Every retailer has different priorities. At Budgens we listen to you and have built our offer around our retailers' needs. Click on the category bubbles below for more information on each of the key benefits.
We deliver 6 days per week so you have fresh stock available on your shelves daily and can minimise wastage.Jeremy Symonds says - "Full credit to the Budgens team for helping us find that fine balance between availability of stock and wastage."
Our deliveries arrive in cages, making them secure and easy for you to manage.
All our food is reliably delivered within a 1 hour window, so you can plan your day around it.Binda Tatla says - "Our Budgens truck comes here at 6am 6 days a week if we need it and with everything ready to go straight out on to the shelves."
Our stock availability is in excess of 97.5% and you can pre-order promotional lines to maximise sales.Colm Mcalary says - "Before we joined we were spending 2-3 days per weeks visiting cash and carries to get stock. Budgens have the depth of range which is delivered to us daily – that’s part of the reason why turnover has increased 37%."
Work with experts in fresh food: We’ve won ‘The best Fresh Food & Chilled Retailer’ (Checkout Convenience Awards) for the last 3 years. "Budgens has really defined the role of fresh food in convenience retailing and has shown how you can compete with the big multiples through your fresh and chilled offering" enthused one of the Checkout judges.
We have over 2000 chilled lines available to order with a fantastic range of own label products including ready meals, fresh meats and deliLucy Calland says - "As a Mum myself I wanted to know that we were providing a range which is better than the other symbols could offer and where mum’s and families would be able to come for their weekly shop as well as just top up shopping."
We believe in the importance of provenence, by buying British and promoting ‘in season’ fruit and vegetables whenever possible from an established number of suppliers. This together with our retailers stocking local food helps us to promote the importance of sustaining British and small supplier food production. Lucy & David Calland say - "Our Kenniford Farm produce does really well, especially in BBQ season – in this day and age keeping it local is really important and people clearly prefer it because it sells really well, all our local produce does."
We have an award winning range of delicatessan products from a trusted partnership with the family butcher Newitt’s in Thame (since 2003).
We have over 5500 ambient and 2000 chilled lines. Our own label range exceeds 1000 products, offering a tiered choice of everyday value.
Our ‘Good to Go’ sub brand brings together healthy snacks and smoothies through to breakfast butties, fries, sandwiches and fresh coffee. Jeremy Symonds says -"Retail is ever changing, we would have never thought coffee would be such an important part of our offer a few years ago."
We offer an excellent range of chilled and ready to consume beers wines and spirits, giving you a cornerstone to your business.
We provide a varied range of delicious fresh bread and pastries, giving customers a great reason to pop in and see you for a daily visit.
Lucy & David Calland say - "The Budgens own label range is growing all the time and really well supported with great PoS and advice on layout."
We commit to providing products to you at a competitive prices so you can offer your customers great value and make a good profit. Colm Mcalary says - "With Budgens, their pricing is really competitive, that’s not to say that you couldn’t find some things cheaper if you want to spend all your time in cash and carrys looking but It’s about the bigger picture and there’s no question my overall margins are better."
We keep a close eye on the big supermarket stores’ pricing to ensure that our recommended pricing also offers value to your customers.Lucy & David Calland say - "The Tesco Price Match programme has worked fantastically for us and combined with our flexible approach, the community have begun to realise that our offer is just as strong, if not stronger."
We have recently introduced a new value range of 50 products across key categories such as cheese, ham, beans, tomatoes, bin bags and cling film. Binda Tatla says - "The breadth of the Budgens own label range not only helps us cater for all types of customer, but also helps us to compete with the larger groups."
We have 17 promotional periods a year offering over 450 products on each promotion at great prices, making sure that core produce and meal solutions are included.
Our store environment is clean, light and airy whilst also creating ‘famous for areas’ that create theatre such as beers, wines and spirits or bakery.Colm Mcalary says - "Small touches like using black shelving for the bakery and silver shelving for the groceries really help bring out the colours of the products – it just feels so much more professional."
We have an in-store development team who will provide a plan for your store, project manage the re-fit and provide merchandising guidance and assistance.
Our project managers gather 3 quotes from external shop-fitters and will work on your behalf to ensure the best cost is achieved.Colm Mcalary says - "Our project manager Nigel not only took the responsibility for sourcing 3 different quotes for the re-development but also lent his expertise in guiding us to pick the best one for us."
We pull together all of the development and projected running costs in order to provide you with a full 10 year business plan to assist in any funding applications you require to complete the project.Binda Tatla says - "Partnering with a group like Budgens who can assist in all areas of business planning, even made it easier to acquire money from the banks!"
We have a fantastic schedule of marketing activities in order to help drive sales and create interest in your store. Lucy & David Calland say - "We get a new in-store kit every three weeks and its brilliant, really top quality."
Our Pennies for Plastic campaign has created money for local causes by recycling unwanted plastic bags
We help you to create theatre in-store by running regular seasonal promotions with point of sale material, to help you attract extra traffic Binda Tatla says - "A brand like Budgens will organise all the promotions for you which as an independent I could never have done."
We help you stand out with local press and radio advertising, as well as tailored communication materials through our on-line marketing site. Lucy & David Calland say - "Customers see the local press and hear the radio and it re-enforces what a professional outfit we are, its so important."
