Make Long Term Money out of Street Food
This summer has been a mixed bag, with boiling temperatures in July and then unwanted rain just as you think you're getting the hang of the weather (looking at you, August Bank Holiday). But it still paid the bills, and has been for 8 years now. So here we are, aged...
Plastic Free Street Food
I will admit it up front, plastic free street food is still a little way off at the moment. While a superficially plastic free service is already possible, I don't believe we can totally do away with the over-used molecule chain just yet. Up until recently no one...
What We Learnt in 2017
Happy new year everyone. Once again you, our magnificent customers and benefactors have generously seen us through the year by eating toasties, having us at weddings and buying the book. We are tremendously grateful. We are currently having our annual down time, where...
Running Payroll in Street Food
Usual Disclaimer: I am not an accountant, take our advice here entirely at your own risk and in the full and certain knowledge that we might be wrong about anything and everything. I know, I can feel your interest drifting already. Paperwork is not what street food...
Converting a Second Food Van
The Beast, our faithful old VW food van, has finally moved on to a new home. It was an emotional day (for Barny) and one filled with the prospect of finally having enough space on the drive for the vehicles we actually own. Much as the Beast has been very much part of...
How Much Should I Charge?
Or: How Much Should Street Food Cost? A tale of two sides. On the one hand, you are the punter. You have visited a cash machine especially for the occasion (thank you, card payments slow everything down) and you are meandering through super-trendy-street-food-event...
Street Food Van for Sale
As mentioned in the previous post, we are selling the Beast. Let me give you the sales pitch right off the mark, we'll ask questions and deal with the soppy sentimental stuff later. Update: Sold to a loving new home. Call: 07581 243548 Write: mail@thejabberwocky.co.uk...
Ambulance Conversion
Or: Bye Bye Beast Anyone with a beady eye on our social media may have noticed that we recently acquired a new van, and that our latest off-season project is making another food truck. This time, specifically, an ambulance conversion. At a mere 14 years old our latest...
When Should I Sell Street Food?
If you're just starting out, you probably envision your street food trade as something that happens as much as you can possibly manage; 5 days out of 7 you are out there, slinging burgers or pulling beef or frying hash or whatever fun cuisine you have chosen....
Winter Trading
Today is one of those crisp winter mornings that give you hope for the year to come. The sun is shining, the skies are blue and Donald Trump is still not yet leader of the free world. On days like this it would be almost fun to be standing outside in a windswept...
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