Asda

Asda Penryn to house WC Rowe

Falmouth Packet | News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Cornish bakery WC Rowe is to have its own concessions stand within Asda in Penryn in the New Year.

Asda's £3 whole wild salmon

Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

It sounds like there must be a catch of some sort, but there isn’t. Asda really are selling a whole salmon for just three pounds.

Spiers ASDA Pinotage 'wine of year'

The Pinotage Club (Free subscription) | yesterday

Tim Atkins, writing in The Guardian (London) rates an own label Pinotage made for supermarket chain ASDA by Spier winery as one of the two best wines of the year priced under £5.2009 Asda South African Pinotage, Spier (£3.78, 14%) Shows Pinotage's betterside: gluggable raspberry fruit and a hint of liquorice.In his round up of 2009 he awards South Africa as the Wine Producing...

Jobs on way in Asda plan

Express & Star (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Supermarket giant Asda is planning a multi-million pound expansion to its Oldbury store, creating new jobs and transforming derelict land, the Express & Star can reveal.

Esma Alreyashi in (ASDA)

Alreyashi Muneer (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

Esma Alreyashi in (.ASDA.)

Alreyashi Muneer (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

Shepherd Neame Kentish Ale Collection for £4 in Asda (Dec)

The Ormskirk Baron (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

Asda (Aintree) has 4-bottle Shepherd Neame Kentish Ale packs for just £4: Bishops Finger[2/5] , Master Brew[?], Spitfire[4/5] , Whitstable Bay[?]

More cheap (£1/bottle) ale in Asda (Aintree)

The Ormskirk Baron (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

Spotted that Brakspear Bitter[5/5] & Badger Original Ale[3/5] are both £1 a bottle at the moment, along with these other offers

Thai Vegetable Crackers { via @Nli10} (Asda)

Foodstuff Finds (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

I like Thai food. I like the fragrances and the noodles and the tendency to throw everything in one big wok until it's safe to eat at which point it is considered 'ready'. Usually the supermarkets like to try and up-sell me from this basic Thai experience by adding in little packages around the experience, like fresh lemongrass, more expensive noodle varieties and Thai style crackers. On most occasions...

Asda Celebrates World Cup Merchandise Win

Sky News (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

Supermarket chain Asda has won the right to sell official World Cup merchandise after its parent Walmart struck an exclusive deal with Fifa.

Arrest following Asda night-time carnage video

Bitterwallet (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

Remember Asda Riot Boy, the nightshift employee at the supermarket’s Fulwood store who was filmed going apeshit in the dead of night? Of course you do – there was the slashing of colleagues’ coats, the smashing of eggs and the licking of raw chickens that were then put on the shelves. Nasty. Well, a man has [...]

Mr Kipling Special Edition Orange Slices (Asda)

Foodstuff Finds (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

It has to be said as Special Edition flavours go, ‘Orange’ doesn’t seem the most exciting flavour particularly at this time of year. I was hoping for some added cinnamon spice, or something that makes it that little bit extra special, and perhaps even Seasonal. Not to worry though, as orange flavoured cake slices go these are rather tasty. The vanilla sponge is sweet creamy and full...

Rolling back the lies

Tabloid Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

On 29 October, The Sun ran a story with the headline Asda till snub for Hope for Heroes mum . It claimed: Mum-of-three Beth Hoyle claims an Asda till worker refused to serve her because she was wearing a wristband backing injured troops. Beth says the checkout lad told her the band for Help for Heroes - aided by The Sun - meant she supported the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And when...

Rolling back the lies.

The Sun - Tabloid Lies (Free subscription) | yesterday

Tabloid Watch has the lowdown on a story which I'm sorry to say we missed: On 29 October, The Sun ran a story with the headline Asda till snub for Hope for Heroes mum . It claimed: Mum-of-three Beth Hoyle claims an Asda till worker refused to serve her because she was wearing a wristband backing injured troops. Beth says the checkout lad told her the band for Help for Heroes - aided by...

• Rolling back the lies - Tabloid Watch

Last day to buy the latest Harry Potter DVD at under £7

the Hot DVD Bargains blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Today, I believe, is the last day to get the latest Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, for under £7 (£6.71) from Amazon UK. If you prefer to buy from a shop, I believe it can also be had for £6.71 in Asda and for £7 in Sainsburys. Next cheapest online [...]