Tag "Asda"
Talks restart for selling Asda
Date: 2020-08-10 14:39:00
Asda’s parent company Walmart has restarted talks over the potential selling of a stake in the grocery retailer. The step comes more than a year after its failed merger with...
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Asda rolls out fully recyclable tube packaging for own-brand crisps
Date: 2020-07-27 08:50:56
Asda has announced the introduction of a fully recyclable tube packaging for its own-brand crisps, Snax. The initiative is due to help Asda remove 98.2 tonnes of non-recyclable packaging from...
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Walmart Restarts Talks On Possible Sale Of Asda Stake
Date: 2020-07-21 08:50:17
Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, has restarted talks with potential buyers of a stake in its British supermarket arm Asda, a Walmart spokesperson said on Monday. The talks had been put...
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Asda partners with Uber Eats to launch 30-minute grocery delivery
Date: 2020-07-13 08:50:53
Asda has become the first UK supermarket to strike a deal with Uber Eats, offering grocery delivery in as little as 30 minutes. The trial, which launches this week from...
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Asda To Remove Plastic Forks From Salads And Protein Bowls
Date: 2020-06-18 08:30:10
UK retailer Asda is to remove plastic forks from its own-brand salads and protein bowls as part of its pledge to ‘Use less and recycle more’. The new packaging for...
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Asda’s Commits Support To Care Homes During COVID-19
Date: 2020-05-11 08:30:19
Asda’s president and CEO, Roger Burnley, has pledged the retailer’s support for over 3,500 care homes across the UK. In an email to shoppers, Burnley said that Asda will be extending...
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Asda Slashes Prices Of Steaks To Support UK Farmers
Date: 2020-05-07 08:10:40
UK retailer Asda has announced that it has launched a ‘lowest ever prices’ offer across its steak range to help British farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the retailer will...
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Asda Introduces ‘Scan & Go Mobile’ Service In All Stores
Date: 2020-04-21 08:50:41
UK retailer Asda has rolled out the ‘Scan & Go Mobile’ service in all 581 stores to encourage contactless shopping in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The service allows customers...
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Billionaire petrol industry entrepreneurs eye Asda
Date: 2020-03-15 18:58:33
Asda is reportedly surrounded by petrol station tycoons and private equity houses after US owner Walmart confirmed it was in talks to sell its share last week. Walmart is thought...
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Asda offers one-hour click- and-collect service
Date: 2020-02-10 10:36:50
Asda has launched a new click-and-collect service that makes it possible for shoppers to pick up their online orders in less than an hour. With Express Click and Collect, shoppers...
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Asda Unveils ‘Fishing For Plastic’ Initiative To Tackle Pollution
Date: 2020-01-24 08:30:37
British retailer Asda has announced the launch of a new initiative, ‘Fishing For Plastic’, with which the Walmart-owned operator will seek to tackle marine pollution. As part of the initiative,...
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Asda picks Middleton Leeds store to launch sustainability concept
Date: 2020-01-20 08:10:24
From May, Asda’s Middleton store in Leeds will become the first Asda store where shoppers can fill up their own containers of products. Asda has unveiled plans to launch its...
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Asda Switches To 100% Recyclable Trays For Entire Steak Range
Date: 2019-12-13 08:10:22
UK retailer Asda has announced that it has switched to 100% recyclable cardboard trays for its entire steak range. The initiative will allow the retailer to remove more than 23...
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Tesco battles discounters with paid-for loyalty card
Date: 2019-11-18 13:30:14
Tesco becomes the first major British supermarket group to offer a subscription customer loyalty scheme. This serves as a weapon in its fight against German-owned discounters. No less than 19...
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Asda pushes forward plastic reduction commitment
Date: 2019-10-30 08:30:25
Asda has removed more than 6500 tonnes of plastic packaging from its own brand range since February 2018 Asda has stepped up its commitment to plastic reduction by bringing forward...
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Four ways retailers are reducing food waste
Date: 2019-10-28 08:10:32
Retailers globally are launching campaigns to become more sustainable. One of the main initiatives being adopted is seeing them target food waste. We looked at four initiative ways retailers are...
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Asda Introduces Fresh Herbs In Sustainable Packaging
Date: 2019-10-02 08:30:18
UK retailer Asda has announced that it has replaced plastic pots in its fresh herbs assortment with sustainable containers. The plastic wrap around the herbs has also been swapped with...
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Asda Trials In-Store Pop-Up Charity Clothing Shop
Date: 2019-09-04 08:10:39
UK retailer Asda has announced that it is testing an in-store charity clothing shop, Re-Loved, in its Milton Keynes store to encourage customers to reuse, repurpose or recycle their unwanted...
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Asda signs up its fridges to keep the UK warm this winter
Date: 2019-08-13 08:10:07
Supermarket’s freezers will help power 8,500 homes by matching defrost times to blackouts or surges in demand Hundreds of Asda supermarket stores will help power the UK’s electricity system this...
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Asda Uses Non-Recyclable Plastic For Car Park Makeover
Date: 2019-08-08 08:50:03
UK retailer Asda has announced that it has resurfaced its car park in Wakefield with non-recyclable plastic from discarded water bottles. The initiative is part of Asda’s commitment to reduce...
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Asda uses 90,000 plastic bottles for car park resurfacing
Date: 2019-07-29 08:50:30
Asda has utilised 90,000 plastic water bottles to resurface the car park of its Wakefield store as the grocer finds news ways to recycle. The plastic was ground to tiny...
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Asda To Remove Plastic Carrier Bags With Online Grocery Deliveries
Date: 2019-07-12 08:30:58
UK retailer Asda has announced that it will stop offering single-use plastic carrier bags with its online grocery orders, effective 31 July. The retailer will remove the option of ‘bagged’...
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Asda steps up partnership with Just Eat
Date: 2019-07-08 08:10:59
Asda has announced an expansion of its partnership with Just Eat, as part of wider activity to bring new ideas to the customer experience. Through a new Express grocery delivery...
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Asda plans to eliminate single-use plastic from its cafés
Date: 2019-04-25 11:30:58
Asda aims to ban all single-use plastic from its supermarket cafés by the end of 2019.The trial forms part of several retailer’s ongoing efforts to ban the material. In fact, the...
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The shopping habits of British consumers have changed
Date: 2019-04-10 09:16:11
When in April 1990 Aldi arrived in the United Kingdom, British supermarket chains were confident that they had nothing to worry about. Back in 2009 Aldi’s market share was still...
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Iceland eyeing up Sainsbury’s and Asda stores
Date: 2019-03-18 06:34:27
Frozen foods retailer Iceland is said to be considering a bid for any stores that Sainsbury’s and Asda are required to sell, once their high-profile merger has been completed –...
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Aldi and Lidl accept the challenge
Date: 2018-06-20 09:52:11
Aldi and Lidl have reacted to the merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda that caused quite an excitement in British retail. After Sainsbury’s had announced that basic goods would become 10...
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Asda–Sainsbury’s merger
Date: 2018-05-25 17:20:14
The merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda (a supermarket chain owned by Walmart UK) will establish the biggest retail chain of the United Kingdom. The two companies will keep their names...
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