Tesco to make big changes to stores, affecting 2,100 jobs

The cuts come despite Tesco predicting an adjusted operating profit of £2.4bn-£2.5bn for the full year. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

Tesco has announced a shake-up of its shop management in large UK stores along with the closure of its remaining meat, fish and hot deli counters, affecting 2,100 jobs.

The UK’s biggest grocer said it had started introducing a new management structure in 350 of its smaller superstores over the past two years and was extending this structure across its larger superstores and Extra stores.