Wholesale Catering – Food & Drink Supplier

Ref No: AF145

Location: South Yorkshire

Asking price: OIRO £795,000+Net assets

Asking price includes:

Turnover circa £5,000,000 per annum

Gross Profit c£400,000

Net Profits c£225,000

Long time established family business

Leasehold warehouse and office

Expanding industry sector with huge growth forecast

Buying directly from the manufacturers

Very competitive supplier

Wide range of stock items

Circa 40-50 regular daily customers

Well equipped warehouse and cold store

Loyal and knowledgeable staff

All year round easy to run business

Very little competition in the local area

Profitable business with good cash flow

Superb growth and expansion potential

Goodwill


Business Profile:

This is a rare opportunity to acquire a family run business which is growing at a rapid rate with excellent growth potential over the coming years in an expanding market sector. They are a wholesale catering supplier specialising in providing lines for the fast food market. Their customers are predominantly independents, including, Chinese, Indian and Italian takeaways.

The business, which is the only one of its kind in the area, runs from two leasehold industrial units in South Yorkshire which have been converted into one large warehouse with a container cold room and large built in container feeezers. They stock over 1,000 different lines for the fast food market including, burgers, doner kebabs, meats, pizzas, chicken nuggets, bread buns, cheese, oil, flour, tea, coffee, packaging material and vitually everything you would need to run a successful take away store. This is truly a “one stop” supplier. They buy directly from the manufacturers in bulk, and because of their tremendous buying power, have become a highly competitive catering supplier, matching and beating any of their competitors. This is further enhanced by a speedy and efficient free, same day delivery service offered to their customers.

This is a profitable business which is easy to run and has a good cash flow. Customers pay promptly as they need regular and reliable daily supplies. This is a company that is growing rapidly in a market sector which continues to expand. As all our lives are put under more and more time restraints, take-away food will become a further and more important part of our everyday lives. Every day the company receive new enquiries from take-aways that are starting up in business and the long term future for these establishments is for further expansion.

Key Strengths:

Well established catering supplier

Regular repeat daily customers

Buying directly from the manufacturers

Growing market sector

Open seven days per week

Wide range of products

Good leasehold location

Well maintained warehouse with modern equipment

Computerised stock and order system

Small fleet of vehicles

Profitable business with good cash flow

Little competition in a densely populated area

Easy to run with excellent growth opportunities