Price: $15,000 – Weekly Sales: $725
This listing is for a turnkey, nine year established vending account in Rosemead, CA. There is currently one machine at a very busy and consistent location. The account is a large retailer with hundreds of employees and customers visiting seven days per week. This is a turnkey vending route opportunity with consistent sales volume. Full training will be provided by the current owner.
WHAT ARE THE DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROUTE OWNER?
The route owner is responsible for servicing their customer base and ensuring that product is well stocked and maintained for the consumer. Route owners will order, 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 services the account once per week and it requires a total of 2-3 hours with travel time. A few additional hours per month may be necessary for administrative work and purchasing product.
GROSS EARNINGS/COMMISSIONS
The machine averages $725 per week in gross sales. This is a cash only machine so unfortunately there is no documentation to confirm sales figures. Any income verification would have to be completed by conducting account visits with the current owner.
The vending machines have credit card and Apple Pay functionality along with tap features. It would need to be set up by the new owner if they would like to have the feature activated.
OPERATING COSTS
Typical expenses include inventory, travel costs and any necessary machine maintenance. The large majority of expenses are inventory. Other costs will vary from owner to owner depending on their travel costs and how they choose to run the business. The current owner estimates roughly $180 per week in expenses which include inventory, travel and any potential maintenance costs.
GROWTH POTENTIAL
Vending routes have unlimited growth/expansion potential.
The owner does have 11 additional machines available for $1,200 each. They had these machines at locations but have scaled back the business over the years and are now looking to fully retire. One machine is brand new and still in its original packaging
FINANCING
N/A
VEHICLE, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ASSETS
Vending machine at the location is included
Additional machines are available for $1,200 each
TRAINING
The current owner has agreed to provide training to the buyer. They can provide some phone/text support as necessary as well.
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 for approximately 2-3 hours per week not including administrative work or product purchasing as necessary
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