Sainsbury's blames staff cuts and UK heatwave for stock shortages

Supermarket admits the axing of thousands of management roles left it unready for unusually busy summerSainsbury’s has admitted staff cuts led to gaps on its shelves over the summer as it ran out of stock, but the supermarket’s boss has promised stores are now back to normal.“We were undoubtedly challenged on availability [over the summer],” Mike Coupe, the chief executive of the UK’s second largest supermarket said. Continue reading...