Asda news and analysis – Page 170
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Salty Dog bites back with a zing
Adult crisps brand Salty Dog is marking its first appearance in the multiples with a new flavour and sharing format.Asda will be the first big retailer to stock the crisps brand from next week in 150g sea salt and sea salt & malt vinegar...
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Back just first casualty at Somerfield, tips City
The surprise ousting of Somerfield chief executive Steve Back in favour of former Asda boss Paul Mason could be the first senior manager departure of many under the new owners.Already The Grocer has learned that former Tesco grocery trading...
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Salty Dog bites back with a zing
Adult crisps brand Salty Dog is marking its first appearance in the multiples with a new flavour and sharing format.Asda will be the first big retailer to stock the crisps brand from next week in 150g sea salt and sea salt & malt vinegar...
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Hard lines for suppliers
Retailer-supplier relationships are back in the spotlight as Asda and Somerfield make wholesale changes to their supply base.Asda has clarified terms for own label suppliers in the wake of a dispute last year with Ferndale Foods, whose ready...
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Hard lines for suppliers
Retailer-supplier relationships are back in the spotlight as Asda and Somerfield make wholesale changes to their supply base.Asda has clarified terms for own label suppliers in the wake of a dispute last year with Ferndale Foods, whose ready...
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Spreadable, Seriously
McLelland hopes to cut itself a bigger chunk of the UK Cheddar market with a spreadable version of Seriously Strong, which enters Asda this month.As revealed by The Grocer last year (23 July), the spread has been developed to extend the...
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Former Asda chief to head Somerfield
Steve Back is to be replaced as chief executive of Somerfield by former Asda chief Paul Mason on March 6.Back has resigned with immediate effect and John Lovering, Somerfield chairman, has assumed the role of executive chairman until Mason...
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Star order: Asda
Excellent use of substitutionsWith online shopping now more popular and accessible than ever, Christmas 2005 was the biggest test to date to see whether the retailers have got their houses in order. Our most recent survey suggests...
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Lean, meanmachine
The Red Meat Industry Forum has published a whole chain analysis project undertaken by Asda, its beef supplier Dawn Meats and producer Wold Farm.The companies studied ways of reducing waste in the chain using beef brisket joints. Measures...
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Former Asda man becomes top banker
Former Asda director Andy Hornby has become the youngest ever boss of a major high street bank.Hornby, 38, has been appointed chief executive at HBOS. He joined Asda in 1996 as corporate director working under Archie Norman. He later became...
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Asda retains lowest price position
Asda remained top for price, Morrisons was brilliant on availability, while Waitrose has proved to be the star in customer serviceThe results are in – and the past six months have had little impact on the identity of...
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Bond plan to jack up Asda
Asda president Andy Bond is to launch a major new year recovery programme against the complacency and inefficiency that he admits have played a large part in the retailer’s slowdown.Addressing City analysts this week, Bond said that Asda’s...
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Fair trade brand for UK farmers?
Asda is developing its own fair trade brand for British farming as part of plans to create better relationships with suppliers.The supermarket has been praised by the NFU for initiatives with British farmers that are to emerge in the new year....
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Fair trade brand for UK farmers?
Asda is developing its own fair trade brand for British farming as part of plans to create better relationships with suppliers.The supermarket has been praised by the NFU for initiatives with British farmers that are to emerge in the new year....
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Asda goes for discount
Asda has revealed an audacious plan to steal a march on Tesco and take on the hard discounters with a new store format that offers 95% own label and 5% branded goods, The Grocer can reveal.The format – which has not yet been branded but...
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Asda at large in Milton Keynes
Asda’s dazzling new supercentre testifies to the size of its ambitions, says Gaelle Walker
If ever there were an indicator of the size of Asda’s ambitions, it would surely have to be the new 110,000 sq ft supercentre in Milton Keynes…. -
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Does discount plus Asda equal success?
Asda’s performance over the past year has been less than inspiring. Can it turn things around? Rachel Barnes reportsNext week, Jay Fitzsimmons, Wal-Mart’s senior vice president for finance, arrives in London to show Asda boss Andy...
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The Saturday Essay
What has happened to customer service, asks Joe Cushnan, Ex general manager at Makro, Alfred Dunhill and AsdaThe Grass Roots Are You Being Served? survey outlining the decline in customer service in the past 10 years (The Grocer,...
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In need of therapy?
In a year in which a major restructuring has resulted in 1,400 redundancies, does Asda’s smiley-face brand image really reflect the mood within the company? Rachel Barnes reportsAsda has had a pretty stormy 2005, what with the...
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Expertise of Tesco duo comes on board at Asda
Asda has appointed two Tesco senior managers as part of its ongoing restructure of its executive board.Darren Blackhurst, Tesco’s commercial director for Tesco Thailand, will join Asda’s executive board as food trading director in January...