Base
Mobile Food
Carts, vans, stalls and pop-up food trade.
Start from this Base, then make it yours with your own name, brand and any extras you want.
Price £3,995
At a glance
- Type
- Base
- Business type
- Mobile food foundation
- How it runs
- Solo
- Premises
- Optional
- Staff
- Optional
- Revenue
- Transactional
- Typical customer
- Operators launching a named mobile food brand
- What you'll need to start
- £3,000–£12,000
- How easy it is to launch
- Moderate
- Room to grow
- Medium
- Location
- Regional
Built from this Base
Businesses that started from this Base, then got their own brand and extras.
Koffee KioskBuilt on Mobile Food
What was added
- Mobile pitch and event trading rhythm
- Koffee Kiosk vintage cart brand
- Stock and waste control for the cart
What the business does
Runs a trading diary, menu and stock rhythm for pitch and event sales.
How it makes money
- Pitch booked
- Prep
- Trade
- Take payment
- Stock reset
- Next pitch
primary
Pitch sales
Food and drink at events and sites.
secondary
Private bookings
Corporate and party hire.
The numbers
These are our estimates to help you plan. They aren't a promise of what you'll earn.
Year 3 income, base case (estimate)
£138,656
Typical sale (estimate)
£12
Gross margin (estimate)
55%
Break-even point (estimate)
Month 3–6 depending on diary density
How much work it can handle
Trading days per month
Chance of repeat income
Low
Forecast at a glance
Illustrative monthly trading for this base. Customise pricing, capacity and local demand before relying on the numbers.
Year 3 income (estimate), base case: £138,656
Light blue shows income, grey shows costs and dark blue shows profit. Each point is one month, from month 1 to month 36. Year 3 income adds up months 25 to 36. The labels at month 36 are that month's income, costs and profit. The £ amounts are estimates to help you plan. They aren't a promise of what you'll earn. Where an estimate would be below zero, we show £0.
Income by year (estimate), base case
- £54,093
Year 1
- £86,605
Year 2
- £138,656
Year 3
What you get
Commercial
- ✓ Business Model
- ✓ Service Structure
- ✓ Pricing Model
- ✓ Customer Profiles
- ✓ Market Positioning
- ✓ Competitor Framework
Planning
- ✓ Business Plan
- ✓ Financial Forecast
- ✓ Startup Cost Model
- ✓ Break-Even Model
- ✓ Launch Plan
Brand
- ✓ Business Identity
- ✓ Logo
- ✓ Colour System
- ✓ Typography
- ✓ Brand Assets
Digital
- ✓ Website
- ✓ Domain Setup
- ✓ Business Email Structure
- ✓ Analytics
Sales
- ✓ Customer system
- ✓ Enquiry Pipeline
- ✓ Quote Process
- ✓ Customer Onboarding
Operations
- ✓ Step-by-step guides
- ✓ Process Maps
- ✓ Customer Documents
- ✓ Quality Controls
Marketing
- ✓ Launch Marketing Framework
- ✓ Social media post designs
- ✓ Core Website SEO Structure
- ✓ Review Process
Optional extras
Base: Mobile Food £3,995
- Marketing Pro +£750
Expanded marketing strategy and launch plan.
- Company Setup +£350
Company formation support and launch administration.
- Ongoing Support +£95/month
Ongoing technical and operational support.
- Apps See the apps
Add specialist Factory software for the business. Explore the full app catalogue first.
- Customisation
Additional work beyond the standard Factory specification.
How it works
1
Chat
Tell us what you have in mind. We'll talk through what fits, what it costs and what's included before you commit to anything.
2
Agree
We send you a written order. You pay half to get started.
3
Shape your idea
Together we decide who your customers are, what you'll sell and how you'll price it. We agree that before any design work starts.
4
Build
We create your brand, plan, website and systems, and check each stage with you as we go.
5
Hand over
When everything's ready, you pay the other half and we give you all your files, logins and access.
You're starting from a solid Base and making it your own.