Seven Shipping Containers Brilliantly Transformed into Mobile Kitchens
First time entrepreneurs and long-time business owners alike are waking up to the opportunity of transforming shipping containers into full blown commercial kitchens. As you'll soon see in the examples below any food business you could want to operate including traditional diners, coffee shops, and fast food establishments are all possible with these structures. In fact, some adventurous individuals have even gone as far a to convert these containers into a permanent home. Your imagination really is the limit when it comes to repurposing containers and we're confident your view of these seemly boring metal cubes will change by the [...]
18 Images of Jaw Dropping BBQ Food Truck Builds
Whether you prefer to eat Memphis or Kansas City style barbecue, you'll love the photos of these BBQ food truck builds in this post. This post includes food trucks from across the United States, including some of our past builds that we're proud to have custom manufactured on behalf of our customers. We hope you enjoy this list as much as we enjoyed curating it! Another satisfied customer of the Smokin' Bull Shack. Built by M&R Specialty Trailers and Trucks. Photo Credit: Smokin' Bull Shack. No better sight as a mobile food vendor than seeing a nice long line [...]
Top 5 Vegetarian Food Trucks in America And Beyond
Hola Arepa: In Minneapolis, the best vegetarian food truck isn’t exactly vegetarian, but this food truck made the list because of its arepas. An arepa, for the uninitiated, is a Venezuelan sandwich made of cornmeal griddlecakes. The black bean and sweet potato arepa comes with tomato, citrus onions, queso fresco, green onion aioli … and can be made vegan, if that’s your thing. The Vegan Nom: Speaking of vegan, Austin has its fair share of vegan food trucks, so it’s darn near impossible to pick just one as “the best.” But there’s a gun to my head, so I’ll go [...]
Chief's Chill Out: Ford Transit Custard Van Conversion Video
In today's video, Bob Pierson guides you on a tour of a recent custom build we are very proud of for Chief's Chill Out. Chief's Chill Out wanted an efficient and agile way to bring their cold treats to the street and chose a new Ford Transit van to serve as the foundation of their business. In this video, Pierson takes you on a 360 degree tour of the outside and inside of this build out and explains the details that went into converting this ordinary van into a snow cone and custard distribution machine. External Tour The tour begins [...]
Pay Attention to What Resonates with Customers: Steve Starr Interview
Steve Starr is an award-winning designer, speaker, and owner of StarrDesign based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. StarrDesign delivers architectural, lighting, interior design services and more for retail shops and restaurants. We had the opportunity to chat with Steve virtually via email and ask him a few questions about how design elements can be applied to mobile food and how important they are to building a long-lasting, thriving brand. Steve's insightful responses to our questions are below. Enjoy! Steve Starr Q/A Question: Tell us a little about yourself, your background and starrdesign. Answer: I grew up in the hospitality world, working in [...]
New Food Vendor 30-Second Elevator Pitch Script
An elevator pitch is a brief statement that explains the service your business provides and creates a desire for others to want to learn more about your business. Many folks think a formal pitch is only needed if you are a salesman by trade, but this couldn't be further from the truth. If you own a food truck or catering business, you need to be able to communicate what your business does and is all about. In fact, your ability to communicate effectively could be the difference between thriving and just getting by in your business. This is really important [...]
Shaved Ice Truck: Full Business Plan Example
Writing a well-thought business plan is one of the most important actions you can take to set your mobile food business up for success. Best of all... It costs you absolutely nothing to complete and forces you to answer important questions about your future business. Big questions like: Where will I vend?, What will my expenses be? And who your competitors are? In today's post, we've provided a real-life example of a business plan for a shaved ice truck. Why? Because sometimes it's better to have an example of a business plan so that you can see how this concept [...]
How The Paleo Pit Stop Food Truck is Getting Started
Create a unique menu with a one-of-a-kind food offering: This is one of the timeless pieces of advice given to every restaurant owner that's just getting started. This advice is regularly passed on for a reason. By answering this question, you can articulate in under 15 seconds that special thing that makes your eatery different in addition to attracting the group of people that might be interested in dining at your truck. In today's Q/A interview, we spoke with future food truck owner Brian Fitzsimmons who has drawn inspiration for his food truck menu directly from his personal story and [...]
Ultimate List of Florida's Food Truck Festivals
If you live in Florida--like we do--you are fortunate to live on one of the states with the most food truck festivals in the country. Due to our (mostly) nice weather year round, we can attend outdoor events just about anytime we want. And Florida has some of the best festivals around. For example, did you know the world's largest food truck festival happens in The Sunshine State every year? Today, we will take you on a tour of some of the popular mobile food events happening across this great state on an annual basis. Whether your a foodie or [...]
Food Truck Festivals Across America List: 2016 Edition
Finding all the different food truck festivals that are popping up across the United States can be tough. More often than not these events are only promoted locally and can be hard to find online. But it doesn't need to be this way! As a result, we wanted to put together a resource that will help you find some of these mobile food festivals so you know where you can attend no matter where you live or travel in America. If you're a food truck owner looking for the next lucrative event coming to your area this can be an [...]