Archive of all Asda articles – Page 173

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    Asda and Sainsbury slug it out

    2003-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury is still holding onto second place in our TradeTrak survey, despite the latest TNS Superpanel data showing that Asda has overtaken JS and secured second place for the first time in the four weeks to July 20.The disparity is...

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    Opinion

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    >>Britain’s top retailer continues to extend its lead over rivalsWhile everybody has rightly been focusing this week on the fact that Asda has finally overtaken Sainsbury to occupy the number two spot in the supermarket league table,...

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    The Saturday Essay

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    >>Colin Breed, Liberal Democrat MP South East Cornwall, ON WHY RETAILER POWER MUST BE CURBEDThe recent news of Asda’s 30,000sq ft expansion of a Sheffield supermarket caused me some anger and frustration. Since Asda’s absorption into...

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    The Saturday Essay

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    >>An industry mantra that smacks of Ratner…Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City UniversityBit by bit, the enormity of the obesity problem is being realised in Britain. Last week retailers, including Tesco and Asda, were up...

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    No fun in the sun with Asda

    2003-07-26T00:00:00Z

    England and Wales haveve recorded the hottest June since 1976 so sun tan products are a good area of focus for the multiples, where 20% of the skus were on promotion, a higher percentage than the average for other categories.Our feature this...

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    Store location

    2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Ranked in order of cheapest full basket Asda Cramlington, Tyne & Wear £39.09 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 09.47 Time ...

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    Congested Asda pulls basket down

    2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Asda has checked in the cheapest full basket so far for The Grocer 33's new look shopping list at £39.09. The chain provided two of this week's five full baskets while Sainsbury took the Storewatch title for its customer service. A better deal on...

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    Chiefs: no GM appetite

    2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Bosses at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway have told the government that there is no real appetite for putting GM foods back on the shelves. In a meeting held at DEFRA on Wednesday, chief executives at the top four multiples told DEFRA secretary...

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    Chiefs: no GM appetite

    2003-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Bosses at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway have told the government that there is no real appetite for putting GM foods back on the shelves. In a meeting held at DEFRA on Wednesday, chief executives at the top four multiples told DEFRA...

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    What are your responsibilities?

    2003-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Asda's Stores in the Community strategy encourages staff to help the neighbourhood where their stores are locate. This can be done by fundraising events and other community projects. I also have a team which finds local sourcing opportunities. ...

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    Foreigners can forget it

    2003-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Asda is claiming to be the first retailer to stock British carrots all year round. Working with Scottish growers in Perthshire, Angus, and Aberdeenshire, the retailer said it had extended the home-grown season from 46 weeks of the year to 52....

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    Asda's basket full of accolades

    2003-06-27T00:00:00Z

    Asda has this week been named as the country’s favourite supermarket chain by consumers, ensuring it picked up The Grocer’s inaugural Gold Award for The Grocer of the Year. The award was based on research carried out by marketing information...

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    Drinks in a party mood

    2003-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has continued its upward movement and takes the number one spot, standing a full five percentage points ahead of Asda which has moved two places to number two. Tesco remains stable at number three. The success of Asda and Morrisons is...

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    Asda has announced it is to be the enabling development' be

    2003-06-21T00:00:00Z

    While the development will not be up and running until 2005, subject to planning permission, it looks like a great location for Asda. CACI predicts the store will turn into one of the company's top five based on turnover. While it is likely to...

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    Asda's RFID trials aid chain integrity

    2003-06-21T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-06-14T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-06-14T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-06-14T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-06-11T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-06-11T00:00:00Z

    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...