'Sainsbury's Journal', January/February 2011

Table of content

• Coming up
  02

  » APR Spring starts and we’ll have all
  the gifts you need to treat your
  mum on Mother’s Day, Sunday 3rd
  April. Watch out for our fantastic
  Easter Eggs, this year all our
  boxed hollow eggs are Fairtrade,
  and the great...

• Contents
  02

  NEWS rouND up .............................................04
  Catch up on all the news from around the business. Find out why
  the launch of Shrek Forever After turned us green and dip into
  our Baking recipe collection.
  LET’S...

• Upfront
  02

  We’ve already launched our campaign for this year’s Red Nose Day and I
  know that you’ll have started planning what you can do to beat the massive
  £11 million we raised for Red Nose Day 2009. The theme is ‘do something...

• Contributors
  03

  Sue Lucas:
  Fish specialist
  field trainer Sue
  Lucas is sharing
  her knowledge
  and skills with
  colleagues at
  our new Food
  Colleges. She can
  fillet 80 salmon
  in an hour... that’s
  fast work!
  Terry poole:
  A career in...

• Freeze Frame
  03

  We are not only growing our
  store space but changing
  some of it too – our first
  Fresh Kitchen which opened
  in January on London’s Fleet
  Street, offers fresh food on
  the go. read more about our
  most recent store...

• Guest editor: Lachie McCloy
  03

  As a counters coach, I
  know only too well how
  important it is to learn
  food skills. Our customers
  expect us to skin, top
  and tail, de-bone and cut
  their fish. We’re improving
  our skills and raising
  awareness all the time...

• Happy ever after
  04

  Happy ever after
  Going green took on a new guise as we made history
  with the launch of Shrek Forever After on DVD and
  Blu-ray.
  For the first time in our 141-year history, we
  changed our logo on signage at the front of...

• Hot stuff
  04

  Hot stuff
  Cook up some delicious treats with
  our new Baking recipe collection
  this February.
  The book has 100 sweet and
  savoury dishes for all occasions,
  including those you can bake with
  the kids – great news for those...

• News Round-Up
  04

  Happy ever after
  Cook up some delicious treats with
  our new Baking recipe collection
  this February.
  The book has 100 sweet and
  savoury dishes for all occasions,
  including those you can bake with
  the kids – great news for...

• Points mean prizes
  04

  Points mean prizes
  Loyalty pays! That’s what eight winning stores discovered
  when they encouraged customers to take advantage of
  the Nectar scheme.
  Our store competition was launched to help colleagues
  encourage more...

• Hearts of gold
  05

  Looking after our own. That’s the benefit
  our involvement with the Caravan
  Achievement Awards programme by the
  National Grocers’ Benevolent Fund, the
  charity for the grocery industry.
  Our ‘exceptional contribution’ in...

• MP Andrew Bingham visiting Eagle Parade Local
  05

  MP Andrew
  Bingham visiting
  Eagle Parade
  Local, pictured
  with colleagues
  Peter Williams,
  Della Ward and
  Vicki Wellings.
  We’re so proud of our work instore and out,
  we decided we needed to tell our Parliament
  about...

• Value where it matters
  05

  One for every weeknight and all for £20 –
  that’s what our new ‘Value where it matters’
  meal planner offers! We’re helping colleagues
  and customers to feed their families with a
  different and delicious meal every...

• What a powerful partnership!
  05

  From 9th February we’ve got a new
  Sainsbury’s Energy partner - British
  Gas - and colleagues are first in line
  to benefit. If you switch gas and
  electricity to Sainsbury’s Energy
  before 18th March 2011, you’ll
  receive...

• Spotlight: MSC Fish
  06

  Catch this… Did you know we are the UK’s biggest retailer of
  MSC-certified sustainable fish? When it comes to sourcing fish
  responsibly, we bring our customers the best in quality, selection
  and flavour. Here, colleagues...

• Hot new idea hits the shelves
  08

  Hot new idea hits the shelves
  Instore food sampler Madeleine
  Littlestone found herself the envy
  colleagues and customers when
  cooking on her portable halogen oven
  instore – so she decided to Tell Justin.
  Not only are...

• ‘Is it in it?’
  08

  in it?’
  We’re proud to be the
  first retailer to launch a
  smart phone app that
  helps allergy sufferers
  identify ingredients they are avoiding,
  simply by scanning barcodes with the
  camera on their phone.
  The Food Angel...

• News Round-Up
  08

  Friends and neighbours of 21-year-old Mia Austin
  desperately wanted to give her a Christmas to
  remember. Mia suffered a devastating stroke in
  2009 and after 13 months in hospital returned
  home for the first time on 11th...

• Now that’s the perfect Christmas
  08

  Friends and neighbours of 21-year-old Mia Austin
  desperately wanted to give her a Christmas to
  remember. Mia suffered a devastating stroke in
  2009 and after 13 months in hospital returned
  home for the first time on 11th...

• Active Kids
  09

  active Kids is back – launching on 9th February and running
  until 31st May. and in the run up to the Paralympic games
  this year’s active Kids is more inclusive than ever with
  fantastic equipment for every activity you can...

• Fast facts
  09

  Fast
  facts...
  Thanks to the breakpack
  initiative (below) we’ve saved
  1,288 tonnes of cardboard
  worth £497,906.
  Over the past 10 years across
  the company we’ve saved
  362,000 miles of transport with
  an equivalent...

• Golden girls
  09

  Sports Personality of the Year finalist Jodie
  Williams is a shining star in our eyes.
  The World Junior 100m sprinting sensation
  has joined Paralympic swimming champion Ellie
  Simmonds as an ambassador for our Active
  Kids...

• Now that’s thinking outside the box... literally!
  09

  From left: Pauly Cheung and Claire Wong,
  based in hong Kong, have been instrumental
  in driving this initiative through.
  Now that’s thinking outside
  the box... literally!
  We’ve recently reduced our carbon footprint
  by a...

• We’ll drink to that!
  09

  We’ll drink to that!
  This Red Nose Day we’re helping farmers to strengthen
  their trading networks by launching a limited edition
  Fairtrade coffee, in partnership with the Department for
  International Development, Comic...

• Spotlight: Fairtrade
  10

  deal We’re proud that we were the first supermarket to
  stock a Fairtrade product back in 1994. And now
  we have more than 800 available in our
  stores and we’re the world’s largest
  retailer of Fairtrade products.
  We’ll...

• Local News: North
  12

  Supplier Awards ➔
  Food and friendships were celebrated as Northern
  Ireland colleagues and suppliers tucked into some
  local delicacies. The Northern Irish Supplier Awards in
  Belfast gave us the chance to thank more than
  70...

• Spotlight: Food Colleges
  14

  Left: Gently does it – Fish
  specialist Sue Lucas watches
  as Jean Jeavons learns
  how to fillet a fish. Right:
  Premium pizzas from our
  Oldbury colleagues! Nick Ringrose, field trainer
  Nick has spent two years as a counters...

• Comic Relief
  15

  We want to see just how silly
  you’re getting to raise money
  for Comic Relief – send us your
  photos by 24th March and we’ll
  print as many as we can in the
  next issue and the silliest will
  win a top prize! journal...

• Local News: East
  18

  A great effort!
  14,000 bottles of water, 4,000 bananas,
  4,500 bakery flapjack bites, 100 hours of
  volunteering.
  That was Peterborough colleagues’
  amazing contribution to the Great
  Eastern Run, the half-marathon held
  each...

• Local News: Convenience
  19

  Partner power...
  When opening Darlington Duke
  Street, we called on recruitment
  service Working Links and
  we’re pleased to say that the
  11 candidates became fully
  fledged colleagues.
  Also during our takeover
  of some...

• Spotlight: London 2012 Paralympic Games
  20

  Holly Jackson Our national Paralympic Games footballers
  to put a little pride back into the national game at the
  London 2012 Games. Captain of the England five-a-side
  visually-impaired squad, Dave Clarke and...

• Local News: South
  22

  A staggering £33,000 was raised in just two
  months for zone 2’s Local Charity, Face The Future.
  While still supporting their own individual
  charities, the zone’s 136 stores worked together
  to make a huge difference to...

• Local News: SSC
  23

  tashstastic!
  SSC
  Shaving never felt so good as it did for these colleagues
  after showing their support for Movember. The team from
  Holborn store support centre carefully crafted their facial hair
  into an array of...

• Spotlight: New space
  24

  Taking the long view: this is our new Stanway store which
  has the first online order terminal, O2 concession and an
  extra large version of our new Café Fresh. Size
  It’s not what you’ve got,
  it’s what you do with...

• Spotlight: Careers
  26

  right path These colleagues have each followed very
  different paths, and all forged a fantastic
  career in our business. But do you know what
  your career options for the future are? My career stor
  y…
  Hannah Leece
  Starting...

• Local News: West
  28

  Calne & Hedge End ➔
  They may have been a long way from home, but troops were remembered over
  Christmas by colleagues. At Calne, while stocking up on Christmas goodies,
  customers and colleagues bought extra products to send...

• Local News: Logistics
  29

  Logistics
  Heroic drivers went the extra mile to make sure snow didn’t stop our festive
  deliveries. Rod Zuna, Waltham Point got stuck en route to Tamworth and slept in
  his vehicle. “When I got back to the depot, I could see...

• 3D television competition
  30

  To be in with a chance of winning
  this great prize, simply answer the
  following question:
  What blade innovation
  does ProGlide come with?
  1. More blades
  2. Thicker blades
  3. Thinner blades
  Deadline for entries: 31st March...

• Crossword
  30

  Across
  7. Rolf, the Australian artist and entertainer (6)
  8. And 18 Across. Judge on ‘The X Factor’ (6,4)
  10. Spanish painter, a towering figure in 20th
  Century art (7)
  11. Chris Evans is a presenter in this medium...

• Take a Break
  30

  Across
  7. Rolf, the Australian artist and entertainer (6)
  8. And 18 Across. Judge on ‘The X Factor’ (6,4)
  10. Spanish painter, a towering figure in 20th
  Century art (7)
  11. Chris Evans is a presenter in this medium...

• Family Values
  31

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• Last issue’s winners
  31

  Last issue’s winners...
  Last issue’s lucky winner of
  the Microsoft Xbox was Nicola
  Cottier, Dome Roundabout!
  Maureen Smallpeice from
  Apsley Milles was our Gift
  Experience competition winner,
  watch this space to see how...

• You’ll be floating on air
  31

  This fun-loving competition will literally blow you away!
  As part of the ‘Raise your Maltesers… help us raise £1 million
  for Comic Relief’ campaign, we’ve teamed up with Mars to
  bring you a seriously cool...

• Our People
  32

  Promotions
  Kristoffer Ablett, HR Manager,
  Cardiff Central. Natalie Abbott,
  Senior Business analyst, Holborn
  store support centre. Lisa Addison,
  Distribution Centre HR Manager, Rye
  Park Depot. Amy Alderdice, Team
  Leader,...

• Our People: Long service 25 years
  32

  Long service
  25 years
  Mark Abbott-Woods, Dome
  Roundabout. Margaret Adams,
  Hadleigh Road. Angela Allcock,
  Kimberley. Philip Allen, Holborn store
  support centre. Colin Allison, Warren
  Heath. Janet Allison, Bradford.
  Lynda...

• Our People: Promotions
  32

  Promotions
  Kristoffer Ablett, HR Manager,
  Cardiff Central. Natalie Abbott,
  Senior Business analyst, Holborn
  store support centre. Lisa Addison,
  Distribution Centre HR Manager, Rye
  Park Depot. Amy Alderdice, Team
  Leader,...

• Our People: Long service 40 years
  34

  Long service
  40 years
  Ian Bilham, Chichester. Angela
  Connock, Winterstoke Road. Joy
  Goodyear, Camberley. John Hayler,
  feild based. Margaret Hopkins,
  Court House Green. Maureen
  Izzard, Crawley. Peter Lamont,
  Berryden. James...

• Our People: Retirements
  34

  Retirements
  Raymond Addison, Canvey Island
  (8 yrs). Jennifer Affleck, Kings
  Lynn (33 yrs). Terry Akram, Lyons
  Farm (18 yrs). Joan Alderson,
  Throckley (26 yrs). Marion
  Andersen, St. Clares (20 yrs). Linda
  Anderson,...

• Our People: Obituaries 2010/2011
  35

  Linda Tebay, Warrington (24 yrs).
  Janet Thomas, Stoke on Trent
  (4 yrs). Doreen Thompson,
  Tottenham (25 yrs). Margaret
  Timmins, Mansfield (5 yrs). Jenny
  Tonks, Eastleigh (10 yrs). Jill
  Tooms, Arnold (26 yrs). Joy...

• My Favourite: Flippin’ great!
  36

  ...and as a side order
  My favourite time of year is…
  Christmas. I’m worse than the kids!
  We have two grandchildren who live
  locally and I’m always telling them
  how all I wanted as a child was a
  colouring book and...