3<\/p>\n A Sainsbury’s store on Argyle Street in Glasgow city centreCredit: Tom Farmer 3<\/p>\n The retail giant announced a shake-up to its remaining patisserie countersCredit: Getty – Contributor<\/p>\n The retail giant has a number of stores north of the border, including in Glasgow<\/a>, Edinburgh<\/a>, the Borders and the Highlands.<\/p>\n In its latest financial results\u00a0this morning, the retailer said the counters will shut “by early summer”.<\/p>\n The most popular items sold from these counters will be moved to aisles in stores.<\/p>\n The retailer also said, from autumn, new “On the Go” hubs offering hot food will be rolled out across stores.<\/p>\n We have asked Sainsbury’s<\/a> the exact date these hubs will open and when the remaining patisserie, hot food and pizza counters will shut and we will update this story when we’ve heard back.<\/p>\n Sainsbury’s\u00a0first announced plans to axe<\/a>\u00a0its remaining patisserie, hot food and pizza counters across larger stores in January.<\/p>\n Counters in smaller Local stores are not affected.<\/p>\n Sainsbury’s also said it would shut 61 existing in-store cafes and cut 3,000 head office staff.<\/p>\n The supermarket said the decision to axe the cafes was taken as less of its loyal customer base was using them.<\/p>\n The Sun exclusively revealed<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month the cafes’ final day of trading was April 11, just six days ago.<\/p>\n Moment idiot raider gets ‘STUCK’ lowering himself into Sainsbury’s store in bungled Mission Impossible-style burglary<\/p>\n However, it is not yet clear when the 3,000 head office staff will lose their jobs.<\/p>\n Around 20% of senior management roles will be cut at the supermarket giant as part of plans to focus on fewer, bigger roles and to simplify its head office and management teams.<\/p>\n Simon Roberts, Sainsbury\u2019s chief executive, said in January the supermarket<\/a> was facing a “challenging cost environment”.<\/p>\n This comes despite its latest results, published today revealing strong trading in the 2024\/25 financial year.<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Sainsbury’s is making a major change in all its Scottish storesCredit: Getty<\/p>\n Retailer underlying profit was up 7.2% to \u00a31.03billion, with strong Sainsbury’s sales offsetting lower profits at Argos.<\/p>\n Full list of 61 Sainsbury’s cafes that have closed<\/p>\n However, Sainsbury’s is also trying to cut costs by \u00a31 billion-a-year, and cut about 1,500 roles in 2025, mostly from a contact centre in Cheshire.<\/p>\n The company said in late 2024 that tax increases from the October Budget would hit it with an extra \u00a3140 million in costs.<\/p>\n The Government hiked employer National Insurance contributions from 13.8% to 15% this month.<\/p>\n The threshold at which bosses will have to pay tax on workers’ pay has been lowered from \u00a39,100 to \u00a35,000.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the national minimum wage has also been hiked, piling added pressure on employers.<\/p>\n SUPERMARKETS AXING SECTIONS<\/p>\n Sainsbury’s is not the first supermarket to announce a major overhaul of its stores in recent years.<\/p>\n Morrisons has this year said it will shut 52 cafes and 17 convenience stores\u00a0and axe a number of in-store services.<\/p>\n The shake up puts around 365 workers at risk of redundancy.<\/p>\n All of the 17 convenience stores closed yesterday, apart from one in Haxby which will shut on May 14.<\/p>\n Rami Baiti\u00e9h, chief executive of\u00a0Morrisons, said the plans would allow the supermarket to invest in other areas of the business.<\/p>\n Read more on the Scottish Sun<\/p>\n In 2023,\u00a0Tesco ditched its delis and hot food counters<\/a>\u00a0after the retailer said it had seen a drop in demand.<\/p>\n![\"Sainsbury's](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/coronation-merchandise-glasgow-coronation-812796521.jpg\")
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