Food & Catering Import and Export Agents For Sale

Business description

Established in 1996, during the eleven years since inception this business has become the professionals' choice. The company imports and wholesales a unique range of food and catering utensils to many satisfied clients that include restaurants, bars, hotels coffee shops and many other types of companies.

The company carries a large variety of food and drink lines and catering products. Customers can rely on this company to provide them with a complete service in the hectic world of hotel, catering and hospitality. Food products range from the ordinary to the ultra-exotic and the catering utensils supplied cover everything required from a mop to a chefs hat.

This company is very profitable and attracts an extensive base of repeat customers from a wide radius. The company is extremely competitive, supplying quality products, food and other merchandise, and has an impeccable reputation, offering enormous potential.

This company has an enviable list of valued customers who will vouch for their ability to consistently supply quality products and offer an infallible service, which is both reliable and competitive. This is an excellent, well run business on first class margins, which are achieved by judicious buying from suppliers.

The company pride themselves on offering all of the products on a very regular delivery cycle. Daily deliveries (6 days) are made by the company’s own vehicles to many hotels, restaurants and coffee bars within the M25; other carriers make deliveries beyond the M25.

The company undertakes vans sales of cheese and meats; the flexibility of this service has enabled sales to grow significantly serving a diverse range of customers.

This terrific opportunity has strong name recognition and solid year-round revenue. The business has experienced an expanding customer base since its inception, with an extensive base of long-term repeat clientele and an impeccable reputation standing behind its profitability and outstanding growth potential.

Key Strengths:

The business employs a stable, experienced workforce to work from these well-suited premises. The trading track record of this thriving business speaks for itself; with a long history of profitability and a strong trading performance in recent and current years coupled with debt free status.

The business has membership of key buying groups, which strengthens their trading position as it offers access to key brands, and supports marketing activities.

The principal sales activities of the company are inherently low risk, with the product range focusing on goods that customers really want and need, with the bulk of sales being repeat sales of life's essentials. New lines have however been added over the years, and the strong contribution to profits from a wide variety of catering accessories are testament to the firm's ability to meet the challenges of the changing market place.

Customer Service:

The Company offer unmatched levels of service and supply a huge selection of products from baked beans to chefs’ aprons and guarantee complete satisfaction on all levels of service. Staff are available for pre-sales advice, delivery, quality and price.

Key Opportunities:

There is a significant opportunity to grow this business by increasing the number of suppliers and broadening the range of products in line with the requirements of the client base. Supplying frozen foods and increasing van sales could compliment the business. Offering more products and expanding into other areas the van team could identify what works best, for example, the local catchment’s area may have many school children or students passing each day so an emphasis could be placed on supplying ‘on the hoof’ items as well as the cheese and meat already supplied.

Special offers and promotions could also be offered every month to gain additional business. Sales would increase with the implementation of a cohesive sales and marketing strategy.

Property information

Location:

Strategically situated in a prime location, purpose built premises on a modern business park 2 miles from junction 3 of the M4, close to Heathrow and the M25, the building comprises circa 15,000 square feet of high quality distribution facility. The offices are extremely well fitted and arranged over two storey’s.

The gated secure site and service yard allows for excellent car parking, loading and truck parking and for 360 degree HGV circulation.

The local train station is under 1 mile, the Tube less than 2½ miles and London Heathrow Airport is less than 3½ miles.

Leasehold subject to negotiation.

Other information

Competition / Market:

The best form of advertising for this business is "Recommendation". The business currently takes advertising space in magazines and at trade exhibitions to promote the products it supplies. With limited advertising being used in the past there are excellent opportunities to increase this and market the business more aggressively. A large percentage of new business is generated from customer referrals, bearing strong testimony to the business’s excellent reputation. The company has a website that is currently under construction and there is no doubt that the introduction of this additional medium could increase the turnover and profits of the Company.

Support & training:

Our client is happy to provide a training period for the new owner.

Reasons for selling:

Our client intends to retire.

Trading hours:

Monday – Friday-7am –5pm,Saturday -7am –1pm,Bank Holidays-Closed