shopping cart washing

Back in the day we got .50 a cart, downstreaming a lite solution of bleach & dawn then steam cleaning them.
 
A great upsell are the bakery racks, if its a supermarket with a bakery.
 
Hey guy... hope all is well....

I am in Florida as well. And I'll tell you this.... if it is a major chain, good luck getting .75 or above... there is a company called JIMCO , who has a lock on this kind of thing, they cover a vast area into GA, TN and the like, they do the repairs as well. They have 20 or more trucks and are well organized. They also try to sell the store fronts in the package. All of the trucks are FULLY stocked with parts, welders and what not. The last I heard they were getting .40 per cart to wash, but like I said they repair as well, so impossible to compete with them.

Are the 28 stores part of a bigger chain?

BUT, they do not reclaim, and the good word on the street is that someone has been gathering pics and video of them just dumping away...hmm we'll have to see what happens with that huh?
 
swrest said:
Hey guy... hope all is well....

I am in Florida as well. And I'll tell you this.... if it is a major chain, good luck getting .75 or above... there is a company called JIMCO , who has a lock on this kind of thing, they cover a vast area into GA, TN and the like, they do the repairs as well. They have 20 or more trucks and are well organized. They also try to sell the store fronts in the package. All of the trucks are FULLY stocked with parts, welders and what not. The last I heard they were getting .40 per cart to wash, but like I said they repair as well, so impossible to compete with them.

Are the 28 stores part of a bigger chain?

BUT, they do not reclaim, and the good word on the street is that someone has been gathering pics and video of them just dumping away...hmm we'll have to see what happens with that huh?
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If the pay is $.40 including repairs and parts, I better pass on that job. It is a grocery chain in Miami. Here is my math:
If we are able to spray each cart with some light chem and then pressure wash it, it should not take us more than 1 min per cart. If each store has 150 carts, it would take us 150mins or 2.5 hours. Since that is a night shift job, $75 per hour is a normal pay. That would make $1.25 per cart. Even if I betray and low ball my self, I don't think I would take the job for less than $1 per cart. If I add to my calculations time for set up and break down, and lets say some expense for chlorine, it even makes things worst..
 
Costco 750 to 900

grocery of normal size here 300

Walgreens 60

small grocery 125

target 450 550

walmart 550 to 750 depending if super

I wash them pretty similiar to what u guys said, we do not move them. Stores place them in lot on the nights they want them done.

Two guys can move thru 750 carts in 3.5

I always charge .10 more for plastic. I get usally .75 to .90 depending how many they have.

Someone like Walgreens with less than 50 carts, we charge a minimum unless we are going to be cleaning something else.
 
FoxSweeping said:
If the pay is $.40 including repairs and parts, I better pass on that job. It is a grocery chain in Miami. Here is my math:
If we are able to spray each cart with some light chem and then pressure wash it, it should not take us more than 1 min per cart. If each store has 150 carts, it would take us 150mins or 2.5 hours. Since that is a night shift job, $75 per hour is a normal pay. That would make $1.25 per cart. Even if I betray and low ball my self, I don't think I would take the job for less than $1 per cart. If I add to my calculations time for set up and break down, and lets say some expense for chlorine, it even makes things worst..
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I think that would be hard to make any money at. They charge $1 a cart plus hourly repairs such as welding and labor plus parts around here.
 
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