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1807, 2018

Food Truck Concession Doors: What You Need To Know

July 18th, 2018|Categories: Concession Equipment|0 Comments

In our on-going series about food truck equipment, we’ve come to one of the more basic build-out topics: concession doors. As you might imagine this is a more straight-forward consideration compared to other areas like plumbing, electrical, or the kitchen layout. Still there are some common-sense guidelines we can offer on the topic if you plan to install a door in the future to ensure the project is done right the first time. As we’ve mentioned in previous posts in this series, we’ve been manufacturing food trucks and concession trailers for over 15 years. In our decade and a half [...]

1607, 2018

Where Should Propane Tanks Be Installed on a Food Truck?

July 16th, 2018|Categories: Concession Equipment|0 Comments

There's an age old debate that continues with food truck build outs: Where's the best place to install propane tanks? Some builders advocate for propane tanks to be installed horizontally in a protected compartment underneath your food truck. Others recommend that propane tanks should be installed vertically at the rear of the vehicle. As you may already be aware there are food trucks that actively operate with tanks in both locations. But what's the optimal way to install these units during the build-out process? In this article, we share our insights learned over 15+ years in the concession industry. Over [...]

1207, 2018

The Typical Day in the Life of a Crepe Truck

July 12th, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

Part of the appeal of food trucks is that they bring a wider variety of specialty foods to people. While restaurants do offer exotic and foreign foods, food trucks make them more accessible. Crepes would be a good example of this. Crepes are thin pastries that are kind of like really thin pancakes. While most people in the United States have heard of crepes, establishments that offer them are not that common. At least not as common as hamburger stands and that is why mobile trucks that serve crepes are very interesting. From a business standpoint, crepes are highly profitable [...]

1506, 2018

What's Financial Expert Dave Ramsey's Opinion on the Food Truck Industry?

June 15th, 2018|Categories: News|0 Comments

In a recent episode of The Dave Ramsey Show, the financial expert of the same name took a call from a prospective food truck business owner. True to form, Ramsey offered candid advice on the next steps the caller Isabelle in Houston should take to improve her personal finances and operate the food truck business profitably. Click the play button below to listen to the full 8-minute segment of the show. If you're unfamiliar with Dave Ramsey's program, listeners call-in seeking advice on a variety of personal finance topics. Many of the callers to Dave's program are looking for ways [...]

1206, 2018

Everything You Need to Know About Food Truck Water Tanks

June 12th, 2018|Categories: Concession Equipment|0 Comments

One of the items that can be overlooked by first-time food truck vendors is figuring out the size and type of water tanks needed to install in a concession trailer. Not only will you need fresh and gray water tanks to operate efficiently, but you'll need these to meet the specific permitting requirements of the city and state you plan to operate. In this post, we outline all the things you need to take into consideration before installing water tanks inside your food truck. Take notes on this one because this post can take you a lot of time, money, [...]

906, 2018

The Easy Search-Engine Optimization Guide (SEO) For Food Truck Operators

June 9th, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Want to market your food truck on on major search engines like Google and Bing? Getting the major search engines to pay attention to your mobile food business is one of the easiest ways to generate new customers in addition to capturing lucrative catering opportunities that can really benefit the bottom line. In order to get Google to take notice of your business, you'll need to complete a little basic SEO or search-engine optimization. In layman's terms, SEO is all about ensuring search engines find and display you prominently within results pages. You can get technical with it, but for [...]

806, 2018

What Licenses or Permits Does a Catering Business Need?

June 8th, 2018|Categories: Getting Started|0 Comments

Do you throw elaborate dinner parties for your friends, complete with multiple rounds of appetizers and perfectly paired after-dinner cheese plates? Do you look forward to minor social events as an opportunity to make little skewers festooned with carefully patterend baby buffalo mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, and fresh basil? Are you constantly being asked to "pitch in" with the cooking at other people's events or functions? Do you find yourself entering local cooking competitions to try out new recipes and bask in the glory of having the best chili in town, WHILE raising money for muscular dystrophy? If so, you've probably considered [...]

2505, 2018

Two Ways Gourmet Food Trucks Can Better Serve Construction Sites

May 25th, 2018|Categories: Getting Started|0 Comments

Mobile vendors and construction sites go together like peanut butter and jelly, ketchup and mustard, donuts and coffee... Well you get the idea. The pairing of lunch trucks serving construction sites have been common site for decades. This symbiotic  relationship continues to be strong in 2018 and could be an overlooked opportunity for you as well. Whether you operate in a densely populated city or a rural area serving construction sites can be a profitable part of your regular operations. If a new structure like a distribution center is being developed off-the grid in a location without nearby water, electricity [...]

2305, 2018

How to Start a Profitable Pie Concession Trailer Business

May 23rd, 2018|Categories: Getting Started|0 Comments

Crumbly, flaky, tasty... The business side of selling pies has its benefits. While pies are traditionally thought of as a desert in the United States there are simple ways the food can be adapted as breakfast or lunch options (chicken pot pie anyone?). In today's post we explore the pie industry in greater detail so you can decide if it's the right option for your business. Business Potential One of the first steps in writing any business plan is determining if there's market demand for your product. In 2017, a company called Specialty Bakeries Inc. brought in over $20 million [...]

1505, 2018

Should You Paint or Wrap a Food Trailer?

May 15th, 2018|Categories: Getting Started|0 Comments

If you've landed here, you're no doubt trying to decide whether it's better to wrap or paint a food truck or trailer. If you're grappling with this decision, the answer is simple: Get your food truck professionally wrapped. Inside this post we'll outline our supporting evidence into the paint VS wrap decision, but for the majority of folks out there this should be an obvious choice.  Almost every gourmet truck you see on the road has used a wrap instead paint due to the numerous visual benefits. Learn the many reasons why below! Sprinter Van built by M&R Specialty [...]

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