Sheffield park coffee carts get new five-year licences
Licences have been granted for two coffee carts serving Sheffield’s biggest park to operate for the next five years.
The coffee carts will continue to operate at Graves Park Animal Farm and near the Charles Ashmore Road entrance by the tennis courts and bowling pavilion. The 248-acre park stretches between Norton, Woodseats and Meadowhead.
The decision was taken yesterday (November 24) by Sheffield City Council’s charity sub-committee. Graves Park is held by a charitable trust administered by the council as sole trustee, with the committee overseeing decisions on all the council’s charitable trusts.
A report to the committee said that the two mobile catering pitches are situated at opposite ends of the park, approximately a kilometre away from each other.
The report added: “The Rose Garden Cafe is situated between the two pitches but these offers tend to compliment the offer at the Rose Garden, as they cater to different customers – those that have come to play sport or just to walk on the south side of the park, and those that are just coming into the Animal Farm for the day.
Positive
“Both pitches have been operating in the park for several years and have had an overall positive impact, adding a social area with picnic tables at the Charles Ashmore site which is very popular with dog walkers.
“Additional staff working in the park and farm can also direct or assist the public if they cannot find a Graves Park staff member nearby.”
The two recommended operators submitted the highest-value offers, ensuring maximum income for the charity. The committee agreed to grant a five-year licence to both operators.