Tesco to make huge change to in-store bakeries as it plans to ‘simplify’ the business with 400 job cuts
Tesco to make huge change to in-store bakeries as it plans to ‘simplify’ the business with 400 job cuts
Share:
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.
![[Tesco sign on a building.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tesco-chairman-admitted-stockpiled-long-624881107.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
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.”.
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.
