In this assignment I am going to be describing the type of business, purpose and ownership of two contrasting organisations, in this instance the organisations are Asda and Help for Heroes.
Asda is a Public company and is a British supermarket chain which supplies various services to the customers such as: Clothing, Food, and General Merchandise etc. It has become a multi-national store leading of its subsidiary of Wal-Mart which is American based. It is quite a large business and has approx. 231+ supermarket/superstores (open 24/7) that are open within the UK and still have new stores opening. The purpose of Asda is to sell is services and goods to local and national customers within to UK and also out of the UK. It offers a wide range of goods to its customers such as clothes, electronics, food and drinks. It is a commonly known organization across Europe. Asda along with many other types of business in its market are concerned in attracting the budget market as any other business would look into the same type of aim, as a business it is achieving massively in result to the number of store opening and investment due to buying out Netto’s in 2010.
The ownership of Asda is PLC (public limited company) this is because its shares …show more content…
It is a nationwide charity that is involved in fundraising events across the globe which includes expeditions to Mt.Everest and Mt. Kilimanjaro. The purpose of Help for Heroes is to raise money to aid the families of our wounded soldiers and servicemen and women. The also give direct funding to the Selly Oak hospital. Where they are stationed for Rehab and treated for their injuries in the intensive care and high security