Asda

Asda Stores Ltd. is a British supermarket chain. It sells scran, clothing, toys and general merchandise at a very cheap price. It became a subsidiary of the American retail giant Walmart, the world’s largest store,[1] in 1999.[2] It was the second largest chain in the UK until 2014. It is now the third biggest in the UK.[3][4][5]

Asda Stores Limited
Subsidiary
IndustryRetail
FoundedLeeds, West Yorkshire, England (1965)
HeadquartersLeeds, West Yorkshire, England
Key people
Andy Bond, Chief Executive
ProductsGrocery, General merchandise, Financial services
Revenuesee Walmart
£638 m
Number of employees
150,000 (2006)
ParentWal-Mart
Websitewww.asda.co.uk

Asda Media

References

  1. "Global powers of retail report - wal mart remains world's largest global retailer - Deloitte & Touche". deloitte.com. Retrieved 7 October 2008.[dead link]
  2. "Wal-Mart buys Asda in UK retail shock". Eurofood. 17 June 1999. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. "Co-op buys Somerfield for £1.57bn". BBC News Online (BBC). 16 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7508982.stm. Retrieved 6 October 2008. 
  4. "Sainsbury's falls behind Asda to become UK's third biggest supermarket chain". The Guardian. 2 April 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/02/sainsburys-asda-uk-supermarket-aldi-lidl. Retrieved 8 April 2019. 
  5. "Market share of grocery stores in Great Britain for the 12 weeks ending March 29, 2015". Statista. http://www.statista.com/statistics/279900/grocery-market-share-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/.