Latest Asda News and Analysis – Page 126
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Asda sizes up Benton's potential - Q&A and Availability
Outstanding customer service and a well-merchandised store have helped Asda's Benton branch in Newcastle upon Tyne pick up this week's Top Store award, strengthening Asda's position at the top of our customer service leader board. Our shopper was...
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Price Survey - 5th April 2008
It's tight at the top again but Asda has reclaimed the cheapest retailer title after a series of price hikes forced Tesco back to third place. Asda leapt from fourth place to first with a £48.88 basket, despite only cutting the price of one product...
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Price Survey - 29/03/08
Tesco has fought off Asda and Morrisons to become this week's cheapest retailer, with Sainsbury's coming a close second. Tesco undercut its nearest competitor on 13 items but such is the competitive nature of price cutting between the retailers that...
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Child cough medicines withdrawn
Six cough medicines aimed at children under the age of two have been withdrawn because of overdose fears.The products, including Asda Children's Chesty Cough Syrup and Buttercup Infant Cough Syrup, have been removed following concerns that...
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Pressure on retailers to increase milk price
Pressure is mounting on Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda to increase the milk price paid to their dedicated producers and "calm farmer nerves".Tesco is expected to increase the price, which is based on a formula geared 60% towards costs of...
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Bond: online and Living are taking priority over c-stores
Asda boss Andy Bond has insisted that c-stores are not a part of Asda's growth plans - but refused to be drawn on its rumoured bid for neighbourhood and high street chain Somerfield."I am agnostic on c-stores," said Bond, speaking at a...
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Head chef leaves Asda for Waitrose NPD role
Waitrose has poached Asda's head development chef Neil Nugent and appointed him to the newly created role of executive chef.Nugent has been with Asda for 12 years and has also had many years of experience outside retail as a head chef in...
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Price Survey - 22nd March 2008
Despite hefty price cuts at Morrisons, Asda has returned after a three-week absence from the top spot to reclaim the title of cheapest retailer. Asda undercut Morrisons on 13 items, the most significant of which was Cathedral City Cheddar: £1...
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Asda to revamp George
Asda is planning to increase sales of its George clothing brand by up to £500m in three years.Speaking at a business update of the brand yesterday, new George boss Anthony Thompson said he wanted Asda to replace Marks & Spencer's as the UK's...
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Tahira widens Asda's halal
Tahira Foods has significantly expanded the range of halal foods its sells in Asda.The Wembley supplier, which claims to be Europe's largest halal provider, has expanded the frozen meats it supplies to Asda to include whole chicken,...
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Asda registers Feel Good trademark
Asda has kicked off a healthy living drive and is believed to be launching a new healthy-eating advice service for customers. The supermarket has applied to register a 'Feel Good with Asda' trademark and a new advice service would fit in...
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Asda woos wealthy shoppers - Q&A and Availability
Joe Lock knew he had a challenge on his hands when he became store manager of Asda's underperforming Burgh Heath branch in Surrey a month ago but he has already been rewarded with a Top Store award. Our shopper was impressed by how clean and tidy...
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Possible sale for Asda's property development arm
Wal-Mart, the parent company of Asda, is considering selling the chain's property development arm Gazeley.It has retained investment bank UBS to explore strategic options, including a sale, for Gazeley, which develops distribution networks...
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Store closures prompt Asda Living facelift
Asda is considering changing the layout of all Living stores following the announcement that it is to close all George standalones.The clothing range at the Leeds Living store has been moved to the ground floor following the closure of...
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Tesco growth lagging but it will fight back say analysts
Tesco and Sainsbury's have underperformed the total grocery market for the second consecutive month, while Morrisons and Asda have built on sales momentum, according to the latest TNS Worldpanel figures.The total grocery market grew 5.9%...
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Letter of the week - Alcohol tax hike calls are misguided
In response to your article on Tesco and Asda's plans to address alcohol problems, if policy were determined by responding to headlines alone, the prohibition of alcohol would surely be on its way ('Supermarkets try to avoid ending up in the drink',...
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Price Survey - 15th March 2008
Asda has been consigned to the second-cheapest retailer position for a third week courtesy of Morrisons. Morrisons climbed from fourth place to the top spot with a £37.28 basket, but Asda's total was only 7p more and Tesco was close behind with a...
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Asda to close George stores
Asda is closing its chain of George stores following a four-and-a-half year trial.It is part of a strategic decision by Asda to focus its efforts on its clothing and homeware chain Asda Living, according to the Daily Telegraph.Ten of...
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Supermarkets try to avoid ending up in the drink
Since being hauled before the prime minister for a bit of a kicking at the end of last year, the supermarkets have been working on proposals to help solve Britain's binge-drinking problem. Over the past two weeks, Tesco and Asda have...
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Union puts spotlight on Asda in equal gender pay debate
Supermarket giant Asda is paying its female-dominated shopfloor staff less than its male-run distribution workforce despite the similarities in job function, the GMB union claimed this week.Test cases against Asda are looming as the...