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Successfully converting your truck into a food truck

You want to to start your own catering business while moving freely and without having to invest in a building? in a building?fitting out a snack truck is the solutionyou need !

Prerequisites for a successful food truck project

Turning a truck into a mobile restaurantis notimprovise ! It is essential to prepare to prepare your project to give yourself chances your side.

Creating a business plan

La creation of a food truck is an entrepreneurial project that requires financing. Banking institutions, private investors, public grants… The possibilities are endless!

In any case, a solid business plan is essential to convince potential investors. It should include a detailed market study, your positioning in relation to the competition, and a financial forecast.

Choosing the right truck

There are different types of food trucks, each with its own specific features. For example, a light truck is ideal for squeezing into small streets and setting up easily at a market. On the other hand, a heavy truck is less convenient to maneuver, but offers much more space for working or storing products.

Choosing the right food truck depends on a number of criteria, such as your budget and long-term sales targets. By calling on a food truck manufacturers like Ecomagyou can also customize your vehicle to attract attention and show off your mobile restaurant.

Choosing the right locations

The locations in which you set up your food truck are of crucial importance. You need to choose strategic locations that will bring you enough customers to make your business profitable.

For each location, you also need to find out about the regulations in force. The rules may vary depending on whether it’s a public space, a market, private land…

Complying with regulations

La street food is subject to the same health and safety regulations as conventional catering. You must therefore undergo training with a certified organization before you can operate a food truck. What’s more, there are specific administrative formalities involved in converting a truck into a food truck, which we describe below.

Discover the legal requirements for food trucks

Converting a truck into a food truck: how does it work?

Now that you’ve fulfilled all the necessary requirements, it’s time to get down to business.converting your truck into a food truck.

The aim is to design an ergonomic space that’s adapted to your activity, allowing you to work safely and efficiently. However, a truck has a limited capacity, so you need to make the most of every square centimetre to install all the equipment you need.

Essential food truck equipment

The basis forconverting a truck into a food truck is to install a special floor, adapted to the layout of the store space. In the bodywork area, side panels and shutters must also be installed to enable you to display and sell your dishes.

Then, of course, there’s all the equipment you’ll need for your catering business: worktops, hobs, extractor hoods, deep fryers, grills and so on. Not forgetting refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerated display cases, essential for preserving or keeping your products cool.

You’ll also need to install all the electrical and/or gas installations required to operate the various equipment. You’ll also need to consider the service counter, cash drawer and other accessories, such as a hand-washing basin and soap dispenser.

Can you fit out your own food truck?

When you’re ready to launch your business, you may want to take care of all the details yourself.outfitting your truck as a food truck. Effectivement, il s’agit d’une solution économique et vous avez la garantie d’obtenir un restaurant ambulant correspondant parfaitement à vos besoins et à vos envies.  

However, it’s a complex task that requires real expertise in various fields: bodywork, electricity, paintwork…  And, above all, thecertification of your mobile truck!

That’s why it’s best to call on a company specialized in food truck
food truck design, such as Ecomag. 

Administrative procedures for converting a truck into a food truck

Own a Food truck is above all a business restoration. It is therefore essential certain steps in order to comply with hygiene and and safety à this sector.

What isVASP certification ?

VASP (Véhicules Automoteurs Spécialement Aménagés)approval is mandatory for all converted vehicles. Without it, it is impossible, for example, to pass the roadworthiness test. Similarly, in the event of a roadside inspection, the vehicle owner is liable to pay a fine of 135 euros if he or she does not have the appropriate approval.

There are different types of VASP registration. In the case of a food truck, which offers a mobile catering activity, the VASP Magasin approval is required (or possibly the VASP Divers gray card).

How to obtain VASP certification ?

To obtain a VASP registration document, a certain number of supporting documents must be provided:

  • The current vehicle registration document, if the food truck is already registered.
  • The Kbis of the company running the food truck.
  • A copy of the manager’s identity document.
  • Proof of address.
  • The certificate of sale, if the vehicle is still in the name of its previous owner.
  • Technical inspection report, if applicable.

The application for VASP approval has to be made online, via a dedicated portal: a process that can prove tedious… Purchasing a pre-fitted food truck, however, allows you to get round the problem, as the supplier takes care of all the necessary administrative formalities.

As a food truck manufacturerEcomag simplifies your life by offering you only VASP Magasin-approved vehicles. A gas-approval certificate is also given to you on delivery. So you can be sure that you’re buying a vehicle that complies with the regulations applicable to your activity, while freeing you from the most burdensome formalities.

Ecomag helps you turn your truck into a food truck

From planning your to the final finishing touchesEcomag accompanies you from A to Z creation of your mobile restaurant. Spécialisés dans la sales and furnishing of Food truckswe offer you a range of new or used vehiclesthat we transform to suit all types of restoration.

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