Regional Queensland Fresh Produce Store
About this opportunity
This large-scale business is a well-known quality Fruit and Vegetable retailer and wholesaler servicing Regional Queensland. This busy operation offers fresh produce, meat, dairy, bread, honey and a variety of other grocery lines sourced from local suppliers and large well-known markets. The retail store attracts customers with a diverse and quality range of products. This outlet is located on a busy thoroughfare, is highly visible to customers and passersby and also offers an online presence. This is a unique opportunity for anyone looking for a well-established and sustainable business to invest in.
Business Story
For 30 years, this business has been dedicated to delivering value for money produce in Central Queensland. The business has become the areas go to destination for its diverse range of products. With its commitment to quality, freshness and value for money, the business has gained a stellar reputation within the community. The impressive financial performance proves this business’s success, making it a profitable and influential player in the local market.
The successful wholesale arm of the business operates six days a week out of a dedicated second location. It specialises in the supply of prepared and bulk fruit and vegetable orders. Its food safety and HACCP certification allows it to supply a very loyal customer base in a variety of sectors such as restaurants, sporting clubs, hotels, cafes, schools, child care centres, age care facilities, hospitals, accommodation camps and ship chandlers.
There are customised computer systems and procedures in place to handle large volume fruit and vegetable orders which are supplied through to the crews on coal ships. This includes a diverse range of produce to cater for the different nationalities in these crews.
The business provides wholesale customers with a large amount of prepared produce which is customised to suit individual business needs. Specialised and customised equipment is used to produce these tailored products.
The business has a website which caters for retail customers. These online orders are home delivered throughout the region or can be collected in person from the retail store.
The diversity of the different profit centres within the business has allowed it to withstand, adapt, survive and thrive through economic highs and lows associated with events such as mining boom and bust, pandemics and government policy over the last 30 years.
After the business becomes yours, the current owner will gladly give you a generous period of tuition to ensure the smooth transition of ownership. The tuition will encompass everything you need to know behind the scenes, allowing the business to continue to run optimally.
The current owner established and has operated this well-known Fruit and Vegetable retail and wholesale supply business for 30 years and is transitioning to retirement. This business is currently in its prime and is ready for a new owner to take it to the next level. If you’re interested in owning a thriving business that has a reputation for consistent supply of quality produce, this is the opportunity for you. Contact us today to learn more!
Our People
Denny brings a distinguished career spanning corporate management, national and international FMCG organisations, and hands on ownership of multiple small businesses. His background includes extensive experience in operational management, sales and marketing leadership, franchise management, and the successful ownership and operation of motels, courier services, and supermarket businesses.
Recognising a gap in the market for a communicator with deep operational insight and genuine commercial understanding, Denny established his business broking practice in 2007. Drawing on decades of combined corporate and small business experience, he has elevated the standard of business brokering through the creation of the Business Sales Group—comprising of NQ Business Sales, CQ Business Sales, FNQ Business Sales and SEQ Business Sales.
Today, the Business Sales Group operates as a highly automated, technology driven organisation, delivering exceptional reach, rapid response times, and a consistently professional product. This modern platform has set new benchmarks in efficiency, presentation, and buyer engagement.
Denny’s focus remains unwavering: to support both sellers and buyers throughout the transaction process and deliver outcomes that are fair, transparent, and commercially sound. He continues to grow the business footprint while embracing the latest technologies to ensure clients receive a premium, high quality service.
Phil started his working career in purchasing with large and multi-national companies in Sydney.
A family relocation to Bowen in 1974 was the catalyst to owning his own business.
Phil has been in various businesses from Pest Control to Delicatessen/Takeaway and has for the last 39 years built a wholesale business that has served Bowen, Whitsundays, Mackay and the Coalfields, from 1 truck and himself to 6 trucks and 15 employees.
This has given Phil a very solid knowledge of the area from Bowen to Rockhampton and what it takes to thrive in business there.
Phil has a strong knowledge of business and business practices built through the process of growing his own business as well as time spent on State Franchise Council and dealing with the many changing government policies in those 39 years.
The process of selling his own business has shown Phil the real need for a locally based business broker, easily contacted and heavily focused on the Central Queensland area, which has led to his involvement in CQ Business Brokers.