Asda’s comeback kid has returned, all-out UK food wars have not
Allan Leighton’s ‘rollback’ pricing strategy is back, but rival supermarkets are well-placed to weather any storm ...
Asda boss Allan Leighton ramps up war on prices
The supermarket price wars escalated yesterday as Asda slashed the cost of 1,500 items by as much as 45 per cent.In the ...
Asda sales slump deepens as Aldi closes in on struggling rival
Asda’s sales slump has intensified as discount store Aldi closes in on the struggling supermarket. The British grocer’s sales ...
Retail Gazette23 天
Asda chair Allan Leighton’s four point game plan
Asda chair Allan Leighton has laid down his game plan for turning around the UK’s third biggest grocer and “regaining customers’ trust”. The supermarket chain saw its like-for-like sales ...
The Grocer11 天
Allan Leighton’s biggest challenge in turning the Asda battleship
This part is the hardest part to fix, and it will be one of the reasons Allan Leighton says it will take five years to fix Asda. Own-brand packaging and in-store merchandising are the costliest and ...
The Grocer23 天
Asda’s Allan Leighton axes 6,000 SKUs and warns of major profit drop
Asda will carry out a major range cull over the next 12 months, as a key plank in the supermarket’s fightback following a slump in sales and warning over a big fall in profits. Executive chairman ...
The Irish News23 天
Asda revival no ‘quick fix’ as supermarket spending drive to knock profits
Returning boss Allan Leighton said it would not be a “quick fix” to get the supermarket chain back on a stronger footing. Asda, which is the UK’s third-largest supermarket, launched a ...
Retail Week23 天
Asda chair Allan Leighton: ‘There is no pressure on me to turn this into a quick fix’
Following a mixed set of results for the 2024 financial year, Asda executive chairman Allan Leighton says his work is only just beginning at the retailer and insists he’s in it for the long haul.