Asda news and analysis
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NewsAllan Leighton confirmed as a speaker at LIVE 2026
Allan Leighton will be interviewed at the London event on his Asda masterplan, as well as his long and storied career in retail
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NewsAsda fined £640,000 for selling out-of-date food in Wales
Trading Standards officers found 115 items, including some that were more than two weeks out of date, at Asda’s Leckwith and Pentwyn stores in Cardiff
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NewsAsda, Morrisons and Co-op retail media partner SMG names new CEO
Katie Streeter Hurle has been promoted from chief strategy officer to CEO, following the promotion of Sam Knights to CEO of SMG’s parent company Next 15
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NewsUnion letter to Asda boss accuses supermarket of ‘immoral’ tactics over pay
A letter from GMB national officer Nadine Houghton to Allan Leighton says the union recognises he has a strong understanding of the role staff will have to play in Asda’s turnaround, but that Asda’s employment practices have yet to back that up
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Grocer 33Asda sweeps two out of two lowest price wins at start of Grocer 33 year
After winning back the annual Grocer 33 Price competition at the Grocer Gold Awards this week, Asda has picked up where it left off
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Analysis & FeaturesAre retailers’ ‘big brother tactics’ a step too far?
As rates of retail crime continue to rise and police fail to respond, retailers are turning to facial recognition technology
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NewsFuel10k adds yogurt and granola pots in next stage of NPD push
The non-HFSS lines provide 20g protein per serve
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NewsM&S Food appoints former Asda strategy boss as head of business improvement
The new hire spent 27 years at Asda, most recently as senior manager for strategy and transformation
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NewsAsda in redundancy talks as it merges store management roles
Asda is in redundancy talks as its section manager and trading manager roles are being combined into a new simplified store-based role
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NewsLidl takes Grocer of the Year in glittering Grocer Gold Awards 2025
Lidl won the top award on a night in which the likes of Tesco CEO Ken Murphy, Asda store manager Shaun Parker and Bold Bean Co founder Amelia Christie-Miller were also honoured
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Events & AwardsAmbitious & approachable: Shaun Parker captains the ‘beast’ of Asda Boldon
Shaun Parker loves a challenge. Whether it’s a 70-mile ultramarathon along Hadrian’s Wall or managing Asda’s biggest store in the north of England, he approaches them with the same dedication and enthusiasm
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Events & Awards
The Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Grocer 33 - Price
Asda stormed back to reclaim its Grocer 33 price crown this year – and by quite some margin
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NewsAsda distribution centre managers get vote on union recognition
More than 1,000 salaried employees working in 23 depots across the UK will take part in a ballot on whether they want GMB to be their recognised union
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NewsAsda slams union claims over low staff pay and minimum wage rules
The GMB union claimed that despite hourly pay rising to £12.45 per hour from 6 July, Asda staff were still lagging behind workers at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Lidl
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Grocer 33Asda pips Tesco in first price comparison of new Grocer 33 year
At £65.28, Asda’s basket was just 38p (0.6%) cheaper than Tesco’s in the first pricing survey of the new Grocer 33 year
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NewsAsda extends family support with major new staff benefits
The new benefits are a ‘significant enhancement’ to Asda’s previous offer, doubling paternity leave and extending existing pregnancy loss support beyond the normal statutory leave and pay
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NewsAsda launches golden raspberries into UK stores
The berries will be available for a limited window, while the crop lasts, in Asda stores
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Comment & OpinionHow supermarkets have been nudging healthier choices for years
Supermarkets have been slowly increasing sales of healthy food for years, but now the stakes have risen, with the prospect of fines if they don’t do better
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NewsMedia Bites 26 June: Asda £600m loss, M&S slowdown and a strawberry sandwich
News that Asda reported an almost £600 million loss last year was widely reported in yesterday’s papers
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NewsAsda falls £600m into the red amid turnaround battle
The slide from a £180m pre-tax profit to a £599m loss in 2024 came as food sales lagged expectations, falling 3.7% on a like-for-like basis, according to newly filed accounts for parent company Bellis Finco