TRADITIONAL RETAIL; CRAFT BAKERY & SANDWICH BAR IN BEDFORD TOWN CENTRE

Long established craft bakery with high volume of year-round regular & passing trade offering premium quality savoury & confectionery product range from extremely well fitted & presented premises in popular town centre covered retail arcade. Comes with valuable inventory of quality equipment included & scope for deliveries & development of outside catering etc in prime location. Sensibly priced for genuine Ltd Co sale due to retirement after many successful years trading in same hands with early viewing strongly advised REF 2426

The subject premises occupy an outstanding and much sought-after trading position among other complementary independent operators on a high footfall covered retail arcade situated with excellent access to major bus, rail, road and motorway links in the busy heart of the prosperous and historic market town of Bedford.

We are delighted to present this outstanding opportunity to acquire a thriving commercial proposition of uncommon quality and real further potential, which we are confident you will agree represents genuine value.

This very well established and highly regarded craft bakery currently primarily conducts an extremely popular retail operation of an extensive selection of premium quality fresh savoury and confectionery bakery items.

The store’s products range from traditional breads and morning goods, speciality pies, sausage rolls and more exotic pakoras to indulgent cakes, buns, slices, cream cakes and creative celebration cakes for all occasions, all prepared daily in its extensively equipped in-store commercial catering facilities employing the finest and freshest produce.

“Baker’s Best” also serves a full and varied takeaway menu of classic, fresh filled hot and cold sandwiches, associated snacks and soft drinks and would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with considerable scope for continued growth, not least with regard to further development of its currently limited local outside catering services and to the possible introduction of home delivery and wholesale catering supply services.

The business would also benefit greatly by adopting a far more vigorous marketing policy of its excellent existing products and services, particularly with reference to the possible introduction of online advertising and ordering and to further development of its social media presence, in order to improve upon the already high levels of turnover it has achieved since being established in its present form some sixteen successful years ago by the current director, with the aid only of a small, experienced and motivated team of one full-time and one part-time staff who would be an asset to any purchaser, and we would strongly recommend the earliest possible viewing to avoid disappointment.

Fitted to high contemporary industry specifications throughout, these well maintained leasehold commercial premises provide outstanding and highly functional internal business accommodation, which briefly comprises a broad, inviting and glazed, double-fronted public entrance with disabled access directly off “Church Arcade” into the main, bright, good-sized and welcoming retail sales and customer service area with suspended ceiling, diffused fluorescent lighting, tiled flooring throughout for easy cleaning, ambient bakery displays and 2 x large, separate, open and glass-fronted multi-deck refrigerated displays for a wide selection of soft drinks and prepacked rolls and sandwiches.

The main public area also features 2 x adjoining, glass-fronted and refrigerated, delicatessen-style food display and serve over counters for an excellent choice of savoury and confectionery bakery items and sandwich fillings, together with with additional ambient bakery displays, electronic till/food ordering point and easy access through to the main, fully fitted and extensively equipped commercial craft bakery with extraction system.

The main bakery houses ample stainless-steel work surfaces, storage units, a fully equipped preparation/washing-up kitchen area and a full range of well maintained, industry standard appliances including baking ovens, dough mixers and provers etc., all of which we understand is to be included in the sale price and further details of which will be made available upon request to any genuine interested parties.

Further ancillary internal business accommodation consists of all the usual washroom/WC facilities.

The premises also enjoy the benefit of gas heating and double glazing, together with all the additional benefits of their excellent communal location, including full security.

Externally:

To the exterior the premises are well signed and attractively presented and afford extensive and inviting, double-fronted display window space onto a high footfall covered town centre retail arcade with small external dining area and customer parking available in a number nearby public car parks.

The business is well fitted throughout and a valuable inventory of equipment is to be included in the sale price.