has announced plans to close its remaining 61 in-store cafes, along with all hot food, pizza, and patisserie counters in its supermarkets across the UK.
The , combined with restructuring in head office, is expected to cost 3,000 people their jobs.
This decision is part of a broader strategy to save £1 billion over three years and will lead to more than 3,000 job losses. The retailer cited a reduced demand for its in-house cafes and hot food offerings as a rationale for the closures.
Instead, Sainsbury's plans to repurpose these spaces to expand fresh food ranges, which it says will better cater to modern shopping preferences.
The decision follows Sainsbury's closure of 200 in-store cafes in 2022, which put around 2,000 jobs at risk at the time.
Despite this move, the company retained 67 cafes, hinting then that further closures might follow.
Now, with only 61 cafes remaining, Sainsbury's has confirmed they will also be phased out.
Simon Roberts, Sainsbury's chief executive, said: "We launched our Next Level Strategy almost a year ago and are totally focused on making good food joyful, accessible and affordable for everyone, every day.
"As a result, we're seeing real momentum across our business, with a best-ever value position, leading quality and increasing market share.
"As we accelerate into year two and beyond of our strategy, we are facing into a particularly challenging cost environment which means we have had to make tough choices about where we can afford to invest and where we need to do things differently to make our business more efficient and effective.
"The decisions we are announcing today are essential to ensure we continue to drive forward our momentum but have also meant some difficult choices impacting our dedicated colleagues in a number of parts of our business. We'll be doing everything we can to support anyone impacted by today's announcements."
Instead of in-house offerings, Sainsbury's is prioritizing partnerships with external coffee shop brands such as Starbucks, which have reportedly proven more popular with customers.
Cafes will shut at the following locations:
