Canadian food retailer Sobeys cuts 800 jobs

Food retailer Sobeys Inc, owned by Empire Company Ltd, is cutting more than 800 jobs across Canada, according to reports in the Canadian media. The job cuts include about 20 percent of Sobeys' staff across Canada, the Globe and Mail reported on Friday. About 150 jobs will be lost in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the company told CBC News. Sobeys and Empire did not respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.
The move comes as part of a change in the company's operating model according to which the Sobeys' collection of five regional businesses will become one national organization, CBC News reported.