Tag: Asda

Asda Celebrates 1000th Tonne of Carrots Saved from Waste – check

Stuart Mitchell

In March, Asda hit a milestone when it comes to food waste, putting its 1000th tonne of ‘wonky’ carrots on shelf – a momentous occasion attributed to the acceptance of less-than-perfect fruit and vegetables. In 2015, Asda was the first retailer to introduce wonky carrots as part of a trial to see if customers would be open to eating misshapen (but still great tasting) produce, in a bid to reduce food waste on farms. The great reception to the produce led to the retailer introducing its Wonky vegetable box in…

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Asda to launch important health message on sanitary products

Stuart Mitchell

New advice is to be put on all Asda’s own-label sanitary products encouraging women to check their breasts regularly. Regularly checking your breasts and being aware of any changes is crucial to catching breast cancer early. That’s why Asda has announced that it will encourage more women to be their ‘breast friend’, through new health advice to be printed on all of its own-brand sanitary products. As part of Asda’s Tickled Pink campaign, which has been raising awareness and funding to tackle breast cancer for over 20 years, all of…

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Asda makes Hops and Dreams come True with Launch of First Free From Chocolate Bunny for Easter

Stuart Mitchell

This Easter, Asda is getting the entire nation hopping mad with the introduction of its new Free From Choc Easter Bunny, becoming the first supermarket to introduce a vegan, gluten, wheat and dairy free bunny to the market. With the introduction of the Free From Choc Easter Bunny to its range, Asda is giving those with a gluten or dairy intolerance, or those following a vegan lifestyle, the opportunity to hop on-board this Easter with a cheeky treat they can enjoy – ears and all. The chocolate was created following…

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Asda releases its Gender Pay Report

Stuart Mitchell

Supermarket Asda has today published its Gender Pay Report in line with a Government requirement for large companies to do so by 4thApril 2018. In a report published on the Government’s Gender Pay website, Asda has reported that, for the 2017 Gender Pay Gap reporting period; The median pay difference between ALL men and women employed by Asda is 8.9% – 9.5% better than the national average of 18.4% The mean pay difference between ALL men and women employed by Asda is 12.5% – 4.9% better than the national average…

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Asda, FareShare and The Trussell Trust launch £20 million partnership to help one million people out of food poverty

Stuart Mitchell

Asda and food redistribution charities FareShare and The Trussell Trust have today announced that they will be working together on a new partnership designed to help one million people out of food poverty over the next three years. The programme will be funded by Asda, and see the supermarket invest at least £20 million in developing the infrastructure of FareShare, which operate a distribution network for food donations and The Trussell Trust, who are the UK’s biggest operator of foodbanks.     Asda’s investment will allow the two charities to…

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