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Asda has unveiled plans to extend its store in Oldbury, with the creation of 50 jobs. 10-Dec-2009 Asda has won permission to build a new 36,000 sq ft store in Langley Mill, Nottingham, as part of a £25m investment that will include 60 homes and the creation of 300 jobs. 19-Nov-2009 Asda is thought to have appointed Bericote Properties to develop a new 500,000 sq ft distribution centre at St Andrews Road in Avonmouth. 03-Nov-2009 Asda has unveiled plans to open a 25,000 sq ft store at the former Dunnes site on Crumlin Road in North Belfast next year, with the creation of up to 230 jobs. 28-Sep-2009 Asda is to submit plans to build a new 28,000 sq ft store in Forfar, with the creation of up to 270 jobs. 16-Sep-2009 Asda has unveiled plans for a new 49,000 sq ft store in north Belfast, with the creation of up to 150 jobs. 14-Sep-2009 Asda has unveiled plans to build a new 38,000 sq ft superstore on Bradbeck Road in Bradford, with the creation of 350 jobs. 07-Sep-2009 Asda is to submit plans to build a new store at the former NCR site in Dundee, with the creation of up to 480 jobs. 16-Jul-2009 Asda is seeking a suitable site in the Bristol area to build a new 500,000 sq ft distribution centre. 13-Jul-2009 Asda is recruiting 200 staff for a new store due to open at Stoke Park in Ipswich in August. 29-Jun-2009 Asda has submitted plans to build a £25m 36,000 sq ft store in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, which could create up to 300 jobs. 09-Jun-2009 Asda is planning to invest £260m in the expansion of its chain of 47 food stores in Scotland by 2012, with the creation of 3,500 jobs. 01-Jun-2009 Asda is to submit plans to build a new £40m 49,000 sq ft store at Chapel Hill in Huddersfield, with the creation of 400 jobs. 12-May-2009 Asda is to create about 100 jobs at a new Living store due to open in Parc Trostre in South Wales by December. 06-Apr-2009 Asda has won permission to build a new store on a greenfield site at Kittoch Field in East Kilbride, with the creation of hundreds of jobs. 31-Mar-2009 Asda is to create 90 jobs at a new Living store due to open next to the M6 in Wednesbury this autumn. 03-Mar-2009 Asda is to start recruiting up to 375 staff for a new superstore due to open in Rugby in June. 23-Feb-2009 Asda is planning to open 14 new stores and extend 15 existing outlets this year, with the creation of 3,700 jobs, and a further 2,000 jobs will be created in its home shopping division and 1,000 through organic growth. 29-Jan-2009 Asda is to set up a new merchandising department for its home and leisure division over the next few months, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 19-Jan-2009 Asda has unveiled plans to build a £25m 55,000 sq ft store at the Junction One retail park in Antrim, with the creation of 400 jobs. 13-Jan-2009 Asda has won permission to build a £25m 28,500 sq ft store in Melksham, Wiltshire, with the creation of about 300 jobs. 12-Jan-2009 Macdonald Estates is planning a £75m hotel, retail and office development at Wester Gourdie in Dundee, including a new base for technology firm NCR, a £35m Asda store and the creation of 650 jobs. 20-Nov-2008 Asda has won approval from Wansbeck Council for a new £25m 53,000 sq ft store at Portland Park in Ashington, with the creation of 250 jobs. 10-Nov-2008 Asda is to submit plans to build a new 31,000 sq ft store in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, with the creation of 350 jobs. 29-Oct-2008 Asda is considering plans to close its clothing distribution centre at Ince in Wigan in October, with the loss of up to 450 jobs. 29-May-2008 Asda is to create more than 400 jobs at a new store due to open this autumn at Western Harbour in Edinburgh. 22-May-2008 Asda is seeking permission to build a £25m 53,000 sq ft superstore in Ashington, Northumberland, with the creation of 250 new jobs and the transfer of 330 staff from an existing store. 01-May-2008 Asda is investing £1.5m in the development of a new home shopping service in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 120 jobs. 22-Apr-2008 Asda is to submit plans to East Devon District Council to build a 40,000 sq ft store in Exmouth, with the creation of 350 jobs. 24-Mar-2008 Asda is seeking a buyer for its Gazeley property development business, which could raise up to £400m. 11-Mar-2008 Asda is to close its chain of ten George high street clothing stores over the next three months, with the transfer of 400 staff to other stores. 06-Mar-2008 Asda is to open three Living stores at retail parks in Newport, Teesside and Stratford-upon-Avon later this year, taking the non-food chain to 16. 05-Mar-2008 Asda is planning to open 22 stores and create 9,000 new jobs this year, including 1,500 jobs in home delivery and 500 at in-store pharmacies. 21-Feb-2008 Asda is to create up to 450 new jobs at its Wincanton-run distribution centre at the Redhouse Business Park in Doncaster. 05-Feb-2008 Asda is to transfer a West Yorkshire distribution contract and up to 200 jobs from HI Group in Castleford to Wincanton in Doncaster. 16-Jan-2008 Asda has submitted plans to Vale of the White Horse District Council to build a 450,000 sq ft distribution centre in Didcot, which could create up to 400 jobs. 03-Dec-2007 Asda is to submit plans to build a £20m 60,000 sq ft store on the Queensway in East Kilbride, with the creation of 350 jobs. 19-Oct-2007 Asda is to expand its chain of nine Living non-food stores to 13 this autumn, and believes there is potential for up to 300. 13-Aug-2007 Asda is in discussions with St Modwen Properties and Birmingham City Council about plans to build a £25m 100,000 sq ft store at the Longbridge site, with the creation of up to 400 jobs. 13-Jul-2007 Asda has won permission to build a £20m superstore in Whitehaven, with the creation of 340 jobs. 08-Jun-2007 Asda is to invest £6m in the expansion of its Runcorn store by the end of the year, with the creation of 80 new jobs. 26-Apr-2007 Asda is seeking planning permission for a £25m 52,000 sq ft store at Langley Park in North Wiltshire, which would create up to 500 jobs. 26-Mar-2007 Worcester City Council has approved plans from Asda for a new £75m shopping centre development at Lowesmoor, including 13 new shops, apartments and offices. 27-Feb-2007 Asda is planning to open 18 new stores and revamp 15 existing stores over the next 12 months, with the creation of 8,000 jobs. 22-Feb-2007 Newark & Sherwood District Council is considering plans from Simons Developments for a £50m development at Potterdyke in Newark, including a 60,000 sq ft Asda supermarket. 16-Feb-2007 Asda is considering plans to set up a 655,000 sq ft distribution centre in Carcroft, South Yorkshire, in order to replace the Corby depot that is due to close in July 2007 with the loss of up to 250 jobs. 21-Dec-2006 Asda is planning to expand the number of stores offering online shopping from 91 to 157 by October 2007, with the creation of 1,800 jobs. 06-Nov-2006 Asda is considering the future of its Hunters Road distribution centre in Corby, casting doubt on the future of up to 350 jobs. 16-Oct-2006 Asda has submitted plans to Highland Council to build a 70,000 sq ft store at Slackbuie in Inverness, as well as a 100-bed hotel, health centre and five smaller shops. 20-Jul-2006 Asda has submitted plans to build a £10m store at Tain in Easter Ross, which would create 250 jobs. 12-Jul-2006 Asda has announced plans to build a new £10m superstore in Easter Ross by summer 2007, with the creation of 250 jobs. 22-May-2006 Asda is seeking planning permission to open a new £25m store in Antrim, with the creation of 400 jobs. 02-May-2006 Asda is planning to open at least 25 new stores this year, including supermarkets, convenience stores and non-food shops, with the creation of 7,000 jobs. 21-Feb-2006 Asda is seeking permission to build a new £16m store on the site of its existing store at South Bank, Middlesbrough, with the creation of an additional 120 jobs. 03-Feb-2006 Asda has agreed to set up a superstore at Cardiff City's proposed new football stadium at Leckwith. 02-Feb-2006 Asda is to submit plans to Sandwell Council to expand its superstore in Great Barr with a new mezzanine floor, creating more than 100 jobs. 04-Jan-2006 Asda has announced plans to build a £24m 45,000 sq ft store in Enniskillen, with the transfer of 225 staff from its existing site and the creation of 75 new jobs. 08-Dec-2005 Asda is to close the general merchandise unit at its Chepstow distribution depot early next year, with the loss of up to 223 of the 850 jobs. 21-Nov-2005 Asda has announced plans to create 2,800 jobs across the country, including 800 in Northern Ireland, with an average of seven new staff joining each of the group's 289 stores. 15-Nov-2005 Northern Foods has won a £30m contract to supply ready meals to Asda, which will create more than 200 jobs at factories in Carlisle, Grantham, Sheffield and Nottingham. 09-Nov-2005 Asda is looking to open smaller stores of less then 10,000 sq ft, following the success of its former Safeway outlets in Northern Ireland. 07-Nov-2005 Asda and PD Teesport have announced plans to set up a £20m import centre at Teesport near Middlesbrough, with the creation of 300 jobs, including a 360,000 sq ft warehouse due for completion in February 2006. 28-Sep-2005 Asda has won planning permission to build a 125,000 sq ft store in Bangor by 2008, which will involve the relocation of Bangor City football club. 19-Sep-2005 Asda has submitted plans to open its first Asda Living non-food store in Scotland at the Glasgow Fort, with the creation of 100 jobs. 17-Aug-2005 Asda has secured planning permission to develop four new stores in Northern Ireland, including one site in east Belfast and three to replace existing Safeway stores in Enniskillen, Strabane and Ballyclare. 18-Jul-2005 Asda is to invest £40m in the development of four recycling centres in Wakefield, Lutterworth, Bedford and Skelmersdale. 18-Jul-2005 Asda is to create about 2,250 new jobs by providing eight additional customer service staff at each of its 279 stores, and at least 15 new stores are due to open this year. 13-Jul-2005 Asda is planning to shed about 1,400 management jobs, including 185 at its Leeds headquarters, 15 at Lutterworth and the rest in stores throughout the country. 06-Jul-2005 Asda is to announce plans to set up its first store on Anglesey, with the creation of 120 jobs, having bought a site in Llangefni from Safeway. 10-Jun-2005 Asda has bought 12 Safeway stores in Northern Ireland from Morrisons for £74m, and will spend £30m redeveloping the stores. 07-Jun-2005 Asda is planning to shed about 200 warehouse jobs and 119 driving jobs at the ADC distribution centre in Pattinson Industrial Estate, Washington, but some of the staff may be redeployed at the new depot due to open nearby later this year. 02-Jun-2005 Asda has announced plans to build a new supermarket in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, with the creation of 120 jobs. 27-May-2005 Asda is to relocate the 20-strong design team for its George fashion brand from Lutterworth to Rathbone Place in London. 18-Apr-2005 Asda is planning to open 15 pharmacies this year, following the relaxation of pharmacy opening regulations. 04-Apr-2005 Asda is seeking permission to build a superstore at Pickering Street in north Liverpool, with the creation of 250 jobs. 24-Feb-2005 Asda is to spend £600m on its expansion programme this year, including 20 new stores, 20 refurbishments and 6,000 new jobs. 21-Feb-2005 Asda is to relocate its Bearsden superstore in Glasgow to a new 55,000 sq ft site nearby later this year, with the creation of 200 jobs. 18-Feb-2005 Asda is seeking permission to develop a £40m 380,000 sq ft clothing distribution centre in Washington, Wearside, by the end of 2006, with the creation of 700 jobs. 10-Feb-2005 Asda is planning to open 30 jewellery counters, 30 photo centres and six optical departments in its stores, with the creation of 800 jobs. 01-Feb-2005 Asda is seeking permission to build a superstore at Horn Hill in Lowestoft, with the creation of up to 250 jobs. 13-Jan-2005 Asda is planning to open about eight more standalone George fashion stores next year, and 50 potential sites are being considered. 09-Nov-2004 Asda is to open a buying office for its George fashion business in Switzerland, which could lead to the international expansion of the brand. 25-Oct-2004 Asda is planning to open a new £25m superstore in Walsall next year, with the creation of up to 500 jobs. 04-Oct-2004 Morrisons has agreed to sell four Safeway stores to Asda, including sites in Shrewsbury, Coventry, Burton on Trent and Northampton. 14-Sep-2004 Asda is planning to open its first stand-alone general merchandise store in Walsall in October. 06-Jul-2004 Asda has submitted plans to build a £15m superstore in Whitehaven by 2006, with the creation of up to 350 jobs. 18-Jun-2004 Asda is to create 250 new jobs with the £18m expansion of its Boldon Colliery store on Wearside by July 2005. 15-Jun-2004 Asda has ended milk supply contracts worth £90m with Robert Wiseman and Dairy Crest, and will now buy all of its liquid milk from Arla Foods UK. 26-May-2004 Asda has announced plans to create 4,300 jobs this year, as part of a £400m investment that will include relocations, 21 store extensions and new sites in Dorset, Somerset, London and Merseyside. 14-May-2004 Asda is in discussions to acquire a number of the 24 Big W sites from Woolworths, in order to establish out-of-town stores for its George fashion range. 19-Apr-2004 Asda is planning to open standalone George clothing stores in Northampton and Preston in May, as part of a trial. 08-Mar-2004 Asda is seeking permission to expand its superstore in Wolverhampton, with the creation of 150 jobs. 21-Jan-2004 Asda is to submit plans to Solihull Council to build a 42,000 sq ft superstore in Chelmsley Wood town centre, which would create 350 jobs. 15-Jan-2004 Asda Wal-Mart is planning to build the country's largest supermarket in Milton Keynes, a 150,000 sq ft store at the Wimbledon football stadium project. 12-Jan-2004 Asda is to create 150 new jobs at its Taunton store by the end of next year, having won permission for an extension. 02-Jan-2004 Asda has won permission to expand its store in Dumbarton, with the creation of 100 jobs. 24-Dec-2003 Asda has won permission to build a food distribution centre in Didcot, with the creation of about 500 jobs. 18-Nov-2003 Asda is to close its 31 in-store butchers' counters and switch to centrally packed meat, which will involve the creation of 1,100 jobs at supplier factories in Swansea, Doncaster and Winsford. 10-Nov-2003 Asda is planning to recruit up to 10,000 permanent employees to cover during holiday periods throughout the year, in order to reduce the cost of re-hiring and training temporary staff. 27-Oct-2003 Asda is to recruit 50 extra staff for its store in Shipley, following a £5.2m refurbishment. 29-Sep-2003 Asda has announced plans to build a store at the Chapel Street development in Rugby, with the creation of 350 jobs. 12-Sep-2003 Asda is to transfer more of its transport operations from road to rail by using a dedicated train between Daventry and Aberdeen next year, in order to improve the efficiency of delivery to its 30 Scottish stores. 18-Jul-2003 Tibbett & Britten is to close the Asda distribution centre in Corby and 197 staff will be offered the chance to relocate to a new site at Magna Park in Lutterworth by March 2004. 17-Jul-2003 Asda is planning to open two standalone clothing stores in Leeds and Croydon by September, which could lead to the development of a nationwide chain dedicated to its George fashion range. 11-Jun-2003 Asda is seeking permission for the £10m expansion of its Gloucester store, with the creation of 100 jobs. 05-Jun-2003 Asda is planning a £4m expansion at its supermarket in Stowmarket, with the creation of 70 jobs. 30-May-2003 Asda is targeting eight potential sites for new stores in the Greater Manchester area, and its property team has been consulting with local councillors and members of the public. 19-May-2003 Asda has announced plans to invest in its distribution network, including the introduction of cardboard and plastic recycling centres and the creation of 1,200 jobs in Wakefield, Lutterworth, Falkirk, Grangemouth and Wigan. 14-May-2003 Asda is to set up a £30m distribution centre in Skelmersdale by August, in order to distribute frozen and chilled food to stores across the north-west. 24-Mar-2003 Asda is looking to open up to 300 smaller stores on town high streets, following successful trials in Bodmin and Walthamstow. 11-Mar-2003 Asda has announced plans to build a £20m store in Galashiels, with the creation of 360 jobs. 05-Mar-2003 Asda has announced a £360m expansion programme with the creation of 3,900 jobs this year, including 10 new stores and the addition of mezzanine floors in up to 40 existing stores. 19-Feb-2003 Asda has announced plans to build a £25m superstore at the site of Inverness Caledonian Thistle with the creation of 400 jobs, but an alternative football stadium site would need to be found. 03-Oct-2002 Asda is planning to invest £7m revamping the music and video areas of its 255 stores. 09-Sep-2002 Asda is seeking planning permission to build a Supercentre in Milton Keynes, and intends to share the site with a £30m stadium being proposed for Wimbledon Football Club. 26-Aug-2002 Asda is recruiting an extra 2,000 staff for its George clothing division this year, spread across its 228 stores. 15-Aug-2002 Asda has announced plans to invest £114m in new and refurbished stores in London and the south-east, including a Supercentre due to open in Watford in November following a £5m refit. 12-Aug-2002 Asda has announced plans for the £8m refurbishment of its supermarket in Bromsgrove town centre, which will create 100 jobs. 19-Jul-2002 Asda is planning to expand its non-food offering by opening mezzanine floors in up to 30 selected stores, and the first will open in York later this year. 10-Jun-2002 Asda is planning to build a £28m chilled and frozen distribution centre in Falkirk, with the creation of 500 jobs, while its existing West Mains warehouse will be converted to handle tinned and bottled stock. 07-Jun-2002 Asda is planning to create 1,250 jobs at 21 distribution centres around the country, including 120 in London, 430 in Lutterworth, 120 in Chepstow, 60 in Corby and 60 in Northampton. 27-May-2002 Asda has announced plans for a £13m superstore in Ellesmere Port town centre, with the transfer of hundreds of staff from its existing store and the creation of about 200 jobs. 23-May-2002 Asda has announced plans to expand its chain of Supercentres from six to 13 this year, and will also open or revamp 10 other supermarket sites over the coming months. 16-May-2002 Asda is recruiting 100 extra staff at its recently-refurbished superstore at Walsgrave in Coventry. 08-Mar-2002 Asda is planning to create up to 10,000 new jobs during 2002, by opening new stores and expanding others with the introduction of new departments. 18-Jan-2002 Asda is launching a recruitment drive for up to 1,200 staff for a new Asda-WalMart store due to open in east Manchester in June. 07-Jan-2002 Asda is to close its two home delivery picking depots in Watford and Croydon in order to restructure its home shopping business and service the orders from existing stores. 07-Jan-2002 Asda has won approval from Cannock Chase Council to build a £50m superstore in Cannock, with the creation of 400 jobs. 20-Dec-2001 Asda has submitted plans for a £20m superstore in Derby Road, Belper, which could create 350 jobs. 20-Nov-2001 Asda has doubled the growth target for WalMart Supercentres, with plans for 20 sites within three years. 05-Nov-2001 Asda is to roll out a new small store format to about 20 existing locations, following a trial in Bodmin. 29-Oct-2001 Asda is planning to create up to 3,000 jobs by establishing new in-store optician departments, pharmacies, photo centres and jewellers over the next three years. 26-Sep-2001 Asda is planning to launch a chain of internet-linked cash and carry clubs, offering reduced prices on a wide range of products for an annual fee of about £20. 20-Sep-2001 Asda is in talks with Allerdale Council about the possibility of building a superstore in Workington, with the creation of 450 jobs. 14-Sep-2001 Asda is to create 200 jobs at a revamped Wal-Mart superstore in Pudsey, which opens in November. 27-Aug-2001 Asda has submitted plans for the development of a superstore at Chesser Avenue in Edinburgh, with the creation of 300 jobs. 26-Jul-2001 Asda has submitted plans to Walsall Council to build a £15m superstore in Darlaston with the creation of up to 350 jobs. 14-Jun-2001 Asda has announced plans to create 10,000 jobs by recruiting an average of 40 new staff at each of the 244 stores. 16-May-2001 Asda is opening garden centres in 90 store car parks, selling up to 1,000 gardening products. 26-Mar-2001 Asda has announced plans to build a £25m superstore in Llandudno, with the creation of 100 new jobs. 23-Mar-2001 Asda has announced a £25m plan to build a superstore at Brighton Hill in Basingstoke, with the creation of 400 jobs. 21-Feb-2001 Asda is planning to set up in-store jewellery shops, with the first opening in Manchester in April. 05-Feb-2001 Asda is planning to expand the number of in-store photo centres, opticians and pharmacies over the next 12 months, with the creation of 870 jobs. 23-Jan-2001 Asda has announced a £450m programme to open 13 new stores and create 5,000 jobs this year, including a purpose-built Wal-Mart Supercentre in Swindon and a distribution depot in Bedford. 04-Jan-2001 Asda is seeking planning permission for a new distribution centre at Marsh Leys in Bedford. 11-Dec-2000 Asda is seeking 320 employees for a new store that is due to open in Dunstable in April. 01-Dec-2000 Asda has announced plans to create more than 500 jobs in Scotland, as a result of expansion of its stores and a new development at Dumbarton. 24-Nov-2000 Asda is planning to expand its home shopping service to cover 60% of the country within two years, which will involve setting up dedicated depots and creating up to 4,500 jobs. 06-Nov-2000 Asda is seeking permission to build a superstore and 17 non-food retail units in the Haydon area of Swindon, and is also planning to refurbish its store in west Swindon. 23-Oct-2000 Asda is in discussions to open a new superstore at Peter Black Distribution's Bradford Street site in Keighley, with the creation of up to 400 jobs. 09-Oct-2000 Asda has won planning permission to build a new superstore in Widnes town centre. 22-Sep-2000 Alliance UniChem is to sell its 48 in-store Moss pharmacies to Asda for £100m, but its chain of 700 stand-alone branches will be expanded with a further 85. 21-Sep-2000 Asda is to set up a superstore in Dumbarton by 2001, with the creation of up to 300 jobs. 18-Sep-2000 Asda is to create 800 new jobs by opening 36 more stores for 24 hours a day, taking the total that operate round the clock to 86. 08-Aug-2000 Asda is running trials of its home shopping service outside its existing M25 territory, and is seeking a potential site in Farnborough for a distribution depot. 24-Jul-2000 Asda is seeking 100 new employees for a £25m superstore that is due to open in Bradford in August, while the 254 staff at its existing store are expected to transfer to the new site. 29-Jun-2000 Asda has submitted plans for a £25m development in Poole, including superstore, offices, hotel and restaurant, and the creation of 400 jobs. 26-Jun-2000 Asda has announced plans to open a £25m store at Fratton's Bridge Centre in Portsmouth, with the creation of 200 jobs by 2002. 23-Jun-2000 Asda is planning to build a new superstore in Smethwick, as part of a £25m retail park that will include eight outlets and the creation of more than 700 jobs. 15-May-2000 Asda is to rebrand a hypermarket in Patchway, Bristol, as an Asda Wal-Mart supercentre, with half of the floor space dedicated to non-food products. 25-Apr-2000 Asda has submitted plans for the £9m expansion of its Hartlepool store, with the creation of 90 jobs. 20-Apr-2000 Asda is to submit a £30m plan to redevelop a site in the centre of South Shields, which will involve a new superstore, a swimming pool, and the creation of at least 100 new jobs. 20-Apr-2000 Asda is seeking permission to rebuild its Bridge of Don store in Aberdeen, with the creation of 100 new jobs. 13-Apr-2000 Asda is to launch a fixed line telephone service called Asda Calltime, in partnership with MCI Worldcom and Unitel. 07-Apr-2000 Asda has won permission from Manchester City Council to build a new superstore in Burnage, creating around 350 jobs. 03-Apr-2000 Asda has won permission from South Tyneside Council to extend its Boldon Colliery store with the creation of 45 jobs. 29-Mar-2000 Asda has launched a recruitment drive to find 200 staff for its first UK Supercentre, which is opening in Bristol in July. 10-Mar-2000 Asda has started work on the development of a new frozen food depot at Europort's Tuscany Park estate in Wakefield, which will create 500 jobs. 02-Mar-2000 Asda has submitted plans to Blaby District Council for the £8m expansion of its Fosse Park superstore, with the creation of 80 jobs. 16-Feb-2000 Asda is planning to open 12 new stores and expand its internet-based home shopping business this year, with the creation of 6,000 jobs. 11-Jan-2000 Asda has set up a new distribution centre at Newhouse Park in Chepstow, in order to distribute products to stores in South Wales. 16-Dec-1999 Asda has confirmed plans to open bars serving beer, wine and hot food at 85 of its stores, with the creation of 350 jobs. 13-Dec-1999 Asda is planning to develop a new type of non-food hypermarket, focusing on books, newspapers, homeware and home entertainment. 30-Nov-1999 Asda is to set up a new £25m superstore at Huyton village on Merseyside, with the creation of 250 jobs. 12-Nov-1999 Asda has opened its second online home shopping depot in Watford, and is looking for two more sites in London. 23-Oct-1999 Asda is planning to launch a web-based service that will enable shoppers to find the cheapest goods by searching through prices from different retailers. 14-Oct-1999 Asda has announced revised proposals for a £25m superstore in Hull, which will create 400 jobs. 12-Aug-1999 Asda has announced plans to build a £25m superstore in Cannock, with the creation of 400 jobs. 11-Aug-1999 Asda is seeking permission to build a £25m superstore at Middlesbrough's Middlehaven development. 09-Aug-1999 Asda has agreed to a £6.7bn takeover offer from Wal-Mart of the US, raising the prospect of a major shake-up in UK retailing. 15-Jun-1999 Asda is planning to open three new depots by the start of next year that will enable it to offer a home shopping service to 2m households in the London area. 17-May-1999 Asda is planning to invest £70m in two new stores in Aberdare and Swansea and a distribution centre in Chepstow, with the creation of about 750 jobs. 05-May-1999 Asda is forming an internet shopping alliance with The Sun newspaper, in which customers of The Sun internet access service will be able to buy music, books and clothes from Asda. 03-May-1999 Kingfisher is in merger discussions with Asda, which would create Europe's fifth biggest retailer with sales of more than £19bn. 17-Apr-1999 Asda has awarded a £1.5m contract to the Jubilee Fishing Company of Grimsby, which will involve four of Jubilee's trawlers catching cod under the Asda flag. 15-Apr-1999 Asda has started recruiting 200 additional staff for its new hypermarket in Swansea, which is due to open in July. 08-Apr-1999 Asda is considering plans to set up a hypermarket chain called Supercentre in order to extend the George clothing brand into household products. 05-Apr-1999 Asda has launched a catalogue-based home shopping service from a depot in Croydon, and further depots will be set up throughout the country if the trial is successful. 30-Jan-1999 Asda is to build a new store on the existing site of North Hertfordshire College in Stevenage, creating up to 400 jobs. 22-Jan-1999 Asda has acquired five Co-op stores in Yeovil, Blackpool, Darlington, Birkenhead and Weston-super-Mare, and will expand them with the creation of about 1,000 jobs. 18-Dec-1998 Asda has announced plans to sell books, music and videos over the telephone, and the service will later be launched on the internet. 04-Dec-1998 Asda is planning to build a £15m superstore in Bishop Auckland. 24-Oct-1998 Asda is to create up to 300 jobs at a national call centre near Glasgow, and Rutherglen-based City Refrigeration Holdings has won a five-year contract to run it. 23-Oct-1998 Asda is planning to move its Wrexham superstore to a larger site on Holt Road, creating up to 200 jobs. 22-Oct-1998 Asda has awarded a £6m a year contract to NFT Distribution for the distribution of chilled foods. 17-Oct-1998 Asda is to open a new regional distribution centre in Washington, Tyne & Wear, later this month to serve stores in the North East and Cumbria, creating 500 jobs. 15-Sep-1998 Asda is to offer advice to customers on common illnesses by setting up interactive touchscreen pharmacy information points in 50 stores. 12-Sep-1998 Asda is planning to demolish its store in Havant and replace it with a state-of-the-art hypermarket that will be open 24 hours a day and create 100 jobs. 07-Sep-1998 Asda is to open four new stores in Scotland with the creation of 1,000 jobs, and they will be located in Elgin, Hamilton, Robroyston, and Clydebank. 02-Sep-1998 Asda is planning to open more than 40 Lloyds TSB bank branches in its stores this year. 17-Aug-1998 Asda has started introducing "grey market" stalls to its shops offering designer products without the consent of brand owners, thereby defying a European Court ban. 07-Aug-1998 Tesco and Asda have expressed disappointment over a new ruling by the European Court of Justice that prevents retailers from importing lower-priced branded goods from outside Europe and reselling them without the approval of the brand owner. 17-Jul-1998 Asda is to invest £5m this year on a number of new initiatives including an internet store selling music, videos and books, a satellite TV shopping channel and a new home delivery service. 26-Jun-1998 Asda is planning to spend £30m adding drive-through restaurants to 60 of its stores, with the first opening in Canterbury next month. 15-Jun-1998 Asda and Kingfisher are said to have called off possible merger talks, although Asda says the discussions were to explore ways of working together in areas where the two retailers overlap. 18-May-1998 Asda is planning to build its George clothing operation into a £1bn business over the next four years, but has rejected rumours that it is interested in bidding for Safeway, the rival supermarkets chain. 19-Dec-1997 Wace Screen has won a £5m a year contract to supply all point-of-sale materials to Asda. 30-Oct-1997 Asda has announced 25% price cuts on a range of children's healthcare products as part of its campaign against price fixing of over-the-counter drugs. 28-Oct-1997 Asda and Safeway have called off secret merger discussions due to fears of government opposition, a move which would have created a food retailing group similar in size to Tesco. 29-Sep-1997 Asda is introducing a pre-paid discount telephone card in conjunction with Telecom UK, and it should be available in all its stores by the end of the year. 18-Sep-1997 Lloyds TSB is to start opening bank branches in Asda superstores, with the first appearing in Reading before Christmas. 10-Sep-1997 Asda, the retailer, has awarded a £200m 7-year contract to IBM for the outsourcing of all its internal computing operations, one of the largest such deals ever made in the UK. 02-May-1997 Asda is one of four companies bidding about £400m for the Welcome Break motorway service areas being sold off by Granada Group. 14-Feb-1997 Asda, the supermarket chain, is planning to extend its campaign against price-fixing arrangements to other products, having recently broken such arrangements in books and drugs. 20-Dec-1996 Asda, the supermarket chain, is considering the launch of doctors' services in its superstores, on contract to the National Health Service. 10-Dec-1996 Asda has bought a superstore in Havant, Hampshire, from the Co-operative Society for undisclosed terms. 24-Oct-1996 Asda is planning to open eight new stores this year, creating 3,000 jobs. 28-Jun-1996 Asda is to sell petrol "at cost" at its 10 hypermarkets in the latest move in the petrol price war. 24-May-1996 Asda is approaching the European Commission in its attempt to remove the legal price fixing agreement that exists on over-the-counter medicines. 17-Apr-1996 The Advertising Standards Authority has criticised Asda for not honouring an offer to redeem money-off vouchers from other stores to two shoppers. 06-Mar-1996 Asda is to roll out the use of the Fastlane computer system which reduces queues at checkouts by informing managers when extra tills will need to be opened. 19-Feb-1996 Asda is to introduce a range of own-label vitamins and minerals which will fall outside the scope of the price-fixing agreement, and maybe cause a price war. 27-Dec-1995 Asda is this weekend running an offer to take money-off vouchers issued by competitors at all its stores. 15-Dec-1995 Asda may be facing industrial action by GMB union members over a change in Sunday pay rates. 13-Dec-1995 Asda is now offering to redeem Tesco vouchers, prompting Tesco to complain to the ASA about adverts for the Asda offer. 09-Dec-1995 Asda has now been forced to raise the prices on 50 of the 80 vitamin products that it reduced last week. 26-Oct-1995 Asda has been forced to stop discounting 8 of the 80 non-prescription medicines it recently cut prices on, while Sainsbury has started to follow Asda's lead in the challenge to price-fixing. 25-Oct-1995 The OFT has begun investigating the price maintenance of non-prescription medicines, following the move by Asda to cut prices. 21-Oct-1995 Asda is cutting prices on non-prescription medicines by up to 20%, perhaps intitiating an end to the price-fixing arrangements on such products. 16-Oct-1995 Tesco, Asda and Woolworths are preparing to cut 50% off the price of bestselling books following the collapse of the NBA. 30-Sep-1995 Asda plans to open 6 stores per year in the future, while 6 are being opened this year with the creation of 2,000 jobs. 21-Sep-1995
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