Asda is to give a 10% pay rise to over 115,000 employees at 663 of its stores.
The supermarket giant will increase its rates for hourly-paid store staff to £11 per hour from April and £11.11 per hour from July.
Asda, which is owned by the billionaire Issa brothers and TDR Capital, said the move would result in a record £141m investment.
