Asda hits back as Tesco takes the train to show its greener credentials

Supermarket group Tesco took another step to improve its green credentials yesterday by unveiling a plan to move goods off the roads and on to the rail network.

But it immediately ran into a clash with rival Asda over claims the switch would make Tesco “the first UK retailer to move significant volumes from road to rail”.

Wal-Mart-owned Asda has been transporting goods from south coast ports to northern depots by train since 2003 and accused Tesco of “recycling our old news”.

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