Tesco has announced plans to cut about 400 jobs as part of plans to "simplify" the business. The supermarket giant said jobs will be affected at its bakeries, mobile phone shops and its head office in Welwyn Garden City,

Managers in its head office and Tesco Mobile phone shops, as well as staff at some of its in-store bakeries, will be affected.

Tesco is to cut hundreds of jobs in a bid to ‘simply’ the business, following in the footsteps of Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons. The majority of the 400 redundancies are those working in the chain’s in-store bakeries.

Tesco is the latest UK supermarket to announce job cuts, which it said were part of plans to "simplify" its business.

Tesco to cut hundreds of jobs across stores and head office. Find out more about the supermarket's plan to streamline operations.

Tesco has announced plans to cut 400 jobs across its UK stores and head office in a bid to “simplify” the business.

Tesco has announced it will cut 400 jobs as it unveils plans to "simplify" its in-store bakeries. It has been reported that most of those impacted will be workers employed with the bakery team as the brand looks to have goods baked outside the supermarket.

Tesco is to cut about 400 jobs across its stores and head office, the supermarket chain has said. The reduction is part of plans to “simplify” the business amid a market that is “more competitive than ever”.

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