PUSH CARTS: SOME IDEAS ON LOCATION

Push carts offer mobile food vending at an attractive price point. That is to say, the mobile food business has a low cost of entry. Additionally, carts are easy to move around, selling food at different locations easily within a specific area. As with every business, the secret to increased sales is location, location, location.

Food and beverage vendors can make a difference to their selling by taking their food carts in commercial areas where big carts and trailers can’t reach easily. Push carts can be taken on all even or uneven surfaces, placing them in high traffic areas to generate sales. At bus stations, railway stations, parks and busy streets, we can see vendors selling food and beverages.

Due to their versatility and mobility, there are several good locations to sell from.

Parks:

Families visiting parks appreciate having drink and food sales nearby, especially on a hot day. Set up a food cart in a shady area of the park and people don't have to walk to a convenience store. Parks are often not very accessible for large kiosks and there's seldom a store on the park grounds. This makes them ideal for a push cart business.

Mall parking lots:

With an afternoon of shopping at the mall, customers work up an appetite. A quick, accessible snack is an ideal offering for a food cart. If they see you outside, they may wait to buy food until they are finished shopping, knowing that you'll be there on the way to their vehicle. Or they may buy a quick snack to eat while they are wandering through the mall.

Bus stations:

After a lengthy trip on a bus where there was nothing to eat or drink, a food cart makes for easily accessible sales. Setting up outside of a bus station, waiting for hungry travellers is an ideal location for a food business.

Streets:

On roads lined with shops, a food cart is always a welcome sight. Shoppers that are in a hurry and not wanting to stop too long gladly stop at a roadside cart to buy a quick hotdog, pretzel or other snacks. Setting up a kiosk is one possibility, but a push cart is far more mobile. At the end of your business day you simply load it up and move it. Or, if business starts to slow down you can easily push it to the next busy area.

There are many great locations and business opportunities for someone who owns a food cart. Contact Cart-King Carts and Kiosks to see how we can help you get your mobile sales rolling!