Retail chain of stores focused on selling sweets and snacks

Basic information

The subject of sale is a company focused on operating a retail network of brick-and-mortar stores, focused on selling sweets, snacks, beverages and other popular, especially foreign food brands. The company has been operating on the market for almost 15 years and within its range has a unique position on the market.

The company’s network of stores is very well established and has its stable customers, the company rents modern premises with a good location in larger cities for its brick-and-mortar stores, and there are several stores in Prague.

In addition to brick-and-mortar stores, the company also operates a specialized e-shop, the assortment of which includes hundreds of unique items of very popular and well-known brands that the company imports from abroad. The e-shop is fully functional and optimized, with the possibility of B2B cooperation. A relatively large amount of funds was invested in the extensive automation of the e-shop with fulfillment, which has enormous added value and significantly saves the company on logistics costs. The e-shop turnover accounts for approximately 30% of the company’s total turnover, in 2024 it generated 18.5 thousand orders and a turnover of 12.3 million CZK.

The total turnover for 2024 was approximately 39.7 million CZK, of which the turnover of brick-and-mortar stores was approximately 27 million CZK and the turnover from the e-shop was approximately 12.3 million CZK. The plan for 2025 is to continue strengthening the position of the e-shop and increase the e-shop turnover to approximately 14 million CZK. The company’s profitability is supported by a relatively high margin on products, which the company can afford thanks to the uniqueness of its range. In 2024 and 2025, the average margin on the assortment was 45 – 47%, both in stores and in the e-shop. The overall target retail margin for the current year is set at 47%.

The company’s assets include equipment and fit-out of individual stores and warehouse stocks worth 5 million CZK. Warehouse logistics are secured thanks to the established fulfillment with a long-standing partner. Of the intangible assets, the supplier relationships of product manufacturers and the know-how, thanks to which the store network maintains an excellent position on the Czech market, are particularly important.

The company employs approximately 15 employees at HPP and a varying number of temporary workers as needed. The owner ensures strategic supervision of the company’s operations, which he also tries to delegate to employees. His time burden and the company’s dependence on him are therefore not great.

The owner’s goal is to sell this company and ensure further development of the company with the entry of a new owner. The owner decided to sell the company for personal reasons and to focus on other business activities.