Sainsbury’s to cut 3,000 jobs as it shuts hot food counters and cafes

Sainsbury's is to close its remaining patisserie, hot food and pizza counters. Photograph: David Sillitoe ~/The Guardian

Sainsbury’s is to cut 3,000 jobs in the UK through the closure of its hot food counters and cafes and by reducing senior management roles by a fifth, amid rising labour costs.

Simon Roberts, the chief executive of the supermarket group, said he was making the job cuts as part of its already announced efforts to slash £1bn from costs as the business was “facing into a particularly challenging cost environment”.