← The Index · Consumer & retail
Asda
- What’s happening
- No job cuts reported in the last 90 days. The last reported action was on 4 February 2026: Asda unveiled plans to slash more than 80 managers and dozens of warehouse staff last month as sales decline and the company loses market share to competitors.
- How big
- No figure confirmed by two reports or the company (≈145,000 staff).
- Is it normal for Asda?
- No cuts this quarter. No cuts announced in the last 90 days.
- Which jobs
- Named in its cuts: middle management, warehouse, delivery and logistics.
- Where
- Headquartered in UK.
26+ weeks quietUK market
Versus its own normal
No cuts this quarter
No cuts announced in the last 90 days. Workforce ≈ 145,000.
What has been reported — the last 90 days
Nothing from Asda, a formal notice or a named outlet about its workforce in the last 90 days.
Earlier on the record (2 events, up to a year)
- 4 February 2026 · Cuts announced
Asda unveiled plans to slash more than 80 managers and dozens of warehouse staff last month as sales decline and the company loses market share to competitors.
Tier 2 · Major outletThe Telegraph“Asda has been cutting and outsourcing jobs as sales decline. It unveiled plans to slash more than 80 managers and dozens of warehouse staff last month.”
- 15 January 2026 · Cuts announced
Asda announced more than 150 job cuts affecting over 80 managers and warehouse staff across distribution centres following poor Christmas trading. Logistics roles in Yorkshire at risk as parcel operations outsourced to Evri.
Tier 2 · Major outletThe Telegraph“Asda has put more than 150 jobs at risk of redundancy after trading collapsed over Christmas, plunging its share of Britain's grocery market to a new low. The troubled supermarket is preparing to axe more than 80 managers and dozens of warehouse staff in its latest attempt to cut costs.”
Consumer & retail: the others
- DiageoCutting2,000 jobs · 6 mo
- AdidasSignsno figures
- British American TobaccoQuietno figures
- BurberryQuietno figures
- Coca-ColaQuietno figures
- H&MQuietno figures
- Home DepotQuietno figures
- John Lewis PartnershipQuietno figures
- KingfisherQuietno figures
- L'OréalQuietno figures
- Marks & SpencerQuietno figures
- NestléQuietno figures
- OcadoQuietno figures
- PepsiCoQuietno figures
- Procter & GambleQuietno figures
- ReckittQuietno figures
- Sainsbury'sQuietno figures
- StarbucksQuietno figures
- TescoQuietno figures
- UnileverQuietno figures
- WalmartQuietno figures
Right of reply
Every fact above comes from Asda’s own statements or from named reporting, so no comment was sought before publication. Asda can correct the record at any time; anything approved is published here in full.