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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

This is a special segment of the M&R Specialty Trailers and Trucks blog where we're speaking with Morgan Perry of the Mid-Continent Public Library System about how they've organized a 6-week food truck business course in Kansas City. In addition to providing insight about how the course was organized, Perry also shares tips on how other communities can structure similar course material in their area. Click the media player below to listen to the full interview. Key Quote Whatever you're doing in life it's all about asking someone. Talk it out with somebody. Every community has free resources for business [...]

Food Love has been caught in our population pretty strongly over the past decade or so; I don’t think its much of a stretch to think that we’ve really entered into a notably gastronomic era of our society after exiting the ages focused on Fast Food and TV Dinners. Whether Social Media has been a noted cause in its initial growth (I blame Food Network), it’s no argument that it’s HELPED to spread the news, cravings, and epic-ness in food culture that have been popping up so often. Nowadays people have taken this to storm, starting up Blog after Blog [...]

Today's featured guest is Mark Baratelli founder of TheDailyCity.com and The Food Truck Bazaar, the world's first ever food truck tour that held over 150 events in 2014 across Central Florida. Baratelli was recently inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame by the Orlando Sentinel and has also been referred to as "Orlando's Food Truck Baron" by the same publication. In this interview, Baratelli shares his tips for starting and running a successful food truck event in your area and shares just a few of his favorite places to eat loves to eat in the regional Orlando food truck scene, [...]

This is a man’s world… or at least, that’s what James Brown said. Cars, trains, electricity, money, toys for boys and girls, man made them all. But as he so eloquently puts it, they would be nothing without a woman. (Photo Credit Left: Susan Aflak of La Laquerie.) However you agree or disagree with the song’s opinions, the fact remains that the world of restaurants and restaurant kitchens has always seemed dominated by men; it’s hard not to hear at least one female contestant in a cooking competition show not bring the concept up in some form or another. Which [...]

Being the holiday season, we wanted to take a step back and look at some of the ways food trucks are being used as a catalyst for positive change in their communities. Whether it’s outfitting their truck to help in Disaster Relief, utilizing their mobility to reach and serve homeless, or donating extra time and profits to charity, the service provided by each of these food trucks can be described as nothing less than amazing. As such, we’ve decided to find and feature various food trucks and associations that, in one way or another, have done their part in assisting [...]