Major grocery industry player Sobeys has announced that it will be laying off some 1,300 employees from its distribution centres in Ontario and Alberta.
This announcement comes as it continues to integrate its recently acquired Safeway chain into its current operations.
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Sobeys clarified that the jobs being cut are not front-line in-store staff, rather they are back-office functions. A step being taken with the closing down of the support centre in Milton and the opening of an automated distribution centre in Vaughn by October of next year.
Similar actions are being taken in Calgary, where a support centre is being replaced by an automated distribution centre in Rocky View, Alta following the same timeline.
Sobeys says the job cuts will cost it a little over $100 million.
