Food Processing Business Investment Opportunities in Kolkata

- We are a retail store located in Burtolla Street, Kolkata selling buckwheat, pickles and dry fruits seeking investment to start our own buckwheat manufacturing plant. - Our retail sales are both B2B and B2C. Yearly sales are INR 1.2 Cr. - We source our stock from various manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors from West Bengal, Indore Guwahati, Benaras etc. - For B2B, we have 2,000 active clients who are retailers and wholesalers from West Bengal, UP, Bihar etc. We receive about 7 - 8 orders per month and the value of each of these orders ranges between INR 50k to 1 lakh. - For B2C, we get about 30 - 40 customers every day and the value of each order ranges between INR 1k to 5k. - The business has 2 employees, who are owners. - All the existing contracts and client base will be useful once we start our own manufacturing unit. - The manufacturing unit is yet to be registered.

- Manufacturing and retailing of bakery products through our retail chain. - Currently, we own 5 outlets in Kolkata and all are located in prime areas. - We manufacture and sell under our own brand. - We only sell through our own shops and do not supply to other vendors. - Local supplies, trusted brand and can grow easily to a different level. - Our outlet receives a minimum of 15 customers per outlet on a daily basis and we have a lot of repeat customers.

- Process, brand and sell food ingredients. - Have over 150 SKUs with our product portfolio including spices, cornflour, dry fruits, and baking ingredients. - Process 1.5 - 2 MT of food ingredients each day. - Sell products under 4 trademarked proprietary brands. - Network of 35 distributors across West Bengal and Jharkhand. - In addition to sales through our distributor network, we also sell directly to several B2B clients and to Cloudtail who handles a majority of our online sales (<10% of total revenue) - Source raw materials from 15 - 20 suppliers. - Most production is done in-house but around 10 - 15% is outsourced to a 3rd party food processing firm in West Bengal. - Strong gross margins of 45 - 50% - Have recently started advertising through television and print media advertisements which has lead to strong lead conversions from 15% to 80% - This is reflected in more distributors willing to carry our brand and we are now signing up around 10 new distributors every month. - We are in the process of signing up distributors across Odisha, Assam, and Bihar. - The business is registered in Delhi as a promoter owned property in Delhi was used as the registered address during the incorporation process. - However, the business has all of its operations run from Kolkata, West Bengal.

- B2B bakery engaged in the sale of cakes and biscuits. We sell 6 types of cakes and 3 types of biscuits. - Have over 20-25 distributors and wholesalers and 2-3 major suppliers. - Sales are quite seasonal. We experience a surge in demand during the festival of Christmas for instance. - Our production unit has a capacity of 250 kg/daily out of which we we are utilizing and selling 70%. - We do not maintain any inventory since it is an order based business. - Experienced a 60% fall in sales revenue due to the ongoing pandemic. - Have engaged in direct sales to promote the business. Our sales team consists of 3 people. - Our operations team consists of 4 people. - We have a registered brand for our products. - Planning to relocate to a 15,000 square feet facility with a production capacity of 1,000 kilograms. - The property has already been acquired. It will take us 1 year to relocate and start production.

- We are a group of companies established in the year 1974. - Engaged in the rice mill and construction space in India. - Rice Mill - We sell the finest varieties of Indian Sortex Rice. - Construction company - Completed more than 150 projects, in the construction business for 35 years. - Our company is registered with NSIC and SSI unit in India.