Archive of all Asda articles – Page 2
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News
Cheap Christmas veg wars: Asda, Aldi and Lidl slash prices to 8p
The Christmas veg price wars are in full swing, in a day of fierce undercutting
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News
This launches chicken kyiv and chicken wing alternatives
The brand is launching This Isn’t Chicken Kyiv into chilled and This Isn’t Chicken Wings into frozen
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Finnebrogue rolls out festive range into Asda
The range includes 37 lines and is predicted to bolster Finnebrogue’s sales by 115%
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Lidl and Asda join 15p veg club as latest supermarkets promising Christmas price cuts
It follows 15p festive veg offers from a number of other supermarkets
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Grocer 33
Asda Boldon Colliery: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Retail is pretty simple, but hard. We’ll put a can of beans on the shelf and sell the can of beans with the best service we can give’
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Grocer 33
Asda provides ‘calm oasis’ for stormy Saturday shop
Asda Boldon Colliery’s seasonal displays were ‘mightily impressive’
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News
Asda rolls out 3,000 electronic shelf labels at Manchester Express store
Asda is testing ESLs again after calling time on the biggest trial of the tech in the UK last year
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KVI Tracker
Mince pies up 40% year-on-year amid tight sultana and butter supplies
Twenty-six mince lines are pricier this year than last
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News
Tomato purée: supermarkets hit back at BBC investigation but own-label supply slows
This is how UK supermarkets got caught up in a major forced labour scandal this week
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Analysis & Features
The battle for the best Christmas ad 2024: which ones impress our expert panel?
From a star-laden ‘crime scene’ to Kevin Carrot making boob jokes, this year’s ads are a varied bunch
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News
Asda secures new £155m loan to help struggling supermarket meet debt obligations
The supermarket revealed it had successfully raised and allocated ‘a private £155m-equivalent fungible add-on’ to one of its existing loans
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News
Tomato purées ‘likely’ linked to forced labour in China, BBC investigation finds
The BBC tested several own-label tomato purées that appeared to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, it claimed
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News
Cage-free eggs: UK companies leading the way, new report finds
The new Egg Track report has revealed that of 40 companies included in CIWF’s UK Spotlight, 19 counted as leaders, already 100% cage-free
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News
Media Bites 2 December: Asda debt, Black Friday, seasonal workers
In the week after Asda appointed its new chairman, Allan Leighton, the nationals focused on the supermarket’s ongoing financial woes
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Analysis & Features
Oatly, Asda and RSPCA hypocrisy: The Grocer’s unofficial review of 2024
The Grocer takes a look back over what hit the headlines this year – the highs, the lows and the downright ridiculous, in our 100% unofficial review of 2024
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Asda comes out cheapest in close fought pricing battle
Just 80p separated the traditional big four supermarkets
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News
FSA backtracks on plans for supermarkets to run food safety inspections
Today the agency admitted there had been a lack of transparency over the proposals and announced it had put the plans on hold
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News
Chicago Town adds frozen desserts as part of £10 pizza meal deal
The offer includes two medium Chicago Town pizzas and one Tiger Crust Garlic Bread
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News
Media Bites 26 November: Gails, Asda, Pladis/budget, Tariffs, Walmart
News emerges this morning that upmarket bakery chain Gail’s is up for sale
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Comment & Opinion
Allan Leighton: can Asda’s comeback kid do it again… at 71?
After a 25-year absence, Allan Leighton was met with a rapturous reception on his return to Asda. Is he the shot in the arm it needs?