Archive of all Budgens articles
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News
Kellanova recalls Chocolate Corn Flakes due to choking hazard
Kellanova has received complaints from consumers who have found that the product contains hard lumps of cereal
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Kavanagh’s slashes food waste with flashing shelf light system at Belsize Park store
The retailer said it had “drastically reduced” staff time that was being spent “trawling the aisles to manually monitor expiry dates” by 78%
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Analysis & Features
Easter and mums dominate new displays in stores for March 2024
Mother’s Day and Easter proved the highlights for retailers this month, with colourful displays taking centre stage
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Analysis & Features
Symbols, franchises, fascias and convenience in numbers
A break down of the store numbers, type as well as membership costs and minimum contract terms
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Delivery robot driver gets extra training after ‘trying to run over’ pedestrian
The robot had been delivering Co-op groceries to a customer in Northampton when it drove across the lawn of their neighbour and ran over a cat repellent device
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Booker marks 400th Budgens store opening
The store is owned by independent retailers Paul McKenna and Graeme Wilson, and was transformed from a garden centre following a £650,000 investment
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Forecourt operator Platinum Retail doubles estate in two years
Platinum’s revenues grew 77% to £89.6m, according to the latest accounts, while pre-tax profits rose 31% to £4.4m
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Budgens launches one-off fascia with Kavanagh’s Belsize Park
Kavanagh Group MD Noel Kavanagh Jr said this was part of the strategy to create a store with an independent feel
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Analysis & Features
How Kavanagh’s Budgens is putting a premium twist on convenience
Kavanagh’s Budgens in north London is filled with counters of fresh fish, exotic fruit & veg, plus riches of Spanish and Italian meats
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Kishor Patel seeking new symbol after leaving Nisa
Patel told The Grocer he had not yet decided which symbol or franchise group he plans to join
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Booker plans to open 150 new Budgens stores by the end of this year
The symbol group has so far signed up 36 which are “up and running”, with another 84 stores in the pipeline
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The Black Farmer launches limited edition Carnival sausage
The Carnival sausage aims to highlight Windrush Day, Jamaican independence’s 60th anniversary and the return of the Notting Hill Carnival
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Ubamarket launches Scan, Pay, Go app in London stores for first time
The scan-as-you-go app officially went live with the sites this week in north London’s Islington and East Finchley
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Analysis & Features
From Best-one to Budgens, what do the UK’s symbol and franchise groups have to offer in 2022?
After another turbulent year, how have the UK’s convenience symbol groups and fascias evolved? And how do they compare?
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Kavanagh Group to honour plastic-free legacy through £1.5m Thornton’s Budgens refit
Kavanagh is meeting with A Plastic Planet next month to discuss more ideas and concepts for plastic-free zones
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Videos
Cutting plastic out of supermarkets: how did Thornton’s Budgens do it?
Hear Thornton’s Budgens owner Andrew Thornton discuss the impact the plastic free zones initiative has had on sales and customers
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Thornton’s Budgens links with Juul to offer advice on switching from tobacco
The Belsize Park store operates the surgery-style service in a 7,000 sq ft cordoned-off area every Thursday afternoon
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Andrew Thornton's plastic-free aisles lead to sales rise
Thornton said he is continually looking to introduce more plastic-free lines
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Warner's Retail in process of buying three new food stores
Independent retailer sold four of his six stores to Midcounties Co-op last week
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Midcounties Co-op snaps up four Warner's Budgens stores
Under the terms of the deal, Warner will retain freehold ownership of the four properties