All Asda articles
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News
Asda cuts prices on thousands of products
Asda is slashing prices on thousands more products as it continues its commitment to value.
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Feature
Retail Week Awards 2025 – the winners
Check out the profiles of all the winners from the Retail Week Awards 2025 – and what the judges had to say.
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Opinion
‘Supermarket share price rout is testament to Asda’s turnaround potential’
Asda is no spent force, but rival grocers’ share price clobbering sparked by the fear of price wars looks overdone, believes George MacDonald
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News
Asda profits improve off the back of strong George performance
Asda has reported an improvement in profits driven by a strong non-food performance headlined by clothing giant George.
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Interview
Asda chair Allan Leighton: ‘There is no pressure on me to turn this into a quick fix’
Following a mixed set of results for the 2024 financial year, Asda executive chairman Allan Leighton says his work is only just beginning at the retailer and insists he’s in it for the long haul.
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News
Asda cuts hundreds of jobs from IT team
Asda has slashed jobs of workers involved in its £800m IT upgrade, marking the second round of redundancies in five months.
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News
Former Asda supply chain boss returns to grocer from Bensons for Beds
Asda’s former supply chain boss Gavin Chappell has returned to the brand after a decade away.
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Grocery inflation holds steady as shoppers seek out discount deals
Grocery inflation was unchanged last month, according to the latest figures from Kantar.
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News
Asda scraps bonuses for thousands of employees amid sliding sales
The bonuses are usually handed out in the first three months of each year to around 10% of Asda’s employees.
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News
Morrisons raids Lidl, Asda and Carrefour for new senior team roles
Morrisons has hired three new senior leadership team members and promoted two others.
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News
Asda has avoided fines despite missing the deadline for its £800m IT upgrade
Walmart has offered its former business Asda a lifeline after the UK supermarket chain missed a crucial deadline for an £800m technology overhaul.
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News
Asda reveals latest gender pay gap data
Food group Asda has published its latest data on gender pay differences at the business.
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Opinion
‘Rollback’s returned, Whitfield’s on board – and the fightback’s on at Asda’
The reintroduction of Rollback signals that Asda is serious on price once again, while Jo Whitfield’s return brings a valuable combination of experience as the grocer focuses on the best of its heritage while building new businesses such as convenience, believes George MacDonald
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News
Asda appoints Jo Whitfield to non-executive board
Asda has appointed former Co-Op food boss Jo Whitfield to its non-executive board, with a particular focus on growing the retailer’s Express convenience business.
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News
Asda’s sales slump must be turned around to avoid credit derating, warns Moody’s
Asda’s chairman Allan Leighton needs to resolve the chain’s operational challenges in the months ahead to prevent further downgrades to its credit rating, according to Moody’s.
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Analysis
In pictures: How Asda is promoting its Rollback price offensive in-store
The return of Asda’s Rollback prices is a big moment for the grocer as it seeks to regain a once unchallenged reputation for value for money. Retail Week visited Asda’s Stockton supercentre to see how the Rollback launch was executed
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Feature
Automation: What does retail look like in a post-Budget world?
As retail navigates a world post-Budget, Retail Week looks at who is looking at automation as an aid, and how this will impact both customers and millions in the workforce.
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News
Asda launches long-term price offensive with return of rollback and ‘Asda Price’
Asda is slashing prices, including through the reintroduction of its rollback reduction programme, as it seeks to reestablish its value for money credentials.
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Data
Data: Amazon, John Lewis, Asda and Tesco are CX leaders, say consumers
Retail Week recently asked 1,000 UK consumers to name, unprompted, the retailers and brands they feel provide the best shopping experiences
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News
Asda poaches executive from Morrisons for newly created role
Asda has announced the appointment of David Lepley as its new chief supply chain officer, a newly created role it outlined last week.