Morecambe Sainsbury's cafe to close as chain axes 3,000 jobs nationwide

Sainsburys in Morecambe

A Morecambe supermarket cafe is set to close as a retail chain announced plans to axe more than 3,000 jobs.

Sainsbury's cafe inside the store on Lancaster Road is one of 61 to close around the country.

The company said were no longer used "regularly" by the majority of customers.

Simon Roberts, chief executive of Sainsbury's, said: "We are facing into a particularly challenging cost environment which means we have had to make tough choices about where we can afford to invest and where we need to do things differently to make our business more efficient and effective.

"The decisions we are announcing are essential to ensure we continue to drive forward our momentum but have also meant some difficult choices impacting our dedicated colleagues in a number of parts of our business.

"We'll be doing everything we can to support anyone impacted by today's announcements."

Sainsbury's also plans to make a 20 per cent reduction in senior management roles, saying the business faces a "particularly challenging cost environment".

The supermarket group, which owns Argos and Habitat, will also shut down pizza and patisserie, and hot food counters.

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