HUNDREDS of jobs are set to be axed at Asda after the supermarket chain unveiled a major shake-up of its store operations topday.

The firm, owned by British-Indian billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa, said some overnight restocking shifts at 184 stores would be moved to daytime hours, endangering 211 night-shift manager roles.

The shift-pattern change could also see more than 4,000 workers who replenish products overnight lose their night-shift pay premium of at least £2.52 an hour.