Archive of all Asda articles – Page 181

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    Asda fanfares million new shoppers a year

    2002-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Asda is pulling in a million new shoppers through its doors a year as it opens new stores and improves its offer, according to chief operating officer Tony de Nunzio. The chain's stores were so busy, he said, that Asda's biggest challenge was...

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    Alarms bells that hacked off Asda

    2002-07-06T00:00:00Z

    They say never work with animals, children and, er, journalists. And they are right. If we are around, things are bound to go wrong. Your PowerPoint presentation will not work, for instance, or your food demo will end in disaster. Pity poor old...

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    Congestion and elusive stock add up to week of headaches

    2002-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Hunt the product was a game giving our shoppers the biggest headache this week. At Asda bacon was on offer but the shelf where it should have been was bare. By a sheer fluke, our shopper spotted a whole stack in a completely different area where...

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    Morrisons bows to Asda while Stella topples top brand Coke

    2002-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons is finally ousted from the top of the fascia chart as Asda steals ahead by three percentage points to take the number one spot. Asda continues with a particularly strong alcoholic drinks section, most noticeably featuring price promotions...

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    Asda impresses at Eastlands and it also comes in cheapest

    2002-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The new Asda at Eastlands certainly won over our shopper this week. It supplied the cheapest full basket at £37.20 and would have been 20p cheaper if its regular eight-rasher pack of bacon had been stocked. Inside an amazing range of food and non...

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    DEFRA won't accept defeat in Asda produce tussle

    2002-06-29T00:00:00Z

    DEFRA has blasted reports that Asda's High Court victory over EU regulations on fruit and veg was a "victory for common sense". DEFRA took Asda to Portsmouth Magistrates Court last November, accusing it of breaking EU marketing rules by selling...

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    PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

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    PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

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    PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

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    PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

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    PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

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    PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

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    Price and availability

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

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    Promotions all too successful and new stores are shown off

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Only three full baskets were checked in this week and Asda had the cheapest at £37.10. Special promotions were responsible for two out of stocks in our weekly shop. There was no 100g Nescaf頡t Waitrose because the 15%-off deal had wiped...

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    Asda leapfrogs Safeway to No 2 spot,Coke thrives on multibuy

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons remains top of the stores chart although its lead has been cut once again, with Asda just a little over two percentage points behind in second place, and Safeway a further three percentage points behind in third place. Tesco, Sainsbury...

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    Budweiser Ice 24 x 330ml Price promotion £11.99 Gondol

    2002-06-15T00:00:00Z

    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'

    2002-06-08T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

    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...