Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is to axe 300 jobs across its store support centres as part of plans to outsource the roles.
Workers at its central offices in Manchester, Holborn in London and Ansty in Warwickshire are set to be affected.
Hundreds of staff working in food commercial, finance operations and people services and HR are in line to lose their jobs as Sainsbury's outsources the roles Accenture.
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A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: "We are focused on our plans to put food back at the heart of Sainsbury’s.
"To achieve this, we are becoming a more simple, nimble and efficient business so that we can reinvest in what matters most to customers – low prices, exciting new products and convenient ways to shop.
"We are talking to a small proportion of our store support centre colleagues about some changes we are proposing to the way we work.
"Colleagues affected will enter into a consultation process and we are supporting them through this in any way we can.
"This includes exploring alternative roles within Sainsbury’s, as well as providing independent support with job opportunities elsewhere as part of a redundancy package which far exceeds statutory requirements."
The move comes after the supermarket put around 2,000 jobs at risk at the start of March because of its plans to shut 200 in-store cafes.
The company also confirmed it was launching consultations with an undisclosed number of staff regarding plans to close less popular hot food counters in 34 stores and changes to how it runs bakeries in 54 stores.
Its decision to close the cafes is a part of a wider move to transform its dining, takeaway and home delivery food and drink offer from stores.
The retailer said it will also open 30 more restaurant hubs in stores in partnership with Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG), which runs the Caffe Carluccio's, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Ed's Diner and Slim Chickens brands.
The supermarket business said it will also open 30 Starbucks sites across its supermarkets, as it seeks to overhaul its offer across 250 stores over the next three years.
In April last year, Sainsbury's said 1,200 jobs were at risk from plans to stop baking products in some stores, while it cut around 3,500 jobs due to the closure of fresh meat and fish counters in November 2020.
