Asda news and analysis – Page 135
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Asda Longsight, Manchester 2Our shopper heaped praise on the staff at this Asda store who he said went above and beyond the call of duty to provide first-class customer service. The store boasted a host of...
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Asda woos mums with games mag
Asda is launching a gaming magazine in a bid to boost sales among mums. The free quarterly Asda Games Magazine debuts this month and will target the family market rather than experienced gamers. “Asda has launched this magazine as a key innovation...
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Brooke Bond returns to the British market
Brooke Bond has returned to UK shelves after an absence of more than 20 years. It is one of two leading Indian brands that Unilever is trialling in the UK to test the market for ethnic products. Brooke Bond Bru is the top coffee brand in India and...
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Finger on the pulse: Asda asks shoppers
Asda is on the hunt for 10,000 volunteers to reveal exactly what they think of the retailer. Under the Pulse of the Nation scheme, Asda will ask shoppers for feedback on prices and new products and ask about their lives and shopping habits. “The...
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Promotrack: Own-label offers sizzle with barbecue appeal
Asda and Sainsbury’s both pushed own-label meat, but there were a raft of other hot summer offers in store at the weekend
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Asda pays First Milk 3ppl more
Asda pays First Milk 3ppl more: Asda has increased the amount it pays First Milk for cheese by £300 per tonne. The supermarket said the 3ppl increase reflected farmers’ increased costs and would help ensure producers continued to make cheese. “In the current market, it is...
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Price Survey
Morrisons’ reign as cheapest retailer was short lived as Asda kept a lid on prices to regain top spot. Despite not engaging in any major price cutting, Asda’s ability to maintain pricing levels meant that at £49.44 its basket of goods edged out...
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Supermarket price deals: how low can they go?
Asda’s and Morrisons’ 50p everyday items are pleasing the punters, but can retailers afford to maintain such offers, asks Mark Choueke
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Promotrack: Confectionery and fizzy drinks rule in impulse
Ambient confectionery topped the impulse promotion chart at Asda and Sainsbury’s, but their rivals had other priorities
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Asda Hellesdon, Norwich 1 This staff at this Asda Supercentre led by example, helping our shopper to locate items and gladly offering to check stocking information. The store provided a host of special...
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Asda could be used as a pawn to get back at Tesco for daring to pitch up in Wal-Mart’s backyard
This week (20th July 2008) saw the first signs that crude oil and commodity prices – the conditions responsible for the rampant food price inflation we have – are abating. And not before time. As a number of expert commentators have observed, the balance between...
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Availability: Week of 19th July 2008
Asda Chelmsford, Essex 2 With aisle ends piled high with special offers and stocking trolleys parked in the vegetable section, the store had a cluttered feel to it. Checkout queues were long, while a...
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Price Survey: Week of 19th Juy 2008
Morrisons made it a double success this week as it undercut Asda by a mere penny to break its rival’s seven-week stranglehold at the top of the price chart. Despite offering the cheapest price on just four items, a 60p saving over Asda on fresh...
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Hot Topic: What are the odds on Andy Bond taking over from the 'Mugabe of retail'?
A Rose by any other name would smell sweeter. Or so 22% of M&S shareholders seem to think.
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Asda has clung on to the title of cheapest retailer by the skin of a sun-dried tomato to secure a sixth straight week at the top of the charts. Despite offering unbeatable prices on seven items, Asda found itself in the unusual position...
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Chef to target retailers over 'five freedoms'
Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons could be next on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's hit list following his failed attempt to get Tesco to change its welfare standards for broiler standards.At last week's agm, Tesco shareholders...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...