The ice cream vendor has been around for an incredibly long time! Along time ago, around 400 B.C., it has been documented that people living in the Persian Empire had a special recipe where they would pour juice from squeezed grapes over a bowl full of snow. This desert was often served as a special dish during the hot summer months. Normally, the snow was stored in specially constructed underground chambers, which had a consistently cool temperature, even when it was a scorching hot day outside.
Due to the great history of eating ice cream, vendors have a great, instantly recognisable product that is always in demand wherever you go in the world. Japan, the Philippines, America, Europe and Russia are all areas of the world where ice cream is a popular food. Nowadays, ice cream vendors in all parts of the world use a
variety of transport modes to take their ice cream product to where the demand for ice cream is.
You now have the tailor made, custom built ice cream trucks which can carry large quantities of ice cream for the ice cream vendor. This is ideal for someone starting a business in a fairground or on a festival site and wanting to become an established ice cream vendor.
The major disadvantage of using smaller means of transport (ie. hand pushed carts, motorcycles and tricycles) as opposed to a larger ice cream truck is the fact that you will run out of supplies more quickly, and you have to weigh up the economics of this happening. Yes, it is always great to find that demand exceeds supply; however, you have to consider ways that would allow you to satisfy more of the demand, and as consequence, give you the opportunity to achieve a greater profit margin as an ice cream vendor.
Ice cream vendors are always found at times when a major event is taking place. Major events cover so many different possibilities for
selling ice cream, and the ice cream vendor is able to provide a product which the public will always enjoy. Events can range from local annual fairs to major sporting events, from large music festivals to a special parade, and from car boot sales to the recent Royal Wedding.
Fairground or festival sites are places that attract people looking for some entertainment. Part of the entertainment experience is the purchase of something cool to eat, like an ice cream! There is a well known saying that says, "Where there is a crowd, someone will always want an ice cream!"
An ice cream vendor will always be able to satisfy the historical demand for a deliciously cool and tasty ice cream. Assuming that ice cream vendors can produce an ice cream that will always accommodate the desire for an ice cream, they will always be in demand. On large sites like those found at a fair or festival, ice cream vendors are well placed to continue to answer the question, "Where can I get an ice cream?"
