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Asda Express breaks through 500-store mark

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The number of Asda Express convenience stores has risen to more than 500 with the opening of two new sites in Bradford and Salford. The Bradford store has converted the old Hare and Hounds pub on Toller Lane, while the latest Asda Express store in…

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