Small Business Shipping Container Cafe in Australia
If your hospitality business is ready to take the next step in flexibility and growth, discover the freedom of small business cafe containers. With shipping Australia-wide, the team at Port Shipping Containers can help you expand your business with this innovative and portable solution, engineered for absolute security. Continue reading for a look at the features and benefits of a shipping container and an in-depth review of a successful project in which one of our 20ft shipping containers helped transform a client’s business, including their challenge, our solution and their testimonial. Call our friendly team today.
Key Features and Benefits of Our Shipping Container Solution
There are many advantages to choosing a 20ft high cube container for your transportable hospitality business. They offer unmatched portability, with easy transport from our warehouse to your desired location. You can fully customise the sizing, allowing you to fit them into any space. A container is a cost-effective solution compared to traditional structures, requiring less costly materials and assembly time. There is also a significantly reduced downtime during construction, saving you costs on labour. Every container cafe design complies with the strict Australian health and safety regulations.
Client’s Challenge: Container Cafe Project
Our client at HomeWorld in Thornton was expanding their display homes and decided they needed to upgrade their permanent hospitality business from a permanent shopfront to a shipping container cafe in a new location. We helped them transform their operations by expertly constructing a brand-new cafe off-site and delivering it to them with a seamless transition and instant functionality. It was spacious enough for a full crew to serve their customers efficiently, coming with a convenient personnel door, fully equipped interiors and room for future upgrades. They could move in, power up, and get trading from day one.
Our Solution: Expert Cafe Container Design
Here’s a look at the premium 20ft container cafe we provided our client.
20ft High Cube Container with Modifications
We created a custom container for our client with a range of special features, including:
- Brand new 20-foot high cube container structure built to Australian standards
- Port 3 coat custom paint system
- 6m awning with 1300mm H gas struts and corrugated container profile infill
- Fully insulated using 50mm EPS
- Single PA door with a flush fit deadlock, which has a width of 820mm and a height of 2100mm
- 1950mm long and 350mm deep removable external counter, with a sleek timber surface.
- Vinyl floor with a vinyl floor waste outlet
Small Business Cafe Container Design Inclusions
We made a series of custom modifications to the interior of the container cafe to meet the needs of our client, including:
- Dedicated hand wash basin with an elbow-operated lever tap, with a width of 500mm and depth of 500mm
- Hand soap dispenser
- Paper towel holder
- Coffee machine waste receptacle
- Stainless steel bench, with a service counter width of 2100, a depth of 700mm and a 150mm splashback
- Stainless steel bench, with a service counter length of 1500mm, a depth of 700mm and a height of 900mm
- Stainless steel bench, with a service counter length of 1200mm, depth of 700mm and height of 900mm
- Stainless steel bench as a prep counter with a sink, which includes a 5-star 6L-per-minute chrome mixer tap, with a length of 1500mm, depth of 700mm and 150mm splashback
- Stainless steel under-bench 2-door refrigerator
- Glass patissiere display unit
- Upright 2-Door refrigerator of 730L
- Wall-mounted floating box shelving unit with four compartments
- 4 x standard vents
Client Testimonials for 20ft Container Cafe
After our successful container cafe design, construction and installation for HomeWorld at their Thornton location, they were so happy with our results that they asked us to provide two new containers. We constructed unique cafes at other locations in Leppington and Oran Park, each with custom sizes and specifications.
After just a few quick connections to power and plumbing, HomeWorld in Thornton was serving customers within days of delivery, thanks to the team at Port Shipping Containers. With shipping around Australia, we will transform your business with our custom, unique container cafes.
For more information please call our friendly sales team on 1300 957 709 or visit our Container Cafe Designs page here.
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