Streamlined Frozen Food Wholesale and Distribution Business Ref.AF148 Location Home Counties Asking Price £ 160,000 This company has been operating since 1992, with the present owner and his partner taking over the business and operations in 1996. The vendor bought out his partner in 2002 when he restructured the company. The business has enjoyed some highs, with over £1.4 million in revenue generated in 2000, with the business deriving £500,000 of this amount from the import of prawns from Scandinavia and chicken from Thailand and Brazil. Since then the business has moved with the times, and owner steered the company through difficult times after the partners went their separate ways, and marketplace changed. The business is now well placed for a return to growth under new ownership. The business supplies goods wholesale to the independent Sandwich Bar marketplace, with around 50 key clients in and around London, which can easily be increased by around 50% in the short term. The company offers all types of produce apart from bakery and beverages, with an emphasis on quality goods at reasonable rates. The key goods include cooked & delicatessen meats, tuna, prawns, chicken, mayonnaise, tinned goods, and other assorted foodstuffs. With twice weekly deliveries, and a flexible and responsive approach to ordering, the customers are confident in having good quality stock on hand every day to handle their changing daily trade requirements. The business is a streamlined operation, with the vendor handling all orders and day-to-day management from his home office, with both on-site and off-site storage. This means the business is easily re-locatable and primed for handover to new proprietors. Currently the business enjoys a Gross Margin of approximately 17% on average across the board. The vendor believes that with capital re-investment in bulk buying, these margins can easily be increased to circa 22-25%, whilst remaining competitive and potentially winning returning customers to the business.