please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message budgen stores ltd type subsidiary industry retail founded 1872 headquarters harefield greater london england area served england and wales parent booker group website www.budgens.co.uk budgens stores ltd branded as budgens is a chain of foodstores in the united kingdom . the business was founded in 1872 by john budgen 1 who opened the first store in maidenhead berkshire . the business was incorporated as a private limited company on 28 may 1962 . the company is a subsidiary of booker group . contents 1 history 2 stores 3 corporate identity 4 references 5 external links history edit the first budgens store was opened in 1872 by john budgen . the first stores were small local grocers which expanded across the south of england . in october 1997 budgens acquired the 55 store uk network of 7 eleven stores re branding them with the concept name b2 . very soon afterwards it was clear that the name was not popular with customers and the 30 stores that were outside london began trading under the budgens fascia . 2 the b2 branded stores in london were then changed to budgens express before finally reverting to the budgens brand . citation needed in 2002 the company was purchased by the irish musgrave group . citation needed two years later they started selling their budgens stores ; the largest stores were disposed of on the open market with stores in places including tadley and mildenhall to larger store chains . citation needed other stores were divested to independent retailers including jempsons and tout and ct baker who continue to trade from them under the budgens name . musgraves also franchised the budgens brand leading to more store openings in the independent sector and expanding the brand to many forecourt stores . citation needed in 2007 the divestment of the original budgens stores to independent retailers was completed 3 but as of march 2009 update a few budgens stores whose franchise holders had failed to perform had been returned to musgrave . citation needed a further eight stores were bought in 2009 from the co op who had acquired them on taking over the somerfield group but were instructed to dispose of them by the office of fair trading . 4 in may 2015 budgens parent company musgrave group confirmed it had reached an agreement to sell budgens and londis for 40 million to the wholesaler booker group subject to regulatory approval . 5 stores edit budgens in southam the stores range in size from around 140m to around 900m citation needed 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 uk . according to retail analysts tns worldpanel budgens ranked 13th in the uk grocery sector in december 2004 with a market share of 0.4 % . citation needed the largest budgens store is in the town of holt norfolk with just over 13 000 square feet 1 207m after an upgrade in 2011 . 6 the first two scottish stores opened in july 2016 these were bought from the co operative and had previously been somerfield and safeway stores . citation needed they are located in paisley and prestwick . 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 . 7 8 corporate identity edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message budgen corporate identity 1969 1989 currently there is no official record of previous corporate identities used by this company . as the supermarket concept developed in the uk in the 1950s the appearance of the brand names developed as well and were designed to be colourful eye catching and distinctive . budgens adopted a colour scheme during the late 1960s which incorporated orange as the base colour very popular at the time . the stores were branded simply as budgen a progression from budgen & co. ltd. in a unique white font on the orange background . a distinctive logo was also used for the budgen branding which incorporated a tulip symbolising freshness depicted in orange and white on a brown rounded square background . the orange budgen corporate identity was used from c. 1968 to 1989 . budgen was subsequently rebranded budgens from c. 1990 onwards . the orange gave way to a white background the tulip logo disappeared and the font was changed to a handwriting style scribble in orange underlined in green . there is as yet no record of this identity either which was used until c. 1997 when the identity was altered again . a dark green colour scheme with budgens in white capital letters was introduced . this identity has again been replaced with a lighter two tone green background with the budgens device now depicted in a lower case font . references edit supermarkets competition commission report presented to parliament in october 2000 chapter 5 page 72 week marketing 1998 06 18 . budgens rebrands b2 stores . marketing week . retrieved 2016 08 02 . musgrave group . musgrave.ie . 2016 05 26 . retrieved 2016 08 02 . musgrave to buy somerfield stores to increase budgens chain . budgens . retrieved 13 may 2009 . booker group to buy budgens and londis . bbc news . 21 may 2015 . retrieved 21 may 2015 . britain s biggest budgens opens after 1 million investment our latest news . budgens.co.uk . 2011 11 15 . retrieved 2016 08 02 . budgens award winners . budgens . retrieved 13 may 2009 . 2012 winners . retail industry awards . metropolis business media . retrieved 19 january 2014 . 9 . photographic reference of 1969 1989 budgen corporate identity http www.photosoftadley.co.uk main.php g2 itemid 1261 10 . photographic reference of early 1969 budgen supermarket corporate identity 2 hitchin street biggleswade 1 january 1970 http www.historypin.com attach uid81 map geo 52.086119 0.265336 zoom 15 dialog 9162 tab details external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to budgens . official website gravelle s budgens independent stores part of the musgrave brand v t e supermarkets in the united kingdom big four asda morrisons sainsbury s tesco convenience bargain booze best one budgens the co operative food costcutter happy shopper jones convenience stores londis mace mccoll s nisa premier stores spar discount 99p stores aldi b & m home bargains kwik save lidl poundland poundstretcher poundworld quality save frozen specialists farmfoods heron foods iceland fulton s foods online ocado premium marks & spencer waitrose whole foods market regional booths dunnes stores filco planet organic shoprite isle of man category v t e convenience stores v t e major convenience stores in africa kenya national oil morocco mini brahim 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