Tesco has announced it is cutting 4,500 jobs as part of changes to its Metro stores operation. Tesco Metro was designed for customers to do their weekly shops but the company has found it is being used more like a convenience store for daily shops. The cuts will affect about 4,000 staff in the UK and Ireland. It is also making some changes in 134 of its 1,750 Express stores, where customer footfall is lower. Tesco employs about 340,000 people in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and the announcement came just months after Tesco put 9,000 in-store jobs at risk.
Tesco has announced it is cutting 4,500 jobs as part of changes to its Metro stores operation. Tesco Metro was designed for customers to do their weekly shops but the company has found it is being used more like a convenience store for daily shops. The cuts will affect about 4,000 staff in the UK and Ireland. Tesco employs about 340,000 people in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and the announcement came just months after Tesco put 9,000 in-store jobs at risk.