 2001.
  To obtain Winter Instants tickets, customers simply
  exchange their Reward Vouchers...

• Fare comment - Pork Cream Goulash
  23

  This goulash is perfect for winter gruel...

• Trace your family history
  23

  People have been tracing their family trees
  for centuries but, with the advent of the
  Internet, genealogy has boomed into one of
  Britain's most popular pastimes.
  Everyone's at it - even Sainsbury's itself.
  The company can...

• 12 service tools at Christmas
  24

  easy Christmas
  • no price, no delay: Unknown items will be a key
  no price, no delay: Unknown items will be a key
  focus this Christmas. The aim is to avoid delaying
  the customer (and those in the queue) as a result...

• Steak out
  24

  Horsham customer Paul Roghair recently wrote about the great service he
  received from Linden Talbot. "Late one Sunday, I was coming to the end of
  my shopping trip and just about to buy the final ingredient - braising steak...

• Wedding service
  24

  Sainsbury's to You colleagues had a delivery with a difference wherTTlTey
  were asked to provide the ingredients for a wedding reception.
  Bride, Margaret Leppard, was so impressed by the service that she
  wrote to Peter Davis....