Asda

Asda was formed in 1965 and has established itself as one of the UK’s biggest supermarket players. The grocer is renowned for its focus on everyday low prices and an extensive product assortment, operating mainly from large out-of-town supermarkets and hypermarkets across the UK. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Asda and the grocery sector.

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News
Asda takes aim at competitors and slashes the price of 2,300 products
2026-01-08T11:45:00+00:00By Helen Gilbert
Asda has cut the price of thousands of products in a pledge to be cheaper than Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons.
Chart of the Week
Chart of the Week: How supermarkets performed at Christmas
2026-01-07T10:49:00+00:00By George Arnett
Ocado was the fastest-growing retailer once again as consumers showed growing appetite for festive shopping online
News
Asda Christmas sales fall despite consumers spending £13.8bn at supermarkets
2026-01-06T08:03:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
Asda was the only major British supermarket to see its sales fall over the peak Christmas trading period, despite consumers spending a record £13.8bn at the grocers.

More on Asda

News

Asda appoints former Microsoft exec as IT chief

2026-01-05T07:16:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne

Asda has hired a new IT chief following the fallout from its delayed Project Future IT separation from Walmart.

Opinion

‘Retail’s 12 gifts of Christmas – and beyond’

2025-12-19T06:30:00+00:00By George MacDonald

From keeping the cost of living down for customers to support for all sorts of good causes, retailers’ generosity has once again been unstinting this year. Christmas is the busiest time for retailers, but it’s also an appropriate moment to reflect on the industry’s invaluable role as a force for good.

‘A cold Christmas looms for embattled Asda’
2025-12-11T13:16:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Asda only supermarket to see sales slide ahead of Christmas
2025-12-09T10:42:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
Future Leaders 2025 - Who will be the CEOs of the future?
2025-12-01T06:30:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Defiant Leighton sticks to his guns as he vows to rebuild Asda ‘to its former glories’
2025-11-28T17:15:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev

Asda vows to ‘double down’ on strategy as like-for-likes slide
2025-11-28T14:30:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Asda agrees sale and leaseback arrangement for stores and depot
2025-11-20T11:03:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Retailer payments back up and running after Cloudflare outage
2025-11-19T07:30:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Reviewed: The best retailer Christmas adverts of the year
2025-11-17T07:00:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne

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