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[Benfurny1980]

Hi new to the forum, just thought I would just say hi, I don’t have a business set up yet but I have a dream to start a food truck one day. Currently working in a office and have done for the past 20 odd years but the dream would be to start my own food truck working in a spot Monday to Friday and then festivals etc on weekends, I have a few ideas and will be reading advice on here too to educate myself a bit more. Thanks

 

[Ozzy]

Hi there @Benfurny1980 and welcome along; and I look forward to seeing the journey unfold for that dream

 

[fisicx]

Welcome @Benfurny1980

There are number of threads here on UKBF about food trucks and festivals and whatnot that will give you something to ponder.

Finding a pitch for a food truck is getting more and more difficult - if the local council even give you a license.

Festival pitches aren't cheap. £20K seems to be normal for the big festivals. The local school fete is a lot cheaper (around £500). But bids for the 2027 festivals are already being submitted.

 

[Benfurny1980]

Welcome @Benfurny1980

There are number of threads here on UKBF about food trucks and festivals and whatnot that will give you something to ponder.

Finding a pitch for a food truck is getting more and more difficult - if the local council even give you a license.

Festival pitches aren't cheap. £20K seems to be normal for the big festivals. The local school fete is a lot cheaper (around £500). But bids for the 2027 festivals are already being submitted.

Hi and thanks for the info

 

[WaveJumper]

Welcome to the UKBF as above quite a few threads on this topic so a little searching around and should find a lot of useful info on the topic.

My local postman has been dreaming of this for sometime now and this year has dipped his toe in the water, got himself a trailer and there seems to be no holding him back now. Id say start of at smaller events like he's done, summer fates a few boot sales and from this he's suddenly picking up a lot of leads even at these "smaller" events he's been overwhelmed with the response plus its taught him a lot about the logistics ie making sure you got enough stock with you and you defiantly need a card reader.

So stop dreaming and jump in "part-time" and learn the ropes. Best of luck

 

[Benfurny1980]

Welcome to the UKBF as above quite a few threads on this topic so a little searching around and should find a lot of useful info on the topic.

My local postman has been dreaming of this for sometime now and this year has dipped his toe in the water, got himself a trailer and there seems to be no holding him back now. Id say start of at smaller events like he's done, summer fates a few boot sales and from this he's suddenly picking up a lot of leads even at these "smaller" events he's been overwhelmed with the response plus its taught him a lot about the logistics ie making sure you got enough stock with you and you defiantly need a card reader.

So stop dreaming and jump in "part-time" and learn the ropes. Best of luck

Thanks for the message it was just what I needed, think my plans are to buy a horse trailer and convert as that would be the only way financially for me to start up and plus I would enjoy doing the conversion. I think I would start with car boot sales as your postie has, probably a good way to dip my toes in as you say

 

[fisicx]

Why go to all the expense of converting a horse box when second hand trailers aren't expensive. This is just one example of a supplier:

Secondhand Catering Equipment | Catering Trailers / Trucks And Mobile Kitchens

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secondhand-catering-equipment.co.uk

You may also need a van or large vehicle to tow and keep your stock. And sleep in if it's a weekend event.

But finding a pitch is still the biggest challenge. You can be lucky like @WaveJumper postie but the local boot fairs round here have a waiting list for food pitches.

 

[Gecko001]

I would buy a secondhand van rather than converting a horse trailer. You just do not know enough about running a food truck business, to know exactly what you need in the trailer. You can always do a conversion later and sell the second hand van - probably for the same price as you bought it for.

 

[Bucko]

Hi new to the forum, just thought I would just say hi, I don’t have a business set up yet but I have a dream to start a food truck one day. Currently working in a office and have done for the past 20 odd years but the dream would be to start my own food truck working in a spot Monday to Friday and then festivals etc on weekends, I have a few ideas and will be reading advice on here too to educate myself a bit more. Thanks

Hey There Ben! Like you Im new to this site and looking forward to making some awesome connections on here. I just wanted to take a moment to let you know that I admire your dream; I used to work the markets in Scotland in teh early 90s as a side hustle selling toys and dogbeds ( i know a strange combo!!!) Feel free to reach out in order to keep the dream alive!!! Best of Luck, Mark (aka Bucko!!!)

 

[WaveJumper]

Hey don"t laugh but my side hustle (not sure we ever called them that 50 odd years ago) was selling soft toys on a stall in Petticoat Lane on a Sunday was great fun met a lot of interesting people, now 50 years on the thought of going into London does not excite me at all

 

[Bucko]

Hey don"t laugh but my side hustle (not sure we ever called them that 50 odd years ago) was selling soft toys on a stall in Petticoat Lane on a Sunday was great fun met a lot of interesting people, now 50 years on the thought of going into London does not excite me at all

Yeah I loved it @WaveJumper -mostly - until some not-so-enlightened person decided that he wanted the whole of Falkirk toy business so he went and loosened all the wheelnuts on the passenger side of my van - how I wasnt killed I'll never know!!!!