Archive of all Asda articles – Page 135
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Asda unveils first supercentre with department-store style
In the next two weeks, Asda will unveil the first of a new breed of large supermarkets boasting a department-store style layout. The retailer's 100,000 sq ft Patchway store, Asda's oldest supercentre, is nearing the end of a three-month...
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Hamilton swaps Asda for Lidl
How the hell did Asda get so much publicity for favouring 22-year-old whizzkid Lewis Hamilton with a free disabled parking space at its Stevenage superstore? Or to put it another way: is it just Bogof who reckons this was a PR stunt...
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In Brief: Fenwicks gets Bevan; Recycling boost; Wylie promoted; Freshers operations; No agm re-election
Fenwicks gets Bevan Asda's finance director of retail and logistics Richard Bevan will leave the company in December to take up a new role as chief finance officer at independent department store group Fenwicks. Bevan joined Adsa four years ago from...
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What the papers said - 3rd November 2007
Asda is planning to report football shirt manufacturers to the OFT unless they agree to supply the retailer with shirts. According to the Sunday Telegraph, Asda wrote to football shirt makers last week to demand they abandon their long-term policy...
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Fears that Scots booze laws could limit consumer choice
Asda has warned that proposed new legislation for Scotland controlling where retailers can sell alcohol will harm consumer choice. The draft law, introduced to the Scottish Parliament this week, requires retailers to limit stocks of...
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Thank God for a great store - Q&A and Availability
Asda has been having a tough time in our customer services ratings with only one Top Store award since June, but it has notched up a second victory after its Frome branch in Somerset provided this week's only full basket. Our shopper said the 32,500...
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Asda recalls lamb with vet drug taint
Asda has been forced to recall thousands of packs of fresh lamb because they might have contained meat from sheep not fit for the food chain. The sheep had been treated with a veterinary drug called Doramectin, which experts say causes...
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Price Survey - 27th October 2007
This week Asda announced it would be making £150m of price cuts in the run-up to Christmas but its winning basket this week proves its prices are already the lowest. Asda was the cheapest retailer for the fourth consecutive week with a £45.94...
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Asda puts £150m into festive cuts
Asda is pumping £150m into what it claims is its biggest-ever set of festive price cuts. CEO Andy Bond said the retailer had decided on the reductions after research by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) indicated this...
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Meads takes over from Hewlett at Asda online
The head of general merchandise at Asda.com Gordon Hewlett has left the company to become a commercial manager in the multi-channel retailing department at Woolworths. Hewlett, who joined Asda three-and-a-half years ago from Tesco, has...
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Asda backs British beef in plan to double sales
Asda has revealed the scale of its ambitions in the beef category following the launch of its quality-focused Beef Link scheme last week. Senior beef buyer Jim Viggars said that Asda planned to more than double the volume of beef it sold...
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Price Survey - 20th October 2007
Asda has extended its run as cheapest retailer for a third consecutive week with a markedly cheaper basket that its rivals. The retailer romped to victory with its £47.03 basket - a whopping £4.44 less than the second cheapest retailer Morrisons....
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Letter of the week - 'Like comparing Prada to Primark'
I was astounded by your observation that "the price of Waitrose's own-label baked beans had increased from 29p to 35p - more than double the price of Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco versions. [The Grocer 33 Price Survey, The Grocer, 29...
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Sainsbury's widens by-the-case choices
Sainsbury's is the latest supermarket to push wine-by-the-case sales as part of a revamped online offer.Last month Asda indicated it s plan to mirror the success of Majestic Wine Warehouses by looking at by-the-case...
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Get ready for a perfect storm over Christmas, Asda warns
The grocery industry is heading into a "perfect storm" as Christmas approaches because consumers are being forced to tighten their belts while raw material prices are on the rise, Asda's food trading director Darren Blackhurst has...
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Price Survey - 13th October 2007
Asda is the cheapest retailer for the second week running, after weeks of battling for the top spot with Morrisons. This week the retailer won The Grocer 33 price survey with a £38.39 basket, just creeping ahead of rival Morrisons' £38.85 total....
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Letter of the week - Bond undermines brand innovation
Asda's test of removing brands from the shelves and waiting for customers to complain is a different but flawed approach ('Andy Bond', The Grocer, 22 September, p30). CEO Andy Bond is right that consumers provide the best test of a brand's equity,...
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Arla brings Danish Castello to Britain
Arla Foods has brought its cheese brand Castello to the UK, supported by a £2.1m marketing push. The Danish cheese, which is being rolled out to Tesco, Morrisons and Asda this month, comes in Castello Blue, a blue-veined gourmet option...
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No-go zones imposed after attacks on drivers
A spate of attacks on delivery drivers has led Asda and Tesco to declare some parts of major cities no-go zones after dark. Last month Asda suspended deliveries in the Whitehawk area of Brighton altogether following reports of "abusive...
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Price Survey - 6th October 2007
Morrisons and Asda have been vying for the top spot over the past few weeks. This week Asda came out on top - but it was Tesco that ran it closer this time. Asda won by the narrowest margin with a £38.07 basket - just 2p cheaper than Tesco's total....