It's a household name we see and hear most weeks.
Yet a recent discussion on Twitter led by broadcaster Alastair Stewart has revealed most people have no idea what the name ASDA really stands for.
The famous supermarket’s name all comes down to a merger in 1965. Brothers Peter and Fred Asquith were running a butcher’s shop in Yorkshire but on a trip to America got the idea for ‘under one roof’ store, after visiting the Piggly Wiggly, dubbed the world’s first supermarket after opening in 1916.
