Asda news and analysis – Page 168
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Bowling ’em over
Asda is claiming a great success with its first foray into the Northern Irish grocery market.It said sales at its first four stores had exceeded its weekly sales targets by 30% in their first week of trading.Chief executive Andy Bond said:...
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Bond guns for suppliers
Asda’s president Andy Bond has launched an amazing attack on suppliers, accusing them of breaking up any special relationship they may have had with the retailer and of failing to innovate.In a thinly veiled reference to arch rival Tesco, he...
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King: we’ll overtake Asda
Sainsbury will overtake Asda to become the number two supermarket by sales in 2006 if the current rates of growth at both retailers continue, says chief executive Justin King.“If Asda doesn’t grow, which it hasn’t been doing, and we continue as...
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It Asda be In Colour
Asda has promised its support to the Fresh Produce Consortium’s planned campaign, Eat in Colour, and has urged its rivals to do the same. Fresh produce marketing manager Alison Dakin said Asda would offer financial backing to the drive and...
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Asda ‘chip away’ plan sparks ire
Asda has caused outrage among its warehouse workers after a leaked document revealed it was considering implementing cost-saving measures at the expense of health and safety regulations.The ‘Warehouse Chip Away Strategy 2005’ document, seen by...
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Age means strength
Edinburgh-based brewer Innis & Gunn is starting its third year of business with two new products.The Scottish brewer’s 7.7% abv Cask Strength Oak Aged Beer (rsp: £1.85) is a premium line extension, which will be exclusive to Asda until...
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Doing the splits on the coast
Development work has recently commenced on a new 72,500 sq ft Asda store in Folkestone. This new unit will be the first Asda store to trade with the majority of its food and non-food offer on the first level. On the ground floor will be a 13,500 sq...
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Asda joins push to improve safety
Asda has signed up to a new Health and Safety Executive initiative to improve standards within large organisations. The move comes just weeks after the supermarket was fined a total of £57,500 for health and safety breaches at two stores.The...
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Asda Living is ‘set to roll out’
Asda is one step closer to a rollout programme of its non-food Living format just one week after Tesco launched its first Homeplus store.Asda chief executive Andy Bond said this week that the Living format was showing exciting results, shortly...
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Discounts thwart cider dreams
Cider manufacturers say aggressive discounting of supermarket own label cider undermines their quest to move the category upmarket.They say own-label pricing, which has resulted in a three-litre bottle of own label cider being sold at Asda for...
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Asda foray doesn’t faze rivals
Grocers in Northern Ireland are prepared for the Wal-Mart backed new arrival, says Ronan HegartyAsda’s arrival on the Northern Irish grocery scene is the most significant retailing development in the province since the UK supermarkets...
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Asda to develop import centre
Asda is set to develop a £20m import centre at Teesport near Middlesbrough.The retailer said that the centre would create 300 new jobs and allow its non-food items to be delivered straight to the port for distribution to its UK...
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Asda launches local sourcing showcase
Asda's former trading and marketing director Angela Spindler launched the supermarket's local sourcing showcase event in London yesterday, which was one of her first jobs in her new role as customer and strategy director.Spindler took up her...
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Magners pushing into retail
Irish cider brand Magners is planning a massive push into the off-trade after a successful launch in pubs.The drink will initially be available through Morrisons, Spar and selected Asdas, as well as independent off-licences. It will be...
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Local shop probe grilling on its way
The All Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group will be calling upon Tesco, Asda and the British Retail Consortium to give oral evidence in its inquiry into the future of local shopping and the high street.The group, chaired by Labour MP for...
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OFT eyes Ferndale ditching
The Office of Fair Trading is expected to decide next week whether to launch its first investigation into an alleged breach of the supermarkets code of conduct.The Office of Fair Trading has told The Grocer that Asda’s decision to ditch its...
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Breaking up is hard to do
Asda has been accused of breaching the supermarkets code after it dropped a faithful supplier. Rod Addy asks if there is a better way of doing thingsAsda’s decision to drop own-label ready meals supplier Ferndale Foods has potential...
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Asda fires up heat of curries
The British public’s growing love of fiery food has prompted Asda to launch what it boasts will be the hottest curries available in any UK supermarket.Tomorrow (September 18) own-label supplier S&A Foods is relaunching and extending its...
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OFT urges Asda mediation
The Office of Fair Trading is urging Asda to settle a dispute with supplier Ferndale Foods through mediation under the terms of the supermarket code of practise.According to reports in the Financial Times, the OFT has asked the retailer to...
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Asda to launch online photo shop
Asda is launching an online photo shop and photo collection service.The services will launch early next month and will allow customers to order prints online which will be delivered within two working days.The photo collection...