Latest Asda News and Analysis – Page 135
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A most constructive attitude - Q&A and Availability
A section of the car-park is closed off, various products are not in their usual places and there are construction workers in the aisles. Despite undergoing a major refurbishment, the Asda store in Taunton, Somerset, wins our Top Store of the week...
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Asda stock control rapped as retailer lands in court again
Repeated selling of out-of-date food has landed Asda in hot water in Wales, with Trading Standards claiming the supermarket’s stock control procedures are not working.
Asda was in court in Abergavenny in the same week that Tesco and… -
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Uncovering the truth about excess packaging concerns
An initiative that encouraged shoppers to return examples of excess packaging to Asda stores has provided useful information on how the public feels about the issueOur customers tell us they don't want to see their spuds strangled in...
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Milk falls foul ofad rules
The absurdity of the FSA's Nutrient Profiling Model was thrown into sharp relief again this week when it emerged Asda had been forced to drop whole milk from its latest TV adverts because it breaches Ofcom's rules on advertising food to...
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Asda is cheapest chain for decade
Asda chief executive Andy Bond and his colleagues will be celebrating this weekend after being crowned Britain's cheapest supermarket for an amazing tenth year running.The Leeds-based retailer provided the cheapest shopping list for 32...
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Asda changes mind and sells monkfish
Monkfish is set to return to Asda shelves just three months after the supermarket removed it because it was not considered a sustainably caught species.Scottish fishermen hailed the u-turn as a victory and a vote of confidence in the way...
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Asda ditches CD singles
Asda is to stop selling CD singles due to lack of demand for the product.The retailer said it would axe singles as stocks ran out and would instead sell CD albums at £7.97 each.“We're saying goodbye to one of the most important...
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Why FSA's fishy findings could cost the industry
The shocking thing about the FSA's findings is not the deception itself - there's clearly money to be made from passing cheaper fish off as its more expensive wild cousin. But rather that established major retailers, including Asda, Sainsbury's...
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New funds to drive growth of price comparison website
Price comparison website Mysupermarket.co.uk is set to bring in revenue for the first time - and is gearing up for a European roll-out next year.The site, which compares prices at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Ocado, and is claimed to...
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Isostar's boost for breakfast
Sports nutrition brand Isostar is muscling in on the breakfast cereal market.Isostar Power Breakfast Cereal will be on shelf in Waitrose, Asda and Morrisons stores this month initially, with other outlets to follow. A blend of...
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Asda sets the highest standards - Q&A and Availability
As Sheffield United drop out of the Premiership, workers at the city's Asda outlet in Handsworth can at least be buoyed by winning our Top Store award this week. The 120,000 sq ft supercentre offered a full Grocer 33 basket and displayed an...
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multiples activists or Windbags?
Supermarket chains are tripping over each other these days to stress their environmental credentials. In the words of Asda's Andy Bond, "green is the new black." Even Morrisons - never seen as the most proactive company - changed its daunting...
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Price Survey - 19th May 2007
Despite offering several of the lowest-priced products on the list, Asda is only the third cheapest retailer this week after Tesco and Morrisons lowered key prices to take first and second position respectively. The lettuce and syrup in Tesco's...
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asda's supply chain shapes up
David Cheesewright was only one year into his three-year term as chief operating officer at Wal-Mart Canada when the call came from Asda chief executive Andy Bond asking him to return home. Although he was reluctant to give up the "great...
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Asda gets potatoes direct from farms
Asda is repeating last year's experiment with locally sourced new potatoes in a handful of its stores.The first Cornish earlies were delivered direct into Asda's Falmouth store last week and are due to appear shortly at shops in Bodmin...
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Asda boosts Wal-Mart international sales
Wal-Mart’s international sales rose 13% to $6.4bn (£3.2bn) in April, boosted by Asda.The US retail giant, which owns Asda, said the supermarket chain had “contributed significantly” to the month.“The Asda stores generated increased...
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Asda launches mobile phone package
Asda has launched a pay-as-you-go mobile phone service called Asda Mobile.Calls cost from 8p per minute and texts from 5p each, and customers are charged the same price for calls to any mobile network or landline at any time of...
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Price Survey
While Asda and Tesco have been locked in a wrangle with one another to achieve the lowest prices, Morrisons has come from nowhere and undercut them both with a winning £55.89 basket. Although Morrisons' prices were generally similar to...
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Morrisons is green as 'it keeps us in the black'
Retailer green initiatives are 10-a-penny these days. There's Plan A from Marks & Spencer. Tesco has made a £500m green pledge. Now Asda is in a war on packaging, and Sainsbury's has its designer reusable bags.One supermarket conspicuous...
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Availability
ASDA Stowmarket, Suffolk1The Stowmarket Asda could have been cleaner, our shopper said. Although the staff were helpful when providing assistance, our shopper was mistakenly charged for grapefruit rather than oranges. The red...