The Ultimate BBQ Business Plan Template
Building up a Business Plan for a BBQ company truly is no different or harder than for any restaurant or catering idea; you’re just looking at a lot more considerations on the cost of Smokers instead of ranges/ovens, and most of the food cost will likely come from pig and cow. Like your prized recipes, this business needs to be taken low and slow, planned out over at least three years as you grow into a point where you can finally break even and solidify the brand. There are plenty of resources and examples to creating one of these, ideally, [...]
The Ultimate Food Truck Equipment Checklist
If you’re lucky enough to be in a situation where you can have your Food Truck built custom-designed, or have at least bought something pre-used with an empty interior that needs filling, then you can fill it with the exact equipment configuration that YOU need and want to operate your truck’s specific prep, cooking, and food service style in a smooth, easy, and well-executed fashion. There’s a big list of things that need choosing from, and unless your builder presents you with a full list of all the options it can be a pain to find and go through every [...]
Making the Choice of What Food to Serve from your Food Truck
Most potential entrepreneurs getting into the Food Truck business have a set goal and idea, start to finish, about what food they want to serve. It’s usually the first step that gets the wheels turning towards their new dream career and lifestyle. But there are still some owners who, even when mostly done, have almost no idea concerning the final menu. Whether this is based out of a base drive focusing on the business aspects and potential of the food truck idea itself or their original plans had to be completely wiped free due to unforeseen circumstances or a harsh [...]
The Six Most Profitable BBQ Business Ideas
In this world of growing food interest and entrepreneurial spirit, the drive to determine your own lifetime career, work for yourself, and potentially build an empire and legacy to be remembered by has, and will continue to, spurn on new edible businesses. Gems are discovered every day as people explore their creative ideas, setting their life’s income around ideas unique, set into decades of tradition, or a combination of the two. And what do these often come out of? Why, nothing more than a person’s love and hobby in making delicious things that people love; or a drive to learn [...]
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 [...]