How to Start a Food Truck in Mobile, Alabama
We know that starting a food truck business can be quite challenging. The most important thing, information, might not always be readily available even with the presence of the Internet which is why we go out of our way to connect with people who have already established themselves in the food truck arena to get sound advice and tips. Not too long ago, we were able to connect with Jason of Smokin’ Gringos. He operates his food truck in Mobile, Alabama. He has already established his business as the go to place for anybody who is craving for the perfect [...]
Three Tools to Help Find Food Trucks Nearby
One of the challenges of eating at your favorite food truck can be to simply figuring out when and where they'll be serving up your favorite faire next. Due to the varying schedule of food trucks it can be tough for the operator to keep their schedule up to date, even for the most organized of operators. Fortunately, there are a variety of tools and resources that have come out over the past couple of years whose goal it is to help you track these roaming restaurants. We'll highlight some of the most options in today's post. Roaming Hunger If [...]
H Van Concession Truck From France Build Out
At M&R Specialty Trailers and Trucks we've had the previlage of being able to build so many custom vehicles during our 15+ years in business. Here is another example of a truly unique build we had the opportunity to build a customer based in France. In the video is a vintage H Van truck, originally manufactured in France and shipped to us in Florida to complete the custom manufacturing and conversion to a concession vehicle. This video featuring Bob Pierson, co-owner of M&R, is being shot in a slightly different format than one's we've previously produced for you on the [...]
Registering for an Employer Identification Number with Your Concession Venture
In the early stages of conceiving a business, you may not have decided upon the final name of your business or even fully grasp your business structure. We do, however, want to make you aware of the process of registering your business. You will need to register for your local city/county, state, and with the Federal IRS. Registering for an Employer Identification Number You will need to start with the IRS, by registering for an Employer Identification Number or EIN. This process is extremely simple and there is a lot of documentation out there on the internet about how to [...]
Food Concept Questions for Concession Businesses
Just beginning getting together your initial ideas for the type of food concept you want? When putting together your vision for your food truck or concession business there are a lot of things to consider. As you build your knowledge, you’ll come to learn that there is even more! But for now let’s just focus on what we know. Chances are, you’ve thought a little bit about what type of food you’d like to have. So start making some of your ideas concrete and putting them down on paper. The questions listed below can be used to help trigger the [...]
Trending Now: Fresh Produce Food Trucks
As we’ve all seen by now, the food truck movement has done wonders to launch the inspiration for many a mobile venture. The success of packaging your product inside an attractive large van to peddle in city streets and events has lead to the creation of mobile Fashion Businesses, Barber Shops, and of course even more food trucks. Once more this yields not just a fun and interesting new concept in the world of food delivery, but something pivotal within the health of a community. For once we don’t have to specifically get all our amazingly fresh, local farmed [...]
Top 10 Food Trucks to Eat At in 2016
It may be the turn of the year but the season for food trucks is still a couple months away, unless of course one lives in Texas or LA. Already though many are slowly getting ready for this wonderful time of year, expectations running high to delve into their local line-ups on good-meals-on-wheels, whether they’re an experience street-eater or a newbie just discovering the wonders of this food source just recently. There are new vehicles we have to hit while we can, missed older businesses to finally try and pin down, and of course dear favorites to go back to [...]
Watch This: Food Truck Video For Kids
Here's a fun video we discovered for anyone with young kids. The food truck song performed in this YouTube video starts with children's voices saying "food truck!" loudly and with enthusiasm, a bass line gently thrumming to engage the listening viewer. A Queso Good food truck rolls out from a covered parking awning full of lots of food trucks, obviously heading out to the streets for a busy day vending and feeding the masses. It's a sunny day and the fun song gets you in the mood for the adventure of food trucks. Produced by Twentytrucks, copyright Hammershark Media LLC [...]
Food Truck Exterior Lighting Options and Examples
Keeping a light on in a food truck means more than just being able to see what you’re cutting, in fact it can majorly impact your business in both garnering profits and making sure they’re not lost. Inner illumination doesn’t really apply of course, it’s a given that one is going to have it and enough of it to do their jobs. What we’re talking about today is EXTERIOR illumination; the things that kick on at night because, let’s face it, as a food truck you’re going to be spending a lot of business hours when it’s dark out. Being [...]
The Importance of Connecting with Food Truck Super Fans
Food truck followers are more than customers: they make or break the success of your food truck business. The contemporary food truck follower is more than just a customer, he is super plugged-in to the local scene as well as individual trucks. Followers are very connected, using social media adeptly and frequently to keep track of food truck scenes in their 'hood. Smartphone in hand, super fans take photos of trucks, food, lines, cooks, friends, and share them for better or worse. The casual eater will happen upon a food truck and take a chance, not knowing much about the [...]