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COTTERELL FOOD HUB · FREE RESOURCES

Everything we give new food businesses, free to download.

Guides, templates and checklists our advisers use every week with people starting out, from market stalls to first premises.
13 files · last updated September 2026
START HERE · GUIDE
The first 90 days: registering, insuring and pricing a new food business
Written with Environmental Health and three owners who have done it. Read it before you buy any kit or sign a lease.
PDF · 48 pages · 6.2 MB
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Guide
Registering with your council
What to send, how long it takes and what happens at the first visit.
8 pages · 1.1 MB
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XLSX
Template
Recipe costing sheet
Enter your ingredients once and it works out cost per portion and margin.
Excel and Sheets · 90 KB
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Guide
Allergen labelling for pre-packed food
The fourteen allergens, how to show them and the rules for food sold direct.
14 pages · 2.4 MB
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Guide
Selling at markets and events
Pitch fees, insurance, gas safety and what organisers ask to see.
10 pages · 1.6 MB
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Guide
Working from a home kitchen
What your council and your mortgage lender both need to know.
12 pages · 1.9 MB
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XLSX
Template
Supplier price tracker
Log prices each order and spot the ingredient that is eating your margin.
Excel and Sheets · 70 KB
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DOCX
Template
Food safety diary
Thirty days of opening, closing and temperature checks, ready to print.
Word · 32 pages
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XLSX
Template
Market day cash-up
Takings, float and card fees for each pitch, with a monthly total.
Excel and Sheets · 60 KB
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PDF
Checklist
Before your hygiene inspection
Twenty things the inspector will look at, in the order they usually do.
2 pages · 300 KB
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Checklist
Market day kit list
From hand-wash station to spare gas, so nothing is left in the van.
1 page · 180 KB
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Checklist
Opening a business bank account
The documents banks ask for and the questions worth asking them.
1 page · 160 KB
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