What are the potential yearly earnings from mobile catering?
Taking that initial plunge in setting up your own business undeniably so, takes guts! But, once you get past that point you’ll find there are a whole host of benefits to running your own business such as ensuring you’re in control of your hours worked, the work environment to being in charge of your yearly earnings. Essentially, the income you could make from a business comes down to your hard work and what you put into the business to make it a success.
So, what could you potentially earn in a year from mobile catering? It’s a question that everyone will ask before they set up and importantly you need to be realistic with this, to make sure the potential you could earn is aligned with your salary expectations.
Average weekly salary
On average a mobile caterer can earn around £1000 per day, dependent on the area your van is based. Obviously, this can be highly seasonal, so ensuring you spread your earnings across the year will be important to succeeding. The majority of business will come between the hours of 7am until 2:30pm, so make sure you are set up ready to go in order to tap into these windows of opportunity.
Ultimately the location of your mobile catering van plays a huge part in your overall earnings. For example on the whole if you are down South, you’ll be able to charge more than up North, to be inline with the average food outlet and your overhead costs. If you’re by the sea, serving up traditional fish and chips can be profitable but finding areas where there is less competitors is even more worthwhile.
Sole catering van on site
Should you be the sole catering van on site, you may find this is upped considerably as customers become dependent on your food outlet and you can also potentially up your prices too.
Should you be in this type of environment, you should expect to get a huge rush around peak times, so having your food well prepped to avoid running out of your best sellers will be key. Keeping calm whilst you’ve also good a big queue is crucial, to avoid messing up orders, pricing, cooking and overall customer service.
Other areas of opportunity
If you find it difficult to keep a steady income, you could look into breaking into new territories such as events, car boot weekends and weddings. These can be lucrative markets if you find the right contacts to get you more permanent, regular business in high footfall locations.
Mobile catering really does come down to you – if you want it, you’ll find the business no matter what. The key is to be versatile and open to new opportunities as they arise throughout the year, to up your income during peak seasons.
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