Latest Asda News and Analysis
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Comment & Opinion
Why supermarkets must scale up refillables at ‘frightening’ speed
Somebody had better tell Chancellor Rachel Reeves not to read the latest report by Wrap on the industry’s war on plastic
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News
Asda rolls out new online ‘Store Assist’ picking technology
Asda said the solution was already “proving popular” with staff – 26,000 of whom had now been trained on 10,000 updated devices
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Asda launches knife crime initiative to help protect kids
A pilot at the Sheffield Park Academy school will include a campaign at eight Asda stores
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Supermarkets should sell 30% of products as refills by 2035, says Wrap
The guidance follows crunch talks earlier this month between supermarkets and suppliers after a series of setbacks to progress toward refillable and reusable packaging solutions
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Iceland looks internally to replace buying chief Andrew Staniland
Responsibility for buying at the supermarket will now pass to Paul Dhaliwal, who will take on the newly created role of chief commercial officer
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Asda denies union claims as Wisbech staff call second strike
The strike, from 3am until 10pm on Friday 2 August, will follow a previous walk out by staff in March
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Londoners better off than before the pandemic, says Asda tracker
Londoners’ average household disposable income rose to £351 per week in quarter two of this year – 3% up on the pre-pandemic peak of £340 in March 2021
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Range Preview
Preview Asda’s 500-strong ‘Exceptional’ premium range
Move over Finest, Specially Selected and Taste the Difference, there’s a new kid on the block
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Asda cheapest in Grocer 33 price comparison for third week on trot
Asda’s 68.75 total was £1.51 cheaper than the equivalent basket from nearest rival Sainsbury’s
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News
Retailers gear up for weekend of sport with array of booze offers
An unsettled weather forecast hasn’t stopped the mults piling on the discounts
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Nando’s enters ketchup with peri-peri inspired tomato sauce
The NPD has launched exclusively into Asda
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Doomed Asda plastic refill aisles making just £1,000 a week
Earlier this week Asda revealed it was to scrap its trials of refillable packaging technology, in a major blow to the industry’s war on plastic
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Comment & Opinion
Asda’s move to scrap refills a sign of the crisis facing the industry’s war on plastic
Asda was always something of an unlikely poster child for the war on plastic
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Comment & Opinion
CMA should investigate Aldi Price Match rather than loyalty
Tesco and Sainsbury’s remove items from Aldi Price Match when the discounter lowers the price further, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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News
Asda signs Staniland amid top job shake-up
Asda said Staniland – a highly regarded figure in the industry – would join Asda in a VP role next March
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Asda scraps plastic refill store trials
After trials involving leading manufacturers at four stores, Asda said the economics of the concept were ‘too challenging’
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Availability improves at all the supermarkets except Asda
As the cost of living crisis recedes, supermarkets have done a better job in the past year at getting products on shelves
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Asda kicks off new Grocer 33 year with cheapest shop
Clubcard Prices were not enough to topple Asda this week
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Iceland’s digital chief David Devany to be Asda’s VP of e-commerce
Devany has been Iceland’s group chief customer, marketing and digital officer since 2020
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Cook appoints Leon’s Ashley Davis as new chief commercial officer
Ashley Davis will support Cook’s co-founders Rosie Brown and Ed Perry in the newly created role