Usdaw

Mr Whitfield met with Co-op staff and Usdaw representatives to discuss the impact of these issues on staff wellbeing and the store.

Paddy Lillis, Usdaw general secretary, said: "Shop workers deserve far more respect than they receive and these experiences from South West retail workers make very difficult reading.

Pauline Foulkes, national officer at the Usdaw union, said: “This is devastating and upsetting news for our members who work in the bakery operations.