Why Consider Push Carts for Your Small F&B and Retail Trades?
With overall property rentals in Singapore staying high, renting a full commercial shop or unit can be a heavy burden — especially if you have just started a new, small business. A lower-cost option would naturally be your priority. That is why today we would like to introduce push carts for business as your preferred choice!
Push carts bring various benefits to your business. Depending on your trade, you can use push carts for business types including but not limited to food and beverage, mobile phones and accessories, clothes, books, and so forth. Think of the classic ice cream uncle cart, or the pushcarts selling phone cases and snacks you see at bus interchanges and MRT stations every day — small set-up, steady sales.
Let’s learn more about how push carts can work for your business!
What matters most when you just start your F&B or retail business?
Let’s say you are venturing into F&B by selling popcorn, chips and soft drinks. Or you are starting a retail business selling women’s apparel. You have just spent a chunk of your savings as capital to get the business going. Your target is to reach break-even in the shortest time possible before you can expect any profit. So you have to minimise your costs in every way you can.
Low operational cost of a push cart
Running a cafe means high utility bills and hiring a whole team — cooks, cashiers, service crew, kitchen managers, cleaners and so on. On top of that there are overheads like rental. That is why it makes sense to keep your operational cost as low as possible by opting for push carts.
Why push carts for business?
You only need to hire one person to handle your push cart — no big team required. The maintenance cost of a push cart is also low compared to a brick-and-mortar shop or cafe, and the overhead cost is very low compared to a shop or cafe.
How does decoration of a cafe or retail shop affect your business?
You need to decorate your cafe or retail shop to enhance your brand, drive sales, and create a great customer experience. Nowadays it is common for business owners to use specific themes for their cafes and retail shops, to stand out from competitors.
Customers are more attracted to cafes and shops with unique decorations. However, the decoration process for a full shop is much more complicated (and expensive) than for a push cart business.
Easy decoration for push carts
Even though our push carts come in a standard size, you can still decorate them yourself after renting from us. It is pretty easy to decorate a push cart compared to a cafe or retail shop, since a push cart is small in size.
Use your creativity with colourful wrappers and small decorative items — the whole thing can be a simple DIY job done in an afternoon. For cafes and retail shops, you would likely need to engage renovation vendors, which costs a lot more time and money.
How do you manage operations in a brick-and-mortar shop or cafe?
With a brick-and-mortar shop or cafe, you have to hire several staff to run the whole operation. Otherwise it becomes very hard to manage. You need at least a chef and a kitchen assistant in the kitchen, plus one or two service crew to serve customers and ensure a positive dining experience.
Same goes for a retail business. You need at least a cashier and a promoter in your shop. If your business is bigger, you will probably need more promoters or even store supervisors or managers.
Minimal management needed for push carts
Because push carts are small, you only need a maximum of two staff to take care of them. Most of our push carts even have built-in storage areas, so you can pack away your retail items neatly once operating hours are over for the day.
Since push carts are comparatively small, one or two staff can easily handle everything without much stress. Compare that to a big women’s apparel shop with many sections, different designs, and inventory storage everywhere — not easy for one or two staff to cope at all.
Where to get push carts for your F&B and retail business?
Wondering where to get push carts for business use in Singapore? At Ideal Connection, we provide push carts for rent at high-footfall locations like bus interchanges — where millions of commuters pass through daily. For more details, please don’t hesitate to approach our friendly staff and enquire today!
