Tesco has confirmed in a statement that 9,000 jobs will be at risk due to proposed changes to how it operates.
The statement also said that the retailer hopes to redeploy half of the affected staff in other customer facing roles.
Part of the changes will include closing fresh food counters in around 90 stores, with the remaining 700 counters trading with a full or flexible counter offer for customers.
It will also be changing the way that it manages stock, introduce a leaner structure for its head office, and will also close staff canteens and look to introduce more self-service kitchen areas.
Jason Tarry, Tesco chief executive for the UK and Ireland, said: “In our four years of turnaround we’ve made good progress, but the market is challenging and we need to continually adapt to remain competitive and respond to how customers want to shop.
“We’re making changes to our UK stores and head office to simplify what we do and how we do it, so we’re better able to meet the needs of our customers. This will impact some of our colleagues and our commitment is to minimise this as much as possible and support our colleagues throughout.”
