The supermarket giant says customers have swapped traditional loaves for speciality breads and wraps.
Asda said the change would mean it was able to bake fresh products several times a day, rather than once a day in store."If the proposals are enacted, the priority will be to move as many colleagues as possible into alternative roles within Asda, with redundancy the last option," the supermarket chain said in a statement.Up to 1,800 were faced with the prospect of redundancy when Tesco said it would do less baking in store, citing a similar shift away from traditional loaves and bread.
However, the decision to scrap in-store bread ovens was taken independently of the Issa brothers, who are not allowed to exercise influence over the chain until the deal has been examined by the Competition and Markets Authority.
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