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Chocolate Business In Leicester For Sale

Leicester, Leicestershire, UK
Asking Price:
£550,000 Furniture / Fixtures and Inventory / Stock included
Turnover:
£500K - £1M
Net Profit:
£50K - £100K

Business Name: Chocolate Treats ltd
Location: 170-174 Tithe Street, Leicester
Established: 2005
Type of Business: Personalised Chocolate Manufacturer

Business Description
Chocolate Treats is a family-run chocolate manufacturer that has focused on the production and distribution of personalised after dinner chocolates that are sold nationwide. The business has been operating for over 15 years with an established customer base across the UK. This unique opportunity to delve directly into the chocolate industry comes as the family are retiring from the industry.

Product/Service Offerings
The business will come with full equipment facilities to produce after dinner style chocolate squares. The production plant can regulate the melting, tempering, depositing and wrapping of the end product, guaranteeing consistency and quality in the product. Custom built wrapping printers will produce embossed wrappers with your customers branding.
There is additional machinery for the production of filled chocolates and dedicated wrapping machines for the production and wrapping of chocolate hearts. This production line has great potential to expand the diversity of the business into the retail sector.
All machinery is fully owned by the business and does not come with credit attachments.

Product Potential
The business has been established for over 15 years and will come with an established customer base. The company sells over 1 million units of chocolate per month to over 100 customers.
Both Morrisons and Sainsbury’s are consistent customers that purchase stock biannually.

Expansion Opportunities
The business holds equipment for a filled chocolate production line that holds exciting potential for market diversification and expansion. The two stage depositing machine allows for a variety of different fillings and chocolate bases to use and with appropriate targeting to the retail market could expand the business potential.

Full equipment lists are available on contact and a production site tour is encouraged.

Property Information

Property:

Leasehold

Location:

Leicester

Premises Details:

leasehold

However the plant and machinery is able to be relocated to another premises (costs for this are not included in the sale figure)

Business Operation

Expansion Potential:

There is a huge range of potential options for expansion; from working with the multiples (super markets) more aggressively through some of our contacts who currently buy for Morrisons. Selling more aggressively in the market as we have grown organically with our current customer base from our parent company. There is also several machines which are not currently utilised which are a wrapping machine and a chocolate machine capable of making filled chocolates. As well as the line being able to create many more sizes for chocolates for example with the right chocolate moulds you can target different markets eg a chocolate bar mould could create a huge opportunity within the retail sector.

Competition / Market:

This business is in a very unique position of only having one direct competitor.

Reasons for selling:

We are selling this as we want to divest in order to reinvest in our other businesses and reduce overall commitment

Trading hours:

7-5

Employees:
3
Years established:
15 years +

Other Information

Support & training:

We will be able to help the new owner with the understanding of the business and machinery

Furniture / Fixtures value:
£200,000 - included in the asking price
Inventory / Stock value:
£25,000 - included in the asking price
Relocatable:
This business can be relocated.