Business Summary

Top quality Kent butchery business of over 30 years, with strong local reputation, robust profits near central Canterbury, with strong repeat clientele . Serving high quality meats to a long-standing retail and wholesale clientele, this straightforward operation employs an experienced staff and generates excellent profits from a five-day week. The business is well-known locally and offers capable buyers exceptional growth opportunities through the introduction of deli lines, online sale, and through the expansion of the wholesale operation.

The business occupies a prominant loaction, well-sited, with very high pedestrian traffic and is on one of the busiest roads going into Canterbury centre ( A28). The well-equipped premises will be secured under a new lease at a competitive rent. The business is available as the result of the current long-standing owner’s retirement, the sale offers buyers the assurance of a long-standing record of sales and profits together with exciting opportunities for further business development This fantastic Family run Butchers, originally founded by our client some 30+ years ago, who have built up an established and loyal customer base over the years, successfully traded each year £300-400,000.00 turnover, with a 35% GROSS PROFIT on average for the last 3 years.

This profitable concern is located on the ground floor, supplying fresh and frozen quality meats, pies, cooked meats to the public. We feel profits could be increased further if opening hours were extended to six days a week, development of businesses supply such as restaurants and fast food outlets. New business opportunities to market top quality butchers products on-line, by setting up your own butchers website and sell to the World, Offering quality British meat/ deli products, this is a huge market opportunity.

This large ground floor air conditioned retail unit, tiled throughout (split levels), has extensive chillers, freezers, several walk-in chillers and freezers, ham cooker, turbo oven, bacon slicer, sausage maker, mincer,packer,other slicer, butchers tables, dry packer,grinder,3 electronic scales various prep tables, several display cabinets, prep rooms, and its own smoker room. Other benefits include extensive equipment (all owned outright), all in excellent condition (current owners have everything under a maintenance contract). 3 parking spaces to rear. There is also a small enclosed garden. APPROXIMATLEY 1200 SQFT ON VARIOUS LEVELS FOR TRADING AND PREP/ CHILLERS/ FREEZERS IN ADDITION.

NEW LEASE AVAILBALE FOR 20 YEARS, WITH 5 YEAR REVIEWS. Lease at £18,000,00 pa (accounts are available to serious buyers after viewing)

The property is in immaculate condition, and an extremely successful business operation. We would highly recommend viewing this fabulous business which is genuinely competitively priced for retirement sale.

CALL FOR VIEWING/ OFFERS ON 01227 807080.

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