Britain's biggest supermarket group Tesco plans to cut about 400 jobs from stores and its head office, seeking efficiency savings so it can invest in the business, it said on Wednesday.

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 will make a huge change to in-store bakeries as it plans to simplify its business with hundreds of job cuts. The UK’s biggest supermarket said it would cut 400 roles across its stores

The job cuts planned by Tesco would impact head office roles, some bakery positions and management roles in Tesco Mobile phone shops

Tesco is to cut about 400 jobs across its stores and head office, the supermarket chain has said. The news comes days after Sainsbury’s said it will cut more than 3,000 jobs, close down its in-store cafes, and remove its pizza and hot food counters from stores.

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

Tesco is cutting 400 jobs across its stores and head office management, after revealing it is embarking on a major efficiency programme to “simplify” the business. The supermarket said the cuts were caused by the “more competitive than ever” grocery market, which meant it has to find new ways to invest in price.

Tesco, which has more than 2,900 supermarkets across the UK, is to cut 400 jobs. The chain says the job cuts, which mainly impact in-store bakeries, are part of a move to ‘simplify’ the business.

Tesco has announced they will cut 400 roles across its stores as it plans to simplify its business. The cuts affect head office management roles, managers at Tesco Mobile stores, and staff in its in-store bakeries,

Tesco UK CEO Matthew Barnes announced Tesco had begun talking to colleagues about a series of proposed changes in stores and head offices, saying it was looking for “new, more e