Re: The Retail Apocalypse (Incorporating Casual Dining Closures)
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:30 pm
Not satisfied with killing off Caramac, Nestle have now taken the axe to Breakaway. These bastards have no sense of history.
Games and Stuff
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rinks wrote:Not satisfied with killing off Caramac, Nestle have now taken the axe to Breakaway. These bastards have no sense of history.
Carlos wrote:Lagamorph wrote:Godzilla wrote:John Lewis planning major job cuts over five years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68118092John Lewis has confirmed it is planning to further cut its workforce over the next five years.
Up to 11,000 jobs at the retail partnership - amounting to 10% of the workforce - could reportedly go, according to the Guardian.
John Lewis said the losses would include redundancies and not replacing vacant positions.
It would not confirm numbers to the BBC, but said plans to return the business to profit would mean cuts.
The group currently employs 76,000 people across its supermarkets, department stores and head office. It is owned by its workers through a trust, who are known as Partners.
Gee, who could have seen this coming literally days after they announced they were halving their redundancy packages going forward?
I genuinely don’t know what has happened to them. I put 5 years into the partnership and we were like a family. The sadness in Sheffield for the store closing in 2020 is still felt today. I made some great friends there and we always planned to go back in retirement and work part time. There’s so much I would still buy from them given the chance.
The Waitrose problem is they’re bloody everywhere in London and nowhere up here. We have one big store but a small one in town would clean up. M&S is busy every night; people are always willing to pay a big more to get better stuff from the swill they peddle in Tesco.
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Winckle wrote:They failed to keep up with the market trends and all their customers went to Lush instead.
Winckle wrote:I really like Lush. I use their shampoo and conditioner bars. They seem expensive but they last quite a while for the size. I'm guessing they're quite concentrated.
gaminglegend wrote:Winckle wrote:I really like Lush. I use their shampoo and conditioner bars. They seem expensive but they last quite a while for the size. I'm guessing they're quite concentrated.
I don't mind lush, but christ I hate the amount of staff in the store and how they practically pounce on you as soon as you enter.
Carlos wrote:gaminglegend wrote:Winckle wrote:I really like Lush. I use their shampoo and conditioner bars. They seem expensive but they last quite a while for the size. I'm guessing they're quite concentrated.
I don't mind lush, but christ I hate the amount of staff in the store and how they practically pounce on you as soon as you enter.
When it’s some pretty young thing wanting to wash my hands I tend not to mind
gaminglegend wrote:Winckle wrote:I really like Lush. I use their shampoo and conditioner bars. They seem expensive but they last quite a while for the size. I'm guessing they're quite concentrated.
I don't mind lush, but christ I hate the amount of staff in the store and how they practically pounce on you as soon as you enter.
Sainsbury's has announced it is cutting around 1,500 jobs, subject to consultation, as part of plans it hopes will save around £1bn over three years.
The retailer said roles would be lost at its contact centre in Cheshire, in-store bakeries, and some local fulfilment centres.
Some staff will be redeployed, with alternative roles found "where possible".
The savings will be invested back into the business, the retailer added.
Announcing the news, Sainsbury's said "the vast majority" of jobs at its Widnes call centre would be transferred to its service partner, Careline services. It described it as "a major employer" and said it offered a "range of career opportunities".
The supermarket said it had begun moving to a more efficient way of baking goods in-store, and had outlined plans to move more stores to the model.
"As a result, the supermarket will be conducting a consultancy process with bakers in these stores," the retailer continued.
Sainsbury's said it had reassured colleagues that it would find alternative roles for them where possible, as it would "for any colleague affected by changes proposed".
Jobs are also being cut from the retailer's merchandise distribution network, with Sainsbury's confirming more investment in technology and innovation, meaning the company will need fewer local fulfilment centres.
Sainsbury's chief executive Simon Roberts summed up the changes as the next part of its strategy to deliver value and good service to customers, while making "difficult but necessary decisions".
"I know today's news is unsettling for affected colleagues and we will do everything we can to support them," he added.
KK wrote:Sainsbury's has announced it is cutting around 1,500 jobs, subject to consultation, as part of plans it hopes will save around £1bn over three years.
The retailer said roles would be lost at its contact centre in Cheshire, in-store bakeries, and some local fulfilment centres.
Some staff will be redeployed, with alternative roles found "where possible".
The savings will be invested back into the business, the retailer added.
Announcing the news, Sainsbury's said "the vast majority" of jobs at its Widnes call centre would be transferred to its service partner, Careline services. It described it as "a major employer" and said it offered a "range of career opportunities".
The supermarket said it had begun moving to a more efficient way of baking goods in-store, and had outlined plans to move more stores to the model.
"As a result, the supermarket will be conducting a consultancy process with bakers in these stores," the retailer continued.
Sainsbury's said it had reassured colleagues that it would find alternative roles for them where possible, as it would "for any colleague affected by changes proposed".
Jobs are also being cut from the retailer's merchandise distribution network, with Sainsbury's confirming more investment in technology and innovation, meaning the company will need fewer local fulfilment centres.
Sainsbury's chief executive Simon Roberts summed up the changes as the next part of its strategy to deliver value and good service to customers, while making "difficult but necessary decisions".
"I know today's news is unsettling for affected colleagues and we will do everything we can to support them," he added.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68434837
Didn’t know Sainsbury’s made video games
Sainsbury's Spokesghoul wrote:The supermarket said it had begun moving to a more efficient way of baking goods in-store, and had outlined plans to move more stores to the model.
KK wrote:Trying to find a genuine bakery now is becoming increasingly difficult. The ones in the supermarkets are basically a facade (if you read the small print a lot of it is shipped in, sometimes from abroad, and 'defrosted under controlled conditions'), and Greggs has pretty much given up all pretences of being a bakery.
'Buy a bread maker and do it yourself if you're that bothered' seems to be the motto.
Pizza chain Papa Johns has confirmed it will close nearly a tenth of its UK restaurants - all of which it says are "underperforming".
The closures follow a review of the business which began in January and identified locations which were "no longer financially viable".
The chain, which has 450 restaurants plus others in service stations and holiday parks, will close 43 sites.
The company has not said how many jobs will be affected.
The following restaurants are set to shut: