How To Start a Coffee Cart: A Guide To Starting Your Own Business On Wheels

So you’re thinking of starting your own mobile coffee shop, hmm? Great idea – after all, the profits are great, startup costs are low, and with an ever-growing market, the possibilities for growth are endless!

We’ve created a comprehensive guide to starting your own coffee cart business. While each and every coffee varies, every aspect to consider before going into the mobile coffee business is listed – be sure to give each checkpoint some thought before proceeding forward.

First, check out some of the pros and cons of running your own coffee cart below:

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Running a Coffee Cart Business

A Coffee Cart is a great way to break into the coffee industry – with minimal startup costs, it’s a great alternative to starting your shop at a brick and mortar location.

Coffee is also a great product to sell. Over 60% of americans drink at least one cup of coffee per day, and with so many people on the run, being a mobile cafe gives you the opportunity to cater to those who may be running from meeting to meeting or heading to the office. Coffee also has extremely good margins, so your venture will prove to be very profitable.

Opportunities & Advantages of a Coffee Cart

– Low start-up costs: Your mobile coffee business can be started with as little as $5,000 up front; Ferla Bikes offers a full fleet of coffee bikes starting for as low as $2,499.

– Coffee is a growing trend: The number of coffee drinkers continues to rise year after year, and with true connoisseurs acquiring tastes for specialties such as nitro cold brew and even “bulletproof” coffee, the gaps to fill in the market have never been bigger.

– Great Profit Margins: Gross profit margins for coffee can be as high as 90% – meaning that there is plenty of opportunity to make a buck (or several, which you will!).

– A year round product: Coffee can be served hot or cold, and even in its warm form, it still sells decently on a hot summer day. No matter the time of year, everybody can benefit from a good caffeine kick.

– Flexibility: You have the option to run your coffee cart as a side project, or you can go all in and make it into a career. You can choose to only serve at events and festivals, or you can take to the streets and serve along the busiest avenue of your city. The options are endless, and the choice is yours.

Disadvantages of a Coffee Cart

– Competition: While there are more people drinking coffee than ever, coffee is still considered a commodity. To stand out, you will need to differentiate yourself. Specializing in a specialty or niche of the coffee market is not enough; you must offer a superior product, charge a lower price, or offer the best service and experience, if not all three, to make your business a true contender. Have a solid plan and vision to achieve this.

– Skill: What will make your customers choose you over making their own coffee at home? Well one reason is skill – a truly good barista will know their product and execute once it comes to making a coffee. Practice your skills, as this factor alone could make or break you in the coffee industry.

– Brand loyalty: Many coffee drinkers already have a preferred outlet that they buy their morning brew from. What will you do to convert them and earn their loyalty?

While there are a few challenges, the time to start a coffee venture has never been more perfect than now. With proper research and execution, you now have a great opportunity to break into the market and turn over a profit.

1. Research Your Local Laws and Regulations; Secure a Permit

The laws and regulations from city to city, county to county, and state to state can vary widely in very miniscule ways. The best way to guarantee that you operate within the law is to contact your local Health Department.

You’ll want to consult and obtain information on the following:

• Your city’s street vending regulations
• Requirements on how to prepare and store the type of product you plan to sell
• Commissary requirements
• Required size and equipment for your vending cart
• The carts’ clean water and grey water capacities, if applicable
• Hygiene requirements
• Inspection of your equipment prior to approval.

Once you’ve done your research and consulted with your local Health Department on legal requirements, it’s time to search for a vending cart that will meet your needs. Make sure you take into consideration every aspect that the Health Department mentions; otherwise, you may end up with an expensive piece of equipment that is not legal for vending. Ferla Bikes provides specs for any bike you are interested in, so that you can consult with your Health Department prior to investing in the cart.

A note on commissary requirements: Some local municipalities will require that street vendors prepare their goods prior to going out and selling it on their food trucks, however, this is not as commonly seen when selling coffee. Make sure to ask your Health Department if this will be a requirement for your type of business.

2. Research Your Market

While the majority of your business plan may end up needing correction after experimentation, it’s still a great idea to go in having an idea of how to operate. Consider the following:

Target Market:

Your target market is who you are planning to advertise, cater, and sell your product to. If you don’t quite have an idea of who they might be, picture your ideal customer and ask the following questions about them:

• Where are they located? Where do they hang out?
• What do they like? What are their beliefs, passions, and hobbies?
• What will you offer them, that your competitor is currently not?

Location:

Having a mobile coffee cart means that you can test out several locations at any time, but it is still a good idea to have a set location to start at. Check out locations that show great returns below, and consider your target market when choosing:

• Business parks
• Corporate campuses
• University campuses
• Touristic locations
• Stadiums and sport centers
• Farmers markets
• Outdoor events
• Outdoor concerts
• Parking lots

When choosing a location, also remember to keep the proximity to the storage location in mind. If you choose to use a vending bike, rather than a cart, then you may be able to travel to further locations, especially if using an electric pedal-assisted vending bike.

Competition:

In any business, it’s important to consider things from your competitions point of view. This will be important when writing your business plan.

• What’s your competition doing right?
• What are they doing wrong? How could they improve on that?
• Where are their customers coming from? (think location wise, but also think about which of their marketing efforts their customers find them through).
• What do their customers buy the most?

Customers may choose you if you offer a less expensive but superior in quality product, however, they will also consider the experience of buying from you, as well as what your brand stands for. Consider all of this when analyzing your competitors.

Menu and Pricing:

Your menu is an essential part of your business. What you list on your menu will determine everything from what type of equipment you will need to invest in, to how you’ll fare against your competitors.

Write everything that you plan to serve down, and then remember to list out the ingredients that will be used in each drink. Consider the following:

• What will your signature drink be?
• What will your signature snack or food offering be?
• Will you offer any seasonal specialty drinks or snacks?
• Why will your customers choose you over a more established brand?
• What menu options will you offer (almond milk instead of regular milk, etc.) that will help each of your customers feel specially catered to?

Suppliers:

Once you’ve created your menu, it is the perfect time to source out suppliers for the ingredients you plan to you. Shop wholesale, and buy product in bulk. If possible, see if you can try a sample before making a deal with any supplier.

You will also need to source out materials such as cups, lids, straws, etc.

When sourcing out any supplies, keep your costs low while making sure the product meets your standards for branding, quality, and taste.

3. Write Your Business Plan

Writing a business plan may be a boring part of starting your coffee cart, but it is essential to make sure you have a somewhat thorough idea of your expenses at any point during the venture. Consider the following:

Budget

• Legal expenses for obtaining licenses and permits
• Price of your coffee cart and other equipment
• Liability insurance; workers compensation (if applicable)
• Operational cost for the first 1-2 months
• Initial stock costs for the first 1-2 months
• Incidental costs (cups, lids, plates, napkins, foil, straws, etc)
• Marketing & advertising expenses

4. Define Your Marketing Strategy

Planning a marketing campaign prior to launching your coffee cart will ensure that you have customers from day one. A few ideas for a pre-launch campaign:

• Advertise on social media; give out a coupon to track the campaign’s success
• Contact your local newspaper or TV station to issue a press release
• Partner with other local businesses to utilyze word-of-mouth marketing
• Make your grand opening go viral through an irresistible offer – for example, offer a free espresso shot to the first 100 customers in line, etc.

Once you opened, make sure to continue to market your business, especially online. Stay active on social media (instagram and facebook are two of the best for coffee shops), sign up on yelp, and make sure you have a website where customers can view your full menu!

5. Define Your Vision, And Create Steps to Achieve It!

Write your vision in a single statement. Do you want to stay independent and eventually get into catering at local events? Hoping to expand into a national chain someday (hello, Starbucks!)? Make your objectives clear, and then break them down into smaller goals that you can work to meet daily. Slowly but surely, your ultimate business dreams will begin to manifest.

Ferla Bikes Love: User Reviews that Win Hearts

“We purchased 4 MINI carts from Ferla. Their commercial sales emailed us an estimate while we had them on a Zoom call discussing a client’s project. They are small team but they bent backwards for us to meet a tight schedule and vinyl wrap all the carts on time. Thank you.”

— Hyeon K.  ★★★★★

“Purchased My first Coffee Bike and I cannot say how happy I’m. I purchased directly from the owner Feras. He inspired me to open my own Mobile Business. Uhhuu I’m not working for Anyone! I have my own small Business. I love it. About Electrical Coffee Bike: Superior Quality. It’s actually made from real wood which makes this Bike Standout! Today, I made my first Buck. I love it!!! Thank you guys a lot! Looking forward to purchase my second Coffee Bike In Los Angeles.”

— Yulia K.  ★★★★★

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All in all, running a coffee cart business will come with its own set of challenges, but it will also present you with the opportunity to be your own boss and create your own empire, however big or small you want that empire to be. Keep your vision clear and remember why you started along this path in the first place.

Looking to learn more about what it takes to succeed in the mobile coffee industry? Reach out to us today to learn more about the business and how easy it really it to start your own mini coffee empire. Your future venture awaits!

Ferla Bikes Will Be Stocked Again in Just SEVEN Days!

Ferla Fam! Just as soon as we’ve sold out, we’re now restocking our fleet of vending bikes, including Ferla 2, Ferla Ice Cream, and now our Ferla Grande as well.

Plus, we will officially be releasing our Ferla Cold Brew with our restock! Ferla Cold Brew will officially be available for sale in November through our IndieGoGo campaign- feel free to subscribe to our mailing list for updates!

Ferla 2 is our flagship coffee bike – equipped with a food grade sink, several storage units, and optional pedal assist feature. This vending cart is perfectly fit for you to serve coffee, pastries, tacos, hotdogs, and more. Request a quote for your Ferla 2 Food Bike today!

Our Ferla Ice Cream Bike is equipped with a commercial grade freezer/redridgerator – switch from one to the other with the simple turn of a knob. Ferla Ice Cream is perfectly suited for those selling cold goods, whether ice cream, gelato, sandwiches, fruit, or more. Our cooler-equipped vending bike is almost available – request a quote today!

The Ferla Grande is our most versatile bike, suited for those planning to sell coffee, hot dogs, burgers, cotton candy, or even those who plan to sell and display clothing, jewelry, books, or art, just to name a few. Reach out for a quote on Ferla Grande – a limited amount of Ferla Grande vending bikes will be available for this round of restocking!

Ferla Cold Brew is the world’s first kegerator-equipped vending bike – a perfect solution for those looking to sell cold brew coffee, lemonade, kombucha, beer, soft drinks, and much more! Our Cold Brew is not officially available yet, but reach out to us and our sales team will be happy to assist you!

Food Cart Vs. Food Truck: Can You Have the Best of Both Worlds?

As a start-up restaurant owner, you may already know that starting with a mobile operation is better than a brick and mortar location for several reasons. However, with all the mobile options on the market today, what mobile vending solution is right for you? Let’s take a look:

Food Truck

The first most common option is a food truck. Food trucks offer all of the classic benefits you’d expect – a full kitchen set up, an expansive menu, and the possibility to travel and take your restaurant several hundred miles beyond home base, if you feel like. Plus, with food trucks being a big trend at the moment, there is a whole subculture of diners who attend special food festivals that allow food trucks to vend. This may make you think food trucks are the best way to garner a following, and that statement is probably true. However, the upfront costs of a food truck run high – you can find a used one for around $40,000-50,000 on Craigslist, but to purchase a brand new and fully customized truck, you should expect to shell out more than $100,000. This is simply not a realistic price for many who have dreams of opening a mobile restaurant, but on a limited budget.

If you do decide to proceed with a used food truck in order to save money, you also have to account for the vehicle’s history – it is a vehicle, with a motor, after all. Plus, you’ll have to inspect the kitchen equipment to make sure everything runs properly, otherwise you seem the trucks purpose useless. The best solution is to have a mechanic come out to visit and inspect the truck with you, but keep in mind that mechanics charge per visit – so the costs can add up if each used food truck you prospect to buy has problems under the hood.

One last thing to consider is that you may have to acquire a commercial license. If your food truck weighs over 26,000 pounds, then you may have to acquire a commercial license to legally operate the vehicle. This equates to more time and money that you may not want to spend up front.

Food Cart

A food cart is a great option to consider if you would prefer to lower your restaurants start-up costs. Food carts can range from $2,000 to $10,000, depending on the features and specialties of the cart. You also have the opportunity to sell in other spaces, whereas a food truck is usually limited to selling curbside. You can set up shop in a multitude of arenas, such as a park, stadium, or even inside buildings such as malls or hotel lobbies (provided you have the proper licensing). Lastly, a huge benefit that many don’t consider is that you easily run a food cart with a single employee – yourself. With a food truck, a larger kitchen means more operating space, and therefore more staff needed to complete orders. Employees can be a large expense for businesses, and as a start-up, your goal is to minimize unnecessary expenses. On the other hand, a food cart is small enough that you can interact with the customer, handle the payment, cook the food, and serve the customer all by yourself while still being the CEO and head chef of your own restaurant!

Yet, a food cart still comes with its challenges. A smaller kitchen means that your capabilities of whipping up different recipes are now limited. You may have to limit your menu to a couple of different specialties – for example, a plain hotdog, chili cheese dog, and possibly a “nacho dog” or something of the sort.

The lack of transportation options means you will also have to consider a smaller radius of operation. You can wheel your cart from its own storage space every day, but many carts are heavy, so you shouldn’t plan on walking more than a mile or so. You can always transport your cart in a trailer, but keep in mind that that would be another expense to consider.

Food Bike

Lastly, there is the option of a food bike, more commonly known as a vending bike or cargo bike. However, food bikes, unlike a traditional vending bike, are equipped with the proper tools to help you sell your eatables. Food bikes can be equipped with freezers, refrigerators, and sinks, similar to certain food carts, which gives you a proper mini-kitchen setup. The difference between a food cart and food bike, however, is the fact that the vending unit is attached to a proper mode of transportation – the bike!

A food bike still lacks certain qualities, such as a full kitchen set up, which means that your menu will have to be on the smaller side. However, a food bike is still as close to the best of both worlds as you can get – offering a lower price and more flexible set up than a food truck, while still being more mobile and innovative than a food cart.

With a food bike, you have the possibility of vending in parks and baseball stadiums, but you also have the possibility of traveling further distances, with many bikes including pedal assist features to make riding an ease. Bikes are also a great way to engage customers. The concept is eye catching, and riding quickly from one set of customers to the next makes them feel as though they’re being served in the most exciting way possible.

Last but not least, of course, is the affordability of vending bikes. Ferla Bikes sells vending bikes that start as low as $1,999. With costs in the same range as food carts, why not consider a food bike for your start-up restaurant?

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Intrigued by the idea of a food vending bike? Reach out to Ferla Bikes for a quote on some of the most innovative commercial vending bikes on the market. We look forward to discussing your business’s plans!

3 Reasons Why to Invest in a Food Truck or Other Mobile Vending Solution as a New Restaurant

Mobile vending solution versus brick and mortar retail location – it’s a question that many entrepreneurs ask before writing a business plan for their restaurant. While you may want to jump head first onto that cheap lease opportunity at the local strip mall, it helps to know that many successful restaurants started out as food trucks and mobile kitchens before moving to their retail locations. Read on to learn why you should consider a food truck or other mobile vending solution as a new restaurant:

1.) Initial Investment

The investment that starting a new brick and mortar restaurant takes is not small. Start-up costs can reach upwards of $500,000, and with first year success rates oftentimes less than 33%, banks are not always willing to lend you the money needed to start. This can put your dream business out of reach, and you may feel discouraged knowing that you’ll have to shell out so much money up front.

Food trucks, on the other hand, cost much less. You can find one used for as little as $50,000 on Craigslist. However, this is still a high number for some business owners, who may still be paying off student loans or have other expenses such as children and a home. Not to worry, there are several other mobile vending solutions that could work for you! Ferla Bikes offers a full fleet of vending bikes specialized for selling hot dogs, burgers, tacos, coffee, ice cream, and much more. A vending bike is a much more affordable solution than a food truck, while still offering more mobility than a push cart. Plus, Ferla Bikes offers both consumer and business financing options, to make the investment that much less daunting!

2.) Testing Your Location

Imagine having a full business plan for your restaurant, knowing you have a market for your recipes, only to discover that you’ve picked a bad location and are now bound in a contract for a two year lease. Unfortunately, this is the reality for so many restaurants, and why so many of them will, sadly, fail within the first year.

With a mobile vending solution such as a food truck, you are offered the flexibility to choose your location by the day, hour, or even within minutes. Stop by the local community college in the morning to serve coffee and pastries, then head down to the beach to scoop some ice cream for the tourists. You can even try out catering, serving at weddings, festivals, or corporate campuses! Once you’ve tested enough locations, you’ll notice a pattern on which locations produce the most revenue. You can decide to open a brick and mortar location here once ready, or continue to run your mobile business and follow a weekly schedule, changing your location each day of the week.

3.) Building Your Following

Did you know that over half of all diners in the US would only spend between 16-30 minutes to drive to a restaurant? This means that only truly dedicated foodies may be willing to make a trip to your newly opened establishment a few towns over. So why not bring the location to them?

As we’ve discussed, mobile vending is a great alternative to a brick and mortar location. But why is that? A huge reason is to grow your following! Unless you’re receiving some ahh-mazing press, most people probably aren’t willing to travel to your new restaurant. However, after they sample your food, they may just become a loyal customer.

Ferla Bikes offers awesome solutions for mobile vending, that are easy to transport from one location to the next. Your mobile kitchen will be sure to catch plenty of attention, as the sight of a bike and smells of your delicious recipes entice customers to try your newly opened restaurant out!

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Looking to start your mobile restaurant today? Reach out to us for a quote on a vending bike – your future restaurant awaits you!

Ferla Bikes Update: We Will Not Be Raising Our E-bike Prices Due To Tariff Increases In 2018!

Ferla Fam! We bring you an important update!

As you may have heard, pricing on e-bikes in the United States is expected to dramatically increase, due to an increase on tariffs for electric bicycles being imported to USA.

So you may be thinking: Oh man! Now the Ferla 2 is going to go up in price???

While many companies that sell ebikes are expecting to raise prices by up to 25%  immediately, we’re still honoring the pedal assist feature on our commercial vending bikes for only $700 on top of the bike!! This is the price we have always honored, and we are happy to honor it going forward, as our ebike option has been helpful to so many past and present customers.

While we will still be honoring this price throughout the rest of 2018, we are not sure what pricing will look like after the new year. Therefore, it is now a great time to look into your own vending ebike today, as we may currently be offering the best price possible!

Please reach out to us for a quote today – your future business awaits you!

Ferla Cold Brew Bike Is Coming Soon! The USA’s First Approved Kegerator-Equipped Bike

Ferla Fam!

Our Cold Brew Bike is finally arriving to a store near you! Meaning our warehouse, so hopefully you’re close by. Just kidding, we can ship to you, of course. Anyways, take a look!

If you’ve been following us for a while, then you know that this moment has been long awaited. Finally, we’re giving the chance for business owners like you to start selling their own homemade cold-brew, kombucha, beer, lemonade, and much more, all via our very own Cold Brew vending bike!

The Ferla Cold Brew is based off of the Ferla Ice Cream Bike. We took the battery-operated fridge from the bike and equipped it with taps. This makes for a fully battery-operated kegerator system, all with the possibility to serve your very own recipe to customers near and far – just ride to the location you prefer to be!

We built our latest vending bike model with you and your sanity in mind. Over the past several years, we’ve worked very hard to get our model approved by the State of California Health Department. Now, we’re proud to say that we are now selling the first vending bike with kegerator and taps that is approved for vending in the United States!

So what will it be? Nitrogen-infused cold brew coffee? Carbonated lemonade, a modernized version of the recipe you served as a kid? We can’t wait to hear how you plan to use our Cold Brew Bike!

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Can’t pass up the opportunity to be one of the first owners of Ferla Cold Brew? Request Your Quote today and find out how a Cold Brew Bike can help you launch (or expand on) your dream business!

Ferla Bikes Ships Worldwide!

A world where there is unlimited opportunity to create your own empire (or just to have the freedom to create your own dream job with flexible hours and great pay, if that’s more your taste). That right there is the vision we have at Ferla Bikes – we’re aiming to give the opportunity of entrepreneurship to those who wouldn’t have the chance otherwise by providing affordable, sustainable, and innovative business technology.

It’s a dream of ours – and a dream that wouldn’t be possible without our customers. That’s why we’ve expanded our distribution to reach all corners of the world. We’d love to see espresso being sold from our Ferla 2 Coffee Bike in Italy, rolled ice cream being sold from our Ferla Ice Cream Bike in Thailand, and beautiful talavera being distributed through a Ferla Grande in Mexico.

We’re excited to begin marketing our international distribution and making a difference in the street vending scene world wide. Whether you plan you vend at street fairs, farmers markets, or get into the catering business, there is a Ferla Bike for you. And whether it’s ice cream, coffee, hot dogs, tacos, cold brew, pastries, or artwork that you plan to sell, there is a Ferla Bike for your vending needs!

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Interested in bringing a Ferla Bike to your country? Submit a quote today and ask us about our first-to-region discount!

Ferla Bikes: The Perfect Prop For Your Promotional Purposes!

Here at Ferla Bikes, we’re proud to say that we’ve been featured as a prop and display for great products and promotional materials at some amazing events! Some of the most creative minds helped put together these promotional events, and we’re happy to have been a part of it.

With experiential and event marketing being a huge part of many brand’s strategies these days, having great solutions for putting together an event is of huge importance. We’re happy to have been able to help these companies with their promotions with our innovative mobile vending and unique display ideas!

1) Puma’s Defy City Event

Puma hosted an amazing event for their new line in collaboration with Selena Gomez. The Defy City event was hosted to celebrate the release of the new Puma Defy training sneaker. The event was themed as a modern city’s ‘grand-opening’ – with a balloon filled gym, hip high school, and a funky laundromat “that won’t eat your socks”. The streets were filled with colorful chalk-art, our Ferla Promo and Ferla Vendor bikes perfectly decked-out in Puma’s colorful branding, and of course Selena Gomez herself, strutting around in the newly released kicks.

The Ferla Vendor decked out in Puma’s branding. A customized vending bike was the perfect solution for handing out product samples.

A Ferla Promo Bike is seen here displaying a photograph of Gomez modeling the line’s latest drops. This makes for one pretty cool mobile billboard concept, are we right?

This was such a fun and creative event to have been a part of!

Photography credits to www.kicksonfire.com

2) BMW Group Dialogues Los Angeles

The BMW Group Dialogues event was meant to spark a conversation around urban mobility in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. The students discussed different ways to use BMW products, such as for a new ridesharing service. The discussion also focused on many different types of solutions for improving mobile transportation in Los Angeles, and Ferla Bikes were on that list!

Our Ferla 2 being used as a coffee bike. Ferla 2 is a sustainable mobile vending solution that was discussed as a way to meet the growing demands for on-the-go food, despite the steadily decreasing availability of retail space in urban areas.

The Ferla Ice Cream Bike being displayed next to one of BMW’s very own. Two great solutions for a sustainable Los Angeles!

Video Credits to BMW Group.

3) Ford Summer Sales Event

Ford recently released a few commercials for their Summer Sales Event. We were featured in the commercial for their F-150, where a dad and son are backing their boat into the lake. Along the lake are several other families, and of course, a street vendor selling some sweet summer good via our Ferla 2!

Ford was happy to feature us in this commercial for their summer sales event! We can’t help but think that our Ferla 2 made a great prop as a vending unit by the lakeside. We just hope that the food being eaten wasn’t a prop as well – real food tastes much better!

Video credits to Ford.

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We hope you enjoyed reading about some of the great experiential marketing events & commercials we’ve been able to be a part of! If you’re feeling inspired and would like to have a Ferla Bike used as a prop or display for your event, please reach out to us to inquire about a rental!

We’re Officially Sold Out!! Thank You Ferla Fam!

As a young startup, we’re excited by this event – as of today, we’re officially sold out of our vending bike inventory! This marks the third time we’ve sold out, and we’re so thankful to our Ferla Fam for helping us reach this milestone! Looks like we’re going to have to ramp up production for you future Ferla Bikers out there.

As an appreciation for our customers, we’re happy to announce that we are bringing back our pre-order special! Between now and our next shipment, set to arrive in late September, we’re taking $500 off of the full price of $3999 for our Ice Cream Bikes and Ferla 2 Coffee Bikes. That’s right, it’s like free shipping, and then some (if you live close enough to us????)!

It’s the best time in Ferla Bikes history to order your own mobile vending unit. We’re ramping up production and are working hard to meet each and every one of your needs. Plus, with the introduction of our new-and-improved Ice Cream Bike, we’re super excited to offer an improved canopy design, streamlined for a future venture of ours… stay tuned!

You can reserve your Ferla Bike HERE, with a simple down-payment of $500.

Have a few questions about our bikes or customization options? Don’t hesitate to reach out to us for a quote!

A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE CUSTOM-MADE BIKES!

If you’re a business looking for a unique way to expand your market, taking your business mobile may be the way to go. Whether it be a pop up shop, mobile vending cart, or a product display stand, there’s plenty of different ways to go.

If you’re really invested, the best way to go would be to create a custom-designed mobile vending system. With custom colors, logo decals, and more, our Ferla Bikes team has worked with several businesses and vendors to create beautiful vending systems.

Here are just a few of our favorites:

1) Sugarfina’s Mobile Pop-Up Shop

One of our original customized mobile-catering units, our Sugarfina vending bikes were super fun to create. We worked with the team to meet their branding needs, including a custom wrap of the bike’s vending units and a unique canopy, showing off the logo and colors of the brand. In the end, a beautiful custom-made pop up shop design is the result of our efforts.

The above features our Ferla Grande, our largest coffee vending bike. However, Sugarfina took the coffee out and added the candy in – using the unique design to create a beautiful product display stand, and one that’s mobile as well.

Once ready to take off the unique tropical-themed canopy design made of philodendron leaves, the canopy made by Ferla is ready to pop back on. In this photo, you’re also able to see the extra storage that this vending unit provides – a simple lift of that front handle, and you can access your excess inventory.

Sugarfina loved our mobile vending concept so much, that they decided to invest in two! The above unit shows a beautiful display of both succulents and sugary confections. Both our Ferla Vendor and Ferla Grande make for a unique product display that’s sure to catch the eye of customers and all passerby.

2) Uwila Warrior’s Mobile Boutique

Our project with Uwila Warrior is another mobile vending concept that we’re in love with. Uwila Warrior started as an online store, but that didn’t stop the team from taking to the streets of Nantucket, using the bike as a unique way to catch attention and thus generate new business.

Uwila Warrior requested that our bike have a catchy phrase made into a decal, which we then placed on the side of the vending unit. The bike comes complete with a plenty of space for product display, and of course a battery-operated pedal assist feature to help with travel!

3) Le Cafe De La Plage Ice Cream Vending Cart

Good ice cream is something that most anyone is happy to go for, but if you have your own ice cream shop, how can you be sure that new customers will want to try you over the place down the block? The key can be found in a Ferla Ice Cream Bike, where you can go find the employees instead of waiting on them to find you. Le Café De La Plage of Malibu decided to proceed with a mobile ice cream shop concept for their business. The best part? Even if it’s just parked outside as a decoration, it still draws attention from pedestrians passing by!

We worked with the team of Le Cafe De La Plague to create a unique vending solution that fits the French feel of the brand. A simple black-and-white look, with a painted frame, custom canopy with logo, and a decal for the freezer are a few of the details we took into consideration.

We hope you enjoyed reading and got some inspiration from our custom-designed vending bikes! If you’re interested in learning more about how Ferla Bikes can help you with your own custom-made mobile vending solution, then don’t hesitate to request a quote for pricing and more information about our vending bikes.