Asda news and analysis – Page 195
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Nectar is not the only sweet offering in JS
Sainsbury in Durham produced not only the cheapest basket but attentive staff and a massive promotion of the new Nectar loyalty card. It was Hardys wine, which it sold at 81p less than Asda, that brought in Sainsbury's basket at 11p cheaper....
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Asda staff shares in Wal-Mart’s growth
Asda staff who have been saving in the supermarket’s share scheme over the last five years have doubled their money.Asda said that on the back of parent company Wal-Mart’s current stock price staff who have saved £30 per month since 1997...
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Outstanding staff in line for Asda Oscars
Asda is to launch its own version of the Oscars next year as a way to motivate staff. The Asda Oscars will run in addition to Asda's existing Employee of the Month/Year scheme and will involve awarding employees for outstanding achievements in...
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Christmas starts to make a show
The retailer chart is stable this week, with Asda forcing the only change in positioning down to second place after sharing the top spot with Morrisons last week. Although Safeway remains in the same position it has increased its share of...
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Asda to get down to nuts and bolts
Asda is to launch an inquiry as to how some nuts and bolts got into meat pies sold at two of its stores in the south east.According to The Sun newspaper, two shoppers have complained after one discovered bolts in a mini pork and pickle pie...
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Asda online again fails to deliver
Asda regularly tops The Grocer 33 but its online service is still proving a fiasco.Six months after our last online shop and Asda, the worst performer last time, still failed to deliver the goods. Yet it all started so well. Our shopper, a...
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Asda goes colour-coded
Ed Bedington A major overhaul is expected to breathe new life into the meat, fish and poultry category for Asda. The multiple has spent 12 months re-designing the entire section, and the new look was launched this week. Mark James, general...
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Sainsbury in pricing overhaul
Sian Harrington Sainsbury is to beef up its pricing strategy as it prepares for a price war between Asda and Tesco and seeks to reduce the gap in the longer term. The retailer, narrowly hanging on to its number two position, is to increase...
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There's room at the top for two
Morrisons and Asda share top spot in the retailer chart, and stand eight percentage points ahead of the rest. Tesco moves up to third place, pushing Safeway down to number four. The top three are strong on alcoholic drinks and Tesco is...
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Bitter fate with Asda knockout
Asda's own label bitter is absolutely lethal, according to a Leeds plant nursery, and it's a real hit with slugs, but Asda is still prepared to brag about it. Brandon Nurseries, near Leeds, tired of laying out slug pellets, decided to test a...
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Brands make thirsty work of it
Morrisons and Asda sit at numbers one and two respectively and have drawn further ahead of the field, standing eight percentage points ahead of Safeway at number three. Tesco slips just one place, now standing in fourth position. Sainsbury and...
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Asda prepares for grey christmas
Asda has stepped up its campaign to increase the number of over 50s working at its stores.The retailer is on the look out for 10,000 ‘christmas colleagues’ of which it wants 3,300 to be over 50 years old.The new recruits will fill...
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Asda must prepare to take a hit
Safeway has begun its fight back for market share in Scotland with the opening of its first Megastore north of the border at Anniesland, Glasow. As reported in The Grocer on August 24, Safeway is determined not to let Asda's ambitions push it...
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ÂAnd where the rest fell down
Asda Date of shopping trip: 30.08.02 Time taken in store: 47 minsHulme Time of shopping trip: 12:25 Time taken at checkout: 7 mins ...
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A case of the blues...which means NPD, and hands on fun
But retailer behaviour is also crucial. Glanbia supplies to most of the major multiples in the UK, including Asda, Safeway, Somerfield, Kwik Save, Iceland, Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer. Development work at its groundbreaking Malpas Centre of Cheese...
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The multiples get stuck in
Availability is at the heart of Asda's vision for dairy. "We are generally 8-10% cheaper in dairy than our competitors," says Penny Coates, business unit director, chilled and prepared foods, at Asda. "We must make sure that there is as efficient...
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When Asda chief executive officer Tony de Nunzio made batter
This shows that, no matter how great the above-the-line advertising, new product development and funky new packaging, when it comes to getting batteries into consumers' hands, work in store is vital. Yet replenishing the battery fixture is a...
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Asda to double number of photo centres
Asda is set to double its number of photo centres before the end of 2003.The news follows a survey released today highlighting the price differences when processing films. The retail giant said that the new centres will ensure that no matter...
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Asda thinks big to help UK pigs
Ed Bedington A project to help the beleaguered UK pig industry by breeding bigger animals is to expand. The Asda Pig Initiative, which began over a year ago, is to be trialled at depot level, according to agriculture development manager...
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Safeway and Sainsbury close in
There are no changes in the retailer chart this week with Morrisons still at number one. The top three, Morrisons, Asda and Tesco, have, however, lost ground in the number of percentage points held with Safeway and Sainsbury both improving on...