Sainsbury’s is removing the 15% payday discount for Argos colleagues, replacing this with “new and exclusive” colleague-only offers.
Until now, Argos colleagues have received a year-round 10% discount, with this increasing to 15% each payday. However, the 15% payday increase will stop from June.
In what is thought to be an adjusted way for colleagues to save, the supermarket giant is launching colleague-only offers on well-known household brands, which will be ongoing beyond payday.
It is understood that colleagues could see savings on products such as electrical items, with this to expand to other areas.
“While we will be moving away from the colleague discount uplift on payday, our year-round 10% saving will remain unchanged,” a Sainsbury’s spokesperson told The Grocer.
“We will also be introducing new and exclusive colleague-only offers with well-known household brands, on top of continuing to provide the best colleague discount on food of any large supermarket.
“We believe this combination of consistent savings and new tailored offers will continue to help our colleagues with the cost of living while still offering customers great value.”
It follows other changes at Argos, including a dedicated board for the business, as revealed by The Grocer earlier this year.
The board will be led by Graham Biggart in his managing director role and overseen by the Sainsbury’s operating board. Sainsbury’s said the change came as a result of the “scale of opportunity” in general merchandise.
The grocer is also evolving the Argos delivery model by restructuring its local fulfilment centre teams and reducing the amount of overtime needed across its driver network, increasing the use of standard shift contracts. This looks to ensure the Argos delivery network and its same-day home delivery service remain “efficient, smooth and reliable”.
These updates form a raft of wider changes across Sainsbury’s technology and data, store leadership and Argos teams to support the next stage of its Next Level strategy.
It is understood the changes, announced in February, could result in around 300 roles being reduced across Sainsbury’s and Argos from its total workforce of around 140,000 colleagues.
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