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Contents
Contact Information ..................................................................................................................................................3
Opinion of Probable Capital Costs- New Start-up Comparison..................................................................................5
Business Profile ..........................................................................................................................................................6
Pet Food.................................................................................................................................................................8
Value Added Processing.........................................................................................................................................9
Building Equipment..............................................................................................................................................14
Retail Area ...........................................................................................................................................................16
Community Profile ...................................................................................................................................................17
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Contact Information
For more information regarding this unique opportunity, please contact Rudi Koller at 403-845-3434.
CG Strategies has prepared the information in this document for Rocky Mountain Meats Ltd. CG Strategies has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the information contained herein is accurate, however does not warranty or guarantee any outcomes based on the information provided. We have not audited or otherwise attempted to independently verify the information provided to us.
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Executive Summary
Rocky Mountain Meats Ltd. is a full service, provincially inspected abattoir located in Rocky Mountain House, AB Canada that specializes in sausage making, wholesale, retail, slaughter, and custom processing. This dynamic facility represents a sustainable business opportunity that utilizes all production materials throughout the processing chain. A substantial customer base has been created for meat products that are manufactured on site and distributed to chain retailers and independent stores/restaurants throughout Alberta.
A full line of pet food products and treats has also been created and marketed with mass distribution.
Several recent equipment and facility upgrades have provided exceptional production capacity, food safety, and regulatory compliance. The facility layout and product flow permits efficient production of meat products and provides a profitable opportunity within the provincially inspected meat processing opportunity.
Rocky Mountain Meats Ltd. is offered for sale, with a full listing of services, production volumes, processing technologies, and equipment being provided. Owner training and inventory is negotiable.
Property Details
Municipal Address 4803-43 Street, Rocky Mountain House, AB
Legal Description Lot 10, Block 62, Plan 772 2093
Site Size 1.28 Acres- 55,757 ft²
Designated Land Use General Industrial
Parking Paved Front Lot, gravel lot at rear.
Building Description 35 year old cinder block building measuring 5,660 ft² with a recent 450 ft² smokehouse, cooler, and shipping addition constructed from 4” insulated panels.
Licensing License to Operate as an Abattoir- Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Conceptual Layout
Opinion of Probable Capital Costs- New Start-up Comparison
A Class “D” Estimate has been provided to determine the likely capital costs required to build and equip a facility similar to Rocky Mountain Meats. “A Class “D” Estimate is based upon a statement of requirements and an outline of potential solutions. This estimate is strictly an indication (rough order of magnitude) of the final project cost and should be sufficient to provide an indication of cost and allow for ranking of all options being considered.” The estimate is believed to be accurate +/- 30%.
New Facility Development – Comparison Capital CostLand, Site Development and Building Construction $1,007,000Process EquipmentBuilding Mechanical/ Refrigeration
Total Estimate to Build a New Facility $3,243,072Please Contact Rocky Mountain Meats to discuss purchase pricing for this unique opportunity.
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Business Profile
Rocky Mountain Meats has created a dynamic $1.8 million year business that fully utilizes all meats and meat by-products through wholesale, retail, custom, value added and pet food markets. The facility efficiently operates with 14 staff, easily maintaining production of 100 hogs/week, 20 beef/week, sausage production, and pet food manufacturing. Approximately 1000 wild game processing orders are received during the annual hunting season-with approximately 80,000 lbs of sausage production being added to the custom cutting and wrapping. Recent automation and capacity expansion projects have increased productivity and quality while ensuring exceptional shelf life, labeling, and distribution can be achieved. Production capacity will permit 100 hogs and 100 beef/week-a total of 133 animal units/week.
A rapport has been established for acquiring temporary foreign workers, with several staff coming from Switzerland, Germany, and the Philippines.
Wholesale pork cuts are marketed throughout central Alberta, with weekly service to Calgary and Edmonton. Contracted livestock supplies ensure quality and safety of products being offered for sale. All pork products are guaranteed for freshness, with several Good Manufacturing Practices being implemented to ensure extended shelf life capabilities for retail display and merchandizing. A wide variety of primal and specialized cuts are available.
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Beef Processing consists of custom processing for local area producers and producing retail and wholesale cuts/products. Full slaughter, cutting, wrapping, and freezing services are offered. Several secondary processors throughout central Alberta also slaughter and age beef for shipping as whole sides or ¼’s. Rocky Mountain Meats purchases cattle for its value added production and manufacturers several thousand kilograms of ground beef, sausage and patties for provincial distribution.
Sausage/Value Added Processing- a fully equipment sausage kitchen with multi truck smokehouse, silent cutter, vacuum stuffer, and packaging equipment is available for production capacities of up to 20,000 kg/week. Bacon, ham, and sausages are produced and marketed to Sobey’s, Co-op, AG Foods, and several independent stores.
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Pet Food- Rocky Mountain Meats Ltd. has developed a full line of raw and cooked pet food and treats for wholesale distribution to breeders and pet food stores. This product line utilizes slaughter and processing by-products to create a nutritious pet food blend renowned in central Alberta. Approximately 90% of all processing by-products are utilized through the facility, increasing profitability and eliminating the need for costly disposal.
Food Safety- Rocky Mountain Meats is committed to providing safe and wholesome products. The facility is dedicated to compliance to provincial and federal legislation, with significant investment commitments in Meat Facility Standard compliance and product labeling. Recent audits from Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development have identified that Rocky Mountain Meats Ltd. Scores in the upper percentile of Meat Facility Standards.
Equipment
Packaging
A VC999- RS420c Rollstock machine was installed in 2010. This multi-die continuous
roll automated vacuum packaging machine produces high quality packaging at a
rapid rate. The Rollstock is ideal for portion packaging of fresh food and product
innovations. The thermoforming technology allows cost-efficient packaging of
products for the attractive presentation of the packaged goods at the point of sale.
Xtravac 640 Double chambered vacuum package with multi height removable trays. This machine was purchased new in 2010, and offers superior performance for packaging primal, hams, and other large products.
Reiser SuperVac Dip/Shrink (AT5ER)- An automatic hot water bath used to shrink vacuum bags around meat products, creating a flawless full view of packaged contents. Shelf life and appearance are improved.
L-Bar Semi-Automatic 16X20” model SMC1620 adjustable speed wrap and seal machine. This wrap and seal works with the attached Danmark heat sealer. This equipment is great for packaging pet treats/bones and chews to maintain freshness and increase shelf life.
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Value Added Processing
Handtmann VF 100 vacuum filler with linker, 700 lb hopper capacity with 500 lb electric lift. This automatic portion control filler is operated by touch screen controls for precision filling speed, link volumes, and twists. The vacuum filler can be used in a continuous flow with the Poly-Clip automatic FCA 3461 clipper for producing multiple product chubs. Four stainless steel and 6 plastic product dump carts are included.
Silent Cutter- Modern Butcher Supply Model 200. This 90 litre 3-6 knife silent cutter with discharge arm provides exceptional emulsifying and/or mixing capabilities for a wide variety of value added products. The 30 hp motor permits the chopping of large batches of semi-frozen product. The discharge arm unloads all product into the vacuum filler dump carts for ease of production and minimal product handling.
The Vemag 2 to 6 truck thermal processing oven 11’X8’X8’ provides forced air, microprocessor controlled smoking and cooking of value added meats. Natural smoke, automatic cleaning, and +/- 1°C operation ensures optimal heat transfer, yield retention, colour, and flavor distribution. Twelve smoke carts, 48 stainless jerky trays, and 1000 aluminum sausage sticks are included.
Rotating Drum Vacuum Tumbler- Saskatton Welding Services Model HLVT 190 5 hp. This vacuum tumbler can be easily adjusted for massaging of whole muscle, ground, and marinated products to ensure optimum protein extraction, cure distribution, or flavor enhancement. It is easy to clean and adjustable for a variety of volume loads.
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Pickle Injector- A fully reconditioned 64 needle automatic conveyor injector with adjustable injection pressure. A 19”X82” conveyor allows for small or large boneless/bone in products to be injected. Improved cure distribution and yield can be achieved with large or small processing volumes.
Electric cooking kettle- EF Zuber provides for hot water cooking capabilities of up to 100 kg. Full stainless construction provides ease of cleaning and safe cooking of foodproducts.
Jireh Industries US-12-A Automatic Jerky Slicer. Whole muscles can be simply dropped through the machine feed, rapidly producing even strips of meat product ready for curing and/or seasoning.
Hollymatic 54 Pattie Machine with conveyor and automatic paper interleaving system to increases production capability and eliminate paper chips. Approximately 2000 portions of 1/6 lb or ¼ pound can be produced with paper inlay between each product portion.
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Primary Processing
Butcher Boy SA20-F 18” Breaking Saw with 3 hp motor. Stainless Steel tables, guides, and food contact surfaces.
Grinder- 22cm head with multiple plates. Electric lift and maximum throughput.
Townsend Skinner- Model 9000 series- with conveyors and automatic feed. Adjustable depth for optimal skinning, defatting capabilities.
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Townsend Skinner Model 500- manual operation.
5 ½ ‘X 12’ Stainless Steel/poly top cutting/breaking table.
2 ½ ‘X 8’ and 2 ½ ‘X 6’ stainless cutting tables with poly tops.
4’X12’ Stainless wrapping table
Bizerba Meat Tenderizer
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Berkel Stainless Steel manual meat slicer on stand with castors.
Two platform scales and a retail sales scale are used. The platform scales are 150 kg capacity- Metler Toledo and FV-50.
Kill Floor Equipment
Cincinnati Boss 5 hp “Cincination” hog dehairer and twin scald tank. All components rebuilt with external propone supply to in-line torches. Equipment set-up and water supply can effectively process 30 market hogs/hour. Paddles, bearings, and motor have recently been rebuilt and/or reconditioned.
Beef landing hoist and spreader bar system. Hoist can easily accommodate large carcasses.
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Jarvis Model H080 Beef/Pork splitting band saw.
One Karl Schermer and one Applied Electronics (brand new) amperage based adjustable hog stunners with scissor tongs. Cardiac stun capabilities are available.
Building Equipment
All rails and switches are powder coated and maintained on a regular basis. Rails are 11 ft high with 2 ½ ft spacing to achieve airflow and appropriate temperature control. A drop rail into the cutting room assists in carcass handling and breaking.
A new hot water boiler provides substantial water capacity for processing and sanitation operations.
Several compressors, fans, cooking units have been upgrades and/or replaced throughout the facility.
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A Hotsy hot water pressure washer is used for deep cleaning connection throughout all processing areas.
A 2003 Dodge Dually 1 ton flat deck (160,000km) and a 2008- 14 000 lb hydraulic lift dump trailer are used for waste disposal.
5 ton refrigerated delivery truck with insulated cube for product storage and distribution.
The facility is equipped with 300 stainless rollers, 105 stainless S-hooks, and 110 stainless hog gambrels.
19’X27’ covered lairage is available with an additional 15’X25’ receiving area and a series of steel constructed outdoor pens and alley way.
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Freezer and offal boxes with trucks are used for storing product throughout the facility. A variety of curing vats and storage tubs are included.
Retail Area
A full array of showcases and displays are stocked within the retail area.
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Miscellaneous
A fully functional label software and printing system is used to create complete product information and nutritional labeling.
A comprehensive website has been developed to showcase the products and services of Rocky Mountain Meats Ltd. www.rockymeats.com
Community Profile
Rocky Mountain House is the gateway to the fabulous West Country of West Central Alberta. From its historical location at the confluence of the Clearwater and North Saskatchewan Rivers, Rocky Mountain House has a long and proud tradition as a business and trade site, extending back well over two hundred years. Today, the vibrant thriving community continues to promote its heritage and experience of “Where Adventure Begins”.
Rocky Mountain House prides itself on the quality of its recreational and cultural facilities, as well as its commercial and industrial sectors. Rocky Mountain House is prospering, and its future looks incredibly bright. Business and pleasure have successfully meshed, resulting in the best of both worlds – Small Town Lifestyle with the amenities of a much larger center. Rocky Mountain House boasts multi-campus educational facilities that are second to none, with SuperNet access to the World. Its retail and service industries are expanding, serving both local residents and acting as a service hub for various resource exploration and development opportunities. Responsible development of the Eastern Slopes and Eco-tourism is attracting the attention of visitors from around the world.
Visit http://www.rockymtnhouse.com/economic-profile.htm for more information.
