Poundland is slashing over 100 head office roles amid a restructuring of the company.

The positions have been cut due to the discounter’s withdrawal from online sales and the removal of its frozen and chilled food ranges in stores. Other job cuts are related to the retailer’s recent shop closures.

The restructure was granted High Court approval on 26 August. A two month consultation with impacted staff members is set to end this week, Retail Week reported.

A Poundland spokesperson said: “We’ve made no secret of the fact we need to create a simpler and more focused business to get us back on track after a significant period of underperformance.

“Alongside a reduced number of stores, the withdrawal from categories such as frozen food and the retirement of our transactional website and rewards app, at the beginning of August, we also proposed the removal of central roles at our Walsall CSC and the closures of our Darton and Springvale DCs to help us create a sustainable platform for the future.”

They continued: “This has involved placing a number of roles at risk of redundancy based at, or out of, the customer service centre in Walsall and at both Darton and Springvale distribution centres. It goes without saying that we have consulted formally with individuals affected by these announcements and that work is now almost complete.

“It’s sincerely regrettable that our plan to restore the business to health involves any potential job losses, but it’s necessary if we’re to achieve our goal of securing the future of thousands of jobs and hundreds of stores in the long term.”

Poundland halted its store closure programme earlier this month, following the execution of its restructuring and recovery plan.

The discount giant was saved from administration in August, days before it was set to run out of money.

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