Tampa Route 450
Distribution Route For Sale
Description
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This is a No Broker Sale. You’ll deal direct with owners.
Profitable bread route in one of the best markets in Florida. (if not the best!) This route is for the prime growth area of Tampa.
This is an inflation proof industry… prices go up as prices rise…and people have to eat. This route can easily cross the 100K a year net with a few more accounts.
Comes with 2016 Isuzu Box in excellent condition/222K miles. (Discount if you have your own truck)
As a current owner, you are in one of the best locations to service restaurants, nursing homes, rehab facilities, and other food establishments that can really explode the route sales. I would advise on going after these since you have a consistent base of corporate nursing home/hospital (and the University) type accounts that make the route profitable already. The difference is that these type accounts will really spike your weekly revenues.
You must qualify for this route, meaning your DMV, Credit, Criminal background will be checked as well as capability—Preference given to previous route owners, delivery drivers, and business owners who understand what it takes to service customers and grow.
Heavy Days
Monday and Thursday, 11 pm to 8:30 am +/- Delivery time (1.5 hr break around 4am)
Light Days
Tuesday, 3:00 am to 6:30 am +/-
Friday, 4:00 am to 7:00 am +/-
Hours per week:
28–32 hours
Number of Stops:
11–18 stops (depending on orders)
Total driving daily is about 40–70 miles.
The goal is for you to manage and grow it even more if you want. Create more weekly cash flow, and raise the value of this route.
Deliver and service nursing homes, hospitals, restaurants, entertainment venues, and more with a product that lasts through any recession. People will always eat bread and always adjust higher when costs go up. This route will definitely grow more. You are already being handed a profitable business in the best market of Florida.
All income financials verified by the bakery. Come for a ride along and see if this is something that is a fit for you.
Currently covers the Tampa, South Tampa, East Tampa, areas. New owner operator can easily add more accounts and expand. There is much, much more upside for someone looking to own a business that can grow even more. St Armands has a huge product line of bakery and pastry products that can increase current sales as well as targeting other facilities.
There is a FT company sales rep that assists you in getting new clients as well as your own efforts to help your distributorship.
There is growth and if you have a good work ethic, this makes this a perfect opportunity that doesn’t come along often.
I am selling this route as I owned several others for St Armands, throughout Florida. My brother and I purchased the business and operate the route.
I live in south Florida and co-own the route with my brother who you will discuss, and ride with. My role was to own the route until a new owner takes over. I will recommend the bakery to not accept you if you live out of the region.
I have owned several routes across Florida over the past 20 years. Ocala, West Palm, Miami, Tampa, and have serviced routes for the bakery for them when needed. I have also owned other routes and can give good insight on the ups/downs/pitfalls of some of these other routes.
Reason For Selling
I do not live in the Tampa area and my brother (co-owner) is looking to move down to South Florida area. I’ve owned routes for this company and others in 20 years down here.
I’m not in some desperate position, it’s just business for me. My initial goals were to spend a few years here, grow some routes and sell them all for max price. If you look around, you’ll see what a single bread routes sell for when built out…($125-$225K on average)
This route is already profitable and running like clockwork.
Current Operations & Equipment Needed
Currently they send all the bread on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights to distributor(s). If your truck is parked or have a storage facility, they will load it for you. We currently arrive/pick-up the already loaded truck at about 11:00 pm on Monday and Thursday or at 3:30 am on Tuesday and Friday.
- Currently operate the 11–24 accounts with a 2016 Isuzu NPR HD Diesel cab-over box truck. In excellent condition. 222K Miles
- About 17 customers will either call-in or text their orders for you to input into the ordering system online on Tuesdays and Fridays for the next deliveries. (You’ll need computer and internet access).
- Currently there are 7 customer accounts that you will input and maintain their order/inventory. These are the Par accounts.
- The nursing homes, hospitals, institutional accounts will give you stability in any market condition…you could run a route just on these.
- Any 16ft Box truck will can service the routes and allow for growth.
- If you gain more accounts (which will happen) then you might want a 18-20ft box truck or spread out the deliveries to different days. (My personal advice, I would consider this as if you add accounts you will have a packed truck)
Territory Area
This route is in the Tampa area and currently operating as St. Armands Baking, Route 450.
The region is large and growing.
Just for some comparison the Orlando market has about 9 routes.
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Additional Opportunity Information
As a current owner, you are in one of the best locations to service restaurants, nursing homes, rehab facilities, and otehr food establishments that can really explode the route sales. I would advise on going after these since you have a consistent base of corporate nursing home/hospital (and the University) type accounts that make the route profitable already. The difference is that these type accounts will really spike your weekly revenues.
Advice to anyone interested:
If you are serious, hungry and want to grow this route, then consider buying a 20ft truck. It may not sound like much difference, but it’s a huge difference.
With a 20ft truck you can operate the current route two days a week.
You can then expand and hopefully double the route with more accounts. I have in the past even put my truck to work on days it was sitting…i.e. site boards like https://jooble.org/jobs-box-truck-owner-operator or have done restaurant equipment deliveries with restaurant owners and facility managers I’ve made relationships with.
A 20 ft box truck will run you about 35-55K and I will minus that off the top of the route sale so you are off to a good start.
Additional FAQs
The bakery delivers the bread into the truck for you. You show up at 11:00 pm or 3am (depending on the day) and the bread is in your truck parked. You can change this (note new spot must allow for a 53 foot semi to maneuver its way to you.)
- Monday and Thursday, 11 pm to 8:30 am +/- Delivery time
- Tuesday and Friday, 3 am to 6-7am +/-
… ultimately you have control on days and can schedule as needed.
You are paid weekly on deliveries you made last week on bread you invoice and deliver.
You put orders two days in advance via online computer system. Eventually you will maintain their accounts (PAR accounts) and bring in based on regular volume. Some clients prefer to text you their orders. Order days are on Tuesday and Thursday before 1:30pm.
All accounts are Net Terms meaning the bakery has setup agreements to collect and process payments so you get paid weekly from them. This makes life even easier!
This is relative. It is physical work with some stops requiring the use of a hand truck and multiple trips back and forth, in and out of truck, as well as lifting and moving trays of bread around.
As it currently stands a 16ft box truck is enough for the route.
Please note, if you have your own truck or pull trailer, you can reduce the cost of business and we’ll sale at $190,000
(My suggestion…get a 20ft as it will give you much needed space for growth)
Yes, unlike Amazon or Penske and other bread companies, they lock you into ONLY delivering their packages.
I have used my truck on off days for a variety of jobs. Furniture, equipment, pallet freight on days that truck was sitting.
This is your business.
Yes, you can adjust the schedule for delivery as long as you give the customers the notice and work with them on times. There are a couple stops where they may need it before a certain time (such as breakfast cafes, etc.).
For Par accounts that you maintain and order for, you can do whenever you want so long as they are stocked and they have an idea of what days you deliver.
- Internet access to input orders on order days.
- A Printer (to print invoices or statements).
- You take orders or maintain PAR inventory
- You deliver bread
- You get paid the week after for bread delivered.
- You get a check for profits of delivery and statements showing your weekly deliveries
There are currently 4 COD or pickup payments. All the rest are corporate accounts that pay the bakery.
You can have accounts pay COD if they please and grow as you wish.
Every week the bakery sends you a report of all deliveries for the week prior and a payment check and everything broken down to view.
You can see my actual example from deliveries made for the week of 1/2/2024 to 1/5/2024 (note this weekly check was for $1,554.04 as you can see at bottom of image) plus $31.17 in COD cash I collected (which you keep)… so that week I made $1,554.04 for the 4 days of deliveries.
The owner of this route inherits one of the largest areas to service and grow!
One of the best and secure clients to have in our mainline of business is nursing homes, healthcare facilities, assisted living etc.
Currently Monday and Thursday are the busiest days with a filled truck. You can add a couple more stops onto those days.
The Tuesday and Friday delivery days are light and is ready to add accounts if you want to.
- Clean background and criminal record check (we pull)
- Clean DMV Record
- Financial Credit Check
- Basic Accounting and Inventory Understanding
- A Corp/LLC Setup to run as an independent distributor
- Ability to lift up to 35 pounds, getting on/off back of truck and bending, lifting of trays continuously through stops.
- Internet Access
If you are interested in the route, have the money, and not someone that is looking to waste time then please call me.
I’d be more than happy to have you ride along and perform route stop with me.
Brian Galvan
813-440-1907 (call or text)
[email protected]
- You Setup LLC/Corp
- Credit & Background Check Done By Bakery
- Set Closing Date to Take Over
- Meet at bank and have notary sign bill of sale and provide bank check.
