Mobile Food News Roundup for June, 2015
We’re starting off summer now, but the end of spring found us many new instances of food truck regulation changes, debates, new talks and plans for healthy futures. Here are some of the main articles and happenings in the world of food trucks during the month of May. East Coast Mobile Health Labeling – Boston’s Inspectional Services Department may create a system sometime soon to publicly rate the cleanliness and food safety of each restaurant and food truck, to be displayed via letter grade. Hot Truck Moving Debate – questions are rung up as Ithaca, NY council considers whether to [...]
How to Make Money at Fairs with a Concession Business
Plenty food-based Concession Stand owners can tell you, a gig at a big State Fair (or similar event) can earn one a pretty penny if you’re lucky enough to grab a spot, but it’s not easy. There’s a lot of work and effort that goes into it, long hot days, and plenty of competition. Sometimes the smallest factors can make the difference between full days of long lines and success or just a mediocre (if not dismal) affair. For those starting out, especially in the foodie-based entrepreneurial trends that so fill the streets nowadays, being able to take advantage of [...]
Starting up a Blog or Food Publication to Help your Food Truck Business
Figuring out Social Media Strategies for a food truck business is an ongoing process; we’ve talked a bit about the main ones and considerations when starting out in a Previous Article, including the importance of staying up to date on topics. As time goes on, you’ll always want to figure new ways to keep people interested in staying in touch with your business’s main pages and up to date on changes, promotions, etc. Along with this, doing things to curb other’s to discover and explore the business through the web through unique methods is just as vital, bringing them to [...]
Food Truck Industry Trends for 2015 and Beyond
Trends come and go with popularity, that’s the nature of the game, while only a few set things choose to stay around forever. The whole Food Truck movement itself is, ultimately, a trend that one day too shall pass; they’re still likely to be AROUND and in business for decades if not longer, but sooner or later there will be a year where the amount of new trucks appearing in the US will be lower than last year, and the following year even lower still, until it gets to the plateau where they’re just ‘that kind of business’ we interact [...]
New Food Truck App – FoodWheelin' Tracks Vehicle Location with Beacons
FoodWheelin' is an exciting new tool available in the app store of iTunes that uses beacons to track the locations of food trucks in real-time to help customers locate their favorite mobile eats. This tool can also be used by mobile food vendors to provide customers coupon codes, menus, pricing and more. In today's blog post, we've got an exclusive Q/A with co-founders Marlene Zenker and Alex Wechsler to discuss this innovative new technology. Whether you're a food truck owner or fan, you can learn more about this app by visiting FoodWheelin.com. M&R: Tell us about your background and how [...]
Refuge Coffee Co. – Job Training and Change Through a Coffee Truck
At M&R we have the privilege of working with many different entrepreneurs and organizations across the country to help build their unique vision. The story of Refuge Coffee Co. based out of Clarkston, GA, (located just outside Atlanta) was one we had to share with you on the blog. Refuge Coffee Co. is a non-profit organization formed with the goal of creating more jobs and providing job training to some of the 2,500 refuges that settle in the Clarkston each year. Since Refuge Coffee Co. is a new non-profit without an endless amount of resources they chose to begin their [...]
How to Start a BBQ Concession Business
So you’ve got some awesome recipes for BBQ sauce, can make a mean set of ribs, and have family and friends falling over to get scoops of your pulled pork and brisket, leading you to the conclusion that yes, indeed, you should start actually selling this stuff for profit!? Why stick to your boring dayjob when you can develop a long and enjoyable career doing something fun that you love? Plenty of others have gone out and done it to success, we don’t see much reason why you can’t. The road to accomplishing this will be long and intense as [...]
You Can Get Way More than Food from a Truck
If you can dream it, you can build it! That’s been the motto for the true entrepreneurial spirit going on decades, and what new, intriguing wonders have been created and started up because of it? We’ve seen this so much in the world of Truck Business the past decade or so, not just with Food Trucks but plenty other businesses that have grabbed onto the mobile-display market. That’s right, truck-based operations aren’t demarcated to just shoveling out food; with new designs, big storage capabilities, and the ability to move and display/service one’s product in various locations depending on the day, [...]
Mobile Food News Round Up for April, 2015
With the weather finally switching between a chilly and transitioning it into the busy summer months the food truck scene is back out in force across the United States. Here are some interesting stories have popped up during this time of transition so you're up-to-date with the latest in mobile food news. Kansas City Keeps Trucks Away from potential Tournament Venue - New restrictions in Kansas City are making it more difficult for food truck owners to park downtown. Des Moines Allows Food Trucks - It may seem hard to believe, but there are actually numerous cities across the United States that still don't [...]
“Orange Concession Trailer” Video
Hello again, Bob Pierson is here once more to walk through one of our earlier projects for a customer! Today we have an 8’ High, 8’6” Wide and 20’ Long Orange Concession Trailer. Everything has been built and put in To Code, everything in all of our trailers is done to that Building Code. Owners Mike and Bob stopped by to pick it up later; they think it’s the best thing on the market, but don’t take our word for it, watch to the end of the video we shot below and get the words right out of their own [...]