How Do You Remove Stains from White Kitchen Restaurant Towels?
Keeping white kitchen towels from becoming discolored isn't easy. Restaurants and food trucks are tough environments to stay clean. Especially when you might relying these versatile towels to wipe up grease, clean food prep areas, or utilize as a make-shift oven mitt. The uses of these towels are many and you'll need a lot of them. It's not easy to keep these white towels white! There's a reason most restaurants don't use brilliant white tablecloths. Doing the laundry is a significant added expense and something you'll find exclusively at high-brow eateries. There are added costs to clean, replace, and added [...]
Real-World Food Blogging Topic Ideas for Food Truck and Restaurant Owners
Own a restaurant or food truck, but aren’t sure if you should take time to publish a blog? The reality is if you’re operating any type of food business finding the time to sit down and write a blog post or record a video won’t be easy. After all, you’ve got a business to grow and customers to serve. Truth be told, if you own a restaurant and are trying to decide what type of marketing tactic you should invest your limited time and effort into, we don’t recommend blogging as the first option. There are plenty of other ways [...]
Will Marijuana Food Trucks Be a Legit Business Opportunity in 2019?
While there are many legal hurdles yet to jump, investors believe the legalization of marijuana products is (eventually) a foregone conclusion. Forbes reports the legal cannabis industry could hit $57 billion worldwide 2027. Marijuana is already permitted for recreational and medical use in nine states, including California, Alaska, and Washington. Of course, the use of this product, remains illegal at the federal level. But it’s legalization at the national level seems all but inevitable at this point, even if the process is expected to take a few years. There are all kinds of products of course that can be produced [...]
Can You Trademark a Food Truck Name?
Can you patent trademark a food truck's name? In fact, you can! Just like any other type of business you can acquire a trademark to protect your brand and its likeness. There are all kinds of reasons that you may want to register for a trademark, but the primary reason for many includes protecting your brand against other companies entering the space that may confuse customer or too closely resembles your business name. Imagine how frustrating it would be if someone in your city started a food truck with a nearly identical name, logo, and menu that was so close [...]
Five Healthy Side-Dish Recipe Ideas For Your Food Truck
All food trucks can benefit from offering healthy side dishes. As a society, we are trying to live healthier lifestyles than our parent’s generation. There are plenty of reasons for folks to make a conscious effort to improve one’s health, including weight loss, live longer, or simply to feel better. No matter what the reason behind a living a healthy lifestyle, for most folks this means doing more of two things: exercising regularly and improving diet. While budgeting time to exercise or eat better is simple, it doesn’t mean this will be easy to accomplish. Between work and [...]
Five Ideas to Convert a School Bus into a Mobile Kitchen
First, it was old delivery trucks that were converted into gourmet food trucks. Today, an increasing number of food vendors are serving meals from a converted school bus that’s been transformed into a commercial kitchen. In today’s post, we evaluate some of the best menu ideas we’ve seen on these converted school buses often referred to as food “skoolies” to help you determine if this type of build is the right choice for your business. Before jumping on the school bus bandwagon there are some important considerations to think about. First, a converted bus is a lot larger and longer [...]
The Starting Quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagle's Just Opened a Food Truck
The starting quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles, Carson Wentz, has a new side gig as a food truck vendor. Well… Sort of. Wentz has a new charitable food truck named Thy Kingdom Crumb offering free meals to those in need in the Philadelphia area. The food truck made its debut in late August at Acme Markets in Philly. For the grand opening both Wentz and super-star teammate Zach Ertz distributed meals. If you live in the Philadelphia area, you can view the truck in person at regular season home games at Lincoln Financial Field throughout the year. The goal of [...]
Starting a Mobile DJ Trailer Business in Florida?
Thinking about starting a mobile DJ trailer business in Florida? A trailer can help you safely transport audio and visual equipment, while setting your business apart from other DJs in the local market. Below is an overview of this high-profit business model. Mobile DJ Trailer Business Model Explained Being your own boss and becoming entrepreneurial disc jockeys (AKA DJ) is something most on-air talent considers during their career. After all, most small radio markets pay on-air talent under $40,000 annually if you’re just entering the workforce. It’s not that small-market radio wouldn’t like to pay their employees more, it’s simply [...]
Six New Revenue Stream Ideas to Grow Your Food Truck’s Brand and Business
The last time you visited a local Starbucks or Caribou Coffee shop you may have noticed something: There’s a whole lot more for sale than a simple cup of coffee and breakfast sandwich. The last time I frequented my local Starbucks location (a location I visit about 3 times per week) the store had a variety of items available for purchase. Here are a few items I observed at my location: Mugs and tumblers with the Starbucks branded logos selling for between $12.99 - $19.99 on average. Gum and mints strategically placed by the cash register to remind me that [...]
Should You Offer Free Samples From Your Food Truck?
Offering free samples is one of the oldest ways to market and generate interest in a new food product. You see this all the time when you visit the giant discount retailers like Costco. Part of the attraction for many Costco members is visiting the store is to see what type of snacks, entrees, drinks and deserts will be on display to try for free. Offering a free sample is an effective way to get potential customers to experience your product without risk. But does it make wise business sense to offer freebies from your food truck like bigger businesses? [...]