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Your Own Pension/Gasthof/Gaststätte/Brauerei/etc.
Posted by barryriley on 2013-02-20 07:01:33
So, does that mean that she would be looking for 6% on top of what might be produced by an alternative investment? Just done a quick google on the subject. The general answer suggests net margins of 20 - 25% but most of the respondents were from North America and I believe from previous discussions that the retail price of beer is a fair bit higher there than in Germany. Keeping costs down (no frills, no staff), you could possibly manage a similar figure but no guarantees. I like the sound of the deal with the Turks - not big consumers of beer in their own country but probably a bit different in Deutschland. Sounds like you could get a good deal going and, if the vacant premises were used for retail previously, it will probably meet with strict German laws. I still don't think that I would invest in brewing equipment for the moment, even though I know that is the main rationale behind the venture. I would be tempted to go for a good deal with one of the hundreds of Franconian brewers to test the waters, then, if you found that was successful, move slowly into the brewing business. I understand that there is a fair bit of second-hand brewing equipment around, probably from failed enterprises! I assume that you will be going for top-fermented ale rather than botton-fermented beer? Do you think that there is a market for this?
 
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                 Your Own Pension/Gasthof/Gaststätte/Brauerei/etc. by Nick B. on  2013-02-20 23:18:29
                   Your Own Pension/Gasthof/Gaststätte/Brauerei/etc. by TreinJan on  2013-02-21 00:48:42
                     Your Own Pension/Gasthof/Gaststätte/Brauerei/etc. by TreinJan on  2013-02-21 00:53:54
                   Your Own Pension/Gasthof/Gaststätte/Brauerei/etc. by barryriley on  2013-02-21 07:46:24
                       Your Own Pension/Gasthof/Gaststätte/Brauerei/etc. by Nick B. on  2013-02-21 11:04:56
                   Your Own Pension/Gasthof/Gaststätte/Brauerei/etc. by Fred Waltman on  2013-02-22 06:57:41
                         Your Own Pension/Gasthof/Gaststätte/Brauerei/etc. by Gary Warren on  2013-02-22 21:08:17
                           Your Own Pension/Gasthof/Gaststätte/Brauerei/etc. by Nick B. on  2013-02-23 02:04:05
                     Your Own Pension/Gasthof/Gaststätte/Brauerei/etc. by Nick B. on  2013-02-23 02:09:23