Wholesale trade

Food & Beverage

This is a unique opportunity to obtain a meat wholesaler with a strong reputation for supplying high quality meat to circa 300 regular repeat customers. These customers include other meat wholesalers, butchers shops, hotels, cafes, restaurants, schools and canteens. The company was formed by the owner in 2000 and has grown over this period. The business consists of an integrated wholesale and retail operation with and integrated production factory supporting both. The company has invested heavily in all necessary, packing, grinding, slicing and weighing machinery required for the effective and efficient production of packaged meat products. These meet all the required quality standards, set down by the Provincial licensing and Inspection agencies for natural, free range meat products including beef, pork and lamb. The factory is a Provincially licensed cutting plant. The owner looks after the buying of the livestock, which comes from their own farm as well as other regional suppliers, who understand the demands of the product which the company requires. They trade in Beef, Pork, Lamb and Poultry plus supply good amounts of sausages and mince to the trade. The business trades profitably with all of their customers being insured or paying by cash. Most of their repeat customers are within a thirty mile radius. Customer Service: Speed of service is essential to their customers, and the staff understands the importance of high quality service levels. These high standards have helped the company retain and increase the level of business the company has achieved. The company relies on local shipping groups, which deliver daily to their customers. Other customers are allowed to phone their orders into the office and collect in the same working day. Key Strengths: This company has an excellent reputation, for supplying quality wholesale and retail free range and natural meat products. They have a large volume of business from a wide customer base, which is growing all the time, and they enjoy a fully functional e-commerce web site Profit margins are good, there is excellent scope for growth for the company, and there is a large spare capacity within the factory. The business is well run, with an excellent team of skilled and conscientious workers, who pride themselves on the high standards they have set. Growth and Expansion: The company has spare capacity in the factory and there remains scope for an increase in production to bring in further turnover and profits. The company has a small marketing or advertising budget. They obtain significant business by word of mouth recommendation. A small amount of investment in a sales drive would immediately reap rewards with the high quality and service which is provided. Key Opportunities: This is an outstanding opportunity to build on the existing products, services and customer base of this business in a growing trend towards natural and free range products. With a strong demand for the product combined with a capacity to increase turnover, a new owner contributing fresh ideas and energy, will have every advantage of building on an excellent, existing platform. Geographically, the business is well positioned near a major market to expand its services throughout Canada.

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