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Asda launches new money-saving advice hub as research shows parents are struggling to cover kids’ holiday costs

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has recently launched an online money-saving advice hub to help cash-strapped parents struggling with the cost-of-living crisis who face a new financial challenge this summer – how to keep children occupied during the long school holidays when budgets are squeezed. Asda’s ‘Essential Living Hub’ is a one-stop website where customers can access a wide range of hints, tips and hacks, which go beyond the weekly food shop, covering how to save energy, budget better, buy and cook smarter, entertain the kids for free and even eat out without paying…

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Asda £1.4m donation to FareShare will help 10 million meals be donated

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has donated £1.4m to set up the ‘All Good Food Fund’, a unique project with FareShare which is hoped will lead to 10 million meals being donated to charities across the country. As part of the new fund, Asda suppliers will be able to apply for funding to help pay for additional costs; such as labour and transport, making it easier for food to be donated. This means that good-to-eat surplus food such as fruit, vegetables, eggs, bread; as well as fresh, frozen, ambient and chilled food, which would…

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Asda Fights Food Waste with Whywaste

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has collaborated with Whywaste on a new data solution which will simplify the supermarket’s mark-down process and in doing so, reduce food waste. Whywaste’s digital date checking solution identifies products which are close to their expiry date, so colleagues in store can mark down efficiently before products reach their expiry date. This new technology means that Asda colleagues no longer need to look at all the products but receive information via an app on products which are about to expire. As a result, no product can be overlooked and…

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Asda donates £100,000 to FareShare to support charities and faith groups throughout Ramadan

Stuart Mitchell

Asda will be donating £100,000 to FareShare to support charities and faith groups during Ramadan. Asda has donated over £10 million in five years to help FareShare support over 10,500 charities across the country. “We’re extremely grateful for Asda’s ongoing support and we’re proud to be working hard to get good food to communities and faith groups throughout Ramadan and all year round.”Lindsay Boswell, Chief Executive, FareShare The donation will support food contributions made by Asda, with the equivalent of 6.6 million meals donated by its stores depots and home…

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Asda launches employment support package for Ukrainian refugees

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has announced it will offer Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK a guaranteed job interview and provide specialist support to those who are recruited as Asda colleagues. The supermarket currently has around 1,500 salaried and hourly-paid roles available in its stores, warehouses and within its sourcing and procurement arm IPL and would welcome applications from Ukrainian refugees to fill these roles. Asda has also confirmed that it will make a colleague discount card and access to wellbeing support services immediately available to any Ukrainian refugees joining the business, with…

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