Primark home delivery service to come before the chain is spun off from Associated British Foods; stock markets fall as oil prices rise again The struggling British supermarket chain Asda has appointed the former Morrisons boss, David Potts , as chief executive with immediate effect. Allan Leighton , who has served as Asda’s executive chairman since November 2024, will take a step back and become non-executive chair “as planned,” Asda said. I am really excited to have appointed David as Group CEO. Over the last two years, we have stabilised the business and returned it to some growth and begun to establish Asda as ‘more than a supermarket’ through our Formula for Growth strategy. David has an outstanding record in our industry, his experience is exactly what we now require for the next stage of our transformation and beyond and it will be great to work with him. Asda has long been a grea
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