Archive of all Asda articles – Page 107
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NewsWatchdog raps Asda over misleading Guarantee ad
Asda's original Price Guarantee ads, which aired from April last year, have been smacked down by the Advertising Standards Authority for being misleading and untruthful. And the retailer could face further run-ins with the watchdog.
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NewsRecord fall in family spending power as inflation takes toll
Inflation combined with widespread freezes on pay has led to a record fall in the average family’s spending power, new data suggests. UK families have £8 a week less discretionary income than this time last year, according to Asda’s monthly Income Tracker.
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NewsUgo woos Netto shoppers - by offering them Netto
New discount retailer Ugo is set to be a near carbon copy of Netto. Mimicking its predecessor, the chain launched by Haldanes following the purchase of 20 Netto stores from Asda will have a yellow fascia with black lettering. In place...
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Haldanes hails experience of beefed up team
Haldanes has appointed Adam Hart as a non-executive director and Kristoffer Getchell as IT director.The appointments follow the supermarket chain's acquisition last week of 20 Netto stores from Asda. The stores will be transformed into a...
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NewsTesco in multi-pronged Asda attack over ‘misleading’ ploy
With Tesco fighting Asda’s 10% cheaper price pledge on a number of fronts, who will be successful? Adam Leyland and James Halliwell report
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Above the argy-bargy
Sometimes it’s better to rise above it. The unseemly spat over pricing between some of the UK’s largest supermarkets rolled on this week, with Tesco unveiling new press ads having a pop at Asda’s 10% price guarantee.
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Unhappy Mondays
Today is Blue Monday. That’s the most depressing day of the year, if you believe ‘research’ paid for by online travel agents that want you to book some winter sun. Perhaps that explains the tetchiness in the weekend’s exchanges between Tesco and Asda over the latter’s 10% pledge.
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Bond: I joined Euro to grow it, not sell it off
Former Asda CEO Andy Bond has dismissed suggestions fast-growing forecourt chain Euro Garages is looking for a sale, after his appointment as non-executive chairman this week. Euro has enjoyed a meteoric rise in sales since it was founded...
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Comment & OpinionListen to the eerie silence surrounding Asda’s Price Guarantee
What took you so long? It was a strange way for Asda to respond after it was overtaken by Sainsbury’s in the Kantar Worldpanel data this week. But there was no shortage of strange responses.
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NewsAsda slashes its organic milk price by 10% to £1.55
Asda has cut the price of organic milk by 10%, bringing it into line with the price of non-organic milk in other supermarkets. Asda reduced its four-pint bottles of own-label organic semi-skimmed milk by 18p on 8 January to £1.55. That is...
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NewsMorrisons and Haldanes gain from Netto carve-up
Asda has sold 39 former Netto stores to rival retailers in line with its settlement with the Office of Fair Trading. Morrisons has acquired 16 of the stores, representing 120,000 sq ft of retail space, in a deal worth £28.1m.
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NewsWill Asda deliver on its 10% cheaper basket guarantee?
Asda is a long way off its pledge to offer baskets 10% cheaper than its rivals, figures from The Grocer 33 have revealed.
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NewsPlaying swapsies: change for life or a short-term gimmick?
The government believes its voucher scheme with the News of the World and Asda could generate lasting change to diets, says Hannah Stodell
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Bond finally prepares to bow out from Walmart
Andy Bond stepped down from his part-time role as Asda chairman this week, after less than a year.He will continue as executive vice president of Walmart to finalise the retailer's takeover of Massmart in South Africa but will leave...
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NewsAsda vows to beat rivals by 10% in extended Price Guarantee
Asda has dramatically bolstered last year’s Price Guarantee by pledging to beat its rivals’ prices by a full 10%.
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NewsAsda ad for half-price toys slapped down
The advertising watchdog has banned an advert for Asda’s recent half-price toy sale following a complaint by Sainsbury’s.
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NewsEurofoods launches range of Med mezze
Eurofoods has launched a new Mediterranean mezze brand. Aleyna, available from Asda and Morrisons now, comprises jars of roasted red peppers, sun-kissed tomatoes, hot chillies, cherry peppers, capers, garlic, and marinated artichokes...
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Asda stores get electric car charge points
Asda has fitted electric vehicle (EV) charging points at five of its London supermarkets as well as at its headquarters in Leeds.
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Asda goes direct and gets bottling in UK
Asda is cutting out the middleman and creating a UK bottling facility, as it switches to a direct sourcing model for the majority of its own-label wine.Over 2011, the retailer will extend the remit of its existing food procurement...
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NewsWhat happened to EDLP? Asda alone in upping deals
Year-on-year and month-on-month, Asda is the only one of the big five retailers to have increased promotion levels, writes Beth Phillips