Asda news and analysis – Page 153
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Bogof's week
Just as a story about Tesco selling live turtles in China comes out, another supermarket gets in on the act but from a different angle. Asda is now talking turtle. It has teamed up with the Marine Conservation Society and fishermen in Sri Lanka...
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Asda Patchway, Bristol2 This store had run out of loose closed-cup mushrooms and 4-packs of own-label croissants. Our shopper was hindered by shelf stackers and packing trolleys and there were insufficient checkouts open for the...
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Aspatria rival close to Cumbria cheese deal
Building work on a 60,000 tonne cheese plant in Cumbria could begin in April after a breakthrough on milk supplies last week.The company behind the £60m plant, Partners in Cheese, has already secured support from Asda, which buys cheese...
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Asda moves in on Corrie sponsorship
News that Asda is to descend on Coronation Street will have Dev, Rita and Ashley quaking in their boots.But the y need not fear for their shops - the retailer isn't planning a supermarket next to the Rovers Return . It is one ...
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Asda weighs in for fight
The UK's second-biggest supermarket and biggest wholesaler have lent their weight to The Grocer's Weigh it Up! campaign, now in its third week.Asda said it supported our efforts to force Ofcom to review the Nutrient Profiling Model (NPM) as...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
This time a year ago the winner was Asda's store in Bearsden, Glasgow. Kelvin Mobbs ran the store, which ticked all the boxes on our shopper's list.One year on, Mobbs has left to be general manager of another Asda store in Clydebank....
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Love-birds offered cheap Champagne
Lovers on a budget can now enjoy the most romantic day of the year in style. Champagne is being sold for as little as £8 in supermarkets as Valentine's Day discounting commences. Asda is offering its Paul Deltours for £8,...
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Birds stay on shopping lists despite avian flu
Shoppers are showing little sign that they have been scared off by bird flu with only Tesco and Somerfield reporting a dip in poultry sales. Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Asda all said sales were unaffected. Sainsbury's added that calls to...
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Asda Eastbourne, East Sussex. 1 This store had run out of McCain hash browns and did not stock Mars bars in a 6-pack, as requested on our shopper's list, only in a 9-pack. Our shopper said the store was very busy with...
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Packs go as Asda bids to be greener grocer
Asda is ditching packaging on 60 pre-packed fruit and vegetable lines at two north west stores as part of its bid to reduce plastic and cardboard used to wrap food by 25% over the next year. Fresh produce such as carrots, tomatoes and...
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Price Survey
It was all change this week in The Grocer 33, with Tesco being crowned the cheapest retailer and Asda dropping to fourth-cheapest. For the past four weeks running Tesco has been the fourth-cheapest retailer in The Grocer 33 survey as a...
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Fear of price-flexing if multiples enter Jersey
The entrance of Tesco, Sainsbury's or Asda to Jersey would not necessarily lead to falling grocery prices - because they could fix prices artifically high, business leaders on the island have warned. Entry by one of the big three is...
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Bogof's week
You have to feel sorry for Asda after a radio DJ's prank call to one of their stores found its way on to the web this week. The DJ called the customer service desk of Asda in Charlton asking to call out the name of his missing daughter over the...
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Portman growls at bears and beasties
Asda was one of just two companies found to be in breach of The Portman Group's voluntary drinks marketing code last year. The retailer was named and shamed for its Bubbly & Bear gift pack, produced by Blue Sky Beverages. The...
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More backing sought for Lincolnshire brand
Growers and retailers in Lincolnshire are being asked to support a brand for the county's fruit and veg. Select Lincolnshire and its logo already appear on boxes of loose potatoes in 41 Asda stores, thanks to grower and packer E Park,...
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Asda Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1 This store had run out of Sacla' Classic pesto and did not stock Mars bars in a 6-pack, as requested on our shopper's list, only in a 10 or 9-pack. Our shopper said the store was well laid...
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Asda boycotts monkfish
Asda has stopped selling monkfish in its stores because it is concerned about the overfishing of monkfish stocks.“Our customers expect us to do everything we can to protect fish stocks, so we've decided to ban monkfish sales as a precaution...
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Asda launches electricals website
Asda is aiming to control 5% of the online electricals market by 2012. The retailer is taking on Tesco with the launch of a new electricals website selling thousands of electrical products including televisions, washing machines and fridges....
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Price Survey
Tesco is lagging further behind Asda than ever in The Grocer 33 shop having this week recorded the fourth-cheapest basket for the fourth week in a row. Once again Asda was the cheapest, with a basket cost of £39.78,...
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Asda Burgh Heath, Surrey. 2 This store failed to provide either McCain Smiles or own label Scotch eggs. Our shopper said the store was tidy but there were shelf-stackers and packing trolleys in the aisles. Staff were helpful and...