{"id":42639,"date":"2023-10-20T15:22:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/adelaide-pop-up-shops-future-under-a-cloud-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:22:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:22:41","slug":"adelaide-pop-up-shops-future-under-a-cloud-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/adelaide-pop-up-shops-future-under-a-cloud-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Adelaide pop-up shops\u2019 future under a cloud – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
The fate of pop-up food vans in the Adelaide CBD looks uncertain amid claims from a city councillor that the \u201cpop-up fad\u201d has gone too far.<\/p>\n
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Earlier this month, Adelaide City Council launched Fork on the Road as part of Splash Adelaide, a joint campaign by the council and the South Australian government to invigorate the city\u2019s streets and laneways.<\/p>\n
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Fork on the Road aims to bring together in one place Adelaide\u2019s food trucks, vans, bikes and stalls.<\/p>\n
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According to a report by The Advertiser<\/i>, a council committee has approved guidelines for mobile vendors, after a survey of more than 950 people found an overwhelming level of support.<\/p>\n
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However, it\u2019s since been reported the council has voted to delay the passage of new guidelines until a further report, with one councillor claiming the \u201cpop-up fad\u201d has gone too far.<\/p>\n
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The committee has asked for a report outlining why staff recommended capping permits at 50 vans trading under the scheme\u2019s trial. One councillor believes this number should be cut to 20.<\/p>\n
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However, Adelaide mayor Stephen Yarwood has labelled this suggestion \u201cridiculously conservative\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Csaba Egri, owner of gourmet food caravan Bodri\u2019s Bakery & Caf\u00e9, says there have been complaints from fixed-premises caf\u00e9s and restaurants about the impact of mobile food vans, but says these complaints should not be taken seriously.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf you go around the city, you can hardly find more than five or six food trucks at all who are in the city every day,\u201d Egri told StartupSmart<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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\u201cUsually you can see two or three per day, so if this would really harm these businesses then they are already in big trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Scott Williams, founder of Instant Retail and Pop Up Shops Melbourne, told StartupSmart<\/i> it would be a shame if Adelaide council withdrew its support for pop-up food vans.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYes, they may be a challenge to the traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses in a precinct but that\u2019s kind of missing the point,\u201d Williams says.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe way I see it, if there\u2019s an opportunity for a pop-up anything to go into a space, that\u2019s an opportunity [worth pursuing].<\/p>\n
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\u201cI find that the councils and the local trader associations do support this concept because it\u2019s all to do with invigorating streetscapes, and keeping neighbourhoods interesting and vibrant.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt can only be good for the permanent retailers because if they\u2019ve got decent businesses, people will visit them as well.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s a bit of a shame if local governments and the chambers of commerce start to withdraw their support for this because there are so many benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Adelaide\u2019s pop-up food vans aren\u2019t the first mobile businesses to face hostility from their fixed-premises counterparts.<\/p>\n
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