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Businesses weigh in on Breckenridge’s new delivery program a month after its launch

A temporary structure houses a new delivery program in Breckenridge aimed at reducing truck traffic in the town's core.
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Around a month and a half ago, Breckenridge followed in the footsteps of Vail and implemented a pilot delivery program aimed at reducing the amount of delivery trucks in the town’s core, and local businesses have mostly positive reviews.

On Nov. 11, contractor 106West Logistics kicked off its e-delivery pilot program in Breckenridge, approximately two years after it began its pilot program with Vail. The program operates out of a temporary structure near the City Market plaza where deliveries are made and then dispersed to various establishments through a small fleet of electric vehicles. 

Breckenridge is spending just over $3 million on the pilot between its 2024 and 2025 budgets, according to the town’s sustainability manager, Jessie Burley.



A Dec. 17 impact analysis detailed the pilot program removed around 169 delivery trucks from Breckenridge’s town core, reduced over 5,700 pounds of greenhouse gas emission and delivered over 22,600 cases of product to local businesses. 

Jason Barber with 106West Logistics said the program started with six participating distributors and now has around 11. The only major vendor participating currently is Sysco, but there are conversations happening about potentially adding more after the new year, he said.



No one is required to participate in the pilot. Distributers and vendors can opt in to the program. If a restaurant uses a vendor who decides to join the program, it will be getting deliveries from that vendor through 106West’s fleet vehicles. 

For TJ Miles, owner of Fatty’s Pizzeria, only a few of the vendors he uses opted into the program. He said so far it’s been pretty smooth sailing, and there’s been no complaints from his staff. But he acknowledged that the program is still in its infancy stages and wonders how it will deal with growing. 

“Shamrock Foods and U.S. Foods, those are the big food distributors who aren’t using them yet. Once they get those companies (participating in the program), I think then it’ll be a real test for them,” he said. 

Tin Plate Pizza and Three Daughter’s Pizza owner James Harris also said he’s heard no complaints from his staff related to 106West’s deliveries. Similar to Miles, he is anxious to see how the program will hold as it grows and as weather becomes more extreme this winter. He wondered how the program will prioritize businesses during Interstate 70 closures.


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Barber said 106West will leave any sort of priority systems in the hands of the distributors. 

So far, according to Barber, there’s only been one issue that impacted numerous restaurants when deliveries were delayed for three hours due to heavy traffic on Interstate 70 on Dec. 30. Burley said the town was made aware of the delay and didn’t attribute it to anything 106West Logistics did and recognized it as a traffic problem. 

One business did report a mishap on Dec. 30 and said it had nothing to do with weather delays. Chmurny Cain with Motherloaded Tavern said the morning of Dec. 30, just hours before a lunchtime rush, the tavern dealt with its first delivery from the service. 

“We got the wrong kegs, and they came to pick them up but brought the wrong kegs (back) and left those kegs we don’t want,” she said, noting the tavern was also left with another product it didn’t order.

Ollie’s Pub & Grub owner Alan Bullock said his restaurant had minimal interactions with the delivery service and hasn’t heard of any grievances. He said he can see both the pros and cons of the service and understands apprehension regarding the program.

He said owning a business in Summit County’s tourism landscape is tough and can make for situations where new businesses close almost as quickly as they open. He hopes this won’t be the case with the e-delivery service and vendors. He said this would be particularly unfortunate since the town invested a significant amount of money into the service.

Burley said while the town is largely focusing on food and beverage deliveries with the pilot program, there is also intent to include waste management services at some point in the future. 

“We’re sort of limited by the size and capacity of that site (near City Market) until we’re able to make more permanent improvements,” she said. 

If the program becomes fully implemented, the town’s 2025 budget details the construction of a potential $5 million permanent structure to replace the temporary one.


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