Asda news and analysis – Page 47
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NewsAsda budget range Just Essentials hits shelves
More than 60 items, including meat products, ready meals and fruit & veg, will be in store and online by the end of this week
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NewsJohn West expands On The Go range with pasta and rice variants
The new On The Go Tuna Pots are available in four variants and will go on sale in July
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Grocer 33Asda e-commerce VP Simon Gregg on keeping prices low, plastic and the Jubilee
‘We have ensured our full range of more than 200 Smart Price products are available online’
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Grocer 33Asda bags Online 33 win on good availability and ‘value for money’
With a near perfect score of 96 our mystery shopper was “really happy” with this experience
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Grocer 33Morrisons edges out Asda in mystery shop but Tesco Clubcard Prices are cheapest
Morrisons was exclusively cheapest for five lines, including the tomatoes
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NewsAsda warns of ‘stark’ situation facing shoppers as sales fall 9% year on year
The supermarket blamed the fall on the exceptional sales of Q1 last year
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NewsBirds Eye partners with Asda to launch £20k ‘Pay Your Bills’ campaign
The campaign will run until 14 June and highlight the benefits of frozen food as a healthy and more affordable option than fresh without compromising on quality
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NewsRed Fox gains retail listing at Morrisons ahead of new marketing campaign
The 200g pre-packed product will be available in Morrisons stores nationwide from the end of May
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NewsAsda extends staff benefits and brings back Blue Light discount
Asda said it was also removing the 12-week qualifying period for colleague discount in stores and online until October
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Grocer 33Asda cheapest but Tesco Clubcard undercuts again in our Grocer 33 price comparison
Asda continues to struggle to fend off growing inflationary pressures, while Tesco’s Clubcard strategy is proving a winner
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NewsSame-day personal shopper service Buymie secures £6m funding boost
Notable investors in the latest round include Keith Weed CBE, former marketing chief for Unilever, and Eamonn Quinn, former deputy chairman of the Superquinn
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Grocer 33Asda cheapest in this week’s basket but Tesco Clubcard Prices would defeat it again
Tesco is a penny cheaper than Asda if Clubcard Prices discount is applied
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Comment & OpinionMcColl’s has been saved, but the real work starts now for Morrisons
The Morrisons deal appears to secure the immediate future of McColl’s stores, the jobs of its 16,000 employees and its pension fund, but business as usual is not an option if it wants to make it work long term
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NewsAsda DC staff express strong backing for industrial action
The GMB union said 95% of those who voted had said they were willing to take industrial action over what it called real terms pay cut
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NewsAsda targets Home Bargains with new price match campaign
The Home Bargain Price Match includes more than 100 products, most of them non-food, including branded items such as Sure deodoran
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NewsWaitrose drops threat of legal action against Asda over Just Essentials range
Waitrose has now decided not to pursue any further legal action after seeing Asda’s new range design
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Analysis & FeaturesAre Asda and Morrisons’ price cuts enough to win back shoppers?
Asda and Morrisons have both announced major pricing offensives. But will it be enough to win shoppers – and how are they funding it?
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Grocer 33Iceland struggles with food inflation in The Grocer’s price comparison survey
Inflation up 7.2% overall and 12.3% higher at frozen discounter Iceland
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Comment & OpinionThe price war is hotting up and Asda and Morrisons won’t be the only ones joining the fight
Both retailers have been struggling in the top four battle of late, and both have new owners trying to put their stamp on their businesses
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NewsPrice wars as new owners of Asda and Morrisons throw millions at cuts
Asda also announced 120,000 hourly paid shop floor colleagues would see their pay increase to £10.10 per hour from July