Catering & Retail Butcher For Sale - Game, Meat & Poultry Serving Major City Institutions & Hotels

4/wk

High Class Catering & Retail Butcher – Game, Meat & Poultry
Serving Major City Institutions & Hotels
Ref.AF054
Location City of London
Asking Price £ 400,000
Turnover in excess of £2,000,000 trading on a 5 day week

Asking price includes:

Long-term trading history with excellent profit levels
Extensive list of clients
Wide range of modern equipment
Substantial fully fitted shop with preparation areas
Excellent location
Fantastic reputation
Strong growth potential
Training & handover
Goodwill
Business profile:
This high class quality independent butchers was established in 1983 and has gained an excellent reputation for the supply of fine quality meat. poultry and game to the retail and catering trade.

Staff provide a high level of support and service to customers. Products are prepared to the clients’ own specifications, fresh or frozen, vacuum packed, labelled and delivered on a daily basis in refrigerated vans to ensure freshness and excellent quality. The business is firmly placed in the local market and has earned an enviable reputation among its many account clients, many of whom are prestigious catering companies, business caterers and luxury hotels and resorts.

The business has over 27 years of experience in the supply of meat, poultry and game products and places quality and service as its utmost consideration. Clients’ are guaranteed that all meat preparation, packing and dispatching undertaken within its premises meet the highest standards of quality.

The business operates from an excellent location in an affluent area in the City of London. The retail and catering premises are leasehold. The business enjoys sales in excess of £1.7 million per annum.

This opportunity would present a truly outstanding opening for anyone with an appropriate trade background seeking a superbly located, fully equipped and locally valued going concern and we would unreservedly recommend a viewing.

Facilities:

This business thrives from its superb location in the City of London. Situated 3 minutes from three major city tube stations, with phenomenal passing trade.

Competition:

Most of the past revenue has been as a result of word of mouth recommendations, bearing strong testimony to the excellent reputation the business enjoys. Further forms of advertising in the way of press releases, sign-writing the vans with the company logo, promotions, leaflets and brochures could greatly enhance the business’s revenue. A company website is currently under construction which will allow clients to view price lists, request quotations and place orders.

Growth Potential:

The sale of this business presents a rare opportunity to acquire an extremely well organised and highly successful business. There is genuine and demonstrable scope for substantial growth. A new owner could consider expanding the catering side of the business as well as a possible restructure of the site, which for example, could include a coffee shop. With a strong demand for products and capacity to increase turnover, the business has considerable scope for continued growth and increased profitability, being in a specialist retail and service sector of consistent high demand

Training/Support:

The owner is happy to discuss a handover and training programme

Sale Reason:

the owner now seeks to retire to enable him to indulge personal interests and passions