| Making a Plan for your Concession Trailer Business |
| 06.23.08 | |
Knowing what type of business you want to go get into will determine the type of used concession trailer you should buy. Keep in mind this also goes with how much money you have saved up. A concession trailer can sell at around $4000 used, which means you should have that much at the least but don’t think this will get you everything you need. You’ll need to sit down and plan this out.
Plan? Yes, plan. It’s not all about opening the door and tossing in a few hot dogs in boiling water and selling them. You may have already bought the trailer but you still need a lot of other items.
For a hot dog trailer you will need: Containers to keep the condiments in, a fridge, electric cords to hook it up. Cabinet space would be nice and if not make some of your own. You’ll need the space to place the buns, plates, napkins and other items. The most important items can’t be forgotten, the food in which you are planning on selling, ie, hot dogs, hamburgers, buns, etc.
In order to make a profit you will have to sell more than you spent. So if you just bought a package of hot dogs and buns for a little less than $5 you’ll want to make more than that in sells. If you were to sell each hot dog at $1 you’ll make up for it after selling 5. All you need is to make a plan.
