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    Inside..
    In the news
    3 Red Nose and Sport Relief deal
    Your news
    4 Awards galore
    5 Awardsfor Northern Ireland
    suppliers
    6 They learn while you shop
    7 Waste not, want not
    8 Leading the way
    9 Tackling underage...

  • Up Front 02

    M M Many congratulations to our colleagues
    M M at our Leamington Spa, East Filton
    and Hamilton stores who have come out as
    top store in recent surveys for the Grocer 33.
    This is great news and clearly demonstrates
    how we are...

  • How low can you go? 03

    Sainsbury's has lowered 2,000 prices since
    January - and we want everyone to know
    about it.
    Prices have plummeted throughout stores
    and more and more customers are seeing the
    difference in their shopping bills.
    Jamie Oliver...

  • Quarter 1 figures show sustained growth 03

    Sainsbury's first quarter
    trading statement gave
    colleagues encouraging
    news with total sales up
    5.7 per cent.
    Chief executive Justin King
    said: "We are encouraged by
    our trading performance which
    shows sustained...

  • Red Nose and Sport Relief Deal 03

    Following the success of this year's
    Comic Relief, Sainsbury's has
    signed a new six-year deal to
    support both Comic Relief and
    Sport Relief.
    The deal starts with Sport Relief
    in July 2006 and runs until 2011.
    This is the...

  • Awards Briefs galore 04

    SAFE AND SOUND
    Hot on the heels of the CTP
    awards came more success for
    Jacksons. The team won the
    British Safety Council
    international Safety Award for
    the third year running.
    • BOTTOMS UP!
    Raise a glass to...

  • Awards galore 04

    Sainsbury's trophy cabinet is
    bulging after a series of award
    wins across the business.
    In May, Convenience stores
    swept the board in the CTP
    (Convenience Tracking
    Programme) awards, winning nine
    out of 34 awards.
    Jacksons...

  • Our hero 04

    Andrew Stafford, from Arnold's
    night shift replenishment team,
    has received a Chief Constable's
    community award in recognition
    of his bravery.
    Andrew saw two young men
    trying to prise open the store's
    cigarette counter and...

  • Fact 05

    Sales of fresh
    coconuts
    soared in July
    because of the
    huge number
    of school fetes
    taking place
    across the UK.
    Vast nunnbers
    are being used
    for traditional
    coconut
    shy stalls

  • Northern Ireland awarded 05

    Sainsbury's has celebrated the
    success of its ongoing
    relationship with Northern Ireland
    food suppliers by honouring two
    local companies - Glens of Antrim
    potatoes and Tayto Crisps.
    Glens of Antrim was named
    small supplier...

  • Retail Eye 05

    • ASDA has cut 1,400 jobs at
    the retailers head office and
    among store management. 1,200
    jobs are to go from the
    company's junior management,
    with 200 going from Asda
    headquarters.
    • MARKS & SPENCER has
    signalled that...

  • Value-added 05

    Want to see how Sainsbury's is
    inq the values? Then log on
    www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/cr.
    This is Sainsbury's second
    corporate responsibility report
    highlighting the company's
    work with key stakeholders -
    colleagues,...

  • Bringing you little bills 06

    Sainsbury's Bank re-launched
    its car insurance in June with
    its first national TV campaign
    "Little Bill" an animated till
    receipt voiced by Rowland
    RIvron. Little Bill stands up for
    competitively priced car
    insurance and...

  • The best possible start 06

    Sainsbury's is giving a helping
    hand to the country's leading
    family support charity, Home-
    Start, by supporting Home-
    Start's national fundraising
    event between 7-20 September.
    The charity has 11,000
    volunteers helping...

  • They learn while you shop 06

    Sainsbury's has opened its very
    own nursery scliool at Castle
    point, Bournemouth, making it the
    first UK supermari^et to provide
    educational facilities for underfives.
    Unlike other typical in-store
    creches where children...

  • Fact 07

    Active Kids
    will boost the
    number of
    sports teachers
    in the UK by
    pledging
    £500,000 to
    the Youth
    Sport Trust

  • Green is the colour 07

    Salford has come up trumps i
    an environmental review of
    • " 1 retailers in the city. Salfori
    City Council's Waste Scrut .
    Committee asked Summerville
    Primary School to carry oi
    the assessments and sent
    along pupils from...

  • Not just pretty faces 07

    The twelfth SSA annual guiz >
    final was held at the Adelphi I
    Hotel, Liverpool in May.
    It proved a great SSA even
    bringing together members fr
    1 all areas of Sainsbury's with t
    • aim of having fun and...

  • Waste not, want not 07

    It's official - Ipswich colleagues
    are great with rubbish! The store
    threw away only 30 tonnes of
    waste last year - the least amount
    of any store, relative to takings.
    Duty manager Oliver Brown
    was delighted with the news....

  • Cooking up a treat 08

    At Leeds White Rose there was a
    real buzz following the awards
    presentation as word spread that
    they had won the bakery team of
    the year. Says bakery manager
    Jo Taylor: "It wasn't just the
    bakery where people were...

  • Taking control 08

    For Henry Forster, stock control
    and warehouse manager at the
    warehouse of the year in Finchley
    Road, success is about
    empowerment. "All the team
    members have the skills and
    knowledge to deal with anything
    that crops up....

  • Think 21! If in doubt ASK for ID 09

    Underage drinking is an ongoing
    problem for retailers to address.
    The responsible sale of alcohol is
    high on the Government's agenda
    and local
    authorities and
    police forces
    have been
    targeting
    supermarkets -...

  • Shelf confident 10

    There's a new
    inventory
    management
    system coming
    to stores. Called
    retail stock
    system (RSS),
    it's set to
    revolutionise life
    for store
    colleagues Goodbye SABRE, hello RSS. In
    come new handsets and hip
    printers and less...

  • "Customers are at the heart of our business" - Customer director Gwyn Burr 12

    Customer director Gwyn Burr is determined to bring back focus
    and improve colleague engagement with schemes like Tell Justin QHi Gwyn, you've been with
    Sainsbury's for about a year
    now. What are your impressions
    of the...

  • A wizard promotion! 14

    All over the country kids h
    gone potty for Potter as th
    latest Harry Potter book hi
    shelves.
    Harry Potter and the Half
    Blood Prince launched in
    stores at midnight on 16 July
    and the book flew off the
    shelves faster than a...

  • Cool summer deals 14

    Sainsbury's cool bag promotion is proving to be
    summer's hot deal. Customers can get a free cool
    bag worth £4.99 when they buy any five stickered
    products from the cold convenience range.
    There are more than 200 cold...

  • End of the stone age for avocados 14

    A new stoneless avocado is now
    available in stores.
    So soft is the fruit that, with
    the top sliced off, it can be eaten
    with a spoon -just like a boiled
    egg. And the small seedless
    cocktail avocados have the same
    rich...

  • World first for whisky 14

    The world's first organic whisky
    went into stores in June.
    Highland Harvest Organic
    Blended Scotch
    Whisky is exclusive ^
    to Sainsbury's. I
    Light gold in I
    colour. Highland 1
    Harvest has an
    aroma of toffee
    and vanilla...

  • Summer is here! 15

    Keeping cool
    in Kingston
    Colleagues at Sury Basin, near
    Kingston, know how to stay
    chilled. We set them the task of
    trying out the latest range of
    Sainsbury's ice creams, just to let
    you know what's hot this summer.
    The...

  • Briefs 16

    ABERDEEN supported a local
    school with their "Cookie
    Challenge" for the third year in a
    row. The pupils worked in teams
    to produce a business plan to
    design and market cookies. The
    teams then had to produce their
    cookie and...

  • "I help produce pack a punch" 16

    Sainsbury's is recruiting 10,000
    over-50 colleagues. The Journal
    talks to Nick Gargano at Burpham Burpham's secret weapon on the
    produce section is 70-year-old
    colleague Nick Gargano an ex-
    Olynnpic boxing gold...

  • Anyone for rugby? 17

    Sainsbury's Rugby Club had
    a fantastic finish to its
    04/05 season by winning
    the City League trophy and
    Tetley's Company Day
    tournament, beating Asda,
    Somerfield and two of
    Tetley's own teams to claim
    the...

  • Enabling Workers 17

    Shrewsbury has been awarded a certificate of
    recognition from Shropshire County Council
    for being a good employer of disabled people.
    Adrian Bowyer, who has learning difficulties,
    gained a permanent job at the store...

  • Fallen on hard times? 17

    If you know an ex-grocery
    industry worker struggling witti
    physical, emotional or financial
    hardship, help may be at hand.
    Caravan is an occupational
    benevolent fund set up to assist
    former grocery workers who have
    fallen...

  • Healthy eating made fun 17

    Dome Roundabout store held a fruit taste
    challenge for pupils from two local schools.
    The event was organised by graduate trainee,
    Adrian Rafferty, to highlight the importance of
    ^^ealthy eating to children and to coincide...

  • Local Heroes 17

    Thank you to everyone who
    has applied to Local Heroes,
    either for volunteering or
    fundraising activities. Here
    are some of the hundreds
    already received:
    • Natasha Cole, Rye Park
    RDC (Brownies)
    • Lisa Irwin,...

  • Shining stars 18

    Justin King tias sent Sue Francis paci on the holiday of a lifetime -just
    fordoing her job.
    Sue, general merchandise
    manager at Bridgwater is the
    lucky...

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  • Get lustrous locks - every day 19

    For the first time, Sainsbury's
    is expanding Its designer range
    into health and beauty with bY
    Phil Smith haircare.
    The new and exclusive Phil
    Smith range features 11
    products, all designed to give
    you beautiful manageable...

  • Close Shave 20

    Following the success
    of Gillette M3 Power.
    Gillette is launching an
    extension to the M3
    Power family - M3 Power
    Nitro and M3 Power
    Nitro Gel. The products
    launch in Sainsbury's
    this summer and
    are expected to
    deliver...

  • Promise yourself a little indulgence 20

    Galaxy is launching an
    innovative new range aimed
    at chocolate lovers who w ~
    something a little more
    special. -^
    The new block cho
    range called Promises is
    set to create a new category
    of "everyday luxury".
    Available in...