A mobile café franchise that serves fresh gourmet coffee, hot drinks and food to people at businesses and events nationwide.
An Introduction to Really Awesome Coffee
Since the first mobile café launched in Coventry in 2010, Really Awesome Coffee has grown to become a market leader with a network of over 50 franchisees. We are proud to be the fastest-growing mobile coffee franchise in the UK.
The Concept – it’s simple; take advantage of the huge demand in the ever-expanding UK coffee market but avoid the fierce competition on the high street by taking the coffee shop directly to customers in our unique mobile café vans.
What’s Involved In Running A Mobile Café?
The business is built around a daily coffee round that we help you establish, with the mobile café visiting local businesses at agreed times each day to serve a full range of gourmet coffees, frappes & smoothies as well as hot and chilled food options – everything you would expect in a top quality high street café. There is usually a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere at the van with your day being made up of other people’s breaks from work.
A large portion of franchise partners also make significant additional income from optional weekend ‘events’ work.
How does the Really Awesome Coffee franchise model work?
The business model is built around the Monday to Friday daily coffee round, during which time franchisees visit a number of businesses at pre-arranged times to serve their regular customers a full range of gourmet coffees, frappes and smoothies, as well as hot and chilled food options – everything you would expect in a top-quality high street cafe.
The mobile coffee van itself is a Mercedes Vito conversion, which has been designed for efficiency and ease of use. Every van is converted by the company at its head office workshop. The van is usually purchased using a hire purchase agreement over a five-year term.
How Much Do I Need To Invest?
You can be on the road and running your mobile café business from just under £10,000. This is the lowest initial investment level you need to contribute and includes the deposit on your Mercedes coffee van as well as our comprehensive Fast-Track Training & Launch Program, the Premium Start-up Pack valued at over £5,000 and some initial working capital.
If you have more capital to invest this will of course reduce your monthly finance payments over the initial franchise term.
How Much Is The Franchise?
Our competitive franchise package is £19,950+VAT meaning you are now part of the Really Awesome Coffee family, fully supported by a team of professionals in business management, sales and marketing. You will instantly profit from our brand awareness and intellectual property and be confident that your business has the best possible chance of success and will be a business you could either sell or pass on to your children in the future.
News
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Help us celebrate 100 coffee vans!
Help us celebrate 100 coffee vans! As we approach 80 franchise partners within our network, we were recently excited to see van number 100 leaving our head office in Coventry! It has been an exciting decade for Really Awesome Coffee.
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Really Awesome Coffee Dunstable – A family business
Paul – Really Awesome Coffee Dunstable has been with the network for almost five years and up until last year he was quite happy with his one van which he ran in and around Dunstable. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit,
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Really Awesome Coffee Harrogate – David Wright
Before joining Really Awesome Coffee, David was a sales director for a cleaning company and has been in sales for virtually his whole working life. David launched his Really Awesome Coffee van in Harrogate in April 2021. We caught up
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From Employee to Franchise Partner
Ella, who recently took over the Coventry South territory, has been part of Really Awesome Coffee for a number of years working at the Head Office in Coventry. We recently caught up with her and she was delighted to share
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Really Awesome Coffee Corby – A year on
We caught up with Tessa – Really Awesome Coffee Corby – to find out how she has navigated the last 12 months having only launched her business a week before the first national lockdown. Here’s what she had to say:
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Best Technology and Innovation – VFA 2021
We’re excited and honoured to have been awarded the ‘Best Technology and Innovation’ Silver Award at the Virtual Franchising Awards 2021. Sure enough all franchisors (ourselves included) would like to think that they deserve some recognition for their efforts. In
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2020 and beyond – a great start to 2021
2020 and beyond – a great start to 2021 2020 was a strange year for most businesses. The pandemic pushed many businesses to reevaluate their business models, marketing and sales strategies. Our network of over 50 mobile café vans was
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Why Mobile? The Flexibility of Van-Based Businesses
Really Awesome Coffee takes a look at the benefits of a van-based business. Mobile businesses have been around for as long as we can remember, and food trucks and ice cream vans have been mainstays in this sector. Well, in
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John’s 2nd Franchise in under 6 months – good news against all odds!
John and Maria launched their franchise in South Lanarkshire 6 weeks before the coronavirus pandemic hit the nation. Amid extraordinarily testing times, they have enjoyed some real success, mainly through home deliveries during the peak of lockdown, and now through
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4 new Really Awesome Coffee Franchisees hit the ground running
Following the easing of lockdown we are delighted to welcome 4 new franchise partners to the Really Awesome Coffee network. The last few months have been challenging for us as a business, as they have been for many other businesses.
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Really Awesome Coffee serves up in Farnborough
RAC franchisee Anthony discusses his experience of joining the franchise network. Since leaving the army in late 2019, I thought I would struggle to make a living doing something that I would enjoy. I had been in the military for
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A decade of Really Awesome Coffee
10 years ago today, the first Really Awesome Coffee van hit the road in Coventry delivering awesome coffee to then a handful of businesses. Over the years we have rebranded and believe we have positioned ourselves to be a market
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Case Studies
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Really Awesome Coffee – Lanarkshire adds third mobile café van in 8 months
Really Awesome Coffee – Lanarkshire adds third mobile café van in 8 months It has been a rollercoaster ride for John and Maria in Lanarkshire. John and Maria launched their Really Awesome Coffee franchise in February 2020 and 6 weeks
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Steve Silver – Coventry North
Steve Silver explains his decision to invest in a Really Awesome Coffee franchise. Having worked for a university as an IT Manager for many years, I decided I needed a change. I needed a big change in career to make
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Andy Barr – Really Awesome Coffee Renfrewshire
Andy arrived at our head office in Coventry for his first day’s training on Monday 23rd March, only to have to get back on a train to Renfrewshire as the UK lockdown was announced. He was able to follow the
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Geoff Kay – Really Awesome Coffee Basildon
Geoff arrived at our head office in Coventry for his initial training in July but only launched his business in August due to the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Since his launch, Geoff has been busy developing his round and serving his
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Jason Simmons – Really Awesome Coffee Tamworth
After being made redundant from a coffee vending company, Jason decided to take the plunge and start his own Really Awesome Coffee business. He launched his business in October. We caught up with him recently to find out how he
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From customer to business owner – Corinne Maso
Having come across Really Awesome Coffee in June last year, in the midst of a nationwide lockdown, a throwaway comment from Corinne Mason about always wanting to have a coffee van soon turned into a virtual Discovery Day meeting that
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Really Awesome Coffee Swindon – Paul Bailey
Paul joined the Really Awesome Coffee network in March 2021 and has made a flying start running his own business alongside his partner Audrey. Paul said “I was researching other opportunities and franchises and saw Really Awesome Coffee on a
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Really Awesome Coffee Anglesey – Martin Owen
After working in management for 25 years at the same hotel, Martin felt the time had come to move on and do something for himself. He joined the network in February 2021. Martin says “I looked at the three different
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Really Awesome Coffee Newark – Ashley Wells
Ashley launched his Really Awesome Coffee van in Newark in April 2021. After working in retail management for most of his working life, Ashley knew it was time for a change. Here’s our catchup chat with him to find out
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Really Awesome Coffee Harrogate – David Wright
Before joining Really Awesome Coffee, David was a sales director for a cleaning company and has been in sales for virtually his whole working life. David launched his Really Awesome Coffee van in Harrogate in April 2021. We caught up
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Really Awesome Coffee Belfast East – Adam Wilkinson
Really Awesome Coffee Belfast East – Adam Wilkinson After a long and successful career as a Business Development Manager(BDM), Adam thought it was the right time to start his own business. Here Adam tells us how it has been going
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Really Awesome Coffee Sutton Coldfield – Kelsey Judge-Porter
Kelsey says ‘My favourite part about the business is just being in complete control of my own life. Working on weekends because I want to and because it pays off, and taking time off when I need it.’ Here she
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