Company description

We are an independent fermented food business based in Western Massachusetts, committed to producing high quality, raw and live Sauerkraut, Kimchi, and Sauces. Our products are sold across the Northeast at markets, grocery stores, restaurants, institutions and online. 

business description

Hosta Hill is in its 14th year of business and has found success procuring high quality vegetables and turning them into value-added products selling across New England and parts of the Northeast. The business is owned by 2 individuals who are at an inflection point in their lives and ready to sell the business.

 Hosta Hill has currently been working with a co-packer for production and packaging for the past 2 years, however we will no longer have access to the co-packer by the end of this year (2024) due to the co-packers reconfiguration in their business.

We are selling the Hosta Hill brand and everything that we've built and created in the past 13 years for the business. Please note, this does not include a business location, read on to learn more.

We think Hosta Hill could be relocated anywhere in the US successfully, especially If you have a facility, people power and a love for good food!

Key facts and offerings as part of the Hosta Hill brand:

• A well loved line of fermented vegetable products
• Sales growth year over year. When doing our own processing annual sales: $243,000
• Long Standing relationships with 7 distributors across New England and the Northeast, distribution in numerous Whole Foods
• Digital assets; product images and marketing materials
• Spreadsheets
  • Production planning
  • Sales planning in conjunction with production and vice-versa
  • Inventory management count sheet
• HACCP plan and food safety documents
• Fully functional QBO with 7+ years of historicals
• Updated and organized COA in QBO
• Thriving online shop (Squarespace), competitively priced compared to other similar scaled fermenters (paused since working with co-packer)
• Robust Facebook and Instagram following with engagement, newsletter with email list of over 1k  
• Enthusiastic, growing customer base and following
• Multiple Good Food Awards winning products
• Option for an agreed upon amount of hours of consultation from Hosta Hill founder.

Total transparency: Our business has looked different the past two years since engaging with a co-packer. Our gross revenues have dropped 50% since engaging with the co-packer due to dropping production of our line of Kimchi products, however the co-packing arrangement proved to be profitable and our customers still ask for our Kimchi to come back, the demand is there for our products, especially the Kimchi.

Contact us if you are interested in learning more about this opportunity.

Sale type

seeking buyer

Price

$200,000.00

Location

this business does not have a physical location, or operates remotely

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Deadline

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