I enjoyed great success with these catering vehicles and it’s that real life working knowledge, experience and success that I share with you in my start up pack.

I believe that a lot of your starting-up questions, fears and doubts will be put to rest through solid information and real trading experiences. Furthermore, you won’t be starting this daunting process on your own, but with a trusted friend by your side; more importantly someone who understands and has been through the same process.

Chapter 1, Part 1: Market Research Competitive Research 

How to start you market research, what questions should you be asking, is there a demand for you service, who’s your competition? These and many more questions are vital for anyone starting up in business. The advice and tips in this chapter will provide a direct path to REAL results. Action to do steps are provided.

Chapter 1 Part 2: Finding a Catering Pitch 

This is perhaps one of the most important tasks in starting the business, without it you can’t hope to generate any sort of an income. Find the answer to questions like how to find a pitch, how not to get scammed if buying a pitch, private land, finding the landowner details and many more important questions.

Chapter 3: Food Safety, Health and Safety

Find out what you need to know about food and hygiene and health and safety to operate your business within the legal requirements. This will ensure you understand the basics and include info on HACCP, LPG, Electrics, Food law compliance etc.

Chapter 4: Finding a Suitable Catering Vehicle

Your food vehicle is the No 1 asset of your business and the most expensive. Therefore you need to get this right first time. You’ll learn important facts on catering vans, trailers, what to look for, what questions to ask, how to find a suitable vehicle. You’ll learn 10 valuable tips on what you should know before you buy, including how NOT to end up with a stolen vehicle.

Chapter 5: Must-Have Catering Equipment

What important catering equipment do you really need to get started? Before you buy your equipment, learn these winning tips of the trade. I’ll share what you really need to know and how to avoid buying faulty equipment saving you £100’s of pounds. Discover a range of vital safety, operational and cleaning tips for smooth trading.

Chapter 6: Menu Choices

Food is at the heart of your services. You need good tasting, visually appealing food. Why keep the menu simple when you can offer so much more? Learn how to cost- and value-base your menu so that you don’t operate at a loss. Finding good suppliers, bulk buying, food sizes etc

Chapter 7: Which Business Structure, Insurance, Liabilities

Which legal business structure is right for you? Know you tax and insurance responsibilities to operate within the law. How to register for Tax and NI. Are you thinking of employing people? These important but basics steps will help you understand the requirements and tell you how to meet those requirement.

Chapter 8: Marketing the Business Before Launch Day

Promotion is essential - and promotion before launch is an operational MUST. Learn how to start promoting as early as possible. Here I share key points on  marketing and branding the business. Discover simple marketing ideas to help your first day of business become a success.

Chapter 9: Bonus – Building Site Catering

Learn from my exclusive experience of how I got started in building site catering. I’ll share the pros and cons of what I discovered, including the potential to setup WITHOUT the use of a catering vehicle. Potential earnings, whom to contact and how to get started the right way.

Chapter 10: Exclusive Tips and Advice

Variety of helpful tips - popular questions and answers from experts, other beginners from real, authentic experiences! This contains a wealth helpful advice covering many popular Q&A. If you have an unanswered question, it’s probably somewhere in this section of the book.

Handy 50+ Point Checklist

This easy to use 50+ point checklist will make sure you cover every angle of the start-up process. You’ll never miss an important task with this visual reminder. It will show you where you are in the process as you tick off each task you complete. There’s nothing more fulfilling than seeing your dream business come to fruition step by step!

Market Research Template

Use this basic template contains important headings such as, pitch distance, location, landowner details, market research etc. All you have to do is write down what you discover in the blank columns. This template will help keep all your notes in one location and keep you focused on finding only the important facts.

Bonus 1- Working Annual Profit & Loss Excel Template

Specially created at great expense and time to help you calculate all costs associated with starting your business. Don’t leave it too chance; find out what it’s going to cost you each month to run the business.

This easy to use solution allows you to enter your information and the sheet will calculate the total. It also includes an example sheet in to show you how it’s done, with pop up help boxes!

Bonus 2 - Market Research/Pitch Template

The specifically designed template contains important headings such as, pitch distance, location, landowner details, market research etc. 

All you have to do is write down what you discover. It can’t get simpler than that! This template will help keep all your notes in one location and keep you focused on finding only the important facts. Now THAT’S efficiency!

Bonus 3 - Checklist 50 Points

This easy to use 50 point checklist will make sure you cover every angle of the start-up process. You’ll never miss an important task with this visual reminder. It will show you where you are in the process as you tick off each task you complete. There’s nothing more fulfilling than seeing your dream business come to fruition step by step!