LONDON (UK) – Supermarket group Asda said it aims to centralise its bakery operations which currently has around 1,200 people as employees. A similar move was taken by rival Tesco last year.
Asda said it is on a pursuit to find new job roles for as many as possible of the workers stricken by the change. It also added that redundancies would be the last option.
“We know these proposed changes will be unsettling for colleagues and our priority is to support them during this process,” said Derek Lawlor, Asda’s chief merchandising officer.
Tesco said in February 2020 that fewer of its products would be in-store baking, landing 1,816 workers in a risk of redundancy.
Tesco scrapped 4,500 jobs last summer, while No 2 Sainsbury’s eliminated hundreds of management roles in January.