Latest Asda News and Analysis – Page 165
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Tesco expands in Scotland
Tesco has opened its largest store in Scotland and its first to offer self-scan checkouts north of the border.Tesco Extra in Cumbernauld will compete with a nearby Asda to offer shoppers a 24-hour service. Meanwhile, Asda has won...
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Playing the field
n Carrying on like this, Asda is clearly thinking of partnering up with someone, some day. Andrew Pring wonders why the engagements keep collapsing In its ability to surprise rivals and observers alike, Asda is the joker in the retail pack. Last...
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City: ‘Savacentre is not working’
Sainsbury has sold its 71,000 sq ft Savacentre in Basildon to Asda and ruled out any new openings under the brand until it can get the non-food right. The move follows the sale of the Stockton Savacentre last year and the recent downsizing of...
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Asda gets price cutting
Asda became the latest multiple to announce a round of new year price cuts this week.Following the £70m of cuts announced by Tesco on January 5, Asda said it was taking £85m off prices, including £2m of cuts to offset VAT on 200 medicines. The...
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Asda says it’s standing by Saltire
A tartan labelling war has broken out between a political party and Asda.The Scottish National Party has accused Asda of ditching its Scottish credentials in sourcing its premium beef products, a claim hotly denied by the Wal-Mart...
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New Asda will be in bottom 20%
Asda’s 265th store was completed in Stevenage in December. The store represents an investment of £45m and forms part of the new Stevenage Centre, one of the biggest capital build projects for post-16 further education in the UK. Asda provided £20m...
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Asda to drive down prices
Asda has chopped the VAT from its cold and cough remedies as part of an £85m price cutting package for the first three months of the year.Trading director at Asda, Angela Spindler, said: “Our customers don't see why they have to pay VAT on...
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Best-ever share for Asda at Christmas
This week sees the launch of our new TradeTrak market share barometer using ACNielsen’s Homescan Panel.Each month we will measure retailers’ market shares based on total till purchases bought into the home by an in-home scanning panel of 10,000...
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Six of the best jams and spreads buyers
>>nominated this monthbuyer, desserts and bakery, asdaCarswell joined Asda eight years ago as a home economist for the Asda brand. She then became a produce buyer before moving into a marketing manager role. This was...
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Asda rings up record festive sales
Asda said it rang up 18 million transactions in the week before Christmas and that 38 customers-a-second went through its checkouts on December 23.The UK’s second largest grocer said a record 252 of its 265 stores broke the £1m sales barrier...
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Review of the year
Sir Ken Morrison passed the post with his £3bn bid for Safeway. Asda leapfrogged Sainsbury to No 2 spot.Anger turned to active protest as symbol groups united over paypoint margins. Tobacco ads were banned. The food...
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The world has changed
Even if one puts Morrisons’ swoop on Safeway to one side, the year was marked by constant upheaval with both retail and supply sides remaining hellbent on consolidation. As Asda’s star rose, Sainsbury struggled to leave behind poor relation...
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New year brings new battles
Most food retailers have taken the windfall sales opportunities that Christmas offers. As ACNielsen has indicated since summer, there has been a momentum building within Tesco, Asda and latterly Morrisons that takes these retailers into 2004 with a...
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Asda sprouts campaign
Asda has named Longwell Green in Bristol Britain’s sprout-eating capital, whose residents on average eat 85 sprouts per week. The chain’s store in Longwell Green sells 621,675 sprouts each week. Last week, Safeway claimed...
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Destined to be a top performer
Asda has chosen a great location for another new concept store which it believes will fall into CACI’s top 10% of stores for total turnover and sales densities.The store, in Sutton, Surrey, is large at 47,500 sq ft but located in a town centre...
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JS leads cuts with Courage
Sainsbury has fired the latest salvo in the Christmas beer pricing war with big cuts across Scottish Courage brands.In an attempt to differentiate itself from Asda and Tesco, both using Stella and Carlsberg as their lead deals, the retailer has...
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Asda lever ‘won’t hit’ Morrisons
A proposal by Asda to buy 70 Safeway stores will not deter Morrisons from making a bid for the beleaguered supermarket group within days, according to industry sources.Asda refused to confirm or deny the latest development, but sources close to...
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Geest forms Asda import alliance
Geest has formally announced plans to join forces with another supplier to exclusively supply Asda with imported produce.The move will see the UK’s second largest retailer sourcing its imported produce through a sole importer.In a...
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Geest to simplify supply chain
Geest is to form a new business to combine its English village salads (EVS) sold at Asda and Thames Fruit, which imports citrus fruits and melons to the supermarket. The aim of the new business – NewCo – is to simplify the supply chain for...
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Non-food is pivotal
Tis the season to be merry for Tesco and Asda whose superior non-food offers will give them the edge, says Sean McAllisterThe City and retail analysts are predicting both Tesco and Asda will have a bumper Christmas. In fact both...