Blanton & Pleasants
Available for Purchase

James “Spanky” and June Pleasants, the owners of Blanton & Pleasants, Inc., would like to retire soon and are looking for a buyer of their country general store. If you are interested in moving to rural central Virginia and operating a general store, please contact Spanky at (804) 375-3117.

Below is a listing of the assets that would be a part of the sale. Spanky will be happy to provide more information about the business to interested parties.

Blanton & Pleasants, Inc. is located in the Cartersville historic district adjacent to Martin & Dabney Garage and within walking distance of Cartersville Medical Center, Goochland Glass, Central Virginia Bank, the Cartersville Post Office, and the James River.

Assets include:

1.9 acres of land
Two-story wood and block building (store):
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- 12,600 square feet (including the 30' x 90' basement)
- 3-phase electricity
- One 3-grade auto-readout gasoline dispenser
- Intercom system from inside store to gasoline dispenser (available, but not working at this time)
- 2 underground gasoline tanks installed in 1998 -- one 6,000 gallon tank and one 8,000 gallon tank
- 1 on-skid kerosene dispenser with 550 gallon tank
- 1 upright frozen food case
- 2 chest frozen food cases
- 1 refrigerated dairy case
- 1 refrigerated meat/produce case
- Fresh meat preparation equipment -- meat grinder, meat saw, meat slicer, meat sealing machine, pre-packing scales
- 12-foot lighted bread rack
- 3 Dell desktop personal computers with credit card readers and Epson TM-U675 receipt printers purchased in 2003
- 1 Dell desktop personal computer and server purchased in 2003
- 1 Lexmark T520 laser printer purchased in 2003
- 1 Oki Microline 321 Turbo 9-pin wide-carriage printer purchased in 2003
- 1 Oki Microline 320 Turbo 9-pin narrow-carriage printer purchased in 2003
- 1 Xerox WorkCentre XD100 copier
- 1 Murata M1000 facsimile machine
- 1 RCA XL100 color television
- 1 RCA 4-head VCR
- 1 Packard Bell Multimedia J180 desktop personal computer
- 1 Canon BJC-240L Color Bullet Jet printer
- Dial-up security system (video cameras/monitor installed but need repair)
- 156 feet of multi-tier metal shelving on the main floor (additional unused shelving stored in warehouse)
- 6 hand trucks and 1 pallet jack
- Work bench/repair center with tools (ex: grinder, vice, drill press)
- Key duplicating machine
- Glass cutting equipment
- Barber/beauty shop
- Southern States farm supplies
- Groceries, meats, hardware, and sporting goods inventory
- 77 years accumulation of collectible antiques
Three movable storage trailers
5,000 square foot metal building (warehouse):

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Built in 1988
" Loading dock door
" Drive-in door
" Pallet racking
" Propane fueled fork lift
" 1 pallet jack
" Metal roof racking
" Heat available (never installed, still in box)

Contact James "Spanky" Pleasants for more information.
(804) 375-3117