Asda news and analysis – Page 157
-
News
In Brief: Tobacco sales up; Self-checkout units; Asda local thrives
Tobacco sales up Sales of tobacco have grown 6% y-o-y in Scottish Spars despite the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces north of the border, according to Liz Aked, tobacco buyer. Self-checkout...
-
News
Asda to seek new roles for Corby staff
Up to 250 workers could lose their jobs as a result of a decision by Asda to close a Northamptonshire distribution centre and open a larger one 95 miles away. The retailer's national distribution centre for general merchandise in Corby...
-
News
Greenpeace guns for beam trawling
Greenpeace ratcheted up the pressure on multiples to improve fish sourcing policies by "displaying" hundreds of dead fish and crabs at store entrances.Tesco, Asda and Morrisons in Oxford were targeted in two days of protest this week and...
-
News
Availability
Asda Derby Road, Spondon. 0 This Asda Wal-Mart supercentre store provided all 33 items on this week's list, many of which were subject to promotion. The store was clean and tidy but our shopper said narrow aisles and...
-
News
Price Survey
Fresh fruit and vegetable prices continued to fluctuate in this first week of December. The cost of parsnips has risen by an average of 11% in the past seven days, and now rests at £1.82 for a kg. The largest increase took place at Asda,...
-
News
Availability
Asda Reigate Road, Burgh Heath. 0 Our shopper collected 32 items at this store, which was still not stocking American long grain rice. She was disappointed by the levels of customer service, the store was untidy, and aisles were...
-
News
Asda's loss is India's gain ...
Asda talent has been lured away by Indian firm Reliance Retail. Peter Bracher, Asda's director of public affairs and corporate responsibility, left last week to become special advisor for Reliance's Fresh stores. He had been at Asda for...
-
News
Asda starts a drive to reduce air miles
Asda is offering bagged potatoes that make a virtue of their local origins. All 79 of its eastern counties stores started stocking East Anglian new potatoes in late October. They will be available into next year and then from June...
-
News
The Co-op bares its soul
Below cost selling, price flexing and applying restrictive covenants to land. Typical of Tesco? Asda? Sainsbury's? No - it's the Co-operative Group. The society, which prides itself on its ethical approach to business, this week published...
-
News
Availability
Asda Stanley Grove, Manchester. 0 Own label long grain rice was not being sold at this store due to the GM rice scare, though it did provide all other items on our list. The store also performed admirably in terms of customer...
-
News
Toaster buyers get change from fiver as Asda extends its non food pricing lead
Asda has extended its lead over Tesco in the fight to be the UK's cheapest supermarket for non food items. The Grocer 33's latest non food report reveals that at £177.62, the cost of Tesco's 33-item shopping basket including clothes is...
-
News
Wholesalers positive for future
The wholesale sector is alive, kicking and growing with key operators expecting sales and profit to be up this year compared to last, according to The Grocer's Big 30 poll this month. This is despite Asda meeting a vigorous response from the...
-
News
Reader Survey
The wholesale sector is alive, kicking and growing, with key operators expecting sales and profit to be up this year compared to last, according to The Grocer's Big 30 poll this month. This is despite Asda meeting a vigorous response from...
-
News
Profile Revisited
It already faced Tesco. With Asda's arrival on the Northern Ireland scene, the Henderson Group faces another big, aggressive supermarket. And M&S also is doing well with its Simply Foods format. Yet Henderson, a wholesaler and retailer, is...
-
News
Availability
Asda Robroyston, Glasgow. 1 There was no Stella for our shopper at this Asda store in Glasgow, which had sold out of all its 440ml cans in the pre-Bonfire Night rush. Meanwhile, a packaging overhaul also left the shelves bare of...
-
News
Online battle intensifies as Asda ramps up coverage
The battle for the online pound is on. This week, Asda disclosed details of its online rollout, first revealed in The Grocer in September, just days after Tesco announced plans to launch an online clothing trial parallel to its non food site,...
-
News
"Asda and Ocado are targeting the grocery market. M&S is focusing on non food. And Tesco is sizing up, well, everything"
All hell broke loose on the internet shopping news front this week. Asda announced plans to hire 1,800 staff as it gears up its web-based operations, Sainsbury's took its online offering to Northern Ireland, and M&S declared that it was keen to...
-
News
Asda just can't get enough MSC lines
Asda has complained that is is having difficulty getting hold of enough MSC fish. In line with the policy of its parent Wal-Mart, the chain pledged earlier this year to move all wild-caught supplies of fresh and frozen seafood to...
-
News
Availability
Asda Whitley Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne0 It was a perfect performance on product availability when our shopper visited the Asda store on Whitley Road in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The store was able to sell him every single item on...