Gargett General Store & Post Office
About this opportunity
This is a Freehold Post Office and General Store with Fuel Bowsers on a main thoroughfare which has been servicing the Western Mackay area for over 35 years. The current owner operators live on site making it a business that also comes with an awesome lifestyle. This opportunity ticks a lot of boxes for someone looking for a great business which caters to a flexible lifestyle and is also run under management.
Business Story
Located in the rural area of Gargett, 52kms West of Mackay and supported by locals, this Australia Post registered post office is a great aspect that compliments the supermarket business. Being an older community, it provides locals with full post office services and the physical location is fantastic for this demographic.
The business is known as Gargett General Store and Post Office, and it has been in this location since for over 35 years. The main road frontage on the Mackay – Eungella Road has easy access with both street and off-street parking. Something you may not know is that Gargett has a large residential and farming catchment and is only a short drive to Eungella National Park which is about to boom with the introduction of international mountain biking and further tourism industry.
The store has a large commercial kitchen with a pizza oven. The uses for this could be expanded to the introduction of themed food nights for locals to come together and could maybe even introduce a restricted alcohol licence. There is plenty of opportunity that is ripe for the taking with this venture and all it needs is a driven buyer to realise the full potential.
The freehold property includes a 3-bedroom residence, in addition to the commercial buildings that the business operates out of, on 2024m2 of land. The block has ample space to potentially expand into stock feed, allowing more diverse options top of what is already in place.
Being a full Post office Australia Post has training and procedural conditions as seen below:
- A standard Australia Post assignment requires 90 days to be completed.
- Australia Post will contact the prospective Licensee and provide paperwork to be completed.
- The paperwork will include AML registration which must be submitted asap as this can take quite some time to process and will delay the assignment if not approved by assignment date.
- An interview will be conducted with the prospective Licensee.
- At the interview training will be discussed.
- Training consists of:
- 4 days induction training in Brisbane (optional but strongly recommended)
- 2-3 weeks training in an office nominated by Australia Post.
- Completion of mandatory training modules such as dangerous goods, privacy, consumer law etc.
- 4 days advanced training in Brisbane (compulsory).
- 2 weeks working at Halifax prior to assignment date.
- When training has been completed and all necessary paperwork processed the assignment is approved.
- On assignment day, the outlet is balanced and cash counted by incoming Licensee. Agreements are signed and keys handed over.
If this opportunity interests you, give us a call today!
Our People
Denny has a long career in all forms of business including Corporate Management with International and National FMCG organizations, with vast experience in the fields of Operational Management, Sales and Marketing Management, Franchise Business Management to Small Business Owner / Operator of Motels, Courier and Supermarket businesses.
In 2007 Denny saw the need for a good communicator with a strong understanding of business operation to offer a Business Broking service second to none. Denny's combined experienced gained over many years in the Corporate world and small business ownership has taken Business Brokering to new heights with with the Business Sales Group that includes NQ Business Sales, CQ Business Sales FNQ Business Sales and SEQ Business Sales, a very automated business utilizing technology to gain reach with unprecedented response in offers, time and product in the most professional manner.
Denny's focus is to satisfy Sellers and Buyers during transactions to deliver only good outcomes. In addition to this grow the business base and maximize the use of latest technologies to deliver a quality product.
Phil started his working career in purchasing with large and multi-national companies in Sydney.
A family relocation to Bowen in 1974 was the catalyst to owning his own business.
Phil has been in various businesses from Pest Control to Delicatessen/Takeaway and has for the last 39 years built a wholesale business that has served Bowen, Whitsundays, Mackay and the Coalfields, from 1 truck and himself to 6 trucks and 15 employees.
This has given Phil a very solid knowledge of the area from Bowen to Rockhampton and what it takes to thrive in business there.
Phil has a strong knowledge of business and business practices built through the process of growing his own business as well as time spent on State Franchise Council and dealing with the many changing government policies in those 39 years.
The process of selling his own business has shown Phil the real need for a locally based business broker, easily contacted and heavily focused on the Central Queensland area, which has led to his involvement in CQ Business Brokers.
