Latest Asda News and Analysis – Page 137
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Asda brings curry crops to home turf
Asda plans to make curry a truly British dish by growing the ingredients for a chicken tikka masala in the UK. To establish its green credentials, Asda will test new growing techniques and set aside land to produce the UK's first...
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Asda chiefs take action to improve stock availability
Asda has introduced measures to improve availability, after admitting levels fell in 2006 due to poor planning over the summer and a switch from bogofs to other types of promotion. This week, general store managers did their first week on...
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discounts go into overload
You only have to look in the national newspapers each day to realise how important, and widespread, food and drink promotions have become for the retailers. On one randomly selected day we found Asda selling tubes of Pringles at...
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Design chief for George homewares
Asda has appointed a general manager for design and trends for its George homewares range. Susie Gibson joined the retailer earlier this month from Marks & Spencer, where she was design coordinator for living areas. Her appointment...
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Funnyman Kay is on the road to Asda
Peter Kay could be the next comedian to find himself working in Asda as the retailer embarks on a drive to recruit Britain's funnymen and women to its new advertising campaign.Victoria Wood has already become a fully fledged Asda...
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Asda: shoppers like packaging reduction
Asda's pilot project to reduce packaging on fruit and veg has been a success with customers, the retailer told The Grocer this week. Feedback from shoppers showed they liked the "old-style greengrocer" effect created by selling fresh...
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Availability - 24 March 2007
Asda Oldbury, West Midlands 1 This store had no Radox Herbal Bath in stock but was tidy and free of shelf-stackers. Our shopper said the store was well-merchandised with helpful staff. A sufficient number of checkouts were open...
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Price Survey - 24 March 2007
Asda has provided the cheapest basket for the sixth week in a row. The retailer produced a £43.44 basket in The Grocer 33 pricing survey this week - this was thanks in part to promotional deals on Radox Herbal Bath and Kleenex For...
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A performance to be proud of
Asda has scooped this week's Top Store award yet again for providing a full basket and excellent customer service. The 44,000 sq ft Washington store in Tyne and Wear provided our shopper with everything on his list. The store was clean...
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Gangmaster probe launched by Tesco
Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have launched an investigation into the labour provided to one of its major vegetable suppliers, Bomfords. It follows a swoop by the Gangmaster Licensing Authority, which resulted in seven labour providers to...
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Ex-Asda men cook up Natural Kitchen
Two ex-Asda men are behind a new chain of organic grocery stores.The first Natural Kitchen store is set to open in London's Marylebone in May, with a second site earmarked for Spitalfields. The venture is the brain-child of...
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Availability
Asda Washington, Tyne and Wear0This store had no out of stocks and staff were attentive and eager to take our shopper to items he asked for. He said the store was well laid out and well signposted. There were a lot of packing...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
Our Top Store award winner this time last year was Asda in Maryhill, Glasgow. Manager Pauline Smith said most of the colleagues had grown up in the area, so they already knew the customers.One year on, Smith has left the 43,000...
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Price Survey - 17 March 2007
Yet again Asda is the cheapest retailer, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It provided the cheapest basket this week at £41.33 with some price cuts on basket items. Lettuce was 10p cheaper than the previous week...
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest retailer for the fourth time in as many weeks, with a £41.18 basket, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It was £2.20 cheaper than Tesco, which came in second-cheapest at £43.38. Morrisons and...
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest retailer for the fourth time in as many weeks, with a £41.18 basket, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It was £2.20 cheaper than Tesco, which came in second-cheapest at £43.38. Morrisons and...
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Q&A with Ray Jeans Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you tackle it? Our greatest challenge initially was bringing a new Asda store to a town that already has other supermarkets. There is a Sainsbury's and a Morrisons nearby and to begin with,...
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Q&A with Ray Jeans Manager of the Week
What is your greatest challenge and how do you tackle it? Our greatest challenge initially was bringing a new Asda store to a town that already has other supermarkets. There is a Sainsbury's and a Morrisons nearby and to begin with,...