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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the British supermarket chain. For other uses, see Asda (disambiguation).
Asda Stores Limited

Logo used since 2002

Asda House in Leeds, the supermarket's headquarters
Trade name Asda
Formerly
Associated Dairies & Farm Stores (Leeds) Limited[1]
Associated Dairies Limited[2]
Company type Private
Industry Retail
Founded 19 February 1949; 75 years ago[2] in Knottingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Founders
Peter Asquith
Fred Asquith[3]
Sir Noel Stockdale[4]
Headquarters Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Number of locations 829 (2023)[5]
Area served United Kingdom
Key people Lord Rose (Chairman)
Products
Grocery
General merchandise
Financial services
Brands Leon Restaurants
Services
Asda Mobile
Asda Money
George
Asda Living
Revenue Increase £20.4 billion (excluding fuel, 2022)[6]
Operating income Decrease £886 million (2022)[6]
Owner
Mohsin and Zuber Issa
TDR Capital[7]
Number of employees 145,000 (2022)[8]
Divisions
George
Asda Living
Subsidiaries
Asda Mobile
Asda Money
Leon Restaurants
Website asda.com

A bust of co-founder Peter Asquith outside Asda House in Leeds
Asda Stores Limited (/ˈæzdə/), trading as Asda and often styled as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters are in Leeds, England.[9] The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949. It expanded into Southern England during the 1970s and 1980s, and acquired Allied Carpets, 61 large Gateway Supermarkets and other businesses, such as MFI Group. It sold these acquisitions during the 1990s to concentrate on the supermarkets. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until 1999 when it was acquired by Walmart for £6.7 billion. Asda was the second-largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom between 2003 and 2014 by market share, at which point it fell into third place.[10][11]

Besides its core supermarkets, the company also acts as a white label payment card provider offering assistance for insurance and payment services under the Asda Money brand and also has a mobile virtual network operator.