ASDA today announced it had delivered its tenth successive quarter of outperforming the market with comp sales (like-for-like), excluding petrol, increasing 6.9% (up from 6% in Q2 and 5% in Q1).
Sales growth continued to be driven by a combination of increased customer numbers (in particular AB shoppers) and higher basket spend.
Despite the tough [...]

“We welcome today's interest rate cut, it should go someway towards restoring consumer confidence this side of Christmas.
“With disposable incomes continuing to fall it is essential that banks and building societies pass on this saving to their customers. Everyone has to play their part and financial institutions are not exempt.”
“We are helping drivers make ends [...]

WEST Yorkshire schoolchildren will join Ed Balls MP this Friday to meet The Binks – the characters from ASDA’s new educational website.
Life-size Binks characters will be on hand to show Ed, Secretary ofState for Children, Schools andFamilies, how the website works before it’s rolled out to teachers at schools across the UK. Also joining them [...]