Sainsbury’s will double the number of seasonal workers this Christmas to 12,000 to help cope with 750,000 online orders a week
- It comes after Sainsbury’s announced its plan to cut 3,500 jobs last month
- Sainsbury’s has already doubled its online groceries capacity this year
- The supermarket plans to have created 6,000 permanent new roles by next year
Sainsbury’s has announced they will double the number of seasonal workers to 12,000 this Christmas as it expects 750,000 orders every week due to the pandemic.
As online shopping has boomed this year, with people choosing to get their groceries delivered, the supermarket said it will create new season roles to help cope with the online orders.
Sainsbury’s has announced they will double the number of seasonal workers this year (stock)
It comes about a month after Sainsbury’s announced its plan to cut 3,500 jobs across its Argos stores and supermarket meat, fish and deli counters.
The plans were to save around £60 million.
Similarly to many supermarkets, Sainsbury’s has doubled its online groceries capacity this year as it expects to receive around 750,000 online orders every week this month, either through door delivery, or click and collect.
Sainsbury’s retail and digital director Clo Moriarty said:
‘This Christmas will be like no other and the way customers want to shop for their celebrations has changed completely.
12,000 seasonal roles would be created to help cope with online orders (stock)
‘To help them find everything they need and shop how they want, we’re recruiting thousands more Christmas colleagues than in previous years.
‘We’re doing everything we can to make Christmas special for our customers and we’re asking them to play their part by shopping early and shopping alone, wherever possible.
‘This will really help everyone spend less time queuing and more time celebrating.’
Figures show that 47,000 people found that many of the supermarkets have seen sales grow by between 7% and 14% in the last few weeks.
Sainsbury’s expects 750,000 orders every week due to the pandemic
According to Kantar survey Sainsbury’s growth reached 10.8%, keeping it on a steady 15.7% market share, exactly the same percentage of the market that Sainsbury’s held this time last year.
The temporary roles in Sainsbury’s will pay £9.30 in store, with slightly higher levels around London.
By March next year the supermarket plans to have created 6,000 permanent new roles, largely to support its online growth.