Asda Cuts Price Of Fuel Yet Again
Firing another salvo in the fuel price war, retailing major Asda has once again cut the cost of unleaded petrol and diesel by one pence per litre.
Asda cuts its price in time for the Bank Holiday weekend, and the new costs of filling up the tank at Asda is 110.9p a litre for unleaded, and 113.9p for diesel. Asda’s rivals have all pledged to match the cut in prices.
Asda’s latest cut comes just a week after it dropped the price of unleaded and diesel by 1p and 2p a litre respectively.
“When it comes to petrol pricing we keep it simple – we try to be the first to drop and the last to put them up, wherever you live,” said Phil Briggs, Asda’s Commercial Director.
“While others are happy to hold onto higher prices for longer, and even inflate them locally where they can get away with it – we believe the right thing to do is have consistently low prices every day, everywhere”.
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Basic Food Items Soar 59 per cent In The Last Three Years
Basic grocery costs in the United Kingdom have leapt by as much as 59 per cent during the last three years according to the results of a survey conducted by a price comparison website.
The results of the survey suggests that the costs of basic items such as eggs and bread have risen by 18 per cent since 2007. Whilst the cost of tea and rice has shot up by 30 per cent and 50 per cent respectively.
The overall price of fresh meat has risen 10 per cent. Bacon prices rose 9 per cent from 2007, whilst the cost of chicken and turkey fell 6 per cent, and the price of fresh fish declining 8 per cent.
Baby milk and drinks rose in price by 29 per cent, baby food and snacks prices rose 21 per cent, and even pet food has risen between 13 to 20 per cent.
Other products that have increased in price over the last three years include baby milk and drinks (up 29 per cent), baby food and snacks (up 21 per cent) and even pet food, with cat food and dog food now 13 per cent and 20 per cent more expensive.
Commenting on the findings, the website spokesman said: “While prices have stabilised or even gone down over the past year, the cost of everyday essentials has still dramatically increased over the last three years.”
“Consumers may feel that they are starting to bounce back from the effects of the most recent recession, but effectively they are forking out up to 59 per cent more for some shopping items than they were three years ago.”
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George At Asda End Of Season Sale
George at Asda’s end of season sale is running at the moment, with great deals to be had, everything from lovely dresses to swimwear and men’s accessories are on sale, so make sure you check it out today.
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Asda To Launch Facebook Photo Printing Service
UK retailing giant Asda is launching a new service that that will give its customers the ability to print Facebook photos directly from their online account.
The new Facebook photo service will feature specialised photo kiosks which are now being incorporated into Asda’s 187 strong in store photo centres centres as part of an exclusive three-month deal with Fuji and PNI Digital Media.
The kiosks will enable Asda customers to print pictures from their Facebook account, create collages, and design gift items.
Jeremy Stacey, camera and photo manager at Asda, said: “Billions of photos are uploaded to social sites every month. This is an easy method to access and print these images.”
The retailing giant says it may widen its service to include other social networks, including MySpace and Twitter.
Facebook is the world’s largest social networking site with more than 500 million active users, including 26 million in the UK.
According to a new study, the website now accounts for one in six of all web page views in the UK.
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Asda Stops Cheap Booze Deals
UK retailing giant Asda has become the first supermarket chain in the country to cease offering cheap booze deals, as it seeks to aid efforts in tackling the problem of binge drinking in Britain.
Asda has introduced a minimum price policy at its stores, which means that alcohol cannot be purchased for less than the cost of duty on the product plus VAT.
The new pricing structures establishes a floor price that is applicable to over 99 per cent of the alcohol the retailer sells, and now implies that one litre bottle of Smirnoff vodka cannot be purchased for less than £10.49, whilst a 20-pack of Carling lagers will not be priced below £7.17.
Store managers, however, still have the right to set alcohol prices for damaged or end-of-range products.
Asda chief executive Andy Clarke wrote in a letter to Home Secretary Theresa May said: “It will be Asda’s policy in all our stores not to sell alcohol to the public below the cost of duty plus VAT.”
“I see this as a small but important first step in the process towards creating a new way of selling alcohol in the UK.”
Asda’s decision comes two months after Tesco chief Sir Terry Leahy backed calls for the introduction of minimum pricing on all alcoholic drinks.
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Asda Groceries Voucher Code Discount – Offer Ends 28th July 2010
Asda Groceries has a fabulous a new voucher code new customers which promises a nice discount on this week’s grocery bill. New customers, registered after the 20th July, who spend over £75 with Asda online, and who then enter the code at checkout before 10 PM on July 28th will get £12.00 discount on their total grocery order. The voucher code is valid for a single purchase per customer, so hurry now and place your order today.
- Spend over £75 on grocery orders With Asda Groceries
- Simply enter the voucher code: M3-TV-NT-YA during checkout
- Get £12 discount off your whole grocery shopping bill
- Offer is valid from today until 10 pm on July 28th 2010.
- Only 1 use per customer for customers registering after 20th July
- Orders amended after 28th July will not be eligible for discount
- Terms And Conditions Apply
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Asda Loses Market Share
According to new data from market research firm Kantar Worldpanel, retail giant Asda continues to lose market share to its rivals.
The results of the survey suggest that Asda’s share of the UK grocery market fell from 16.8 per cent to 16.7 per cent during the quarter ending June 13th, its lowest level in eighteen months.
During the quarter Asda sales rose by 2.7 per cent. Contrastingly Tesco sales grew by 3.7 per cent during the same time frame, whilst Sainsbury’s experienced growth of 4.4. per cent, whilst sales at Morrison’s jumped by 6.1 per cent.
Tesco’s market share continued to be unchanged at 30.8 per cent, whilst Sainsbury’s continued to gain ground on the number two spot held by Asda, and increasing its market share to 16.2 per cent. Morrisons’ share of the market rose from 11.6 per cent to 11.9 per cent.
Commenting on the findings, Edward Garner, Kantar Worldpanel’s communications director, said: “It’s interesting to see shoppers continuing to trade up as demonstrated by Sainsbury’s and Waitrose as well as Tesco Finest. As we emerge from the grip of recession, quality is back on the agenda. This has come to Asda’s attention, with their latest drive to promote their prize-winning products.”
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Asda Groceries Voucher Code Discount – Offer Ends 2nd July 2010
Asda Groceries is running an awesome new voucher code which promises a nice discount on your weekly grocery order. Customers who spend over £50 with Asda online, and who then enter the code at checkout before 10 PM on July 2nd will get £7.50 discount on their total grocery order. The voucher code is valid for a single purchase per customer, so hurry now and place your order today.
- Spend over £50 on grocery orders With Asda Groceries
- Simply enter the voucher code: M3-A3-AM-NT during checkout
- Get £7.50 discount off your whole grocery shopping bill
- Offer is valid from today until 10 pm on July 2nd 2010.
- Only 1 use per customer for customers registering after 24th June
- Orders amended after 2nd July will not be eligible for discount
- Terms And Conditions Apply
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Asda Free Delivery Voucher Code – Offer Ends 30th June 2010
Asda Groceries is running a terrific new voucher code. Customers who spend over 25 with Asda online, and who enter the code at checkout before 10 PM on June 30th will get free delivery on their purchase. The voucher code is valid for a single purchase per customer, so hurry now and place your order today.
- Spend over £25 on grocery orders With Asda Groceries
- Simply enter the voucher code: M3-AF-TW-JN during checkout
- Offer is valid from today until 10 pm on the 30th June.
- Get your FREE DELIVERY
- Only 1 use per customer for customers
- Terms And Conditions Apply
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Asda Forced To Apologise For Discount Mistake
UK retailer Asda was forced to apologise to its customers last week, after the supermarket mistakenly offered online shoppers a whopping £75 discount on their bills.
Last Saturday, a computer malfunction on the retailer’s online shopping system resulted in all first time shoppers being allowed to take advantage of the large discount.
The retailer spotted the mistake within two hours, but by that point, some shoppers had already made use of the discount and placed orders.
Customers were later informed of the error, and were told that either they paid the full cost for their shopping when it arrived, or they would have to cancel their order, and would be required to return the items ordered back to the store.
According to an Asda spokesperson, only a very small number of shoppers had been affected by the mistake.
“It goes without saying that we are sorry,” she said. “We’re bending over backwards to recompense the small number of shoppers who wrongly got the discount voucher . We’ll give them a free delivery and a discount off their next asda.com shopping .”
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