If you have ever supplied juice at a wedding, funeral, church programme, corporate meeting, or outdoor event, then you already know that beverage catering is where the real money in the juice business lives. If you want to know more about beverage catering, catch up here. This side of the business is not won by recipes. It is won by logistics.
Your customer is not only buying juice. They are buying a cold, clean, smooth experience. In Ghana’s heat, your equipment either protects that experience or quietly destroys it.
Let’s walk through the equipment for the beverage catering juice business in Ghana that truly matters, using real situations and real prices so you can plan with clarity and confidence.
Cold storage: where your reputation is decided
Warm juice damages your reputation faster than any bad review.
Your foundation is the hard cooler, commonly called an ice chest in Ghana. For a medium event, one large cooler already puts you in business. In today’s Ghana market, a reliable large cooler typically costs between GH₵2,000 and GH₵3,500. Medium sizes range around GH₵1,200 to GH₵1,800, while heavy-duty premium models climb higher.
What matters more than size is discipline. Your juice must be pre-chilled overnight. Ice on the event day is for maintaining cold, not fighting the sun. That habit alone separates professionals from casual operators.
Ice: a small detail with huge consequences
Ice is not just temperature control. It is a trust signal.
Bagged edible ice sells around GH₵4 to GH₵6 per bag. For a hot outdoor event of 100 guests, you may easily use 8 to 15 bags over several hours.
An insulated ice bucket costs roughly GH₵120 to GH₵250, a proper scoop about GH₵50 to GH₵100, and tongs around GH₵20 to GH₵40. These are small purchases that completely change how your service feels to guests.
When ice is handled cleanly and confidently, your whole operation feels safe.
Cups, bottles, and the money behind them
Cups quietly eat profit if you do not track them. I recommend you buy in bulk. I typically buy from Ghana Rubber, you can locate them at South Industrial Area, near the STC yard.
Clear PET cups remain the most practical choice for Ghana events. A pack of 100 medium 16oz cups runs about GH₵260 to GH₵360. Thicker 24oz cups are around GH₵350 to GH₵480 per 100. Lids add another GH₵90 to GH₵200, and straws sit between GH₵100 and GH₵180.
For take-away service, PET bottles provide cleaner control. Expect GH₵350 to GH₵550 per 100 for decent 500ml bottles.
Glass jars look beautiful, but they increase labour, breakage, and stress. If you choose them for premium setups, they usually cost GH₵12 to GH₵25 per piece, and you must plan a breakage margin.
Speed and service flow
How you serve affects how many people you can satisfy per hour.
If you serve from bottles, your system depends on crate organisation and cooler layout. If you serve from dispensers, quality matters. A good dispenser typically costs GH₵350 to GH₵700. Add a drip tray for GH₵50 to GH₵150 to keep your bar clean.
Speed creates calm. Calm builds confidence. Confidence brings referrals.
Your juice bar: the new standard
Tables are old-school.
A mobile juice bar is what serious beverage catering now looks like in Ghana.
A clean, branded juice bar immediately raises your value. Basic mobile bar frames or custom builds usually fall between GH₵900 and GH₵2,000, depending on materials and finish. A branded front panel or wrap adds about GH₵250 to GH₵500.
Add a simple menu board for GH₵60 to GH₵120, and you already look like a company, not a side hustle.
Your bar sells your service before anyone tastes your juice.
Hygiene: the quiet profit protector
Professional hygiene is cheap compared to the trust it buys.
A box of gloves costs GH₵25 to GH₵45, hand sanitiser costs GH₵30 to GH₵80, disinfectant wipes cost GH₵20 to GH₵50, and a basic first-aid kit costs GH₵40 to GH₵80.
People notice, even if they never say it.
Transport: where many businesses break
As bookings grow, transport becomes strategy.
Strong bottle crates cost GH₵30 to GH₵60 each. Cooler straps fall around GH₵60 to GH₵120, and a simple utility trolley runs between GH₵200 and GH₵400.
This is what turns stressful events into smooth operations.
What it really costs to start
For your first serious bookings serving about 60 to 120 guests, most juicepreneurs end up investing roughly GH₵3,700 to GH₵5,100 if they buy wisely.
As you scale into larger events and premium setups, your total equipment investment typically grows into the GH₵7,500 to GH₵16,000 range over time. While you are buying all these equipment, making an investment towards your business, remember to record everything. Record keeping is very crutial in this business. Learn more about why you should keep such records here.
Final thought
Beverage catering is not complicated, but it is structured. When your cold control is solid, your service is fast, your juice bar looks premium, and your hygiene is visible, the business becomes predictable and profitable.
That is the point where referrals start working for you instead of you chasing customers.
If you are serious about turning beverage catering into a reliable income stream, take these three steps next:
First:
Download the Juicepreneur Blueprint.
This is the full business guide that walks you through equipment planning, pricing, compliance, production, service systems, and growth, specifically for the Ghanaian market. Everything in this post becomes far more powerful when you understand how the entire business fits together. DOWNLOAD HERE.
Second:
Join the Juicepreneurs WhatsApp Community and begin engaging with other operators who are actively building in Ghana. The conversations there will sharpen your decisions faster than trying to figure everything out alone. JOIN HERE.
Third:
When you are ready to stop guessing and start scaling, book a one-on-one consultation so we can structure your equipment plan, pricing model, and service workflow around your goals, location, and budget. BOOK NOW.
Those three steps, in that order, compress your learning curve dramatically and move you from experimentation into predictable income.
