Burger vans are a rip off

You are a cheap skate. Three pounds for a burger and two pounds for chips is quite cheap. If you don't like it, dont buy it. Simple.

The French have as much backbone as a jellyfish. They go on strike, the government gives, in, and the result is that everyone is worse off. Anyone who thinks otherwise is ignorant of the reality.

What Britain needs is another Margaret Thatcher who will strip the trade unions of their power, reintroduce capitalism instead of this pathetic pseudo socialism of 'New Labour', get rid of all remnants of B-liars style of government, and kick start the country. Sadly it's too late for that now, the loony left have power.

To all you winging people out their moaning about some one trying to make a honest living for a change, the fact that these burger vans charge what they do is simple the cost of a burger van is not cheap to insure it is not cheap to get all the certs to run one is not cheap to keep it nice and clean is not cheap to stock it is not cheap to pay for your pitch is not cheap , as I do not own a burger van these are just some of the out goings that I can think of that are associated with setting up and running a van also we have the criminals that run this country taking more than their fair share of the profits to finance over seas wars and so called good causes if you are so fedup off with the spiralling cost of things in this country make like the French and get a back bone dont let the people in power who incidently we employ and put in this position of power rip us off eany longer then maybe the honest hard working entropreners of this once great nation can supply goods and services at a more reasonable cost. It is us the British people who have let the greedy fat cats do this to our country so please if you want to have a go do this by making a stand against the people who really rip us all off not just with burger vans but with everything, remember this if we dont like it it is up to us to do something about it if your not prepared to do this then please keep your opinions to your self. Yours one very disgruntled small business owner. PS dont be bullied no more by our goverments policys take a stand. JUST LIKE THE FRENCH WOULD, YOUVE SEEN IT ON THE NEWS IF THEY DONT LIKE IT THEY LET THEIR GOVERNMEANT KNOW THEY TAKE ACTION THEY DO NOT WINGE.

hi I have run a mobile burger van for 4 years now and agree yes generally prices are very high at events but this is due to organisers sometimes charging sky high prices for pitches, insurances, health and safety certificates and public liability, so maybe its not the traders you should be knocking but the organisers.

Hi I run a mobile curry van for non-profit making charity events only. Its been going for about three years and is popular during the summer months. Van is self-contained, where all the preparation and cooking is done. Van has all the relevent cert. and is very clean. All the profit made goes to event organisers favourite charity. I do all the cooking but do appreciate volunteers in preparations. So if you have a charity event taking place and want something other than burgers please email cashncurry@fairadsl.co.uk.

Hi I've just bought a 10ft catering trailer and intend selling all the usual stuff but of good quality and at a reasonable price(as a mother of four I know how important this is) I've got all the certs and everything and I'm ready to go the only problem being now I cant find a pitch! Any advice will be gratefully received. Ideally I would like one Staffordshire so if you know of any going please let me know. suesummers22@msn.com Thanks

I agree with the fact the prices are sky high at the mobile catering at events but they are often charged a similarly high amount to be there.
I have just been to crufts where I found it impossible to get any drink for less than £1.50 and the cheapest sandwich I found was £3.50. But as there were expected to be 170000 people if the mobile caterers were being charged £2000 for the four days they could recoup the costs and make profit if they charged a lot.
As for portions and quality I think that varies between vans as much as between sandwich shops.
Not all vans are bad but take your own food next year and you won't be caught out.
I have considered going to crufts next year and buying a burger van to go in. Probably make a years wages in four days, the bad experiences people have leavea market - do it well!!!

Ryder is correct but sometimes you've already bought it and it is too late. Depending on the 'will' of the individual, you could throw it back at them and ask for your coin back.

There are some good venders and I believe they vastly outweigh the bad. There's one I know that does jacket spuds, oven baked and they are tremendous to write the very least.

It's very simple, rather than buying and then complaining afterwards, just don't buy at all. There are plenty of decent mobile catering venders out there, selling quality food. Anyone who's stupid enough to want to stuff their faces full of disgusting offal burgers and nutritionless fried potatoes deserves to be ripped off. Must be all that burger fat clogging their brains cells.

Yes Burger vans and the like are rip off's I got to about 6 Military ww2 shows a year and the food is the same . Doesn't matter if the van is south like Kent or in the midland's like Leicestershire. Its the same tasteless meat burger ( I dread to thing what meat is used ) and the long life bread bun. And then you have the red stuff. diluted down Ketchup. no wonder they ask if you want RED or BROWN.. as that's about what you get. Chips. well they come in two types. Cooked but left out to go cold. and Uncooked as in flash fried to make them hot but their still raw. If you buy a drink like tea or coffee, I always thought that tea was the best bet. BUT I've now been proved wrong as it is possible to make really really bad TEA. Coffee I don't go there unless its from a machine that uses its own bean supply, but even then it can be a rough cuppa.
I have found if your take a couple on Miniature bottles of Baileys Cream liqueur as this makes any coffee drinkable. !! lol well that's my 2penny's worth. or is that £2 ???

I too agreed the prices charged at local events were a rip off - until I looked at what they are being charged by the organiser for the pitch for the day - often £200 (at prestige events this can rise to £2000)... I also licence vans to use private property, I charge 10% of profit income. My best van makes £2000 per month, so I charge them £200 per month - even so, I worked it out that they earn an average of £3 per hour... Don't blame the van owner until you check all the details... over 50% of the cost of the item bought can be disappearing immediately as site rent...

We are currently looking for a site in Gosport, Portsmouth and Fareham areas to operate our snack bar. We hold all the relevant Insurances and Health and Hygiene Certificates and have excellent references which can be supplied from Fareham Borough Council. We only operate at the moment at weekends and are loooking for somewhere Mondays to Fridays. Can you help?