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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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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12 FebruarySupermarkets
Aldi reclaims title of ‘nation’s favourite supermarket’ in satisfaction survey
Aldi has been rated the nation’s favourite in-store supermarket in Which?’s annual best and worst supermarket satisfaction survey. Customers were impressed with Aldi’s special offers, as well as the quality of its fresh and own-label products and the ease of finding items on its shelves, Which? said. It is the…
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9 FebruarySupermarkets
Asda launches £20 million partnership to help one million people out of food poverty
Supermarket giant Asda has announced a new partnership with two food redistribution charities, which could help around one million people out of food poverty over the next three years. The programme will be funded by Asda, and will see the supermarket invest at least £20m in developing the infrastructure of…
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6 FebruarySupermarkets
Lidl keeps place as UK’s fastest growing supermarket
Lidl has proven itself to be the UK’s fastest growing retailer, according to data from market researcher Kantar Worldpanel. The supermarket saw a market share increase of 0.5% its sales increased by 16.3% compared to this time last year. Aldi came in second, with the food store increasing sales by…
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5 FebruaryNews
Asda to scrap 5p bags in a bid to reduce plastic
Supermarket Asda will be scrapping 5p bags by the end of the year, as it sets out plans to reduce plastic use. Asda has become the first of the ‘big four’ supermarkets to set out detailed plans about how it will reduce its use of plastic. The supermarket, which has…
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Jan- 2018 -26 JanuarySupermarkets
Walmart partners with Japanese company Rakuten
Walmart, the parent company of UK grocer Asda, has announced a new ‘strategic alliance’ with ecommerce retailer Rakuten to launch an online delivery service in Japan. US-based Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, said the service will launch in the latter half 2018. Rakuten Seiyu Netsuper, will replace Walmart’s current delivery…
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19 JanuarySupermarkets
Asda and Aldi ban energy drink sales to under-16s
Asda and Aldi have joined supermarket Waitrose in banning the sale of high-caffeine drinks to anyone aged under 16, the first of the ‘Big Four’ retailers to do so. The move will see an age restriction introduced on 84 products from 5 March in Asda. From this date customers wishing…
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10 JanuarySupermarkets
Aldi and Lidl ahead in the ‘supermarket space race’
Insurgent discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have revealed large-scale land grabs for 2018, having submitted a combined total of 128 planning applications for new stores across the UK. The proposals are mainly for smaller convenience stores, designed to satisfy local demand and tap into the consumer move away from the…
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10 JanuarySupermarkets
Tesco’s £1bn Christmas sales lift amid supermarket boom
Tesco recorded a 3.1% rise in sales in the three months ending December 31, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel UK grocery market share figures. Comparatively Asda’s sales grew by 2.2%, Morrisons by 2.1%, and Sainsbury’s 2%. Kantar reported that Aldi and Lidl attracted nearly one million additional households to…
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