Asda news and analysis – Page 173
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Easter share up for Asda
Asda was the only retailer of the big four to increase its share of the market over the four weeks of Easter, according to exclusive data for The Grocer from ACNielsen Homescan.However, Asda’s total share of the grocery market declined 0.3%...
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Asda lets egg-layers out of cages
Asda said this week that it will switch 500,000 British laying hens from battery cages into open barns by May 1, marking a major change in the way it sources standard own-label fresh eggs. The multiple said each hen would now be able to lay its...
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Asda set to expand its RTD range
Asda’s own-label vodka RTDs have proved so popular that the multiple plans to brings out new flavour variants later in the year.The four-strong range, retailing at 89p a bottle, has been on sale for more than two years and has been recording...
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Asda bid for Somerfield ‘would be referred’
The OFT would immediately refer an Asda bid for Somerfield to the Competition Commission, according to an industry analyst, following speculation that the number two supermarket retailer is eyeing up its smaller rival. Head of equities at...
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New snack sticks its neck out
Asda will next week begin to stock a meat-based snack product that its suppliers believe will create a £20m-a-year sub-category.PMM Foods, established in November, has won exclusive UK rights to market Snakstix, a low-fat poultry protein...
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Chains eye MG Rover site
Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury are all eyeing up the MG Rover plant at Longbridge for a new supermarket development, which could end up as a hypermarket megastore.The initial plans for a supermarket are part of a 40-acre science and technology park,...
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Buyers: ‘price is not all’
The majority of buyers do not believe that price is the number one factor driving consumer demand, according to research by The Grocer.While Asda and Tesco raised the heat in the supermarket price war at the start of this month by rolling out...
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The working mum with a ruthless price agenda
Asda’s trading and marketing director Angela Spindler is the driving force behind its low price agenda says Fiona McLellandAvailability is something of an obsession. In the 12 months to June 12, 2004, Asda achieved 98.25% in The...
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UHT milk price rises
The price of the major supermarkets’ UHT milk is following its fresh counterpart upwards. Tesco and Sainsbury this week increased the price of cheapest own-label UHT milk from 32p to 35p, though Asda had not followed suit as we went to...
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Battle of the bottle
Chris Walkland looks at what’s happening to the 3.5ppl milk price rises and why some farmers might not get a fair shareThe fight to raise milk prices took several weeks, but, against the odds, the battle was won – Asda and Tesco...
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Asda’s ‘lifeline’ for UK growers
Asda has awarded Leeds-based frozen food supplier Fullers Foods International a multi-million pound contract to source UK frozen vegetables for all its 274 stores throughout Britain.The multiple said several thousand extra acres of UK veg would...
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Asda awards new frozen veg contract
Asda has changed its frozen vegetable supplier in order to save food miles.The grocery retailer has awarded Leeds-based frozen food supplier, Fullers Foods International, a multi-million pound contract to source UK frozen vegetables for all...
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Sainsbury sees faster growth than Asda
Sainsbury’s market share has recently increased faster than Asda’s for the first time in a decade, according to the latest UK food market share data by TNS.Sainsbury’s market share grew 4.1% during the 12 weeks to 27 March, while Asda’s...
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Multiples cash in on office supplies
Tesco and Asda are vying with specialist stationers in supplying home and basic office supplies, finds Rod AddyIt may be smaller than some non-food categories, but sales of home office supplies are growing rapidly in supermarkets....
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In Profile: Q&A with Karen Todd, local sourcing manager, ASDA
Karen Todd was given the task of setting up a specialised trading team when Asda first recognised that local sourcing was a tremendous opportunity for the company. Asda...
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Asda fights false alarms
Asda is set to extend a scheme to combat false fire alarms following a successful trial using pager technology in-store.During one six-week period, the 10-store trial in Greater Manchester was so successful that the retailer recorded a 90%...
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Smart, fast and in fine voice
Liz Hamson visits Wakefield to see how Asda has revolutionised warehouse management efficiency with a voice-based systemDespite working in temperatures of –25C, colleagues in the freezer at Asda’s chilled distribution centre in...
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Choice of store is not obvious
If you read The Star, love Pop Idol and drive a Mazda, then chances are you’re an Asda shopper. But if you love going to the theatre, read The Times and cook with fresh ingredients you are likely to be a Waitrose fan.Exclusive research for The...
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Kinnerton confectionery sold to investment firm
UK confectionery company, Kinnerton, has been sold to investment firm Zetar for £32m.Kinnerton, which supplies Asda, Co-Op and Tesco, among others, specialises in confectionery and chocolate, particularly those which contain toys and popular...