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Newly Established Ice Cream Parlor Investment Opportunity in Osaka, Japan

Best-Selling Protein Ice Cream in Japan Cannot Meet Demand. In Third Biggest Supermarket Chain.
This Business is on a Premium Plan
Established 0-1 year(s)
Employees 2 - 5
Legal Entity S Corporation
Reported Sales Nil
Run Rate Sales USD 470 thousand
EBITDA Margin 26 %
Industries Nutrition Food + 1 more
Locations  Osaka
Local Time 10:24 PM Asia / Tokyo
Listed By Business Owner / Director
Status Active
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Partial Stake Sale
USD 330 thousand for 5.0% stake (Native Currency: JPY 50,000,000)
Reason: We just got into the third largest supermarket chain in Japan called LIFE (via their distributor Nih... View More
Includes physical assets worth USD 130 thousand
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Business Overview
Wholesale distribution accounts with:
- Mitsubishi Shokuhin (Lawson, AEON)
- Nihon Access (LIFE, Hankyu Oasis, Heiwado)
- Keiteion Foods (LIFE)
- Japan Front Farm (Keihan Mall, APPRO, various other retail shops)
#1 Highlight is:
Starting October this year the protein ice cream will be available in 160/168 LIFE supermarkets in Kansai.
LIFE is the third biggest supermarket chain in Japan and their Kansai supermarkets alone sell over 5m units of ice cream a month (data available).
Other retail sales channels include:
- APPRO (7 stores)
- Keihan Mall (3 stores)
- AEON Mall Online Supermarket.
- Mujirushi (1)
Online sales:
- Top selling ice cream in all of Amazon Japan during the month of June.
- Top 3 for all of July.
The Japanese ice cream market is worth 600 billion JPY (roughly 4.2 Billion USD).
In this market, there is not a single protein ice cream in retail which represents a huge opportunity for the company since we are already in retail and will expand rapidly starting October.
In addition to the owner, there are 12 temporary employees.
Products & Services Overview
Top selling product is the protein ice cream we produce.
In 3 months it became the best selling protein ice cream in Japan and during the month of June it was the best selling Ice Cream Online in all of Japan.
What makes this product special is not only the nutritional value, but also its taste.
At 120ml it's:
103kcal.
10.1 g protein.
4g of Hokkaido Beet Sugar.
3% Fat.
No artificial sweeteners.
Stabilizers come from natural ingredients.
Repeat purchase rate in Q3 was 20% (on Amazon).
Assets Overview
Ice cream machinery, warehouse, ingredients and ice cream stock.
Facilities Overview
The current production facility is only 12 sqm, which is extremely small hence the small production capacity.
We rented a warehouse in the next building which is 48 sqm, we store all our stuff there.
Capacity to store roughly 8,000 cups of ice cream at the moment.
Rent:
JPY 220,000 for facility.
JPY 125,000 for warehouse.
Capitalization Overview
Shareholders include 1 business owner holding 79.8% and investors such as friends and family holding shares as mentioned:
1. 8%
2.  5%
3.  2.6%
4. 2%
5.  2%
The rest own very minor stakes.
Debts:
- Leasing of machines: JPY 15m.
- Bank loan: JPY 8m.
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