J Sainsbury Plc will axe 3,000 staff across the business and close its remaining cafes, as Britain’s second-largest supermarket steps up a cost-saving drive after Labour’s revenue-raising budget.

Big four supermarket Sainsbury’s will cut 3,000 jobs in the UK as it seeks to cut costs at its headquarters and it closes cafes and hot food counters. It will cut one in five senior managers, it said, as the company undergoes a three-year £1bn cost-cutting push.

J Sainsbury is cutting 3,000 jobs as the UK’s second-largest supermarket chain seeks to reduce costs and simplify its business. The redundancies, which amount to 2 per cent of the group’s workforce, will result from the closure of its remaining in-store cafés and sweeping changes at management level.

British supermarket group Sainsbury's said on Thursday it was proposing to reduce its headcount by over 3,000 roles as it seeks savings to counter a "particularly challenging cost environment".

Supermarket giant Sainsbury' is set to unleash a wave of job cuts in latest overhaul of its stores and head office

Sainsbury's has revealed plans to cut more than 3,000 jobs. The supermarket said the move was a bid to save money ahead of a £140m leap in costs from budget tax measures, due to come into force within weeks.

Sainsbury’s will cut more than 3,000 jobs and plans to close its remaining in-store cafes as part of a major restructure, the supermarket chain has announced.

Sainsbury’s to cut 3,000 jobs and shut in-store cafes - The overhaul will see about 20% of senior management roles reduced at the supermarket giant.

Simon Roberts, the chief executive of the supermarket group, said he was making the job cuts as part of its already announced efforts to slash £1bn from costs as the business was “facing into a particularly challenging cost environment”.