Need a lifetime supply of scotch mints or 84 cases of pickled beets? Now is your chance. It’s also your chance to get your hands on what’s left of Nutty Club candy.
The business is winding down and the contents of its Winnipeg properties are now up for auction online.
“I don't know a kid growing up in this country that doesn't know Nutty Club, you don't have to be from Winnipeg,” said James Carlson, senior vice president of GD Auctions and Appraisals.
But if you are from Winnipeg you know the iconic Nutty Club buildings in the Exchange District. Carlson said because Scott Bathgate Ltd. is winding down its business, those buildings are being prepared for sale and the contents within them need to go to the highest bidder.
Carlson said most of the lots are equipment or machinery used in the confectionery business. His auction house has already cleared out other Nutty Club assets in other Canadian cities and most of the buyers have been other confectionery companies.
“If you're not in the industry and you're not doing what they do, obviously the equipment's of little or no interest to the average person,” he said, adding even the inventory is being sold in large bulk volumes.
Carlson predicts the interest in the auction will just be watching it to see what happens.
“I don't need a pallet of Pez dispensers. I don't know if you do,” he said.
But if you have the space, anyone can bid as the auction is already open.
