Asda news and analysis – Page 5
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Grocer 33Asda’s Jason Donoher on running a ‘battleship’ store with a local Gloucester feel
‘We’ve got a big clothing and non-food range, a huge food offer and one of the largest e-commerce operations in the region’
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Grocer 33Asda wins cheapest supermarket – but is just 3p cheaper than Morrisons
Asda was the only retailer where our basket cost more than last week or last month
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NewsAsda offloads 24 stores and Lutterworth depot for £568m
Asda will reportedly use the proceeds to repay a debt to Walmart
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NewsAsda adds new execs in senior leadership shuffle
Asda has made a number of key changes to its senior leadership team, following yesterday’s surprise announcement that marketing VP Adam Zavalis is leaving after just over two years in the role
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Analysis & FeaturesSupermarket price wars: how are rivals answering Asda’s cuts?
Tesco has ramped up its pricing fightback against Asda, cutting 3,352 SKUs in a month as the supermarket giant defends its market share
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NewsAsda marketing boss Adam Zavalis to leave after two years
Zavalis’ exit is the latest shakeup to Asda’s new-look customer and marketing team as Allan Leighton looks to breathe new life into his turnaround plan
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Grocer 33Asda wins cheapest supermarket but Tesco gives it run for its money
The gap between Asda and two of its rivals was narrower than Allan Leighton’s target margin
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NewsHealth targets will cost supermarkets ‘tens of millions’ Streeting warned
Retail leaders are urging ministers not to introduce mandatory targets until all major food companies are in a position to report comparable data
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NewsAsda to extend Express Delivery offering following Uber deal
The service – which offers same-day delivery of groceries within four hours of ordering, and in as little as one hour – is available from around 300 Asda locations across the UK
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NewsAsda recruits school kids to fight food waste and find ‘hidden careers’ in retail
Asda aims to help children ‘explore hidden careers in retail’
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NewsAsda unveils ‘simpler’ store format in Harrogate transformation
Harrogate is the first of seven Asda stores in Yorkshire and surrounding areas set to receive a combined £12m investment in 2025
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NewsAsda converts Grinch with low prices in Dr Seuss-inspired Christmas advert 2025
‘We didn’t want to do was to take a holiday from our strategy at Christmas’ Asda marketing VP Adam Zavalis told The Grocer
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NewsAsda sells Leon back to co-founder John Vincent
The undisclosed deal includes 46 Leon restaurants, 20 UK franchises and three franchise sites in the Netherlands
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NewsAsda distribution managers approve GMB union recognition in ‘historic’ vote
‘Asda’s distribution managers told us they were fed up and needed a voice in the workplace,’ said GMB national officer Nadine Houghton
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NewsMorrisons buying team shake-up continues as new dairy director joins from Asda
The appointment is the latest in a string of changes to Morrisons’ commercial team following a major restructure under new group trading director Andrew Staniland’s ‘Magic’ plan.
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NewsFormer Asda CEO Roger Burnley joins M&S board
Burnley, who was the last person to hold the official title of Asda CEO, will join M&S in December
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NewsCastle MacLellan launches new parfait and pâté in Asda and Co-op
One of the UK’s leading makers of pâtés and parfaits, the company has gained nationwide distribution for its new artisan parfait and pâté
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Grocer 33Asda cheapest supermarket for a Halloween party in special Grocer 33 shop
Asda’s £80.79 basket was cheapest for 15 items and exclusively so for 12
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NewsAutistic man ‘sacked’ by Waitrose offered paid role by Asda
Tom Boyd has been offered two paid shifts a week by Asda after he was let go from Waitrose’s Cheadle Hulme store
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NewsAsda and Evri to roll out ParcelShops service to 1,200 stores
Asda plans to have rolled the service to all of its supermarkets, superstores and Express c-stores by the end of April 2026