Asda news and analysis – Page 176
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Star Buyer: Chris Silcock
>>buyer for men’s toiletries, deodorants and dental care, AsdaSilcock returned to Asda to work in the BWS and snacking supply chain after travelling round the world for a year. He originally joined Asda as a trading assistant after...
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Tesco faces pay militancy
Tesco has become the latest supermarket to be hit by the on-going unrest among distribution workers and unions.Asda and Morrisons distribution centres have already been caught up in various pay and employment disputes for months and now the...
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Online service still lagging
Asda has a long way to go if it is to challenge Tesco’s dominance of online grocery, according to The Grocer’s latest online shopping survey.The number two retailer is currently investing heavily in its online offer in a bid to double its...
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Asda distribution staff set to strike next week
Asda distribution workers have voted to go on a three-day strike next week over pay issues.Two thirds of GMB members at the Washington distribution centre voted to take strike action from Wednesday, July 27, after rejecting Asda’s pay offer....
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Asda’s ITsystems ‘slow’
An extraordinary war of words has broken out between Asda and Sainsbury over which of them has the best IT systems.The row was sparked by Angela Morrison, Sainsbury’s new director of information systems, who joined the chain from Asda in March....
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Asda on track for NI expansion
Asda has gained planning permission for four development sites for new stores in Northern Ireland as it gets under way with growth plans for the province.Three of these will replace existing Safeway stores, in Ballyclare, Enniskillen and...
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Unions gun for Asda over jobs
Asda faces the threat of an employment tribunal following its axing of 1,400 head office and store management jobs.The GMB union claimed that the manner in which Asda had carried out the cuts was in breach of employment law because there was no...
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Cheesewright, Clarke returning to Asda fold
David Cheesewright and Andy Clarke are returning to the Asda fold as the number two retailer aims to become a leaner, meaner fighting machine.
Asda president Andy Bond drafted in the duo after admitting this week that the company had “got a bit… -
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Asda ups ante in price war
Fiona McLellandAsda is seizing the initiative in the battle on price in a bid to retain the upper hand over arch rival Tesco. The number two retailer was already following up its eighth successive Grocer 33 pricing survey win with a...
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Ocado joins online war
Ocado has jumped into the escalating battle for online customers with a flier campaign offering £15 off first-time shoppers’ baskets when they spend more than £75. Asda recently stepped up the competition with a run of incentive schemes, such...
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Tesco pulls ahead of the competition
Tesco has snatched the crown away from Asda and become Britain’s Favourite Supermarket – and also won two other accolades in this year’s awards. Siân Harrington reportsIt has been judged The Grocer of the Year for two years running by...
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C-sector: don’t scrap Sunday trading rules
The convenience retail sector is up in arms over calls for Sunday trading rules for large stores to be scrapped.Tesco and Asda both support the proposed relaxation of rules, which could end the limited six-hour Sunday opening times for stores...
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Switching on to electronics
Cutting-edge consumer electronics is being targeted as a key driver of growth for Asda’s general merchandise business, according to non-food trading director Tony Page.As part of that strategy, Asda has introduced Wal-Mart’s Durabrand range,...
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Small but perfectly formed?
In April, Asda opened a new store in Dyfed, South Wales. The new 16,000 sq ft Pembroke Dock store is smaller than Asda’s average 50,000 sq ft size store. However, despite its size, Asda has taken a bold move to stock both a food and a non-food...
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Growth tactics? Simple!
Asda president Andy Bond spells out his agenda to Julian HuntAndy Bond is in bullish mood. With sales and market share slipping in recent months, an apparent shift in promotional strategy now under way and difficulties finding new...
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Asda is still the champion
Ronan HegartyIt’s official: Asda has emerged as the UK’s cheapest supermarket for an amazing eighth year in a row. The result means that Asda has won the award every year since we launched The Grocer 33 shopping survey in 1997.It met some...
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Cheesewright to return to Asda from Canada
Andy Bond has called for the return of his former logistics director David Cheesewright one year after he departed to become Wal-Mart Canada’s chief operating officer.Asda has not confirmed which role Cheesewright will take up, but spokesman...
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Asda boosts organic and local
Organic and locally produced fruit and vegetables are to be at the heart of Asda’s plans for its fresh produce aisle.The retailer will increase the number of lines from 25 to 39 in July and 44 in September. Catherine Fay, marketing manager...
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Wal-Mart eyes Republic
Wal-Mart already has its eyes on a move into the Irish Republic following Asda’s acquisition of 12 Safeways from Morrisons in Northern Ireland this week.Speaking to The Grocer before the annual shareholders’ convention in Bentonville,...