Latest Asda News and Analysis – Page 169
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Asda's RFID trials aid chain integrity
Asda has revealed initial results of a Home Office sponsored trial on radio frequency identification technology conducted last year. In the three-month project, the first trial anywhere of RFID at item level, more than 7,000 CDs from EMI were...
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Asda@tHome compensation order
Asda has been ordered to pay compensation to 68 staff members following the closure of its Croydon Asda@tHome depot in 2002. The employees were told their jobs at the depot would be lost in January last year and they were given 90 days' pay. ...
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Gold for Asda, Booths
Siân Harrington Shoppers have named Asda the country's favourite supermarket retailer as part of a new awards scheme launched by this magazine. As you will read on page 38 of this week's issue, the grocer of the year award in association...
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Asda has this week been named as the country's favourite sup
Shoppers were asked to rank retailers as best or second best on five key attributes: price, range, quality, service and shelf stocks. They were asked to choose between Asda, the Co-op, Kwik Save, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Safeway,...
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Asda goes for local drive
The new Asda in Crawley, West Sussex – to open in August – is appealing for businesses in the area to come forward with local products that they think shoppers want to be sold at the store.Store manager John Ponsford said: "Stocking products...
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Asda looks to simply George
Asda is to open and trial two standalone George clothing stores this September.The stores, which will be set up in Leeds and Croydon in spaces of about 10,000 sq ft, will be trialled for at least a year before any further shops are...
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raising the
availability stakes Congratulations to Asda and Morrisons for scooping the top accolades in our annual review of The Grocer 33 weekly shopping survey. You will notice from our reports that we are not just recognising which retailer is best...
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The beautiful gain
Can supermarkets escape the out-of-town planning stranglehold by piggybacking on stadium developments? Liz Hamsom assesses breakthroughs by Asda and Tesco.It should have been the perfect signing. When it became obvious cash-strapped football...
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Brands are churning
Morrisons leaps to the top of the chart from fifth place, closely followed by Asda which moves up from fourth place to second and less than one percentage point stands between them. Tesco, Safeway and Sainsbury's all drop by two places. ...
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Asda cut up over Parma ham
Asda has lost its long-running battle to sell Parma ham under the Parma brand, when the meat is sliced and packaged in the Britain.The European Court of Justice has ruled that Parma ham can only be sliced in the region where they are...
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Asda shines in tough market
Anne Bruce Asda continues to clock up strong sales growth and grab market share from rivals, it emerged this week, while Safeway and Somerfield are struggling to make any headway in a tough sector. Wal-Mart said first quarter like-for-like...
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Revolution for Asda network
Asda says it is revolutionising its distribution network with a £200m cash injection for new distribution facilities and changes to its recycling process. Asda's distribution director David Gibbons said a one million sq ft national distribution...
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Asda boost for Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart singled Asda out for praise as it reported “disappointing” overall sales in the first quarter of 2003.Asda’s like-for-like sales growth for the quarter was in the upper mid-single digits, excluding petrol, and in the mid-single...
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New Halal range at Asda
Asda has launched a new range of Halal chicken. The retailer, along with Green Label Foods, has launched the range under the Green Label brand into 51 stores in Muslim areas across the UK. The range, in stores now, includes whole skin-on...
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One thing was certain after Messrs Leahy, DeNunzio, Morrison
All this spelt good news for consumers, we were told especially those cruelly denied the opportunity to sample Asda's prices or Morrisons' "unique offer" through an accident of geography. For all the emphasis on price, however, supermarket...
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Asda man to jack it in for Boots
Asda has lost its chief financial officer, Richard Baker, to high street chemist Boots.Baker will take up his new role as chief executive of the high street retailer and chemist from September 15.Current CEO at Boots, Steve Russell,...
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Push for home-grown
Ed Bedington A leading UK retailer has pledged its support to British farmers with the launch of a new campaign. Asda used its annual farming conference last week to launch a Buy British' campaign to promote its range of British meat,...
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The main supermarket retailers have failed to improve their
While Ocado continues to outperform the rest of the market and Waitrose offered a very good service, Sainsbury, Asda and Iceland have yet again proved to be unable to deliver a half-decent experience, while Tesco has niggles. Difficulties in...
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Asda ups its Scottish carrots
Asda is to do away with foreign imports of carrots at its stores by doubling the amount of the vegetable it sources from Scotland this year.Produce manager at Asda, John Shoesmith, said by working with growers in Scotland over the last three...
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When the founder of modern meteorology Professor Irving Kric
As the DIY chains frantically marked down their barbecues last June in a bid to shift stock after a dismal May, bosses at Asda held firm, and waited for the sun to come out again. Which it did, exactly when they predicted it would, thanks to...