All Asda articles – Page 151
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Asda to raise online game with non-food
Asda is to massively ramp up the volume and variety of general merchandise products it sells online this summer.
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Opinion
Move over Christmas, roll on St Valentine’s
Our store in St Matthews Quarter, Walsall, opened in June 2007, so we have just completed our first Christmas trading period. I was really pleased with our performance, especially the great effort put in by our new colleagues, who had never experienced an Asda Christmas.
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Asda eyes £2m energy savings
Asda plans to save 2 million a year by buying all its energy for stores and depots directly from UK power generators.
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Asda backs Government food labelling plan
Asda has backed the Government’s call to introduce a single nutritional labelling system as part of the drive to tackle obesity.
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Asda's interest in Somerfield hots up
Asda is thought to have engaged investment bank Lazard to advise it on a potential 2.5 billion bid for Somerfield, according to The Times .
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Opinion
Somerfield bid will likely break it up
One of retail’s worst kept secrets was made official this week, when the private equity owners of Somerfield and investment bank Citi revealed that the grocery chain was being touted around the supermarket industry.
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News
Rising food prices threaten interest rate cut
Food prices are rising at their fastest rate since records began, which could restrict the Bank of England’s scope for cutting interest rates.
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Opinion
Analysts will feast over Tesco’s non-food figures
After Sainsbury’s calmed retail investors’ nerves with better-than-expected like-for-like sales yesterday, Tesco should provide further evidence next week of a strong Christmas for UK grocers.
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TNS crowns Morrisons as Christmas trading winner
Morrisons has emerged as the leading UK grocer this Christmas for the four weeks to December 30, according to TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures.
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Opinion
Shoppers aren’t trading down
Improved choice and value will stave off recession and keep consumers spending
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Asda boss hails grocer's 'best ever' Christmas
Asda chief executive Andy Bond today declared 2007 the grocer’s “best ever” festive season.
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Promotions drive modest Christmas grocery growth
UK supermarkets posted robust sales over the festive period, but record levels of promotions in the grocery sector did not deliver a last-minute rush of shoppers before Christmas.
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Asda reignites supermarket price war with ad drive…
Asda is to spark another price war among the big four grocers with an ad campaign that launches today.
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Shoppers lap up Sales after playing it safe at Christmas
Retailers have celebrated a strong start to the post-Christmas Sales after facing harsh trading conditions for much of December.
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Asda breaks Christmas sales record
Asda revealed that sales on Christmas Eve were its highest to date, a third higher than its previous biggest Christmas Eve in 2004.
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Asda sales
Asda revealed sales on Christmas Eve were its largest ever, a third higher than its previous biggest Christmas Eve (2004). The grocer completed 21 million transactions in the week before Christmas, with the busiest day being Saturday December 22. Its busiest store (Boldon in the North East) served more than ...
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Opinion
Cheesewright will leave a hole at Asda
Asda was rocked this week by the announcement that its second most senior executive is heading back to Canada to run Wal-Mart’s Canadian business.
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News
Asda takes on Amazon with online book launch
Asda has launched 300,000 book titles online to grab a bigger slice of the Amazon-dominated market.
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Asda's number two heads back to Wal-Mart Canada
Asda chief operating officer David Cheesewright is to return to Canada to be president and chief executive of parent Wal-Mart’s Canadian business.