Editing Asda (section)

==Store formats==
[[File:Asda Supercentre, Swindon Haydon.jpg|thumb|A Supercentre in [[Haydon Wick|Haydon]], [[Swindon]], branded Asda Walmart in 2013]]

===Asda Supercentres===
[[File:Interior of ASDA Walmart Supercentre Milton Keynes.jpg|alt=Interior of Asda Supercentre Milton Keynes|thumb|Interior of Asda Supercentre Milton Keynes]]
Following the takeover by Walmart, several "Asda Walmart Supercentres" opened, creating some of the largest hypermarkets in the United Kingdom. Since 2006, all new Supercentres have been solely branded as ''Asda Supercentre'' without the Walmart branding. The first Supercentre with a sales area of {{convert|93000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|order=flip}} opened in Patchway, Bristol in the summer of 2000. The first Scottish Supercentre opened in [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]], in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.just-food.com/news/scotlands-first-asda-wal-mart-supercentre_id87409.aspx|title=UK: Scotland's first ASDA Wal-Mart supercentre|access-date=25 July 2015|archive-date=25 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725185320/http://www.just-food.com/news/scotlands-first-asda-wal-mart-supercentre_id87409.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Bletchley]], [[Milton Keynes]] Supercentre which opened in November 2005 is currently the largest Asda Supercentre with a net sales floor of over {{convert|120000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|order=flip}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rpsl.com/news.php?id=89 |title=Rose :: Latest News |publisher=Rpsl.com |access-date=3 September 2013 |archive-date=4 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231846/http://www.rpsl.com/news.php?id=89 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This was preceded in June 2002 by the Eastlands, Manchester store which was the largest store at the time with a sales area of {{convert|110000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|order=flip}} but is currently the second largest Asda Supercentre, and the third largest is located in [[Minworth]], West Midlands, followed by Patchway. As of 31 January 2021, there are 32 Supercentres.<ref name="Information for Walmart Investors: Unit Counts & Square Footage">{{cite web|title=Walmart Investor Relations – Investors – Financial Information – Unit Counts & Square Footage|url=https://stock.walmart.com/investors/financial-information/unit-counts-and-square-footage/default.aspx|access-date=18 February 2021|website=stock.walmart.com|archive-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224170141/https://stock.walmart.com/investors/financial-information/unit-counts-and-square-footage/default.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Asda Superstores===
Asda superstores are large supermarkets with a non-food offer slightly smaller than an Asda Supercentre. As of 31 January 2021, there are 342 superstores. Most superstores have a petrol filling station and dining and refreshment facilities for shoppers such as customer cafes, and selected stores have [[McDonald's]] franchise restaurants or "Express Diners". The [[Old Kent Road]], [[Scunthorpe]] [[Colindale]] and [[Brunstane]] stores previously trialled a [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] franchise. There are currently no plans to roll the Subway franchise out across the chain.<ref name="Information for Walmart Investors: Unit Counts & Square Footage"/> {{Gallery
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|File:Asda wb.jpg|Asda Superstore in [[West Bridgford]], Nottingham. The Asda logo is on the front of the building.
|File:ASDA - geograph.org.uk - 1724156.jpg|Asda Superstore in [[Bury St Edmunds]], Suffolk
|File:Asda Isle of Dogs.jpg|The Asda store on the [[Isle of Dogs]] in East London, opened in 1983}}

===Asda Supermarket===
[[File:Holtparkasdaleedsreload.jpg|thumb|A smaller, older Asda supermarket in [[Holt Park]], [[Leeds]] in 2008.  The store has since been reclad.]]
In May 2010, Asda announced the purchase of the 193 UK stores of Danish discount retailer [[Netto (store)|Netto]] in a £778&nbsp;million deal. But the Competition Commission made them sell off 47 of the stores to other retailers. The remaining stores continued to trade as Netto stores until early 2011, when Asda integrated the stores into its supermarkets division, designated for shops smaller than {{convert|25000|sqft|m2|order=flip|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10171193.stm|title=Asda to take over Netto stores in UK|work=BBC News |date=27 May 2010|access-date=27 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100530083918/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10171193.stm| archive-date= 30 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> These former Netto stores form the core of the Asda Supermarket format.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retailanalysis.igd.com/news/news-article/t/asda-trials-new-smaller-supermarket-format/i/7803|title=Asda trials new smaller supermarket format|date=16 December 2013|publisher=Retail Analysis|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502194426/https://retailanalysis.igd.com/news/news-article/t/asda-trials-new-smaller-supermarket-format/i/7803|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 31 January 2021, there are 207 supermarkets.<ref name="Information for Walmart Investors: Unit Counts & Square Footage"/>

===Asda Living===
[[File:Asda Living - Crown Point Retail Park - geograph.org.uk - 1145714.jpg|thumb|right|An ''Asda Living'' branch in Leeds]]
In October 2003, Asda launched a new format called '''Asda Living'''. This is the company's first "general merchandise" store, containing all its non-food ranges including clothing, home electronics, toys, homewares, health, and beauty products. With these stores they have linked up with [[Compass Group]] who operate the coffee shop Living Cafe within some of the stores. The first store with this format opened in [[Walsall]], West Midlands. As at 31 January 2021, there are 33 stores.<ref name="Information for Walmart Investors: Unit Counts & Square Footage"/>

===George stores===
In 2004, the George clothing brand was extended to a number of standalone George stores on the high street; the first George standalone store to open was in Preston. In 2008, all George standalone stores were closed due to high rental costs resulting in low profitability.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/2785581/Asda-calls-it-a-day-for-George.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/2785581/Asda-calls-it-a-day-for-George.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=James | last=Hall | title=Asda calls it a day for George | date=5 March 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2011, Asda announced its intention to establish a small number of pilot George stores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://your.asda.com/archives/press-centre/05/2011|title=News & Blogs|access-date=25 July 2015|archive-date=2 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702103053/http://your.asda.com/archives/press-centre/05/2011|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2012 Asda announced that it had agreed to terms with two franchise partners to open international George stores. Through the agreement with SandpiperCI, based in the Channel Islands, the company will be responsible for opening George franchises in both Jersey and Guernsey, and through the Azadea Group, headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, the George franchise stores would open in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://your.asda.com/archives/press-centre/01/2012|title=News & Blogs|access-date=25 July 2015|archive-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713103636/http://your.asda.com/archives/press-centre/01/2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In May 2025, Asda revived the George Store brand, with the pilot store opening in the Crown Point Retail Park in Leeds. The shopping unit was previously occupied by Asda Living and was refurbished in April 2025 for the new George branding. Asda also announced this store will be run as a trial with a vision to rebrand all Asda Living stores dependent on its success.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 April 2025 |title=Asda announces Leeds as location for the first stand-alone 'George' concept store |url=https://corporate.asda.com/newsroom/2025/28/04/asda-announces-leeds-as-location-for-the-first-stand-alone-george-concept-store |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=Asda Corporate}}</ref> The new store format also includes a rebranded Asda Kitchen Café which is intended to replace all existing in-store cafés eventually.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=First look: inside Asda’s new standalone George store |url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/analysis-and-features/first-look-inside-asdas-new-standalone-george-store/704301.article |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=The Grocer |language=en}}</ref>

===Asda Essentials===
In April 2006, Asda launched a new trial format called 'Asda Essentials' in [[Northampton]], followed by another in [[Pontefract]] a month later.<ref name="essential">{{cite news|title=Asda's new stores prove not-so-Essential in the discount market|first=Julia|last=Finch|work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=5 December 2006|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/dec/05/supermarkets.asda|access-date=9 October 2008 }}</ref> The stores were modelled on France's [[Leader Price]] chain, with a smaller floorplate than Asda's mainstream stores and with a primary focus on own-brand products, only stocking branded items that were perceived to be at the "core" of a family's weekly shop with the aim being to challenge the dominance of [[Tesco]] and Sainsbury's in the convenience store market while at the same time addressing competition from discount supermarkets such as [[Aldi]], [[Lidl]] and Netto.<ref name="essential" />

On 6 December 2006, ''The Guardian'' reported that further planned store openings were under review following poor sales in the existing outlets, while the range of branded products being carried was also being expanded due to customer demand.<ref name="essential" /> In January 2007 it was announced that the original Northampton trial store would close within a month after only 10 months of trading.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igd.com/analysis/news/index.asp?nid=3468 |title=Asda Essentials trial continues despite store closure |date=9 January 2007 |access-date=11 January 2007 |publisher=IGD Retail Analysis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004343/http://www.igd.com/analysis/news/index.asp?nid=3468 |archive-date=13 July 2011 }}</ref>

===Asda Petrol===
[[File:Asda self service petrol station, Middleton, Leeds (3rd May 2015).JPG|thumb|right|An unstaffed Asda self-service filling station where payment is made at the pump by credit or debit card. This one is in [[Middleton, Leeds]], England.]]
In 2012, Asda trialled a new standalone petrol filling station format (which means that they are not attached to or near an existing Asda store) at two locations in Sale, Greater Manchester and Leeds Bridge, which is located opposite head office. They include a small convenience store and click and collect facilities. The trial was a success and in 2014, a full roll out of this format was announced after a third site opened in Northolt, West London. In February 2015, 15 petrol filling stations were acquired from Rontec Ltd, and converted to the new format. Asda originally aimed to have at least 100 standalone forecourts by 2018. However, in October 2015, the company decided to slow the roll out down to address the problems associated with a major collapse of profits from its large store formats due to intense competition from its main rivals. But, the company is still continuing to add a combination of fully automated credit/debit card payment only petrol stations and petrol stations with traditional forecourt shops within the car parks of its existing store portfolio and to new store sites.<ref name="Information for Walmart Investors: Unit Counts & Square Footage"/>

Asda was also the first supermarket chain in the United Kingdom to sell petrol at its old Halifax store in 1967, which at the time was located inside a converted mill in Battinson Road which burnt down during a major fire in 1982, and subsequently reopened as a purpose-built store in 1983, without the petrol station. The store moved to a different site in 2004. Back then its forecourt fuel was supplied by discount Russian supplier Nafta, because the major oil companies would not supply fuel to be sold at discount prices. From the early 1970s, oil companies such as [[Mobil]], [[Shell plc|Shell]] and [[Texaco]] supplied fuel to Asda as more supermarkets started to sell fuel from car park forecourts. Since the mid-1990s Asda has supplied, along with its main supermarket rivals, its own fuel delivered by its own tankers to its petrol station forecourts.  As of June 2018, Asda operates 319 petrol stations in total, 18 of which are standalone and the others mostly within the car park area of its stores.<ref name="Information for Walmart Investors: Unit Counts & Square Footage"/>

===Asda On the Move===

A petrol station convenience store format launched by EG Group in October 2020, soon after the Issa brothers' takeover of Asda. The first store opened at the Primley service station in [[Walsall]]<ref name="talkretail">{{cite web|url=https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/first-asda-on-the-move-opens-as-retailers-new-drive-into-convenience-sector-gets-into-gear-12-10-2020/|title=First Asda on the Move opens as retailer's new drive into convenience sector gets into gear|first=Éilis|last=Cronin|date=12 October 2020}}</ref> with 150 outlets trading by April 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Asda opens landmark 150th Asda On the Move convenience store |url=https://corporate.asda.com/newsroom/2023/04/27/asda-opens-landmark-150th-asda-on-the-move-convenience-store |access-date=23 December 2024 |website=Corporate }}</ref> The Asda On the Move format is designed to gain more market share by entering the convenience market.<ref name="talkretail" />

===Asda Express===

In November 2022, Asda opened its first convenience stores in the Asda Express portfolio, with the initial stores located in [[Sutton Coldfield]] and [[Tottenham Hale]]. Due to acquiring the majority of EG Group and [[Co-op]]'s forecourts, this number increased from 2 to 478, this number will increase to 778 by 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2022/11/asda-express/|title=Asda opens first standalone 'Asda Express' store as it eyes 30 more openings|first=Sahar|last=Nazir|date=8 November 2022|website=retailgazette.co.uk|access-date=2 December 2024|archive-date=13 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113063042/https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2022/11/asda-express/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/gallery/pictures-inside-first-ever-asda-25464851|title=In pictures: Inside the first ever Asda Express convenience store|first=Nick|last=Horner|date=8 November 2022|website=BirminghamLive|access-date=2 December 2024|archive-date=13 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113002845/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/gallery/pictures-inside-first-ever-asda-25464851|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Asda commits to cutting prices as it completes £2&nbsp;billion acquisition of EG Group's UK business |url=https://corporate.asda.com/newsroom/2023/10/31/asda-commits-to-cutting-prices-as-it-completes-2-billion-acquisition-of-eg-groups-uk-business |access-date=5 November 2023 |website=Corporate – ASDA |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105044156/https://corporate.asda.com/newsroom/2023/10/31/asda-commits-to-cutting-prices-as-it-completes-2-billion-acquisition-of-eg-groups-uk-business |url-status=live }}</ref>