Supermarket giant Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) has wielded the axe again with this time 1,200 jobs to go at the company's offices in Hertfordshire.
That amounts to a quarter of its workforce in the Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield buildings.
Tesco said: "This new service model will simplify the way we organise ourselves, reduce duplication and cost but also, very importantly, allow us to invest in serving shoppers better," a spokesperson said.
Dave Lewis, the supermarket's chief executive, has instigated a cost-cutting drive designed to save £1.5bn and last week the Cardiff call centre wa earmarked for closue with up to 1,200 jobs at risk.
Earlier this year the supermarket also culled 1,600 deputy store manager roles.
Lewis took over in September 2014 soon after the company had posted the largest loss in UK corporate history amid falling sale and a huge write-downs on its property portfolio but since then sales have started to recover and margins pick up again.
The company reported the strongest quarterly UK sales growth in seven years in the three months to 27 May as the turnaround continued and it avoided passing on rising inflation to consumers.
Shares in Tesco rose 1.5% to 171.5p.