How to Start Your Own Successful Food Truck Business

Whats it all about

The desire to start a food truck, although and exciting endeavor, can also be an extremely overwhelming one if left to figure it all out on your own. If you don’t know the basics of running a business you can run into one setback after another.  Losing a lot of time and money along the way. This is the path so many people find themselves on, and why such a small percentage of people actually see their food truck dreams come to fruition. We want to give you the roadmap to building a successful food truck business from start to finish.

How it will make a difference

Throughout my time running a food truck I have had so many people tell me about their food truck goals and dreams. Some of them were great, some needed a little work, but so far none of them have made it to pavement. I would bet that one of the biggest challenge most of these people faced was not knowing where to start.

Starting a business the right way (legitimately) can require you to answer a lot of questions that you don’t have enough knowledge to answer. With this course, you will be provided with the information to help you make well-informed decisions. From determining what to sell, the type of unit to purchase, and how to track you sales, you will be ready to start making tracks as soon as you finish the course.

Whats all included?

You will learning the following in this course…

-Determining what type of product to sell- for most people the food truck idea came from a great product idea, but making sure there is a demand for you product is even more important. Learn some easy steps to take to find out if your product is what your target market is looking for.

-The different types of mobile units- We will go in-depth discussing the pros & cons of a truck vs. a trailer (having personally run both types of units) including pricing, maintenance, and the second-car necessity.

The Pros & Cons of a Professionally Built vs. Used vs. DIY unit- There a benefits to all so find out which one is best for you.

-How to set-up an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of your budge- We even include a FREE template so you just have to plug in your numbers!

-Learn how to run you business professionally- The important of vehicle maintenance, tracking your sales, understanding your taxes, and more.

-Hitting the Bricks- Learn about the three different types of food vending opportunities and which ones are best for your business.

*Let’s Break it Down A Little More.*

Unit One: Setting up Your Business

-Business structure and entity formation.

-Understanding Sole Proprietorship, LLC, Corps, tax identification numbers

-Financing Options and Banking.

Unit Two: Setting up Your Food Truck

-Business licenses, Health permits and Commercial Insurance.

-The Different Types of Mobile Food Set Ups

-Demographics

-Wholesale Vendors

-Tracking Sales and Inventory

-Commissary Use

Unit 3: Feeding the Masses

-Menu Development

-Street Side Vending: Rules and Regulations. Pros and Cons. Tips and Tricks.

-Event Vending: Event norms and standards. Pricing and expectations. How to book events with risk mitigation.

-Catering: How to set up catering jobs. Quotes and invoices. Industry standards and norms. Types of catering.

Unit 4: Branding and Marketing

-Creating a brand for your business.

-Understanding the importance of a brand.

-Creating social media pages, websites and emails for use in the business.

Unit 5: Safety & Maintenance

-Food truck safety.

-Understanding fire safety. Proper use of fire extinguishers and other fire safety equipment.

-Food truck maintenance and problems to look for.

Who this course is for:

• Potential Food Truck owners who don’t want to waste time (and money) figuring it all out on their own.