Asda news and analysis – Page 84
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Comment & OpinionFarm brand pros and cons: they may annoy origin purists, but they do deliver
An actual old lady called Aunt Bessie didn’t make that packet of frozen Yorkshire puddings. Don’t be so naïve – it’s just marketing.
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NewsAsda plans more technology to speed up ToYou click & collect service
Asda is also looking into technology that would alert the click & collect desk when customers arrive in the store car park
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NewsAsda to add listings for Free-Range Dairy Farmers milk
Listings will rise from 109 stores at the moment to more than 300 before May
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NewsAsda to use Vegan Society trademark on own-label products
The Walmart giant has started putting the vegan trademark on 16 different items
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NewsAsda withdraws Slimzone range ahead of Slimming World hearing
A court hearing is due next week over Asda’s linking of Slimzone products to Slimming World
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NewsAsda leads fuel price cuts across supermarket forecourts
Average fuel prices had risen by 16.8% in the last year…
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NewsAsda to hike basic wage in exchange for pay and role changes
Asda claimed 95% of current colleagues would be better off if they chose to move to the new contracts
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Analysis & FeaturesAsda is buying into free-range milk, but will consumers?
The willingness of supermarkets to sell free-range milk in volume demonstrates how far the dairy sector has come in the past couple of years, so is it a fad or will it become the norm? Time will tell
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NewsAsda launches Progrigio blend of Prosecco and pinot grigio
The NPD follows warnings by the WSTA that Prosecco prices could rise by as much as 9%, or 59p per bottle
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NewsSean Clarke puts Asda in back-to-basics lockdown
Asda boss Sean Clarke has retired the flagship strategy of his namesake predecessor six months early
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Comment & OpinionAsda’s quiet man Sean Clarke is right to focus on more than price
Today’s results provide some encouragement that Asda is at least heading in the right direction, but there’s still a long way to go …
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NewsAsda's Project Renewal quietly wound up by Sean Clarke
Chain reports 10th consecutive period of like-for-like sales decline but rules out ’nuclear’ price option
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NewsAsda like-for-like sales fall 2.9% in the fourth quarter
Performance was an improvement on recent quarters, and shows signs of turnaround under new CEO Sean Clarke
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NewsAsda to use Walmart tech for targeted online ads
Drinks giant Lucozade has become one of the first to take advantage of the technology
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NewsPilgrims Choice wins Asda listing for full cheese range
The listing is part of a drive to enhance the supermarket’s cheese category offer
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NewsAsda moves up Stonewall list of LGBT-friendly employers
Grocer is among top 25 companies for promoting workplace equality
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NewsAsda launches Surplus Swap app to help suppliers cut waste
App enables suppliers to sell off unwanted ingredients and trimmings
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NewsAsda launches functional milk rich in vitamin D
Arla-made product went on sale this week and contains half an adult’s recommended daily intake of vitamin D
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NewsAsda and Tesco go head to head over cupboard basics
2017 already shows signs of brutal competition among the supermarkets
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NewsBananas are latest staple to be hit by Brexit price rises
The increase is the first by any major retailer on the iconic SKU since July 2014 and follows a milk price increase by Asda last month