'Sainsbury's Journal', Special Edition: 140 Years, 1869-2009

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• Contents Page
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  CHRISTMAS
  ...trading results, savvy shopping,
  festive favorites and a Christmas
  thank-you.
  P5-7
  Find out what's been going on
  around the business.
  We look at all the start the days
  over the past year.
  Take a peek of some...

• Welcome Editorial
  03

  We know you're going to be working
  hard to make this Christmas the best
  yet for our customers. So we've packed
  this Journal with great news and
  features for you to enjoy on your
  well deserved breaks!
  lots of successes and...

• Guest Editor Sarah Stevenson
  04

  SARAH STEVENSON
  Non Food Christmas buyer (including Christmas Crackers!)
  Coventry store support centre
  I love this time of year, it's a great time to celebrate and spend time with friends
  and family. I really enjoyed reading...

• You make the difference
  04

  you
  I
  over
  and I
  families
  Christmas
  In November I
  wrote to you about
  the strong results we
  in the first half of
  the financial year. This is
  down to your hard work in
  delivering great service to our
  customers. Of...

• First Aid Hero
  05

  There was a First Aid call recently
  when an 85 year old gentleman
  collapsed instore. Colleagues Sandy
  Husband and Michael Anderson
  responded quickly to find him on the
  floor, with no pulse! They both set
  about trying to...

• Mum's the word
  05

  We've recently launched our own
  baby club - it's called Little Ones
  and it's available for customers and
  colleagues to join online!
  We know that becoming a parent can
  be a confusing time for first-timers
  and old hands too....

• Supermarket treat
  05

  We're committed to making
  shopping and working instore
  as enjoyable as possible for all
  customers and colleagues.
  So we're very pleased that mum
  and regular customer, Julie Evett,
  is able to take her severely...

• Top knitters
  05

  Another year and another exciting
  Big Knit competition organised in
  partnership with innocent and
  Age Concern.
  In the atrium at Holborn store
  support centre we recently hosted
  the launch of this year's competition
  - bigger,...

• Here's some great other ways we've been recoghised
  06

  • we got an A for engaging with
  customers on environmental
  issues in the Consumer Focus
  environment survey.
  • our Online team picked up
  the Best Customer Service
  award for Groceries Online and
  the Relaunch of the Year...

• Our wine is fine
  06

  Our own brand wines are true
  Olympians! They took a huge
  haul of Gold, Silver and Bronze
  medals in three competitions
  this year: International
  Wine Challenge, Decanter
  World Wine Awards and
  International Wine and
  Spirit...

• Prize products!
  06

  When it comes to winning on quality
  we've made a habit of it this year!
  Our Taste the difference traditional
  spiced ham won its category in
  The Grocer's Own Label excellence
  awards 2009. Meanwhile, our
  Lancashire beef...

• The people's choice
  06

  RSPCA
  Our customers love
  [ P C t y A I it when we do the
  1 right thing! At the
  RSPCA Good
  Business Awards, we won the 'Most
  Improved Supermarket' in the People's
  Choice category voted for by customers.
  "We've worked hard...

• Thumbs up for HR
  06

  We picked up
  two fantastic
  awards at the
  away with the People's Organisation
  Award as well as an award for all our
  fantastic work on You Can. Proof that
  we're committed to making you the
  best that you can be.

• Top marks for being green
  06

  PAUL AND HIS TEAM GO FOR GREEN!
  Our Procurement team were overjoyed
  to take the overall award for excellence
  in procurement at the CIPS Awards -
  and it's all thanks to you!
  The award celebrated all the great
  work being done...

• We're officially the best
  06

  We're officially
  tke BEST!
  That's right...we won top
  S u|«™^f prize at Retail Industry Award:
  I - Supermarket of the Year!
  The judges loved our
  basics range and thought our 'Feed
  Your Family For A Fiver' and 'Switch
  and...

• Winning on the airwaves
  06

  Our radio advertising beat off
  hot competition from the likes
  of Sky, Benecol and Volvic to win
  the 'Best use of radio to drive
  sales' category at the recent
  Radio Advertising Awards.
  "It's brilliant that we've won!"
  Sam...

• Woman of the Year: Gwyn Burr
  06

  Our very own
  Customer
  Director, Gwyn Burr, has been
  named 'Woman
  of the Year' in
  the Specsavers
  Everywoman in Retail Awards.'
  The awards not only recognised
  Gwyn's fantastic success as a
  business woman, but also as...

• Animal 'bag'netism
  07

  Our reusable bag range has been a
  great hit with our customers; helping
  us reduce the number of free-issue
  bags we give away instore.
  "To keep encouraging customers to
  use them we recently re-launched
  our bags, increasing...

• Birds of a feather...
  07

  Good news for those of you who
  are partial to poultry! We've relaunched
  our fresh duck range and,
  for the first time, all our duck will
  be sourced from farms approved
  by Freedom Food to the RSPCA's animal welfare standards....

• Driving in style
  07

  ar, Ernie
  t 599 other
  depot drivers to the title back in
  the summer, has been given a
  brand new Mercedes truck and
  has been wearing his new title
  with pride.
  "I couldn't believe it when Nick
  Davies, our Regional...

• Long Service Award Dinner 2009
  07

  We invited over 760
  long serving colleagues
  from across the
  business to enjoy a
  special evening and
  to say a big thank you
  for their long service
  and loyalty. The dinner took place at The
  Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster...

• A year of starting the day
  08

  This year Justin, Dido and Roger have been up
  and down the country meeting colleagues.
  The sessions have been a fantastic
  opportunity for colleagues to ask any
  burning questions, as well as give some
  very useful and...

• Christmas advert
  09

  This year, Jamie has taken our Christmas TV ad
  campaign on the road as he travels the country
  bringing his unigue festive food ideas to the nation. This Christmas we've made sure great
  value food ideas take centre stage.
  Food...

• Logistics: Cracker tracker
  10

  Have you ever wondered
  about all the hard work
  that qoes into delivering
  Christmas for our
  customers? Every year,
  talented, dedicated
  colleagues across the
  business play their part
  to make sure the right
  products are in...

• Christmas with a twist
  12

  This Christmas we've
  got something instore
  for all tastes and
  budgets and by being
  savvy we can save on
  some things and splurge
  on others. And no one's
  better than living on a
  budget than students!
  We put four student...

• Loyalty that lasts
  14

  As one of the UK's most successful retailers we really want to understand what our
  customers want and in the run up to Christmas this becomes even more important. We've recently introduced a new «
  way to communicate to...

• Christmas special: Charity at Christmas
  16

  Since the launch
  of Local Charity
  of the Year in
  May, hundreds of
  our brilliant caring
  colleagues have gone
  that extra mile
  to fundraise and
  volunteer for their
  chosen charities. We
  wanted to give one
  store and...

• DVD 2009 with our Colleagues
  18

  TRAnSFDRITlERS II:
  REVEflGE OF THE FALLEF1
  First up, Chloe Potter, Tracey Fox and Charmy Ranchhoddas, Chiswick,
  made the trip to Paramount Films' offices in West London to watch one
  of the summer's biggest and loudest...

• Christmas gifts for grown-ups
  19

  the same every year Ibuying
  > Christmas presents for kidsis easy,
  ® but what about Mum a n I M a n d
  that touqh to please older sister. Well, while Santa Claus is busy getting ready to deliver gifts to
  all the world's kids,...

• Dine out on your good ideas!
  20

  Dine out on your good ideas!
  We hope we have inspired you to get creative with
  your leftovers? Please send us your recipes for making
  your leftovers go further. If we like your ideas you could
  WIN £150 OF VOUCHERS to spend in...

• Love your Christmas leftovers
  20

  As colleagues and customers, it's only natural at Christmas
  time that we should be stocking up on tasty treats for the
  whole family,.,but come Boxing Day, we may find we actually
  bought a little too much! Here are some great...

• Sharesave 2009 - sharing in our future success
  21

  What would you do with a lump sum of money? Take the kids on holiday,
  buy a new bike? Or would you re-invest it and watch it continue to grow?
  Sharesave is a way for you to make the most of your money and enjoy
  the benefits of...

• New Year's Eve: Staying in - the new going out!
  22

  It's the same dilemma
  every year - where are
  we going to celebrate
  New Year?
  Well, we think we've solved the
  problem with the help of Clare Watts
  and her colleagues Michael Gawler,
  Saket Shetty, Lisa Hooper
  and Louise...

• Festive favorites
  24

  It's that time of year again when our board
  members go head to head to out sell each
  other with what they think customers will
  be picking up this Christmas.
  Which one will you be supporting? Stilton I».50g
  Imelda Walsh
  Our...

• Coffee Break Solutions
  25

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• September/October Competition winners
  25

  Se?tember/octo#
  Contention wihhQ)
  Kingsmill
  Helen Silsby, Huntingdon
  Debbie Knight, Kettering
  Mrs C Hoff, Talbot Heath
  Claire Harris, The Moor
  Mr R Johnson, Martineau Place
  Doritos
  1st prize (Xbox console)
  Keith...

• Your letters: Caring and sharing
  25

  Ann Erratt, Vicky Dunton and eighty
  colleagues from Watford and Region
  33 stores recently got together to
  lend a hand at local Breakspeare
  School. They were there to help to cut
  back plants, replace a water fountain
  and...

• Local news round up: West
  26

  GLOUCESTER QUAYS
  As part of the
  publicity surrounding
  the regeneration of
  Gloucester Docks,
  The Queen and Prince
  Phillip have passed by
  our flagship store at
  Gloucester Quays!
  It was an exciting
  day for colleagues
  and...

• Local news round up: East
  27

  IPSWICH
  HR Team
  sale stall near the
  home for a fun and casual Road football ground in
  approach to fundraising. The late September. Items were
  day was a triumph for denim donated by colleagues, family
  and the store raised...

• Cash for Communities
  28

  CdsK for Commuhities
  "With every store and depot committed to
  fundraising with local charity partners, don't
  forget there are other ways we're helping
  local communities," reminds Andy White,
  Holborn store support centre.
  Did...

• Local news round up: South
  28

  CHISWICK ISLE OF WIGHT STANMORE
  Diwali and Eid were
  celebrated in style, with
  colleagues dressing up
  in traditional outfits and
  bringing in lots of special
  savoury and sweet dishes to
  share with everyone.
  Colleagues held a...

• Local news round up: North
  29

  BURNLEY
  Colleagues have been helping local children start the day w
  a healthy breakfast this year. Their breakfast clubs have be>
  really popular with the local community and been a great cl
  in themornin
  WASHINGTON
  n Hodgson...

• Local news round up: Logistics
  30

  HAYDOCK
  ague Paul Liptrot
  a bowling league at
  Haydock and thought it
  "••"•lid be good fun to inv
  I stores too!
  "I emailed all the stores
  •»t we serve and the
  ponse was so positive
  iecided to subsidise
  olleagues...

• Local news round up: Convenience
  31

  HR TEAM (NORTH)
  The Convenience HR team
  for the North lead by Jayne
  Graham really wanted to
  do something exciting for
  charity. They decided to
  tackle the Yorkshire Three
  Peaks walk for Cancer
  Research. "The team was a...

• Chocolate Competition
  32

  Christmas is the time to be indulgent. With our expanded range of
  quality Belgian chocolates we've got treats to suit every pocket.
  Well, make some room in your pocket for a couple of passports! Our
  friends at Caluwe Chocolat...

• Coffee Break
  32

  For further terms and conditions on competitions in the Sainsbury's Journal please go to...

• Win a Sony Blu-ray disc player!
  32

  ...and make you
  a winner!
  If you love big blockbuster movies
  like Terminator Salvation, then you'll
  want to enjoy them in the highest
  possible guality.
  Well, our. friends at Sony Pictures
  would like to make that possible...