The Fashion Police (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
This Citizen’s Arrest was made by our own Rock Hyrax, who spotted this classic case of Clothes-That-Are-Stuck-Together in Asda last week. As Rock says, we don’t tend to expect high fashion from Asda, but that’s no excuse for them to go around thinking its OK to take innocent clothes and stick them together. It’s NOT OK, [...]
Spinneyhead (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Hitchcock moment at the Hulme Asda , originally uploaded by spinneyhead . Whilst eating my breakfast pork pie in the hire van I had visitors. Several of these little fellows (starlings? I'm not an ornithologist, can anyone identify them for me?) landed on the door mirror and started staring at me. I threw a bit of dropped crust out of the window to distract them and sped off.
GamesIndustry.biz (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Supermarket Asda has said that over 600,000 consumers have pre-ordered Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in the UK. The game goes on sale from 00:01am tomorrow morning in the company's 24 hour stores, and at the time of writing the company is selling the game at GBP 44.99, although it admitted this could change in time for release. "In terms of pricing, well that remains anybodies...
Brian Moore - KAMInsighter (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
In an article in the The Telegraph , a Walmart spokesman was quoted as saying that it had been done "for good financial management" reasons. He declined to comment on whether the move was tax driven, but said that all the companies were registered in the UK. In the absence of further details from Walmart, the real issues for suppliers are why, and why now….? Bearing in mind - Asda...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
WalMart has sold Asda for £6.9bn to a Leedsbased investment vehicle called Corinth Services Limited for only £200m more than it paid for the UK supermarket chain in 1999.
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
ASDA's environmental performance has worsened in the past two years, making it the least green of the five major supermarket chains, according to a report from a publicly funded consumer watchdog.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
ASDA is the least environmentally friendly of all the major supermarkets, a study has concluded.
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Asda, the UK’s second-biggest supermarket, posted record sales last year, but its pre-tax profits fell by 2 per cent after an adjustment to its share option costs.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
CUSTOMERS have been advised to return figs bought at Asda after maggots were found.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Asda advised customers today to return figs to the supermarket after maggots were found.
Cllr Cliff Roper (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Planning Board are to carry out a site visit on 16 November, followed by a meeting at 6-00pm at Ripley Town Hall to make a decision on both the store development and the associated housing development, though the decisions may be deferred to a later date. The public are able to attend the meeting at Ripley.
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
SUPERMARKET giant Asda has advised customers to return figs to the supermarket after maggots were found.
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
As darker and colder nights descend upon us, Asda Walsall has teamed up with the Express & Star to offer one lucky reader the chance to avoid the cold, with £500 worth of vouchers to spend on a new home cinema system!
Alex Ross - Shipley Labour (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I still get people finding this blog looking for information about palm oil. So in the interests of fairness I should point out that ASDA, who I’ve criticised in the past for their lack of take up of sustainable palm oil, is now one of the WWFs top ten users of sustainable palm oil. Credit where [...]
