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 [...]

Sometimes picking a name for your business is as simple as snapping your fingers. Others, it can be a brain-racking process which gnaws on your psyche for days on end. Even more difficult is this when there are hundreds, THOUSANDS of other people in the country going into the same kind of business as yourself, like BBQ. Which can suck, as the name is one of the few things one can TRULY control and call their own without having to worry about annoying factors like costs, budget, local laws, or anything else affecting it. It’s the pivotal display of who [...]

Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance. It’s a mantra that all food truck owners have to live by. The number one issue with mobile vendor costs is not finding a location, keeping food consistent, social media, what have you; I mean, they ARE important issues. But if there’s one bane to your existence, it’s going to be all the times the truck breaks down and all the parts that end up needing to be replaced/fixed. Thus, putting in effort to properly check and take care of your vehicle on top of all your other duties is a heavily important step to curb all [...]

You gotta love food from a truck, there’s a reason that we have whole businesses based solely around building, following, helping, and even just plain talking about them! It’s not even about the simple pleasures; chefs far and wide have taken their modern, quality-focused techniques, fresh ingredients, and hardcore work ethics and applied it towards a small-housed operation for amazing prices. Thus was the movement started in cities like Miami and LA about a decade ago, transforming one’s thoughts of an industry filled with nameless white vans touting tacos, burritos, and simple sandwiches to one of creative and exciting intrigue. [...]

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 [...]