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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May- 2018 -1 MaySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s boss sings ‘We’re in the Money’ before TV interview
The CEO of Sainsbury’s and one of it’s largest shareholders, Mike Coupe, was recorded singing ‘We’re in the Money’ while waiting for an interview on ITV about his firm’s merger with Asda. This came just hours after he refused to give reassurance that jobs were not under threat during a…
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Apr- 2018 -30 AprilSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s and Asda £13bn merger to leapfrog Tesco
Supermarket giant Asda has agreed to a proposed merger with Sainsbury’s, worth £13bn. Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe said no stores will be closed and no shop floor jobs will be lost as a result of the merger. He added: “It will enable us to bring prices down, to improve quality,…
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26 AprilSupermarkets
Plastic packaging pact signed by 42 UK firms
Some 42 UK firms including all of the big five supermarkets (Asda, Sainsbury’s,Tesco, Morrisons and Lidl) have signed a pact to dramatically reduce single use plastics by 2025. The pact aims to make 100% of plastic packaging reusable as well as making sure 70% of plastic packaging is effectively recycled.…
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19 AprilOnline & Digital
Woman charged £930 for 11p Banana in Asda online typo disaster
Asda has apologised after a woman attempted to buy a banana for sale on it’s online shop priced at £930.11 rather than the intended price of 11p. The lady had assumed it was just a typo until her credit card company’s fraud prevention team texted her to say her bill…
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Mar- 2018 -27 MarchNews
Over 80% of national retailers snub new Instagram tech
A new selling feature on photo-sharing social media app, Instagram, has been ignored by more than 80% of retailers in its first week, according to Cybertill. Instagram rolled out a new ‘Shopping’ feature to business accounts in the United Kingdom, as well as Germany France, Italy Brazil, Canada, Spain and…
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6 MarchSupermarkets
Morrisons and Tesco fastest growing, Co-op returns to growth
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks to 25 February 2018, show that grocery sales have increased in value by 3.2% compared to the same time last year. This marks the 12th consecutive 12-week period in a row that total market sales…
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5 MarchSupermarkets
Morrisons may face £100m equal pay claim
Supermarket chain Morrisons could be the next of the ‘big four’ grocers facing a potential equal pay compensation claim, for £100m. The claims primarily relate to the difference in pay between workers on supermarket shop floors and those in the associated distribution centres. Around 170 claimants are being represented by…
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1 MarchAnalysis
Delivery heroes will win the day: takeaways from The Delivery Conference 2018
Last week’s Delivery Conference was themed “Leaders and Heroes” and as I absorbed the sense of mission and energy among the delegates it struck me that this was a very appropriate theme for an industry that has its roots far back in history, where often it took a heroic physical…
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Feb- 2018 -28 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Tesco, Asda and Next accused of using harmful factories
British retailers Next, Asda and Tesco are among the companies that continue to source some of their materials from dirty and dangerous factories, according to the Changing Markets Foundation. In the Dirty Fashion revisited report, published by the foundation that exposes irresponsible corporate practices, it says that two viscose factories…
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14 FebruaryNews
Asda under fire for ‘sexist t-shirt’
Asda has been slammed by parents and campaigners for selling a t-shirt which suggests boys are mischief makers and ‘diggers of dirt’. Campaigners say enforcing such stereotypes can cause children’s mental health to suffer. The top, costing from £2.50, is printed with the slogan: ‘’Boy, noun: 1. Digger of dirt,…
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