2006-08-29 00:29:03 · 13 answers · asked by jack andrews 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
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2006-09-01 20:35:56 · answer #1 · answered by exbuilder 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
ASDA
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ASDA Stores Limited
Type: Private
Founded: Yorkshire, England (1965)
Headquarters: Leeds (head office)
Key people: Andy Bond, Chief Executive
Industry: Retail
Products: Grocery, General merchandise, financial services
Revenue: see Walmart
Operating income: £638m
Net income: £495m
Employees: 143,125
Parent: Wal-Mart
Website: www.asda.co.uk
For other uses, see ASDA (disambiguation).
ASDA or Associated Dairies is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom offering food, clothing and general merchandise products. It became a subsidiary of Wal-Mart in 1999, and is currently the second largest chain in the UK after Tesco.
ASDA is Wal-Mart's largest overseas subsidiary, accounting for almost half of the company's international sales. As of January 2006, there were 21 ASDA/Wal-Mart Supercentres, 243 ASDA Superstores, 37 ASDA Smaller/town centres, 5 ASDA Living stores, 10 Georges, and 24 depots (distribution centres). ASDA employs 150,000 "colleagues" (90,000 part-time, 60,000 full-time). The company is also engaged in property development through its subsidiary company, Gazeley Properties Limited.
As a wholly owned division of Wal-Mart, ASDA isn't required to declare quarterly or half-yearly earnings. It submits full accounts to Companies House each October.
2006-08-29 00:36:54 · answer #2 · answered by sunflowerlizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Associated Dairies
2006-08-29 00:33:36 · answer #3 · answered by gerbiltamer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ASDA or Associated Dairies is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom offering food, clothing and general merchandise products. It became a subsidiary of Wal-Mart in 1999, and is currently the second largest chain in the UK after Tesco.
2006-08-29 00:37:18 · answer #4 · answered by Steve C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure ASDA stands for Associated Dairies but I'm not sure what, I do however know that sainsburys is a far better supermarket and that the food is far superior to ASDA's
2006-08-29 00:36:29 · answer #5 · answered by derren_sally 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Associated Dairies.
2006-08-29 02:44:20 · answer #6 · answered by daisychain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A simple question and yet some one answering decides to inform us that Sainsbury;s are far better.
I shall continue to use Assopciated Dairies, now part of Walmart, thank you.
2006-08-31 05:54:52 · answer #7 · answered by hawkeye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it dates back to all the farms who banded together. It stands for Associated Dairies...TRUE
2006-08-29 00:32:46 · answer #8 · answered by n j 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OH MY GOSH !!!
Thankyou for opening my eyes- it never occured to me that ASDA stood for anything!
2006-08-29 08:05:43 · answer #9 · answered by alice_mchamish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
american dairy science assosiation
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2006-08-29 03:12:31 · answer #10 · answered by Dhawal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋