Asda Quotes

4. There is an old plastic bag from Asda in the hedge, and a squashed Coca-Cola can with a snail on it, and a long piece of orange string.

Thur's nae opposite tae grief. Thus's name opposite tae this feelin. The opposite tae grief isnae happiness. The opposite tae grief is just... less grief. Days when ye forget fur a while. Ye don't get so happy that ye lie in bed fur days, greetin yer eyes oot wi happiness. Happiness disnae stop ye in yer tracks when ye're in the middle ae Asda and make ye leave yer half-full trolley and walk oot the door. Grief is unique. It disnae fit in wi any rules.

How is it that a country that gave us Emily Pankhurst and Margaret Thatcher is currently number twenty-eight in the list of countries offering equal pay – behind Bulgaria and Burundi? For every £1 earned by a man, a woman earns 85p. We are all aware of the heart-warming story of the female Dagenham workers who fought for equal pay in the 1960s. It is still happening. Why does a man working in the warehouse at Asda today earn more than a woman at the checkout, whose skills require numeracy and customer relations? Why do women earn, on average, 21 per cent less than men at corporate, managerial level? Why are there so few women at this level? There are mandatory quotas in France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Germany. Why is the UK so far behind? Institutionalized misogyny say the Fawcett Society, the campaigning group on equal pay. But, looking back at my own career and the regrets I have about family life, I ask whether women can and should try and compete.

It wasn’t the first time she’d failed to grasp the current lingo. Val thought a mansplainer was a DIY tool and a catfish could be purchased at the seafood counter in ASDA.

Despite the recession in 2008, Tesco increased their advertising spend by 18.8% to $125 million, and they weren’t alone. Asda increased theirs by 52%, Sainsbury’s by 21.3% and Morrisons by 15%. But even with recessionary budget cuts from manufacturers, the retailers were still outspent by Unilever, who had an advertising budget of $235 million in 2008 (up $4.8 million from 2007) and Procter & Gamble (P&G), with an advertising budget of $231 million (down $25.5 million from 2007), but spread across many brands. In

Hoping to create a little prestige, some retailers develop and advertise premium clothes sub-brands. In 2006, Myer, one of Australia’s largest retailers, launched a fashion line by top designer Wayne Cooper, known as ‘Wayne by Wayne Cooper Collection’. In 2010, Tesco launched a high-end fashion range, F&F, following Asda, who have created the most successful retail clothing sub-brand, George, by well-known British designer George Davies, which is worth $1.6 billion and is being rolled out in Wal-Marts across North America.