October 2020

The Pros and Cons of Going into Catering Year on year the catering industry is growing.  There are a number of roles that come under the broad heading of “Catering”.  You may be someone who’s just taken redundancy and are wondering about turning that payment into a mobile catering wagon, you may be considering turning […]

Preparing Food At Home To Sell – What Do You Need To Know? Cottage industries, as they were once called, are extremely popular when it comes to the catering trade, with a wide variety of foods being handmade in people’s homes, ready to take to markets, fairs or even to supply shops and cafes. From

Brilliant Ideas For Great Wedding Catering It hasn’t been an easy few months for entrepreneurs in the catering business, but one of the most consistent markets for the independent caterer has been the wedding sector, which has seen a relative resurgence in business, as couples unable to tie the knot in lockdown have taken advantage

4 Things To Get Right When You Set Up A Catering Van When you’re setting up a catering van, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement that beginning a new business brings. The long hours and the hundreds of jobs that need doing can feel overwhelming, but you often get the energy you

The Catering Trailer Designs That Will Keep Your Customers Coming Back For More When you run a catering trailer, you thrive or fail on the strength of your food and your ability to create a sustainable profit. Assuming that these are in place and you’re cooking up a storm, it’s important to make sure that

The Best Coffee You Can Serve In Your Cafe Cafes are a great place for a cup of coffee. Indeed, coffee is the hot drink of choice across much of Europe, and especially in the UK, where according to the British Coffee Association, we now drink approximately 95 million cups of coffee each day. That’s

How To Maximise Your Sales In The Covid-19 Curfew Covid-19 has presented the restaurant sector with a significant range of challenges, from developing new booking systems to rearranging facilities to meet the requirements for social distancing. With curfews in place meaning that restaurants have to close at 10pm, and with the requirement that all restaurants

Fish and Chip Shops Can Lead the Way With Brexit comes an opportunity for us to reset many of our practices and one area where fish and chip shop owners can really make a difference to the economy is to fly the flag and buy British.  In the UK we export 80% of the fish

Five Tips to help You Start up Your Takeaway Running a takeaway can be a highly interesting and rewarding choice of catering business.  As you build your customer base you get to know your regular customers and hopefully are continuously meeting new ones. Here are five tips to help those considering opening a takeaway.  We

Ideas to Help your Pizzeria Stand Out in a Crowded Market Place Everybody loves pizza right?  Well most people do anyway.  The great thing about pizza is that it is easy to offer a large range to suit different tastes.  However, it is an increasingly crowded marketplace and it is especially important to make your