Archive of all Asda articles – Page 127
-
News
Availability
Asda Sheffield, South Yorkshire 2 This Asda was coping admirably with the Friday afternoon rush when our shopper visited and although there were numerous shelf stackers on duty, there was ample room to navigate the aisles. Staff...
-
News
Spain's picota cherries arrive
The first of this year's Spanish picota cherry crop has arrived in UK supermarkets and will soon be backed by in-store marketing campaigns. The cherries, the only variety to be sold without stalks, will be sold in Asda, Tesco and...
-
News
Asda 'acting like slave trader' with latest banana price cuts
Asda's recent banana price cuts and a decision to pull out of a supplier conference make it "no better than a Victorian slave trader", claims an international banana trade organisation. The attack was provoked by Asda's decision to slash...
-
News
Asda could defy Scots alcohol crackdown
Asda has warned it would consider defying plans by the Scottish government to crack down on cheap alcohol. There was nothing to stop it and other supermarkets from building warehouses in northern England and selling cheap alcohol online, the...
-
News
Price Survey
It was five out of five for Asda this week as it undercut its nearest rival by just 67p to scoop this week's cheapest retailer award - with the help of some pork chops. Despite increasing their price by £1.28 - the biggest hike of the...
-
News
Call for Irish planning overhaul to cut prices
An urgent overhaul of the retail and planning regimes in the Irish Republic is needed to allow retailers such as Asda to enter the market, according to the National Consumer Agency.A major shake-up would attract new players into the...
-
News
Availability
Asda Havant, Hampshire0The shelves were being restocked when our shopper visited this Supercentre. But that didn't stop staff offering to help our shopper locate the Sacla' pesto and Parma ham - although the required sizes were...
-
News
Asda's big friendly giant
Asda’s Havant Supercentre in Hampshire may be one of the retailer’s largest in the UK, but it has learnt how to use its size to its advantage, earning it this week’s Top Store award.
The 100,000 sq ft store, which boasted excellent… -
News
Asda records highest price increases of big multiples
Asda may have won our cheapest retailer award for the 11th consecutive year but its prices have increased more than any other retailer over the past 12 months, according to exclusive data from The Grocer.The Grocer's extensive database,...
-
News
Redundancies as Asda axes pizza contract
Asda's main pizza maker is braced for 400 redundancies after the retailer cancelled its supply deal.The retailer will end its deal with Paramount Foods in September. About 144 redundancies are expected in the pizza base factory in...
-
News
Mario's ice cream wins Asda listing
Welsh ice cream maker Mario’s has moved into retail after 20 years of supplying the foodservice and hospitality sectors.
The Carmarthenshire based company began supplying 15 Asda stores in Wales this week with its one litre ‘Dyffryn Tywi’… -
News
Asda considers Arran deliveries using ferry
The Scottish isles are emerging as the latest battleground in the fight between supermarkets, as the number of opportunities in towns on the UK mainland dwindles.
Arran, off the west coast of Scotland, has a population of under 5,000 and… -
News
After the 2p sausage, it's Asda's 50p mince
Asda's mission to ignore pressure from the meat industry and continue to offer the British public cheap food has continued with the launch of a 50p pack of mince. The supermarket this week announced a two-week promotion slashing the price...
-
News
Price Survey
They are separated by the faintest of margins, but Asda has narrowly undercut Morrisons to record its fourth week as cheapest retailer. Asda's £52.32 basket was just 9p less than Morrisons' total, although they did not match as many...
-
News
No such thing as a quick retail fix
M&S and Asda have both embarked on major new ranging and sourcing strategies. But will they work?This month I thought I'd look at a couple of The Grocer headlines from the past few weeks that appear, at face value, to have the ability to...
-
News
Availability
Asda Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire 0 Our shopper was highly impressed by the standard of tidiness at this bright and spacious Asda. The aisles were free from shelf stackers and packing trolleys and staff were polite and quick to...
-
News
The sky's the limit as Asda eyes global supply deals
Carrefour and Tesco both started doing it five years ago. Now Asda is getting in on the act too. With the full might of parent company Wal-Mart behind it, Asda has entered into negotiations with big brands to thrash out global supply deals with...
-
News
The Grocer 33: Availability award 2008
It was another close call on stock availability, but Asda edged ahead of last year's champion Morrisons to add the prize for availability to its The Grocer 33 pricing gong. Although Morrisons achieved three more full baskets over the...
-
News
Price Survey
It may be a new year for The Grocer 33 but the story remains the same.Asda has again produced the cheapest basket - undercutting second place Morrisons by more than £2 to secure its third consecutive win.Asda made a number of...
-
News
Price Survey
No retailer came close to matching Asda's remarkable domination of our pricing survey this year. This was Asda's eleventh consecutive year as the UK's cheapest retailer, with its consistently low prices winning it 35 of the past 50...