ASDA has announced a £360m expansion plan that will see it build seven new stores, relocate three others and expand five more.
The Wal-Mart-owned supermarket chain will turn two stores in Sheffield and Wigan into “supercentres”, in the style of its American parent’s operations.
References: The Guardian 19/02/03 page 23, The Times 19/02/03 page 24 (Need to know), page 27, The Daily Telegraph 19/02/03 page 30 (City Diary), page 31, The Independent 19/02/03 page 21