Restaurant & Cooking Supply Store

Description

Kitchen equipment and appliance business for sale serving restaurants, food-service operators and home cooks. The company supplies both large commercial appliances and smaller kitchen essentials.

Products

• Commercial ranges
• Refrigerators
• Ice machines
• Custom walk-in coolers and related equipment
• Smaller kitchen tools and supplies
• Products for both professional and residential customers

Customer base

The business works with local restaurants, food-service businesses, independent operators and home cooks.

Relationships with other local businesses are an important part of the company's customer base and referral network.

Retail and project sales

The front retail area carries smaller kitchen essentials, while larger purchases include commercial appliances and custom equipment installations.

This gives the business a mix of everyday retail transactions and higher-value equipment projects.

Growth

• Expand commercial restaurant accounts
• Increase contractor and kitchen-designer relationships
• Add complementary equipment categories
• Develop online sales for smaller products
• Increase custom refrigeration and walk-in projects

Due diligence

Buyers should verify historical financials, inventory value and aging, supplier relationships, gross margins by product category, customer concentration, warranties, installation obligations, equipment ownership, lease terms and any open customer orders before closing.