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A mobile concession stand business caters to the public by bringing snacks and lunch to them. Mobile concession stand food typically consists of snacks and ice cream, hotdogs, candy, sodas, popcorn, sandwiches and pizza.
The mobile concession stand often travels to people who can't get away for lunch, such as construction workers, or people who are looking for a quick snack throughout the day, which can be anyone walking down the street.
If you have access to a mobile concession stand, love working with people, and would enjoy driving around serving customers snacks and lunches then perhaps a mobile concession stand business is the best small business venture for you.
How to Get Into the Mobile Concession Stand Business
Your first step in starting your own mobile concession stand business is to acquire a reliable concession stand vehicle. Typically the back of the concession stand van has space to store both hot and frozen foods as well as packaged foods. The concession stand vans are typically parked in an area frequented by people, and the side of the van opens up as a window and counter to display your food items available.
You will want to contact reliable food suppliers to fill you mobile concession stand. You can decide if your concession stand will offer only cold foods, such as a variety of subs and sandwiches, muffins and candy, or whether you would also like to offer reheated foods like pizza and hotdogs.
You will need a space in your home to store your concession stand food items. Working freezers will keep foods safe, while many packaged foods can be stored on shelves.
You will also want to set up an office space in your home to organize your mobile concession stand business. Ordering concession stand food, keeping track of inventory, organizing your daily route, keeping track of your concession stand vehicle's maintenance, and handling revenue are some of the important office administration duties that will be a part of running your mobile concession stand business.
Skills Needed:
You will need to be a skilled driver with a keen sense of direction in order to run a successful mobile concession stand business. You may want to take extra driving courses before you hit the road in your mobile concession stand.
Having excellent people skills will reward your mobile concession stand business with regular customers who will be looking for your concession stand to pull up every lunch hour, or at every snack break.
Having skill in vehicle repair will be a valuable skill when operating your mobile concession stand business. Keeping your concession stand van on the road is the key to the success of your mobile concession stand business.
Experience Needed:
Any experience working in the hospitality industry will be valuable when running your concession stand business.
Also, lots of driving experience (and parking experience) with a concession stand van will be crucial. Make sure you are totally comfortable weaving in and out of traffic, and parking your concession stand van before you open for business.
You may consider attending courses and trainings on business management as well as food handling in order to gain extra insight into the concession stand business.
Start up Costs:
Your initial investment when starting a mobile concession stand business will be in your reliable concession stand van filled with lots of great concession food and a tank full of gas.
Resources:
Mobile Caterers Assn
Concession Stands
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