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May 25, 2022

Zapp in talks to lay off 10% of its staff

Zapp is the latest speedy grocery company to make redundancies


Freya Pratty

4 min read

Zapp workers in a dark store

Speedy grocery company Zapp has become the latest company to suffer in the tech downturn, telling 10% of its staff that they are facing redundancy. 

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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