First Friday Foodies has evolved! We are super excited to announce our collaboration with Campbelltown Council & the launch of Macarthur Night Markets!  An opportunity for Macarthur locals to experience great food, an awesome atmosphere in the recently upgraded Mawson Park, Queen Street Campbelltown location! Fun for families, friends or after work catch ups, trading 5pm to 9pm the first & third Friday night of the month. We are incorporating market stalls and more entertainment, get on board we want this to be THE Night market event of 2017! This event has an extensive budget, including Council marketing support, local press etc. The current Facebook post has engaged over 22k followers.

Please read the following terms & conditions before applying. Also please note this is an evening market, stalls are responsible for their own lighting etc.
All stalls must ensure they are compliant with NSW Food authority temporary food stall conditions. 
All stalls utilising power are responsible to ensure WHS standards are maintained. This includes all power cords MUST be tagged & tested, all leads MUST be covered, no trip hazards etc.
Stalls that are not compliant with these conditions will be unable to trade at this event.
Each food vendor will be required to participate in a one off Council inspection & fee, they will then be appproved to trade at this event with out additional inspections and fees. 
Temporary food stall holder and food truck forms will be supplied and will be need to be completed.
Additional inspections may arise if there are reports of breaches and an inspection is required.
Stalls must remove and manage their own waste. Bins supplied are for customer rubbish only.

Terms & Conditions:

Welcome to Eat Shop Love Markets & Events

 

We operate boutique markets and special events in several fantastic locations in NSW. Our stallholders are carefully selected based on their product range, stall presentation and their “fit element” to our market community.

We firmly believe there is a place for boutique markets foodie markets and events in our community, we pride ourselves on creating a fun, relaxed and unique atmosphere at our events.

We love showcasing our stallholders, your success is our success!

 

Who can apply?

 

Applications are open in all product categories. We do not accept mass produced, discount store products, trash & treasure or counterfeit products.

Applicants are required to detail the products they intend to sell, additional items may not be added to the stall without approval.

 

What is the approval process?
We will select the vendors to trade at this event and will also create a wait list. 

We pride ourselves on offering a unique and varied stallholder mix. Categories are limited and stalls are allocated based on the fit element of their products.

We operate a casual waiting list in high demand categories, candles; jewellery; baby & kids items. These stall holders are operated a space when a permanent stall in these categories is unable to attend.

Our decision to approve stalls is final. We invite you to join our database so you can be aware of all new events and have the opportunity to apply as they become available.

Application forms are released for all events as they are confirmed. When the form is completed, the Eat Shop Love team process the application. You will either receive an email advising the application is unsuccessful, or you will receive an invoice confirming your involvement in the event. The invoice will need to be paid by the due date to secure your position. When the payment for the invoice is received, you will be allocated a space and will be sent details of the market in the week of the event. If the invoice is not paid & communication isn’t received, your position will be allocated to someone else.

Please consider this before applying, 2016, was a very admin labour intensive year for the ESL team, with numerous stallholders applying and then not paying for positions allocated etc. This will not be tolerated moving forward, if stall holders do not follow the application process they will be unable to trade with ESL.

 

Permanent & Casual stalls

 

As we now have over 12 months trading history with some stallholders and venues, we will be operating with both permanent and casual stalls for 2016 & beyond.

A permanent stall has an allocated position at the venue. They must secure this position by booking & paying for their position in 3 month blocks. The stalls must be paid for even if the stall holder is not trading, to secure the site as a permanent location. Exceptions to this will be noted on booking forms for each event eg. January markets & when regular dates are changed to allow for holidays etc.

 

A casual stall is a stallholder who is not committed to a location at the market. They may trade every month, but do not have an allocated position, they are placed in vacant positions when the market map is created.

 

Permanent stall holders receive a 10% discount on stall fees.

 

 

The Nitty Gritty!

 

• All Eat Shop Love Markets & Events are advertised with specific trading times. Stall holders are to abide to these times, as detailed in the event booking forms. Packing up early is not an option, traders who do this will be unable to trade at future ESL events.
• Our events are held in all weather conditions. It is the responsibility of the stallholder to ensure they are adequately prepared for all weather conditions. Your stall is required to have weights for high wind at all events. We recommend stall holders have wet weather walls & or plastic covering for your products in case of wet weather.
• There will be no cancellations or refunds for paid stall fees. This includes the transfer of stall fees to future events. Please consider this before applying for events.
• If the event needs to be cancelled within 7 days of trading, a full refund will be given. 3 to 7 days is 50%. Under 3 days no refunds are given.
• The market operates in all weather conditions, in extreme weather conditions (heatwave or storms) and it is decided it is not safe to hold the event or to continue to operate the event, the market will be cancelled. Again please not there is no refunds or partial refunds if this occurs.
• It is a requirement that you have public liability insurance that is current for all events that you trade at. We are able to offer insurance to a limited number of traders at each event. We are unable to cover candles/beauty & body products/food items/electrical goods & amusement rides.
• Our stalls are 3m x 3m or 6m x 3m. Stall fees are for space only, stall holders need to supply your gazebo and market stall set up. Food trucks are required to advise their measurements and apply for an appropriate size stall.
• We utilise Facebook & social media extensively to promote our events, which in turn promotes you &your business. We appreciate feedback at Eat Shop Love, however we will not tolerate stall holders negatively posting on public pages/posts about ESL or any events. If you would like to provide us with feedback, we have a closed group on Facebook, email or a phone call to do this. Negative comments will be removed & the stallholders involved will not be able to trade with Eat Shop Love at future events.
• We have enjoyed great success with our events & we have many stallholders who have achieved record results trading with us. We enjoy seeing our stallholders succeed & we are excited to launch great opportunities to promote our stall holders in 2016.
• We suggest that applications for all events are made promptly, we have minimized capacity at some locations and high interest categories book quickly.