Tesco to make huge change to in-store bakeries as it plans to ‘simplify’ the business with 400 job cuts
TESCO will make a huge change to in-store bakeries as it plans to simplify its business with hundreds of job cuts.
The UK biggest supermarket said it would cut 400 roles across its stores and also head office.
Its been reported that staff most impacted will be its bakery team, as the brand looks to pivot from having staff bake goods inside the supermarket.
Jobs at Tesco mobile and those in head office roles will also be cut, according to a report in
Matthew Barnes, chief of Tesco said: “These are difficult decisions affecting our colleagues, but we believe they are necessary to enable us to invest in what matters most to our customers.
“Our priority is to support impacted colleagues, and we will do everything we can to help them find alternative roles within our business. Today, we have almost 1,000 vacancies available.”
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The grocery giant, which reported record breaking sales at Christmas, also said it would launch consultation of its Snodland Distribution Centre, in Kent.
Its understood from reports that Tesco would move impacted staff to another one of its centres in in Aylesford.
It comes just days after two major supermarkets said they would cut staff roles.
Sainsbury's said it would cut 3,000 head office staff roles and also axe all remaining patisserie, bakery, rotisserie and pizza counters in its bigger branches.
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Meanwhile, Morrisons said it would axe 200 roles across customer service, employee engagement and payroll.
A spokeswoman for Morrisons said it carried out a "review of its people structure" to ensure it is "offering stores and sites a timely and consistent service".
"We are therefore proposing to remove the roles of regional people manager, store people manager and case specialist from our structure, meaning colleagues in these roles are being placed at risk of redundancy."