RARE CHANCE TO BUY MACHINE THAT MADE MILLIONS OF LINCOLNSHIRE SAUSAGES

Alas, not a pie in sight - Adam Martin of the auction team

THOUSANDS  of pounds worth of bakery machinery and equipment is going under the auctioneer’s hammer following the demise of one of the Grimsby area's best known butcher-bakery businesses.

Up until earlier this summer, John Turner  operated with a shop on St Peters Avenue in Cleethorpes and a bakery factory on the Wilton Industrial Estate in  Humberston.

But in June, it closed its doors and went into liquidation.

The shop business has been sold to a new operator and is to re-open shortly but Begbies Traynor, the corporate recovery specialist handling the winding up of John Turner company, has  instructed industrial auctioneers Eddisons CJM to sell off the machinery and equipment at the bakery unit and its associated offices.

The sale - which is being held online -  is scheduled to end next Tuesday ( August 17).

Says Eddisons CJM director Paul Cooper said: "The bakery provided the bread, cakes, pies and sandwiches that were sold not only in the  St Peters Avenue shop but also in many other outlets in the area. 

"It was a sizeable and extensively equipped operation."

The auction extends to more than 200 lots of commercial equipment including everything from five-deck ovens and the bakery’s 10-burner cooking range, through dozens of prep tables, work benches and bakery racks to one of the machines that was used to create Turner’s famous Lincolnshire sausages.

Also to be sold are the bakery’s three delivery vehicles including its refrigerated Mercedes Sprinter van.

Continues Mr Cooper: "It comes  as a shock when a well-regarded shop closes its doors and disappears overnight, but John Turner is just the latest in a long line of similar firms that have been struggling to stay afloat - and that was even before the pandemic struck. 

The same auction firm handled the auction that followed the closure of John Pettit & Sons, the famous Grimsby butcher, that went under in 2017 after 125 years in business.

The full auction catalogue is available at www.eddisonscjm.com. 

The viewing session is on Monday 16th August (10am-4pm) at the bakery premises on the Wilton Road Industrial Estate at Humberston. 

The online auction is scheduled to end at 1pm the following day.

                                

Everything up for grabs - inside the  prep room