Artisan Fish Smoking Business

Artisan Fish Smoking Business
Turnover: circa £40k
Net Profit: circa £6k

For sale is a long-established supplier of smoked salmon specialising in the preparation of artisan smoked salmon which has been created by the vendor based in Herefordshire. The business partners with locations to offer their products with restaurants, farm shops etc… whilst offering this through mail order throughout the country to retail customers.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Proven Success: The business was established 31 years ago and, in this time, has built up a loyal, repeat partner base. Excellent profit-to-time ratio and reliable profits due to seasonal demand and low operating cost.

Trusted Partner: Trusted by repeat custom, the business has established itself as a reliable business to partner with, tapping into a niche market and quickly becoming well-known for exceptional taste, quality and service. The brand has established their own identity through their unique and specialised offering.

Excellent Growth Potential: The business operates through word of mouth and referral through contacts built up over the last 30 years. The business operates a website to promote the products, which offers excellent scope to expand the marketing reach through paid search and social media to get the products into additional locations throughout the UK.

The business is highly relocatable.

Reliable Suppliers: Strong and established partnerships for consistent supply of fresh fish with opportunities to expand the current product line. The brand works with suppliers with whom they have long standing relationships.

Partner Loyalty: The business has long standing relationships with a huge range of vendor locations including restaurants, farm shops, food retailers, pubs and more…

LOCATION

The business is based in Herefordshire and is available as a relocatable opportunity.

OPERATIONS

The vendor operates the business and therefore will be available free of employees, offering excellent scope to acquire this opportunity as a lifestyle business or equally as a bolt on for an existing operator to expand upon.

All equipment will be made available for an incoming operator to hit the ground running from day one.

MARKETING

The business products are of high quality giving minimal need for external marketing, with ongoing referrals made through existing customer networks.

The business holds a database of customers/vendors that they work with and continues to rely on long established relationships for growth requiring minimal spend of paid for advertising, however there is scope to grow the brand on social media to attract a wider audience from both consumers through direct mail order options and potential vendors partners.

MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

The business is managed by the vendor part time throughout the year. The business can easily be run by a sole trader, without the need of any employee to maximise profit, or as a partnership, with each partner on a part time basis. Likewise, there is scope to move to an employee-based model and focus on the growth of the business throughout the UK.

GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

This opportunity has endless growth potential for an existing operator to bolt on or someone looking to enter the market with an established customer base with this well-established business:

·        Product diversification

·        Enhanced digital marketing including increased spend on paid search & social

·        Expansion into move vendor locations throughout the UK.

·        Increase reach to end users through mail order and online retail sales through website development.

·        Increase reach of the business using social media platforms.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Detailed financial statements and forecasts will be provided to interested parties.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to own and grow this unique business with a long-established trading history.

Further information is available by speaking with us and for more information please contact us.