Sainsbury's Journal Sep-Oct 2009
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Sainsbury's OUR STARS AWARDS 2001 Our wonderful winning colleagues take centre stage at our conference! P4 JUSTIN TALKS P18-19 THE STARS ...about our conference and our AWARDS fantastic colleagues. HHDI centre stage as we recognise the P5-7 OUR NEWS great work they do. Find out what's been going on P20-21 IN SEASON around the business. A chilling and thrilling look at our P8 A DAY IN THE freaky and fabulous Halloween and LIFE OF JUSTIN Bonfire Night r?"' We spend a typical busy working day with Justin. P22-23 CARE P9 INSIDE STORY SPECIAL We look at the many exciting career How we all work together to keep opportunities in the business for colleagues, customers and our colleagues and new graduates. profits safe. P10 JAY'LL FIX IT P24 REGIONAL NEWS What's been happening where you are? A musically minded colleague's dream comes true when she meets the cast P27 YOUR LETTERS Team Valley colleagues meet a TV P11-13 CONFERENCE legend. Plus competition winners. HIGHLIGHTS P28 COFFEEBREAK We begin seven pages of conference More fun, puzzles and competitions. coverage starting with a celebration of the day itself! P14-15 SWITCH AND SAVE Our colleagues take the taste test challenge! P16-17 THE BIG COOK OFF FINAL All the excitement and anticipation of the Big Cook Off Final in front of 4,000 colleagues! P14 Main cover image: Colleagues enjoying our conference i Mixed Sources I Product group from well-managed forests and other controlled sources T7*^f~* www.fsc.org Cert no. SGS-COC-1202 Tr ^L © 1996 Forest Stewardship Council Produced by Serac Limited SAINSBURY'S JOURNAL SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER I Text JOURNAL, your name, location and message to feOOfefe Email: [email protected] We want to hear from you! There are lots of ways to get in touch with the Journal, so why not send in your comments or ideas? You can text or email Jay or you can write to him at: Sainsbury's Journal, Serac Limited, 34 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1DN. It costs no more than your normal network rate to text Jay. Simply send a short message and don't forget to add your name! A M e* jfe You were so good at dressing up and scaring our colleagues and customers prizes for the store with the best for Halloween last year that we want Halloween costumes. Look out fc you to scare us again! We want you to details soon! really get the chill factor and create the spookiest atmosphere instore that you can. Send in pictures of you and your colleagues dressed in your freakiest fancy dress outfits. Why not create a «-A back drop of creepy castles, ghoulish 4 graveyards and haunted houses for your instore display? PUMPKINS ON LEGS! JUST ONE OF LAST YEAR'S FREAKY DRESS UP IDEAS! You make tke difference 'arlier this month you've heard all about 'the plan' from that extra 50p (or more!) into their I was delighted your colleagues, they've excited you baskets. Our colleague Julie from to see over 4,000 of you about the year to come and told you Street and her kids certainly had a at our annual conference about the part you play in delivering spooky time trying out our tasty treats at the NEC, Birmingham. It this plan. This edition of the Journal is and new costumes at the Wookey Hole was a really fantastic day and it packed full of lots of snapshots of the caves...if you want to give yourself a was great to chat to so many of you day so enjoy checking out what your scare turn to pages 20-21. .. during the lunchtime sessions - I colleagues saw at the event. And now over to our Guest Editor, K really enjoyed tucking in to all And don't forget to have a look at the Lisa from Newry store, to tell you ^ those tasty Christmas 'We have so many Stars Awards winners on pages 18-19. more about this issue... samples, like the Blacksticks We have so many fantastic colleagues fantastic colleagues that Silk cheese, and trying my that this was a great opportunity to luck at the Space Hopper this year's Stars Awards recognise those that consistently go race! But it wasn't all fun was a great opportunity above and beyond their day jobs. There k/dV"^ ' and games. The aim of the were so many impressive stories it to recognise those that day was to tell you all about proved to be an emotional ceremony! consistently go above our target of an extra and beyond their £1 billion sales in the coming Halloween and Bonfire night are just year, and 'the plan' to deliver around the corner and as they fall day job." those sales. I hope by now that if one weekend after another it's a great SWITCH,AND SAVf you didn't get the chance to attend, chance to get our customers p,,H THE 'ELFY' WAY TALKING TIP CARDS AND TASTING GREAT FOOD AT THE CONFERENCE GUEST EDITOR LISA Mc GENITY Newry, Northern Ireland It's a great pleasure to be the guest editor for this issue. I am also delighted that I can share my thoughts of the exciting day my colleagues and I had at this year's conference. There was so much to see and do. After Justin and the board explained what a brilliant year we've had despite all the problems with the economy we couldn't wait to visit the Try Room and the Christmas Wonderland to see what products and promotions would help us have another great 12 months. Take a look at what we tasted in the 'Switch and save taste test' challenge on pages 14-15! TV chef Tony Tobin wowed us with his 'How to cook the perfect steak sandwich' demonstration and we had to watch out for flying eggs as colleagues lined up in the Woodland area for the omelette competition. Justin said he managed to cook one in 60 seconds, but I reckon my colleagues were definitely faster! The Big Cook Off (pages 16-17) was amazing. Watching our colleagues cooking against the clock was so exciting and they were all really passionate about their dishes. It was a real privilege to watch the finalists cook their very best as we tasted their mini samples. Meanwhile, the Christmas Wonderland was a feast for the eyes, ears and taste buds. Served from German Christmas market style huts, we enjoyed samples of Taste the difference gammon, Blacksticks silk cheese and luxury Christmas pudding If you'd like tote to name but a few. our Guest Editor The Stars Awards (pages 18-19) ended this year's conference on an emotional high. We heard some very heart warming stories of colleagues going the extra mile for Text: EDITOR plus your customers, the community and each other. I'm so proud to be part of this business name to 60066 or email: and proud of my colleagues. Justin's right - we are the best colleagues in retail! [email protected] Happy reading Lisa SAINSBURY'S JOURNAL NEWS news Inspired miJ-week Cooking returns! We've recently launched our new 'mid-week meal solutions' aimed at inspiring our customers to eat convenient yet good quality food at reasonable prices. Our extensive range spans ready-to- bake meals, to stir in sauces (which launch in October). You name it, we've got the ingredients and the ideas for our customers to create a tasty dish foolish about the Flora Pro-Activ whom she discovered had a very in a flash! free cholesterol tests we began high glucose level. As a result, she For cooking novices and busy Mums offering in 150 stores to help promote was referred straight to a GP and we've also launched a new range of our pharmacies. came back to the pharmacy to say simply semi-prepared cuts of meat - thank you. casserole is one great example of By the end of July we'd completed an ideal solution for busy customers fresh ingredients turned into tasty 75,000 tests and helped raise "It was wonderful that she came back cooking from scratch and looking for meals with no fuss. And some of awareness of this important health to tell me," said Joan. "She might have inspiration! Our 'just add water' the lesser used cuts, such as pork belly or chicken thighs, are great value and just as tasty as more popular choices. Putting customers' health first "To make such a Hooked on difference in our British classics customers' lives And don't forget to remind your who have been spreading the word . is really special!" customers to check out our new just instore but to the local community. range of British classic ready meals including cottage pie, Steve Blease, Keighley, completed F Lancashire hot pot and a range of 47 free tests for BAM construction customers more aware of the dangers of " filled jacket potatoes. Only 100 per workers in six hours. As a result, four high cholesterol" says Chris Perrington, ' cent British meat is used in these of BAM's employees were referred to Holborn store support centre. "In fact, dishes and they also come in family their GP for high cholesterol and over sizes so there's no need for anyone to half the workforce have been miss out. counselled on healthy lifestyle choices. the next test Banking on Sainsbury's "We are already a financial services Great colleague benefit! In the meantime, watch out for our provider that customers know they Sarah TV campaign running from "And there's an exclusive extra benefit AOS*)^ can trust to provide great products at early October and let us know what for colleagues," adds Hillary.