Archive of all Asda articles – Page 134
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Supermarkets admit milk price fix
Asda, Sainsbury's and several leading dairy suppliers will be fined a total of £116m after admitting to price-fixing charges made by the Office of Fair Trading.As the two supermarkets, The Cheese Company and Robert Wiseman Dairies admitted...
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Dairylea determined to stay the big cheese
Kraft's Dairylea accounted for 36% of featured space activity among the top five brands last weekend, 15 points ahead of second-placed Boursin. Asda and Somerfield allocated featured space chilled ends to the Dairylea range using save, x-for-y...
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The limequat joins Asda's Latin range
A cross between a kumquat orange and a Mexican lime went on sale exclusively in Asd this week.The limequat originates from China, where farmers crossed the two trees to grow it. It has a thin greenish-yellow skin that tastes sweet and...
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Price Survey - 1st December 2008
Asda has pulled off a tricky balancing act between price hikes and price cuts to claim its ninth consecutive award for cheapest retailer, with a £39.38 basket. One of the sharpest price rises was on red seedless grapes, which pushed up the basket...
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Asda slashes cost of vintage champagne
Asda has started selling premium champagne Dom Perignon for just £30 a bottle.The retailer has announced it will be selling the 1999 vintage, normally £95, at a reduced rate in time for the start of the festive season.Asda is only...
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Profit up at Asda
Asda recorded a 3.6% increase in pre-tax profit to £593m for the year to 31 December 2006 on sales up 6% at £15.7bn.Like-for-like sales growth for the year was in “low single digits” according to the latest results filed at Companies House...
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The secrets of retail success - Q&A and Availability
Richard Jackson, store manager at Asda Rotherham, added another Top Store award to his list of achievements this week, taking his tally to three wins in the past five years. His first was at Safeway in Buxton, near Manchester, and the second was at...
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We're positioning ourselves 'as the Easyjet of retailing'
Asda chief Andy Bond has admitted the retailer could do with an image overhaul to reflect a recent shift in its customer profile.The chain has attracted 5% more AB shoppers over the past two years as wealthier consumers have become...
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Bond: inquiry findings show we have fewest monopolies
Asda says it is "perversely pleased" with the Competition Commission's provisional findings that show it has the lowest number of local monopolies of the big four.Speaking at Asda's annual business update, chief executive Andy Bond said...
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Glum to glamorous at Asda - Q&A and Availability
Asda has transformed the former run-down Co-op store in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, into a modern and stylish branch and won our Top Store award just three months after opening. Any change on this scale is bound to cause a stir among local...
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Asda credit card used as loyalty tool
Asda is hoping to emulate the success of Tesco's Clubcard by using the data from its credit card to generate targeted direct marketing.Since the Asda credit card was launched in 2004, it has only been used to reward customers with a...
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Asda backing small suppliers with Welsh produce initiative
Asda is to beef up the presence of Welsh produce in its stores with a swathe of product launches that could be rolled out beyond Wales if successful.The supermarket is holding talks this week with nine possible new Welsh suppliers,...
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Asda requests festive truce over restrictions
Asda has again attacked plans to restrict alcohol displays in Scottish stores. The retailer has called for a two-week grace period over Christmas and New Year to be added to the legislation tabled by the Scottish parliament as part of a crackdown on...
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What the papers said - 17th November 2007
Supermarkets sell beer at a lower price than bottled water and risk fuelling the binge-drinking crisis, according to the Telegraph. The paper said that Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda were selling lager at 22p a can, significantly less per pint than...
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Price Survey - 17th November 2007
Sainsbury's was a challenger for the cheapest retailer title this week, but its price cuts were still not enough to stop Asda securing its seventh victory in a row with a £38.74 basket. Tesco and Morrisons have been tussling for the second-cheapest...
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Operating profit down at Asda
Asda's third-quarter operating profit has reportedly fallen marginally below the levels of a year ago as the supermarket chain continued to push down prices.Like-for-like growth was in the low-single digits for the three months to 30...
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Asda bosses are set to trifle with truffles
Brace yourself for a price war on truffles. Not the sickly chocolate kind - but the genuine gourmet fungi.Asda is planning to grow "rare" Perigord Black truffles near Cridling Stubbs, which is apparently off the M62 in Yorkshire, and not...
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Asda farm scheme to cut emissions by 10%
Asda is asking its dairy farmers to sign up to a major carbon reduction programme in an effort to make its milk more environmentally friendly. In what is thought to be the first such scheme for farmers, the multiple has drawn up targets...
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Price Survey - 10th November 2007
There's no change at the top with Asda achieving its sixth consecutive victory as cheapest retailer with a £47.38 basket, but Morrisons has let its grip on second position slip. It is testament to the consistency of Asda's low-pricing strategy that...
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Outrage as Asda puts full halal meat on sale
Halal meat from animals that have not been stunned before their throats are slashed will go on sale in Asda for the first time next month in a move that has infuriated animal rights activists.
Asda admitted its decision would cause…