J Sainsbury Plc will cut 3,000 staff and close its remaining cafes, as Britain’s second-largest supermarket chain steps up a cost-saving drive after the government announced higher taxes on businesses.

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.

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 has announced it will cut 3,000 jobs as it shuts down its remaining cafés and closes its patisserie and pizza counters. The supermarket said the move would "simplify the business", adding that "the majority of Sainsbury's most loyal shoppers do not use the cafés regularly".

Sainsbury's has announced plans to close all remaining in-store cafés, causing more than 3,000 people to lose their jobs. The supermarket chain will also close all remaining hot food, pizza, and patisserie counters across the country,

The chain's boss, who had already spoken out against a budget tax raid on employment, argues tough choices had to be made as a result of the additional costs.

Sainsbury’s has announced it will cut more than 3,000 jobs and plans to shut its remaining in-store cafes as part of a major overhaul. The headcount reduction represents about 2% of the company’s current 148,