Tag: Sainsburys Blackhall

‘That’s a business trying to be a good citizen’

Deirdie Brock MP visits Sainsbury’s Blackhall

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Deidre Brock, local MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, visited Sainsbury’s Blackhall on Monday where she met staff and local customers (writes GAIL WILSON).

The MP was welcomed by store manager, George Paton and taken on a tour of the 71,000 sq ft store on Craigleith Road.

Ms Brock learned about the store’s new Local Charity Partner, Meningitis Research Foundation. The charity has a vision of a world free from meningitis and septicaemia and was chosen by customers in July.

She also had a chance to hear about the store’s Food Donation Partner, Fareshare, who Sainsbury’s are teamed up with to make use of surplus food and Granton Baptist Church food bank, who they support with in-store collections.

Ms Brock, who was elected to represent Edinburgh North and Leith May’s general election, said: “I was delighted to hear about the work that Sainsbury’s staff do to reach out into the community, the support they and the store’s customers give to a local foodbank and to Crisis Fareshare. That’s a business trying to be a good citizen.

“The store is also a zero waste store recycling all of its packaging as well as providing recycling facilities for customers in the car park. It’s the first time I’ve seen an oil recycling bank in a supermarket car park and I’m looking forward to coming back soon to see how it works out.”

Store Manager George Paton said: “It has been great having Ms Brock in to our store, and introduce her to our customers and colleagues. I’m incredibly proud of our team, our store and the impact we have on the community. ”

Deirdie Brock MP is pictured with Sainsbury Blackhall PR Ambassador Gail Wilson

Sainsburys Blackhall charity partner: the voting’s open!

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Sainsburys Blackhall have just come to the end of their yearlong “Local Charity of the Year Partnership” with Muirhouse Youth Development Group.

Colleagues and customers at our Blackhall store helped to fundraise £7,050 for this good cause and would like to wish MYDG very good luck for the future.

Pictured above: Murray Dunnett, Dean Shanks, Amy Patterson and Chris Thomson. Murray and Amy have also been working with MYDG and MYadventure on the Bothy at Towford.

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It is now time for Sainsburys Blackhall to decide on their next Local charity Partner of the year, and voting is now open for colleagues and customers to decide who they would like to help this year.

The three shortlisted  nominations are:

Stroke Association Scotland

Pilton Youth and Children’s Project (PYCP)

Meningitis Research Foundation

Customers can vote in store at the customer service desk or on line at www.sainsburyslocalcharity.co.uk  until 28 June.

Gail, Sainsbury’s

 

Sainsbury’s set to welcome little Vince

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Sainsburys Blackhall’s colleagues and customers have been sponsoring Guide Dogs for the Blind for over three years and have now raised more than £22,000.

Each Guide Dog cost £5,000 to sponsor and we have just received our fourth puppy! Little Vince will hopefully be making his first appearance in Our Blackhall store later next month.

Thank you to all our colleagues and customers for their continuous support.

Gail, Sainsbury’s Blackhall

Still time to recycle those Christmas cards

christmas card recycleSainsburys Blackhall have been offering Christmas card recycling at the front of the shop – this has proved to be a huge success but has only a couple of days left.

So if any of our customers still have cards to recycle then the deadline is 13 January (that’s TOMORROW!) All proceeds go to FSC (Forest Stewardship Council).

Gail, Sainsburys Blackhall

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Maggie's girls – and bloke!

Last weekend the local Maggie’s Centre celebrated its 18th birthday. They had a fundraising ball at the Sheraton hotel and colleagues from Sainsburys Blackhall were there to lend a hand.

Nine colleagues volunteered on the night and helped raised £59,000. Well done to the colleagues who took part!

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Pictured: Louisa Higgins, Gabriella Vita, Gail Wilson, Hannah Mills, Sam Wood, Iona Wright and Willie McCaskill. 

Gail, Sainsbury’s Blackhall

Recycle your poppies at Sainsburys

 • Customers can recycle their poppies in-store between 12th and 24th November

• All paper poppies collected will be sent to Poppyscotland where they will be re-used or recycled

• Only retailer to provide a poppy recycling service

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Following the fundraising success for the Scottish Poppy Appeal, customers can make their donation go further this year at their local Sainsbury’s. The Blackhall store are providing a recycling service to support Poppyscotland.

Between 12th and 24th November, customers can choose to recycle their poppies via an in-store collection point. A poppy recycling box will be available at the Blackhall Customer Service Desk. All collected poppies will go back to Poppyscotland to enable them to re-use or recycle them.

Sainsbury’s is the only retailer providing this unique service to support the local environment and provide further support to Poppyscotland.

In June 2011, The Royal British Legion merged with Poppyscotland to form the largest charity group supporting the Armed Forces community across the whole of the UK. Poppyscotland continues to operate as a distinct charity within the Legion’s group of charities, and is responsible for running the Scottish Poppy Appeal, which raises over £2m each year.

Sainsbury’s Store Manager George Paton said: “The Scottish Poppy Appeal was a great success this year for fundraising and we’d like to thank everyone who contributed. With this recycling initiative, we wanted to show our customers another way they can support Poppyscotland to ensure their poppies don’t go to waste. We hope the recycling drive proves a success with our Blackhall customers”.

Sally McNaught, Deputy Head of Fundraising at Poppyscotland added: “We’re delighted to be working with Sainsbury’s again on this recycling initiative. The donated poppies will either be re-used or re-cycled. Its another great way for customers to support poppyscotland.”

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Cheque-out Sainsbury’s support for MYDG!

MYDGchequeToday Sainsburys Blackhall presented a cheque  for £2351.30 to their Local Charity Partner, Muirhouse Youth Development Group.

Checkout Manager Louisa Higgins, (pictured centre) would like to thank colleagues and customers for their help in raising the money.

Pictured (l-r) Gail Wilson, Dean Shanks, Louisa Higgins, Katie Tuff and Megan McGowan.

Sainsbury support is icing on the cake!

Breakthrough breast cancerSainsburys Blackhall are proud to have supported Dorothy and Joanna Bissett with their fundraising for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

The ladies had organised a sponsored 5K run through Inverleith Park on 13 September to raise funds for Breakthrough breast cancer and Sainsburys Bakery Manager Scott McDowell from our Blackhall store made and donated 150 pink cupcakes to raise funds too!

Gail, Sainsbury’s Blackhall

Sainsbury’s and D Mains double up to support Macmillan

coffee morning gail and leanneColleagues from Sainsburys Blackhall – with the help of the parents and pupils of Davidsons Main Primary School – held a Macmillan coffee morning on Friday (26 September) and raised an amazing £1,000 for the Macmillan nurses!

A huge thank you to all involved!

Gail Wilson
Sainsburys Blackhall