why doesnt anyone run a tuck van?

[Nightmare]

Why does no-one run a mobile tuck shop?

everyone knows how much money ice-cream vans make, and these could run all year round. You stock things you don't find in usual corner shops and park near a school at closing time. In any given area you could do a different school each day and not repeat in several weeks if needed. You could also do whatever latests collectors fads are - like lego mini figs, panini stickers and the like. (as well as doing normal ice-cream van run around)

Only real downside seems to be that min individual spend on ice-cream is about 80p. in theory here it would be about 5-10p...but unlikely I would think. Van would be much cheaper to run than an ice-cream one and stock has longer shelf life too.

so...why doesn't anyone? what very obvious flaw am i missing except the obvious paediatician issues

[Mattt]

Would you sell pasties too?

[Simpo Two]

Can you just park outside a school and start selling stuff? Guess you'd need a licence from the council, and you'd have to butter up the headmaster and the parents... schools are always desperate for money; maybe offering to donate a percentage of profits to the drama club etc might go down well.

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 6th December 22:26

[Nightmare]

Simpo Two said:

Can you just park outside a school and start selling stuff?

Highly doubtful! but ice cream vans do, so clearly there's a way of being granted permission - how hard that is i have no idea (again tho, less hygiene H&S issues in theory)

Simpo Two said:

Guess you'd need a licence from the council, and you'd have to butter up the headmaster and the parents... schools are always desperate for money; maybe offering to donate a percentage of profits to the drama club etc might go down well.

hmm....less sure about this. It would likely be a good plan and could be done in exchange for a leaflet on noticeboards or something, but if you're just parked nearby Im not sure, again, why its any different from ice cream sellers.

Obviously in reality getting school and parents as onside as possible would definitely be a priority!

[maser_spyder]

[dudleybloke]

there's mobile tuck shops that turn up on most large industrial estates round here.
they only make sense in areas with a captive audience and no local shops.

[mattdaniels]

dudleybloke said:

there's mobile tuck shops that turn up on most large industrial estates round here.

Ahhh the aluminium duvet! What hot pasty delights it hides under its flappage.

[Stu R]

Used to get a few mobile shops around here - I remember whenever I went to my gran's a guy would come round in a big van with everything from tunnocks wafers to tea bags and all manner of other things.

[Frimley111R]

I think its a good idea. You could even do 'mini' packed lunches etc. As said, pick schools which are far from the shops or at least get yourself between the school and the shops.

[Kudos]

Nightmare said:

Why does no-one run a mobile tuck shop?

everyone knows how much money ice-cream vans make, and these could run all year round. You stock things you don't find in usual corner shops and park near a school at closing time. In any given area you could do a different school each day and not repeat in several weeks if needed. You could also do whatever latests collectors fads are - like lego mini figs, panini stickers and the like. (as well as doing normal ice-cream van run around)

Only real downside seems to be that min individual spend on ice-cream is about 80p. in theory here it would be about 5-10p...but unlikely I would think. Van would be much cheaper to run than an ice-cream one and stock has longer shelf life too.

so...why doesn't anyone? what very obvious flaw am i missing except the obvious paediatician issues

Could you be bothered for the few pence you'd make from a mars bar? Sitting outside schools at closing time gives you a window of perhaps 15 to 30 mins, hardly enough to make a living? That's before you include cost of van, petrol, insurance, stock, your time etc

[Roddie81]

Just bought an ice cream van which is 22ft long an twin wheel base,it will be an ice cream van and a tuck shop all in one,your standard ice cream van is to small to do anything with there to small

[WAVman]

Roddie81 said:

Just bought an ice cream van which is 22ft long an twin wheel base,it will be an ice cream van and a tuck shop all in one,your standard ice cream van is to small to do anything with there to small

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