stuey Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Just wondering if anyone runs a mobile catering stall e.g. At festivals/country fairs etc and what hygiene certificates/regs you need. Ingredients stored at home and cooked at the venue. Cheers Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLondon Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Have a look at food.gov.uk/food-hygiene-guide that should tell you all you need to know with regards regs etc. I'd also look at prices for booking a pitch at festivals etc, my little sis looked into it a few years back and the prices were ridiculous. Good luck with it though. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Have a look at food.gov.uk/food-hygiene-guide that should tell you all you need to know with regards regs etc. I'd also look at prices for booking a pitch at festivals etc, my little sis looked into it a few years back and the prices were ridiculous. Good luck with it though. Jim That's if you can get a pitch. When we all got made redundant one of the people I worked with bought a catering trailer with a view to doing it as a business but it didn't work out because he said all the events were well and truly sewn up and it was very hard to get started as an outsider. I thought he would have looked into that before he spent the money but I suppose he got drawn into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 That's if you can get a pitch. When we all got made redundant one of the people I worked with bought a catering trailer with a view to doing it as a business but it didn't work out because he said all the events were well and truly sewn up and it was very hard to get started as an outsider. I thought he would have looked into that before he spent the money but I suppose he got drawn into it I know a few people who've done it and similar and they often sell their trailer with agreement that the buyer keeps their pitches at the markets and shows. Can be hard work though and sometimes you'll pay a lot of money to go to a show or something and it'll be rained off or absolutely dead. So you've shelled out and lost money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern01 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 A relative of mine tried this type of business in a layby in Wales and within an hour he was threatened and abused by competitors further down the road who were going to tip the trailer over with him in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Basic food hygiene would be a good start. When we had our little take away cafe on the campsite that's all we needed, obviously you need public liability insurance. Don't know where you are based but since we closed our cafe I now have a wood fired pizza van doing one evening a fish and chip van another and a good burger and chip van another night. I insist that all the food they sell is good quality and good value. An option if you have a Caravan and camping site near you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Basic food hygiene would be a good start. When we had our little take away cafe on the campsite that's all we needed, obviously you need public liability insurance. Don't know where you are based but since we closed our cafe I now have a wood fired pizza van doing one evening a fish and chip van another and a good burger and chip van another night. I insist that all the food they sell is good quality and good value. An option if you have a Caravan and camping site near you. You run a campsite and have them come on is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Yeah, they come to us, we don't charge a penny so they keep all their takings, but it offers a service to my customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Yeah, they come to us, we don't charge a penny so they keep all their takings, but it offers a service to my customers.Your previous post sounds great - bit of varietyI hope you at least get a bottle of something come Christmas time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 bloke at work took out a £15,000 loan for his bird to set up a mobile snack bar bought one with a transit in england the clutch went on the transit driving it home , Then the english laws on snack bars where different from Scotlands apparently the gas pipes etc where the wrong diameter ? so it lay rotting in his garden every time somebody broached the subject it was the councils fault Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Your previous post sounds great - bit of variety I hope you at least get a bottle of something come Christmas time. Free food worth its wait in gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted July 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Good suggestions and ideas so far. Cheers Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Some of these catering vans parked on industrial estates with lots of small businesses with no canteen facilities seem to do a roaring lunchtime trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuddster Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 I've considered this as a money maker after leaving my current career. Wife used to work in central Leeds, 1145am pick up delivers a baked potato wagon in a plaza outside numerous office buildings. 1155hrs queue starts to build, noon wagon opens and sells jacket potatoes with a choice of ready made up side's from Macro etc for £4.50.add a botlle of water/can of coke and naughty choccie bar and hand over £6. 1pm van sold out after doing about 100 spuds, collected by pick up and back again tomorrow. Ok its not a glamorous job where you can entertain dinner party guests with stories but send them a postcard from the Seychelles. Location is the key and no rubbish food. do it. f. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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