The archive
Asda
111 pieces written from the shop floor, 2010 to 2022. Store visits, results reaction, pricing and range changes, kept as they were written.
2022
- Issue 485 - Asda - Going Well · 12 December 2022
- Retail by Email - Issue 474 · 5 May 2022
- Issue 473 - Price, price baby · 26 April 2022
- Retail By Email - Issue 472 - Tesco delivered · 25 April 2022
- A few things we spotted in stores this week · 7 April 2022
- Retail By Email - Issue 471 - Asda pushing on · 5 April 2022
- Retail By Email - Issue 470 - Inflation and HFSS delay · 23 March 2022
- Retail By Email - 470 - HFSS delay? · 23 March 2022
- Retail by Email - Issue 469 - Value is for ever · 11 March 2022
- 467 - Sainsbury's back in the meal deal space · 16 February 2022
2021
- Asda Loyalty in trial · 26 October 2021
- Sainsbury's full year results · 30 April 2021
2020
- Shortages and wagons · 23 December 2020
- Sainsbury's - a new strategy in slides · 11 November 2020
- Asda - Plastic trial in Leeds · 21 October 2020
- Asda - Takeover complete · 6 October 2020
- Price activity in own label · 9 September 2020
- Sainsbury's Q1 · 3 July 2020
- Sainsbury's - Change afoot - the long read · 29 January 2020
2019
- Sainsbury's - Marked Aggression · 16 December 2019
- Not in the money · 25 April 2019
- New York, New York · 27 February 2019
- Sainsbury's / Asda - Not looking good (20 February 2019) · 20 February 2019
- Sainsbury's / Asda - Not looking good (20 February 2019) [2] · 20 February 2019
2018
- Asda - Turning the corner · 19 November 2018
- Sainsbury's - Messages to the customer · 15 October 2018
- A brief interlude 2 - Tesco 'brands' and pricing (17 May 2018) · 17 May 2018
- A brief interlude 2 - Tesco 'brands' and pricing (17 May 2018) [2] · 17 May 2018
- A brief interlude 2 - Tesco 'brands' and pricing (17 May 2018) [3] · 17 May 2018
- A brief interlude 2 - Tesco 'brands' and pricing (17 May 2018) [4] · 17 May 2018
- A brief interlude - More brands from Tesco · 8 May 2018
- Tesco – A look at the past – Part 1 · 5 May 2018
- Asda / Sainsbury's & Argos - A few wider thoughts (4 May 2018) · 4 May 2018
- Asda / Sainsbury's & Argos - A few wider thoughts (4 May 2018) [2] · 4 May 2018
- A marriage of convenience? (2 May 2018) · 2 May 2018
- A marriage of convenience? (2 May 2018) [2] · 2 May 2018
- Sainsbury's & Asda · 30 April 2018
- Asda - Rolled Back... · 17 January 2018
- Express Checkout – Christmas 2017 · 11 January 2018
- Christmas 2017 - Morrisons · 9 January 2018
2017
- The market - very competitive out there. · 30 October 2017
- Profits down, sales up at Aldi · 26 September 2017
- Non Food in Tesco · 19 September 2017
- A few things we noticed whilst walking around stores last week – No.34 · 1 September 2017
- Asda - Green shoots of recovery? · 29 August 2017
- Larger packs at Tesco... · 9 August 2017
- Poundland to Multipoundland · 7 August 2017
- Sainsbury's - own label progression · 18 July 2017
- Sainsbury's results - What's in store? · 3 May 2017
- Tesco now charging for food click / collect? · 20 March 2017
- Aldi - Intriguing developments · 6 March 2017
- Market Overview - Christmas 2016 · 10 January 2017
- It's a long read! Market Overview - Christmas 2016 · 3 January 2017
2016
- Tesco vs. Argos - Stepping up a gear · 15 November 2016
- Sainsbury's - The slides that matter · 10 November 2016
- Poundland hitting the headlines · 31 October 2016
- Toy wars · 26 October 2016
- Asda - Price activity · 13 October 2016
- Brexit. Recession. Food Retail? · 25 June 2016
2015
- Tesco Full Year Results – 4 feet to glory · 21 April 2015
2014
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.10 – HQ · 30 December 2014
- The 12 days of Dave Lewis – No.12 – Clubcard · 28 December 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.26 – Household · 22 August 2014
- Netto signage revealed · 21 August 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.14 – Price Down · 10 August 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.12 – Price Promise · 8 August 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.7 – Bakery · 3 August 2014
- Asda - trying to be more than just price. · 19 June 2014
- Sainsbury's 'a real sleek machine' · 11 June 2014
- Celebrating excellence – The Retail World Cup 2014 – The final! · 30 May 2014
- There are chinks within the Aldi armour - price isn't one, health is... · 29 May 2014
- Feet on the ground - Real insight. · 11 May 2014
- Price - Not everyone can be the cheapest. · 7 May 2014
- Morrisons are cheaper... · 1 May 2014
- Comparing Apples and Apples... · 2 April 2014
- News – Asda launch a click / collect ‘locker’ · 18 March 2014
- Tesco....Execution, Execution, Execution · 28 February 2014
- News – Tesco ‘bring forward’ some price cuts on Fruit & Veg · 25 February 2014
- News – Barclays branches opening soon in Asda · 21 February 2014
2013
- Tesco – 1 year on – What’s in store? Part 1 · 15 April 2013
- Nutmeg arrives in store · 27 March 2013
- Morrisons Sales Slide – Get Rid of Fresh Formats, Go Online! A Panic & Hysteria Special · 12 March 2013
2012
- Tesco to (re)launch ‘price promise’ and it includes own label… · 14 November 2012
- The Co-Operative – that good with food? · 2 July 2012
- Negative Q1 for Morrisons – What’s occurring at ground level? · 31 May 2012
- Tooley St Metro – a sign of Tesco things to come? What about the rest? · 23 April 2012
- ‘Tes-go’ ‘big price flop’ – Forget the cliches, what are the real issues facing Tesco? – Part 2 · 9 March 2012
- ‘Tes-go’ ‘big price flop’ – Forget the cliches, what are the real issues facing Tesco? · 29 February 2012
- Sainsbury’s XL ‘big boxes’ – Food by no means secondary. · 11 February 2012
- Sainsbury’s seem to be trading well from their big box stores – Non food first! · 31 January 2012
2011
- The end is nigh – what for Sainsbury’s, Tesco and the rest? · 24 December 2011
- Early December – how are the retailers set for Christmas? First up – Asda · 9 December 2011
- Q3 results are good but what’s going on in the stores? · 17 November 2011
- Tesco Bradford – does it have ‘extra’ ? · 2 November 2011
- M Kitchen fully launched – let o2o commence! · 13 October 2011
- Asda, ‘super’markets ‘super’ centres and pure EDLP? · 6 October 2011
- o2o launches on Ready Meals and Pizza.. · 3 October 2011
- Tesco ‘big’ Price drop goes live….. · 27 September 2011
- The forgotten man reappears with £500m promise · 23 September 2011
- The first offensive by Phil Clarke? · 21 September 2011
- Bakery – Much more than bread. · 1 September 2011
- Own label to Morrisons own brand? · 28 July 2011
- Dalton rolls back the clock with non food · 13 July 2011
- Morrisons ‘driving’ efficiency + a bit of M Local · 2 July 2011
- Asda slide again – Bentonville won’t be pleased. · 13 June 2011
- So how do you save £100m in 3 years? · 29 March 2011
2010
- Retail’s new King? What challenges face Simon King at Asda? · 4 November 2010
- Dalton’s got scope to experiment · 24 September 2010
- Asda’s purchase of Netto could be a wise move · 7 September 2010
- Justin King and Sainsbury’s – Stuff of business legend. · 27 August 2010
- Asda’s food ‘not good enough’ · 20 August 2010
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