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JS Journal Aug 1995 (A (A (A IKUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1995 J SAINSBURY Savacentre H#SVIIEIli\SIE SPH/''33T/4'^A-=? ypermarkets and cyberspace With only ten hypermarkets in the country, the opening of an eleventh is very big news. Savacenti certainly made a splash when they opened number eleven in Sydenham. Spiderman was just one of the cartoon characters whose presence added colour to the celebrations; meet some of the others on page 8. Sainsbury's is building on its reputation for being forward thinking in the use of technology by being one of the first retailers to occupy cyberspace, communicating and selling through the Internet. We get wired on pp 12/13 and also look at what's happening elsewhere with the SPIDERMAN, SPIDERMAN CLIMBS THE WALLS OF SYDENHAM. company's latest hardware and software. • OPENING STORY P.8 HEADLINES 2-5 WRITELINES 6/7&21 IITH SAVACENTRE OPENS 8/9 WOLVERHAMPTON HOMEBASE OPENING 9 JS Journal Photographic Competition ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 10/11 TALKING TECHNOLOGY 12/13 Nick will be the judge GROUP FISHING DAY 14 If you have just returned from your summer holidays, don't put the PROFIT SHARING camera away. It's open season for the JS Journal photographic EXPLAINED 15 competition so get out there and hunt down some glorious shots. CHECK THIS OUT 16/17 There are cash prizes up to £150 and free films. Everyone who enters will receive a JS Journal pen keyring and we will also be picking a STORES AT LARGE 18 number of entrants at random to receive free disposable cameras. SSA OFFERS 19 We have tracked down an important figure in the photographic world to judge your entries - Nick Hall, picture editor of The Observer Life LOVE INTEREST AND Magazine. Nick is looking forward to seeing your entries, so get COMPETITION 20 shooting! NEW LINES 22/23 Our three categories are: Friendship, My Town and Celebration. You may interpret them as you please. All photographs may be black PEOPLE 23 and white or colour. Closing date for the competition is October 27. ARCHIVES 24 For further details, call 0171 921 6486. Marques of good taste Several own brand products have scooped prestigious accolades. JS products took two of the top beers and brands like Heineken in honours in the 13 categories of the a BBC survey. The consumer MANAGING EDITOR SuperMarketing Quality Awards. programme Value For Money BRIDGET WILLIAMS Dry Cure Bacon was praised for its asked a panel of regular drinkers to DEPUTY EDITOR 'return to the forgotten flavour of compare six canned beers and ANDY SZEBENI traditional bacon' and the product Blue Riband was the 'lager-top'. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT went on to win the best overall ABBIE BOULTON entry in a subsequent Family Discerning Retail Circle tasting. The judges, Training Scheme staff including world-renowned chefs, from the Leicester stores recently also chose as the winner of the conducted their own blind tasting, EDITORIAL SERVICES BY Accompaniments and Ingredients proving conclusively that the JS RED EDIT section chilled Italian Angel Hair brand cannot be beaten. They DESIGN HELEN JONES Spaghetti, which they recognised compared a number of products including Frozen Strawberry PRINTING as 'the genuine article'. Irish GREENSHIRES PRINT LTD Cream Liqueur was a runner up in Cheesecake and Honey Roast the sweet snacks section of the Lamb with other supermarkets' trade magazine's contest. own brand and were pleasantly JS JOURNAL surprised to find JS objectively the J SAINSBURY PLC STAMFORD HOUSE JS Blue Riband lager best in every category. STAMFORD STREET LONDON SEl 9LL stood frothy head and TEL: 0171-921 7033 shoulders above other own-brand OASIS I.D.: 'JS. JOURNAL' JS JOURNAL Milk marketing BTfWnB H billboard Chairman honoured by University Loughborough University vice chancelior David Wailace confers an honorary degree upon David Sainsbury. Tony Suilivan, dairy senior manager, outside Cromwell Road store in London where a giant mechanical carton on a hoarding was used to promote the new Tetratop milk cartons. A motor opened and closed the lid of the model but Tony was unable to find a bowl of cereal big enough to accommodate its contents! The new packaging is designed to be easier to open and pour than the traditional cardboard carton with wings. Schools' equipment in the bag ^ Chairman David Sainsbury At the degree cere­ Customers can now choose between benefiting a local was recognised for his mony, the University's charity or their local school when they re-use their 'outstanding contributions public orator said of carrier bags. to retailing' and 'disting­ Sainsbury's: 'There cannot From September 10, Each school that signs uished leadership in be a student or, for that customers will be offered up for the scheme receives and hardware for compu­ business' when he was matter, anyone in Lough­ the choice between a penny 100 vouchers to get them ters and much more. awarded an Honorary borough, who has found or Schoolbags voucher for started, then customers Customers that do not Doctorate of Technology at shopping at Sainsbury's every re-used carrier. The give them the vouchers to have a school in mind can Loughborough University not only bearable, but scheme was launched to put in the special give the vouchers to a local of Technology on July 7. pleasurable.' schools on August 21 and Schoolbags bin. The special needs school customers can start vouchers can be redeemed nominated by the store. collecting from September against any of hundreds of Degrees of success 10. items a school might need from the special catalogue. This includes camcorders (15,000 vouchers each), junior microscopes (1,460 vouchers), art equipment, sports equipment, software Chairman David Sainsbury witli tlie graduates at the Victoria and Aibert Hotei. The first graduates of the Sainsbury's sponsored Manchester Metropolitan University BA Honours Degree in Retail Marketing were congratulated by chairman David Sainsbury on July 31. They came together at the study towards the different Victoria and Albert Hotel levels. in Manchester as a Comments director of culmination of the five retail personnel Nigel SainsH"X year course. There are now Broome, 'The graduates 155 staff from across the now have a much favovii-^te •^^ Group on the course, enhanced knowledge of ingredient- which requires no prior retailing as well as a wider specific academic qualifi­ perspective of the business cation. Students need to world - the company is have passed the trainee extremely proud of their manager scheme and then achievement.' continue working as they AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1995 3 wffwnB Oldbury joins the new style set Feel me, touch The two Barbaras (Abbey on the left and Floyd on the right) hold the me, sell me... ribbon for Savacentre chairman David Produce managers from around the country have been Quarmby (left) and learning all about their industry in a pilot course store director Alan Birbeck. modelled on the meat and fish certificate courses featured in previous issues. The courses include visits exciting new phase of to see how depots handle produce development - this produce, tours of fruit and course will be the founda­ veg suppliers and seminar tion of future skills and sessions led by representa­ knowledge for staff, that tives from the Ministry of will ensure our world class Agriculture, Fisheries and status in the field of Food. Explains chief produce.' technologist of primary The course should be agricultural products Bob rolled out to all key Hilbom, 'The objective is produce managers before to have highly qualified the end of the year. Also, a David Quarmby was and motivated produce new multimedia package accompanied by a 20 foot managers and get more (see page 13 for the low- high inflatable elephant as Bound to succeed tradesmanship into the down on multimedia in JS) he declared the refurbished branches.' Departmental Ripley store have been awarded a £500 incentive prize will support what they store open. New to the director Ian Merton puts for coming up witli a brilliant new product now selling learn and help to train other store are re-modelled this in a wider context, in all stores. produce staff. delicatessen and bakery 'We are entering an departments plus hot pie, flan and cake shops, as A MAFF representative explains qualit well as the bold new standards to produce managen graphics becoming ever familiar around the company's stores. Hampden Park goes dotto Hampden Park, under a sponsorship deal with Eastbourne Borough Council, has a mobile The Ripley Action Team with the result of their idea and hard work. advertisement in the form of the Eastbourne DOTTO An Action Team at the supplier to make them. Trains, which transport store came up with the After 1,000 were sold in tourists and local residents idea to sell binders for the one and a half weeks, the to attractions along the sea colourful recipe leaflets. company took on the idea. front. Staff boarded the With only £1,000, a Now over one quarter of a train for a photo call for modified magazine rack to million Everyone's Fav­ local press in June. Sadly, display, and the goal of ourite Ingredient binders the train arrived back at selling them for less than a adorn JS shoppers' the store, not at the beach! pound, they found a local kitchens. Buyer Jane Wakeling lat lias Jive digits, sheds is very impressed with the store's marketing success, ;oituts and will 'They made it happen and we've even made a small "revolutionise personnef profit. This £500 is our way of thanking them.' •management in JS? The store will spend the money on plaques for the i staff that came up with the idea and a bigger feast for See the October is«" their store opening anniversary party.
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