Morrison's say no jobs are at risk but 1,400 people are being offered alternative roles
Morrison's set to scrap home deliveries from 50 stores affecting thousands of workers
The Bradford-based supermarket Morrisons has confirmed 1,400 roles are being taken out of the business due to changing habits in online shopping, however all 1,400 colleagues are said to be offered alternative roles within Morrisons
The supermarket chain say there is the opportunity to apply for voluntary redundancy, but this is optional.
The change is being made as the supermarket were forced to scale up the delivery service during the pandemic, when visiting physical stores was not possible for many shoppers, now demand has fallen again, they say changes need to be made.
'We must adapt and makes some changes'
The official statement of Morrisons said:
“At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic we rapidly grew our store Home Delivery service to serve the many customers who moved from shopping in store to online.
"As we enter this next phase of the pandemic and with many restrictions now eased, we must now adapt and make some changes to the size of our online operation to meet our customer demands.
"From October, we plan to close online Home Delivery in a number of stores.
"We will continue to maintain the same service levels including the number of customers and postcodes we deliver to, through our existing home delivery stores as well as our fulfillment centres.
"All colleagues affected by these proposed changes will be given the opportunity to either move into an alternative role within our business or apply for voluntary redundancy.
"As part of this process we will be offering all hourly paid colleagues within affected stores the opportunity to also apply for voluntary redundancy."