Waitrose and John Lewis have announced they are set to slash 1,000 jobs in their latest round of cost-cutting measures.
The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) group is the parent company of the two high street giants - and staff have been told the company is proposing around 1,000 redundancies across its department stores and supermarkets.
The company said the shake-up will take place as part of a simplification of store management.
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A JLP 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."
JLP added that it will support employees who wish to stay in the business in finding new roles and will seek to minimise compulsory redundancies through voluntary redundancy and severance options.
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.
Across the UK, there are 34 John Lewis shops and 331 Waitrose stores.
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