Mobile CafesI am a Mobile Cafe owner and it is one of the best businesses I have had the pleasure of running.My first Mobile Coffee Van was an Espresso Mobile CafeThis was a Mercedes Van that was fitted out to be a mobile Cafe with an Espresso machine in the back and many other features. For Further details check out this Link
I have since sold this van but still own a small coffee van that is also fitted out with an Espresso Machine.I have a business run in Wollongong and Surrounding suburbs and it does very well. Coffee is a very popular beverage and Cafes can prove to be very profitable if operated correctly Check out the Coffee profit page for interesting links to improve your business Mobile and Drive thru CafesMany people get to a certain stage in their life when they start thinking of alternative ways of making a living outside of working for the boss. Many wish to become the boss and open a small business, often a coffee shop. People think of moving to a picturesque area and opening a cafe or tea room, which is a great thing to do. BUT, opening a coffee shop is not without its stresses, one of which is the overhead costs involved.One way of cutting these overheads would be to open a drive thru coffee shop. Way back in 2007, the papers were full of the fact that the UK was about to get its first drive thru coffee shop, a Starbucks, just outside Cardiff. The USA, of course, has had drive thrus for years; it’s a thriving multi-million pound business in the US. The press inform us that there are 21,000 drive thrus in the USA, and that Drive thrus account for half of Starbucks stores in the domestic market HALF! (this was in 2007, so I guess things may have changed since then). One of the benefits of opening a drive thru coffee shop is that the overhead running costs are lower than those of a high street coffee shop. Whether you choose a static coffee kiosk, or a mobile one there are start up costs, just as there would be with a high street cafe, but the running costs are fewer. The main cost with a drive thru is the place itself. I'm not sure the business concept is mature enough yet for there to be drive thru premises for rental, so it's likely that buildings would have to be bought or converted. Likewise, I doubt there are many second-hand mobile coffee kiosks, but watch this space in the future as the model expands. However, there are Internet sites that actually let you download drive thru building plans for free, so it's worth doing some online research in order to make a financial saving. Amazon even sell a drive thru unit 'off the peg!’ And this is an expanding niche in the market. With a regular high street cafe, you need tables and chairs, other furniture, substantial heating or air-conditioning (as hopefully the door is opening a lot), debit/credit card facilities, waiting staff, food prep staff, chillers, freezers, dishwashers, crockery, coffee machine, display cabinets, dry goods store, pot wash sink, hand wash sink, prep area, entertainments license (if you don't want the place to be as quiet as a morgue), waste removal contract, restroom facilities for customers, separate facilities for baby change rooms and parking areas. many of these cause headaches. The benefits to owning a drive thru cafe or even mobile cafe speak for themselves.My advice would be to do your homework before investing your money in any sort of business and when you do decide on a business make sure you have an undying passion for that business. |
Jenelle Livet
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