For Sale Mini Mart near Yosemite for Sale

This is a great opportunity to operate a mini mart / convenience store in Groveland, Ca. that is on the last stretch to Yosemite National Park. The location is awesome as its at the HWY 120 'Y' in Groveland for all people from the Bay Area that are headed to Yosemite (kind of a 'in your face location, "We better stop and stock up here store"). My wife's mom and dad owned it for about 30 years and became quite wealthy with it as their sole source of income. The funny thing is that unless people know that there is a grocery store in back of the mini-mart (which is about 20 feet in elevation below), most stop at the store to fill up on last minute food, beer, wine, milk, cereal, etc., etc.

The store is equipped with a very large walk-in for beer and wine. It has a utility room with two commercial sinks, one restroom for employees, room for a small deli for making sandwiches, ample room for the register and enough room for 8-10 large Pepsi / Coke / Monster, etc. supplied retail display refridgerators for beverages. Comes with plenty of retail product racks and shelves. The AC, Walk-in and all electrical is in very good working order.

UPSIDE: The location does not get any better, everybody from the SF Bay Area and north of that must drive through HWY 120 / Groveland to get to Yosemite.

DOWNSIDE:

1) At this time, there are no liquor licenses available to purchase in Tuolumne County. IMO, beer & wine is enough. Also, finding suitable employees may be an issue.

2) You will need to be open from roughly 6AM to at least 9PM. My wife's parents ran in 24/7 from 5AM to Midnight every day.

3) You will work your butt off!

The sale price that is fairly firm is $750K that includes the land. I may carry a small note for 3-5 years up to $200K. My wife's sister and her husband lives nearby so they will be able to show the store with an appointment. Shoot me a PM if you may be interested.

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In the mix for sale is a flat 30 acre parcel with a lot of trees about three miles from Groveland. Would be perfect for an RV park build or a hotel.

Regarding the store, it's still on the market. I think that labor is an issue. I spoke to a friend of mine last week in Sonora who owns an Arco store. He told me he would buy it in a heartbeat but his main problem is hiring employees. At his Sonora Arco, he can not find new hires so its him and a brother and a nephew running the place 24/7. He says it totally sucks!

 

Yes, it's right off HWY 120. No structures, no utilities, well, etc. and is in Tuolumne County. If you want the parcel #, I can get that for you.

 

The success that my wife's mom and dad had with the store was the fact they were there almost every day of the year. They had two long-time and trustworthy employees which allowed them to get away here and there for 2-3 days at a time but that was maybe three times a year. Its very hard work with long hours. And God bless her parents, they saved just about every dime for my wife and her sister.

 

The store closed escrow this week so we are down to the 30 acres. I think the timing is ripe for the land to be turned into a camping, glamping or KOA type of destination.

 

Just the preliminary approval without dropping one wire?