'Sainsbury's Journal', July/August 2012

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• Contents
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  NEWS ROUNDUP
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  We take a look at our new MP3 download service, and learn about
  Turning the Park Orange.
  THIS MONTH WE LOVE......

• Upfront
  02

  The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are almost here and inside
  this issue of The Journal, in a special pull-out centre spread, we’re focusing
  on how our colleagues right across the business are involved. From our...

• Contributors
  03

  Vicky Bowen,
  Springfield
  “It’s a tough question!
  I think I’d get a personal
  shopper and head to
  Bond Street!”
  • We met Vicky at the
  Jubilee Family Festival,
  more on page 10.
  Elaine Whittaker,
  Rayleigh...

• Freeze Frame
  03

  Take a look at this amazing
  picture of our barges on
  the River Thames during
  the Jubilee Royal Pageant,
  provided by colleague
  Sarah Trowbridge. Find out
  more about our Jubilee
  weekend on page 10.

• Guest Editor: Joe Hunt
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  Guest editor:
  Joe Hunt
  Milton Keynes Shenley
  Church End Local
  Guest editor:
  Having worked over the past
  seven years from a student to a
  convenience store manager,
  I am delighted to have the chance
  to write for the...

• Great deal for farmers
  04

  Great deal for farmers
  We’re making a real commitment to our
  dairy farmers to secure their financial future.
  Since 2007, we’ve had a dedicated group
  of 324 dairy farmers who supply us with our
  liquid milk. The group was...

• News Round-Up
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  A look at what we’ve been up to recently,
  what’s new and what’s coming down the line soon... Have you got news for us?
  Please send your thoughts
  and views to: thejournal
  @44communications.co.uk Nectar at Tamworth:
  Sue...

• Raising animal welfare standards
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  We’re proud of our work in promoting
  Freedom Food – that’s why we’ve become
  the sponsor of Farm Animal Week 2012, a
  week of activity to raise awareness of our
  products and welfare standards.
  Did you know the Freedom...

• Spreading the Nectar knowledge
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  The Nectar loyalty scheme will be ten years
  old in September and we want everyone to
  help celebrate.
  The next Knowledge Week, from
  September 16th to 22nd, will give
  you top tips on how to promote
  Nectar in your store. Keep...

• Big Stats
  05

  65
  The number of coaches
  booked to get colleagues
  to the Games.
  300
  The number of flights
  booked to get colleagues
  to the Games.
  180,000
  The number of spectators
  on the day.

• Clearly cleaning will be a lot simpler
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  Clearly cleaning will be a lot simpler
  Cleaning in our stores is
  becoming a whole lot simpler.
  Following an extensive trial, we
  completed a roll-out in July of
  an improved range of Diversey
  colleague cleaning...

• Time for your pension decision
  05

  If you’re not already in one of our pension
  schemes, listen up!
  From October, companies must, by law,
  start to sign employees up to a pension
  scheme automatically. So, if you are aged
  between 22 and state pension age,...

• Turning the Park Orange
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  Fever pitch: our colleagues will get to experience live wheelchair basketball and other Paralympic sports.
  The excitement is now at fever pitch for
  the London 2012 Paralympic Games – and
  5,000 lucky colleagues will be...

• New products
  06

  We are offering one lucky colleague the
  chance to send their kids back to school
  with a proper head start. Thanks to our
  friends at Cathedral City, your child
  could be sailing through homework via
  the brand new (2012) black...

• Jubilee weekend
  08

  weekend
  weekend
  Our Royal
  The country was decked out in red, white and blue as the nation celebrated
  The Queen’s 60th year on the throne. Our colleagues joined in, from
  activities instore to events such as the Jubilee...

• Local News: West
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  A crowning achievement ➔
  Farlington had a royal visitor in its entrance – no, not
  Will or Harry, but a giant crown! Made by pupils at
  nearby Admiral Lord Nelson School, the store in
  Portsmouth exhibited the giant crown...

• Spotlight: Vision and Values
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  They told Justin –
  and look what they won!
  We are all Making It Happen with our bright ideas and by living our values
  every day. On these pages, we showcase some special colleagues who are
  really helping us on our way to...

• A Day Like No Other
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  David surprises our
  colleagues as part of
  their day like no other. When 16 colleagues received a
  phone call and were asked to
  come along to Holborn store
  support centre the following week, they’d
  no idea that it would be a...

• Day in the life
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  Day in the life
  We do like to be
  beside the
  Day in the life
  beside the seaside Whether the sun’s shining or not, both tourists and regular customers
  receive a warm welcome in every store within Julie Morton’s...

• Carers Week
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  our We care our carers
  We care colleagues need. By working
  with Carers UK, we’re making
  sure that this is a great place to
  work for all of our carers.”
  Our Diversity
  Champions were
  appointed more than
  a year ago and...

• Local News: East
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  Spalding’s have-a-go hero ➔
  When colleague Stuart Boswell from Spalding came across a man who’d been
  attacked one night, he made a split second decision to do what he could to help.
  He apprehended the attacker as he tried...

• Local News: Logistics
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  When Maurice Janaway from Basingstoke
  Depot discovered that the charity
  Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance
  needs £3,600 a day to run, he wanted to
  do his bit to help.
  “They operate without any government or lottery...

• Summer Holidays
  20

  TRACY IRVINE
  IS ONE OF OUR
  COLLEAGUES AT
  LYMM THE CROSS
  LOCAL AND HAS
  JUST BOOKED
  SOME TIME-OFF
  FOR A HOLIDAY.
  NOW, SHE’S
  GOT A DECISION
  TO MAKE. With the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer,...

• Local News: North
  22

  Star PR Ambassador Award: national winner ➔
  Not one! Not two! We actually have three Star PR Ambassadors for you this issue. Having
  worked together to promote Sainsbury’s through their local paper, the Huddersfield...

• Local News: Convenience
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  Raynes Park
  They say Friday the 13th is
  unlucky for some – but clearly
  not for new colleagues at Raynes
  Park Worple Road Local.
  The new store opened in
  London on Friday 13th April to
  crowds of eager customers. It
  also...

• London 2012 Paralympic Games
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  ON THE BALL We’ve entered the final straight! With the London 2012 Paralympic Games just weeks
  away, Holly Jackson rounds off our series on Paralympic sports by speaking to Kylie Grimes,
  only the second woman ever to be...

• 'Get you Kit On' Winners
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  Kate Rowbottom (far
  left) and Kerry O’Malley
  (far right), from Holborn
  store support centre join
  our winners. We invited you to get creative and come up with a design
  to be worn for the London 2012 Paralympic Games by...

• Local News: South
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  A helping hand at London Colney ➔
  As the saying goes, ‘you can always rely on the kindness of strangers’. This was
  certainly true when online delivery driver Roger Meryrick, from London Colney,
  came to the aid of an...

• Local News: SSC
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  Manchester
  It’s all been going on at HR Services, Manchester.
  The team has been working hard all year to raise
  money for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
  After a 10K run, a number of raffles, a football
  auction...

• Go to the Games!
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  Go to the Games!
  Win 1 of 45 Family Tickets (sets of 4) to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Win 1 of 45 Family Tickets (sets of 4) to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Win 1 of 45 Family Tickets (sets of 4) to the London 2012...

• Take a Break
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  Go to the Games!
  Win 1 of 45 Family Tickets (sets of 4) to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Win 1 of 45 Family Tickets (sets of 4) to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Win 1 of 45 Family Tickets (sets of 4) to the London 2012...

• Codeword
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• Express yourself
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  When Daniel Thornton decided to enter the Madonna
  competition in our March/April issue – he made sure to do
  it properly.
  Daniel staged a recreation of the famous album cover
  for the soundtrack to Madonna’s 1990’s film...

• Family Values
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• Last issue’s winners
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  Congratulations to Juliette Jahaj,
  Holborn store support centre, our
  Sure Maximum Red Letter Day
  winner. Details of all the winners
  in our Disney Muppets Movie
  competition are available on www.
  mysainsburys.co.uk
  Last...

• Mailbox
  30

  Dear Journal,
  I just wanted to share this
  wonderful picture of the very
  handsome Alan Brenkley with his
  beautiful new bride Jo. Alan is a
  team leader in our bakery, and Jo
  is an online driver.
  We wish them the very best...

• Gloucester’s new look
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  Our Gloucester store has
  recently undergone a welldeserved
  refurbishment.
  Opened in 1970, the store
  on Northgate street has
  been a fixture in the city
  centre for more than 40
  years! Described in the
  March 1971 issue of...

• Our People
  31

  Keeping you up-to-date
  with your colleagues Meet Andover’s longest serving colleague, Anita
  Pickard. A much-loved member of the team, she
  has just completed her 40 years long service.
  “She started working with us in...

• Our People: A well-loved colleague
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  Meet Andover’s longest serving colleague, Anita
  Pickard. A much-loved member of the team, she
  has just completed her 40 years long service.
  “She started working with us in 1972,” said Paul
  Beesley from the store. “She...

• Our People: Long service 25 years
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  Colin Adesokan, ROM Region 27.
  Diane Allen, Alcester Road Local.
  David Avis, Sittingbourne. David
  Balfour, Cameron Toll. Marie Ball,
  Throckley. Ann Bartlett, Bletchley.
  Claire Bateman, Chester. Patricia
  Beadles, Arnold....

• Our People: Retirements
  32

  Retirements
  John Adams, Drumchapel (10 yrs).
  Munima Ahmed, Chiswick (22 yrs).
  Sarah Aitken, Partick (13 yrs).
  John Allen, Queens Road (23 yrs).
  Doreen Althorp, Tunbridge Wells
  (12 yrs). Gaye Bain, Great Yarmouth
  (25 yrs)....

• Our People: Exceptional Colleagues
  33

  Colleagues recognised for
  outstanding service during
  MCM visits.
  Alastair Brown, Cobham. Raj
  Dantanarayana, Stafford. Jan
  Gittins, Stamford. Christine Harley,
  Partick. David Lawrence, St.Albans.
  Muhktar Miah, Berryden...

• Our People: Long service 40 years
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  Paul Barber, Osmaston Park.
  Stephen Fryer, Holborn store
  support centre. Stephanie Graham,
  Court House Green. Ray Kuschel,
  Holborn store support centre. Barry
  Mcclean, Tadley. Geoff Mears,
  Cannock. Elaine Northrop,...

• Our People: Obituaries
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  Anthony Aughton, 33, Chesterfield
  (8 yrs). Zoe Bird, 30, Chaddesden
  (4 yrs). Roger Broadbent, 64,
  Barkingside (21 yrs). Patricia
  Cullimore, 60, Canterbury (23 yrs).
  Philippa Dean, 21, Shorehead (1 yr).
  Patricia Dobson, 61,...

• Our People: Promotions
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  Promotions
  Mostaque Al-Azad, Stratford
  Romford Road Local. Pritpal
  Bhogal, Sloane Avenue. Mahadi
  Bhuyan, London Holloway Road
  Local. Chris Biggs, Holborn store
  support centre. Mark Botten, Rye
  Park Depot. Anna Brown,...

• Big Bake Off
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  A year and a half ago, Keighley baker Mike
  Armstrong threw his hat in the ring for our Big
  Bake Off contest along with thousands of other
  colleagues. His winning cheese and beer bread
  launched instore last month, and we spoke...