There have been two recent news stories about Northcourt Budgens. The post office in the Budgens at Northcourt Road, Abingdon, has recently had a revamp and now opens for longer, and provides more services.
The other story appeared in the Abingdon Streetlife forum, as well as a retail trends website, called IGD Retail Analysis. The Co-op has acquired 15 Budgens stores from Booker. The stores are located in Bedgrove, Bradford-on-Avon, Byfleet, Chalfont St Peter, Crouch End, East Barnet, Fakenham, Fulham, Grange Park, Northcourt, Parsons Green, Ripley, Sandy, Tysoe Street and Walton on the Hill.
Steve Murrells, chief executive, of retail at The Co-operative Food, said “Co-op Food continues to go from strength to strength, with a clear strategy that focuses on the growing convenience store market”, and intends to acquire 100 stores this year.
Meanwhile the large ex Co-op in Bury Street is still empty. It closed in May 2015 as the Co-op rationalised its retail outlets in Abingdon town centre.
I used to work at the Northcourt store in the 1980s when it was run by the Oxford and Swindon Co-op! We started to open on Saturday afternoons in a fit of modernisation just after I started. Good times but dear God I feel old now!
So the CooP has bought the budgens store that budgens bought from the CooP? Maybe not bother rebranding as it might be a budgens again soon…
Hope yawl gonna support the new farmers market thats advertized on page 6 of this months edition of ‘Abingdon Living’ that is currently popping thro letterboxes
It says the market will be open every Tuesday from 3pm – 6pm and every Saturday from 8am – 1pm
On checking the website it seems they relocated it from the market place to the corners of Remsburg Dr. and Cummings Street in Abingdon, VA !!