Business
The End of an Era Dawns for Smokehouse
Darren ended his post by thanking customers for their support and confirmed the final day of trading will be this Sunday.
One of the island’s most historic and long standing food producers is to close this weekend.
Moore’s Smokehouse has been open for over 140 years and is one of the real historic landmarks of Peel.
In a post on the company’s FB page, Darren and Jennifer Nicholson said they had ‘tried to turn around a dinosaur’, but that this weekend would be the launching of a closing down sale.
Darren said: ‘Everything has a price. Aside from Kippers we have a lot more!! Commercial Kitchen, Equipment, our marinades on Mass. Baked beans cheaper than Tesco, Sausages, burgers, ice cream and more. It’s yours. Its Moore’s
‘We are raising cash to clear the final debts to ensure our fantastic local food producers and wholesale companies are made whole. We are not far away. The key for Jen and I is to make our creditors whole. We’ve given all we can give! It’s time to stare Bankruptcy down the Barrel and set straight The Grill Pit Ltd affairs.
‘We have made this decision quickly and under advice. Our assets will with your help make all our smaller local suppliers whole. We are tapped out and can’t do anything else to save the most Iconic food / Kipper producing / amazing smokehouse the Isle of Man has to offer.
‘Whilst we are licking wounds and will be for sometime, as a custodian of this building for this short time it was under or stewardship, we will remember why we tried for all the right reasons.’
Darren ended his post by thanking customers for their support over the past six or seven years while they have been running Grill Pit Ltd and confirmed the final day of trading will be this Sunday.
The post was met with sadness from friends and customers who rejected his use of the world ‘failed’ and thanked him and Jennifer for their tremendous food.
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