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Business for sale in United Kingdom - Eg007-dairy ice cream suppliers with option of freehold or leasehold cottages-devon

Asking Price: 180,000 £ Real Estate: Lease
Sales Revenue: 405,000 £
Net Profit: 52,000 £
Year Established: 1988
Employees: 5FT, 3PT
# of family members employed: Not Disclosed
Location criteria:
United Kingdom/County of Devon/Devon

Business types:

Wholesale trade

Business categories:

Other Wholesale Trade

Business description

this farm based business has been trading for over twenty two years, making and supplying whole and semi skimmed milk, double and single cream, ten different flavours of sorbet ice cream, sixty different flavours of dairy ice cream with six specifically made for the diabetic market. The milk is supplied by a local farmer with whom the company has a fixed contract that is reviewed on an annual basis. This milk comes from a healthy herd of guernsey cows whose milk is renowned for its high butter fat content. The business has its own retail outlet located in the centre of a local town and supplies a doorstep delivery service. There is an excellent customer base of circa one hundred and eighty customers throughout devon and somerset that include restaurants, cafes, shops and delicatessens. Equipment: walk in fridge bottling plant homogeniser and pasteuriser walk in freezer unit two bulk tanks cream cooker and separator ice cream plant , blender and emulsifier two batch freezers blast freezer walk in freezer three vehicles key strengths: well established with a broad range of quality dairy products specialist diabetic items retail, doorstep and wholesale customers contracted supplier wonderful rural location two cottages available to lease or purchase if required growth and expansion: some additional investment would allow the company to expand into cornwall and make inroads into the massive tourist and hotel market. Additionally the supermarkets have shown considerable interest in both the standard and diabetic products that this business supplies.

Additional information

Additional information: Not Disclosed
Support & training: There will be a full and professional handover period for a period to be agreed as part of the sale agreement
Reasons for selling: The key director has reluctantly decided to sell the business due to ongoing health issues.
Financing available: Not Disclosed
Inventory / Stock value: Not Disclosed

Real Estate

Ownership: no
Lease: yes
Lease terms: Not Disclosed
Location: There are two cottages available to buy or rent, if required. Both are agriculturally tied property's and are located on a farm next to the production unit Cottage one has three bedrooms and can be bought for one hundred and seventy five thousand pounds or rented for circa £500 per month. Cottage two is slightly larger, having three bedrooms and a large garden. This can be bought for £250,000 or rented for a fee of £700 per month. The production unit can also be purchased for a figure of £150,000 or leased for a figure to be agreed as part of the sale process. Viewing and exact details will be made available by the vendor at a suitable time in the negotiations.

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