Wednesday 20 January 2016

The ultimate T-cut: Asda plans to axe free tea and toast perk for staff

Reports in The Standard that Asda will stop providing breakfast perks, which also include coffee and vending machines, insisting it must make “tough decisions”,  means that the company could fall foul of the Law of Unintended Consequences.....

Although possibly a minor scratch for the owners, this could be major gash for the recipients, and their unions…

Think also of the massive signal being sent to the market – ‘I knew their Christmas was bad, but…’

It remains to be seen how this T-cut application will affect the staff-shopper interface, but the issue for NAMs has to be how this 'financial viability' parameter will impact their next session with the buyer… 

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