Sold. Cafes Business For Sale

Farm/Country Fine Food Store/Delicatessen and Licenced Cafe
(Two Separate Stores)
Ref.AF165
Location Kent
Asking Price GBP 150,000
The vendor started these two businesses in 2007, there are two separate sides to the sale, an award winning country fine food store selling all local produce, made up of food goods, chocolates and beverages. Quintessentially a Kentish farm type shop the store is well situated in a quadrangle of complementary businesses within a highly delightful farm setting.
The country store is a large beautifully set up award winning fine food store selling locally sourced wine, beer and cider, home-made cakes, freshly baked bread plus a speciality cheese counter, Italian meats, pasta and olives. There are also luxury foodie gift hampers on sale, (more Fortnums than farm shop). The store is aesthetically well set up and there will are plenty of customers who love the appearance and the variety of produce that is very attractively set up.
The second is an eatery also set in the same quadrangle. This is styled as a boutique cafe and is fully licensed with opening seven days per week. There are 32 inside covers and 16 outside covers, the cafe is constantly busy throughout the year as has a loyal repeat customer base.
These premises boast a fully fitted commercial kitchen with a lovely outside patio overlooking acres of Kentish countryside. There is plenty of value in the well fitted out commercial kitchen, plus the extensive list of plant and machinery.
Both stores are run under management so this opportunity would suit buyers who fall in love with the setting the stores are located in and who would like to run the business hands on to make the best of the profitability.

Expansion Potential
There are excellent growth and expansion opportunities. A website showing the menu, with on-line ordering/booking and a home delivery service could boost the business, plus the development of a full e-commerce web site could also broaden the customer base. An online shop has been developed but not activated on the website which also has a content management system installed.

Market / Competition / Non-Competition Agreements
The business advertises on local radio, in the local paper and on social media inc. Facebook and Twitter. As previously mentioned Internet sales could be a definite way forward for this business to increase profitability, the customer data base of over 1,000 could be targeted with direct mail to advertise any changes.