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CARLA Street Food Bike Trailer
Street Food, Catering, and Market Stalls

Your kitchen, your products. Right where your customers are.

Kitchen, sales stand, and transport solution all in one—choose your location flexibly and let your ideas take shape gradually.

  • Sell Where People Are
  • Lower upfront costs
  • Traveling Sustainably and Visibly
  • Ideal for downtown areas and weekly markets
  • Perfect for festivals and events
Applications

What kinds of events is a CARLA suitable for?

From a coffee bike and cocktail bar to a market stall and catering event.

Coffee Bike

Espresso, filter coffee, and milk chilling in a very small space.

Street Food, Ice Cream & Beverages

Prepare fresh falafel, crêpes, and waffles, and serve chilled ice cream, lemonade, and cocktails.

Catering & Events

Flexible catering services for festivals, markets, corporate events, and private gatherings.

Pop-up & Promotion

Test new concepts and raise brand awareness through unique experiences.

Direct Marketing

Sell farm products and regional specialties directly.

CARLA in Action

Coffee Bike, street food festivals, market sales, custom orders—CARLA makes it happen.

Passerine, Kiel

My CARLA is simply super practical. I can transport everything very flexibly with it, it's super comfortable to ride, it's not complicated or unnatural at all. It's just so much fun. And of course it's easier to get to your destination than with a car.

Svenja Therolf
Zayt&Zaatar, Freiburg

It’s always a highlight when I’m at an event and someone realizes my food stand is on wheels. They’re amazed that I have a small, agile kitchen that lets me offer food in a way that’s both mobile and eco-friendly.

Mustafa Alem
COOKIN' Roll

When we set up our kitchen for the first time at CARLA, I realized that it works and that we can offer a new kind of modern, contemporary logistics. Away from the car and onto the bike.

Ruben
Advantages

Why Street Food Works So Well at CARLA

Reach new sales locations

A CARLA can access locations that are difficult or unsuitable for large vehicles—such as narrow driveways, courtyards, event venues, or historic city districts. Of course, local permits must still be obtained.

Start and Grow Flexibly

Test your concept with a manageable investment and expand your equipment later to meet your actual needs.

Lower ongoing vehicle costs

No fuel and significantly lower vehicle-related operating costs than with a food truck.

Flexible Features

Work surfaces, storage space, refrigeration, water, electricity, and cooking equipment can be incorporated into the design to suit the product line.

Brand Visibility

The CARLA stands out and becomes a real eye-catcher for your brand—even before sales begin!

Versatile

The CARLA can be transported by bicycle or e-bike and can also be positioned by hand at the point of use. The towing vehicle remains available for use independently of the sales stand.

In comparison

eCARLA maxi – The electric wheelbarrow with a 200 kg payload

 

Right to where you’re working—no need to look for a parking spot, no heavy lifting, no detours. An honest comparison: a van, a traditional wheelbarrow, and the eCARLA maxi in everyday use.

TransporterWheelbarrow
<b>Cemetery Maintenance</b><br>Parking is often far away✕ Parking lot in front of the groundsLong walk, significant time loss✓ Long distances, heavy loadsstrenuous physical exertion
<b>City Park</b><br>Many short routes-✓ Kompakt, wendig und am Einsatzort als Handwagen positionierbar
<b>Residential Area</b><br>Finding a Parking Spot✓ Difficult parking, often farfrom the scene of the incident✓ Konzentrierte, professionell geplante Arbeitsabläufe
<b>Tree Care</b><br>Great for tools✓ For brief follow-up checks,it's often too big✓ Carrying tools,&nbsp;little&nbsp;space for materials
<b>Last 500 meters</b><br>From the parking lot to the scene✕ Often haulingcarrying materials by hand to their destination✓ Made for thisBut labor-intensive and slow
<b>Between locations</b><br>Short trips within the city- Very goodFast over long distances✓ Very poorNot suitable for long distances
Street Food Market with Bike Trailers

Investment

The right solution for your idea.

CARLA Basic

For do-it-yourselfers, DIY projects, and custom solutions
€3,575.00

Body: No body
Countertop: Custom
Water & sink: Custom solution
Electricity: Custom solution
Refrigeration: Custom solution
Cooking equipment: Custom solution

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CARLA with [p3] - RICO configuration

Coffee, ice cream, promotions, direct sales, simple street food sales
€11,075.00

Display: [ p3] RICO Sales Display
Countertop: Scratch-, water-, and heat-resistant countertop with HPL coating
Water & Sink: Sink with 2 canisters and a permanent water connection
Power: EcoFlow batterysystem
Refrigeration: Modularly expandable
Cooking: Modular and expandable

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CARLA with a custom mobile kitchen

Professional Street Food and Catering Concepts
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Design: Custom Mobile Kitchen
Countertop: Custom-designed
Water & Sink: Can becustomized
Electricity: Can be integratedas desired
Refrigeration: Can be integrated as desired
Cooking equipment: Can be integrated as desired

Designed and manufactured by our partner [p3]-Werkstatt.

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All prices include sales tax · Shipping is charged separately

When did your CARLA pay for itself?

With regular sales, the investment can pay for itself quickly. Our sample calculation shows how many sales days are needed—based on different daily sales volumes—until the purchase cost is recouped.*

* Sample calculation excludes personnel, booth, energy, financing, and other operating costs. The actual payback period depends on the selling price, cost of goods sold, and utilization rate.

How does a CARLA CARGO trailer ride?

A CARLA CARGO cargo trailer is surprisingly easy and intuitive to ride. Even with a heavy load, the riding experience is virtually the same as riding a regular bike. The CARLA follows your bike or e-bike nimbly and nimbly through the city without limiting your turning radius—it just takes a little longer to get around. Unlike many cargo bikes, there’s no learning curve: just hook it up and ride off. The three-wheeled chassis, low center of gravity, and overrun brake ensure a safe and comfortable ride—even with heavy loads.

Cargo trailer or cargo bike—what are the advantages of a cargo trailer?

Whether a cargo trailer or a cargo bike is the better choice depends on how you plan to use it. A cargo trailer for bicycles offers key advantages: It can be attached to various bicycles or e-bikes, often provides more cargo space and payload capacity, and can be easily stored when not in use. This keeps your bicycle flexible for everyday use, and you only use the trailer when you really need it.

The combination of a cargo bike and the CARLA is particularly powerful. It combines the high riding comfort of a cargo bike with the significantly larger transport capacity and high payload of a cargo trailer. This creates flexible transport solutions for urban logistics, trades, delivery services, and many other commercial applications.

 

Can I build a mobile sales stand on a CARLA?

Yes. The CARLA is ideal as the basis for a mobile sales stand. Thanks to its modular loading area, you can customize sales, catering, or information stands—from coffee stands and street food to market or promotional stands.

On our website, you’ll find numerous setups and real-world examples that demonstrate just how versatile the CARLA can be for mobile sales. This allows you to draw on proven solutions or design your sales stand entirely according to your needs.

 

What are the dimensions of a CARLA?

Valid for all CARLAs (with and without motor)

  • the loading area has a base area of 1650 mm x 650 mm
  • the base area holds 4 Euro boxes of 600 mm × 400 mm
  • the trailer is 960 mm wide at its widest point
  • the highest point on the tow bar is 800 mm high
  • the total length is 3050 mm including the tow bar
Do I need an approval for a CARLA CARGO trailer?

No, you do not need a license in Germany. You can ride CARLA like a bicycle.

Can I get a CARLA in my individual color?

Your CARLA can be individually powder coated in your desired color. Please indicate your desired color in your order with the corresponding RAL code. The individual color selection costs you a small surcharge and takes about 2 weeks longer to deliver.

The effect of the colors in RAL codes may vary slightly. When ordering a CARLA in the color of your choice, an exchange due to color deviations is excluded. Outside of the EU we offer yellow and black trailers only!

Can I have my CARLA retrofitted with an engine later?

A later retrofitting from CARLA to eCARLA is technically possible in specialized bicycle dealers after consultation with CARLA CARGO.

How long does it take to deliver a CARLA CARGO cargo trailer?

Normally we deliver within 4 weeks after placing the order. With cargo boxes and desired color, it may take longer (plus 2 weeks). The obligatory deposit is considered as placing of order. The date on the order confirmation counts as the start of the expected delivery date.

Where can I find more information about the CARLA cargo trailer?

On our website, you'll find everything you need to know about CARLA cargo trailers:

  • Products – Technical specifications, models, accessories, and all the details about CARLA, eCARLA, mini, maxi, and our body styles.
  • Dealers – Schedule a test drive with a dealer near you and experience the CARLA cargo trailer firsthand.
  • Heroes – Discover real-world examples and learn how companies in urban logistics, trades, the food service industry, and local governments are successfully using CARLA.
  • FAQ – Answers to the most common questions about cargo trailers, technology, delivery, subsidies, and possible applications.

 

Do you still have questions or would you like personalized advice? Feel free to contact us by email at info@carlacargo.de or by phone at +49 (0) 7643 215 920 —we’re happy to help.

Let's bring your idea to life together.

Whether it’s a coffee bike, a street food concept, or a mobile food service—together, we’ll develop a solution that fits your business.

  • A no-obligation initial consultation about your concept

  • Customized planning for your ideal setup from our partner, [p3]-Werkstatt

  • Manufactured in Germany, built for your everyday business needs

     

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