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| Budgens stores closures: List of 34 branches shutting down as more than 800 workers lose their job | Budgens stores closures: List of 34 branches shutting down as more than 800 workers lose their job |
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| More than 800 supermarket workers will lose their jobs after the company behind the Budgens chain revealed it would be closing 34 of its stores. | More than 800 supermarket workers will lose their jobs after the company behind the Budgens chain revealed it would be closing 34 of its stores. |
| Food Retailer Operations Limited (FROL), appointed administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers a month ago after hitting “difficult” trading conditions. | |
| The stores were bought from the Co-op in 2016. | The stores were bought from the Co-op in 2016. |
| Administrators said they had been unable to find a buyer for the stores, which employ more than 800 people across the UK, from Dorset to Norfolk to Scotland. | |
| Mike Denny, joint administrator at PwC, said: “Unfortunately, we have been unable to find a buyer and it is not commercially viable to continue trading the stores. | Mike Denny, joint administrator at PwC, said: “Unfortunately, we have been unable to find a buyer and it is not commercially viable to continue trading the stores. |
| “We are working closely with the Co-op, [the shopworkers’ trade union] Usdaw and the relevant government agencies to ensure that all employees receive the maximum levels of practical and financial support through the redundancy process.” | “We are working closely with the Co-op, [the shopworkers’ trade union] Usdaw and the relevant government agencies to ensure that all employees receive the maximum levels of practical and financial support through the redundancy process.” |
| Twenty-two stores have already closed, while the remaining 12 stores will cease trading on Thursday. Following the stores closures, about 150 Budgens branches will be left trading. | |
| The Budgens brand is owned by food wholesale giant Booker, which is currently in the process of being taken over by Tesco in a £3.7bn deal. | The Budgens brand is owned by food wholesale giant Booker, which is currently in the process of being taken over by Tesco in a £3.7bn deal. |
| Location - Closure date - Employee numbers | Location - Closure date - Employee numbers |
| Aberystwyth - February 26 - 22 | Aberystwyth - February 26 - 22 |
| Blackburn - February 25 - 13 | Blackburn - February 25 - 13 |
| South Benfleet - February 26 - 12 | South Benfleet - February 26 - 12 |
| Ludlow - February 26 - 27 | Ludlow - February 26 - 27 |
| Weoley Castle - February 26 - 26 | Weoley Castle - February 26 - 26 |
| Norwich - February 26 - 18 | Norwich - February 26 - 18 |
| Dagenham (Becontree) - February 26 - 17 | Dagenham (Becontree) - February 26 - 17 |
| Greenwich, London - February 26 - 22 | Greenwich, London - February 26 - 22 |
| Sydenham, London - February 26 - 22 | Sydenham, London - February 26 - 22 |
| Northumberland Heath - March 5 - 19 | Northumberland Heath - March 5 - 19 |
| Watton - March 5 - 23 | Watton - March 5 - 23 |
| Buckley – Brunswick Road - March 5 - 32 | Buckley – Brunswick Road - March 5 - 32 |
| Prestwick March 5 35 | Prestwick March 5 35 |
| Crewkerne, Falklands Square - March 5 - 16 | Crewkerne, Falklands Square - March 5 - 16 |
| Helston, The Parade - March 5 - 24 | Helston, The Parade - March 5 - 24 |
| Cardigan, Lower Mwldan - March 5 - 19 | Cardigan, Lower Mwldan - March 5 - 19 |
| Totnes, Fore Street - March 5 - 19 | Totnes, Fore Street - March 5 - 19 |
| Shaftesbury, Bell Street - March 5 - 22 | Shaftesbury, Bell Street - March 5 - 22 |
| Christchurch, Saxon Square - March 5 - 18 | Christchurch, Saxon Square - March 5 - 18 |
| Rochford, Roche Close - March 5 - 23 | Rochford, Roche Close - March 5 - 23 |
| Basingstoke, Winklebury Way - March 5 - 20 | Basingstoke, Winklebury Way - March 5 - 20 |
| Tiverton, Market Walk - March 5 - 22 | Tiverton, Market Walk - March 5 - 22 |
| Gillingham, Kent - March 9 - 37 | Gillingham, Kent - March 9 - 37 |
| Southall, London - March 9 - 22 | Southall, London - March 9 - 22 |
| Littlehampton – Wick Street - March 9 - 16 | Littlehampton – Wick Street - March 9 - 16 |
| Sherwood, Mansfield Road - March 9 - 24 | Sherwood, Mansfield Road - March 9 - 24 |
| Newport, Shropshire March 9 30 | Newport, Shropshire March 9 30 |
| New Invention, Shropshire March 9 30 | New Invention, Shropshire March 9 30 |
| New Brighton March 9 17 | New Brighton March 9 17 |
| Wisbech - March 9 - 25 | Wisbech - March 9 - 25 |
| St Neots - March 9 - 27 | St Neots - March 9 - 27 |
| Paisley -March 9 - 34 | Paisley -March 9 - 34 |
| Monmouth, Oldway Centre - March 9 - 21 | Monmouth, Oldway Centre - March 9 - 21 |
| Weymouth, Littlemoor Road - March 9 - 36 | Weymouth, Littlemoor Road - March 9 - 36 |
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