Asda to take over Netto in UK

Becca · 28-05-2010, 04:39 PM

Nothing will beat Asda. Even Tesco failed to beat Asda.

Black_Apalachi · 30-05-2010, 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

I can see them changing the brand into ASDA Direct or some kind of small brand designed to compete with Tesco, say-goodbye-to-low-prices-and-stuff you-didnt-know-you-needed-but-now-you've-seen-it-you-must-buy-it.

Makes sense. There aren't really any small ASDA stores are there, just the big superstores. In the same distance as our ASDA, we've got a big main Tesco with petrol station and two of the small Tesco Extra or whatever they're called.

I wish Morrisons would **** off though, they've destroyed our prom and this little crap pool which used to have loads of swans to build a nice big huge eyesore. :@

Mathew · 30-05-2010, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by Black_Apalachi

Makes sense. There aren't really any small ASDA stores are there, just the big superstores. In the same distance as our ASDA, we've got a big main Tesco with petrol station and two of the small Tesco Extra or whatever they're called.

We went to Pontefract last week and found something called an ASDA Essentials. Just read Wikipedia on it and it says it was a co-op store before. I think that's the sort of thing they'll do with the Nettos, personally.

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Asda Essentials In April 2006, Asda launched a new format called 'Asda Essentials' in a former Co-op store in Northampton, followed by another in Pontefract a month later. This was modelled on the French Leaderprice[dead link] chain, with a smaller floorplate than Asda's mainstream stores. Essentials focuses primarily on own-brand products, only stocking branded items that are perceived to be at the "core" of a family's weekly shop. This style of retailing is an attempt to address competition from discount supermarkets such as Aldi, Lidl and Netto. On 6 December 2006 The Guardian newspaper reported that further planned store openings were under review following poor sales in the existing outlets. It was also revealed that the range of branded products has been expanded.[33] In early January 2007 it was announced that the initial trial Essentials store would close within a month after only 10 months of trading.[34]