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Posted on April 14, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GoogleMorrisons plans to cut around 200 head‑office roles—about 8% of its Bradford-based central staff—as part of a cost‑cutting and efficiency drive involving automation, data and AI amid sluggish sales growth. A consultation process has now begun.
LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - British supermarket group Morrisons plans to cut around 200 head office roles as part of a cost-cutting restructuring, it said on Tuesday.
The group, owned by U.S. private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, said the restructuring, which started last year, aimed to "streamline processes and structures, automate a number of manual tasks and capitalise on the potential of data and AI to improve performance".
(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
About 200 head office roles at Morrisons are at risk due to the restructuring.
The 200 at-risk jobs represent about 8% of the Morrisons head office staff.
Morrisons is restructuring to streamline operations, automate manual tasks, and utilize data and AI for better performance.
Morrisons is owned by the U.S. private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
Morrisons employs about 95,000 people in total.
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