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H.H. & S. Budgett was a leading wholesale grocer covering South-West England, South Wales and the London area. It began about 1820 when Samuel Budgett (1794 – 1851) became a partner of his half-brother Henry Hill Budgett (c 1779 – 1849〔Lindegaard p25〕) in the latter’s small shop in Kingswood, Bristol. Samuel had a passion for trading. He introduced the practice of buying in bulk and delivering to other small shops like his own. This grew rapidly so that, at the time of his death in 1851, Samuel was giving away £2,000 per annum out of his share of the profits and the company had customers from Birmingham to Penzance. His descendants and non-family partners continued to manage the business well and it flourished for over a century. Budgetts were taken over in 1961 by Scribbans-Kemp.〔The Times, Oct 10, 1961, p 20, Col A, Scribbans-Kemp’s AGM〕 They still continued, still with family members on the board〔Frank Ware, Harry Budgett〕 but gradually declined as a business under the relentless pressure of the supermarkets. Although they changed to some extent: opening Cash & Carry Warehouses for retailers and buying retail shops themselves, they had failed to seize a strong position in the supermarket trade at an early stage and consequently were perhaps bound to fail in the long run. By 1977 Budgetts, together with Oakeshotts, had been sold for “almost £5m” but it is not clear to whom.〔Times 7Jul 1977, p 25, col A〕 ==Beginning== Samuel Budgett and Henry Hill Budgett were both sons of James Budgett (1749–1823). Henry was the elder son of James’s first marriage〔Wrington 1776〕 – to Ann Hill (1755–1787). After she died, James married〔Whatley 1788〕 Elizabeth (Betsy) Budgett (1767–1831) and Samuel was their first son.〔Family information〕 The family moved several times. In 1801 they took the shop in Kingswood. In 1803 parents and children moved again to Coleford, Somerset leaving Henry Hill Budgett in charge of the shop.〔SM p 36〕 The young Samuel had two passions: to be a missionary and to be a trader. His family were poor. They could not afford a missionary’s education and they were in need of an extra breadwinner so a trader it had to be.〔SM pp 102-4〕 In April 1809 he signed indentures to be an apprentice to Henry but already he was a trader. He had made many trades with whatever he could find and before he left his mother and father (now in Coleford) to travel to Kingswood, he gave her his total profits – the considerable sum (in those days) of 30 pounds.〔SM p 52〕 In about 1816 the apprentice-ship expired and Samuel signed a three-year contract to work for Henry, at annual salaries of 40, 50 and 60 pounds. During this time he started to put his trading skills to use and gradually took over the buying and pricing duties.〔SM p 141/2〕 At the end of that contract, about 1819, Henry had got into difficulties with a banking venture. Samuel however, had saved 100 pounds from his wages and he handed them over. In return, he was made a partner.〔SM p137/8〕 Samuel took a small cottage near the shop and married Ann Smith from Midsomer Norton.〔SM p 144〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「H.H. & S. Budgett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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