Newport Chronicle: As part of a cost-cutting effort, the major UK supermarket chain plans to cut up to 200 jobs at its head office in Bradford
Morrisons has announced that it could cut hundreds of staff roles as it revealed plans for an AI shake-up. As part of a cost-cutting effort, the major UK supermarket chain plans to cut up to 200 jobs at its head office in Bradford. Staff were notified of the restructuring, which comes as part of an AI overhaul, in meetings this week. The retailer announced the job losses were a "tough but necessary decision" as they look to "capitalise on the potential of AI to improve performance". The chain, which has 497 supermarkets and more than 1,700 convenience and franchise stores located across the UK, said they had already started a consultancy process with colleagues and are offering those at risk of redundancy their 'full support'. A spokesperson for Morrisons said: "During 2025 Morrisons commenced a long term programme to re-engineer certain of its business functions, to concentrate on the core activities that our customers value, streamline processes and structures, automate a number of manual tasks and capitalise on the potential of data and AI to improve performance. "This multi-year programme will ensure our central functions are better placed to serve our stores and strengthen our ability to deliver for customers in the current very challenging market conditions. "As we evolve and adapt, we're proposing to make some changes to a number of areas within our central structure. "This will involve making some tough but necessary decisions which will impact on colleagues in our head office, where we're proposing to place a number of roles at risk of redundancy. "We understand this will be difficult news for these colleagues and will be offering them our full support, including helping them to find alternative roles elsewhere in the business wherever we can. "A consultation process with colleagues has now commenced." The move marks the second round of job cuts at Morrisons in a matter of weeks after the retailer cut its convenience buying team in March.