Special Guests

My New Place
One of The Special guests to Nate Dogz
Nate Dogz at the beach
another special Guest!
and Nate Dogz at the Sidney Crosby Parade!

So It's been forever since I've posted.

Been quite busy with Nate Dogz and I moved there on Aug 1st.

So RONA's been going great. I'm taking a few days off right now, not by choice but the cart is in the shop getting some repairs. I did alot of travelling around on the weekend and the cart couldn't handle it BUT it's going to be stronger now!
Well what was I up too? well first off took Friday to go over to Cole harbour to sell some Nate Dogz to all the People that were out to see Sidney Crosby and the Stanley Cup! The parade they say drew about 80,000 people!! Of course i cant sell everyone a Nate Dogz but Chloe and I Set up in the perfect spot and sold out just at the right time, as the whole thing was ending. It was my best day in the 2 and a half months I've been doing this.!
so since that parade went great the next morning i thought I'd hit up another parade. Not as good. :S it was a smaller spread out crowd... I sold what i could and got out of there! went to Rona..And even THAT was a slow day, got out of there, And Finally for the 3rd Setup of the day I got a call to head out to an Lu'au and i catered that party! so its been a fun week, Busy but fun, I'll get the cart back tomorrow, after the repairs, and back to RONA for Wednesday!
Here are some pictures from the last little bit Enjoy!!


Go Nutz
Nate

Been awhile

Hey Everyone!
Been a few days since I've been on here to post sorry!
The cart has been going fine, starting to settle in on the correct meat, especially the sausages! which i myself are starting to get hooked on ha. And per request of my uncle have a separate bun for the sausages, which i now do and they are tasty. Been busy here at home, looks like I will be moving now in Aug, so I've been hard at looking for a place! which i think i found.

Hopefully everyone got to check out the Interview I did with HOT DOG CART NEWS www.hotdogprofits.com It turned out really good!

Will not be selling today Wednesday July 8th, Setting up the Paul McCartney Concert!! Excited to maybe hear some of him on Saturday!

Go Nutz Everyone!
Go Nutz: For Nate Dogz

Nate

Hot Dog Cart News Interview!!

Hey Everyone Check Out My Interview on Hot Dog Cart News Website!!
Steve From St. Louis called me up and we had alittle chat about the Buisness!
It went Great and the interview turned out GReat

THanks Steve For taking the time to call up!

Everyone GO HEre Now!

HOT DOG CART NEWS!

Pictures From Dahr!

(actually this one was shot by Tim and Steph Cain)

Thanks David Dahr of Dahrfilms For the great shots!

Going Nutz As Usual

Yo!
Well today RONA had a 15% off anything in the store, I was expecting a large crowd, But it was Much larger then I had planned for. The customers were coming and coming one after the other! I didn't have a chance to sit down. I heard a RONA employee say that it was the busiest the stores ever been since they opened! well It was defiantly the busiest day of Go Nutz Since it's opened. It beat my previous best day by almost Double! I had plenty of Dogs and sausages, But not Nearly enough Condiments! I had to shut'r down for 30mins to run to superstore for some emergency Mustard, and Ketchup, and Relish AND Sauerkraut. Ha

Oh and Superstore was having a no Tax event so that was a mad house as well!! overall Super busy day! That's what I want, To Go Nutz!!
Thanks to Nick for coming by with HIS bike! It's looking good!

Go Nutz!

Nate

VendrTV

Hey
Quick Post, This website is a MUST BOOKMARK for any Street meat Enthusiest.
Great little Webisodes, highlighting a Different street cart and their food!
Check some of them out, The SPEED DOG from Boston is what Go Nutz aspires to be!! ha

VENDRTV <----Check it out!

Nate
Go Nutz!

Great Run for Go Nutz

Hey!

Just finished up my Wednesday at Go Nutz. A couple updates, I did my interview with The Hot Dog Cart News Website/Blog called www.hotdogprofits.com yesterday. It is a great site for the Hot Dog vendor community. The man that runs it is Steve Schaible, really cool guy, based out of St. Louis. I contacted him when Go Nutz opened and he said he wanted to to a feature on my company. So he recorded the interview over the phone yesterday as well as he'll do a little write up. DON'T worry I will let everyone know via this site as well as Facebook when it becomes available.

Also today was the best Wednesday in Go Nutz History. Doubling any other Wednesday I've done before, and also it has been the most profitable stretch of 5 days, as well!

The sun DOES bring people out! Thanks to all those who support Go Nutz!

Remember, Go Nutz, for whatever your passion is!

Penguins Stanley Cup Champions!

Good Job to the Penguins!

Against pretty much every statistic that the broadcasters could come up with, going against them, they were able to put together a solid game seven against the Detroit Red Wings, and get the win.

Marc Andre Fleury put together a great game for his team with the save in the final seconds to hang on to the win. Great job! And Congrats to Sidney the youngest Captian to ever Hoist the cup!

overall amazing playoffs and a great finals! Looking forward to seeing the cup in Cole Harbour! (Again)

Go Nutz!

Nate

International Customers!

Hey,
Well yesterday Thursday, was a pretty slow day, Rainy and cold again. I set up for a bit anyways, with some minor success, making money is always good. But the cool part of today were the two guys who showed up to have a couple Big Dogs. They were from Germany visiting Nova Scotia and PEI for 14 days. First off they were so excited to see the cart, they said they hadn't seen anything like this anywhere! In Germany they do not have hot dog carts. Which right away I thought was strange because i thought Germany invented the Frank! anyways, the reason they don't have Carts is the government, I'm not sure exactly how the process goes but sounds like you need a million papers and permits to set up somewhere or, in their words, "The police will come and kick you off, and kill you!" ha But they loved my cart, taking pictures, asking info, i gave them the website to where i got it as well as my email in case they wanted to move to Halifax and Start their own.
Ha not only am i bring customers to RONA, I'm Bring people to Canada! :)

Keep going Nutz!
Shout out to Scott in AUSTRALIA! GO NUTZ MAN!

oh p.s One worked as a truck driver the other in the "FRANK"furt airport moving planes...

NATE

The Great Wall

                                   (The Great Wall in 1907)

You know whats Nutz?
...Well I was reading in a book I have about things to do while your alive, and visit the Great Wall was one, got me interested in it, so I looked up exactly how long it is. Did you know it would stretch from Halifax to Vancouver then back to Manitoba?!?!? I knew it was Great, but never really compared it to something I could related to.

Talk about determination and patience it took hundreds of years, and they say upwards of 2 million slaves died building it, then when complete up to 1 million men would guard it...CRAZY!

..oh but in the end it never really worked, The barbarians, and Mongols, would just find a way, or bribe there way across. Good idea though!

Makes you wonder if the purposed American Fence between Mexico, would just be a stupid idea. People will always find a way.

5x the Airmiles!

Yo,                             (THIS GUYS IS GOING NUTZ)
Well RONA is having a five times the Air miles this weekend. Saturday was a busy day at the store, as well as at Go Nutz! Again the weather did not keep people away from having a hot dog.
Hoping today is just as busy!
Also Rigged up my umbrella, after a lot of early morning metal work :S had to drill some holes in the bottom of the cart, to anchor a base that the umbrella pole could slide into. Seems to work so far, the real test will be at the store actually setting it up.

Well off to another day at Go Nutz!

Times and Location!

Hey 
Just received a message from a buddy of mine, Matt. And he made a suggestion that I'm surprised I haven't addressed yet. Where I'm located and times I operate. 
first of times, look to be 11am - till 4pm through the week. Fridays and weekends I may go alittle later, like 6, or 7 I guess it all depends on how busy it is. This first week I'm still getting the feel for things...

so lets go with 11am - 4pm for the most part

Second where I'm located. 

RONA! and that is here.

View Larger Map

It's right there were all the dirt is, the google image was obviously before it was built.
but it is right there in the back of the park.

I'm finding there are defiantly a ton of things to do to keep this running 7 days a week.
Entrepreneurship is not for everyone, but it is for me. I always wanted to just work for ME and this is it!

Whats the ONE thing every Hot dog Cart should have?!

Go NUTZ

Nate!

Fortune Cookie

Hey Everyone!
My first Monday is done, and still things are going great, getting alittle more streamlined! Staff is loving it, hopefully they keep on loving it! Tomorrow I won't be set up :S I had a previous job to do, but will be back going nutz on Wednesday!
So I sat down yesterday, and had myself a Fortune cookie, my first one ive eating since I started the cart. And how ironic as to what it said, "Hope for the best, prepare for the worst" I've definatly being praying for the best and the business side, i've been preparing for the worst, it was my business motto on my fortune cookie. Included a picture.

Stay Cool
and keep Going Nutz!

Nate

First weekend 'Gone Nutz'

Hey
Well first weekend at Go Nutz is over, thanks to all who came out to show support, and grab a sweet dog. Considering being new, no signage, and Friday and Saturday being poor weather, it was all a success. As far as I can see if it keeps up, Go Nutz should be doing just fine!
I've found out that The Big Dog is the favorite, 1/4 pound all beef! then the sausage, then the Hot Dog.
Favorite condiment, I think is gonna be the relish, mustard and onions.
Yesterday I served a little girl her very first hot dog, she was loving it!
... until half way through she fell off the picnic Bench. :S
Overall a great weekend, Going in today, but will not be able to set up Tuesday, another commitment. But back at it for Wednesday and the remainder of the week!

Go Nutz!
Nate

Day One: "I'm Gonna need a bigger Cooler!"

Hey
So The Grand opening is over, for never have really operating a full day myself, the day went Pretty smooth! I'd say the months of research and mental preparation, has paid off. I had customers lined up before I Had even had the cart set up,(2 guys from lane!, credit that to the flyer's I Handed out earlier in the week)

Once the day got moving, I realized that I would be doing more business then I planned. People were coming out in groups, and it was more of a RONA staff crowd then anything. The human recourse rep, Nick, had said that the whole store was excited, and by the end of the day the store manager said the feedback was super positive, SO RONA Likes The dogs. Well the BIG Dog to be exact, as i ran out of the stock i had brought up.

Thanks to all those who showed up for a visit as well, Blair, Dahr, Nick, Mom, Dad, Nanny, Gran dad, Ken, and all the customers, and RONA Staff, who I hope to see more of over the coming months.

A few things I found is that people like to eat even in the rain ha, "I'm gonna need a bigger cooler...", the umbrella is gonna need some Tinkering to work, I might just go with the enclosed 4 post patio thingy haha. and The Big Dog is a hot seller!

Coming soon, some Promo Pics of the first day taken by Go Nutz Photographer, Dahr!!
Great Pics Dahr! they'll be coming soon!

GO NUTZ!

Nate
Okay I just see Dahr has Posted the Pictures to the GO NUTZ Facebook page check them out!!
HERE

2 More days Till I GO NUTZ!

Well Friday is the Grand opening, I'm not doing anything 'Grand' besides finally starting this business. Today I went around to the business around RONA and handed out flyers advertising the Opening on friday as well as just the Company. Encouraging staff to come on over to RONA and let me make them a dog! ha

If your in the area come on out! If your not in the area, I imagine you will be at one point this year, so you can stop by then!

Go Nutz!

Nate!

Cart has arrived!

Well another task checked off!
after a couple weeks of delays, and set backs, the cart has arrived in all its glory!
hooked it up to the car, and drove it away.It's much lighter then I thought, it does a lot of bouncing around over even the smallest bumps in the road. Everything I had hoped for though!

The wiring will take an afternoon to hook up though

but I was able to get the Licence plate on no problem.

Schedules!

Hey,
Well I met with a manager at RONA finally today after a bunch of emails and phone calls, and if all goes as planned, 'cause they haven't been lately, Grand opening now will be 

May 29th, 2009! at the RONA store in Bayer's Lake

We discussed Operating times, storage, ideas for more customers, and some paper work.

He told me some times that would be good and, we mixed that with what i wanted to work
These are the times:

• Monday    - Wednesday   11am - 4pm
  
• Thursday - Saturday        11am - 7pm
  
• Sunday                                   11am - 5pm
  

These times may change as I see fit, in accordance with busier times and slower times.
Lets hope its all busy times!!

Stay tuned for a menu!!

p.s I just thought this picture was funny, 

Keep it Real
And..
Go Nutz!

A Few Delays...

So today was an interesting day,

first off cart should have arrived yesterday, hadn't. So I called the company that shipped it to me, and they sent it to Hamilton rather then Halifax. Not the Cart companies fault but the shipping company.
Okay 1 Delay.

Then Supposed to meet with Rona Store Manager, he was away today emergency. and other managers were not in, so that's post-poned till tomorrow.
Okay 2 Delays.

The insurance company called and said they had forgotten to get me to sign a piece of paper, well that's one trip over to the Dark side humph :S
Okay Delay number 3.
After all this today wasn't an entire slow one, I did, work for a few hours, as well as get the hitch on the car for a ridiculously cheap price!! 20% off because it took forever(4 weeks) to arrive!!

So after all that today I'd say was a success!

...Just Going Nutz That's all! :)

Grand opening will no longer be May 23rd :S

MENU WILL BE POSTED SOON!

GO NUTZ!

RONA, Is Going Nutz!

Hey everyone,

Well today's the day officially RONA and GO NUTZ came to an agreement, that entitles me to be set up outside the store in Bayers Lake!!
After a good 6 months of looking, asking emails, inquires, store managers, assistant managers, and Head office people, it all let to RONA the "How to People"

So right now, if i can get everything set up and ready to go,
...Drum roll please!!....... budabudabudabudbaubudbuabduabudbubad....

Grand Opening for Go Nutz will be Saturday May 23rd, 2009
at the RONA store in Bayers Lake!!

Thanks for all the support, check in next week for more info!


Go Nutz!