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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (1965) |
Headquarters | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
Key people | Andy Bond, Chief Executive |
Products | Grocery, General merchandise, Financial services |
Revenue | see Walmart |
£638 m | |
Number of employees | 150,000 (2006) |
Parent | Wal-Mart |
Website | www.asda.co.uk |
Asda Stores Ltd. is a British supermarket chain. It sells food, clothing, toys and general merchandise at a very cheap price. It became a subsidiary of the American retail giant Walmart, the world’s largest store,[1] in 1999.[2] It was the second largest chain in the UK until 2014. It is now the third biggest in the UK.[3][4][5]