All Asda articles – Page 38
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why is UK grocery dominated by men?
There has never been a female chief executive or chair at any of the big four grocers and there is no retail sector with more of a boardroom gender imbalance than grocery.
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OpinionOpinion: Asda sales will prove it is past its nadir
It’s been a long, dark tunnel for Asda – one it has been attempting to crawl its way out of for almost three years.
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NewsWilko latest to axe store staff in week of job cuts
Wilko followed hot on the heels of Sainsbury’s and Asda today as Retail Week revealed its plans to put 3,900 staff in redundancy consultation.
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NewsGrocers withdraw products amid contaminated eggs scare
Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons and Waitrose are withdrawing millions of products from shelves after it emerged 700,000 contaminated eggs have been distributed in the UK.
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AnalysisB&M's discount convenience grocery plan plus Asda data
Words and numbers, August 11, 2017: McColl’s chief executive talks about the Morrisons supply deal, plus data from B&M, Asda and House.
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VideoThe Retail Week with Wilf Walsh: Grocery jobs and DFS
Carpetright boss Wilf Walsh joins The Retail Week team to discuss the biggest stories in the industry over the past seven days.
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NewsAgenda: Asda and Kingfisher report second quarter results
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Asda and Kingfisher on the agenda.
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NewsToday in retail: Asda’s jobs pain for long-term gain
Asda’s decision to place 3,257 store staff into consultation would have been fraught with pain, but it’s one for the grocer’s long-term gain.
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NewsAsda to slash store staff levels, impacting 3,200 jobs
Asda could axe hundreds of store staff and slash the working hours of thousands more as it battles to cut costs.
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AnalysisBig break or big mistake? The best and worst retail M&A
There were deals galore in last week as B&M snapped up Heron Foods and DFS bought Sofology. We look back at some of retail’s landmark deals.
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NewsToday in retail: Asda slides while B&M swoops
In another day dominated by the value grocery market, Asda has revealed a dismal performance over its past year and B&M has swooped in on Heron Foods.
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OpinionOpinion: Asda – is this the long-awaited nadir?
As Asda pre-tax profits plummet 18.8%, is this rock bottom for the grocer? Ged Futter fears not.
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NewsAsda suffers full-year profits and sales slump
Asda’s full-year performance fell “behind expectations” as the struggling grocer’s profits and like-for-like sales declined.
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AnalysisWhat the Morrisons-McColl’s deal means for grocery M&A
Morrisons’ surprise deal to supply convenience specialist McColl’s took the grocery wholesale and retail world by surprise today.
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DataSun and sport spur biggest food hike in four years
Hot weather and the ongoing summer of sport bolstered supermarket sales as the grocery sector delivered its biggest sales jump in four years.
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OpinionOpinion: Why B&M is not the answer to Asda’s woes
Speculation that Asda is mulling a £4.4bn takeover of general merchandise giant B&M made a splash in the press last weekend.
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GalleryChristmas in July: This year's festive food trends
The grocers have come out all guns blazing with their festive food again this year, but who will be sitting at the head of the Christmas sales table come January?
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NewsAsda casts slide-rule over variety store group B&M
Asda is mulling a £4.4bn bid for variety store star B&M, it has been reported.
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DataData: The 20 most trusted retailers in the UK
In a fiercely competitive retail market, understanding consumers, creating loyalty and gaining their trust has arguably never been more important.
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NewsBusinessman 'secretly mixed horsemeat with beef'
Horsemeat was unknowingly sold by a host of UK supermarket chains after a gang secretly mixed it with beef, a court has heard.