Food & Beverage Business Investment Opportunities in Kochi

The business is located in Kochi, India, and operates as a unique hybrid café chain servicing specialty coffee, with a focus on adding value to coffee beans from the plant to the cup. - With 5 employees, the business targets the coffee needs of its customers, offering a range of products such as coffee, cold coffee, and cold chocolate-related items. - The business operates as a first-of-its-kind coffee bar in India, serving freshly brewed coffee from a caravan, thereby integrating farmers and coffee end-users informally. - Raw materials are sourced and processed in-house, with access to their own plantations for coffee harvesting and processing, enabling the business to manage costs effectively, with coffee priced at approximately INR 40-50. - The business has a strong daily revenue stream, averaging around INR 35,000 per day, with a substantial customer base of 600-700 people daily, showcasing its potential for high customer traffic and revenue generation. - The unique concept of serving coffee from a mobile vehicle, the integration of farming and coffee processing, and the affordable pricing strategy for coffee are key differentiators that set the business apart in the café industry.

The business is involved in the manufacturing and distribution of nutritious food. - We are serving 3 major cities in India (around 100 retailers). The cities are Bengaluru, Trivandrum, and Cochin. - The company has started its operations in Qatar. - We currently have nearly 20 products with mainly the value addition of coconut. - Our promoters are from a firm business background and have great expertise in the corporate sector. - We have been featured in the official journals of The Coconut Development Board of India and Malayala Manorama as an innovative business in the natural products category. - We are also associated with a few manufacturers for our production process. - The company will be setting up an integrated packaging unit to pack our products that are produced in different locations. - We will also be starting our own cosmetic production unit in the near future. - 40% of our revenue is from wholesalers and the rest 60% from retailers. - The business is registered in Ernakulam but it is headquartered in Cochin.

Our business is engaged in offering premium bakery products and desserts like croissants, macarons, brownies, pastries, and cinnamon rolls. - Our business is listed on Zomato and Swiggy. - On average, we receive 40 to 50 online delivery orders per day along with 15 walk-in orders per day. - Also, provide desserts in weddings and events, during the wedding season, we cater to demands of 2 to 4 events in a month. - Majority of our revenue is generated from online deliveries. - We've seen a steady growth in business. - The business has an outstanding loan of INR 3.5 lakh. - We have high customer retention and we follow a very strict on QC because we believe in the standard of quality. - The business has 2 partners with equal ownership stakes. Both the partners are fully involved in the business with no other commitments.

The firm manufactures a wide range of packaged food products under its own brand name for domestic and international clients. Our clients are supermarkets, retail chains, cash & carry stores, restaurant chains, caterers, distributors and wholesalers. Have more than 25 regular clients from the USA, UK, India and Australia. We are one of the preferred manufacturer & supplier to most of our clients. In India, our products are available at Reliance Fresh, More and Spencer's Retail. Have a large manufacturing unit of 25,000 sq ft located in Cochin Special Economic Zone (CSEZ). Holds ISO 22000:2005 & ISO 22000:2018 certification, FDA license, FPO mark, APEDA certificate. Have won various awards & accolades including The Bizz Award by WORLDCOB and National Entrepreneurship Awards from Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Business owned assets include land, building, plant & machinery and office equipment.

Company was engaged in conventional prawn farming with a very low stocking density for the last few years which is now modernising and diverting to vannamei culture. The farm modernisation exercise began in the year 2011 and completed in 2014. During this phase, the farm was closed for remodelling and the revenue figures are not big, around Rs 1 crore sales from casual / natural collection of fish and prawns. Vannamei culture will increase the revenue significantly. Development activities on the farm has been completed in the entire area and now the farm is ready for high tech farming. The company propose to start VANNAMIE culture (Whilte legged prawn) in the farm in January 2015 for enabling first harvest within 5 months. There will be two crops per year. There will be about 400 to 500 tons production per year valued at Rs 15 crores. Investors are welcome to visit our farm in Kerala and see for themselves the business potential of this venture. Company has already secured the licence from Coastal Aquaculture Authority, Government of India for prawn farming and now the licence for Vannamei culture is also obtained. So far we are the only farm in Kerala to get a licence. All the additional assets have been acquired by the company except for the Aerators. Vannamei culture is a continuous activity which involves heavy investment at the initial stage and recurring expenses for the crop period of five to six months. For last two years company has been working on various developments as per directions of Coastal Aquaculture Authority who are the authorised agency for issuing Vannamei Licence. We have already completed the below. Earthwork for construction of ponds by machinery (using Proclainer, Water inlet structures for the pond, Main outlet sluices, Pump house, Laboratory and stores, Watchman shed, Pump, Additional Electrical installations / Power Supply, Generators and installation charges, Reservoir, Crab Fencing, Bird scare / Birdnet and Dewatering Pump House.