How to Find the Best Fairs and Festivals for Vendors
Let’s get started with the basics. How to find your first farmer’s market. You probably know about every farmer’s market within a 50 mile radius of your house. Just in case you don’t, there’s a database to look all of them up called LocalHarvest.org. But, your best resource is going to be other food truck owners already selling at farmer’s markets. They know which ones you’ll do well at and hopefully they won’t convince you to do a market you won’t do well at! If you know a food producer (how could you not these days?), send them a [...]
The Best Farmer’s Market Display Tip (Plus 5 more!)
It's almost that time of year again - farmer's market season! Locally, our summer farmer's market starts only a couple months away. I'm incredibly excited. There are over 90 vendors with everything from produce, to jam, wooden crafts, bbq sandwiches and egg rolls. And always a ton of new vendors each season, too. While things are going to continue being a bit different this year than usual, I'm still hopeful we'll be seeing a strong crowd turnout at the local market. Be sure to support your local farmer's markets as well! If you're a new to the food truck or [...]
Should I Keep My Food Truck Business Open During the Off-Season?
See if this scenario sounds familiar. Your food truck or restaurant is humming along, riding high on the wave of seasonal summer business. You’re buying new equipment, making multiple deals with new distributors, expanding your product offerings. Maybe you’re toying around with some new menu ideas, thinking of ways to expand your base of customers, and buying all of those wish-list items that have been plaguing your kitchen and staff since the day you opened. Your credit cards are all paid off, your utility bills are all current, and you start thinking that maybe, just maybe, your fledgling business is [...]
10 Creative Blog Post Ideas for Your Food Business
Struggling to come up with content for your blog? Maybe one of these ideas will help! Have you ever wondered what you would actually write about if you started a blog tied to your food businesses? The modern blog can come in many formats, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube blogs, or of course hosted on your own company website. Blogging is a time-consuming activity. You might have time for it, you might not. Hopefully, you do. And if you're making it a main part of your online marketing, chances are you run into the same writer's block I'm experiencing. [...]
10 Farmers Market Supplies to Always Have on Hand
"You guys are a traveling hardware store!" That's the line we get almost every weekend at the farmers market. And it's true. We've got everything you would ever need to support, fix, mend, display, and level out your farmers market display. Whether you operate a truck, trailer or a tent this is like a Swiss army knife of life savers for food vendors. BBQ Trailer built by M&R Specialty Trailers and Trucks. Does this sound like a typical morning? You pack "everything" into the food truck and head to bed, dreaming of an above-average sales day. The next [...]
101 Catchy Name Ideas for Food Carts You Can Use
Food carts have been a major part of American history since the founding fathers first landed on these green shores. And New York City was the original center of the food cart industry since 1691, when it was still known as New Amsterdam. Small wonder this vast metropolis is still one of the most popular food cart locations in the country. From the old-time chuck wagons to the more modern taco stands, food carts are a popular sight on street corners across America today, and are a viable business opportunity for anyone looking to start up their own business. So [...]
Six Profitable Places to Legally Park a Food Truck
The biggest barrier to making money when you’re first getting started with your food truck seems like it should be simple to overcome, but it can become more problematic than you might expect. It’s a simple question: Where are you gonna PUT this thing to sell my food? Thanks to strict city ordinances, draconian zoning guidelines, and even protests from envious local brick-and-mortar establishments, who may view your food truck as unfair competition for their own businesses, finding a spot to park your truck or concession trailer can be complicated. Review Your Local Ordinances BBQ Trailer built by M&R [...]
The Best Way to Get More Food Truck Testimonials and Reviews
Do you make a great product, but struggle to get a lot of customer testimonials? A lot of food truck owners find it hard to capture the excitement of their current customers to help them sell more product to new customers. After all, testimonials from real people convert wavering customers incredibly well. But, how do you get more customers to rave about your product AND tell you? The answer is simple: just ask. Customers who stand behind your product, purchase it often, and tell other people about it will often tell you, too. Ask for an online review after [...]
58 Pig Roast Name Ideas for Your Next Event
A pig roast event is a great way to bring together family and friends for a festive celebration, or as part of a local celebration event for the whole town. Often centered on a certain event in the local calendar, such as a memorial day, these events can be popular in most towns across the country, with a particular popularity in the south, where it has been closely linked to BBQ events. Even George Washington attended a barbecue hog roast during his time, an event that was noted in his journal in 1769. Whatever type of event you are organizing, [...]
How to Generate Creative Ice Cream Truck Name Ideas
Struggling to find a unique name for your ice cream truck? We're here to help. The Frozen Dessert Industry in the United States is now worth more than $200 billion a year and is still growing. The United States is still also the largest in the world when it comes to the ice-cream market, and Americans regularly consume more than 91% of the overall global annual ice cream sales, according to market research reports. Working out how to name your new ice cream truck can be a little hard, since there are already a huge number of trucks across the country that [...]