Asda
This coverage explores Asda’s strategy, operations, and performance within the UK grocery and retail sector. Reporting highlights store and online developments, product ranges, pricing strategies, financial results, leadership decisions, and sustainability initiatives. With a focus on commercial outcomes and competitive positioning, it provides insights for retail professionals managing grocery, value-driven, and multi-channel operations.
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Jun- 2021 -30 JuneSupermarkets
Asda launches ‘Express Delivery’ service
Asda has launched a new ‘Express Delivery’ service which will allow customers to shop the store’s full online range of more than 30,000 grocery products for delivery in one hour. Following a trial period at three Asda locations in Halifax, Rotherham and Poole, the group has made the service permanently…
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28 JuneSupermarkets
ASDA reduces GHG emissions by 16%
Asda has revealed it has reduced the amount of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions it produced last year by 16%, according to figures published for the first time. The figures are part of the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting requirements published in Asda Group Limited’s annual report and accounts for the…
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23 JuneSupermarkets
Asda donates £30k to support Manchester apprenticeships
Asda has announced plans to donate £30k to small businesses across Manchester to help fund 60 apprenticeships in the area. The group is working with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) who is helping distribute an initial £300,000 to local businesses. An apprenticeship levy is paid by large businesses and…
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16 JuneSupermarkets
Issa Brothers given green light for £6.8bn Asda takeover
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted the Issa Brothers offer to sell 27 of their 395 EG Group petrol filling stations in a bid to close their £6.8bn takeover of Asda. In April, the competition watchdog launched an investigation into the deal after it was feared that the…
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16 JuneSupermarkets
Asda opens ‘biggest refill zone’ in York
Asda has announced plans to open its biggest refill zone to date in York in October. The zone will feature 18 standalone bays with over 70 branded and own-label products in refillable format with brand new product types including dried Mars pet food and additional ranges of snacking, desserts and…
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11 JuneSupermarkets
Asda sales climb 7.3% in Q1
Asda has revealed that its like-for-like sales climbed 7.3% for the three months ended 31 March 2021. The increase in like-for-like sales was driven by a 31% jump in clothing and a 39% spike in general merchandise sales. Moreover, like-for-like food sales at Asda also increased by 3.9% during the…
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4 JuneSupermarkets
Tesco staff win ‘landmark ruling’ in equal pay case
Tesco workers have won a legal battle for equal pay following a “landmark ruling” from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Represented by Leigh Day, roughly 50,000 majoritively female shop floor workers had filed the case in a bid to gain equal pay with their mostly male…
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2 June
Amazon to become UK’s largest retailer by 2025, study finds
Amazon is to overtake Tesco as the UK’s largest retailer within the next four years, with UK sales expected to reach £77.1bn by 2025, according to a report from Edge by Ascential’s syndicated research arm, Edge Retail Insight. In 2020, Amazon UK’s total sales were £36.3bn, while Tesco’s sales were…
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May- 2021 -25 MayEconomy
Family spending power reaches 11-year high
The average family disposable income in the UK has reached an 11-year high, according to Asda’s latest Income Tracker. Income increased by 13.1% year-on-year in March, representing a weekly income rise of £28 for each household. London saw the smallest annual growth with a rise of 8%, while disposable incomes…
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7 MaySupermarkets
Asda pledges to be a net zero carbon business by 2040
Asda has pledged to become a net zero carbon business by 2040, as the company publishes its first Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report. According to the grocer, the push to become a net zero carbon business will see the group reduce its GreenHouse Gas emissions by 50% by 2025. …
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