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]
Subsidiary | |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (1965) |
Headquarters | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
Key people | Andy Bond, Chief Executive |
Products | Grocery, General merchandise, Financial services |
Revenue | see Walmart |
£638 m | |
Number of employees | 150,000 (2006) |
Parent | Wal-Mart |
Website | www.asda.co.uk |
Asda Media
A bust of co-founder Peter Asquith outside Asda House in Leeds
An unstaffed Asda self-service filling station where payment is made at the pump by credit or debit card. This one is in Middleton, Leeds, England
An unmanned Asda petrol station in Middleton, Leeds.
References
- ↑ "Global powers of retail report - wal mart remains world's largest global retailer - Deloitte & Touche". deloitte.com. Retrieved 7 October 2008.[dead link]
- ↑ "Wal-Mart buys Asda in UK retail shock". Eurofood. 17 June 1999. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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/.