MrNutt on "Has anyone ever ran a catering van of any kind?"
yep, built ran and ultimately sold our very popular street food truck, we avoided street food markets and such in favour of doing "pop up dinners" in local villages that had lost their pubs etc. Some...
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A friend of mine had a 'gourmet' burger van, but met with a lot of hassle trying to sell on the street. He's now selling the van and moving into a premises due to this.Story Here
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cbmotorsport on "Has anyone ever ran a catering van of any kind?"
MrNutt - Your place looks fabulous. My kinda food.
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Chap i knew set one up many years ago, selling chips and fried food, got moved on so many times by Police, final time he forgot to turn off the fryer, fat spashed around and burnt the van to the...
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We have a few clients doing mobile catering. Very competitive and not many survive financially.
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I know a guy who took his redundancy from work, bought a newsagent on a council estate, near a secondary school. Makes a fortune selling buckfast to the jaikies, fags and hot filled rolls to the...
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2bit on "Has anyone ever ran a catering van of any kind?"
Not operated one but booked & dealt with lots for events. Depending on your local authority you'll need -FH rating - most insist on at least a 3 if trading on their land NICEIC certs for the...
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So assuming that any small business has lots of red tape, hidden costs, long hours, potential for disaster etc... This doesn't stand out as a particularly unrealistic option. Probably pretty good for a...
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A Pizza Van in a "New Town" moving to a new estate every night in rotation.Purely based on one I saw in france that made a mint visiting a different village each night and Delivery Demand for pizza in...
View Articlechewkw on "Has anyone ever ran a catering van of any kind?"
cbmotorsport - Member A friend of mine had a 'gourmet' burger van, but met with a lot of hassle trying to sell on the street. He's now selling the van and moving into a premises due to this.Story Here...
View ArticleMrNutt on "Has anyone ever ran a catering van of any kind?"
When we had the truck we were based in N.Devon, there was no charge to operate a mobile food business and the council were very positive about us running "pop up dinners" and even suggested some...
View ArticleBigButSlimmerBloke on "Has anyone ever ran a catering van of any kind?"
I reckon its all about the food.Cheeseburgers and a polystyrene cup of tea - you'll be quiet. Don't agree, it's about location and the right food for that location. There's a greasy spoon white van...
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From cbmotorsports's link.A Herts Highways spokesman said: “We were consulted by North Herts District Council as the highways authority, and commented that the location of site could obstruct...
View Articlebearnecessities on "Has anyone ever ran a catering van of any kind?"
Alan Sugar of the burger world.*Clears throat*Hamstrad?*Leaves quietly*
View ArticleWhathaveisaidnow on "Has anyone ever ran a catering van of any kind?"
when i was in SA they do these things like a crisps its like a potato in a big spiral on a wooden skewer that they deep fry, then they shake on seasoning, i found the contraption on ebay once, can't...
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Where I worked in Oxford there was a battle between two trailers that wanted to monopolize the estate. It got very nasty, a good pitch is worth defending with violence apparently.There was a Kebab van...
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I've got one. I installed 400Watts of solar panels on it, a solar charge controller, 2 massive leisure batteries and a 5kw invertor. Most of the appliances ran on LPG (including the espresso machine...
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MrNutt on "Has anyone ever ran a catering van of any kind?"
those potatoes on a spiral are called "tornado potatoes" we used to do them and they are very popular!We've just been featured in Food & Travel Magazine this month, it mentions our Street Food...
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