06/08/2024
๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ. ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
As a food truck owner, I would like to share some insight to event organizers:
1. The average food truck cost $40-60K to purchase, along with insurance, taxes, supplies and branding. Let alone the tow vehicle.
2. When you ask for food trucks to come to an event, please keep in mind; the average of only 20% of your attendees will purchases something. 1000 attendees=200 people buying. To break even at an event food trucks need to sell at least 40 of their average products.
3. If your event is 8 hours and you only expect 1000 people, please donโt ask for 7 food trucks. Yes, variety is great, but everyone looses money that way. Maybe have 1 snack truck, 1 dessert and one full food. Most of us know how many items we can send through the window in an hour, ask us.
4. Try not to duplicate food trucks, you donโt need 4 snow cones or 3 BBQ trucks. Itโs OK to tell people no, we already have that type of food. We would rather know that, then show up and there are 4 people selling the same menu.
5. Your event may only be 4 hours, but we have at least an hour prep prior and after, just to get the trailer ready to haul. Plus food purchasing and food prep. Our time is money.
6. Truckโs and trailers need room to park. Your spot is 10x20? How about allowing us room to back in, ask what side the serving windows are on, what side our doors are on. We CAN NOT park tongue to tongue in a trailer! For safety sake, we have to be able to open our egress doors! If we have generators, we need a place to put those also. Communication is key!
7. Many municipalities have a business licenses, Health Department licenses, etc. that we have to purchase in addition to your vendor fees, plus taxes we must pay based on municipality rules. Please keep that in mind, most of us only work in certain areas due to that.
8. Fuel is getting expensive again, same with tires, oil etc. We can't roll for an employee appreciation event that does not have a guaranteed minimum. And when we ask for that, don't get upset. This is our business, we need to make money.
9. We run out of things, our work space is tight and we only have so much storage room. Show some grace.
10. When you are asking for food trucks please list: Date, Time, Attendees, How many years event had been happening, Address of event, Contact person, Fees, Power availability, number of food truck spaces.
We share this info with you so we can help each other, that's what it's all about right?
Thank you and have a great day!
