UK supermarket Morrisons has confirmed that a number of staff at its Bradford head office are at risk of redundancy as part of a restructure.
The company employs around 96,000 staff throughout its operations and the proposed cuts will reportedly affect around 200 people working at its head office in Bradford.
At the start of the year, Morrisons posted a like-for-like increase in sales of 2.8% for 2025, which, it stated, represented 12 consecutive quarters of sales growth. However, the supermarket also said that it had encountered “significant and largely unexpected” external cost headwinds over the period.
Morrisons has said that it plans to streamline processes by capitalising on the potential of data and AI. In a statement, the company confirmed that it has commenced a consultation process with some colleagues.
A spokesperson for the supermarket 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 are proposing to make some changes to a number of areas within our central structure.”
The statement continued: “As we evolve and adapt, we are 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 are 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.”
