Amazing Malt Whisky for just £20!
Calling all whisky lovers! This week we have 4 fantastic malt whiskies for just £20.
View ArticleDoing The Right Thing update
We recently took Doug Miller, Emeritus Professor in Worker Rights in Fashion, to see some of the factories we work with in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and show him the work we’re doing on our Lean...
View ArticleFestive Press
It’s not just the team at Asda that love our wines - they’re being talked about here, there and everywhere by industry experts and wine writers
View ArticleThe Spirit Shop!
The Spirit Shop has opened its doors for Christmas! Our brand new spirits website has everything you could possibly need when it comes to fantastic deals, gift ideas and cocktail recipes.
View ArticleThe Black Sock Blog
I had a fantastic day at the Asda Food Suppliers Technical conference. It’s always interesting to see how other industries manage quality.
View ArticleAsda's Champagne Success
Asda's Extra Special Louis Bernard Champagne Brut was recently voted by Which? as one of the best affordable champagne's for Christmas. A bargain at just £14.50.
View ArticleHelping our customers through sustainable palm oil
A few weeks ago I was a guest speaker at the RSPO’s annual meeting, the RT10. Walmart asked me to write a blog on this event for their Green Room and so I thought I’d also post it here for our readers.
View ArticleFairtrade Wine
Fairtrade is not only big business, its great business too, and the wine team at Asda play a part in that!
View ArticleWine of the Week
This week is our top drink for Christmas Eve. Our very own Master of Wine Philippa Carr says that Christmas Eve for her is always spent with a glass of Wine Selection Asti Spumante.
View ArticlePotato quality review
Chris Jones, Asda Produce Technical manager, visited Fenmarc last week to review washed up samples of potato consignments destined for ASDA customers over the Christmas period and early 2013.
View ArticleChristmas carrots and parsnips
Chris Jones visited M H Poskitt at Goole, East Yorkshire, on a cold winters morning to capture footage of the processes behind the supply of carrots and parsnips.
View ArticleGoodbye to a sustainable 2012
When I look back on the achievements my team and all of my colleagues working in sustainability across the business have made this year I feel immensely proud.
View ArticleBargain busting deals!
As we enter January, we're all pretty strapped for cash, so how better to start the new year with some amazing deals on your favourite wines and beers...
View ArticleChecking the quality of sprout crops
Chris Jones has been closely monitoring the quality of sprout material with all suppliers including Lincolnshire Field Products, to ensure the quality is as good as possible
View ArticleAsda launch 'Simply Sustainable Water' guide
It's easy to take the everyday things for granted, particularly the things that we are used to accessing in our homes, such as electricity, gas and water.
View Article500 Up! The third Sustain & Save Exchange Summit
We’ve really hit the ground running in the Sustainability Team. In particular, we just held our third Sustain & Save Exchange Summit.
View ArticleChilean wine - Mayu Sangiovese
In the March edition of Decanter magazine you'll find a great review of one of our favourite Chilean wines from the sun-filled Elqui Valley in Northern Chile.
View ArticleCrysis 3 has arrived in store - Get your limited Hunter Edition quickly!
Imagine a world where New York City is an urban jungle - quite literally. Run down and unloved, a jungle has appeared over years of destruction and decay...
View ArticleGreat prices on last year's big games - get in the game
We have rolled back a number of the latest games and all of them are available at asda.com or in our stores.
View ArticleThe third Sustain & Save Exchange Summit video has arrived
Last blog I promised you the highlights video from this Summit. Fresh from the editing suite its now here to view.
View ArticleSustain & Save headlines at our Annual Trade Day
This week I joined over 1,200 suppliers and colleagues in Harrogate for the annual IGD Asda Trade Briefing. It’s our largest supplier event and one where our Executive Team set out the priorities for...
View ArticleMark off 15th April in your diaries
On the 15th April Walmart’s leadership will announce a new series of energy goals to include a new global renewable energy target. On the day you can watch it live here.
View ArticleASDA Grower 'Harper Farming' wins Veg Grower of the Year
'Harper Farming' was awarded the coveted title of ‘Vegetable Grower of the Year’ at the Horticulture Week Grower of the Year awards
View ArticleOur biggest energy announcement ... EVER!
I don’t know if you followed our global announcement but we’re really excited at Asda House. Walmart has announced a huge environmental target of a six-fold increase in renewable energy projects by 2020.
View ArticleSouth Africa trip
Glorious weather greeted Asda colleague Nick Brown as he stepped off the plane in Cape Town ready for a whirlwind tour of South Africa.
View ArticleWinners of the inaugural Sustain & Save Exchange Annual Awards revealed
The Sustain & Save Exchange, SSE, goes from strength to strength and one of the areas we decided to beef up is face to face activity.
View ArticleAnnouncing our brilliant new project with FareShare!
We’ve been putting in place a brand new project, helping to tackle food poverty with FareShare, for the last few months... and now we get to share the news with you
View ArticleDid you know? We won 140 medals for our Wine Selection and Extra Special wines!
After a rigorous blind tasting by the world’s leading wine judges, Asda’s own-label wines scooped up 140 medals at the world’s three most prestigious wine competitions
View ArticleViña Mayu and the winemaking magician of the Elqui Valley
Whoever decided to call Giorgio Flessati a ‘Magician’ in the world of wine wasn’t far off the mark – a man who has won multiple medals from a small family owned winery in the remote and challenging...
View ArticleTry our Extra Special Barbera and find out why it's an award winner
Have you seen our new wine advert? Hands up everyone who already knew that our own label and exclusive wines had won over 200 awards this year ... and now hands up every person who was just a wee bit...
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