Asda news and analysis – Page 209
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The Grocer Focus on fruit juices and juice drinks: Top 10 br
1. Sunny Delight juice drink 2. Ocean Spray juice drink 3. Sainsbury long life juice 4. Del Monte pure juice 5. Tropicana pure juice 6. Tesco ...
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Asda busy sowing seeds
Asda is ploughing £3m into organic farming by launching its own three-year conversion support scheme. The investment comes as part of a package of measures designed to help farmers cope with the industry's crisis. Allan Leighton told some 250...
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That Rollback effect at Asda brings in cheapest hot cross bu
With a repeat of last week's shop, Asda has proved that last week's Rollback result was a permanent feature not a one-off glitch. However, this week's £37.96 at Asda West Bridgford slipped against last week's £37.71. Some of the difference can be...
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Every day low pricing: Just when does 'cheap' become nasty,
Asda's Every Day Low Pricing is rewriting the promotional rule book for marketers trying to sell their brands, and is changing the competitive face of grocery retailing. But will it last? And is there a danger in being too dogmatic when it comes to...
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Asda starts plugging in to Wal-Mart data power
Julian Hunt Asda stores are about to start hooking up to Wal-Mart's powerful Retail Link intranet information system. Andy Clarke, head of systems integration at the supermarket chain, said the technology would go live in one store in two weeks'...
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Major supermarket chains rally behind new code for fair prac
Clive Beddall Six top multiples are responding to a plea from agriculture minister Nick Brown and introducing an industry code of best practice for doing business with farmers and small producers. Asda, Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury, Somerfield...
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A whole new way of thinking'
Getting Asda to embrace ECR methodologies and collaborate closely with suppliers has involved a major shift in strategy, said James Wilson, director of business alignment at the British supermarket chain. But it's all come about because managers...
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Perween Warsi MBE, DBA
S&A Foods The richest Asian woman in Britain, she started in her own kitchen supplying finger foods to the local takeaway. She won major contracts to supply chilled and frozen dishes to Asda and Safeway. Developing over the past 13 years, the...
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Gung Ho approach from multiple
Plenty of folk had been poking fun at Asda this week for its decision to model its training on the American management bestseller Gung Ho. The book sounds bizarre, given that it is all about the spirit of the squirrel, way of the beaver and gift of...
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Asda, Tesco are media darlings
Clive Beddall Tesco and Asda hijacked the UK's media machinery this week and grabbed millions of pounds' worth of free publicity for their latest salvoes in the high street price war. The multiples' spin doctors worked overtime as Asda celebrated...
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Allan drinks to Wal-Mart effect
Clive Beddall Seven months into Asda's membership of the Wal-Mart family, a buoyant Allan Leighton is claiming one million new customers and an increased market share to 14% after his chain's "best period ever". Talking exclusively to The Grocer...
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Lesson in changes to trading relationships
The buzz words Efficient Consumer Response migrated into the UK management vocabulary some years ago, but the incentive to apply ECR principles in daily life got a shot in the arm when Wal-Mart acquired Asda last year. The US giant was the driving...
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SALVESEN DEPOT OPENS
Christian Salvesen has officially opened its £2.3m shared user produce depot in Evesham, Worcester. Among its customers are Asda, the Co-op, Fyffes, Marks and Spencer, Safeway, Somerfield, and Tesco. It has the capacity to handle more than a...
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ASDA: clout compatibility
Asda chief executive Allan Leighton was "not surprised" by the positive comments from the Competition Commission. "The effect we have had on inflation is greater than anything the Chancellor has done," he told The Grocer. "I have always been fairly...
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Asda on top in battle for loyalty but price wars have done h
Asda is the star performer of the latest Verdict report on the shopping habits of UK consumers. The report says Asda has overtaken Sainsbury to take number two spot in the hearts of the UK shopper gaining number one spot in the loyalty stakes. It...
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How british retailers are meeting online shopping orders
l Asda has two dedicated warehouses in Croydon and Watford serving one million customers in the London area, with two more scheduled to open in the second half of this year. It anticipates building a national network of 12-15 depots over the next...
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Norman now at Hague's right hand
Former Asda chairman Archie Norman has severed his final link with the company after resigning as a consultant, following his elevation to the post of shadow minister for transport, environment and the regions. The promotion to William Hague's...
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The other winners
Conserving Farmland Biodiversity Award, sponsored by English Nature and Sainsbury David Wood of Whinney Hill in Northumberland Farming Ambassador of the Year, sponsored by Asda David Milner of the West Midlands Show Group Young Farmer of...
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Sainsbury's Supermarkets has signed a deal for a 10,000 sq f
Knutsford, the investment company headed by four entrepreneurs including former Asda boss Archie Norman, has made a £600m bid for private equity business Wassall. It is believed to be a staging post before Knutsford moves on to a retail takeover...
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Sainsbury's Supermarkets has signed a deal for a 10,000 sq f
Knutsford, the investment company headed by four entrepreneurs including former Asda boss Archie Norman, has made a £600m bid for private equity business Wassall. It is believed to be a staging post before Knutsford moves on to a retail takeover...