Archive of all Asda articles – Page 128
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Norman: stand up to regulatory fists
Former Asda chairman and Tory MP Archie Norman claimed the current breed of politicians and regulators are the most reactionary yet and retailers need to stay ahead of the tide of regulation. In a provocative speech at The Grocer Gold...
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Dinner with Joss Stone? Nah, too busy
Imagine the scene. Singer Joss Stone is sitting alone in her hotel room in Rogers, Arkansas, bored. Her performance at the Wal-Mart shareholders meeting isn't for a couple of days and she's got nothing to do. She knows the Asda crowd is...
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Availability
Asda Livingston, West Lothian1Customer service was one of the highlights of this huge Asda. A sales assistant proved his worth when he cheerfully went to search the stockroom for loose new potatoes, only to find the entire...
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Asda Prices to go Global
As Asda was crowned Britain's cheapest supermarket for a record-breaking 11th year running at The Grocer Gold Awards this week, The Grocer learned of plans by the Leeds-based supermarket to lower the price of branded goods still further by...
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Asda in historic win at supermarket 'Oscars'
Asda has made history, the first supermarket ever to win the three Grocer 33 awards - for price, service and availability - at The Grocer Gold Awards 2008, held at The Dorchester, London last night.It was the 11th year that Asda scooped the...
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Letter of the week
I read in disbelief the article claiming that Asda's innovative Pay Me Early system (The Grocer, 10 May, p3 & p4) had created "chaos" and "sparked panic among suppliers".Pay Me Early and our invoice tracking system, Where's My Invoice,...
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Revival of frozen continues with two branded launches
There was further evidence of the renaissance of the frozen food category this week as two major launches were announced.A Belfast-based supplier of own-label frozen party food to Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda is launching its first...
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A triumph for the underdog - Q&A and Availability
Sainsbury's Cwmbran branch in South Wales is smaller, older and less-suited to the working class town than the Asda across the road, but it is this week's Top Store thanks to getting the basics right. Our shopper was delighted by the warm and...
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Asda gets council OK for first wind turbine
Asda is undertaking a raft of green measures as it moves towards the target set out by its parent Wal-Mart of becoming powered entirely by renewable energy. This week, Asda moved a step closer to gaining planning permission for the first...
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Asda is irresponsible for discounting milk
Sir; Two four-pints of milk for £2! Are you crazy, Asda? Did you not learn from last time? In 2006, Asda took the great step of knocking 11p off its four-pints of milk while claiming it was still giving its farmers a fair price and not reducing...
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Price Survey - 7th June 2008
Asda emerged victorious after another tussle with Morrisons to produce the cheapest basket. Just 36p separated their totals, but Morrisons - which entered the price war this week by slashing 2,000 prices - was undercut by Asda on 14 items. Asda's...
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First the chicken for £2 and now: a 2p sausage
Asda has come under fire from the pigmeat industry for launching a sausage that costs just 2p. The Smartprice sausages, which are being sold in an eight-pack for 16p, are part of an Asda promotion running this week to give a family of four a...
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Asda (and farm shops) win in numbers game
Asda has emerged as the retailer with the fastest-growing portfolio of large stores according to the latest UK grocery market data from IGD and William Reed Business Media, publisher of The Grocer. Asda has opened 18 new supermarkets,...
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Asda undertakes wine review to boost sales
Asda is slashing its wine range by 15% and introducing a range of fine wines in what BWS category director David Stewart describes as its "most comprehensive and robust review of the wine category to date".Asda, which under-trades in the...
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Price Survey - 31st May 2008
Asda has wrested the cheapest retailer title back from Morrisons as milk and bananas bore sweeping price changes this week. Asda sparked the banana price war last week by reducing them from 77p to 72p. The rest of the big four followed suit, but on...
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Letter of the week
I read in disbelief the article claiming that Asda's innovative Pay Me Early system (The Grocer, 10 May, p3 & p4) had created "chaos" and "sparked panic among suppliers".Pay Me Early and our invoice tracking system, Where's My Invoice,...
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Banana wars are back...
A new price war on bananas has erupted this week, sparking condemnation of the big four from suppliers and NGOs alike. Asda triggered the war on Wednesday when it cut the price of a kilo of bananas from 77p to 72p. Tesco and Morrisons followed suit...
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...as ASA slams Asda's 'unfair and 'misleading' campaign
The advertising watchdog has slammed Asda for a "misleading" and "unfair" campaign comparing its prices with rival supermarket Morrisons.As part of its ongoing 'Why Pay More?' campaign, Asda ran two national press ads comparing the price...
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Pay for the privilege of being paid by Asda
Pay for the privilege of being paid by Asda A disgruntled supplier Name and address supplied Sir; I was concerned to read about the Pay me Early scheme...
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Asda fights 'pay as you throw' bin tax
Asda has weighed in to the row about 'pay-as-you-throw' bin taxes, arguing that charging households to collect refuse would discourage recycling. Many councils were still not collecting bulky or heavy refuse such as glass bottles or...