It Asda be the best supermarket in the world.

I was going to write an opinion on geo physics but, since I know absolutely nothing about it, I changed my mind and wrote one on Asda instead.

Asda was formed in 1965 by farmers from Yorkshire and to date the company now has 245 stores and 19 depots across the UK. At the moment Asda employ over 109,000 people nationwide and their store staff are known for their friendly and helpful attitude (obviously someone forgot to tell the staff at my local store of this). Over 2,800 suppliers combine to make Asda your "one stop shop" for food, alcohol, clothing, household goods, alcohol, entertainment and alcohol (you can never have too much alcohol). During the last 5 years 62 new stores have sprung up and 77 older stores have been upgraded creating 25,000 much needed new jobs for our economy. 1.8 billion pounds were invested in these projects and during the next 3 years a further 1 billion pounds will be invested in another 30 or 40 new stores. To help the environment Asda try, where possible to develop brownfield sites which account for the majority of the sites of new stores over the last 6 years. Every brownfield site benefits from around 100,000 pounds of landscaping to help blend the store into its surroundings.

The "George" fashion label was launched in 1990 by George Davies (who was the founder of the "Next" high street chain of stores). Initially George garments were only available in 5 stores nationwide but since then it has grown into a 600 million business selling goods in 215 stores. George clothing takes up 1.4 million square feet of floor space in stores across Britain. The range includes menswear, womenswear, childrenswear, footwear, schoolwear, lingerie, hosiery, swimwear and accessories. The first George Baby shop was launched in the ASDA-Wal-Mart supercentre last year, and another range, 'Essentially George', was launched in January 2001 with prices roughly 30 per cent lower than the standard range but with no reduction in quality.

The “Smart Price” range of goods available in Asda is a very good, cheaper alternative, to the big name brands. With smart price peanut butter at 49p and Sun Pat peanut butter at 1.39 there is no contest. I have tried both types and there is no difference in flavour at all. The same goes for the smart price range of biscuits too. Pot noodles, pink salmon, tuna flakes, sardines etc all taste no different from the big names like John West, Kelloggs etc. Don’t just take my word for it, try them yourself, you will not be disappointed. But one word of warning, DO NOT buy smart price baked beans. They are disgusting, the sort of food you would give to your Mother in law. In fact they taste like they come ready-laced with arsenic just in case she pays an unexpected visit.

One of the things that did disappoint me about Asda however was the distinct lack of women patting their asses and saying “Asda price”. Every Asda advert features these women so where are they ?
Well, I think that by now you probably get the general idea about Asda. It is a cheap place to shop and it is also leading the way in how large corporations should treat their surroundings and local communities. It is a pity that more companies do not react in the same way to ecological changes. I will continue to shop in Asda (unless they put the prices of beer up) as I find that I can do my shopping and actually enjoy it. I regularly find myself getting so carried away with looking at things and just generally browsing that when I get home I discover that I have bought food that I already have plenty of. I currently have a cupboard, which is full of tins, 24 of them are soups and I don’t eat soup very often. Anyway, next time you go shopping you could do a lot worse then taking a look at what your local Asda can offer you. I do not think you will be disappointed.