Archive of all Asda articles – Page 150
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Asda delivers Bounty baby-care packs
Asda is to be the first supermarket to distribute Bounty baby product sample packs. From September, almost one million Mums-to-Be and Baby's Progress packs will be handed out to new and prospective parents at stores. The packs have...
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Hodgson to replace Megson at Waitrose
Richard Hodgson, brand and marketing director for Asda, has been appointed as the replacement for Angela Megson as director of buying for Waitrose.Hodgson takes up his new role in the autumn. He has worked at Asda for a number of years...
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Risk to drivers leads to disruption in deliveries
Asda and Sainsbury are to pull online deliveries in areas across the country where drivers feel intimidated, following a move by both supermarkets to drop the service in parts of Edinburgh this month.They have both stopped delivering to...
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Buyers' views Thumbs up... but some reservations
Andrew Palfrey general manager frozen food, Asda"We are always keen to support commercially viable NPD. If the new range had real appeal to customers' desires to lead healthy lifestyles, and the right level of marketing support,...
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Availability
Asda Kirkintilloch Road, Glasgow1Own label fresh penne pasta and 300g bottles of Johnson's baby lotion are not sold at Asda's Bishopbrigs store in Glasgow. Our shopper was only able to collect 30 items as the store was also out of stock...
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Asda trials return of butcher counter
Asda is introducing old-style butchery departments into five of its stores as a pilot scheme after customers called for the return of the fresh meats counter.Comments posted in-store bemoaned the lack of cuts of meat from qualified...
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Asda reveals sub-branding for George
Asda is rolling out its pricing sub-brands across its newly re-named George Home range.The products, which were launched under the brand in April, are now to be packaged as Smart Price for value items, George for mid-tier goods...
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Asda slammed by disabled drivers
Disability rights campaigners are accusing supermarkets of ignoring the needs of disabled customers at self-service petrol stations.Mobilise, a disabled drivers charity, said the provision of assistance to disabled drivers requiring fuel...
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Pricing gap
The pricing gap between the top four supermarkets is particularly narrow this week, with just 66p separating the fourth cheapest supermarket from first place.The cost of our 33 items from Asda came to £41 - once again, the lowest-priced...
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How can we wash away the bland shopping experience?
Call it what you will - sleep-shopping, range blindness or, as Asda's ?Andy Bond rightly put it, "bland, amorphous, sameness" - retailers and manufacturers face a clear and present danger. Shoppers want to spend less time in store than ten years...
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Union again getting picky with Asda
Asda may have averted a five-day strike over collective bargaining rights among distribution workers last week, but issues over depot pick rates are unresolved. The GMB is concerned that Asda wants to raise pick rate levels following the...
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Price Survey
Asda's decision to join Tesco and Waitrose in raising the price of its own label milk has had little impact on its position as the UK's cheapest supermarket, according to The Grocer 33's latest survey. Both Asda and Morrisons have...
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Dodgers has a cheeky side
Jammie Dodgers is showing its cheeky side with its latest limited edition flavour. Cheeky Mango was launched into Asda stores this month and is the prize-winning flavour from brand owner Burton's Foods' Design a Dodger competition, which...
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Peace breaks out in Asda v. GMB tussle
Asda stores rushed in extra stock to cope with a threatened five-day depot strike, called off at the 11th hour on Thursday. Asda president Andy Bond met the GMB union on Wednesday in order to thrash out collective bargaining...
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Farmers relieved by Asda milk price hike
Turbulence in the dairy industry continued this week with Asda slashing the shelf price of its British Cheddar cheese by 27% and simultaneously reversing its March price cut on liquid milk. Dairy Crest also cut the price it pays farmers...
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The scouts are right: always be prepared
It was sighs all around at Asda House on Thursday when a five-day strike by warehouse staff, due to have started yesterday, was called off. But although the multiple managed to avoid major disruption over one of the busiest sporting...
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Asda strike called off
A potential five-day strike among workers at 20 of Asda's distribution centres has been called off.Last week, members of the GMB union at 20 Asda distribution centres across the UK voted for a five-day strike in a long-running dispute over...
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Self-checkout
Self-checkout is the most exciting growth area in customer-facing retail IT, with the majority of the world's leading food retailers trialling or rolling out systems. Self-checkout pioneers include Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, Auchan, Casino and...
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Self-checkout
Self-checkout is the most exciting growth area in customer-facing retail IT, with the majority of the world&'s leading food retailers trialling or rolling out systems. Self-checkout pioneers include Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, Auchan,...
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Huntly brands Asda an 'arrogant bully'
Asda has been accused of acting like an "arrogant bully" in a Scottish town, just months after it used a new store to launch a loyalty scheme to encourage customers to shop with other local businesses. Its...