Latest Asda News and Analysis – Page 134
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our man from drip Don Pumsey - 23rd June 2007
Truth is the first casualty of any war, and the current spat between Tesco and Asda (with itsy bitsy cameos for JS and Morrisons) is no exception. In this spirit, the Pumster bravely went over the top before you could say "bullshit". I think Darling...
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Price Survey - 23rd June 2007
The supermarket price war intensified this week as Asda, Tesco and Morrisons all entered the fray with price cuts. Asda has won the first battle since it became the cheapest supermarket for the 10th year in a row a fortnight ago, with a £48.28...
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Price Survey
The gap between the cheaper retailers and the Grocer 33's costliest couple has grown to a whopping £8.44 this week as the price cutting tactics of the top four really start to kick in. Asda, the first to slash its prices, is already...
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Availability
Asda Dunfermline, Fife0This bustling Asda store in Halbeath, near Dunfermline, was a contender for our Top Store award this week. Clean and clear aisles, a friendly atmosphere and a full basket were all reported by our shopper,...
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britain's favourite supermarket Tesco: Dominates in range, service and stock
For the second year running, Tesco has taken the shoppers' votes for Britain's favourite supermarket. In a repeat of last year's result Tesco pipped Asda and Sainsbury's. And although its nearest rivals have closed the gap slightly, they...
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Sainsbury's kicks off with win - Q&A and Availability
The slate has been wiped clean and Asda's and Morrisons' accolades in last week's The Grocer 33 annual review are yesterday's news as we start a new Grocer 33 year. As the following pages report, availability and customer service has been rather...
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Hot Topic - Asda may have cut its milk prices, but the message is a new one
Asda has taken flak this week after launching a two-for-£2 promotion on milk. But just days after we crowned Asda the decade's cheapest retailer, it's no surprise to see the price cuts coming out again. Asda knows the promotion will drive milk...
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NFU condemns Asda for discounting milk
Dairy farmers have reacted furiously to Asda's move to offer multibuy discounts on four-pint polybottles of milk.The retailer's decision last week to offer two bottles for £2 - a 30p markdown on the normal price of £1.15 per bottle -...
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The Allan key
The problem with putting on a great show is that you always have to go one better next time round - as Allan Leighton and Archie Norman found out when they were planning one of the annual Asda managers' conferences in the mid-1990s....
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Asda basket costs less now than in 1997
Analysis commissioned by Asda based on The Grocer 33 survey has revealed the chain is now 20% cheaper in real terms than it was a decade ago.Asda, named Britain's cheapest supermarket for the 10th year running in The Grocer Gold Awards,...
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Price Survey - 16th June 2007
Bizarre weather patterns in the vineyards of Chile and Egypt has led to a shortage of red seedless grapes, prompting dramatic price rises from every retailer except Somerfield. Asda has kicked off the new Grocer 33 year in the manner it ended it -...
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Asda celebrates Grocer 33 win
Asda is running a series of adverts in today's national newspapers to celebrate its tenth win as the UK's cheapest supermarket. The full-page adverts feature the front pages of the biggest news stories from 1998 to 2007 to mark each year The...
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"Spotting and seizing opportunity on a grand scale, that's what singles out the number ones"
It's 10 years since we launched The Grocer 33, and every year the cheapest supermarket has been Asda. What an achievement. Since 1998, the Leeds-based group has been bought by Wal-Mart, lost Norman and Leighton, and hit some fairly hard times...
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Success through talking shop - Q&A and availability
"Manchester's answer to the United Nations" is how our shopper described the Asda in Hulme, winner of this week's Top Store award. The 44,000 sq ft outlet boasts a wonderfully diverse range of products to cater for the various ethnic groups in the...
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Asda buys bananas direct from growers
Asda is planning a direct sourcing trial with bananas, buying direct from the grower without using an importer.The fruit will still be ripened in the UK by Mack Multiples, but, starting from July, Asda has placed the order for 8,000 to...
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Eco-friendly egg is rolled out by Asda
Asda is to roll out the country's first ecological egg to all its English and Welsh stores.From Monday (11 June), branded Respectful Eggs from a handful of low-carbon farms in Lincolnshire will go on sale in 280 Asda stores. It follows a...
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Leighton: 'It's unique that all four players are doing well'
Former Asda boss Allan Leighton said this week he believed the UK's grocery industry was healthier than it had ever been - and rubbished suggestions that Asda parent company Wal-Mart was unhappy with current chief executive Andy Bond's...
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our man from drip Don Pumsey - 9th June 2007
To Leeds, on the invitation of the crimson-topped Bond, Andy Bond, ahead of his eco-friendly jolly to Arkansas and the agm of the Bentonville basher. A generous gesture indeed: not only did the industry's own shrinking violet find time in a diary...
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Price Survey - 9th June 2007
Asda is this week's cheapest retailer as well as the winner of our Top Store award - a double whammy that has helped it scoop the coveted title of cheapest retailer for the tenth time in a row (see p26). But there will be no problem if Asda's top...
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The Grocer 100 Index
Asda remains the UK's cheapest supermarket in The Grocer 100 price survey, and it's actually increasing its lead Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket according to the latest Grocer 100 price survey, significantly increasing its...