Thousands of customers walk through Asda's doors every day, but few may know what the name actually means.
Many popular brands have quirky names and they become so ingrained into our vocabulary that we rarely give them a second thought. But it's always fun to decipher their meanings.
For instance, many curious online minds have been wondering what fashion giant ASOS stands for - which is As Seen On Screen. Now, people are figuring out what the supermarket giant's title signifies, reports the The Mirror.
People are still discovering the true meaning behind the name to this day, as newsreader Alastair Stewart tweeted: "Without Google, do you know what the name ASDA derives from?"
Someone wrote: "I don't know anything without Google, so no."
Another said: "No, sorry, but about 35 years ago I used to know what BEJAM stood for! It was all the initials of the owners/children, I think! We had to learn about the company to 'earn' stars on our name badges, like McDs!"
Asda is one of the biggest retailers in the UK and the iconic name stems from an interesting story. Back in the 1960s, siblings Peter and Fred Asquith ran a butcher's shop in Yorkshire, but were inspired after a trip to the United States.
After visiting American grocery store the Piggly Wiggly, the brothers thought to develop a shop with everything under one roof. Wanting to branch out, they contacted Noel Stockdale at Associated Dairies and proposed the idea of going into business together.
Successful, a retail partnership was born on May 3 1965. Therefore, ASquith and DAiries came together resulting in the ASDA name we all know today.
However, some users did know what it stood for, as one woman replied to Alastair: "YES! I had a four-week summer job on George and they had a week's training about this!!!"
Another mentioned that it had come up in a quiz recently, so they'd learned the answer.
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