Business Overview:
This business focuses on providing products that enhance flavor and the cooking experience. Featuring high-quality spices, herbs, olive oils, vinegars, teas along with various cookware items sold through both an established e-commerce and a brick and mortar location strategically located in a prime tourist destination in beautiful downtown Hood River. Located among a variety of shops, restaurants and wine tasting rooms this business offers the perfect product mix and experience that compliments the wine tasting shops in the area. In addition, the business serves as a wholesaler providing products to area restaurants and other businesses. It is in a prime downtown Hood River tourist destination among other shops, restaurants and wine tasting rooms. The shop is very attractive, tastefully decorated with natural wood and features excellent displays of merchandise. A marketing program featuring an excellent website with e-commerce, on-going special events that serve to help educate customers on various uses of the products and excellent community relations are in place to ensure community engagement. The business serves a good mix of tourists, repeat local customers and is a wholesaler to area restaurants, tasting rooms, and other area businesses.
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Property Features and Assets:
Quaint shop in older traditional storefront in busy downtown location, hardwood floors, high ceilings, very attractive space
The existing owner identified there were no other shops in the area providing the culinary gourmet specialty food and gift items currently made available to the community and wanted to fill this gap. The sellers have created a successful business, are seeking to sell in order to pursue other interests and are seeking a buyer to continue offering excellent culinary ingredients, products and experiences to this community.
Market Competition and Expansion:
No other shop in the area offers this concept, product lines and/or experience and some exclusive vendor agreements are in place affording protection from other local competitors. Potential Growth This attractive shop offers a unique experience and blends well with other nearby shopping and wine tasting experiences. An opportunity exists for this shop to also expand on their existing wine product line and begin to provide a wine tasting experience which would complement the existing product lines. There is also an opportunity to further expand wholesale sales to additional area restaurants and other businesses.
Reason for Selling:
Other opportunity.
Additional Details:
- The property is leased.
- The owner is willing to train/assist the new owner.
- This is not a homebased business opportunity.
- This is not a franchise resale opportunity.
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