Grossi Wines Limited (06411635): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2015-07-13
- Administrators
- Kevin Gerald Murphy, John Malcolm Titley
- Administrators' firm
- Leonard Curtis
- Incorporated
- 2007-10-29
- Location
- Manchester
- Industry
- 56290 Other food services
Why it went into administration
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
- Competition / price pressure
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated in July 2007 by Mr Carlo Gross! and members of his immediate family The inital issued share capital consisted of 1,000 ordinary shares of £1 00 each, 500 of which were held by Mr Carlo Grossi, 250 by his wife Cathenne and 125 each by his children Gianna and Carl The intttal directors were Mr Carlo Grossi and Mrs Catherine Grossi Mr Grossi also served as Company Secretary Mr Grossi served as the Company's CEO and Executive Director throughout The Company's financial year end was initially March moving to September in 2041
The Company was set up because of a perceived gap in the UK market for high quality specialist Italian Wines linked in to the increasing popularly of Italian restaurants and cuisine generally It imported wines from small artisan producers who handpicked grapes and used traditional wine-making methods Much of its range was new to the UK market and available exclusively from the Company Research/buying tnps to Italy took place every year to expand and develop the Company's portfolio
The Company's target customers were quality restaurants, hotels and independent merchants It also attempted to build an individual end user customer base under the name ‘Club Vin’ Websites, (Club Vint & Grossi Wines), tutored wine tastings, and food and wine matching advice were among the services offered to trade and individual customers
Administrators' statement of proposals (2015-09-15) · Companies House register