Asda news and analysis – Page 166
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Asda sparks milk price cutting
Asda's rivals look poised to ride out any storm caused by its push to highlight differences in milk buying strategies.On Thursday, Asda launched a TV advertising campaign explaining its direct souring arrangement with a dedicated...
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Tesco closes in on Asda price
Tesco has more than halved the price gap between itself and Asda, according to data from The Grocer 100 and The Grocer 33 shopping surveys.With just three months left to go before The Grocer 33's End Of Year Review in June,...
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Sunny D reviews product strategy
Asda has delisted ailing soft drink Sunny D, claiming the brand’s sales have fallen by 50% in the past two years.“Our analysis and customer feedback shows Sunny D is in long-term decline, with half the number of consumers buying it than was the...
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JS closes gap on Asda
Asda is facing attacks on all sides as it continues to come under pressure from unions, rival retailers and analysts.Its fears of losing the number-two spot came a step closer to reality this week as TNS till roll data for the four weeks to...
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Sainsbury neck-and-neck with Asda
Sainsbury and Asda are neck-and-neck on market share, data from TNS has revealed.TNS said that in the four weeks to February 26, Sainsbury and Asda both had market share of 16.1%.Justin King, chief executive of Sainsbury, earlier...
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Suppliers to pay for More?
Asda is looking to reinvigorate its business with a new selling slogan, ‘More for you, For less’, as we predicted last week.The Grocer has learned that at an IGD trade briefing in Harrogate, Asda unveiled itsstrategy to win back ground lost...
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Asda faces union headaches
MPs have attacked Asda for its recent union track record as the GMB gears up for strike action.Labour and Tory MPs sternly criticised the supermarket in a parliamentary motion that condemned attempts to sack staff who refused to give up trade...
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Umbro gets all shirty with Asda
Asda is considering lodging a complaint with the OFT after Umbro red-carded its request to purchase a consignment of England replica World Cup football shirts.The retailer said the refusal was nonsensical, particularly as it had existing...
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Asda aims for fresh era
Asda is pinning its turnaround hopes on the launch of a major campaign next month that aims to reposition it as a chain that is as famous for fresh foods as it is for price.The move comes as Wal-Mart revealed that although Asda’s total annual...
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Asda advert misleading
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that an Asda advert showing that an average basket of Asda goods is £10 cheaper than at Morrisons was misleading.The ASA found that some of the prices used to calculate the average basket were 12...
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Asda threatens to scrap union
Asda has threatened to scrap the bargaining agreement of a workers union over a row to introduce a “modern agreement” at its distribution centre in Dartford, Kent.Reports claim that in a letter to the GMB union, Marie Gill, Asda’s head of...
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GMB buoyant after ruling against Asda
Asda is facing more union action over collective bargaining rights after being forced to pay out £850,000 to GMB members.The GMB union has been buoyed by an employment tribunal judgment that slammed Asda’s tactics to break collective bargaining...
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Supplier Spotlight
Consulting consumers helped boost sales of English Village Salads’ tomatoes in Asda stores throughout the country by £8m last year, according to the North Yorkshire fresh produce supplier.In a survey, Asda customers expressed their desire to...
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Bond planning call slammed
Independent retailers have slammed Asda boss Andy Bond for claiming that competition chiefs are “shooting at the wrong target” by concentrating their current interest in the grocery sector on c-stores.The Asda chief executive said he wanted to...
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Asda feels workers’ anger
Union bosses are gunning for Asda after claiming that the number of complaints they are receiving from angry workers at the retailer is on the rise.GMB is balloting its members in stores and depots for views on the lack of bonus payments to...
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Asda to roll out Asda Living
Asda is expected to announce the nationwide roll out of its non-food format Asda Living.Reports suggest that Andy Bond, Asda's CEO, will tell delegates at the group's annual management conference later this week that it plans to open 15 Asda...
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Asda fends off Tesco
The stakes are rising in the non food battle, says Gaelle WalkerAsda has upped the ante in the battle for the non food pound, according to latest results from The Grocer 33’s Non Food Report. The quarterly basket survey of 33 non food...
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Asda punnets are all heart
Heart-shaped punnets of strawberries are being rolled out into nearly 300 Asda stores in time for Valentine’s Day after a trial in 50 stores last year.The novel design, supplied by import and soft fruit marketing company AMS, which also...
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Greenpeace keeps up the pace
After its victory last week in persuading Asda to delist some seafood species, Greenpeace UK this week hit the campaign trail to bring five more multiples into line with its way of thinking.Greenpeace has written to the fish buying or...
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Bananas price crash is feared
There are fears that bananas could become a key weapon in the impending price war between Tesco and Asda.In the wake of Asda’s pledge to slash £102m off its overall prices, industry commentators believe that a price crash for bananas could be...