Streetfire Kitchens Business Plan — Appendix B: Truck-Day and Trading Schedules

Detailed truck-day, channel mix and trading schedules underpinning the revenue build and revenue per truck-day.

Appendix B: Truck-Day and Trading Schedules

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  • B.1 Truck-days and utilisation
  • B.2 Service-day economics
  • B.3 Cost stack by service type
  • B.4 The trading calendar
  • B.5 Break-even by fleet size and by year

B.1 Truck-days and utilisation

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Trucks in service, average

1.4

2.5

3.6

4.5

5.0

Days available per truck

282

282

282

282

282

Less days lost at 5.5%

(16)

(16)

(16)

(16)

(16)

Effective days per truck

266

266

266

266

266

Effective days available

372

665

958

1 197

1 330

Utilisation achieved

78%

84%

90%

94%

98%

Truck-days traded

291

586

902

1 163

1 306

B.2 Service-day economics

Service type

Covers

Average spend

Revenue

Contribution

Margin

Weekday street and office park

85

R95.00

8 075

2 312

29%

Weekend market and festival

145

R108.00

15 660

5 026

32%

Private event and corporate catering

130

R127.00

16 510

6 969

42%

Blended average truck-day

106.6

R105.46

11 243

3 704

33%

B.3 Cost stack by service type

Cost per truck-day

Street

Market

Event

Note

Food

2 624

4 855

4 705

Bought to order at events

Crew

1 457

2 523

2 271

Three to four people per service

Pitch fee or commission

420

1 420

991

Markets charge a stand fee

Running costs

583

583

583

Fuel, gas, generator, consumables

Packaging

307

595

627

Scales with covers

Waste

258

438

132

Under 1% at events; 3.2% on the street

Card fees

113

220

232

77% of revenue is card or cash

Total variable cost

5 763

10 634

9 541

Contribution

2 312

5 026

6 969

B.4 The trading calendar

Share of truck-days

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Weekday street and office park

63.6%

61.3%

60.0%

58.5%

57.2%

Weekend market and festival

25.4%

25.2%

24.2%

23.5%

22.8%

Private event and corporate catering

11.0%

13.5%

15.8%

18.0%

20.0%

Covers per truck-day

105.2

106.2

106.6

107.2

107.7

Revenue per truck-day

10 932

11 815

12 680

13 622

14 621

Contribution per truck-day

3 514

3 888

4 246

4 638

5 060

B.5 Break-even by fleet size and by year

Fleet size

Truck-days available

Fixed cash costs (R)

Break-even covers per service

Headroom

3 trucks

798

2 617 239

100

6.2%

4 trucks

1 064

2 751 239

89

16.5%

5 trucks

1 330

2 885 239

83

22.1%

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Fixed cash costs, R

2 402 839

2 690 502

3 269 665

3 591 111

3 871 623

Contribution per truck-day, R

3 514

3 888

4 246

4 638

5 060

Break-even truck-days

684

692

770

774

765

Truck-days traded

291

586

902

1 163

1 306

Margin of safety

-135.1%

-18.1%

14.6%

33.4%

41.4%