{"id":3801,"date":"2026-02-26T22:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:45:01","slug":"hundreds-of-jobs-at-risk-as-uk-supermarket-announces-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3801","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of jobs at risk as UK supermarket announces cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Major UK supermarket announce they\u2019re cutting hundreds of jobs\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur 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class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Hundreds of jobs are at risk now at Sainsbury\u2019s, which employs around 140,000 people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The retailer could cut up to 300 jobs across Sainsbury\u2019s and Argos, it was revealed, while most of the cuts will affect its data and technology teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This comes as it is restructuring the unit into one dedicated team for Argos and two for Sainsbury\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This is the third year of Sainsbury\u2019s restructure, which it announced in February 2024, with planes to target \u00a31billion in cost savings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full flex flex-col items-center max-w-[659px] 970:max-w-[630px] my-5\">\n<div class=\"w-[345px] tablet:w-[618px]\"><img alt=\"Article image\" 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it has struggled in recent years, due to cheaper online alternatives tempting customers away from the high street.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Last year, the Sainsbury&#8217;s boss Simon Roberts flagged business rates and National Insurance rises as threats to jobs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>There&#8217;ll also be sweeping changes at Argos, which has struggled in recent years as cheaper online alternatives tempt customers away from the high street.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Recently, Ocado also announced that 1,000 jobs will be slashed as part of a \u00a3150million cost-cutting drive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Hundreds #jobs #risk #supermarket #announces #cuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 300 jobs are at risk A retailer in the UK has announced that they\u2019re cutting hundreds of jobs as part of a major restructure. Hundreds of jobs are at risk now at Sainsbury\u2019s, which employs around 140,000 people. The retailer could cut up to 300 jobs across Sainsbury\u2019s and Argos, it was revealed, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[205,3692,1349,2182,588,2579,334,3693,2272],"class_list":{"0":"post-3801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-announces","9":"tag-argos","10":"tag-cuts","11":"tag-hundreds","12":"tag-jobs","13":"tag-retail","14":"tag-risk","15":"tag-sainsburys","16":"tag-supermarket"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}