Meat Processing & Packing Business For Sale

Business description

This business was founded in 1992 by the Vendor and has grown since to become a significant enterprise with a strong regional reputation among its customers for the quality of its products and service, honesty and reliability. The business specialises in sub-contract processed meat packing and wholesale operations.

The business has invested in all necessary packing; grinding and weighing machinery required for the effective and efficient production of packaged meat products, meeting all the required quality standards set down by the UK Food Standards Agency.

This business offers many advantages to customers, allowing a strong relationship to build up which improves product quality at all stages in the development and production process a commitment, which has lead to the retention of many customers over many years.

The business operates from a prime location in London and offers a comprehensive range of pre-cooked and packaged meat products covering every level of required affordability; premium and economy appropriate to their end consumer market, it is this business’s ability to operate in such detailed ways in specific volumes that creates a clear difference between this business and competitors meeting the customer’s needs for cost, productivity, delivery and quality.

Property information

Location:

The business is located in an easily accessible area in London with its many key road transport arteries and operates from a purpose built building circa 2,600 square feet area including factory, storage and 400 discrete square feet as an administrative office.

Other information

Expansion potential:

The current market for this business is competitive but consistent and is forecast in the near and longer term for significant growth. The business is well positioned to take maximum advantage of this growth as it occurs.

Business operations are not at maximum capacity and there remains considerable scope for an increase in production, turnover and profit simply by gearing operations in line with current market demand.

The business is constantly innovating and new product revenue streams can be developed into significant contributors to turnover. Added to this the business currently supplies to customers in only a part of the UK and can easily be expanded to cover the rest of the country.

Competition / Market:

The business has used only limited advertising in the past but has found most success through word of mouth recommendation where a significant number of orders and enquiries are taken. This activity has been intermittently supported by direct marketing calls to potential and existing customers, highlighting new and existing products.

Support & training:

The current owner will provide all necessary training and all relevant contacts to allow continuity of trading.

Reasons for selling:

After many years of successful trading the business is for sale as result of the vendors’ wish to retire.