South Florida Sweets, LLC | Application Preview
South Florida Sweets, LLC is applying for government grants to enhance their ice cream truck business. The funding will be used to pay off the truck, including its custom paint and vinyl decals, as well as the freezers and necessary equipment to keep the ice cream cold while serving neighborhoods.
The business aims to expand by adding at least two more ice cream trucks and an ice cream bike to reach a larger audience in South Florida. The owners emphasize their desire to maintain a family-run operation, creating job opportunities for extended family members.
The application highlights the positive impact of their venture on the community, noting that the return of ice cream trucks has helped bring neighbors together, fostering connections and joyful experiences, particularly for children who are enjoying their first ice cream truck encounters. With a successful start, the business is already booked for six weeks and has gained over 1,000 Instagram followers.
Despite facing limited competition, South Florida Sweets, LLC distinguishes itself with a vibrant truck design and a strong neighborhood presence, offering a unique and fun experience not provided by nearby competitors. They aim to modernize the ice cream truck concept, focusing on safety, nostalgia, and community engagement.
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General Information
Business Registration Number: 93-1518191
Location: West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Length of Operation: 1-5
Number of Employees: 1-10 Employees
Annual Gross Income: Less than $100k
Annual Gross Expense: Less than $100k
Open to Loans: NO
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Funding Usage
We would use the funding to pay off the ice cream truck we bought and built from scratch. To pay off the paint that we purchased to build it and decorate it with vinyl decals. To pay for the freezers we put inside the truck, and the batteries and inverter we purchased to keep the freezers cold as we go neighborhood to neighborhood.
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Business Plan
We want to add more ice cream trucks (at least 2!) and an ice cream bike to be able to serve a larger portion of South Florida!! We also would love to keep it a family business, so would love to give jobs to my extended family. Starting this business with my sibling has been such a blessing, and the feedback we are receiving from our community its so special! We are working together to bring smiles back into our communities; we are experiencing neighbors congregating in their yards together just visiting with one another for the FIRST time ever; it's SO much more than ice cream! Our neighborhoods have all commented how they haven't seen an ice cream truck in over 13 years!! We are giving kids all over our area their first ice cream truck experience. We are friendly, we play fun music, we have bubbles coming out of the serving windows. Its fun, and extremely popular! We are already booked for 6 weeks out, within our first week in business and have been commissioned to visit many local neighborhoods on a bi-weekly schedule! We also have over 1000 followers in our first month of being on Instagram!
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Self Identified Competition
We only have 2 competitors that I am aware of, but neither of them do exactly what we do. Kona Ice is a shaved Ice business in our communities but does not go through neighborhoods so we have a huge advantage over that. We also have another ice cream truck about 35 minutes away from our home base, but they also do not do neighborhoods. Their truck is also plain white and ours is painted very bright pink and blue, so it's a great attention grabber for kids and adults alike. We are taking the "creepy" out of the ice cream truck business, and replacing it with safe fun, childhood nostalgia and a great experience!! We are completely different than our competitors! We have brought the Ice Cream Truck Industry into the 2023s and are bringing a completely new experience to our area!
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