Asda news and analysis – Page 3
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KVI TrackerValentine’s Day chocolates get pricier as cocoa shortfall kicks in
Out of 237 gifting lines available this year and last, 181 (76.4%) have risen in price
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NewsUK’s top three supermarkets shunning X as retreat grows
So far in 2025, Sainsbury’s and Asda have joined Tesco in not posting on X except in reply to customers
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NewsAsda must restore revenue growth to avoid credit derating, Moody’s warns
Chairman Allan Leighton must fix the operational issues plaguing the chain in the coming months to avoid any further declines in its credit rating
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NewsSupermarkets and drinks companies submit bid to run deposit return scheme
Retailers have also urged ministers to take a step back because of the risk of the costs of DRS pushing up prices as the UK faces renewed pressure on food inflation
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NewsAsda launches digital in-store sampling machine
The sample vending machine was a ‘first to market innovation’ the supermarket said
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NewsPromotions boost supermarket sales in January
Supermarkets kept shoppers spending after Christmas by offering a raft of promotions as take-home sales rose by 4.3% in January
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NewsFrylight adds Air Fryer pure oil spray to tap growing shopper trend
The NPD responds to the growing popularity of air fryers, with 58% of Brits now using one
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Comment & OpinionWhy Asda’s £1.2bn equal pay ruling could hit UK retail hard
The latest twist on the equal pay legal action brought against Asda found there was a ‘mixed picture’ over the comparability of store and warehouse roles
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NewsAsda pay discrimination case: union claims ‘historic’ breakthrough but thousands of cases are struck out
The tribunal ruled over the cases of 14 “lead claimants” who are representing workers across the different Asda roles
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Allan Leighton’s price push roll back the years for Asda?
Asda has unveiled 4,000 price cuts and a heavyweight marketing push – but its discounter price match scheme has been dropped
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Grocer 33Asda cheapest in Grocer 33 and that’s before renewed Rollback
Asda took the win despite the basket being 2.7% more expensive than in January 2024
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KVI TrackerBiscuit prices rocket by as much as 60% due to ingredient inflation
As many as 200 biscuit lines have risen in price in the traditional big four and Aldi this month
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NewsAsda vows to be ‘cheapest’ as it brings back Rollback prices
The retailer is set to launch a new heavyweight advertising campaign fronted by Joe Wicks
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NewsMorrisons boss refuses to rule out more job cuts
Baitiéh said Morrisons had already saved £600m in cost savings and productivity in the past two years, but said that process was now being expanded
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NewsAF Blakemore sales drop 4.6% after losing major supply deal with EG Group to Asda
AF Blakemore said positive actions on high-margin categories and cost control meant adjusted EBITDA increased by 52% from £19.3m to £29.4m
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NewsMedia Bites 29 January: Rachel Reeves speech, Diageo, WH Smith and Starbucks
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will give a speech later this morning
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NewsAsda survey exposes divide in UK shopper spending power
Asda found more than 60% of UK households in its survey saw their disposable incomes fall going into 2025
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NewsAsda ends its Aldi and Lidl price match scheme
Asda has ended its Aldi and Lidl price match scheme, as it plans to launch a major new Rollback campaign of price cuts
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NewsHundreds of supermarkets forced to shut as Storm Éowyn ravages UK
Major supermarkets have closed swathes of stores across large parts of the country which are subject to a Met Office red weather warning
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NewsDavid Lepley returns to Asda in chief supply chain officer role as Leighton rebuild continues
Prior to joining Morrisons he spent 11 years at Asda, where he began stacking shelves at its Grantham store before rising to the position of VP online operations