Mission Tortilla Route in Sherman, Texas

High volume Mission tortilla route located in Sherman, Texas. Mission is the best selling brand of tortillas, tortilla chips, dips and other products. The route includes nine accounts including Wal-Mart, Kroger, Albertson’s and others. Another Kroger store is set to open in 2017 and will increase the income generated as well as the overall value of the business.

This route is currently averaging $8,718 per week in sales. The owner is paid at 18 to 19% commission. After stales, credits and returns, the owner receives an average of $1,300 per week or $67,600 for the year. There are many weeks where the route does $10,000+ in sales and will continue growing over the next several years.

Expenses include a handheld computer and printer which are rented from Mission for $25/week. The owner has a local storage unit for their inventory which is $25/week. Gas/insurance/maintenance for the vehicle are approximately $100/week. Total expenses are approximately $7,800 per year which means the route generates $60,000 in net income.

The schedule is very flexible as long as the deliveries are made during store receiving hours. The current owner works 4am-12pm on Monday/Thursday, 4am-11am on Tuesday and Friday, and 4am-8am on Wednesday. They currently have someone who does their weekend pull ups at the stores. This person could be retained or you could takeover that responsibility.

Route comes with the trailer used for deliveries. Turnkey opportunity. You will receive training and start making money on day one. Financing may be available through a third party for qualified buyers.

Bulk Candy, Drinks, Snacks, Toys, Electronics…The list goes on.

There are a large variety of vending machine routes available in the United States.  The most traditional is probably the bulk candy route which consists of machines that take quarters and dispense handful amount of candy, nuts, mints, gum or other treats.  Now there are DVD rental vending machines, pizza making machines, vending machines that sell iPads and more!  The vending industry is extremely large and can offer a great deal of variety between products.  Below you will find a quick breakdown of the routes and their differences…

Bulk Candy

Bulk candy routes may be the simplest of all vending route options.  Machines are fairly standardized with U-Turn, Northwestern and VendStar being the most popular manufacturers.  Route owners are responsible for placing machines at locations and servicing them as needed.  The service visits are quite quick because the machines can be cleaned and refilled quickly.  You will often find bulk candy machines in waiting areas, entrances/exits of busy retail locations, restaurants, grocery stores, etc.  Owners purchase bulk candy or other products at a wholesale price and then sell that product from their machine at anywhere from $0.25 to $1.00.

Drink and Snack Machines

Another common vending route consists of drink and snack vending machines.  These are the types of machines that you often see in office buildings, malls, car repair waiting rooms, hotels and other locations where consumers are passing by or waiting.  The food machines are often stocked with candy bars, potato chips, pretzels, cake snacks and other quick food products.  Some advanced machines can store entree items.  Drink machines will have water, soda, energy drinks, athletic drinks or any other beverage that will fit in the machine.  There are many manufacturers of these machines…newer companies include HealthyYou, Naturals 2 Go, Genesis, Seaga and many others.  More traditional machines include Dixie Narco, Vendo, Royal, AP, Crane and Rowe.  Examples of these machines are shown below.

Drink and snack vending typically provides larger sales revenues than bulk candy simply due to the pricing of items.  Certain drinks can sell for up to $2.00 each in a vending machine.  Larger routes can require an SUV, van or box truck to handle deliveries while some of the smaller routes can be serviced from any economy sized vehicle.  Some vending route owners only have a few machines which may only require a few hours per week.  Others can build routes that are 50+ locations and require a full-time schedule.

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