High street giant John Lewis and sister business Waitrose have announced plans to cut around 1,000 jobs in stores, its parent company has confirmed.
According to PA, the John Lewis Partnership has told staff it is proposing around 1,000 redundancies across its department stores and Waitrose supermarkets.
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The company said the shake-up will take place as part of a simplification of store management.
It comes after a raft of recent job cuts, which included the closure of eight John Lewis stores earlier this year, in a bid to secure £300 million in savings by 2023.
A John Lewis Partnership spokesperson said: “We have announced to our partners our intention to simplify our management structures in Waitrose and John Lewis stores, which will allow us to reinvest in what matters most to our customers.”
