Price: $30,000 – Weekly Sales: $211
This listing is for a turnkey, well established vending route with locations in Orange, Newark, Livingston and other towns in northern New Jersey. There are a total of 15 vending machines at 7 accounts. The owner will provide training.
WHAT ARE THE DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROUTE OWNER?
The route owner is responsible for servicing their customer base and ensuring that the vending machines are well stocked and maintained for the locations. Route owners will deliver and stock product accordingly. There is flexibility in the days and hours as long as the customers are being serviced properly. The current owner works one day every 2.5 weeks. Extremely flexible schedule.
GROSS EARNINGS/COMMISSIONS
The route has averaged $211 per week in gross sales over the last three months. The owner nets approximately 40% or $85 of that per week after cost of goods sold, travel and other expenses.
OPERATING COSTS
Typical expenses include inventory, travel costs and any necessary machine maintenance. The large majority of expenses are inventory. The owner purchases product in large quantities to keep those costs low. The current owner estimates weekly costs at $125.
GROWTH POTENTIAL
Vending routes have unlimited growth/expansion potential. The current owner only works one day every 2-3 weeks so a new owner would have plenty of time for expansion if they wanted to do that.
FINANCING
N/A
VEHICLE, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ASSETS
15 vending machines, misc. equipment, remaining inventory
TRAINING
The current owner has agreed to provide training to the buyer
SCHEDULE
Owning a route means that you are an independent owner/operator/contractor. You are ultimately responsible for the success of the route operation and you will need to find route coverage if you are sick or on vacation. Most route sellers and existing owners have a coverage person whose contact information they can share. Otherwise you are free to train someone to run your route while you are unavailable. It can require some effort and coordination to setup time off…but it does provide a lot of flexibility once you have a person or two that can cover your route operation when requested.
The current owner works the route one day every 2-3 weeks
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