Wright’s Gourmet House in South Tampa has officially been sold.
Jeff Mount, owner of the iconic South Tampa deli, announced the sale of the iconic deli to Caspers Company on Monday.
Caspers Company, a Tampa Restaurant Group, is operated by siblings Blake Casper and Allison Casper Adams.
“Here’s the difference. Next week is going to be a different guy signing the checks than last week, and that’s about the only difference people will see,” said Mount.
Marjorie and Pete Wright started Wright’s more than 60 years ago, in 1963. Marjorie’s grandson, Jeff Mount, took over the business in 1981.
Mount said he was three years old when his family started the business.
“I think most of the grandkids at some point in time worked in the business.”
“I can do everything. You don’t want me to decorate a cake for you, but just about everything else I can do. We would not sell any cakes at all if they let me decorate cakes, but I have wonderful people that know how to do that,” said Mount.
Mount said he started thinking about selling the business several years ago.