Asda's New Café Menu: Smashed Avocado, Buddha Bowls, and Loaded Fries Take Center Stage

Asda has revealed it will be revamping its cafes with a new menu, including trendy dishes such as smashed avocado on toast, buddha bowls and loaded fries.

The expanded menu also offers katsu chicken curry, topped salad bowls, wraps and a new sharing range of nachos.

Pizzas, which are currently served fresh at counters in stores, will also become part of the menu.

Asda said the upgrades will give a 'new look and feel' including introducing digital ordering screens and a table ordering service, as well as having a manned till.

The major retailer is dishing out £10 million for the upgrades and modernising 180 of its cafes—at a time when rival supermarkets are making sweeping closures.

Sainsbury's in-store cafes have shut for good since it announced 61 closures at the start of the year.

The supermarket chain said the majority of its shoppers do not use them regularly, whereas in-store food stalls and concessions have grown in popularity.

Morrisons is closing 52 of its cafes and a raft of meat, fish and hot food counters - changes which it said were necessary to 'renew and reinvigorate' the chain and invest in areas that 'customers really value '.

It also said it was costing more to run the services than it was making from customer spending.

The project, led by catering firm Compass which manages the sites, will begin this month and is expected to be completed by the end of October.

Ian McEvans, vice president of commercial food at Asda, said it has 'continued to demonstrate our commitment to our cafes over the years' such as with its 'kids eat for £1' meal deal.

He added that cafes were 'an important part of the shopping experience for any of our customers'.