Asda news and analysis – Page 140
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Asda is irresponsible for discounting milk
Sir; Two four-pints of milk for £2! Are you crazy, Asda? Did you not learn from last time? In 2006, Asda took the great step of knocking 11p off its four-pints of milk while claiming it was still giving its farmers a fair price and not reducing...
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Price Survey - 7th June 2008
Asda emerged victorious after another tussle with Morrisons to produce the cheapest basket. Just 36p separated their totals, but Morrisons - which entered the price war this week by slashing 2,000 prices - was undercut by Asda on 14 items. Asda's...
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First the chicken for £2 and now: a 2p sausage
Asda has come under fire from the pigmeat industry for launching a sausage that costs just 2p. The Smartprice sausages, which are being sold in an eight-pack for 16p, are part of an Asda promotion running this week to give a family of four a...
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Asda (and farm shops) win in numbers game
Asda has emerged as the retailer with the fastest-growing portfolio of large stores according to the latest UK grocery market data from IGD and William Reed Business Media, publisher of The Grocer. Asda has opened 18 new supermarkets,...
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Asda undertakes wine review to boost sales
Asda is slashing its wine range by 15% and introducing a range of fine wines in what BWS category director David Stewart describes as its "most comprehensive and robust review of the wine category to date".Asda, which under-trades in the...
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Price Survey - 31st May 2008
Asda has wrested the cheapest retailer title back from Morrisons as milk and bananas bore sweeping price changes this week. Asda sparked the banana price war last week by reducing them from 77p to 72p. The rest of the big four followed suit, but on...
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Letter of the week
I read in disbelief the article claiming that Asda's innovative Pay Me Early system (The Grocer, 10 May, p3 & p4) had created "chaos" and "sparked panic among suppliers".Pay Me Early and our invoice tracking system, Where's My Invoice,...
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Banana wars are back...
A new price war on bananas has erupted this week, sparking condemnation of the big four from suppliers and NGOs alike. Asda triggered the war on Wednesday when it cut the price of a kilo of bananas from 77p to 72p. Tesco and Morrisons followed suit...
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...as ASA slams Asda's 'unfair and 'misleading' campaign
The advertising watchdog has slammed Asda for a "misleading" and "unfair" campaign comparing its prices with rival supermarket Morrisons.As part of its ongoing 'Why Pay More?' campaign, Asda ran two national press ads comparing the price...
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Pay for the privilege of being paid by Asda
Pay for the privilege of being paid by Asda A disgruntled supplier Name and address supplied Sir; I was concerned to read about the Pay me Early scheme...
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Asda fights 'pay as you throw' bin tax
Asda has weighed in to the row about 'pay-as-you-throw' bin taxes, arguing that charging households to collect refuse would discourage recycling. Many councils were still not collecting bulky or heavy refuse such as glass bottles or...
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Taypack in talks with potential customers
Taypack has opened discussions with potential customers as it looks for new outlets for the 80,000 tonnes of potatoes it has been supplying to Asda.The Perthshire potato giant severed ties with Asda this month, saying its contract offer...
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Machin leaves Asda for role at Oz's Coles
Asda operations director Stuart Machin is to quit the chain in the summer to move to Australian supermarket group Coles as retail director.Machin leaves after two and half years with Asda, where he was responsible for operations at 175...
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What next for Taypack after saying no to Asda?
Amixture of admiration and puzzlement greeted last week's announcement by packer Taypack Potatoes that it had ended its £32m contract with Asda. Why would one of the UK's most significant packers make such a move after 10 years investing in and...
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Innocent and Asda vow to keep fighting on VAT
Innocent and Asda have vowed to continue their campaigns to persuade the government to slash VAT on smoothies and fruit juices.This week, the government delivered a major blow to the two camps when it announced it had no plans to reduce...
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"Confusion reigns at Asda. It is offering suppliers payment up front, but on what terms?"
It's 4.30pm, I am going to press in 30 minutes and until two minutes ago we thought we had what looked like a sensational story. Asda, we had learnt, had written to its suppliers to tell them it was launching an optional 'Pay Me Early'...
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Chaos over Asda terms
Asda has sparked panic among suppliers by sending out a letter that appeared to say it would pay them straight away, in exchange for them knocking 12% off the bill. However the letter failed to clearly explain that it was referring to the rate of...
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Asda won't say if it was whistleblower
Asda has refused to confirm or deny speculation it sparked the latest investigation by the OFT into potential price-fixing of food and household products.Press reports surfaced last weekend that Asda was the whistleblower that prompted...
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Ajinomoto to sue Asda over aspartame
The world's largest artificial sweetener producer has issued legal proceedings against Asda for defamation after the supermarket labelled aspartame a 'nasty'.Ajinomoto Sweeteners, which had a £5.5bn turnover in the year to March 2007,...
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Asda airs its eco-credentials with television documentary
Asda has produced a 30-minute documentary about its environmental credentials, which will be screened on Information TV, available through Sky Digital.The programme - People, Prices, Planet - promises an insight into the chain's...