Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index ASDA is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom offering food, clothing and general merchandise products. The name is a contraction of Associated Dairies and was founded in 1965 by a group of farmers from Yorkshire. It became a subsidiary of Wal-Mart on July 26, 1999. The company is also engaged in property development through its subsidiary company, Gazeley Properties Limited. External link Company website - http://www.asda.co.uk/ ASDA also stands for several other things: Alberta Stock Dog Association American Sand Drag Association American Sleep Disorders Association American Society For Dental Aesthetics American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists American Stamp Dealers Association American Student Dental Association Arkansas State Dental Association Auburn Skin Divers Association Australasian Soft Drink Association Australian Screen Directors Association Australian Sports Drug Agency This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.