RESULTS MAY 1995 SPECIAL • Win a wardrobe of Lifestyle clotlies i • Your views on lieaitliy eating • We talce tlie iiigli road and the iow road J SAINSBURY Savacentre H^fiVIIEIlASIE SA/^S3/4^/4 FRONTLINE Group effort Whichever part of the Group you most successful retailer. tickets to a jazz festival (plO); work for, you can pat yourself on Turn to the centre 12 pages we take you on two delivery the back. for a review of the financial year. journeys with JS drivers (pp8/9) Everyone's efforts throughout Elsewhere in this Journal, and we find out what your diets the 1994/95 year have led to you'll find competitions to win a are like these days (12/13). • Sainsbury's remaining the UK's wardrobe of new clothes and ELTHAM'S MARGARET BUNCE SAYS •READ ALL ABOUT IT' New diesel clears the air CONTENTS On May 1, Sainsbury's launched a new fuel at Nine HEADLINES 2-5 Elms in London that could substantially reduce vehicle pollution in cities. STAINES HOMEBASE OPENING 7 Sainsbury's City Diesel smoother running eng­ produces significantly ines. WRITELINES 6 & 19 fewer pollutant emis­ The new fuel is GREEN SCENE 7 sions than other diesel currently available at ON THE ROAD WITH JS fuels and produces much eight JS stores and the DRIVERS 8/9 less visible smoke. Most three London Sava- notably it cuts down on COMPETITIONS 10 centres. Although it is sulphur dioxide emis­ slightly more expensive STORES AT LARGE 11 sions (a cause of acid to manufacture than VOX POP — rain) by 99 per cent and standard diesel, Sains­ HEALTHY EATING 12/13 almost halves the amount bury's is not passing on CHECK THIS OUT 14/lS of particulates, a cause of the full cost to customers. problems for asthma Only a week before SSA OFFERS 16/17 sufferers. the launch, the London NEW LINES 18 The black cab drivers Air Quality Network PEOPLE 19 and London Evening published a report high­ Standard delivery staff lighting the need for ARCHIVES 20 who queued to try the action to reduce the new fuel will also appre­ amount of emissions of CENTRE 12 PAGES ciate it because it hardly pollutants such as sulp­ EMPLOYEE REPORT smells, foams less when hur and fine particles. GIVING filling up and makes for GROUP FINANCIAL RESULTS Exebridge's senior deputy Andy Toombs and area home economist Jane Babbage chat with visitors to the Sainsbury's stand. successful day, 'I dis­ covered five new cheese possibilities. It was a great opportunity to meet people who wouldn't otherwise contact head office, especially the smaller-scale producers. We can convince them at such events that the company is not a big ogre and we can improve Wild about the West Country our relationship with the smaller suppliers.' The Taste of the West John Phillips and Exeter The number of exhibition, held at Central's Tony Crow visitors to the show has Exeter's Cattle Market in were on hand to answer doubled since last year March, was attended by questions, while JS and producers of beef, local JS staff as well as buyers cruised the stalls cheese, cider, pies, fruit the public and buyers. looking for new products. and assorted West Exeter store's Andy Cheese buyer Alison Country specialities were Toombs, Pinhoe Road's Atkin had a particularly on display. JS JOURNAL Zorba the chicken For the first time, more than one person introduces the ad, and it is the first recipe created by a cust­ omer rather than by Sainsbury's home econo­ mists. Amanda Burton, star of TV's Peak Practice, shows how to make Chicken Zorba, with a little help from her real-life daugh­ ters Brid and Phoebe. The recipe for marinated chicken and houmous in pitta bread Director of operational was created by Maria marketing Mike Conolly Lemont, the winner of the (left) accepts the New 'Your recipe for success Product of the Year award competition'. Her winning from Marketing Week's Stuart Smith. entry best fulfilled the requirements - to be healthy, easy to prepare, Awards and to include an unusual ingredient. The dish also pour in for had to look good on the small screen. Classic Cola Sainsbury's Classic Cola has not just achieved an Small folk share in big plans impressive market share, Jane Batten shows pupils a scale it has also received two model of the scheme. new major awards. It put the lid on the 'fast moving consumer goods' category as New Product of the Year in the ITV Awards for Marketing. Classic also came to the podium in the food industry's Oscars', the Food Processing Awards, where it was toasted as New Product of the Year. Sainsbury's Classic New award for Cola is the darling of the marketing world and 'revolutionary' British cola drinkers, if not magazine the darling of the major US proprietary brands, from Sainshury's The Magazine whom it is taking an ever was declared Magazine of larger market share. The the Year in the 25th annual Public consultation took on a new dimension when Jane Batten of the property pop has taken around 65% Glenfiddich Awards. Delia group west department visited Drayton Park School in north London. of cola sales in JS in the Smith received a special The junior school pupils sion of urban regeneration great time. Young people last year so that, on award for educating and took the opportunity to and job creation. If the are very aware of environ­ average, each JS customer influencing the nation's quiz development market­ scheme - a joint venture mental and social issues buys a pint of the stuff eating habits. Regular ing manager Jane Batten with Landmark (Islington) surrounding a develop­ every three weeks! contributor Nigel Slater about JS's plans for a store Ltd - goes ahead, pupils at ment of this kind. I feel Watch out for yet more received the Glenfiddich off Holloway Road, near the school will be able to it's very worthwhile Classic goodies from Trophy for 'revolutionising their school. see the proposal come to discussing them with another competition in the the nation's eating habits' Jane's explanation of life. It includes a 32,000 sq budding customers and next issue, plus details of and food writer Simon the proposal provided a ft sales area JS store and employees: after all, it's a their on-going basketball Hopkinson also received a lesson in practical geo­ car parking for 400 cars. shared future!' sponsorship. writing award. graphy, including a discus- Says Jane, 'We had a MAY 1995 Jobs for the girls Around 3,000 girls were company are women - but given an insider's view of we need to encourage girls life at JS when they to aspire to jobs and visited locations careers which match their throughout the company capabilities. on national Take Our 'Research has shown Daughters to Work Day. that many girls under­ JS buys contratiui achieve because they lack depot sites Daughters aged 11-15 confidence in their abil­ Sainsbury's has purchased experienced jobs in every ities, or lose direction two new depot sites. Shire division as part of a about choosing a career Park in Worcester and scheme designed to path. I noticed last year Haydock in the North­ encourage girls to think how valuable an experi­ west as part of a continu­ about their careers, and to ence it was for my own ing expansion process. The challenge their assump­ daughter in giving her sites will provide strategic tions about the career paths confidence and opening points to meet the com­ open to them. her eyes to new poss­ pany's distribution needs Judith Evans, depart­ ibilities. I hope the day will in the future. have done the same for mental director of Shire Park was bought many more girls this year.' corporate personnel, from Fyffes, the Dublin- commented: 'The need for National Take Our based fruit and vegetable this initiative is clear. Daughters to Work Day distributor, for £16.5 Nationwide, although was Thursday, April 27, million. Although the site women are more than half and girls visited head and building are now the population, they still offices throughout the UK owned by Sainsbury's, make up only 40% of the Group, as well as area contract haulage company, workforce and, on average, offices, depots and Christian Salvesen will earn only 75% of what Homebase stores on this provide the distribution men earn. Our record of day. In JS and Savacentre services. providing opportunities for stores, placements occurr­ Haydock was bought women is good - two- ed on the quieter Monday from Shell, and building on thirds of our workforce to give staff more time to the site will commence on and approximately 41% of spend with the girls. May 24. This is scheduled Development director Ian Coull took his daughter to work management across the for completion at the end on the site of the new Horsham store. of October. A five year warehouse Managers pave the way for improved town centres contract has now been awarded to a distribution store managers are now company. The transport able to improve the operation is currently being environment around tendered. The site will their town centre stores service 60 branches in the thanks to the creation of north, north east and a new role. Scottish regions. Town centre management Director of distribution co-ordinator Nick Ellings operations Bob Parle, will be ensuring that as commented 'Purchase of many stores as possible are the site is a part of a strat­ able to help the local egy which will see JS pro­ councils provide facilities gressively take control of such as improved lighting its strategic distribution and quality paving.