Archive of all Asda articles – Page 140
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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...
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In Brief: Asda opens hubs; Energy efficiency; Tesco 'most trusted'
Asda opens hubs
Asda is to open five new local sourcing hubs before the end of the year in Nottingham, Leicestershire, West Midlands, Cornwall and Yorkshire. These will reduce food miles by 1.6 million, the company… -
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First Milk wins Asda regional cheese deal
Asda has signed First Milk on an 18-month contract to supply regional cheese, despite speculation that it was looking to switch manufacturers.The deal covers more than 20,000 tonnes of cheese from the dairy co-op's three creameries at...
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Asda's 9% growth fastest of big four
Sales growth rates at Asda and Sainsbury's are at their highest levels for three years, according to TNS Worldpanel.Asda's 9% sales growth was the fastest of the big four, closely followed by Sainsbury's and Tesco's, which both grew by...
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Asda saves seven million road miles
Asda has claimed its local distribution network, which delivers locally sourced products to its stores, has saved an estimated seven million road miles in five years.The initiative, which has been operating for five years, has 10 hubs across...
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Time to go green (...and yellow)
Morrisons finally got its ecological act together this week and outlined its environmental commitments in its first-ever corporate responsibility report.Until now, it had been letting rivals Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Marks & Spencer...
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Two-hour delivery slots too long, say shoppers
Tesco and Asda's two-hour delivery time slots could be putting them at a disadvantage compared with their rivals, according to research. Tesco and Asda offer two-hour slots, while Waitrose Deliver, Ocado and Sainsbury's all offer...
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Fairtrade sales hit by big four's banana war
The eruption of another banana price war between the multiples has attracted criticism from aid groups who claim it damages Fairtrade sales.Asda slashed the price of loose bananas by 17p to just 68p/kg last week. And a few days later...