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The month ahead for colleagues May 2015
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WIN!
ONE OF TWO
GOPRO
HERO 4
CAMERAS
GET SUMMER
STARTED
OUR NEW
DIGITAL LAB
TOWARDS A
SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE FOR
COTTON
BUMPER
BASKETS
We’re helping budgets go
even further than ever before
Quick word
Why our commitment to
offering customers great
products and services at fair
prices is so important to you,
our colleagues. Through our involvement with the Better Cotton Initiative we’re helping farmers reduce the
amount of water used to grow this crop, read more on page 6.
INSIDE
Great value is important to everyone
and we’ve never been more competitive
on price.
As you know, since November 2014
we’ve cut the prices on more than 1,100
key lines. This is having an impact across
categories ranging from meat, fish and 04 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 14 TAKE A BREAK
poultry, to bakery, meal solutions, dairy We’re introducing a new Store Charity Your chance to win one of two GoPro Hero 4
and canned and packaged – and on household staples such Calendar, supporting our caring colleagues, cameras in our competition, plus Yammer
as sausages, milk and strawberry jam. and launching a Digital Lab to offer Watch takes a look at some of the successes
I absolutely believe we can all Live Well for Less customers a great digital experience. being celebrated.
at Sainsbury’s, and that you would be surprised and
delighted by just how much you can get for your money 06 THE BIG JOURNAL PICTURE 15 OUR PEOPLE
in our stores. To demonstrate, we asked three colleagues We’ve pledged to make sure all the cotton All our retirees and long-serving colleagues.
around the UK who represent different households what used in our products is more sustainable and
they regularly buy and what their weekly budget is to eco-friendly and you can read all about our
challenge us to get all their regular shopping and more commitment to the Better Cotton Initiative
in our special report.
for under their weekly budget. See pages 8-9 to find out
what happened.
07 WHY WE LOVE: May
As well as great products and services at fair prices,
The lazy days of summer are now just
at the heart of our strategy has always been that our values around the corner and we’re showcasing
make us different. Our commitment to sourcing with a selection of mouthwatering products for
integrity is a vital part of that. We’re working towards eating and sharing outdoors to really get
reaching our goals by 2020, and a great deal of work is summer started.
already well under way. You can read more about how we’re
tackling a more sustainable plan for cotton – our biggest 10 YOUR NEWS
raw material for Non Food – on page 6. Find out how Haydock Depot has been
We’ve also got some fantastic products to Get Summer demonstrating what great looks like, and
Started (see page 7) and, as our Great Place to Work why colleagues in Braehead are celebrating.
groups celebrate their second anniversary, we’ve got an
update on why they’re important and how they help to 12 YOUR NEWS
make Sainsbury’s great for every colleague (page 3). See how a Horsham colleague is putting
skills learned at Sainsbury’s to good use
helping a local school, and how Bath Colleagues at Mere Green helped young visitors
colleagues have been putting their best feet to the store bag themselves a successful day of
forward for their Local Charity. fundraising, read more on page 12.
From The Sainsbury Archive – a look back at colleague recognition
1998 – Colleagues at Pinhoe Road were 2011 – We launched a new recognition scheme at Last year was our best Love Awards yet! Pictured is
treated to a free lunch on their Recognition Our Conference to tie in with the new value We John Boreham from Ilford, who you voted the
Day to thank them for all their hard work. are Cheering On Our Progress. If you went Colleagues’ Colleague thanks to the enormous
Eleven colleagues were recognised as above and beyond, a manager could load your pride he takes in his work. Despite being diagnosed
representatives of their department for the LOVE card up with between £5 and £25 for you to with cancer in 2009, John continued to show
outstanding service given spend instore as a thank enormous commitment to his
to customers. Fiona you! You could also work, and his colleagues said
Edwards is pictured nominate a colleague you nominating him was an easy
receiving her certificate felt deserved a pat on the decision as he was a true
and bottle of champagne back, as well as send each inspiration and helped his
from Store Manager other postcards to say well colleagues and store to be the
Richard Treharne. done or thank you. best they could be.
*Turn to page 4 to find out how we’re supporting our carer colleagues.
02 Journal
Hello
The big question
As Great Place to Work (GPTW) groups approach their
second anniversary, GPTW Manager Nicky Prangley
explains how they are benefiting colleagues and Sam Grogan’s young team
brings plenty of energy to the
making Sainsbury’s a better place to work. Garthdee store.
Our store enjoys a huge
student trade here in Aberdeen
and has a matching colleague
base, so we’re quite a young
team. Everyone here gets
spurred on by the enthusiasm of
the younger colleagues and as a
result we achieved gold service
and MCM scores last year.
It also means the team does
a great job around big events
such as fundraising for Red
Nose Day, and is very active at
getting involved with things that
help us play our part in shaping
Sainsbury’s as a great place to
shop and work.
The Journal: Why do we have Any colleague looking to be a GPTW rep would
We have a very strong youth
GPTW groups? need great communication skills and a real passion
forum at the store, as well as
Nicky: The groups help colleagues to to make their part of Sainsbury’s a great place to an active GPTW group, and our
shape the way we work at all levels, and work. Anyone interested should speak to their representatives also contribute
we really value the feedback we receive. line manager. at regional and national levels.
Meetings can give us a real insight into what’s happening The GPTW group is a brilliant
forum for coming up with ways
around Sainsbury’s, and they’re a great way for us to share The Journal: Can the groups really make
of bringing events such as Easter
important messages with colleagues. a difference? to life and a great source of
Nicky: Absolutely. We’re always hearing about feedback for test driving new
The Journal: How do you decide what the groups amazing examples of where the GPTW groups get initiatives. For example, we asked
should talk about? involved – for example Scott Milne from Garthdee the GPTW group for its opinion
when we became the first store
Nicky: We try to make the areas we talk about informative using Yammer to update colleagues on carrier bags
in Scotland to launch Click and
and interesting, and all sorts of different teams will ask in Scotland. This really highlights that the groups Collect. Groceries Online is about
us to share news or information as they know the groups are listened to and definitely can make a difference to launch instore too so we may
are an excellent way to do that. Some things come up within the company. ask for the group’s help again.
annually where we need the groups’ help, but there will We’ve been putting Yammer
also be lots of new information. We have to make sure The Journal: How has bringing supermarkets to good use, but we think
Health & Safety is included as this is key in stores. and convenience together affected the groups? there’s even more we can do with
Nicky: The joining of supermarkets and it in terms of communication
and engagement so we’ll be
The Journal: The GPTW roles will be up for re- convenience gives the groups a great opportunity to
working on that. We’re also
election soon. What does a great GPTW rep look like? work together at all levels. They will really be able to hoping some of our colleagues
Nicky: Our reps have done a great job but it’s only fair to make the most of each other’s strengths and share will be able to attend this year’s
give others the opportunity to bring fresh ideas. ideas, so it’s an exciting time for us. Summer Series athletics events.
Journal 03
Round up
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IN MAY
We’re ensuring a great digital experience for customers and
colleagues, introducing a new Store Charity Calendar and supporting
hundreds of our colleagues who are caring for loved ones.
WE’RE CHANGING LOCAL CHARITY SUPPORTING COLLEAGUE CARERS
We believe one in eight of our support our colleagues who
colleagues is juggling work with are balancing a caring role with
caring for someone. Whether working with us, and some
you’re doing your elderly mum’s perhaps don’t even realise they
shopping each week, keeping are a carer,” said Kerry Johnson,
a disabled relative company or Diversity and Inclusion Manager.
taking care of a sick partner at “We’re one of the few major
home – all of you are considered companies to have a carers policy
carers. That’s why we’ll once because we know how important
again support Carers Week this it is to our colleagues.”
year from 8th-14th June, During the week, local carer
with activity happening across charities will also be in stores
all stores, depots and Store collecting money and raising
How our Local Charity of the Support Centres. awareness of their services
Year changes lives “We want to recognise and among customers and colleagues.
After Hedge End colleague
Local Charity of the Year is back for its Karen Nolan died from
seventh year, and it’s bigger than ever. pancreatic cancer five years
A customer vote will run from 15th-
28th June to select each store’s charity,
ago, Planets was a natural
choice as the store’s Local
DON’T MISS THE DEADLINE
and the winners will feature on our Charity of the Year. Connected Are you in the running to win tickets 200 runners-up will also each win
improved Local Charity website. to Southampton Hospital, for you and a friend to enjoy a two tickets to the games on 25th
We know our customers value control the charity fundraises fabulous VIP experience at the 2015 July. You have until 24th May to
over how and when they give to charity for pancreatic, liver and Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games? enter by telling us the one question
so this year we’ve made changes to how neuroendocrine tumours, and Ten winning colleagues, plus you would ask either Jonnie Peacock
and when we ask them to contribute. We works to improve patients’ a friend each, will win weekend or Mo Farah, the sporting heroes
also have a new Store Charity Calendar survival rates and quality of life accommodation, meals and the helping us to promote this year’s
which sets out the days when we can run through early diagnosis and chance to watch the games at the Sainsbury’s Summer Series.
customer-facing charity activities instore. better treatment combinations. Olympic Stadium from a VIP box You can enter online at
Some days are reserved for things like The store has raised £2,500 so from 24th-26th July. And a further www.summerseries2015.com
Comic Relief and the Poppy Appeal, and far and a number of colleagues
others are open for your Local Charity will abseil down Portsmouth’s
of the Year or for you to invite in other 170-metre Spinnaker Tower in
charities and groups. June to raise even more.
“The calendar covers charity activities
that involve our customers such as You can find out about
fundraising, but not the great things we arranging charity activities
do behind the scenes, which we can do instore, and how to get
all year round to support good causes, ready to select your Local
like Community Budget or Food Charity of the Year 2015 on our
Donation Partnerships,” said Sarah Charity and Community pages
Ellis, Head of Corporate Responsibility on www.mysainsburys.co.uk
and Sustainability. and Yammer.
04 Journal
GIVING A GREAT DIGITAL EXPERIENCE Our Digital Lab, above, will help
TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND COLLEAGUES ensure the very best experience for
our customers.
Forget mad professors and bubbling We want our digital services to be To make sure we know our
flasks, our new Digital Lab is easy for everyone to use, regardless customers better than anyone
about making sure our customers of ability or disability, so while they’re else, the Digital Experience team
experience the same great service waiting for the lab to be completed has also been working to find out
whenever and wherever they want. the Digital Experience team is already why some of our online shoppers
Once completed, the lab will be the working on projects to enhance our weren’t reaching the checkout.
nerve centre of our Digital Experience digital offering for everyone. After extensive research, the
team. It’s here they will develop The team invited people with team came up with two options.
computer programmes to help us dyslexia, impaired vision and They then recreated both as an
better understand our customers and blindness to test a few of our new online shopping experience and
how their behaviour is changing. projects, helping the team improve asked real customers to give
“The lab will be the perfect the design and usability of our them a go.
environment for us to set up, plan customer website. “Running user-testing sessions SPECIAL OLYMPICS
and manage digital products such “The volunteers gave us and listening to our customers gave We’re always proud to support our
as our website and apps,” said Tom invaluable feedback, pointing out us a steer on which choice was the colleagues, so when Scottish TV
Gilhooly, Head of Operations and issues that made it more challenging best fit,” said Alex Bradbury, User wanted to film bakery colleague and
Production, Digital Experience. to use that we’ve now been able to Experience Designer. “As well as member of the Special Olympics GB
“We’ll also be able to measure address,” said Lucy Pullicino, DX telling us which of the options they team Lucy Porteous instore at Kelso
how well they’re working for our Accessibility Specialist. preferred, the customers gave us we were more than happy to oblige!
customers and focus on the things This user testing is important to invaluable feedback that helped Lucy was highlighting the
we know our customers want. It ensure customers are at the heart us make our online shopping fundraising campaign to support the
means we’ll be able to find the best of the website’s development, experience even better. We ended team’s participation at the Special
way to serve our customers, however and customers have the same up with an excellent product that Olympics 2015 World Summer
they want to shop with us.” experience online as instore. tested well with everyone.” Games in Los Angeles.
WE’RE TAKING PRIDE IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
As part of our Diversity and The toolkit is available on Connect. “We’re really excited to be
Inclusion vision to be the most It offers a step-by-step guide to taking part in the three Big Prides
inclusive retailer, we’re taking part participating in local lesbian, gay, in London, Manchester and
in a host of Big and Little Pride bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Brighton, and that these will be
events across the country this year. Pride events near your store, along complemented by the chance for
And to help colleagues plan and with publicising involvement before stores to get involved in Little Pride
coordinate taking part in the events and after. events. The toolkit will support
in their local areas, we’ve produced You can check out the LGBT colleagues arranging the local Lucy Porteous is a member of the
a handy Little Pride Toolkit to guide Reference Group on Yammer for more Prides,” said Jemma Synnott, Special Olympics GB team.
you through how to get involved details or speak to your manager. Diversity and Inclusion Manager.
Journal 05
The BIG Journal picture
FOLLOWING THE
THREAD – THE FACTS
ABOUT COTTON
l One of 35 key raw
materials named in our
20x20 Sustainability Plan
l 1,080 tonnes of Better
Cotton Initiative (BCI)
cotton used in our clothing
in 2013/14, including all of
our schoolwear.
Cottoning on to a
sustainable future
What’s used daily by nearly every person on the planet, and supports the livelihoods of 250 million people?
The answer is cotton fibre and our business uses more than 10,000 metric tonnes of it each year, which is OUR COTTON
why we’ve made a commitment to make all our cotton part of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) by 2020. So PRODUCTS
Our cotton products
how will we do it? We asked Non Food Ethical and Sustainability Manager Lucy Drage...
include everything from
cotton buds and T-shirts
WHAT ARE WE DOING? to towels and bedding.
Sixty per cent of our
clothing and 75% of our GM WHY THIS IS
textile products are cotton, IMPORTANT
making it our biggest “Cotton comes to us
non-food raw material. through long and
But the cotton plant can complex supply chains
be difficult to farm and which can stretch over
makes big demands on the three or four countries
environment. For example, so we’re working hard
it takes around 20,000 litres COTTON FARMING SAINSBURY’S FAIR engage future farmers to map out every
of water to produce enough The BCI is working to DEVELOPMENT FUND and support women in step from farm, yarn,
for a single T-shirt and pair reduce the amount of Through the Sainsbury’s the farming community fabric to garment,”
of jeans*. water needed to grow Fair Development by providing seed, explained Lucy. “This
We’ve been working cotton and, through our Fund, we have invested training and planting is a long journey for
on a more sustainable membership of the BCI, £250,000 in a project materials to produce us but it shows why
plan for cotton since we help to reduce the in Malawi to improve food crops during the doing the right thing
becoming members of amount of water needed the livelihoods of 7,800 cotton off season. now is important for
the Better Cotton Initiative to grow cotton by 20%. cotton-producing We’ve also put in us to reach our targets
(BCI) in 2010. A not-for- The initiative also involves farmers and their three boreholes that by 2020. We’re leading
profit organisation, the training farmers in better families. bring fresh water to 1,500 the way on this among
BCI aims to make global management of soil and It will also give 4,500 villagers who previously supermarkets and will
cotton production better cotton plants using more young people access had to walk up to four do everything in our
for farmers and the natural materials instead to agricultural training kilometres every day to power to meet the
environment and is on of insecticides, pesticides at school. This aims to the nearest waterhole. challenge ahead.”
track to ensure 30% of the and fertilisers. Today, 15%
world’s production is BCI of our cotton products are
by 2020. produced in this way. OUR 20X20 COMMITMENT: SOURCE ALL OF OUR KEY RAW MATERIALS
AND COMMODITIES SUSTAINABLY TO AN INDEPENDENT STANDARD.
* Source: World Wide Fund for Nature
06 Journal
May
Why we love
What’s coming up online and
instore in the next 30 days
Now the days are longer and the weather’s warming up, thoughts are turning to the joys of eating
outdoors and those greatest of British spring traditions – barbecues and picnics! From melt-in-your-mouth
meat and light salads to refreshing tipples and irresistible desserts, we have everything you need to make
the most of whatever the British springtime has in store.
BBQ Smoked Chilli Pulled Pork by Sainsbury’s, 600g, £5 – This boneless pulled pork melts in the
mouth with a medium, but building, chilli heat from habanero chillies and rounded off with
smoked paprika. Perfect in pittas, wraps or on top of burgers for a really indulgent treat. SPRINGTIME
SIPPING
Barbecues can be thirsty work, so
cool down with these refreshing
sparkling soft drinks.
Taste the Difference Sparkling
Sicilian Lemonade, 750ml, £1.90
Taste the Difference Sparkling
Cox Apple Presse, 750ml, £1.90
Or sip on our Taste the
Difference Sparkling Pinot
Rosé, 75cl, £10.
Taste the Difference Roasted Red
Peppers & Spicy Tomato Focaccia,
240g, £1.65.
Taste the Difference 12 Hog Roast
Sausage Rolls 180g £2.50 each or 2
* Prices correct at time of going to press
for £4.
AND FOR DESSERT…
British Strawberries, 400g, £3 – It isn’t truly
summer without sweet strawberries, so why
Taste the Difference Edamame & Butterbean Salad, 185g, £2
not take advantage of our great value and
– This tasty veggie treat brings together edamame beans,
make this super easy Strawberry Layer Cake?
butterbeans, sugarsnap peas and spinach with a yummy
The recipe can be found online at
coriander and chilli dressing.
www.mysainsburys.co.uk
Olive & Antipasti Platter by Sainsbury’s, 300g, £5 –
Pimento-stuffed olives with parsley, gouda cheese coated
in cumin seeds, coquillo olives with a citrus and chilli
marinade, semi-dried cherry tomatoes
and corn kernels make this platter a real
vegetarian feast!
Journal
Journal 07
The BIG Journal picture DON’T FORGET... WITH YOUR DISCOUNT
YOU’LL GET AN EXTRA 10% OFF!
Budget-
beating Lucy’s basket
baskets
NAME: Lucy Allardice
STORE: Irvine
HOUSEHOLD TYPE: Married couple with a dog
WEEKLY BUDGET: Around £70
S
TYPICAL SHOPPING LIST MUST-HAVES:
ince November last year, on quality or missing out on your Chicken breasts, steak, stir-fry veg, broccoli, Tiger
we’ve cut prices on 1,100 must-have products. Horse red wine, Taste the Difference Prosecco, frozen
everyday lines and we’ve To prove it, the Journal chips, Taste the Difference bread, muffins, doughnuts,
never been so competitive transformed the usual weekly by Sainsbury’s soft drinks, Old El Paso fajitas kits,
on price. So whether you’re shopping baskets of three dog food.
shopping for a family, a couple or colleagues from different types WE BOUGHT ALL OF LUCY’S MUST-HAVE
just yourself, you really can Live of households, delighting them ITEMS FOR JUST:
Well for Less at Sainsbury’s. by showing them just how much
No matter what your budget,
we’re confident you can get far
more they can buy for their
weekly budget, without losing TOTAL: £31.95
more for your money than ever out on quality or missing out on
before, without compromising favourite meals. Using the rest of her budget we added products to
make additional meals and treats, including:
Carrots, 1kg, white potaoes, 2.5kg, 2 salmon fillets,
240g, British strawberries, 400g, and double cream,
300ml, all by Sainsbury’s so she
can make plenty of meals.
NAME: Debbie Dalton
STORE: Shrewsbury
HOUSEHOLD TYPE: Family of four
with a dog
WEEKLY BUDGET: Around £110
TOTAL SPEND: £104.46
Mum-of-two Debbie spends around
£110 a week feeding herself, husband Bob and
children Meg, 17, and Harry, 14. A savvy shopper who carefully plans
her weekly menus, sticks to own-brands and likes to cook from scratch,
Debbie says she tries to make the very most out of her budget. See what
great value for money Debbie managed to get in the P3 monthly briefing.
08 Journal
JOE SAYS: “I’m really impressed
at how much bigger my basket
is and all the extra options I’ve
got. I wouldn’t normally do all
my shopping at the same time.
I tend to pop in and out when
I need to. I can use the mince
beef and pesto to make a quick
Bolognese sauce to have with the
fusilli pasta, or I can cook myself
bacon, beans, tomato and eggs. I
tend not to eat breakfast but the
Weetabix and milk are a good,
filling snack at any time of day.
I can’t go without biscuits so
I’m pleased that my favourites –
Bourbon creams – are still in the THE JOURNAL SAYS:
basket. It’s all good!” “We’ve kept all Joe’s
favourites like pasta, pesto and
pizza but added so much more!
Convenience is key for Joe and he’s
Since
Joe’s basket now got more things like eggs and
tomatoes that he can add to his
NAME: Joe Edmonds
before staples of cheese and bacon to
Christmas, we’ve STORE: Haywards Heath make quick and nutritious
been cheaper than HOUSEHOLD TYPE: meals and snacks.”
Tesco on household and Lives alone
petcare products as well as WEEKLY BUDGET: £40
beer, wines and spirits,
TYPICAL SHOPPING LIST AND
and since January
MUST-HAVES: Milk, pasta, cheese, pizza, Sacla
we’re also cheaper
sun-dried tomato pesto, chicken nuggets, Bourb
for meat. on
biscuits, baked beans, garlic bread, My Goodness!
BBQ Chicken and Sweetcorn Rice.
LUCY SAYS: “Wow, what a difference! There are a few items in here WE BOUGHT ALL OF JOE’S MUST-HAVE
ITEMS FOR JUST:
I wouldn’t normally buy but things like salmon and mince give me
TOTAL: £16.15
two easy mid-week meals, without the need to do a top-up shop. The
salmon would go great with the broccoli and oven chips to make a
quick, healthier version of fish and chips, and the mince
would make great burgers! There’s far more fruit and
veg in the basket, which is good, and I’m pleased to Using Joe’s budget we then added 500g of 10%
see there’s also plenty of treats like muffins.” fat beef mince which he could add to the pesto
to
make a Bolognese sauce. We also added, 6 classi
c
round tomatoes, 6 large free range eggs,
8 unsmoked back bacon rashers, all from our
by Sainsbury’s range, and a Hovis Soft White
THE JOURNAL SAYS: Medium loaf, giving Joe a hearty weekend
“Lucy’s impressed to see brunch to enjoy.
how much more is in this
basket. By making the most of
offers and choosing products
differently we’ve been able
to add loads more items
to Lucy’s shop.”
WHY NOT SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN
TRANSFORM YOUR INSTORE SHOP?
* Prices correct at time of going to press
Journal 09
At a
glance Customer
OUR VALUES MAKE Service
US DIFFERENT – TAKE
A LOOK AT OUR
PROGRESS TOWARDS
winners
NORTH BRAEHEAD
OUR SUSTAINABILITY
TARGETS SO FAR Colleagues from Braehead have
been celebrating winning in their
95%
local retail awards. Store Manager
Lynne Nimmo and her team
fought off 140 other stores to
win the coveted Excellence in
NORTH
Your news
The number of our Customer Services Award at the
products that are within Braehead Retail Awards.
maximum salt levels.
£149m
worth of Marine Stewardship
Council-certified products
sold during 2013/14.
News and pictures from around the regions
83.5
The number of tonnes
BIDDULPH
The café at Biddulph played
host to a Fairtrade bake-off and
per year by which we’ve fête. Local schools, Brownie
groups, churches and other
reduced the sugar content
in our chilled juice drinks. A few more tasty community groups all took part
snippets from across and two choirs performed songs
our regions... all about Fairtrade.
£480m
worth of sales makes us
the leading retailer of RSPCA SHOWING
Freedom Food products.
WHAT GREAT LOGISTICS
LOOKS LIKE
LOGISTICS HAYDOCK DEPOT
Haydock Depot has been recognised by
1.2m
the Road Transport Industry Training
Board (RTITB), and it’s so outstanding that
the team’s been asked if other companies
The number of meals in can visit to learn from the best.
surplus food from our chilled The depot now has RTITB
supply chain we worked with
accreditation and, before receiving the
suppliers to donate.
accolade, was commended on having a
best-in-class colleague training area.
53%
“This means our colleagues have the
best quality training delivered in the best
possible environment,” said Christine
The amount of relative Huggins, Learning and Development
operational water reduction Manager. “It shows how seriously
we’ve achieved so far we take health and safety and how
since 2005/6.
supportive we are of our colleagues’ Haydock Depot has been commended for its best-in-class colleague mechanical handling
personal development.” equipment training area, which includes a forklift truck driving chicane, pictured.
10 JournalA new
Dawn
NORTH FOSSE PARK & HOLBORN SSC
NORTH
Teaming up to help the homeless accommodation,
in Leicester, colleagues from and the starter
Fosse Park and Holborn store kits contained
support centre made a donation kettles, toasters,
of ten home starter kits through bedding, cutlery and
the Dawn Centre. more. “The guys at the centre
The centre helps the recently were extremely appreciative,”
homeless move into their own said Neil Beresford.
BRIXTON STATION LOCAL LONGBRIDGE
Colleagues from Brixton Station Local raised Colleagues from Longbridge,
more than £400 for Local Charity Kids City by including Emily the Easter Bunny,
organising a football tournament. The charity, visited their Local Charity PlayDays
which provides out-of-school activities for play group for a day of Easter fun.
children aged three to 11, was so pleased with The children enjoyed an egg and
the donation they gave the store a special spoon race and some Easter
mention in their newsletter. colouring activities.
NORTH MANSFIELD
HEALTHY TREATS
ON THE MENU
Fantastic feasts from childhood
chefs were the special of the
day for Mansfield colleagues
and pupils from Joseph
NORTH LYTHAM ST ANNES Whitaker School.
Kick it!
Louise Taylor and Keeley
Dray judged a cooking lesson
where students had to make
NORTH a healthy meal suitable for
Girls from St Annes FC under 12s children aged five to 11.
and St Annes FC under 13s are They gave the student
feeling snug thanks to a donation with the best idea a
of all-weather jackets from Lytham St £10 gift voucher, and
Annes colleagues. a £5 voucher went to
The money for the jackets came from the the runner-up.
community budget, and the girls also held a “It was a great
bagpack instore to raise additional funds for new experience to go out
training equipment. and work alongside
“This was a great help to them,” said Jane Travis, the students in our local
“and it was nice to support a girls’ football team as community,” said Louise.
they sometimes get overlooked.”
Journal 11SOUTH BITTERNE
Shining a light
on the past
Bygone years were remembered and celebrated as
Bitterne celebrated its 50th birthday with an amazing IM-PRESS-IVE
display of memorabilia and photographs.
SOUTH HORSHAM
The display was opened by the Mayor of Southampton,
pictured below middle, and attended by guests from the Using her skills as PR
Historical Society, Local Charity partners ambassador, Jane Etheridge SOUTH
and customers, while colleagues from Horsham has helped a local
were treated to a school set up and run its own
celebratory buffet. newspaper. The Northolmes Oak SOUTH BATH
is published termly and entirely
written and run by year six
students at Northolmes School – £3,000 RAISED
everything from story sourcing Eleven colleagues from Bath ran the Bath Half
to sales, at just 10p per paper. Marathon, raising more than £3,000 for Off The
“As I’m a parent and I’m on Record, their Local Charity.
the committee, I thought it Teams called the ‘Bald Eagles’ and ‘Boddy
was important we offered more Beautifuls’, led by Store Manager Paul Robertson
after school clubs,” said Jane. and Deputy Manager Dave Boddy, supported
“I thought I would take my each other through gruelling winter training as
skills from Sainsbury’s and well as on the day itself.
bring them here.” Off The Record provides free, confidential and
Photo courtesy of West Sussex independent emotional health and wellbeing
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NEWBURY
Girls from 3rd Wash Common Brownies visited
Newbury to work towards their Healthy Heart badge.
As well as learning about healthy eating during
A few more tasty a store tour, the girls were also let loose on the
checkouts for a scanning race! Finally, the Brownies
snippets from across unleashed their creative sides to make some health-
our regions... conscious Weetabix ‘Weetabuddies’ using fruit.
CENTRAL LEAMINGTON Making
IT’S A DOG’S LIFE!
Pooches at the Kenilworth Dogs a splash
Trust are wagging their tails in
CENTRAL MERE GREEN
delight following a donation of treats
and toys from colleagues and the Children from Boldmere Water
community budget at Leamington. Polo Team bagged themselves a
Rob Malaszczuk delivered the successful day of fundraising at
donation worth £150 and met two Mere Green.
dogs looking for a home – 10-week- The local club, which has five
old Paddington and 11-year-old teams, was bag-packing to
Border Collie, Jake. raise money for new balls and
“Some of our colleagues have training equipment.
rescued dogs from the charity “It’s fantastic to see our
and wanted to support the dogs
CENTRAL customers showing their support
still needing a home.” to help keep children active
in the local community,” said
12 Journal Adam Cadwallader.SOUTH
Full of
(runner)
beans
SOUTH BURPHAM
Uniforms were swapped for running
gear as Burpham colleagues tackled
this year’s Surrey Half Marathon.
The team of seven were called
Becky’s Runner Beans after Store
Manager Becky Copper, and raised
an impressive £1,500 for Local Charity
YMCA Guildford.
James Johnson was the first across
the finish line, in a time of one hour
and 36 minutes.
PLYMOUTH EMERSONS GREEN
Anna-Marie Green and Colleagues from Emersons Green
Kirstie Bird celebrated donated three wireless speakers
their first Tu Click & to Mangotsfield C of E Primary
Collect order by presenting School. The speakers were funded
the happy customer with through the Community Budget,
a bouquet of flowers as and will help the children in their
well as her parcel! music and dance classes.
Thought of
REACHING the month
NEW HEIGHTS “I love being part of
the Great Place to Work
SOUTH
BRISTOL WARMLEY HILL LOCAL group. Getting involved
means you have the
Eight high-flying chance to make a
colleagues from difference. For example,
Bristol Warmley the GPTW groups in the
SOUTH Hill Local
proved they
two Scottish supermarket
regions were instrumental
had a head for in getting the white carrier bags redesigned
heights when
in response to all the feedback about them
they took part in a
sponsored skydive on
when they were first introduced at the self-
behalf of their Local Charity. checkout points following the changes to
The brave team raised an Scottish legislation. This change resulted in
impressive £2,400 for The Jessie a much more user-friendly design for our
May Trust, which provides customer and colleagues.”
at-home care for children not Scott Milne, GPTW representative, Garthdee.
expected to reach adulthood.
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metres – perfect for capturing your dream goals! on 30 years’ service. Amazing
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RETIREMENTS Redgrave, 68, Camden (25 yrs). Eileen David Nickolds, Rye Park Depot. Julie
Margaret Adams, 63, Hadleigh Road (30
Riley, 70, Cobham (27 yrs). Sylvia Roberts,
64, Lords Hill (27 yrs). William John WORTH A MENTION Nixon, Forestside. Michael Norman, Waltham
Cross. Susan Oakley, Purley Way. Tony
yrs). Sally Albone, 72, Biggleswade (21 yrs).
Annmarie Aldridge, 63, Reading (10 yrs).
Robinson, 65, Morecambe (5 yrs). Edith
Rogers, 63, Telford (20 yrs). Cyril Roper, 80,
CHIPPENHAM O’Donnell, Holborn store support centre. Iona
Owen, Blackpole. Chris W Page, Clapham
Georgina Aldridge, 65, Kenilworth (13 yrs). Gita Paignton (14 yrs). Patricia Routledge, 68, North Station Local. Catherine Parry, East
With a combined total of over 80
Amin, 66, Streatham (14 yrs). Patricia Barton, Ramshill Road Local (9 yrs). Jean Russell, Filton. Bhanumati Patel, Tewkesbury Road.
80, Maidstone (38 yrs). Jean Benn, 80, Lyons 67, Waltham Cross (17 yrs). Patricia Rusz, years of service, Tom (Kevin) and Cyn Daksha Patel, Lee Green. Ila Patel, Hendon.
Farm (19 yrs). Peter Beresford, 65, Ripley (7 yrs). 66, Rayleigh Weir (17 yrs). Jean Rutter, 70, Mahon are all ready for retirement Rashmibala Patel, Hendon. Sharon Pell,
Simon Boyd, 72, Tunbridge Wells (13 yrs). Colin Sittingbourne (25 yrs). Marie Short, 69, in May. Colleagues at Chippenham Braintree. Susan Pinder, Water Lane. Andrew
Brooks, 66, Luton (12 yrs). Irene Brooks, 65, Kingswood (20 yrs). Kathleen Simmons, 63, Price, Bristol Hippodrome Local. Deborah
Taplow (21 yrs). John Brown, 64, Merton (15 yrs). Washington (36 yrs). Alan Smith, 67, Elstree
will be saying a fond farewell to the Quilter, Newbury Park. Mary Quinn, Pinner.
Janice Buxton, 62, Nuneaton (28 yrs). Margaret Depot (25 yrs). Carol Smith, 64, Winterstoke couple who met in store in Slough, Paul Reading, Oxford. Rosalyn Reynolds,
Cairns, 66, St Andrew Square (15 yrs). Janet Road (17 yrs). Susan Smith, 63, Kenilworth married soon after in 1977, and Canterbury. Pamela Rivers, Warren Heath.
Carolan, 69, Folkestone (18 yrs). Jill Cartwright, (18 yrs). June Stanford, 78, Dorking (30 yrs). Andrea Roberts, Northwich. Jason Roberts,
are now working as department Stevenage. Vivienne Robinson, Basingstoke.
60, Bradford (27 yrs). Yvonne Chalkley, 63, Hazel Stott, 65, Monks Cross (4 yrs). Daphne
Hitchin (16 yrs). Charles Chatterley, 66, Tarpley, 75, Weedon Road (20 yrs). Elaine manager and team leader of health Teresa Rose, Warren Heath. Satnam Sandher,
Watchmoor Park (11 yrs). Kauser Chaudry, 62, Taylor, 60, Edenthorpe (14 yrs). Margaret and beauty. And what’s in store for Leamington. Ann Scott, Washington. Maria
Brookwood (9 yrs). John Clarke, 69, Street (13 Thompson, 60, Hedge End (9 yrs). Lily Sharpe, Wakefield Marsh Way. Margaret
the pair once they retire? After a
yrs). Mary Collins, 64, Newhaven Harbour (12 Tolan, 69, Calcot (23 yrs). Marion Toomey, Sheers, Hereford. Sandra Shorter, Dunstable.
yrs). Brendan Cook, 65, Bridgwater (26 yrs). 65, Sunderland (15 yrs). George Wale, 82, well-deserved holiday, the couple Lesley Stait, Tamworth. Elaine Staniland,
Angela Cotton, 62, Ferndown (9 yrs). Carol Whitstable (8 yrs). Roger Wallis, 69, West plan to spend some time gardening Redditch. Mark Stephenson, Sevenoaks.
Daniels, 65, Chatham (27 yrs). Peter Davies, Wickham (8 yrs). Suzanne Wareham, 67, and tackling a few projects at home. Martin Stevens, Merry Hill. Julie Taylor,
69, Holborn store support centre (17 yrs). Peter Isle of Wight (13 yrs). Jessie Welch, 87, Penge. Louise Thompson, Wakefield Ings
Davis, 67, Beaconsfield (12 yrs). Joan Deery, Taunton (41 yrs). Martyn West, 65, Bybrook
We wish Tom and Cyn all the best Road. Garry Thomson, Waltham Point
68, Birkenhead (29 yrs). Linda Drummond, 63, (8 yrs). Pauline Wiggins, 64, Kidlington (24 for the future and a very happy Depot. Pauline Toon, Mansfield. Susan
Leven (17 yrs). Margaret Ednie, 63, Hoddesdon yrs). Rita Wood, 61, Cannock (35 yrs). Fay retirement. Tragis, Cameron Toll. Angela Trivett, St
(12 yrs). Iris Edwards, 70, Eltham (25 yrs). Woodhouse, 56, Oldbury (35 yrs). Clares. John Wardle, Chapelford. Maureen
Patricia Evans, 79, Burpham (30 yrs). Carol Warren, Castlepoint. Sheila Whybrow,
Fairns, 63, Didcot (23 yrs). Georgia Fiddimore,
69, Balham (18 yrs). Beryl Finch, 69, Nuneaton
LONG SERVICE Thorley. Sieglinde Whybrow, Calcot. Paul
Willey, Ripley. Deborah Wright, Aylesbury.
(37 yrs). John Frazer, 70, Watchmoor Park (7 yrs). 25 YEARS Rosemary Wright, Lyons Farm.
Gwen Gannon, 77, Putney (40 yrs). Linda Giles, Farida Ahmed, Pinner. Susan Akroyd,
63, Milton Keynes (29 yrs). Janice Groombridge,
73, Newbury (26 yrs). Gillian Grubb, 63, Shirley
Doncaster. Katharina Allcock, Reedswood. LONG SERVICE
(28 yrs). Margaret Hair, 66, Glasgow Woodlands
Eta Amadi, Enfield. Theresa Andrews,
Heyford Hill. Lesley Baker, Plymouth.
40 YEARS
Local (14 yrs). Jane Hansford, 60, Brookwood Linda Baker, St Clares. Donna Ballard, Lester Duxon, Rye Park Depot. Patrick
(1 yr). Denise Harris, 64, Thetford (11 yrs). Keyworth Local. Stella Barry, St Feenan, West Wickham. Raymond Kennedy,
Syeda Hassan, 64, Merton (26 yrs). Carole Clares. Sandra Beech, Horsham. Tracy Basingstoke Depot. Graham Padfield,
Hawkins, 63, Wigan (20 yrs). Diane Herbert, 66, Bigglestone, Salisbury. Linda Bignall, Braintree.
Winterstoke Road (27 yrs). Margaret Herbert, Apsley Mills. Marjorie Bilton, Washington.
79, Barkingside (37 yrs). Kathleen Hildreth,
65, Marshall Lake (14 yrs). Margaret Holwell,
Deanna Bishop, Paignton. Colleen
Bowen, London Colney. Liane Boyton, Susan Hamson, Cameron Toll. Margaret
OBITUARIES
69, Pinhoe Road (26 yrs). Linda Hopwood, 63, Newbury Park. Julie Brown, Nuneaton. Hartley, Durham. Susan Jane Hill, Doncaster. Gordon Blackburn, 59, Haltwhistle (1 yr).
Bagshot Road (8 yrs). Christine Hughes, 64, Linda Bulman, Avenue Local. Ann Deborah Hodgson, Braintree. Rene Holmes, Kenneth Brewer, 70, Kiln Lane (9 yrs).
Telford (42 yrs). Diane Hyde, 63, Wigan (19 Cairns, Washington. Nicholas Cawood, Chislehurst. Lesley Howe, Bridgwater. Tina Adelaide Brown, 76, Watchmoor Park (23
yrs). Susan Jefferies, 63, Sittingbourne (24 Chesterfield. Tina Cheeseman, Hull. Howe, St Clares. Christine Hughes, Northwich. yrs). Alice Cain, 62, Perton (14 yrs). Margaret
yrs). Phillip Jerome, 65, Witney (12 yrs). Ann Janice Clancy, Holborn store support Denise Ikin, Northwich. Patricia Jeffery, Dickenson, 65, Kidderminster (15 yrs). Carol
Johnstone, 64, Barkingside (37 yrs). Eileen centre. Pauline Clarkson, Durham. Betty Emersons Green. Beverley Johnson, East Elder, 60, Edenthorpe (10 yrs). Jacky Fleming,
Jones, 61, Blackheath (8 yrs). Julie Jones, Condon, Putney. Nicholas Coombes, Filton. Amita Kadchha, South Ruislip. Denise 61, Kettering (25 yrs). Rodney Hammond,
63, Wellingborough (9 yrs). Ann Kitchen, 66, Holborn store support centre. Timothy Knight, Water Lane. Alice Ko, Holborn store 66, Eastbourne (4 yrs). Clive Harvey, 67,
Bamber Bridge (25 yrs). Lynda Ledwith, 62, Cross, Braintree. Wendy Dalus, Castle support centre. Andrea Lake, Crayford. Sydenham (8 yrs). Yvonne Hawkesley, 70,
Coreys Mill (19 yrs). Kenneth Leppard, 75, Lower Boulevard. Barbara Dawson, Heyford Jenny Langley, Leamington. Kim Lapthorn, West Wickham (9 yrs). Alison Hickey, 40,
Richmond Road Local (20 yrs). Michael Mallins, Hill. Christine Dawson, Southend. Maire East Filton. Theresa Liddell, Durham. Kim Bridgend (13 yrs). Angela Hopwood, 53,
65, Chippenham (17 yrs). Geoff Mallinson, 71, Devlin, Forestside. Tony Duffy, Holborn Loader, Aylesbury. Kalowtee Luchmun, Wrexham (21 yrs). Ivan Kulyk, 21, Broad Street
Archer Road (10 yrs). Sandra Markham, 63, store support centre. Helen Farrant, South Ruislip. Daniel Lusted, St Clares. (3 yrs). Mark Lyons, 42, Pontllanfraith (5 yrs).
Chesterfield (13 yrs). Hilary Mason, 63, Stoke Dunstable. Afra Ferrar, Canley. Jean Angela Mackey, St Clares. Sandra Maclean, Jane Merrow-Smith, 57, Northgate Local (10
on Trent (12 yrs). Christopher Matthews, 59, Fordham, Salford. Dorothy Foster, Kirkintilloch. Linda Macmillan, Stratton. Anna yrs). Barbara Penney, 61, Cockermouth (7 yrs).
Canley (3 yrs). David McAuliffe, 67, Rye Park Redditch. Karen Gaunt, Castle Boulevard. McCormack, Holborn store support centre. Omar Rizwan, 24, Kings Heath (6 yrs). Graham
Depot (20 yrs). Janice McDermott, 63, Keighley Denise Gee, Redditch. Susan Gibbs, Fleming McNiven, Edinburgh store support Russell, 60, Ashton Moss (8 yrs). Kalbir
(12 yrs). Neil McDougall, 59, Prestwick (37 yrs). Canterbury. Carol Gleeson, Halifax. Anne centre. Elizabeth Mellors, Lewes Road. Sekhon, 52, Hitchin (14 yrs). Anne Wright,
Margaret McEwen, 63, Essex Road Local (13 Goodall, Locksbottom. Robert Goodall, Grace Mensah, Nine Elms. Deborah Moore, 70, Blackhall (13 yrs). Mastewal Yemrru, 47,
yrs). Jane Mcphee, 63, Hull (29 yrs). Siobhan South Ruislip. Jill Grover, Hoddesdon. Redditch. Rosalyn Needham, Kimberley. Kilburn (8 yrs).
Moggan, 66, London Colney (10 yrs). Keith
Monk, 68, Kiln Lane (9 yrs). Lynn Morgan, 63,
Bretton (9 yrs). Ann Morris, 65, Bridgwater (37
yrs). Dorothy Morris, 73, Farnborough (35 yrs).
Yvonne Nicholson, 63, Longwater (37 yrs). Barry Calling all Get in touch
Noble, 66, Cramlington (6 yrs). Brenda Noble, If you have a story, send it in
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