News Sandwich Bar & Internet Cafe For Sale

Business description

Advent Business Sales is pleased to offer to the market this very well located and versatile newsagents combined with a sandwich bar and internet café business.

The business, which was established over 10 years ago has been owned by our vendor for 4 years and is now being reluctantly offered for sale as he plans to pursue an unrelated business venture.

The business has many different sources of income which when put together add to an impressive annual turnover of approximate £390,000 and a gross profit of approximate £130,000.

Sales are achieved as follows:
- £6500 per week from newsagents
- £200 per week from internet café
- £1200 per week from sandwich bar
- £100 per week commission on the national lottery and paypoint
- Totalling £8000 per week.

The newsagents offers a range of goods and services including:
- Cigarettes, tobacco and cigars
- Confectionery and ice creams
- Newspapers and magazines
- Beers, spirits and soft drinks
- Payzone
- National Lottery

It does not have any newspaper rounds but does deliver to a few local businesses and is worth approximately £500 per week

Newsagents equipment includes:
- 2 double open chillers
- Single door beers chiller
- Ice cream freezer

To the rear of the shop is a baguette/sandwich bar. It has a buffet service for local businesses for on average £150 per week and delivers to a local volunteer group to sell on, this achieves approximately £400 per week. The remainder of its sales are from freshly baked baguettes and savouries which can be eaten on the premises at one of its 2 tables or off site.

Equipment includes:
- Bread oven
- Chest freezer
- Double door upright fridge/freezer
- Glass display chiller
- Savoury display

The internet café has six modern computer stations as well as a fax and photocopier, it achieves weekly sales of approx £200.

We are advised that stock at cost is approximately £5000.

The vendor currently sublets two parts of his premises at an annual rental of £13,220.


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Property information

Property:

Leasehold

Lease terms:

TENURE: Leasehold
Original lease: 25 years
Remaining lease: 10 years
Review every: 5 years
Rent: £38,000

We are advised that the annual business rates are currently: £10,000

Living accommodation:

Large lock up premises, which has the added security of being alarmed and having CCTV briefly comprising of: Ground Floor - Double sized centre entry door into the main sales area, sublet area on left followed by till - Serving counter with cigarette gantry and alcohol sales to the rear - Ice cream freezer, cigar cabinet, confectionery sales - Tables and chairs with 8 covers - Right hand side on entry - Newspapers and magazine racks - 2 double open chillers - single door chiller for beer - 6 internet computers - baguette/sandwich bar to the rear with glass display chiller - bread oven, fridges & freezers etc - rear room for storage then rear exit upstairs to w/c, office and further storage

Location:

Our client is ideally located on a busy shopping parade of a very affluent town in Berkshire. It has excellent footfall levels via the nearby purpose built shopping parade and with the new Sainsbury’s development to the rear.

There is a large pay and display multi storey car park approximately 100 yards away which serves the whole of the parade.

The town itself is situated on the A4 and at junctions 8/9 of the M4 and A404 which links along the M4 corridor to the M40.

Other information

Expansion potential:

Our client has an excellent and successful business and believes that it still offers outstanding future potential to improve both turnover and profitability further by:
1. Opening on Sunday’s – at present he is closed
2. Staying open later in the evenings to take advantage of his newly acquired alcohol licence
3. Advertising his services/products, as he does not at all at the moment
4. Looking to do sandwich rounds to the local business trading estates

Trading hours:

Mon – Sat: 8.00am – 5.30pm

Financing available:

Please let us know if you require finance for the purchase of a business.

Related documents:

• Sales paticulars

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