Latest Asda News and Analysis – Page 177
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Budweiser Ice 24 x 330ml Price promotion £11.99 Gondol
Cadbury's Crunchie/Flake 6pk 50% extra free Gondola end Asda Cadbury's Timeout Bars 14 Buy one get one half price Gondola end Tesco Carlsberg Export 24 x 250ml ...
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Wal-Mart power has delivered unheard of prices in non-food'
Clive Beddall, Bentonville, Arkansas Wal-Mart's financial muscle is enabling Asda to offer UK consumers unbeatable bargains on non foods, chief operating officer Tony DeNunzio told international colleagues at the shareholders convention on...
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Drinks pile up on floor stacks for a World Cup and Jubilee j
An increase in activity in Safeway and Asda has reduced Morrisons lead for the second week running from 13 percentage points to eight. There are no changes in position in the chart this week, with Safeway and Asda remaining in positions two and...
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Asda retains unbroken record for best value
Sheila Eggleston Asda has trounced its rivals to become the best value supermarket chain for the fifth consecutive year, according to The Grocer 33 shopping basket survey. The company checked in 26 of the cheapest full baskets between June 2001...
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Asda retains grip on best value crown through five years of
Five years on from its launch, The Grocer 33 shopping survey has won huge respect from across the industry as the definitive barometer of supermarket pricing. Store chiefs lavished plaudits on the survey for its fifth birthday, praising it as...
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Asda is creating 1,250 warehouse and driver jobs and buildin
Marks & Spencer has paid out £60m in bonuses to staff. Chief executive Luc Vandevelde picked up £1.4m for meeting the company's "stretching financial targets". Irish ingredients and consumer foods giant Kerry Group said it was on track to deliver...
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Expensive on space, heavy on wastage and a constant headache
Certainly, its space has been eroded by new formats such as the serveovers with ready to go ethnic meals in Asda and Morrisons, rotisseries serving roasted poultry in Sainsbury, plus the extensive fresh food to go' counters in Safeway's larger new...
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Brands display chart mobility but Coca-Cola hangs on to that
Safeway has moved up the chart to second place, reducing Morrisons lead in the top spot to 13 percentage points and forcing Asda down to number three. The rest of the chart remains stable. Activity in Safeway focuses most heavily on the household...
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Budweiser Ice 10 x 330ml Price promotion £6.99 Floor s
Budweiser 24 x 330ml Price promotion £13.98 Side stack Asda Cadbury's Chocolate 200g 2 for £1.50 Side stack Asda Cadbury's Chocolate Football Price promotion £4.99 ...
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Ready rice for Patak's
Rice producer Westmill has teamed up with Patak's to add microwaveable ambient ready-cooked recipe rices to Patak's range. On shelf in Waitrose and Asda from next week and rolling out to other multiples, the new arrivals will give Patak's an extra...
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John Cummings, Asda bakery director
The industry needs to sell the positive side of bread. It's one of the biggest intended purchases in the store and it gets left behind because it's not sexy. To keep the market alive we have to concentrate on quality. We have to get across the...
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Good things stack up for alcoholic drinks as categories rema
Morrisons continues to lead the field in the fascia chart this week standing 15 percentage points ahead of Asda at number two. Safeway and Somerfield have each remained in the same positions as last week while Tesco moves up to number four, and...
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D emand for energy and sports drinks shows so sign of waning
But retailers still remain unprepared. Space hasn't been made available and lucrative sales have been lost. A Zenith survey in September 2001 found 62% of Tesco, 31% of Safeway, 18% of Sainsbury and 12% of Asda stores had shortages of brand leader...
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Tilda extends Rizazz brand with five premium sauces
Tilda is extending its Rizazz brand with the launch of a five-strong range of premium ambient sauces in pouches. In Waitrose, Sainsbury and Asda next week, the new arrivals join the brand's pre-cooked microwaveable flavoured rice range, which...
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Alcoholic drinks get high on floor stacks and household clea
Morrisons remains at the top of the fascia chart although Asda continues to close the gap, standing just two percentage points behind at number two. Tesco and Somerfield retain their positions from last week, while Safeway moves up the chart to...
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Edmonton extension plan
St Modwen has submitted a detailed planning application to the London Borough of Enfield for its proposed extension of the Edmonton Green shopping centre. The £50m project at the north London centre will contain an Asda store of around 65,000sq ft...
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Asda comes up cheapest despite overcharging our shopper twic
A lack of congestion and an abundance of special offers was a pleasant change this week. Our shopper visited the new Safeway at Reddish and was impressed with all the extra features such as its noodle bar. Meanwhile improvements to Sainsbury's...
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There's bunching in the field after Morrisons and drinks spr
Morrisons sits at the top of the fascia chart but again it's lead has been reduced as Asda moves up into second position followed by Sainsbury which comes in at number three. Tesco and Safeway have both moved down the chart, although there are...
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Scottish RDC is designed to spur Safeway to no 1
Anne Bruce Safeway plans to open a new regional distribution centre in its traditional Scottish stronghold as it vies with Tesco and Asda to be the region's number one food retailer. Safeway logistics director Lawrence Christensen said that...
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Buying in all categories except meat, fruit and veg and cert
Asda is nearing completion of a transfer of its Asda@tHome home shopping operations from depot to store. It has upgraded all 13 stores and is scaling up the range of delivery slots. Sainsbury this week opened its 36th Local store in Battersea...