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  • INSIDE 02

    Give us a C! Cannock colleagues get in line for the start of the day at Our Conference 2013 over a
    spot of breakfast. Find out more about the colleagues who inspired us, entertained us and made
    us feel enormously proud on the...

  • Quick word 02

    Our Conference in September
    showed us just how talented
    our colleagues are. From our
    fantastic We’ve Got Talent
    finalists to our LOVE Award
    winners, we’ve got a huge
    amount to be proud of. In this edition of the Journal,...

  • Timewatch – a look back to Our Conferences from times gone by 02

    1970 – Managers from across the UK
    arrived in Brighton in January of this
    year to discuss decimalisation and
    how it would affect
    our stores. A little
    over a year later, the
    farthing, shilling
    and crown were
    all...

  • Hello 03

    Things have been
    changing at our Hoddesdon
    store. A new online team
    was set up in May and a
    complete store refit took
    place in July. Here, colleague
    George Georgio tells us
    how these changes have
    transformed the store –...

  • How can we become the UK’s ‘Greenest Grocer’? 03

    We’re about to make a huge push to achieve our green targets – and we’re focussing
    on how every one of us can play our part in saving energy, and find out how it
    benefits colleagues and customers too. Paul Crewe, our Head...

  • Ten things we learned at Our Conference 05

    From Christmas decorations and handsets to personal development
    04 Journal
    Ten things
    From Christmas decorations and handsets to personal development
    and trust, here are some highlights from Our Conference 2013.
    we learned at...

  • We’ve hit £1 billion 07

    This month, we’ve passed £1 billion
    in grocery sales in the last 12
    months with Sainsbury’s Online.
    It takes us a fantastic step closer
    to achieving our overall 2020
    vision of £20 billion in extra sales.
    Online has...

  • The best we can be 09

    08 Journal Be the best you can be through the
    exciting and varied opportunities
    we can offer – that was one of the
    inspiring messages that colleagues
    brought back to their stores, depots
    and offices from Our Conference...

  • DOWNLOAD 11

    DOWNLOAD
    Click
    here
    Full-size PDF of the Why we June pages so you
    can print it out and put it up around your work place

  • Why we love October 13

    Make sure your Halloween house party is the scariest on the street with these great
    product ideas:
    l Frightening fireworks, The Vampire – £5
    l Small pumpkin carving kit – £1.50
    l Spider’s web –...

  • At a glance Your month in numbers 14

    399 million Active Kids
    vouchers given out in
    our stores this year.
    51,000
    organisations are registered
    with Active Kids. The value of Active Kids
    equipment and experiences
    that has been donated
    since 2005* of colleagues...

  • Our People 15

    Retirements
    Edith Ager, Emersons Green (21 yrs). Marlene
    Ambrose, Swansea (25 yrs). Margaret Ansell,
    West Wickham (8 yrs). Richard Arnold, Waltham
    Point Depot (13 yrs). Yvonne Astill, Leamington
    (34 yrs). Geoffrey Ball,...

  • Your news News and pictures from around the regions 17

    Ashley’s a race ace Ashley Gallagher is eager for
    more after recently completing
    the 20-mile ‘Dirty Weekend’ obstacle course
    race for charity.
    Ashley competed as part of the British
    Military Fitness Group, and all the...

  • Take a break 18

    Crossword Across
    6. Bird with a glossy black plumage and a
    raucous voice (4)
    8. And 9 Across. The 50th anniversary of
    this civil rights leader’s ‘I have a dream’
    speech was marked in August (6,6,4)
    9. See 8 Across
    10....