'Sainsbury's Journal', January/February 2008

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• Contents Page
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  OUR NEWS
  S FACTOR
  RETAIL WATCH
  FAIRTRADE FIRST
  HAND
  INSIDE STORY
  A NEW YEAR,
  A NEW YOU
  YOUR SHOUT
  SPORT RELIEF
  JAY'LL FIX IT
  REGIONAL NEWS
  JUSTIN TALKS
  AVE YOUR SAY
  COFFEE BREAK
  IN SEASON

• GUEST EDITOR CLAIRE BAKER
  03

  CLAIRE BAKER
  Bakery Assistant, New Barnet Little did I know when I applied for my student job at my local Sainsbury's
  store that it would catapult me into the world of national journalism.
  But then, I doubt that any of our...

• Active Active Kids Kicks Off
  04

  Another year, another exciting
  opportunity to involve children
  in the world of sport. Active
  Kids kicks off for the fourth
  year running on 14th February
  and you can collect vouchers
  right through until the 4th...

• Cool in a crisis
  04

  Once again colleagues have dealt brilliantly with the unexpected.
  An ammonia leak at Hams
  Hall Distribution Centre one
  night in early November
  meant closing down
  operations, evacuating
  colleagues to safety and the
  transfer...

• We're even green online!
  04

  Groceries Online has won an
  award from the Energy
  Saving Trust for its work in
  cutting carbon emissions.
  We've been given a 'Fleet
  Heroes' Award for
  successfully launching
  electric delivery vans, and
  for using GPS...

• A feast for the eyes
  05

  Two thousand colleagues
  traveled to the BBC Good
  Food Show in Birmingham
  recently, to find out more
  about the products we sell
  and meet some of the
  suppliers we rely on. They
  also enjoyed an exclusive
  evening session with...

• Flour power
  05

  Our support for British farmers goes from strength to
  strength with the news that our 360 instore bakeries are
  now using flour sourced from UK wheat farmers'
  cooperative, Camgrain.
  We are the first supermarket to have fully...

• Scouts shout out
  05

  We've had a big thank
  you from the Scout
  Association for all the
  support we gave them in
  their Centenary Year, both at
  home and abroad. From inviting
  local Scout and Guide groups into 400
  of our stores during Scout...

• Silent night
  05

  Our efforts to reduce the
  amount of noise we make in
  stores at night have paid off,
  with an award from the
  Noise Abatement Society.
  The Noise Abatement
  Society is a UK campaign
  group that wants to help
  find ways to reduce...

• We made a difference
  05

  After a great year of 'Make
  the difference' days we
  ended 2007 with another
  successful fundraising event.
  In December, we supported
  the Princess Royal Trust for
  Young Carers. Store Support
  Centre colleagues collected
  money...

• Personal bests
  06

  John Hutchinson, Darlington,
  and Stephen McEwan, East
  Kilbride Olympia, have
  returned to their branches as
  sporting heroes having won a
  clutch of Bronze, Silver and
  Gold medals at the Shanghai
  Special Olympics in...

• RISING STARS
  06

  The first colleagues to
  graduate from our Bakery
  Apprenticeship Programme
  recently celebrated their
  success with the Retail
  Resourcing and Training
  team at the Store Support
  Centre.
  Imelda Walsh, HR Director,
  was on hand...

• Tell Justin
  06

  SUGGESTION OF THE MONTH
  JANUARY
  IDEA Patricia
  Swanborough,
  Thorne Road
  Would it be possible to set
  the Connect system so that
  weekly and period task sheets
  can be printed in one go,
  thus saving time and...

• Top quality
  06

  Once again we've been
  rewarded for the quality of
  our food products and the
  talents behind them. We were
  shortlisted in 18 categories
  at the annual Quality Food
  and Drink Awards, winning
  two and being highly
  commended in...

• S factor
  07

  Have you got
  **to be a starf
  it takes
  • A Last year, colleagues from
  across the country took
  the challenge to see
  whether they had the
  S Factor.
  We were looking for people with a
  special talent who could perform...

• How brands hatch
  08

  Ever wondered how a
  brand is created? How
  do we turn food ideas
  into something tasty and
  different? January's the
  month when our thoughts
  turn to healthier eating,
  so let's focus on our Be
  good to yourself and
  Super...

• Fairtrade first hand
  10

  We gave fourteen Local Hero award winners a trip
  to Kenya and Tanzania to see first hand how
  Fairtrade works and the difference it makes to
  local communities. For all of them their trip was a
  moving and life changing...

• Fairtrade round the clock
  12

  )ur Local Heroes were amazed and inspired by
  their recent trip to see the difference Fairtrade is
  making in Kenya and Tanzania, but you don't •**""
  to qo as far as Africa to start making
  a difference.
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• See behind the Fairtrade scenes!
  12

  We've teamed up with Ft...,
  Beverages to give you and a
  the chance to have a look bel
  rairtraae iea. riniay beverages have
  been supplying us with our Red label
  tea and coffee for over 104 years.
  If you want to see where your...

• Women on the up
  13

  We've been rated as one of The Times Top 50 Companies Where
  Women Want to Work. So, why are we such a popular choice for
  our many female colleagues? Three successful women from different
  parts of the business chart their...

• Here's to a healthy & hearty New Year
  14

  We all overdo it at
  Christmas and the last
  thing we want to hear is
  the dreaded 'diet' word!
  So chuck out those diet
  books and have fun
  cooking some delicious
  meals this January.
  We asked budding chef, Lina...

• WeightWatchers.co.uk
  15

  healthier 2008
  New Year is the perfect time to make
  over your diet with some healthier
  options. If you've got the time to get
  into the kitchen and start experimenting
  then great, but if you haven't, then don't
  panic! We've...

• How green is your home?
  16

  TV's Kim and Aggie know a thing or two about cleaning, but so do we! And
  while our new Cleanhome range of products shows no mercy to grease and
  grime, it's much kinder to the planet. We asked Carole Emberley, a Cleaner
  at...

• Super naturals just gets bigger and better!
  17

  It's not just ready meals. Now you can enjoy a
  tasty Super naturals™ meal at any time of the day.
  The approach to tasty and natural
  ingredients we use for the ready
  meals range has extended to
  breakfast cereals, snacks...

• Try something new today
  18

  TOP tastes
  for Kids Our Sainsbury's kids
  range now includes more
  than 80 products, giving
  more choice for children.
  We asked two
  colleagues at Tamworth
  to bring in their own
  little loved ones to test
  three products...

• We've got that loving feeling!
  18

  Love is in the air, it's all around and in fact, it's
  just down the aisle! Take a look at all the treats
  we've got to tempt you and your loved one this
  Valentine's.
  Have a look in the bakery for our
  gingerbread couple Mr and...

• Your shout: Loving it in Lewisham
  19

  Lewisham O
  Valentine's Day is on the way and we've got a great new range of products in
  store to treat your loved one. We've found two colleagues at Lewisham keen to
  put them - and their knowledge of each other - to the...

• Sport relief
  20

  Your fundraising gives children in India a future Top fundraising Scunthorpe
  colleagues flew to Delhi, India, to see
  how the money raised for Comic
  Relief is being used to better the
  lives of young people and...

• Jay'll Fix It
  22

  Rose Keen, Cash Office Clerk, Oxford,
  has worked for the company for 45
  years, starting in Chelmsford, Essex,
  when she was just 19. It was while she
  was working there that she got to take
  a spin in one of our lorries.
  "I...

• Local news round up: London
  23

  LONDON
  Colleagues and customers
  at Sydenham became part
  of our recent Christmas TV
  ad, when Jamie Oliver and a
  film crew descended on the
  store for three days of
  filming. An outdoor kitchen
  was set up and TV's...

• Local news round up: East
  24

  dressed up to give customers a fright on Halloween.
  Colleagues at Bretton
  really got involved in the
  seventh 'Make the
  difference' day and
  enjoyed telling
  customers how they
  could help look after the
  environment.
  Think...

• Local news round up: South
  24

  SOUTH
  Colleagues at Thanet helped local children at Garlinge Primary
  School Cooking Club get cooking by delivering them cooking
  kits on our sixth 'Make the difference' day. Doreen Funnel and her
  family raised over £1,000...

• Local news round up: North
  25

  NORTH
  ADLE
  Father Christmas helped
  make the difference by
  teaching children at
  Bradshaw Hall Primary
  School about the importance
  of using fewer plastic bags.
  He gave each child who
  visited his grotto a Bag
  for...

• Local news round up: West
  25

  CWMBRAN
  Joan Lock from Blackpole
  became supergran and
  single-handedly knitted
  lots of little woolly hats for
  innocent - well done Joan!
  Congratulat
  Jhowry who came third in
  the country for her food
  safety exam....

• Justin talks: 'We are what we do'
  26

  It's that time of year when our
  thoughts turn to making our
  resolutions for 2008.
  This year I'm going to use my 'Change
  the world for a fiver' book by We Are
  What We Do to help me choose my
  resolutions. It's got lots of...

• Coffee Break Solutions
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• Competition Winners
  27

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  Caroline Allen, Haverhill
  Coronation Street
  Beverley Hughes, Hornchurch
  Network 3
  Mike Cobbold, Bury St Edmunds
  David Camp, Waltham Point Depot
  You will be contacted shortly about your prize.

• What is your New Year's resolution??
  27

  Another year, another time to do something
  different to improve your life! Here's what
  colleagues at Tamworth and Greenwich
  want to do. Produce Manager,
  Tamworth
  "To eat more
  Fairtrade fruit and Alison Macdonald
  Fresh Foods...

• Coffee Break
  28

  Wordsearch
  Have a go at our health
  themed wordsearch just
  for...

• Win a place in the London Marathon
  28

  Flora is offering you an amazing
  opportunity to win a place in this
  year's London Marathon.
  Flora has been sponsoring the London
  Marathon since 1996, making April
  2008 the brand's thirteenth
  successive year as title sponsor...

• Win a SMEG fridge
  28

  We're all likely to have eaten and
  drunk a little too much over Christmas
  Luckily, Evian is giving us a helping
  hand to detox in the most natural and
  easiest way - with water.
  Our bodies are mostly made up of
  water. The...