‘Change is never easy’ | Interim ASDA boss lays off staff, orders those who remain back to the office three days a week

ASDA has informed staff they must return to the office three days each week, amid a round of layoffs designed to tackle inefficiencies in the company’s operating structure.

According to a report by the Telegraph, an email was sent to staff on Tuesday, with over 5,000 employees from the supermarket’s corporate operations ordered back to offices across three locations in Leeds and Leicester.

The internal memo was distributed by Lord Stuart Rose, ASDA’s chairman, who recently took on the oversight of the company after co-owner Mohsin Issa stepped back from his role in the executive leadership team.

Lord Rose was formerly CEO and executive chair at rival supermarket M&S between 2004 and 2011.