After self-described night owls Veronica Hernandez and Ryan Metzdorff returned to their hometown of Fresno, they were disappointed at the lack of available late-night munchies they had become accustomed to in Southern California.
The pair decided to change that: They started their own business, Munchies on Wheels.
Now they deliver "snacks and smokes" from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. on weeknights and until 4 a.m. on weekends.
Their menu is on their Web site, www.munchiesonwheels.com, and customers can call in orders at (559) 288-8299. The business also posts information on MySpace, Facebook and Twitter.
They also can pick up fast food for customers for a delivery fee.
Veronica Hernandez and Ryan Metzdorff operate Munchies on Wheels, a snack food delivery business in central Fresno.
The menu for the new Fresno business Munchies on Wheels features chips, candy, beef jerky, drinks, sandwiches and cigarettes.
Hernandez and Metzdorff returned to Fresno after being laid off from their jobs. Hernandez is a Web and graphic designer and Metzdorff worked in the gaming industry. They had hoped to find jobs in Fresno, but that hasn't happened yet.
Aside from pizza restaurants and a handful of Chinese restaurants that are not open late, not many establishments deliver. After grumbling about it to each other, the two started their business.
"Nobody wants to go out at 3 in the morning when you're already home ... from the party," Hernandez said.
The business has its sales tax permits and business permit and is working on getting its liquor license, she said.
Proteus keeps on trucking
Proteus Inc., a nonprofit job-training program in the central San Joaquin Valley, is expanding its truck-driving school and weatherization assistance to low-income families with the lease of 7,500 square feet on 2.5 acres in southeast Fresno.
The agency trains about 260 truck drivers a year. The new site on East Date Avenue is large enough to park and wash trucks, and it has a warehouse, said Michael McCann, chief executive director of Visalia-based Proteus.
"It's in the heart of truck sales and services in that area," said Ethan Smith, an industrial specialist at Grubb&Ellis/Pearson Commercial who helped find the property.
Proteus, a contractor for utility company energy-efficiency programs, also will use the site to provide weatherization and other services to low-income families in Orange Cove, San Joaquin and other rural communities. Proteus will have nine employees based there, McCann said.
Fresno State wines
Save Mart Supermarkets are making Fresno State wines more accessible to Valley consumers thanks to a new distribution agreement placing several medal-winning varieties in 11 stores.
The wines -- TailGate Red, TailGate White, TailGate Rose, 2007 San Joaquin County Chardonnay and 2006 California Syrah -- are produced by students and sell for $5.99.
"It is a great accomplishment to share our award-winning wines in retail markets off-campus," said Jennifer Sobieralski, manager of Fresno State's Rue and Gwen Gibson Farm Market. "The support of Save Mart helps our winery's success as part of our world-class agriculture."
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