Co-op to open new stores in deal with departing billionaire Asda Issa brother July 9, 2024 The Co-op is to open new stores in petrol stations across the country after signing a deal with one half of the billionaire Issa brothers.
Butcher saved by former Asda boss resumes trade May 8, 2023 Farmison & Co will once again begin selling its upmarket meats this week as a consortium led by the former chief of Asda look to bring the embattled brand back to life, following its collapse and subsequent rescue deal last month. The luxury butcher, which trades to the likes of Harrods and Fortnum & Mason, [...]
CMA hits out at Asda and Sainsbury’s for restricting competition June 13, 2023 Asda and Sainsbury’s broke anti-competition rules a combined total of 32 times between 2011 and 2019, the competition watchdog said this morning. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the ‘Big Four’ supermarkets broke the Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010, which was brought in to stop supermarkets imposing new restrictions that stop rivals [...]
‘It’s not where we want to be’: Asda sales shrink as supermarket rivals eat into market share August 8, 2024 Asda’s sales have dropped again after it continued to lose market share to its supermarket rivals, according to new figures. Revenue in its second quarter of its financial year was down 2.2 per cent, with a 5.3 per cent like-for-like decline, as its sales slump accelerated. Competitors like Morrison’s, Tesco and Sainsbury’s have been slowly [...]
Who is Asda’s chair and why does he want Mohsin Issa to step away? August 12, 2024 Depending on your age and your attention span towards the in and outs of the UK retail scene, you may or may not have heard of Lord Stuart Rose. Knighted in 2008 for his services to the retail industry, he has spent twenty years running some of the biggest names in UK retail: Argos, Marks [...]
Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi: Who owns Britain’s biggest supermarkets after Asda takeover? June 12, 2024 British supermarkets like Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys, and Waitrose might be household names, but who is pulling their strings?
CMA probes Asda’s £611m Co-op petrol station takeover deal over fears it could hike fuel prices March 14, 2023 Asda’s £611m takeover over of 132 Co-op petrol stations has come under scrutiny from the UK’s competition watchdog over concerns the deal was likely to push up fuel prices. After the supermarket snapped up the sites last October the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a Phase 1 investigation at the start of this year [...]
Asda introduces self driving delivery vans in AI first April 17, 2023 Asda is rolling out its largest autonomous delivery trial with customers in London set to receive their groceries via self driving cars. The UK’s third largest grocery store is launching the scheme in partnership with Wayve, a developer of artificial intelligence for self driving cars, and the pair will use Jaguar I-Pace electric cars for [...]
Asda: Debt-laden grocer cashes in on price matching schemes as hunt for new chief gets underway May 17, 2024 Asda, the debt-laden grocery chain, said Aldi and Lidl price matching schemes helped revenue grow by 6.6 per cent in the first quarter of the year.
Asda: Billionaire Zuber Issa close to selling £500m stake in supermarket giant to TDR Capital April 19, 2024 Billionaire Zuber Issa is close to completing talks to sell his £500m stake in Asda to its private equity backer, TDR Capital, according to reports.