Asda news and analysis – Page 35
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NewsAsda launches standalone Express convenience format
The retailer plans a further 30 sites, creating about 500 new roles, next year
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NewsAsda faces double strike threat but denies shoppers face Christmas shortages
The GMB today revealed it was set to ballot members working as home delivery drivers after learning of management plans to cut drivers’ pay.
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Comment & OpinionSuccess of Asda’s Just Essentials shows how quickly shopper behaviour is changing
The number of Asda shoppers buying one of the new Just Essentials lines has risen from 33% to “nearly two thirds” in the space of one month
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Own-Label Awards 2022: the winners
Here we celebrate the winners from all the accredited products, showcasing the best across 17 categories, from alcohol to Christmas
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NewsAsda is back in the game and its Just Essentials range is playing a big part in that
Source: Our Creative Asda is leading the charge on value among traditional supermarkets. And it’s working. Total grocery sales have grown 4.5% in the latest 12-week period, attracting an additional 417,000 customers compared to last year [Kantar, 12 w/e 2 October]. This is significant growth, given sales ...
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NewsAldi accelerating its gains from other major supermarkets including Lidl
Aldi is also causing particular pain for Morrisons
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NewsAsda defends pay record as union claims staff face Christmas food poverty
Its basic pay stands at £10.10 an hour, compared to Sainsbury’s £10.25, Tesco’s £10.30, and Aldi’s £10.50
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NewsAsda unveils winter offer of £1 soup and free tea for over-60s
Asda has launched the deal to run alongside its ‘Kids eat for £1’ offer, which launched in late June
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NewsPrinces enters mixers with trio of blended juice drinks
The drinks are intended to be mixed with alcohol or enjoyed by themselves over ice
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NewsSpreads and cereals brand Rogue enters insolvency after losing Asda listings
Rogue’s founder Asher Flowers said the fmcg industry needed to ‘really level the playing field of what access there is to investment in black-owned business’
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NewsLidl and Aldi’s store opening programmes facing barrage of rival planning objections
With shoppers switching to the discounters in their droves due to the cost of living crisis, the objections are thwarting their ability to serve yet more
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NewsPersonal shopper app Buymie strikes first non-grocery partnership
Woodie’s, the Irish market leader in DIY, home and garden, will launch the ‘Woodie’s powered by Buymie’ service on 10 October
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NewsFuel10K challenges Quaker Oats with instant porridge sachets launch
The new format provided ‘a quick, delicious and economical option’ amid the cost of living crisis
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Comment & OpinionWhat Asda has learned from its sustainability store trials
Asda has learned a lot about how to operationalise a completely different way of retailing, says director of sustainable commercial activities Susan Thomas
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Grocer 33Inflation numbers less scary in latest basket as Asda comes in cheapest
On average, supermarket prices were up 9.6% compared with the same week in 2021 while prices edged up by just 0.9% month on month
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Grocer 33Helpful staff boost scores as Asda Cheltenham lands the winning spot
Our shopper praised the “friendly, polite and helpful” service and “easy to shop” store
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Grocer 33Asda Cheltenham: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘There’s lots of brilliant moments at Asda. Probably one is working with some of my mentors over the years’
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NewsAsda expands availability of wayfinding app for blind shoppers
Integration with the GoodMaps app was first trialled by Asda in December last year at its innovation test bed store in Stevenage
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NewsMr Kipling adds trio of posh brownies
The innovations would meet the ‘growing demand for evening indulgence’, said Mr Kipling
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NewsAldi winning share from supermarket online operations
Online made up 11.6% of the market in the 12 weeks to 4 September – its lowest share since June 2020 – while accounting for 19.4% of the spend that switched from Tesco to Aldi over the period