Make Burgers Not War

By Wise Boys Burgers

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This campaign was successful and closed on 27/08/2016 at 10:00 PM.

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Make Burgers Not War

Project 2016-07-22 10:09:21 +1200

Make Burgers Not War! 

 

We started with a dream and a whole lot of gumption. An idea that fast food doesn’t have to mean bad food. That you could go out, grab a lovingly-made feast that's good for you and good for the earth.

So we created New Zealand's first completely plant-based fast food joint. And you came and you enjoyed the delicious offerings.

Now we're asking you to join us again in transforming our humble handmade trailer into the best burger-shack-on-wheels you've ever seen.

 

We're bringing Wise Boys to the masses.

No animal products, just goodness and love.

Let's Make Burgers Not War. 

 

It all began about 9 months ago when we built our Wise Boys trailer with our meagre savings in the Summer of ’15-16, because we had a dream. We dreamed of a world where fast food wasn't at the expense of the environment or any of the creatures that live in it. A world where we could eat delicious burgers without compromising our values. A world where eating plant-based food was the norm.

It was a labour of love. We sweated and bled and cried and didn't sleep very much over this thing. We didn’t know where we were going but we were doing it anyway. We had no idea if you could make a living selling meatless burgers but we had to try it out. We created NZ’s first plant-based burger shack.

And you guys showed up! You've stood in the rain, waited in the cold, delighted and exclaimed over these tasty lil' burgz, and humbled us time and time again with your undying love and support. We've realised that we're onto a good thing here, and it's time to take it to the next level. We want more people to enjoy our burgers, and we want to do a better job of bringing them to you. We want to cook faster, better, and more efficiently. The kitchen we built ourselves was great to start off with but as we've grown, we can’t keep up. For us it’s super stressful and we don't wait to keep you guys waiting.

Another exciting development very early on in our journey was that we got selected to be a part of the Good Food Boost mentoring program. This was an amazing opportunity for us to have industry leaders help shape the direction and encourage us to pursue the dream. One of our mentors (Mike from Kokako) came and audited our trailer and reviewed our systems and from that we have come to the conclusion that the only way to do this thing properly is to completely refit the inside of our trailer. A damn big job, but a damn worthwhile one. We’ll be able to reach more people and make it more enjoyable for our current fans to eat even more burgers!

Join the food revolution! Help make Wise Boys great again! We're doing this for you, we're doing this for all of us. Fund a project that you canbe proud to be part of.

 

 

rewaaardss

 

 

fwends

We’ve got a whole bunch of awesome rewards for you guys to say thanks for being involved. 

 #makeburgersnotwar

What will the money go towards?

$8,000 new gas cooker, deep fryers and and almighty bun toaster: double the size, double the burgers, half the time. 100% delicious. 200% love.

$10,000 extractor and rangehood installation: as soon as you go to gas you need an extractor to keep things clean and good inside the shack.

$12,000 New stainless steel benches and storage systems. Upgrade our sinks. Upgrade our hot water. Get gas installed. Electrical install.

Total is looking to be around $30,000! Holy moly. We’ve got half of this covered ourselves but we need you guys to take us over line to make the dream a reality.

Any extra money we raise will go to sign writing our trailer. Currently it’s a blank canvas awaiting some rad logos. 

 

 

Meet the team

Tim - The bearded guy who does the stuff and makes the things happen. Lover of compost, worm farms and ambient music.

Beka - Creative genius, head chef, all round wizard. Wise Boys is actually run by a girl. True story.

Luke - The pretty boy with no facial hair. Lawyer by day, burger master by night.

 

 

***PEOPLE TO THANK. We Love u***

Calvin for the video edit. Music is Happiness by Cowboy Dan.

Alex Young for the team photo.

Everyone who has loved and supported us along this journey. Our family, friends, mentors and all you burger lovers! xoxo 

 

 

Comments

Updates 2

3 days to goooooo!!! Let's smash it

24/08/2016 at 1:00 PM

We've got 3 days to go on our campaign and we're so close to reaching our goal. Help us smash through the $15k mark so we can get some signwriting done on our trailer. We've got a new hamper reward coming in shortly to get you even more hyped up. Also don't forget that it's faher day next weekend so snap up some goodies for your old man while you're here!

Here's an update about what's going to happen to our trailer. We've taken it in to Bruce from Custom Coachbuilding and he has done a mock up layout for us before starting building the real thing. Once we've got the money through we'll start frantically building in preparation for our first event on 24th September in Tauranga. I actually cannot express how excited we were to see it and to know that this summer we were gonna be hitting the road with a proper food truck. It is gonna make our lives so much easier and more enjoyable so that we'll have more energy and enthusiasm to get out there and make more burgers for you all!

Thanks so much for the support so far. It is totally mind blowing and exciting.

The Wise Boys crew. xoxo

 

Me and Bruce stoked on the new trailer

Our little trailer going into a cocoon before emerging back into the world

The Glass is (nearly) half full!

14/08/2016 at 6:40 PM

Thanks everyone so much for being a part of our campaign so far! 114 of you beautiful souls.

On Tuesday I will be taking the trailer into our friend Bruce at CCB who will be completing the work for us. We'll do the intial mock up and layout of the kitchen to make sure it's exactly right for what we need. We've purchased our new cooker and it is truly a thing of beauty. After struggling away all last summer I can't express how amazing it will be to have a proper proffesionally made kitchen.

I gotta say my favourite thing is reading all of your encouraging comments! It's getting me fired up for the future. We are all really feeling the love.

We got 2 weeks and another $8,000 to go!!!! I'm stressing a bit but totally optimistic we're gonna hit our target. Unfortunately if we don't hit the target we won't get any of the money so please encourage all your friends and family to get amongst!! 

xoxox Tim and the Wise Boys crew

I love you for your love of love

    Pledgers 293

    Johnny
    04/08/2016 at 5:22pm

    "Awesome work Tim & Co. You should be super proud. Keep doing what your doing. Hit me up if you need more printing or Honesty Box smoothies?"

    Rebecca Playne
    04/08/2016 at 5:14pm
    Anonymous pledger
    04/08/2016 at 5:06pm
    Antonia Allum
    04/08/2016 at 4:23pm
    Glen Wuthrich
    04/08/2016 at 4:06pm
    Mitchell Baker
    04/08/2016 at 11:29am
    Kimberley Leece
    04/08/2016 at 9:00am
    Anonymous pledger
    04/08/2016 at 8:15am

    "Good for us, good for animals, good for the planet! Do we need anymore reasons? :) "

    Anonymous pledger
    03/08/2016 at 11:30pm
    Michelle Platt
    03/08/2016 at 11:22pm

    "It's awesome to see these guys fighting for their dream and not giving up! Give your support in building their kiwi dream! Awesome stuff! "

    Kirk J D Holloway
    03/08/2016 at 10:10pm
    Richard Wetherell
    03/08/2016 at 10:09pm

    "This is rad guys. Would love to see you scale up over the ditch."

    Prisca Lorenza
    03/08/2016 at 8:17pm

    "Go team! "

    James McCully
    03/08/2016 at 8:00pm

    "Keep on trucking! (Get it? I'll be here all week....)"

    Ferris Bradley
    03/08/2016 at 6:02pm

    "YAY"

    David Waters
    03/08/2016 at 5:58pm
    Paul Brandon
    03/08/2016 at 5:49pm

    "All the best guys! Keep doing what ya doing. "

    Miram McIvor
    03/08/2016 at 5:48pm
    Kimberley Leece
    03/08/2016 at 5:43pm
    Vanessa Payne
    03/08/2016 at 11:01am
    Zandri Clarke
    02/08/2016 at 10:20pm

    "You guys are doing awesome-sauce stuff!"

    Lucy
    02/08/2016 at 9:27pm

    "So proud. "

    Heidi Aspell
    02/08/2016 at 9:04pm
    Krystal Opie
    02/08/2016 at 7:56pm
    Daniel Playne
    02/08/2016 at 7:38pm
    Sophie Bond
    02/08/2016 at 4:54pm

    "Buying another one of these because I want two of your delicious burgers."

    Sophie Bond
    02/08/2016 at 4:53pm
    Alice Shopland
    02/08/2016 at 1:39pm
    Barry Grehan
    02/08/2016 at 12:47pm

    "Make meatless love"

    David Tong
    01/08/2016 at 10:13pm

    "Good luck y'all! Stay awesome through the refit."

    Make Burgers Not War

    Project 2016-07-22 10:09:21 +1200

    Make Burgers Not War! 

     

    We started with a dream and a whole lot of gumption. An idea that fast food doesn’t have to mean bad food. That you could go out, grab a lovingly-made feast that's good for you and good for the earth.

    So we created New Zealand's first completely plant-based fast food joint. And you came and you enjoyed the delicious offerings.

    Now we're asking you to join us again in transforming our humble handmade trailer into the best burger-shack-on-wheels you've ever seen.

     

    We're bringing Wise Boys to the masses.

    No animal products, just goodness and love.

    Let's Make Burgers Not War. 

     

    It all began about 9 months ago when we built our Wise Boys trailer with our meagre savings in the Summer of ’15-16, because we had a dream. We dreamed of a world where fast food wasn't at the expense of the environment or any of the creatures that live in it. A world where we could eat delicious burgers without compromising our values. A world where eating plant-based food was the norm.

    It was a labour of love. We sweated and bled and cried and didn't sleep very much over this thing. We didn’t know where we were going but we were doing it anyway. We had no idea if you could make a living selling meatless burgers but we had to try it out. We created NZ’s first plant-based burger shack.

    And you guys showed up! You've stood in the rain, waited in the cold, delighted and exclaimed over these tasty lil' burgz, and humbled us time and time again with your undying love and support. We've realised that we're onto a good thing here, and it's time to take it to the next level. We want more people to enjoy our burgers, and we want to do a better job of bringing them to you. We want to cook faster, better, and more efficiently. The kitchen we built ourselves was great to start off with but as we've grown, we can’t keep up. For us it’s super stressful and we don't wait to keep you guys waiting.

    Another exciting development very early on in our journey was that we got selected to be a part of the Good Food Boost mentoring program. This was an amazing opportunity for us to have industry leaders help shape the direction and encourage us to pursue the dream. One of our mentors (Mike from Kokako) came and audited our trailer and reviewed our systems and from that we have come to the conclusion that the only way to do this thing properly is to completely refit the inside of our trailer. A damn big job, but a damn worthwhile one. We’ll be able to reach more people and make it more enjoyable for our current fans to eat even more burgers!

    Join the food revolution! Help make Wise Boys great again! We're doing this for you, we're doing this for all of us. Fund a project that you canbe proud to be part of.

     

     

    rewaaardss

     

     

    fwends

    We’ve got a whole bunch of awesome rewards for you guys to say thanks for being involved. 

     #makeburgersnotwar

    What will the money go towards?

    $8,000 new gas cooker, deep fryers and and almighty bun toaster: double the size, double the burgers, half the time. 100% delicious. 200% love.

    $10,000 extractor and rangehood installation: as soon as you go to gas you need an extractor to keep things clean and good inside the shack.

    $12,000 New stainless steel benches and storage systems. Upgrade our sinks. Upgrade our hot water. Get gas installed. Electrical install.

    Total is looking to be around $30,000! Holy moly. We’ve got half of this covered ourselves but we need you guys to take us over line to make the dream a reality.

    Any extra money we raise will go to sign writing our trailer. Currently it’s a blank canvas awaiting some rad logos. 

     

     

    Meet the team

    Tim - The bearded guy who does the stuff and makes the things happen. Lover of compost, worm farms and ambient music.

    Beka - Creative genius, head chef, all round wizard. Wise Boys is actually run by a girl. True story.

    Luke - The pretty boy with no facial hair. Lawyer by day, burger master by night.

     

     

    ***PEOPLE TO THANK. We Love u***

    Calvin for the video edit. Music is Happiness by Cowboy Dan.

    Alex Young for the team photo.

    Everyone who has loved and supported us along this journey. Our family, friends, mentors and all you burger lovers! xoxo 

     

     

    Comments

    3 days to goooooo!!! Let's smash it

    24/08/2016 at 1:00 PM

    We've got 3 days to go on our campaign and we're so close to reaching our goal. Help us smash through the $15k mark so we can get some signwriting done on our trailer. We've got a new hamper reward coming in shortly to get you even more hyped up. Also don't forget that it's faher day next weekend so snap up some goodies for your old man while you're here!

    Here's an update about what's going to happen to our trailer. We've taken it in to Bruce from Custom Coachbuilding and he has done a mock up layout for us before starting building the real thing. Once we've got the money through we'll start frantically building in preparation for our first event on 24th September in Tauranga. I actually cannot express how excited we were to see it and to know that this summer we were gonna be hitting the road with a proper food truck. It is gonna make our lives so much easier and more enjoyable so that we'll have more energy and enthusiasm to get out there and make more burgers for you all!

    Thanks so much for the support so far. It is totally mind blowing and exciting.

    The Wise Boys crew. xoxo

     

    Me and Bruce stoked on the new trailer

    Our little trailer going into a cocoon before emerging back into the world

    The Glass is (nearly) half full!

    14/08/2016 at 6:40 PM

    Thanks everyone so much for being a part of our campaign so far! 114 of you beautiful souls.

    On Tuesday I will be taking the trailer into our friend Bruce at CCB who will be completing the work for us. We'll do the intial mock up and layout of the kitchen to make sure it's exactly right for what we need. We've purchased our new cooker and it is truly a thing of beauty. After struggling away all last summer I can't express how amazing it will be to have a proper proffesionally made kitchen.

    I gotta say my favourite thing is reading all of your encouraging comments! It's getting me fired up for the future. We are all really feeling the love.

    We got 2 weeks and another $8,000 to go!!!! I'm stressing a bit but totally optimistic we're gonna hit our target. Unfortunately if we don't hit the target we won't get any of the money so please encourage all your friends and family to get amongst!! 

    xoxox Tim and the Wise Boys crew

    I love you for your love of love

      Johnny
      04/08/2016 at 5:22pm

      "Awesome work Tim & Co. You should be super proud. Keep doing what your doing. Hit me up if you need more printing or Honesty Box smoothies?"

      Rebecca Playne
      04/08/2016 at 5:14pm
      Anonymous pledger
      04/08/2016 at 5:06pm
      Antonia Allum
      04/08/2016 at 4:23pm
      Glen Wuthrich
      04/08/2016 at 4:06pm
      Mitchell Baker
      04/08/2016 at 11:29am
      Kimberley Leece
      04/08/2016 at 9:00am
      Anonymous pledger
      04/08/2016 at 8:15am

      "Good for us, good for animals, good for the planet! Do we need anymore reasons? :) "

      Anonymous pledger
      03/08/2016 at 11:30pm
      Michelle Platt
      03/08/2016 at 11:22pm

      "It's awesome to see these guys fighting for their dream and not giving up! Give your support in building their kiwi dream! Awesome stuff! "

      Kirk J D Holloway
      03/08/2016 at 10:10pm
      Richard Wetherell
      03/08/2016 at 10:09pm

      "This is rad guys. Would love to see you scale up over the ditch."

      Prisca Lorenza
      03/08/2016 at 8:17pm

      "Go team! "

      James McCully
      03/08/2016 at 8:00pm

      "Keep on trucking! (Get it? I'll be here all week....)"

      Ferris Bradley
      03/08/2016 at 6:02pm

      "YAY"

      David Waters
      03/08/2016 at 5:58pm
      Paul Brandon
      03/08/2016 at 5:49pm

      "All the best guys! Keep doing what ya doing. "

      Miram McIvor
      03/08/2016 at 5:48pm
      Kimberley Leece
      03/08/2016 at 5:43pm
      Vanessa Payne
      03/08/2016 at 11:01am
      Zandri Clarke
      02/08/2016 at 10:20pm

      "You guys are doing awesome-sauce stuff!"

      Lucy
      02/08/2016 at 9:27pm

      "So proud. "

      Heidi Aspell
      02/08/2016 at 9:04pm
      Krystal Opie
      02/08/2016 at 7:56pm
      Daniel Playne
      02/08/2016 at 7:38pm
      Sophie Bond
      02/08/2016 at 4:54pm

      "Buying another one of these because I want two of your delicious burgers."

      Sophie Bond
      02/08/2016 at 4:53pm
      Alice Shopland
      02/08/2016 at 1:39pm
      Barry Grehan
      02/08/2016 at 12:47pm

      "Make meatless love"

      David Tong
      01/08/2016 at 10:13pm

      "Good luck y'all! Stay awesome through the refit."

      This campaign was successful and got its funding on 27/08/2016 at 10:00 PM.