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According to TheStacker.com the easiest cities in the US to start a food truck business are Portland, Denver, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Seattle. However, don’t think you won’t be successful starting a food truck business in another city and state!
Phase 1
What kind of food do you want to sell?
A lot more trucks are getting fancier and fancier. To stand out trucks are either serving dishes from different countries, gourmet healthy foods, sweets, yogurt bowls, and more. But, always make sure to cook what you love.
Phase 2
Research the area where you want to take your food truck.
What are lunch time and dinner time favorites? Does your food follow the trends? It’s ok if it doesn’t but it does help.
Phase 3
Decide whether you’re going to pull it (trailer style), if you want it to be more of a mobile truck, or just a cart (think of a hotdog stand).
Phase 4
Get the proper licensure and documentation
Health department certifications
Department of transportation
Local government parking/zoning info
Truck permits
Servsafe or any creditable food handling training/certs
Phase 5
Purchase your food safety, regulated equipment, and supplies
Try these retailers:
Phase 6
Financing your food truck
If you don’t have your own money to put towards your truck try these options
FIRST AND FOREMOST: Check your credit score! If your credit is less than favorable you can click here to get it fixed.
Try a personal loan
Before you go to any bank you will need a complete business plan
If you belong to a credit union, go there first. Your chances of approval are greater there
Peer to peer lending, Lending Club, or Prosper
Create a Gofundme account
Be genuine and transparent so your friends, family, and others can support you
Cater locally to raise money
Make and copyright a cookbook with your recipes to raise the money
Phase 7
Get Insured
Ask your current home and or vehicle policy holder for specialty insurance. If they do not carry that type of insurance try these other options:
Phase 8
Find parking
Look for local and major events in your community and outside towns. Festivals are big events to be at. Set your budget for them because sometimes they can be pricy. Some events have refundable deposits too!
Phase 9
Come out of the truck sometimes
Make sure that you’re taking advance of every opportunity to expand your food truck business:
Cater events
Connect with food delivery services such as Doordash, Grubhub, Postmates, Uber Eats, and Black and Mobile (For Black Owned Restaurants)
Phase 10
Get social!
You want to make sure that word of mouth travels fast for you:
Male a fan page on social media platforms
Video is KING - make a lot of videos (fairly short) about any and everything regarding your food truck
Ask friends and family to share their experience and or just share in general
Did you find this useful? Would you want a printable checklist to start your food truck journey? What can I add or take out (no pun intended)? Let me know in the comments below!
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