How to Make Food Truck Menu Prices That Ensure Profitability
No matter what the idea and industry, there are certain things that every business owner has to consider among the waves and tides of decisions, strategies, and research that goes into their business. Of these, probably the most important, and easily the first thing noticed, for all customers besides the product itself is Price. What exactly are you going to charge for your object, your service, your council, or in our case today, mobile food and drink. This particular question, I find, finds quite the interesting pang in the Food Truck industry; for anyone with even the slightest knowledge and [...]
Ultimate Guide to Menu Display Options For Food Trucks
Every food truck has to display their menu on something, and every business owner has their preference. Some go for the simplest methods at their disposal, with the barest outline of items and prices (with or without descriptions), while others go for big pizzazz, flashy designs and sometimes even tech help! Does one’s choice in mediums for this affect final outcomes and success in any way? Ultimately I’d say that depends on the business owner’s perspective, the answer being similar to your thoughts on the necessity for a highly attractive and interesting wrap/graphic design for your truck/trailer as opposed to [...]
What Are Mobile Command Centers Used For?
What are common uses of a mobile command center? These vehicles most frequently used as mobile bases and communication centers in the field. These units are often stationed near a crisis center or natural disaster. They are also designed to operate autonomously in areas where electricity, water, and food is unavailable or in limited supply. Government agencies, law enforcement, fire departments and health care organizations use mobile command centers in different ways, but the reality is you can accomplish almost any desired goal inside one of these advanced units. As long as the command center is preinstalled with the right equipment and [...]
Custom-Built Dog and Pet Grooming Trailers in Florida
Looking for a low-cost, longterm business model that's essentially recession proof? No matter if it's good times or hard, people continue to increase spending to improve the quality of life for pets. According to this report from NBC News, Americans spent more than $60 billion on their pets in 2015 alone. That's an increase of 25% in annual spend from just 5 years before. This investment is being made in a variety of areas of a pets life, including better food, clothing and apparel, medical treatment, obedience classes and regular grooming like haircuts and baths. While spend across all types [...]
The Best Places to Find Blank or Unwrapped Food Trucks
Trying to find a blank food truck? A blank truck is simply a food truck that hasn't been wrapped with graphics or painted yet. A professional wrap makes an night-and-day difference in how a food truck will look to the public. This single update can transform a tired looking 20-year old truck and make the unit look brand new. If you're in the market for an unwrapped food truck there are a few places you can begin your search. First, keep in mind that any food truck can be "unwrapped" so to speak. If you acquire a food truck that [...]
Interview with Entrepreneurial Chef Magazine Founder Shawn Wenner
Learn more about Entrepreneurial Chef Founder Shawn Wenner. It's a stark reality that you'll need more than "good food" to start a thriving restaurant or food truck. You'll also need to develop business and marketing chops to keep your business open for the long haul. Unfortunately, these important skills aren't usually taught in culinary school. Enter Shawn Wenner, who after almost 10-years of working at a culinary arts school chose to start the Entrepreneurial Chef, a magazine and educational platform created to help close the gap between food and entrepreneurship. In today's exclusive Q/A interview, we learn why [...]
Custom Built Bubble Tea Food Trucks for Sale in Florida
Bubble tea got it's start in Taiwan in the 1980s, but has quickly become an internationally consumed beverage served in many Vietnamese and Asian-inspired restaurants around the world. This beverage is also commonly called pearl milk tea, boba juice, or simply boba. If you're one of the few people left that isn't sure what exactly bubble tea is, you've probably seen it. The beverage is quickly identified by the "boba" or tapioca balls that rest at the bottom of the drink. The image below displays a variety of popular bubble tea flavors, including green tea, honey dew, mango, and more. [...]
How to Create Smart Objectives for an Early-Stage Mobile Food Business
As your business grows and matures, where you invest time and energy needs to change. Too many first time vendors get overwhelmed when they find out just how many steps it takes to operate a food business. Others get paralyzed just trying to figure out what to work to prioritize first. Don't let this happen to you! The goal of this post is to help you set specific business objectives to throw your time and energy into when the time is right. You don't need to complete the steps of starting and growing a business all at once. In fact, [...]
Can't Take a Vacation from Your Food Business? This is the One Thing You Need.
If you own a food business such as a restaurant it can be difficult (some may say impossible) to find the time to take a single day off, much less an entire week of vacation. When owners finally pull themselves away from work, they find themselves thinking about their business, what needs to be done, and everything that might be slipping through the cracks without their supervision. Longterm this is not a healthy way to run a business or run your personal life. Today's post outlines how one food entrepreneur was able to finally get his time back and be [...]
How to Select the Best Name For Your Concession Trailer
What's in a name? It's an age-old question posed by William Shakespeare in arguably his most popular work, Romeo and Juliette. As famously quoted from the book, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." While this question posed by Shakespeare is fascinating on a philosophical level, when it comes to selecting a business name for your concession trailer there's not much to think about. The name you choose matters! When you're at any event, customers may only take a split second to understand what you serve and if it's something they want. If you selected a name [...]