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Asda Stores Limited, trading as Asda and often styled as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters are in Leeds, England. The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949. It expanded into Southern England during the 1970s and 1980s, and acquired Allied Carpets, 61 large Gateway Supermarkets and other businesses, such as MFI Group. It sold these acquisitions during the 1990s to concentrate on the supermarkets. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until 1999 when it was acquired by Walmart for £6.7 billion. Asda was the second-largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom between 2003 and 2014 by market share, at which point it fell into third place. As of January 2025 its market share in the UK is 12.6 per cent.
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'It's officially Christmas': M&S and Asda launch festive ad campaigns earlyRetailers have fired the starting gun on Christmas advertising season by launching their festive campaigns earlier than usual.Sky News - Published | |
Asda co-owner mauled by MPs over fuel prices and 'fire and rehire' tacticsThe chair of a committee of MPs has accused Asda's co-owner of "wasting" its time following a tempestuous evidence session over the supermarket chain's fuel prices and employment practices.Sky News - Published | |
Asda owners to buy petrol stations giant EG, creating company with combined revenues of nearly £30bn Asda Group has said it will acquire petrol station operator EG Group's UK and Ireland business, creating a company with combined revenues of nearly £30bn.Sky News - Published | |
7,000 Asda staff could face the sack unless they agree to a 'shameful' pay cut, union claims Asda staff could be threatened with the sack if they don't agree to a pay cut, according to the GMB union.Sky News - Published | |
All the supermarkets cutting the cost of milk Aldi, Asda and Lidl have become the latest supermarkets to announce they are cutting the price of milk in stores following similar moves by their rivals.Sky News - Published | |
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