Erik Ribsskog
<eribsskog@gmail.com>

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Response from ASDA (Ref #000000036974146)

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Erik Ribsskog

<eribsskog@gmail.com>

Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:20 PM

To:
Katie Pyle <Katie.Pyle@asda.co.uk>

Hi,

Hi Erik

Thanks for letting me know about your experience at our Walton store.

I’m sorry my colleagues at the self service checkouts stood to close to you and the carrier bags were in a box on the floor. I can understand why this made you feel uncomfortable as you wouldn’t want to feel like your being watched when doing your shopping.

I’ve now contacted Carl Davies, the General Store Manager, at Walton. I’ve passed on all your feedback to Carl and asked him to address all the points you’ve raised. I’m confident through further coaching and training with my colleagues, the necessary improvements will be made.

My colleagues are expected to provide a warm and friendly service and to be available to assist at all times. Customers should find it easy to ask a colleague for help however colleagues need to be mindful of our customers needs whilst using our self service checkouts. Your experience is concerning to me, however customer feedback is vitally important to us, so I’m pleased you’ve got in touch.

Kind regards

Katie Pyle
Asda Service Team

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From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
Sent: 12 February 2013 00:29
To: Noel Wood
Subject: Update/Fwd: Response from ASDA (Ref #000000036930314)

Hi,

today in this shop, a big shop-woman obstructed the passage, to the self-service check-outs.

She was acompanied by a security-guard, (it seemed), and another staff.

It was a bit intimidating, I think.

I’ve been shopping at other Saintsbury’s, Tesco and Asda superstores, and the staff there don’t stand in the gate to the self-service check-outs.

I actually lived in London some months, in 2005, and started using the self-service check-outs at Sainsbury’s in Kensington.

(The one with a Starbucks inside).

So I think they do it wrong at Asda Walton.

They stand to close to people when they go to the check-out, I think.

I don’t go to the shop to have sex with a big shop-woman almost, but to buy food.

Maybe they stand that close to were people walk in Russia, but this is in the western world, isn’t it?

Also these ‘Russians’ hadn’t put up the carriers, today.

There were no carriers, at the self-service check-out.

Just a couple of boxes, with carriers, on the floor, for people to grap carriers from.

It’s a bit like you train your staff in Russia I think, when I go to the self-service check-out, in this shop.

Erik Ribsskog

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: Response from ASDA (Ref #000000036930314)
To: Noel Wood <Noel.Wood@asda.co.uk>

Hi,

this doesn’t make sense to me.

I’ve worked in retail, in Norway, from 1988 to 2004, that’s for sixteen years.

I’ve even worked in a big hyper-market, named OBS Triaden, in Lørenskog, in Norway.

Never once did we close early, due to that we had to get the customers out before closing-time.

Why this focus on getting the custommers out before closing-time?

At OBS Triaden we would just work untill all the custommers were out of the shop.

We put the custommers first.

You at Asda seem to put yourselves first then, I think, from your explanation.

Erik Ribsskog

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Noel Wood <Noel.Wood@asda.co.uk> wrote:

Hi Erik

Thanks for letting me know about your experience at our Walton store.

I’m sorry the store security guard would not allow you in at 11.45pm when the store was closing at midnight. I can appreciate this is an inconvenience, given it was Christmas and shopping times are limited.

Due to how busy our stores were around Christmas, we had to stop letting customers in so we could get the customers instore through the tills before we closed. It was a decision not taken lightly as we want to keep all our customers happy.

We do advertise some of our stores as 24 hours as they are open from 7am on a Monday morning until midnight on a Saturday. Due to government legislation and holidays, we have to close the stores on Saturday at midnight and early on a Sunday due to trading law.

I copied a link to our store opening times for you to look at.

http://storelocator.asda.com/#!/

I trust this answers your questions. If I can be of any further help, please feel free to contact either me or one of my colleagues on 0800 952 0101.

Kind regards

Noel

Noel Wood
Asda Service Team
0800 952 0101

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Submitted: 2013-02-10 14:33:24 +0000

From: Erik  Ribsskog

Email: eribsskog@gmail.com

Telephone: 1234

Subject: customer_service

Store Name: Asda Walton

Enquiry:
Hi,

right before Christmas, I went to Asda Walton.

You closed at midnight that day, and I was there at around a quarter to midnight.

Still a security-guard refused me to shop there, since it was only about fifteen minutes to the shops closing-time.

I’ve worked as a shop manager in Norway, (and was at an Asda information-meeting at Kensington jobcentre in August 2005).

When I closed the (Rimi)-shops in Norway, I waited untill closing-time, before I refused custommers to enter the store.

How do you at Asda practise this, I was wondering?

Also, why does it say ’24 hours’ on a sign, on the shop, when the shop isn’t open 24 hours, in the weekends and holidays, etc.

Best regards,

Erik Ribsskog

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Ok,

so this is only on Saturdays when you close at midnight then, I guess.

Due to the trade-laws.

You should perhaps write that you are open untill 11.45 PM then.

Since I don’t know if everybody knows these trade-laws in their head.

In Norway we also have trade-laws.

But we are a bit more flexible, (as I remember it from working in Norway).

There’s a similar law in Norway, but we have a different culture regarding this, I guess.

In Norway we would have said that if one sold some goods after midnight, then it would be ok if it was just a few minutes.

Besides, I explained to the security-guard, that I was buying much, so I would be out of the shop, before midnight, anyway.

(I used to work in a big hyper-market, so I don’t need to walk around the shop for half an hour neceserelly, to buy some dinner, etc).

But thanks for your reply anyway.

Regards,

Erik Ribsskog

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Rachel Nicholson <Rachel.Nicholson@asda.co.uk> wrote:

Hi Erik

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my colleagues email. I’m replying on Noel’s behalf.

I’m sorry you feel that we don’t put our customers first. We pride ourselves on our excellent customer service and I have shared your feedback with Carl Davies, the General Store Manager, at our Walton store as this is vital in order for us to improve the service we offer.

As Noel explained we are unable to trade into the early hours of Sunday morning and therefore we have to ensure all customers are through the checkouts by midnight. Due to this legislation we will ask for our store colleagues to not allow any more customer sin to the store after a certain time to make sure that all customers are through the checkouts by midnight.

Our colleagues will stay later than this in the store but we are unable to serve any customers after this as legally we would then be breaking the law.

I trust I have been able to clarify as to why we can’t allow customers through the checkouts after midnight on a Saturday. If you need any further help, please call me or one of my colleagues on 0800 952 0101. Once again thanks for contacting me and allowing me to help.

Kind Regards

Rachel Nicholson
Asda Service Team

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From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]
Sent: 11 February 2013 15:30
To: Noel Wood
Subject: Re: Response from ASDA (Ref #000000036930314)

Hi,

this doesn’t make sense to me.

I’ve worked in retail, in Norway, from 1988 to 2004, that’s for sixteen years.

I’ve even worked in a big hyper-market, named OBS Triaden, in Lørenskog, in Norway.

Never once did we close early, due to that we had to get the customers out before closing-time.

Why this focus on getting the custommers out before closing-time?

At OBS Triaden we would just work untill all the custommers were out of the shop.

We put the custommers first.

You at Asda seem to put yourselves first then, I think, from your explanation.

Erik Ribsskog

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Noel Wood <Noel.Wood@asda.co.uk> wrote:

Hi Erik

Thanks for letting me know about your experience at our Walton store.

I’m sorry the store security guard would not allow you in at 11.45pm when the store was closing at midnight. I can appreciate this is an inconvenience, given it was Christmas and shopping times are limited.

Due to how busy our stores were around Christmas, we had to stop letting customers in so we could get the customers instore through the tills before we closed. It was a decision not taken lightly as we want to keep all our customers happy.

We do advertise some of our stores as 24 hours as they are open from 7am on a Monday morning until midnight on a Saturday. Due to government legislation and holidays, we have to close the stores on Saturday at midnight and early on a Sunday due to trading law.

I copied a link to our store opening times for you to look at.

http://storelocator.asda.com/#!/

I trust this answers your questions. If I can be of any further help, please feel free to contact either me or one of my colleagues on 0800 952 0101.

Kind regards

Noel

Noel Wood
Asda Service Team
0800 952 0101

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Your Asda email contact form submission

Submitted: 2013-02-10 14:33:24 +0000

From: Erik  Ribsskog

Email: eribsskog@gmail.com

Telephone: 1234

Subject: customer_service

Store Name: Asda Walton

Enquiry:
Hi,

right before Christmas, I went to Asda Walton.

You closed at midnight that day, and I was there at around a quarter to midnight.

Still a security-guard refused me to shop there, since it was only about fifteen minutes to the shops closing-time.

I’ve worked as a shop manager in Norway, (and was at an Asda information-meeting at Kensington jobcentre in August 2005).

When I closed the (Rimi)-shops in Norway, I waited untill closing-time, before I refused custommers to enter the store.

How do you at Asda practise this, I was wondering?

Also, why does it say ’24 hours’ on a sign, on the shop, when the shop isn’t open 24 hours, in the weekends and holidays, etc.

Best regards,

Erik Ribsskog

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This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please accept our apologies & destroy it immediately. *** Walmart Stores, Inc. Confidential *** ————————————————————————————————— Asda Stores Ltd, Registered in England No. 464777. Registered Office: Asda House, Southbank, Great Wilson Street, Leeds LS11 5AD. —————————————————————————————————

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please accept our apologies & destroy it immediately. *** Walmart Stores, Inc. Confidential *** ————————————————————————————————— Asda Stores Ltd, Registered in England No. 464777. Registered Office: Asda House, Southbank, Great Wilson Street, Leeds LS11 5AD. —————————————————————————————————