ASDA stands for "ASquith + DAiries." The name originates from the merger of two businesses in 1965: the Asquith family, who were butchers, and Associated Dairies & Farm Stores Ltd, a dairy farmers' collective that became a company under Arthur Stockdale. The Asquith brothers and the Stockdale family joined forces to create ASDA, combining the first two letters of "Asquith" and "Dairies" to form the name