THE FINAL closure for Crewkerne's Budgens has been officially announced.
The Falklands Square store closed on March 5.
Sixteen jobs in Crewkerne are set to be lost from the town after the company which owns the Budgens chain, Food Retailer Operations Limited (FROL), announced they have not been able to find a buyer for its stores.
FROL went into administration earlier this year, putting the future of the Crewkerne shop in doubt.
Food Retailer Operations Limited (FROL) employs 872 people across the UK under the Budgens brand, including 16 in Crewkerne.
The store was taken over from the Co-op in July 2016, and also previously traded as Somerfield.
Michael Denny, Robert Moran and Matthew Hammond of PwC were appointed as joint administrators of FROL on February 10.
Thirty-four Budgens stores were placed at risk of closure after administrators were called in.
As well as the 34 stores which now face the threat of closure, FROL also holds the leasehold interests in a further 36 non-trading stores, two non-trading properties and the head office of the former Somerfield business.
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