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Oddworld Administrator Oddworld Inhabitant
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: Apr 2001
: UK
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Rep Power: 40
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Asda Stores Limited was founded as Associated Dairies & Farm Stores Limited in 1949 in Leeds. The adoption of the Asda name occurred in 1965 with the merger of the Asquith chain of three supermarkets and Associated Dairies; Asda is an abbreviation of Asquith and Dairies, often capitalised.
"1920 to 1960 - In the Beginning". All About Asda. Asda. 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
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Was it Fred or Peter Asquith?
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