Gross sales at Asda rose 7.1% to £21.9 billion in 2023 and its adjusted earnings jumped 24% to high £1 billion, the grocery store mentioned right now, because it was heading in the right direction to open 500 of its new ‘specific’ comfort shops throughout the nation by the tip of this 12 months. The vast majority of the shops relate to petrol station comfort shops that had been opened following the acquisition of a lot of the UK petrol forecourts of EG Group, additionally owned by the Issas, although the grocery store additionally plans to open tons of of Excessive Road comfort shops within the medium-term.