Tesco is considering shutting down its remaining fresh food counters next year, it has been reported.
It comes after the supermarket axed its meat, fish and deli counters in more than 300 stores earlier this year as part of a major overhaul.
The latest closures would see its remaining fresh food counters axed in 279 of its stores in the new year, according to The Sunday Times.
Many of the counters are said to have had their opening hours scaled back over the last year due to a lack of interest from shoppers.
Tesco declined to comment.
In the past, Tesco has blamed changing customer habits on such store changes.
The move could potentially mean hundreds of jobs could be made redundant.
However, during the last counter closures, Tesco offered staff members different roles within the company.
Sainsbury's and Asda have both closed all of their fresh food counters.
Tesco - which was founded in 1919 in Hackney, in the East End of London - has more than 4,000 stores across the UK and Ireland and employs more than 360,000 people worldwide.
The news comes after Tesco announced it planned on cutting 325 jobs across the business in October.
The jobs being cut were in the firm's office and regional teams, not its supermarkets.
In February, Tesco said more than 1,600 roles were at risk as the supermarket chain axed overnight roles and closed its discount arm Jack's.
At the time, the supermarket said it needed fewer night staff because it was now doing more shelf-stacking during the day.
Jack's was launched in 2018 as part of plans to take on discount chains Aldi and Lidl. All Jack's stores in the UK are now closed.
In more Tesco news, the supermarket this week announced it would slash the price of its turkeys for Clubcard members as part of plans to win back shoppers from Aldi.
Clubcard holders can get turkeys at £4 per kg and crowns for £8.50 per kg.
Tesco has also cut the price of its Christmas vegetables to 19p including potatoes, carrots, parsnips, sprouts and broccoli.
It follows similar price cuts at Aldi, Lidl and Sainsbury's as the top supermarkets battle it out to become the cheapest Christmas grocer.
Tesco is also giving out free carrots across all its stores from today until Christmas Eve.
