Asda news and analysis – Page 143
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Price Survey - 1st September 2007
Despite a raft of price hikes, Asda has managed to extend its run of cheapest retailer to a fourth consecutive week. Asda's £59.10 basket total is a significant £1.56 less than the next-cheapest retailer Morrisons. Asda provided the lowest-priced...
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the net widens
Every week, there are reports of yet another fish species in crisis because of overfishing. And every week, another retailer or supplier unveils plans to improve its sourcing strategy. Asda, Birds Eye and Young's Seafood are among many companies now...
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Smoke or mirrors in retrospective inquiry?
As the Competition Commission prepares to wade through an estimated 11 million emails, and thousands of phone calls, from Asda and Tesco and its suppliers, the inquiry appeared this week to have reached a pivotal moment. Has it found the smoking gun...
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Chains ban staff from using Facebook site at their desks
Bosses at Britain's biggest three supermarket chains have banned office staff from accessing social networking site Facebook while at work. Senior executives at Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's have ordered IT teams to block access to the site as part of...
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Asda pushes halal and Polish ranges
Asda is to dramatically increase its ambient ethnic food offer with the roll-out of hundreds of new Polish and halal lines.
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Asda's boast of growth accelerating ahead of rivals backed by latest data
Andy Bond's boast that Asda has been outperforming its rivals was backed up by TNS Worldpanel and Nielsen figures published this week. Asda was ahead of the pack with sales up 6% in the 12 weeks to 11 August, according to Nielsen. Sales growth at...
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Price Survey - 25th August 2007
It's just like old times in The Grocer 33 at the moment with Asda extending its run as the cheapest retailer to a third week. Asda provided a £40.68 basket, which was £1.39 cheaper than runner-up Tesco, although the rival retailers had the same...
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In Brief: Lo leaves Sainsbury's; Asda restructure; Sharp joins SSMG; Minister appointed; SABMiller shake-up
Lo leaves Sainsbury's Sainsbury's head of corporate affairs Helen Lo has left the company after seven months in the role. She arrived at Sainsbury's from Unilever, where she was head of corporate social responsibility and sustainability for Unilever...
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Tesco and Asda bullying claims investigated
The Competition Commission is investigating claims Tesco and Asda bullied suppliers into cutting their prices to finance their price wars.The Commission has ordered the supermarkets to hand over all internal emails, taped telephone...
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Asda could face thousands of court cases over staff contracts
Asda faces thousands of court cases if negotiations with the GMB over staff contracts break down. The supermarket recently changed the contracts of 18,000 long-serving staff to bring their hourly wage rate and conditions into line with the majority...
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Stewart rises to bigger role in Asda BWS
Asda beers, wine and spirits director Dave Stewart has been promoted to general manager BWS at the retailer. Stewart started in the department in May, joining from the electronics where he was general manager. He takes over from Oliver Haughton, who...
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Opinion - "Isn't it amazing that supermarkets can achieve such low prices when material costs are rising and crops have been laid low by floods?"
Last week it was the £2 chicken from Asda. This week it was the price of cauliflowers (and fruit and veg generally) which the ONS linked directly to the fall in inflation, to just 1.9%. Memo from Prime Minister Gordon Brown to Peter Freeman,...
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Price Survey - 18th August 2007
Asda has kept Morrisons at bay for a second week after slashing the price of its fresh vegetables. Asda's £42.09 basket contained six of the cheapest products on the survey including Dolmio Bolognese sauce and the 6-pack of kiwi fruit. Asda...
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our man from drip Don Pumsey - 18th August 2007
Torremolinos is where Asda shoppers go on holiday, I'm told. Luckily for me, however, my DRIP remit is limited to making sure they don't get ripped off for Balti Blasters and Angel Delight - I don't actually have to talk to them. Thus it was that I...
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ASDA cleared of targeting children
A complaint that Asda is targeting children through its marketing of a range of vodka-based drinks has been rejected by the Independent Complaints Panel, which makes decisions under the Portman Group's Code of Practice on the Naming, Packaging...
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George chief Spindler says goodbye to Asda
Asda clothing boss Angela Spindler has quit the supermarket to spend more time with her family. Spindler, who has been executive MD of the retailer's clothing brand George since November 2005, has held several senior roles during her 10 years...
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Man arrested for price-fixing hoax
BakeMark UK, the company caught up in a malicious plot to show Tesco and Asda had been price-fixing, has said it will fully co-operate with police inquiries. The hoax was uncovered by a tabloid newspaper after it was approached by a mystery tipster...
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Netto proclaims ambition to be mainstream supermarket
Discounter Netto has revealed plans to reposition itself as a mainstream supermarket. It has introduced a new strapline - 'Everyone's great value supermarket' - in order to align itself with the likes of Tesco and Asda. "Netto is moving away from...
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where did all the women Go?
The lights dim. The drums roll. The chatter drops to an excited whisper. The shortlist for this year's The Grocer Cup is announced: "Tesco's Dame Theresa Leahy, Sainsbury's Justine King and Asda's Andrea Bond. And the winner is..." Then reality...
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What the papers said - 11th August 2007
The News of the World claimed this week it had smashed a conman's £6bn smear campaign against Tesco and Asda. The conman faked emails between senior employees at the supermarkets, which said the two employees were discussing a future rise in bread...