Asda plans to create 9,000 jobs

The comments came as Asda outlined plans for a £400 million store opening programme through 12 new superstores and ten more Asda Living nonfood stores.

Asda plans to double its rate of
expansion in Britain to an unprecedented 20 new superstores a year in
the light of the Competition Commission’s inquiry into the £130
billion supermarket sector.

It also confirmed a dramatic expansion
of its nonfood offer on the internet and vowed to continue cutting
prices despite mounting inflationary pressure.