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It's official - Asda is the best
Helen Gregory It's official - a new survey proves Wal-Mart's little brother is the UK's favourite store for range, price, service and availability. The survey by ACNielsen Homescan quizzed consumers about where they liked to shop. Most...
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Asda has been voted the nation's favourite store for the sec
The ACNielsen Homescan survey of 6,630 households in May quizzed consumers about where they liked to shop and asked them to choose between Asda, the Co-operative Group, Kwik Save, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury,...
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The Grocer 33 proves success of Asda EDLP strategy
Wal-Mart said The Grocer had proved Asda's EDLP strategy was working as it announced its second quarter results. Jay Fitzsimmons, Wal-Mart senior vice-president for finance, cited Asda as having received The Grocer 33 award for the lowest priced...
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Game on at Eastlands
Massive publicity from sponsoring the Commonwealth games helped Asda reach Christmas-sized sales figures at its latest supercentre in Manchester. Its largest store so far part of a regeneration project at Eastlands pulled in 80,000 people in...
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The retailers have a fine line to tread. To impress the conv
The major multiples are working hard to develop the market, not only with brands and innovative own label npd but also with merchandising. Asda health and beauty buyer Phil Hancock says the chain overtrades the market in male grooming and puts this...
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Morrisons dominates promotions with Somerfield at bottom of
Morrisons remains at the top of the retailer activity chart for a third week running, with 35.41% share of promotional space followed by Asda and Tesco respectively. Somerfield finished bottom of the table this week with a 4.53% share. Activity...
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Asda to opt for Techno
Asda is investing £2.4m in rolling out Techno-trollies', a new system which dramatically slashes the number of trollies stolen from stores. The multiple says that, after a successful trial in six outlets, it is rolling out the technology,...
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asda floors detractors
n Asda has built itself a king size test bed for the new concepts incorporated in its biggest store so far. Siân Harrington reports With 100,500 sq ft of sales space, the £45m Asda Wal-Mart supercentre in Eastlands, east Manchester, is the...
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Sainsbury slides while Asda climbs on the back of frozen mul
Morrisons remains at the top of the chart for the second week although Asda, in second place, has closed the gap between them quite dramatically and stands just two percentage points behind. Activity in Asda is most strongly focused on price...
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Asda making the space sweat in Walthamstow format
Asda will open its first food-only small store on Monday with a 17,000 sq ft outlet at Walthamstow, east London. The £4m store is the third in Asda's smaller store programme, key to the retailer's strategy given the difficulties of gaining planning...
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Asda gives fresh fuel to EDLP as it works for the best value
Siân Harrington Asda is ramping up its price Rollback strategy and de-ranging across all categories as it prepares a major push of its EDLP message to customers from next month. The multiple has been working with category captains and other...
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Morrisons profits from multibuys, Coke emerges as a cereal k
Morrisons once again reclaims the number one spot in the fascia chart with 30% of the observed activity compared with 24% last week. The increased share has forced Asda down to second position. Morrisons now stands 11 percentage points ahead and...
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Asda @t Home plans extras
Asda is exploring ways to utilise its home shopping delivery fleet to offer a mini backhauling exercise. Options being explored include a video or catalogue returns system. Asda @t Home head of trading Chris Hodgson said: "This is something for...
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SUMMER CRECHE FOR ASDA STAFF
Asda is experimenting with a summer holiday creche scheme for staff at its Ashton store in Manchester. Kids R Us @ Asda can cater for up to 32 children at a time at a cost of £10 a day each charged in half-day sessions of £5. An Asda ...
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Mr Morrison regrets he's unable to pack any more
Tesco at Coatbridge, in Strathclyde, beat off competition from Asda, Morrisons and Safeway to claim this week's cheapest full basket at £37.09. The Tesco team north of the border clocked up full marks on their operational duties, and provided the...
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And where the rest fell down
Asda Date of shopping trip: 28.6.02 Time taken in store: 60 mins Time of shopping trip: 13.03 Time taken at checkout: 11 mins ...
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And where the rest fell down
Asda Date of shopping trip: 7.6.02 Time taken in store: 85 mins Time of shopping trip: 11.05 Time taken at checkout: 5 mins ...
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And where the rest fell down
Asda Date of shopping trip: 12.7.02 Time taken in store: 83 minsHartlepool Time of shopping trip: 10.02 Time taken at checkout: 5 mins ...
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Tesco is to open a standalone Express c-store in East Witter
Sainsbury is launching a car insurance product as it powers up its financial services to ward off competitors such as Tesco, Asda and Marks and Spencer. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee has criticised DEFRA management as incapable...
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For stores not giving things away, Waitrose is cheapest
Waitrose in Brighton, Asda in Hartlepool and Somerfield in Ilkeston checked in full baskets this week. Technically, Asda had the cheapest basket but it failed to charge for the mushrooms and the cheese was cheaper than the price on the label....