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  • Contents Page 02

    Inside..
    In the news
    3 Sales growing faster than Asda
    Your news
    4 Melissa's a star Buyer
    5 Organic sales hits £2 million
    6 Nectar signs up two more
    sponsors
    I ara I ii?! • ATA s 1
    9 School dinners on the...

  • Up Front 02

    M M Welcome to the May Journa/.
    mi U During the past week I have been
    visiting store managers with Ken McMeikan and
    Jim McCarthy, and speaking to them about our
    business plans and getting their feedback on
    what their...

  • Convenience acquisition is a Shaw thing 03

    Sainsbury's has acquired SL Shaw
    Ltd, a long-established
    neighbourhood convenience store
    operator with five stores in the
    south east of England. All 227
    colleagues will be offered jobs
    with Sainsbury's.
    The acquisition...

  • Fact 03

    The Sainsbury's
    Basics range
    has launclned a
    further 25 lines,
    bringing its
    total to more
    than 380 in over
    300 stores.

  • Sales growing faster than Asda 03

    Sainsbury's has grown its
    sates faster than Asda for
    the first time in a decade,
    according to till roll figures
    from market information
    company, TNS. Our market
    share grew by four per cent
    year-on-year in the 12 weeks
    to...

  • Two new faces for top Retail team 03

    Two new colleagues have joined
    the senior management team.
    Dean Clegg is new zone
    managing director for the
    South, while Bob Hetherington
    has been appointed director of
    retail change.
    Dean joins Sainsbury's from
    Woolworths...

  • Bank scoops assurance award 04

    Sainsbury's has won the 'Most
    Competitive Term Assurance
    Provider 2005' award from
    Moneyfacts. This is a great
    award for our Life Cover product,
    offered in association with Legal
    & General. Sainsbury's is also
    the reigning...

  • Doing the double and moving up the rankings 04

    Sainsbury's came top of two
    league tables in April. We
    finished first in the food retail
    sector in Business in the
    Community's Corporate
    Responsibility Index for the
    second year running, ahead of
    Marks & Spencer and Tesco....

  • Fact 04

    Sainsbury's has
    now acquired
    three stores from
    Sonnerfield. The
    latest is the
    21,600 sq ft
    Willesden Green
    store in London,
    which re-opens
    in June.

  • Star Melissa lifts spirits 04

    Spirits and fortified wine buyer, Melissa Draycott, has
    been named Star Buyer of the month by The Grocer.
    The magazine spoke to BWS suppliers to find out
    which buyers were most respected in the trade - and
    Melissa received by...

  • Berry good news 05

    Two British favourites came to
    stores earlier than usual this year
    thanks to new growing techniques
    and the use of high technology.
    The earliest-ever British
    strawberries hit 180 stores as
    early as March this year. Grown...

  • Better every day 05

    Sainsbury's has been named as
    the best supermarket for overall
    customer response in an
    independent benchmarking
    survey.
    Every year, Sainsbury's
    letters, emails and telephone
    calls to customers are
    benchmarked against...

  • Organic growth 05

    Organic produce hit £2 million
    sales for the first time ever at
    Easter - 20 per cent up on last
    year's sales.
    Organic produce buyer Rhian
    Jones explained that organic
    sales are rising steadily. She
    said: "Our sales this...

  • Active Kids goes on the road 06

    Great serv
    drives
    Bournemouth AFC kicked off the
    Active Kids roadshows at Poole store
    in ivlarch proving that exercise is fun.
    ivlore than 60 kids from local
    schools headed to the store to get involved in activities
    like...

  • Best feet forward 06

    .e Kids encourages
    ..qsters to get more
    xercise and eat wed, but
    rhat about adufts? A recent
    hai)enge by government body
    i England and registered
    ity Move4Healtln to
    embers of Parliament (MPs)
    >ok the nation's fitness...

  • Customer Corner 06

    Ql recently bought some
    punnets of strawberries from
    you, and was very disappointed
    with the quality. Within a few
    days they'd started to show signs
    of going off. IHave you started
    using a cheaper supplier?
    ADefinitely not....

  • Nectar signs up a couple more 06

    Two more sponsors have
    signed up with Nectar, bringing
    the total of sponsors for the
    UK's biggest loyalty
    programme to 17.
    The new sponsors are
    Beefeater Restaurants and
    online travel company,
    ebookers.
    Nectar collectors...

  • Fact 07

    Eating
    carbohydrates
    will give children
    energy to keep
    going in sports.

  • More egg, less shell 07

    Own-brand Easter eggs used
    30 per cent less packaging this
    year. And the move was so
    successful that the
    Department of the \
    Environment *
    has cited it
    as an
    example of
    practice. |
    The bold step
    challenges...

  • Premiere league 07

    Viewers of ITVI's Drama Premieres are getting a
    Jamie Oliver recipe along with their TV programme
    thanks to unique sponsorship from Sainsbury's.
    This is the first sponsorship deal of its kind by a
    supermarket retailer and...

  • Step ahead with the stakeholder pension plan 07

    One of life's biggest decisions
    when you retire. If you join
    the Sainsbury's Stakeholder
    Pension Plan and choose to
    pay four, five or six per cent
    of your pensionable earnings
    into the plan, the company
    will match it....

  • Leading the way 08

    Each month we're focusing on a winner from the Retail Awards
    to find out how they achieved their success. This month we speak
    to two of the winning department managers Kecipe for success Martyn Steers is manager of the
    Fish...

  • Fact 09

    High blood
    pressure has
    proven links
    with high salt
    consumption
    and is a risk factor
    for heart disease
    I and stroke.

  • Retail Eye 09

    • TESCO has become the first
    UK retailer to unveil annual
    profits of more than £2bn. The
    supermarket chain posted
    underlying pre-tax profits of
    E2.03bn ($3.83bn), up 20.5 per
    cent on 2004.
    • Marks & Spencer...

  • Slugging it out over salt 09

    The Salt Manufacturers
    Association (SMA) is slugging it
    out with the Food Standards
    Agency (FSA) over the FSA's "Sid
    the Slug" health campaign.
    The SMA complained to the
    Advertising Standards Authority
    (ASA) about the...

  • Yes sir, they can have some more! 09

    Jamie Oliver's campaign to
    improve school dinners has
    captured the imagination of the
    public - and made the celebrity
    chef something of a national hero.
    Some pundits have even claimed
    that Jamie will succeed in
    improving...

  • Up for adoption 10

    The store adopter scheme is helping stores and
    Holborn business centre to work more closely together WHAT IS STORE ADOPTER?
    • 200 senior managers and directors have
    eacti adopted a store
    • they help explain the business...

  • Comic relief Pull-out 11

    As one of the main sponsors of Comic Relief 2005, it's no wonder that
    Sainsbury's found plenty of ways to raise money. Customers gave
    generously and, more importantly, colleagues the length and breadth of
    the country went that...

  • "We just need to keep concentrating on the customer'" 16

    Trading director Mike Coupe
    is on a mission to give
    Sainsbury's customers
    the best products around QYou've been at Sainsbury's
    around seven months. Are
    you enjoying it?
    AOf course! I think that with
    any job, the people you...

  • Green light for ripe tomatoes 18

    There's a breakthrough in fresh
    produce innovation - and it's
    exclusive to Sainsbury's. The
    Delizia tomato has a green top
    and a red bottom with green
    flesh and an unusual shape that
    separates it from its...

  • I can't believe there's no butter! 18

    it's the biggest breakthrough to
    hit the potato world in the last
    10 years - a baked potato which
    doesn't need butter.
    It's great news for all
    consumers who want a great
    tasting, multi-purpose potato.
    In addition, dieters,...

  • Out and out success 18

    Make the most of the warm and
    sunny summer days with an
    outdoor feast. Sainsbury's has
    everything you need for stylish
    yet practical outdoor living.
    There's chic tableware with
    funky cups, goblets, plates and
    bowls - all in...

  • It all comes out in the wash 19

    Forestside colleagues
    give the low-down
    onactive:naturals
    The active:naturals range was extended by 30 new
    products in April. To celebrate the success of the
    range, we asked four colleagues at Forestside
    store to pick one...

  • Tell Justin 20

    Dough! Kids get
    jammy visit
    Edgware bakery manager Dragana
    Warwick wanted to improve tlie
    department's links with local
    schools and increase Sainsbury's
    involvement in the community, but
    she wasn't sure how to do it. So...

  • Shining Stars 21

    Michelle is Rugby's star attraction When Michelle Wing started worl<
    at Rugby depot just some 14
    months ago, Shining Stars hadn't
    yet been introduced. Michelle is a
    keen supporter of schemes that
    recognise those people who...

  • Dressed TU impress 22

    Castlepoint colleagues and their children
    took to the catwalk In two fashion
    shows to promote the new TU range,
    earlier this year.
    Media students from Bournemouth
    University helped to organise and film the
    shows, as part of...

  • "We saved our pennies for local charities" 22

    Braintree colleagues have
    collected thousands of pounds
    through fundraising Braintree store has raised more
    than £5,000 in the past year for
    two local charities by holding quiz
    nights, and through collection
    boxes and the...

  • A class act in Africa 23

    Caring colleagues In Holborn
    business centre organised a raffle,
    which raised more than £4,000 for
    the children's charity Mozaid.
    Mozaid works to educate children
    in poor areas of Mozambique, as
    most of them don't get...

  • Briefs 23

    • The colleague council at
    COREYS MILL arranged a
    surprise party for two longserving
    colleagues who retired
    earlier this year. Ann Mitchell
    was a code controller who had
    worked for Sainsbury's for
    11 years and...

  • Kim's quick thinking 23

    Kim Wilkes from Stratton was
    quicif to respond when a
    customer suffered a fit and
    collapsed at a checkout in the store recently. Kim is a
    trained first aider and even
    though the customer had
    stopped breathing, she
    managed...

  • Local Heroes 23

    LOCAL HEROES
    If you or your store
    has been involved
    in any activities for
    charity, don't forget
    to apply to the
    Local Heroes
    scheme. You could
    receive up to £500
    for your efforts!

  • Bottoms up! 24

    To celebrate Sainsbury's
    drinks festival in May, we've
    got a mixed case of wine (six
    bottles per case) to the value
    of £100 to give away to four
    lucky readers.
    Following the success of
    February's wine and beer
    festival,...

  • Crossword 24

    Crossword
    crossword. Answers are below
    ACROSS
    I. Insect (6)
    7. Assess (8)
    8. Cigarette
    end (4)
    10. Mythical hand
    some youth (6)
    II. Scold harshly (6)
    14. Top card (3)
    16. Ultimate (5)
    17. Land measure (4)
    19....