Asda news and analysis – Page 163
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Asda snaps up Douglas Gurr to direct strategy
Douglas Gurr, founder and former chief executive of The Grocer Big 30 online delivered wholesaler Blueheath, has joined Asda as director of strategy. Blueheath announced in June that Gurr would be leaving the company in August following a...
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Availability
Asda Roehampton Vale, Roehampton, Surrey0Our mystery shopper at Asda in Roehampton Vale, Surrey, was not able to find all the items on her shopping list. Staff told her that the store did not stock Ocean Spray cranberry juice in...
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NFU 'satisfied' over Tesco Brazilian beef
Brazilian beef is back on shelves at Tesco, sparking anger from Asda, which had agreed to stop selling it. Tesco said that it was sourcing rump steak for its Value range from a handful of Brazilian producers in areas unaffected by the...
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket again this week at £38.26, while Tesco was once again in second place, this week with a basket price of £39.31, 2.7% higher than Asda. Sainsbury was third at £39.80, nudging Morrisons back to fourth place at...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
The Asda store on Main Street in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, won the Grocer 33 Top Store award this time last year. Manager Stephen Gallagher said that the store's high street location required his team to meet the needs of both...
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Asda customers want local food
Sir; I must say that I read with interest your article '61% not bothered about food miles'. As is the case with any survey, the answer depends on how you ask the question. There is no doubt that...
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Asda pushes Brown up to head ethical sourcing
Asda has promoted Dr Chris Brown to head of ethical and sustainable sourcing. Brown moves up from the role of agriculture development manager, a position he has held since joining Asda five years ago. A spokesman for Asda said that...
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Asda's lamb initiative
Asda says that it has saved money and 1.4 million road miles by siting abattoirs and collection centres for lambs together. Pembrokeshire had the first combined centre in the wake of the foot and mouth epidemic, but a new one has just opened...
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Asda Clayton Brook, Chorley, Lancashire1Although our mystery shopper at the Asda store in Clayton Brook, Chorley, managed to get almost all the items on her list, she said the store seemed to have stock problems. She noted: "A...
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Second opinion
South Korea and Germany may seem a long way away from the average UK high street, but Wal-Mart's recent withdrawal from those countries has a significant impact for retailers in the UK. Wal-Mart, which owns Asda, has not become...
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Price Survey
Asda has regained the top spot this week, after temporarily losing its title to Morrisons. Asda had a basket price of £35.47, or £0.50 cheaper than Tesco, which came in second. Much of Asda's lead was due to a price drop on...
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Asda misses targets
Asda has missed its financial targets for a fourth consecutive quarter as its parent company Wal-Mart records its first profit decrease in a decade.Releasing its second-quarter results to 31 July, Charles Holley, chief financial officer of...
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Dolmio, Napolina do an Italian job in top 5 chart
Italian ingredients brands Dolmio and Napolina have both moved into the top five grocery chart this week with Dolmio having offers across three of the five retailers, favouring the 'x for y' mechanic in Asda and Sainsbury's and...
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Asda Pegler Way, Crawley5Our mystery shopper left the Asda store in Crawley very disappointed. He was unable to find five items on his shopping list. The "very unhelpful" staff pointed him in the general direction of goods,...
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Non food war erupts
The bitter food pricing war between the multiple supermarkets is spilling over into non food with Tesco and Asda slashing prices as they both fight to convince consumers that they are the cheapest supermarket for non food. In a week where...
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Price Survey
Morrisons has overtaken Asda to become the cheapest supermarket this week. Morrisons' basket came in at £45.53, just pipping perennial price leader Asda and Sainsbury's, which has been cutting prices to regain market share. The spread on the...
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Asda Sheffield: a class act
When our mystery shopper visited Asda's Handsworth Road store in Sheffield, the store was clean, well-merchandised, the staff friendly and she had her shopping packed without asking. She said that she had a "thoroughly enjoyable experience" at...
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"Yet another case of retailers taking the lead in delivering the health agenda while manufacturers appear furtive"
It's interesting that on the day Cadbury was all over the media with the news that the salmonella scare had cost it £20m, the Daily Express led with a story on Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda banning "killer" fats in their own label products. ...