South Florida Pay scale for most food/beverage service companies.

Here's the local pay for most Food vendors in my area. I figure if anyone lives around the Fort Myers, Naples, Punta Gorda, or Port Charlotte area and are lurking would enjoy knowing.

The info I have are either directly from me, or fellow vendors I've asked and verified paychecks with.

SunCoast Beverage Sales LTD(Budweiser) : $140 a day, 2.50 per stop, 0.05 per case of beer loaded on the truck. Chinese overtime.

I averaged around 700-800(net) a week here, but I would advise against working here expired beer is deducted out of your pay. The good; they hire people with permits, and well train you to obtain your CDL for "Free". you must work for a year with them, or pay $500 if you obtain your CDL using them. They mostly service Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Labelle, Imokalee, and Lehigh Acres.

Coca Cola Bottling Co. : 16.98 hourly (real time and a half)

This is probably the most lucrative job locally; that being said I've seen those guys hit the 70 mark within a weeks time. This distributor covers the entire Southwest Florida region, but focuses on central fort myers, Cape Coral, Labelle, Imokalee, Estero, Naples and Lehigh Acres.

JJ Taylor (Miller Coors): $130 a day, 2.15 per stop, 0.10 per carton on cigarettes. Chinese Overtime.

I average 700-800(net) a week here, but the amount of cases thrown versus budweiser is almost half (500 cases VS 600-1300 cases per day). The good; all new CNG Kenworth trucks. JJ taylor focuses on almost the entire state of Florida, depending on which warehouse your dispatched from determines your locale.

CBI (Cheney Brothers Food Service): guaranteed $850 a week, or route pay whichever is higher. I do not know the formula for their route pay, but I can find out. The good; all new Cascadia trucks some of the best pay in the area. The bad; days off are not back to back.

*I will update with more later
*Pay provided is new hire pay rates, and ignoring longevity raises.

 

Lehigh is pretty much what the city of fort myers used to dump all the section8 people. It's a gold mind for beer; I used to clear almost 52k a year delivering to the ghettos. Pure natural ice 4 packs.

I've honestly thought about buying a house in the boondocks away from everyone.

But yeah it was undeveloped for years. I remember my uncle bought a plantation home in the mid 70s on like 12 acres off of bell road.