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 -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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5 JanuaryTechnology
Asda opens UK’s first ‘parcel vending machine’
A new automated ‘parcel tower’ for George.com’s click-and-collect service has been installed at Asda’s Trafford Park store following a successful trial by parent company Walmart in the US. The acts as a giant parcel vending machine. Customers can choose items available on George.com from their computer or smartphone, select the…
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3 JanuaryUncategorized
Asda ends partnership with European Marketing Distribution
Supermarket giant Asda has ended its partnership with European Marketing Distribution (EMD). EMD cooperates in buying private label products all over the world and negotiates agreements with producers of branded products at transnational level. Asda joined EMD at the beginning of 2016, but has since made significant changes to its…
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Nov- 2017 -23 NovemberAdvice
Energy – far more than a retailer’s ‘impulse buy’
Recent research has suggested that some £300m worth of energy is being wasted across the UK retail sector. As major energy consumers, retailers have had a tough fight on their hands to balance the challenges of delivering to customers on an increasingly multi-channel and 24/7 basis while also keeping costs…
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