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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Anna Wise

Sainsbury’s to axe 3,000 jobs as it warns of cost pressures

Sainsbury’s also said it would close its hot food, pizza and patisserie counters (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sainsbury’s has announced it will cut more than 3,000 jobs, close down its in-store cafes, and remove its pizza and hot food counters from stores.

The supermarket giant said the job losses, which affect about 2% of its 148,000 staff, are part of plans to “simplify the business” amid a “particularly challenging cost environment”.

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