A popular farm shop and restaurant which shut suddenly is now up for sale after the owner went out of business.
Spuds & Berries, the farm shop, restaurant and pick your own venue on Hull Road near Selby, closed in February.
The move came out of the blue to staff, who were left ‘devastated’.
Now the business has been put up for sale, as the full debts of the company have been revealed.
Spuds & Berries Ltd called in the liquidators last month.
A report by insolvency practitioners Redman Nichols Butler (RNB) says that the company was launched in 2016.
It traded successfully with a high level of footfall.
“The company employed 20 staff on average and had a high level of turnover due to strong customer base,” the report says.
“The company began to experience cashflow issues due to significant overheads and low/ noprofitability.
“The director attributes the reasons for the company failure to the rising costs in staff employment and having excess staff, poor cashflow and lack of profitability.”
Spuds & Berries Ltd has one director, Ross Marshall.
The RNB report says Spuds & Berries Ltd went into liquidation owing £355,314.
It owed £98,903 to employees.
Among the small businesses it owed money to were Herb Fed Poultry of Easingwold (owed £3,000); Clarke Meats of Brough (£7,000); Anna’s Happy Trotters of Goole (£4,000); VLMC Rookes Ltd, of Elvington, York (£2,000); Total Food Service of Dunnington, York (£1,000); York Wines (£4,900); and York Coffee Emporium, Nether Poppleton (£2,000).
The farm shop and restaurant, set in three acres of land, is on the market for £600,000 with Garness Jones.
The particulars say: “The site benefits from existing retail accommodation and associated infrastructure, providing a ready-made opportunity for an incoming operator.
“In addition to its current use, the property may lend itself to a range of alternative uses, subject to the necessary planning consents.
“Potential uses could include farm diversification enterprises, rural retail, food and beverage, or other commercial uses appropriate to its setting.”
