site for food trailor

red knight

Hi Guys
We have purchased a mobile food trailer which we have a site for in the evenings in the dublin area. i would be interested if anyone knows a suitable site for using in the day time from breakfast time onwards . we speciallise in good wholesome food and our quality is excellent. any office ,industrial park or commercial area would be what we are looking for. we would appreciate any feedback (pardon the pun).

Nom-IzZ

what and where you selling in the evenings?

I presume your looking for private property

spareman

How about the new luas stop in cherrywood, not sure about permits etc but you could look into it maybe?

red knight

thanks for that guys . we will definitely look into cherrywod.
private property would be best but it may be too expensive as we are on tight enough margins . depends on the footfall really. thanks again

Nom-IzZ

If your looking for something regular where footfall is going to be and you find private property to expensive then only way to go is by contacting the County councils. They are the only ones that can grant a licence, otherwise you will be in breech of bye laws.

There is nothing in Dublin city council apart from markets and Bye laws with Fingal will not allow it, I have not tried the rest of them

I am in the business only recently, PM me if ya want to know anything else

red knight

Nom , thanks for that . i would like to discuss that with you . can you contact me through the site as i,m not sure how this works . thanks for the help to every one

Aureli

Could you move around during the day? I worked in offices a few years ago and a van used to drive around and beep the horn when he was outside, he sold sandwhices, cigs, newspapers, drinks, crisp and chocolate. Reasonably priced and he did very well. nearest shop for us was a drive away so it was handy for him to come to us. he only stayed about 10 mins before heading off.

Ponder013

Hi Red Knight,

I'm no use to you, I'm afraid, being in Cork - but I have a question, I've been offered a business selling crepes and waffles out of a trailer, I've never done anything like that before, is it possible to make a living out of it?

Thanks,
Jules

Cianos

Nom-IzZ wrote: »

If your looking for something regular where footfall is going to be and you find private property to expensive then only way to go is by contacting the County councils. They are the only ones that can grant a licence, otherwise you will be in breech of bye laws.

There is nothing in Dublin city council apart from markets and Bye laws with Fingal will not allow it, I have not tried the rest of them

Aren't there only specified trading areas with long waiting lists? And using an unautharised area for casual trading is not allowed?

Nom-IzZ

Casual trading laws are prehistoric in Ireland.

My bet would be to get onto a few market owners and see can they fit you in. There wil be a lot coming up for XMAS.

I do not think you'll be able to just set up shop anywhere, I would not take that risk anwyays

We have gone down a different road as we found it hard to get jobs at the start, it is a very well wrapped up business and lot of venues etc are franchanised out. Now were are overbooked, word of mouth is a great marketing tool so get out there!

Crepes have a great margin but like all this kind of trade you need the footfall and customers to do a good living. Ask youself Ponder why is the last owner looking to get out of it!

Ponder013

True Nom Izz!