Asda news and analysis – Page 120
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They’re not in front but Sainsbury’s and M&S still wow City
Sainsbury's and Marks & Spencer dazzled the City with the latest year-on-year sales growth ahead of Tesco and Asda. In the 12 weeks to 8 August [Kantar Worldpanel] Sainsbury's posted year-on-year sales growth of 5.5% , while M&S...
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Asda opens second picking depot to tap north London online sales
Asda will open its second home shopping picking centre on Monday in a bid to increase its share of the London market. The 96,000 sq ft centre in Enfield would help it "significantly increase" its share of north London online grocery,...
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Arla Foods muscles into cottage cheese with own-label lines
Arla Foods has made its debut in UK cottage cheese and taken half the own-label market in one go. The UK subsidiary of the Scandinavian dairy giant started supplying own-label cottage cheese to Tesco last week and will supply Asda from...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda wins thanks to no queue
This week it was a closely fought battle with three supermarkets offering a full basket and only one out-of-stock across the board. In the end, Asda in Gateshead won by a whisker because there was no queue at the checkout. The store was...
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Asda shaves fuel prices
Asda has cut the price of fuel by 1p per litre for unleaded and 2p for diesel, meaning customers will now pay a maximum of 111.9p for unleaded and 114.9p for diesel. It is the fourth time Asda has announced lower fuel prices since...
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WI wages into milk price war
The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) has waded into the milk price war by calling for reassurance from supermarkets that they will support British dairy farmers. The move comes after Asda cut the...
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Women’s Institutes go back into battle over milk price war
The National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) has waded into the milk price war by calling for reassurance from supermarkets that they will support British dairy farmers.The move comes after Asda cut the price of four pints from...
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Pets at Home hires Asda veteran as its new trading director
Peter Pritchard, the former non-food trading director of Asda, has been appointed trading director for petcare retailer Pets At Home. Pritchard will join Pets at Home in January 2011 from Wilkinson where he was head of buying for 16…
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NewsAsda takes down price of bananas to eight-month low
Asda has lowered the price of bananas to an eight-month low.Loose bananas now cost 67p per kg 31% less than a fortnight ago.
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Asda adds Facebook photos to its album
Asda has become the first UK retailer to sell printed photos taken directly from the Facebook accounts of its customers.In a three month exclusive deal with Fuji and PNI Digital Media, booths at its 187 photo centres will sell collage...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda beats competition by a fiver
With the greatest number of cheapest items (9) and a basket £5.10 cheaper than its closest rival, Asda held onto first place. Its Chicago Town pizzas, Heinz ketchup and Conference pears were all the cheapest, at £1.
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Asda guarantee: 319 prices are up, 236 cut
Since launching its Price Guarantee in April, Asda has made more price hikes and fewer price cuts than any of its big four rivals, according to data from pricing specialist Brand View.And the number of exclusively lowest prices offered...
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NewsMilk is the new beer as price war erupts
Asda kicked off a milk price war last weekend after pledging not to sell alcohol below cost and "to invest in core grocery essentials like milk instead".
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Asda says pre-mixes set for massive sales burst
Asda predicts an explosion in sales of pre-mixed drinks within the next five years, and that every big spirit brand will introduce a version. The retailer backed Mintel's forecast that pre-mixed category sales would grow more than...
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NewsGrocer 33: One price cut is enough for Asda
Despite making three hikes and only one reduction, Asda took first place this week, although its basket came in only 16p cheaper than that of second-placed Morrisons. Asda's Baileys (£11.97), bananas (85p), Tilda mushroom rice (£1) and Wall's Mini...
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Asda to stop below-cost booze sales
Asda has vowed to end the below-cost selling of alcohol in its stores.The retailer has unveiled a new commitment not to sell alcohol below cost including VAT and duty and has pledged to offset any potential increase in the cost of...
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NewsP&H boss Etherington next in The Grocer's hot seat
Next week Palmer & Harvey chief executive Chris Etherington is joining The Grocer team as guest editor, following the likes of Asda president Andy Bond and Unilever’s Dave Lewis.
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NewsGrocer 33: Homepage
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. The charts (left) show the scores from this week's survey. But if you click on the relevant chart you can find out all the details: the ...
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NewsAd watchdog finds fault with George’s ‘no quibble’ guarantee
An advert for Asda’s 100-day quality guarantee on George clothing has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for presenting standard consumer rights as a unique benefit of shopping at the supermarket.
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Asda offers beef farmers greater pricing security
Asda is introducing pre-agreed prices into some of its beef farmer contracts in a move that producers claim could set a blueprint for the industry. Under the terms of the contract, Asda will agree to pay farmers £2.70/kg for their...