page_title: Budgens
section_title: Shops
hierarchical_section_title: Budgens / Shops
caption_attribution_description: English: The entrance to Budgens supermarket, Southam
context_page_description: Budgens Stores Ltd, trading as Budgens, is a chain of grocery stores in the United Kingdom. The business was founded in 1872 by John Budgen, who opened the first shop in Maidenhead, Berkshire. The business was incorporated as a private limited company on 28 May 1962. The company is a subsidiary of Booker Group.
context_section_description: The shops range in size from around 140m² to around 1,200m², and therefore fall into the convenience shop 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 grocery sector in the United Kingdom in December 2004, with a market share of 0.4%.
  The largest Budgens shop was in the town of Holt, Norfolk, with just over 13,000 square feet/1,207m until it was destroyed by fire on 20 June 2020.
  The first two Scottish shops opened in July 2016, these were bought from the Co Operative, and had previously been shops of Somerfield and Safeway. They are located in Paisley and Prestwick. The Paisley shop closed later that year. In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2012, Budgens was voted Fresh Foods Convenience Retailer of the Year, in the company owned sector at the Retail Industry Awards.
caption: Budgens in Southam
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