Budgens is a chain of foodstores in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1872 by John Budgen, who opened the first store at Maidenhead. Budgens supermarket chain operates over 227 stores and employs over 6,000 staff. Image File history File links Budgens. ... Image File history File links Budgens. ... Statistics Population: 58,848 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU889811 Administration District: Windsor and Maidenhead Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Berkshire Historic county: Berkshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Ambulance service: South Central Post office and telephone Post town: MAIDENHEAD...
The stores range in size from around 1,500 square feet (140 m²) to around 10,000 square feet (900 m²), and therefore fall into the convenience store size range and the bottom end of the supermarket size range, as these two terms are used in the United Kingdom. According to retail analysts TNS Worldpanel, Budgens ranked 13th in the United Kingdom grocery sector as of December 2004, with a market share of 0.4% . This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Packaged food aisles in a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon A supermarket is a departmentalized self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise. ... TNS Worldpanel is a division of the United Kingdom based global market information group TNS, which analyses the British grocery sector. ...
In 2002 the company was purchased by the IrishMusgrave Group. Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Musgrave Group is a major Irish food wholesaler, founded in Cork by the Musgrave brothers, Thomas and Stuart in 1876. ...
In 2004 the Musgrave Group decided to sell their Budgens stores to independent retailers, like Tout, and franchise the Budgens brand, leading to more store openings. In 2006 Budgens was voted number one convenience retailer of the year.
Budgens is planning to convert its 172 grocery stores to a franchise ownership structure by 2007, according to an announcement by parent company Musgrave.
Budgens is planning to open about 20 convenience stores a year, as part of a strategy by new parent Musgrave to double the size of the business over the next five years.
Budgens is to relaunch its B2 convenience store in Pimlico, central London, with major changes to the range and an interior refit, and then expects to roll out the new concept to the rest of the chain.
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