Sainsbury's to axe thousands of store management roles

Retailer says cost-cutting drive will affect thousands of roles but headcount will stay the sameSainsbury’s is stripping out thousands of management jobs from its stores to save money as it faces an intensifying grocery price war.On Tuesday, Sainsbury’s staff were told that it plans to axe the roles of deputy manager, department manager, team leader and store supervisor, a shake-up that puts thousands of jobs at risk. It is replacing deputies with a smaller number of operations manag