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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Innovation of the Week
Asda is trialling electronic shelf edge labels in a convenience store
2024-12-16T07:00:00+00:00
Innovation of the Week is a series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
Analysis
Asda chief executive rumour mill: Who does retail think is in the running for the top job?
2024-12-13T17:10:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne and Hugh Radojev
Asda chair Allan Leighton already knows what’s top of his to-do list for 2025 – hire a new chief executive. Retail Week has pulled together a very unofficial list of the most-speculated names being banded around by the sector during industry cocktail parties and inside WhatsApp group chats.
News
Asda stares down refinancing challenge ahead of Walmart repayment
2024-12-03T07:03:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Asda is staring down at what may be a potentially complex financial restructuring ahead of steep payment owed to its former owner.

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Opinion

‘Allan Leighton has turned Asda around once, but can he do it again?’

2024-11-28T16:22:00+00:00By George MacDonald

Since being appointed as executive chair of Asda a few days ago, Allan Leighton has been making all the right noises, believes George MacDonald

News

Former boss Allan Leighton returns to Asda as executive chair

2024-11-25T07:22:00+00:00By Ritika Bhoora

Allan Leighton, who was chief executive of Asda from 1996 to 2000, is set to return to the grocer as the executive chair as the supermarket struggles with a sales slump.

Amazon has partnered with Asda to launch parcel pickup and returns at supermarkets
2024-11-18T10:03:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Are job cuts, store closures and inflation really inevitable after Labour’s Budget retail ram raid?
2024-11-14T14:48:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Supermarket sales hit 2024 highs as inflation creeps up ahead of Christmas
2024-11-12T11:25:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Asda appoints new interim ecommerce boss bringing over two decades of expertise
2024-11-11T15:34:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev

Asda is expected to make more job cuts following fresh round of redundancies
2024-11-11T07:34:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Lord Rose: ‘Business has been clobbered’ by the Budget and Trump election will stimulate growth
2024-11-08T12:01:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Asda to axe jobs as it forces staff back to the office three days a week
2024-11-06T11:26:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Asda makes new senior appointments to ‘help drive 2025 growth ambitions’
2024-10-21T13:41:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

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