Sainsbury’s to slash 500 head office roles and close distribution centre

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Sainsbury’s is set to cut 500 roles at its London head office and close one of its London fulfilment centres in a bid to reinvest in its new ‘food first’ agenda.

Retail Week has learned the grocer is set to remove at least 500 roles from its head office across commercial operations, human resources, supply chain and logistics, technology, general merchandise and clothing functions to free up funds to pursue its strategy.

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