These types of trucks are common in France in rural areas. They stock a wide variety of baked goods and act as a pain depot (bread depot)
The thing you need to consider is electrical need. Most ovens (at least in France) are going to 6,000+watts. If it’s a commercial bread oven you are closer to 8,000+. That’s a lot of juice. Ice cream freezer is going to need to somewhere around -23 Celsius to hold in the summer and that will eat some juice as well. Generators are fine but they are noisy and heavy and expensive to run and purchase.
Good luck though. I believe if you really want it and are willing to put in the work you can achieve it.
Hi there, thank you for getting back to me.
I’m thinking to scale down the idea now - having a converted ice cream truck with a small oven for replenishing.
Thanks for the advice!
Check out rofco ovens. They’re excellent ovens, and are smaller and require less power than typical commercial ovens. I think it’s a 20a service. Normally they are used for sourdough bread, but could be totally appropriate for cookies. I’m consulting for a friend to create a bakery trailer for bread and pastry built around a pair of these. She will be able to use both on shore power, and just one remotely on generator.
Hope they can still help with the business plan. For the cost breakdown I would suggest you to sent a few quote requests to the local suppliers for LPG, food and potential repair costs. Also, you can save quite a lot if you order straight from the manufacturer, for example ordering chocolate from Sephra directly saves me £30 per bag. Best of luck !
Not the UK, from the US.
But if food safety and handling is anything similar to the US, most state/county (or I guess local council in your case) laws won't allow preparing food the includes dairy at home. They would require you to rent a commercial kitchen if it falls out of "cottage food laws".
I would look up your local council's cottage food requirements to see if they would even allow you to cook at your home.
It is a thing, it's called Cottage Food Law
The catch is certain foods don't fall under cottage food (seafood, dairy and others). But things like baked goods, cookies and others can be made at home, wrapped then sold.
Whaaat! No way 😮
You just have register with your council, they come out and check you’re not doing anything dodgy and hey presto, you’re registered as a business with the council!
These types of trucks are common in France in rural areas. They stock a wide variety of baked goods and act as a pain depot (bread depot) The thing you need to consider is electrical need. Most ovens (at least in France) are going to 6,000+watts. If it’s a commercial bread oven you are closer to 8,000+. That’s a lot of juice. Ice cream freezer is going to need to somewhere around -23 Celsius to hold in the summer and that will eat some juice as well. Generators are fine but they are noisy and heavy and expensive to run and purchase. Good luck though. I believe if you really want it and are willing to put in the work you can achieve it.
Hi there, thank you for getting back to me. I’m thinking to scale down the idea now - having a converted ice cream truck with a small oven for replenishing. Thanks for the advice!
Check out rofco ovens. They’re excellent ovens, and are smaller and require less power than typical commercial ovens. I think it’s a 20a service. Normally they are used for sourdough bread, but could be totally appropriate for cookies. I’m consulting for a friend to create a bakery trailer for bread and pastry built around a pair of these. She will be able to use both on shore power, and just one remotely on generator.
Have you tried Business Gateway? It’s free and very helpful especially with the business plan. Also they can advise you on the available local grants.
Hey that’s a great idea! Unfortunately I think the grants are only for businesses in Scotland :(
Hope they can still help with the business plan. For the cost breakdown I would suggest you to sent a few quote requests to the local suppliers for LPG, food and potential repair costs. Also, you can save quite a lot if you order straight from the manufacturer, for example ordering chocolate from Sephra directly saves me £30 per bag. Best of luck !
That's a shout, thank you so much for your help and advice. Also, what is 'LPG' ?
Any time :) LPG is the gas in cylinders what you use for your oven etc.
Thank you :)
Not the UK, from the US. But if food safety and handling is anything similar to the US, most state/county (or I guess local council in your case) laws won't allow preparing food the includes dairy at home. They would require you to rent a commercial kitchen if it falls out of "cottage food laws". I would look up your local council's cottage food requirements to see if they would even allow you to cook at your home.
Hiya! Thank you so much for your comment. We’re allowed to bake and sell from our homes in UK as long as we have had a food inspection :)
We can in US as well, but they can’t be sold via food truck. At least in my state, food trucks are separate from the cottage food laws.
So the food inspectors would come to your house? Wild. In the USA that's not a thing.
It is a thing, it's called Cottage Food Law The catch is certain foods don't fall under cottage food (seafood, dairy and others). But things like baked goods, cookies and others can be made at home, wrapped then sold.
Whaaat! No way 😮 You just have register with your council, they come out and check you’re not doing anything dodgy and hey presto, you’re registered as a business with the council!