Asda chairman Allan Leighton expressed strong confidence in his turnaround strategy to prevent the supermarket from being overtaken by Aldi as the UK's third-largest, discussing government support and merger talks.

Allan Leighton was CEO of the supermarket in the 1990s and said governments engaged and supported firms more then

Asda's executive chair, Allan Leighton, has called on the UK government to take action to support farmers and reduce fuel costs, warning that food prices are set to inevitably rise as the supermarket group's full-year profits declined by a third.

Allan Leighton, the boss of Asda, has dismissed claims of profiteering by petrol retailers made by Chancellor Reeves, calling them 'nonsense' amidst declining store chain profits.