Archive of all Asda articles – Page 122
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Asda's £2 roses create row not romance
Asda has been slammed by a major poverty charity over roses costing just £2 a dozen, designed to woo cash-strapped shoppers for Valentine's Day.
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NewsTesco under fire for misleading labelling of chicken
Tesco has been slammed for its "misleading" labelling of chicken following a consumer poll. More than 10,000 people voted in a Chicken Out! poll on whether labelling of standard own-label chickens sold in Tesco, Asda, Iceland, Morrisons and...
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Bond warns suppliers: focus on value not NPD
Retailer insistence on new product development at the expense of value could become the "key strain" this year in the relationship between retailers and suppliers, Andy Bond told The Grocer this week. Briefing reporters at The Grocer's...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda basket £2.21 cheaper than Tesco
Asda put clear air between itself and its rivals for the fourth week running, thanks to five promotions and 24 of the cheapest or joint-cheapest items in its £44.19 trolley
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NewsBond in the hot seat
This week The Grocer welcomed Asda chief executive Andy Bond as guest editor. While he was here, Chloe Smith took the chance to pin him down and put your questions to one of the most influential men in the industry
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Coming soon to a sat-nav near you: Asda logos
Motorists with sat-nav systems will soon find their maps dotted with bold green logos, after Asda paid to have all its stores marked on Navteq maps. Now, instead of a generic supermarket logo, all Asda stores will be clearly labelled with...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda makes it a hat-trick at the top
Asda yet again provided the cheapest basket this week, securing itself the cheapest retailer title for the third week running thanks to a whopping 26 cheapest or joint-cheapest items.
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Blue Belle back in Asda for round two
The Blue Belle potato has returned to Asda stores this week for a second year, as part of the retailer’s Extra Special range. The variety, grown by Agrimarc, has a white skin flecked with purple. Available for a limited period, it is being...
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Does every little help when it comes to ad campaigns?
Tesco's Real Basket Results ad campaign has infuriated rival Asda. But is it also in serious danger of confusing consumers, asks Chloe Smith
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NewsGrocer 33: Tesco close behind Asda with 47p gap
In a week of intense pricing activity, Asda again provided the cheapest basket
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Asda offers to check out shoppers' blood
An Asda store in the Midlands is offering customers blood tests with their shopping.Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has installed a senior hospital phlebotomist one day a week at the superstore at Great Bridge, West Bromwich, to...
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Tesco press ads hit back at Asda cheapest claim
Tesco is challenging Asda’s positioning as the UK’s cheapest supermarket with a new campaign claiming Asda’s big green arrow ads are “misleading”.The new Tesco adverts use items collected from Clubcard data on 220,000 shops on Friday 2...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda back on top with five promotions
Asda has made a strong start to 2009, regaining its familiar cheapest retailer title and undercutting nearest rival Sainsbury's by £1.13
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Hopson joins Pets at Home
Former Asda retail director Sally Hopson has joined Pets at Home as customer and people director. Hopson left Asda two months ago after 14 years with the retailer in senior roles including marketing operations director. Asda said it...
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Asda: consumers will be richer next year, but won't splash out
Asda has predicted disposable income will actually rise in 2009, on the back of forecasts by the Centre for Economics and Business Research predicting inflation will fall below zero in the summer. Asda’s income tracker has forecast that...
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NewsGrocer 33: Morrisons has the last word on price
Morrisons has won the final pricing contest of 2008, making it two weeks in a row at the top. Asda was firmly shunted into second place by Morrisons' £53.09 basket, which was a full £1.87 cheaper than the usual champion of cheap's £54.96 offering...
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NewsGrocer 33: End of year review - downturn makes price fight fiercer
Asda remains the retailer with the lowest prices but is having to work harder than ever to retain its pricing crown. The big four have responded aggressively to the economic downturn, with Tesco launching its discount brands...
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Discounters more expensive than big four supermarkets
The discounters are more expensive than all of the big four supermarkets, according to exclusive research carried out for The Grocer, with Asda the cheapest and Aldi charging the highest prices.
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Tesco Town Inverness to get its fourth Tesco
Asda has been left fuming after Tesco was given the go-ahead for a fourth store in the original Tesco Town of Inverness, while Asda has been unable to get plans for even a single store past planning officials.Despite the Highland council...
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Cheesemaker sues over 'soapy taste' ingredient
An Irish cheese manufacturer that supplies Tesco and Asda among others, has claimed it is facing losses of more than €10m because of an allegedly defective ingredient that gave its product "a soapy aftertaste and an off-flavour".Carbery, of...