Editing Asda (section)

===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"/>