Specialty food category quality leader with huge potential
Listing Details
- Down Payment: $90,000
- Sales: $303,556
- Seller's Discretionary Earnings: -$39,980
- Inventory: $2,000
- Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment: $43,475
- Rent: $2,388
- Employees: 2
- Year Established: 1993
- Reason for Selling: Retirement
Business Description
An exceptional opportunity to acquire an established specialty food business with more than three decades of history, a devoted customer following, and a reputation for outstanding handcrafted products.
Founded in 1993, this distinctive Michigan-based business specializes in a specialized food product niche. Its offerings have earned national recognition, including glowing praise from The New York Times and renowned culinary personality Anthony Bourdain.
The business has cultivated an exceptionally loyal, multi-generational customer base and maintains recurring wholesale relationships with respected food retailers and restaurants. In addition to its established retail presence, the company serves customers nationwide through mail order.
Operations are supported by specialized commercial equipment, documented production and sanitation procedures, and an experienced team with decades of combined tenure. The business also benefits from an established retail presence within a well-known Michigan food and shopping destination.
Significant opportunities exist for a new owner to build on the established brand, including expanded marketing, updated pricing, increased retail hours, broader e-commerce and mail-order sales, expanded packaging and distribution options, event and catering opportunities, and additional wholesale relationships. Further expansion into new retail locations or complementary specialty food products may also offer longer-term potential.
The owner is preparing for retirement, creating an opportunity for a new steward to take over a distinctive specialty food brand with an established history, recognized product quality, and considerable room for development.