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Britons splurge £4billion on Frenzied Friday and Super Saturday snapping up last minute food and present bargains as stores slash prices early 

24/12/16 00:14

23/12/16 10:12

Hordes of Britons are expected to perform their own supermarket sweeps this Friday as millions stock up for Christmas - but packed stores and long queues could make it a gruelling experience.

22/12/16 07:47

If you haven't bought your presents yet, don't worry, the supermarkets have you covered. They have a range of choices for you to pick from: For her, for him, the home, beauty, posh chocs and flowers.

30/11/16 17:33

The elderly woman was hit when the Renault van ploughed into the pedestrian area outside the store in Shoebury, Essex, yesterday afternoon.

30/11/16 14:34

Angry driver Terry Harris, 48, is calling for all issued tickets to be refunded after discovering the signs in the Asda car park in Peterborough, Cambridge, were unlawful.

28/11/16 07:31

Dr Thelma Geneva Fox used a Google device so she could visit the retail sites which were blocked by the school's firewall.The IT teacher was sacked by Longcroft School and Sixth Form College in Beverley.

25/11/16 01:56

Supermarket Asda has pulled out of Black Friday claiming it will concentrate on low prices throughout the festive period - two years after customers were seen tussling over reduced items.

09/11/16 18:43

The letter was sent by Dorothy Hughes, of Greater Manchester, to her future husband Harry when he was serving in Sri Lanka during World War Two, and is now back with their family.

07/11/16 17:22

Stacie Adamson, 22, was working in lost property at Asda in Leigh, Greater Manchester, when she found the 70-year-old letter addressed to LAC H Hughes, 13 MSU (Torps), Royal Air Force.

07/11/16 12:03

Asda was hit by the hefty fine after admitting breaching the Food Safety Act over the vermin infestation at its branch in Park Royal, west London, where mouse droppings were found in the bakery.

02/11/16 12:00

BBC One's Watchdog programme carried out an undercover investigation into the supermarket's delivery service after a number of complaints from the public over hygiene issues.

31/10/16 08:25

Customers were seen forming huge queues to use the ATM machines outside the store. Some reported queuing for up to an hour just to pay for their shopping.

31/10/16 00:53

Donald Trump's wife Melania will be making a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Thursday in suburban Pennsylvania with just days to go before election day.

28/10/16 20:45

BBC Good Food Magazine has published its blind festive taste test, revealing the 50 'best' supermarket buys for customers this Christmas. Asda comes top in five categories - the same number as M&S.

20/10/16 10:23

Ella Brannigan, of Kinshurst, West Midlands, had some 12in chopped off after the dye from the hairband leaked into her blonde hair as she played in a paddling pool.

18/10/16 11:53

The supermarket has been criticised by shoppers for its ‘Halloween Day of the Dead skeleton costume’ inspired by the annual Dia de Muertos festival in Mexico.

16/10/16 00:55

The case is the UK's largest ever private sector equal pay claim, involving women who felt they were paid less despite doing the same amount of work.

05/10/16 18:22

Asda driver Jagjeevan Singh Mann, 23, smashed into the shelter before hitting three people and dragging mother Nashatar Kaur, 71, under his Mercedes van in Derby.

03/10/16 23:34

Three products containing British-produced minced pork sold by Asda and Sainsbury's were contaminated with the bacteria, according to tests carried out at the University of Cambridge.

14/09/16 18:55

Mother-of-seven Hoden Aden, 44, was driving near to a zebra crossing in the car park in Wembley, north London, when she crashed into two-year-old Fahima Hassan, who was holding her mother's hand.

12/09/16 13:58

Frankie has been chosen as the face of George at ASDA's new catwalk-inspired denim range which features shirts, pinafores and dresses - and their £18 body-sculpting Wonderfit jeans.

19/08/16 16:08

FEMAIL compared five of the bestselling ready meals, and their 'lighter' equivalents, from seven major supermarkets to see which will leave you feeling the least guilty.

18/08/16 15:26

Asda saw a 7.5 per cent fall in like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, for the three months to the end of June compared to the same period last year, US owner Walmart said today.

16/08/16 23:02

Richard Phillips from Warwickshire took pictures of female customers' breasts and legs when he delivered groceries. He was caught when a suspicious customer set up her own secret camera.

16/08/16 20:21

Richard Phillips, 36, pictured, was caught when a suspicious customer set up her own secret camera and filmed him in the act as he delivered her weekly shop to her home in Warwickshire.

08/08/16 17:12

Police have launched a major investigation into the incident, which took place at Asda in the Main Street Shopping Centre in Barrhead, Glasgow.

30/07/16 12:26

Britain’s second-largest grocer was the worst performer among the Big Four supermarkets as its market share shrank to 15.5 per cent from 16.4 per cent due to competition from Aldi and Lidl.

17/07/16 18:27

Hilarious CCTV footage of the foiled attempt in a West Midlands Asda store has now been released by the police after the three criminals were jailed last week.

12/07/16 15:26

Two-year-old Oscar Clare wedged the £5 Asda training seat around his neck while playing in the bathroom at his home in Telford, Shropshire, on Sunday.

08/07/16 15:48

The supermarket giant has recalled the popular fancy dress costumes amid fears an attached cord on the wings presents a strangulation hazard, and warning labels are missing from the items.

29/06/16 15:39

High street brands are now offering budget workout kits from as little as £10 for a top and leggings - so can you spot the difference between Asda and that designed by Matthew Williamson?

17/06/16 14:29

Terrie Moyles, 46, was shocked when her £120 patio table from Asda shattered at her home in Watford, Hertfordshire - and was stunned when the supermarket giant asked her to return it herself.

13/06/16 19:46

Appointment of Sean Clarke comes as a surprise as Asda boss Andy Clarke indicated that he would be replaced by former Sainsbury's executive Roger Burnley.

09/06/16 17:45

Joseph Tudor, 36, from Gateshead, has been issued with a £45 fine for racially abusing a Muslim woman in a supermarket - which campaigners have described as being 'a slap in the face'.

06/06/16 14:00

Mr Clarke has indicated that he will be succeded by incoming Asda chief operating officer Roger Burnley, who is set to join the supermarket group in October from rival Sainsbury's.

20/05/16 13:08

Wendy Purser, 55, from Hutton in Brentwood, 'had something of an obsession with chocolate' during the psychotic episode. She was handed a suspended prison sentence for contaminating the food.

20/05/16 09:08

Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Asda have all suffered at the hands of discount rivals Aldi and Lidl – but none more so than Asda.

16/05/16 15:39

A video of Gary Bryce's shock announcement over the public address system at an Asda in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, has divided viewers with some finding it 'hilarious' and others 'sick'.

16/05/16 08:12

An Asda store in Canterbury, Kent, has resorted to tagging its shopping baskets after hundreds were taken by shoppers dodging the 5p-a-bag charge which was introduced last October.

04/05/16 03:37

Asda’s listed the normal price of the product as £1.38, before running a multi-buy promotion of £3 for three packs.However, a customer complained that the usual cost of the packs was 97p.

28/04/16 01:59

The US-owned Asda has been given specific warnings to end bogus price cut claims and fake promises of savings on multi-buys by the Competition and Markets Authority.

25/04/16 11:23

ASDA is introducing a ‘quiet hour’ in one of its stores to encourage shoppers who hate noisy supermarkets.

20/04/16 14:34

Amanda Clarke has been left with third degree burns following the accident that happened when the sleeve of the polyester and cotton garment came into contact with the flame on her gas hob in Bournemouth.

12/04/16 20:19

Emma Kate was with her mother in Asda in Gillingham, Kent, when a man handed them an envelope which said: 'Open me'. Inside, to her surprise, were two £20 notes and a £10 note.

08/04/16 01:32

The employee also claimed the supermarket giant only has its UK delivery vans cleaned once a year, while the trays used to deliver food are 'never washed' even after pigeons 'poo in them'.

01/04/16 09:02

The Asda report claimed that February’s increase in consumers’ spending power was mostly down to rising wages, which it said increased by 2.2 per cent.

20/03/16 19:25

Olivia, 23, who is nine months pregnant, opted to park in the special bay when she couldn't find a space near the entrance of the supermarket in Lower Earley, Reading. She was then given a ticket.

16/03/16 20:48

Gwen Richardson, 67, and her husband Tony, 70, were forced to remove layers of clothing to prove they had not stolen anything after setting off an alarm at Asda in York.

16/03/16 18:46

The monarch is expected to celebrate her 90th birthday on April 21 in a relatively low key fashion at Windsor Castle but a weekend of official parties will be held in London over the summer.

08/03/16 12:07

Of the 'Big Four' supermarkets, comprising Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Morrisons, Sainsbury's has come out on top, Kantar Worldpanel's data reveals.

04/03/16 18:46

Shopper Martin Howes was stunned when he spotted a lingerie exhibit beneath a banner stating ‘Mother’s Day - Great Gift Idea’ in his local supermarket in Bournemouth, Dorset.

01/03/16 18:37

Paul Kelly convinced the Asda Foundation Charity to hand over three blank cheques in his role as chairman, which he claimed he would give to Prince Charles to help flood victims.

12/02/16 14:47

Joanne Gould, 30, from London, put Asda's new family-sized Wonky Veg box to the test - containing items too misshapen for supermarkets. She managed to make 31 portions from £3.50.

06/02/16 23:59

More than 120 Asda stores across the UK will start stocking the boxes, which the supermarket says will contain enough seasonal vegetables and salad ingredients to feed a family of four for one week.

04/02/16 15:04

Marley Delaney was with her grandmother at the Asda store in Rawtenstall when she got her finger trapped. The 18-month-old lost some of the bone and tendon and had to be cut free by the fire brigade.

22/01/16 11:10

Asda has fired a fresh blast in the supermarkets battle to drag more shoppers into stores by tempting them to come to their sites and fill up, while the Chancellor put a gloss on the tumbling oil price.

18/01/16 14:42

The cuts come as the grocer is expected next month to post the worst sales figures among its major rivals for the key Christmas trading period.

12/01/16 13:10

Rifat Asghar, 42, was eating a carrot and sweetcorn meal from the supermarket in Bradford, Yorkshire, for lunch when a colleague spotted a matted lump of fur.

06/01/16 13:31

Paul Kelly, 55, a vice-president of corporate affairs at Asda, pleaded guilty to seven charges of fraud when he appeared before Leeds Crown Court. The money was funnelled to his lover's dance school.

03/01/16 17:58

The price drop comes as oil prices hit their lowest in 11 years. UK Brent crude oil is currently trading at just below $38 (£26) per barrel.

01/01/16 13:31

Despite its pricey image, upmarket Waitrose topped the table for the best supermarket to buy own-brand items.

21/12/15 12:57

A pensioner broke her wrists and needed surgery after a teenage prank sent her flying down an escalator. The woman, 79, was using the escalator in the Stockport branch of Asda when she fell.

15/12/15 15:10

With 10million expected to flock to both Aldi and Lidl in the run up to Christmas, sales at Asda and Tesco have suffered, falling 3.4 per cent, Kantar Worldpanel said.

14/12/15 15:12

A survey has found the total cost of 33 festive items at the big five supermarkets. Asda is cheapest for second year running at £119.89, while Waitrose total tallies up to a whopping £151.31.

12/12/15 17:21

Tesco and Sainsbury's have waded into the the fuel price war by following in the footsteps of rivals ASDA and Morrisons by offering petrol at its forecourts for less than £1 a litre.

11/12/15 14:51

Petrol will fall below £1 a litre at more than 300 petrol stations today - triggering a pre-Christmas price war, with Morrisons cutting its standard price to 99.9p a litre, which is the lowest figure since 2009.

08/12/15 15:29

Asda will tomorrow cut the price of unleaded by 2p a litre meaning drivers will pay no more than 101.7p at its 277 stations UK-wide.

27/11/15 17:04

Petrol prices will drop below £1 a litre for the first time in six years as part of the Black Friday sales. Asda is slashing prices by 4p a litre until midnight on Sunday.

25/11/15 15:38

Whether you’re looking for a showstopping affair, something unusual, or just a basic fruitcake ready for you to personalise at home, the big chains have got it all. But which cake is worth its weight?

23/11/15 14:29

Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, M&S, Lidl, Asda and Iceland have slashed the prices of their top tipples ahead of Christmas with beers, bubbles, fine wines and quality spirits all in the firing line.

20/11/15 16:27

A man from Plymouth, Devon, got a bargain when his home delivery order for £6 baby wipes were substituted for a £18.50 bottle of Bell's Whisky. The receipt was posted online.

19/11/15 19:09

New figures from a Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey show that 76.1per cent of raw roasting chickens carried campylobacter, which is the UK's biggest cause of food poisoning.

19/11/15 15:09

Amanda Cato, 56, left an angry message to yobs who smashed her car windscreen outside her home in Hull, telling them it will cost her a week's wages at ASDA to afford the repairs.

15/11/15 12:41

The retailer claims the ToYou service is a 'game changer'. It has set a target of it achieving 40 million more customer visits every year by 2019.

13/11/15 13:15

Sales of outfits for pregnant women have risen by 170 per cent compared to last year, while other baby products are also unusually high in comparison to 2014, according to the store.

10/11/15 14:16

After ugly scenes were witnessed last year, the supermarket chain said customers are put off by the day of flash sales and instead want price cuts on Christmas food and drink

09/11/15 18:49

The tribute was created by the workers at the Harpurhey supermarket in Manchester. It featured a tree, poppies and the figure of a dead serviceman in army uniform.

02/11/15 13:10

The 60-second ad by the supermarket chain will be the first festive commercial this year and will be shown during tonight's X Factor, even though there are still 54 shopping days left until Christmas.

09/10/15 18:52

Delroy Hilton, pictured, from Sheldon, Birmingham, said he was 'treated like a dog' as the contents of his basket were emptied onto the floor by a store worker, in front of his children.

09/10/15 18:14

Denise McIntyre, 54, from Manchester, was devastated after toyboy James, 40, disappeared without a word. The pair appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show where Denise refused a divorce.

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