All Asda articles – Page 147

  • News

    Asda slashes petrol prices again

    2008-07-30T13:24:48Z

    Asda has charged ahead in the petrol price war, slashing its prices by 2p for unleaded petrol and 4p for diesel across all of its forecourts with effect from tomorrow.

  • News

    Asda extends use of Odin brand management tool to non-food

    2008-07-30T13:21:00Z

    Asda has rolled out Odin’s brand management software to non-food.

  • News

    Government threatens to call time on free plastic bags

    2008-07-29T09:19:36Z

    Supermarkets have been warned that they must cut the number of plastic bags they distribute by 70 per cent by spring 2009 or be forced to start charging for them.

  • News

    Grocers cut petrol prices

    2008-07-22T08:34:10Z

    Supermarkets Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s will lower petrol prices, in a move prompted by falling oil prices.

  • News

    Families’ disposable income still shrinking

    2008-07-21T08:18:39Z

    The average family is 9 a week worse off compared with June last year, Asda’s income tracker has found.

  • Opinion

    Co-op should focus on what it does best

    2008-07-18T11:40:23Z

    The long-awaited Co-op-Somerfield deal was finally completed this week with little pomp and ceremony.

  • News

    Asda launches price-cuts weekend

    2008-07-17T17:52:25Z

    Asda is to slash the price of a dozen core groceries this weekend as shoppers start to feel the pinch towards the end of the month.

  • News

    Asda pencils in September relaunch date for George

    2008-07-17T11:10:37Z

    Asda will relaunch its George clothing brand in September as it seeks to make the label the UK’s biggest-selling fashion brand by volume before the end of 2011.

  • News

    Asda non-food chief to leave

    2008-07-11T16:38:57Z

    Asda non-food trading director Peter Pritchard is to leave the grocer, as chief executive Andy Bond reshuffles the management team.

  • News

    Grocers’ shares tumble as shoppers embrace discounters

    2008-06-27T11:08:00Z

    TNS data showing rapid market share growth by hard discounters contributed to a fall in the share prices of quoted grocers. Meanwhile, general stores slipped still further as trading difficulties – real and imagined – undermined sentiment.

  • Opinion

    Price alone won’t save the day

    2008-06-20T14:33:00Z

    Retailers must back up low prices with good quality if they want to attract today’s consumer

  • News

    Asda plans mixed-use Barnet development

    2008-06-17T16:13:00Z

    Supermarket retailer Asda is preparing to submit plans for a 100 million regeneration of the former Transco site at New Barnet in Hertfordshire.

  • Analysis

    Space science

    2008-06-13T10:33:00Z

    Trading is gruelling across the board, so retailers need to focus on maximising the performance of their existing space. Joanna Perry finds out how high-tech space planning can help

  • Opinion

    Grocers face uncertain prospects

    2008-06-12T17:23:55Z

    Food prices are never far from the headlines and are likely to have further profound effects both on consumer behaviour and retailer strategy.

  • News

    Asda to cut fuel bill by tracking its vans

    2008-06-11T11:06:36Z

    Asda is to reduce costs and improve customer service with a satellite tracking system for its home delivery vans.

  • News

    Wal-Mart sells property firm Gazeley

    2008-06-10T08:54:26Z

    Wal-Mart is to sell Gazeley, the property development subsidiary of Asda, to Dubai World company Economic Zones World.

  • Opinion

    If the price is right…

    2008-06-06T13:05:32Z

    Morrisons revealed once again that it is leading the grocery pack in terms of like-for-like growth. Yesterday, the grocer posted a 7 per cent increase in like-for-likes for the 13 weeks to May 4, which chief executive Marc Bolland said is “industry leading” and, again, “outperforms the market”.

  • News

    Asda posts strong sales

    2008-06-06T10:04:19Z

    US grocer Wal-Mart has reported that sales for May at Asda were 'strong', driven by traffic gains in the UK market where customers are increasingly seeking the lowest prices and best value for money.

  • Analysis

    On the money

    2008-06-05T16:03:02Z

    As Andy Bond packed his bags for Wal-Mart’s annual shareholders’ meeting in the US this week, Jennifer Creevy got his take on the r-word, food inflation and why the competition test will be good news for Asda

  • News

    Asda pulls out stops for Christmas online launch

    2008-06-05T15:19:27Z

    Combined food and general merchandise offer planned for late October, challenging Tesco’s strength