More than 1,600 Tesco staff members across the UK are at risk of losing their jobs after bosses announced overnight roles would be axed.
The British supermarket chain recently confirmed it was planning to close their discount arm Jack's which will see a number of roles being cut across petrol stations and supermarkets.
Six of the discount stores - that was first opened in 2018 - will be turned into Tesco superstores, while the remaining seven across the UK will be closed for good.
The move will affect 130 staff members from Jack's and 1,600 workers across the whole company overall, but the supermarket has said they will try and accommodate those affected.
In a statement released from the Supermarket, they said that the reason behind the jobs cuts was due to increased demand for shelf-stacking during the daytime, leading to less need for nighttime workers.
The supermarket said: "Following successful rollouts, we have shown that by moving our overnight stock replenishment to daytime trading hours, we can ensure more colleagues are available on the shop floor to help customers at peak times.
"We have therefore taken the decision to move our overnight stock replenishment into the daytime in 36 large stores and 49 convenience stores."
Further cuts to overnight job roles will be made by swapping 36 of its petrol stations to only drivers to pay at the pump, reports The Mirror.
The supermarket says that they hope to avoid making any redundancies through the cuts as they have more than 3,00 jobs available that could be filled with employees.
Tesco UK and Republic of Ireland chief executive Jason Tarry said: "We operate in a highly competitive and fast-paced market, and our customers are shopping differently, especially since the start of the pandemic.
"We are always looking at how we can run our business as simply and efficiently as possible, so that we can reinvest in the things that matter most to customers.
"The changes we are announcing today will help us do this.
"Our priority now is to support our impacted colleagues through these changes and, wherever possible, find them alternative roles within our business."
Tesco's Jack's stores were first opened four years ago and were set to become the supermarket chain's 'answer to Lidl and Aldi', by offering 'great-tasting food' at lower prices.
The British supermarket hoped to gain back customers who began to get their groceries at lower priced stores and to learn how it could bring down costs.
The closure of the discounter comes after the supermarket also recently made the decision to close 317 meat, fish and deli counters across the UK.
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