[arista]

"Asda is to create 12,000 jobs over five
years as part of its latest UK expansion plans.
The announcement was made on a visit
to the UK by parent company Walmart's chief executive,
Doug McMillon, as he showed Prime Minister
David Cameron around an Asda store in London.
Following the visit to the operation in Clapham Junction,
Mr McMillion said: "It has been a pleasure to
meet with the Prime Minister today
and reaffirm Walmart’s commitment to investing in the UK."

http://news.sky.com/story/1238350/as...ver-five-years






Some Good News

[T*]

Ruining small businesses...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Tom!

Ruining small businesses...

No they are going under anyway.

[T*]

That's no excuse.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Tom!

That's no excuse.

Tesco are the biggest have a go them

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by arista

Tesco are the biggest have a go them

have you got shares in asda, arista?

[arista]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

have you got shares in asda, arista?

No.

[T*]

Originally Posted by arista

Tesco are the biggest have a go them

In this country but around the world Walmart is the guiltiest company for doing this.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

I prefer Aldi

its better and cheaper

[arista]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I prefer Aldi

its better and cheaper

Aldi and Lidl and Morrisons are all good as well


Many of the special offers in AsdaWalmart
are cheaper than Aldi and every store

[arista]

Originally Posted by Tom!

In this country but around the world Walmart is the guiltiest company for doing this.

This is About the UK

[joeysteele]

I wonder how they are creating them,since I was told by some of the staff in the ASDA I use, that they were now looking for other jobs, as staff, only from beneath Supervisors down, are having at least 3 hours taken off their working week as to hours guaranteed and others who haven't been there long are going onto zero hours contracts.

It would seem ASDA is cleverly planning the taking on more staff while making the savings as to cost of new employees first.
Not a bad thing overall but hard lines on the staff who are losing in excess of £20 a week from their wages.

[Nedusa]

You would think there are quite enough supermarkets already fighting for market share. Yet here we have Walmart/Asda planning to open yet more.

Where is all this demand coming from ? Where is all this money coming from, are there thousands of new manufacturing jobs which in turn generate more wages for people to spend.No not that I'm aware of, so where is this demand coming from.

Perhaps it is simply a large organisation like Walmart trying to buy existing market share by offering yet cheaper, low quality Chinese goods.

Not sure this is actually good news.

[lostalex]

We need international labor laws and an international minimum wage. Why isn't the UN doing this?