MORE than 2,000 staff at Woolworths are in line for a pre-Christmas windfall averaging £850.
The payout comes from the Woolworths incentive scheme, which was set up at the time of its demerger from Kingfisher in 2001.
Staff at its London head office, distribution centre in Swindon and 827 stores have saved a maximum of £50 a month under the scheme.
They will now be able to use the money to buy shares at 30p and bank an immediate profit on the current share price of 44p.
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